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Show T.lhlMI IT LAM. Not far from thu Nrws ofllcsn gang of men Is rsleutlblr at wolk. The-y do not work very hard, tcrhsps for tin reason that Ihey don't hnvu to. The illy pays them for the time they are bestowing oil their performances, not for llin amount uf labor accom) HihcJ, and whether th y putlu hard lliks or toft ones Ihe lay car calls upon Ibem at regular times aud makes Its disbursements In the matt even-handol manner imaginable. No doubt some of thoee whii labor so lightly nud lovingly with thu soil, aa if they feand they might hurt it If tilt jr slruck toi hard, are worthy and mean Well, l'oiharaoue here ami there has a family lo support or at least sornrooo depending on him; but whether so or nolfiumuitaustnh himself, and sell labor that Is honest Is honorable; Just what pcrcinlogu of the labor spoken of It honorable, gauged I y thatslnndard we havo not takeuthu tains to detirmlnc, but certainly all ol It Is not. Thero Is another view to bo taken of tho case. There are hundreds of men with wives ani littlu ones detindlng upon them for subsistence, and whu havo no work anl can gut none. Thoj are principal!) Utpsyerato at least u small extent aud as tucli constitute an integral port on of tho conimunllj. One of them occasionally passes Ij where tbo mi arted "workmen" are performing a service, or performing at II, whllo the citlteii can not only get nothing to do but has to contribute hla portion lowarJ sustaining the other fellows. And erchnce as he raovis nway he snyt to himself "this may bu Justice-, but It Is of Hiss uue sldi-d klud. T.icy tay the mills ol the gods grlnl tlowlj-, but It looks now as If they wern nut runulnf ut all, us If they ha I ttoppod for repairs." If he cherishes anyfujllng of vluJIotlvouois or hai u disposition to protett against Ihe wn) things luvu been gjlilj the past few juart, the feeling never finds ox-I ox-I re.slon and the dlspoiltloa Is seldom Kit on volco to. Au I this Isrlsht, If Iho other Is not. Keep on taking things easy, even as the street "work era" do. |
