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Show "Mr. Pd3ienier.Cotid.ctor." In Nickersnn, Kan, as In otbor railway rail-way towns, thero Is a distinct gradation grada-tion of Bocloly among thu wives, according ac-cording to tbulr husbands' position on tho road. A former resident of that town, who Is now living In Chicago, says that the lines are drawn very distinctly at Nickerson. The passenger conductors' wlyes held themselves a little higher than tbe spous'S of freight conductor and the latter In (urn look down on passenger engineers' families. These take out their pride ou thu freight engineers en-gineers and from there It Is pitssed down to thu passenger brukemen, the freight brakemisn and the switchmen and their families. Charles Rogers had Just been promoted pro-moted from being a freight conductor to tho charge of a passenger train. II wlfu gloried In good fnritiuo nud prepared to make the must of It, as her nodal ambition was as boundless as that of many In wider spheres. Mrs. R-igera wanted' instant recognition recogni-tion of her hlghct poilllon. Her old acquaintances ac-quaintances wore therefore all honored with a call from the lady, and each one of thi-in whs inlnrmed of the rend-jiiitmeut rend-jiiitmeut In the social scale by u visiting visit-ing curd which read: "Mrs. Passenger Conductor Charles Rogers." Chicago Journal. |