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Show T RU T H. 10 The an sold except as this right is secured Speaking of injunctions: Rosenthal, Moritz by manipulation of a legislature, or is swer of Attorney The Medical Times, of New York exercised because the public cannot which was filed in the Chicago, in junction suits, is commented on by the City, wants Charlie Griffin abolished. help itself. is newspapers as sensational, but it of wants of all Charlie it statement Incidentally a plain Our friend Ottinger, on Second in reality but Griffins confederates abolished with an exposure of the methods trouble facts and been South has having street, him. In other words the Medical of the conspirators who have organFranout in San ized with the deliberate purpose of Times wants the joint agent wiped off with the railroads Mr. because Ot- destroying ticket brokerage. the earth and it gives its reasons for cisco. This funny, too, the specifically on the inside for a Rosenthal denies been has tinger so desiring. It appears there was a that the brokers are engaged was about the charge unlawful time. Ottinger long business and follow in an gathering of doctors at Atlantic City confellow a could man send who some time ago and the railroads made only illegal methods; but that, on the without trary, their business is perfectly legirates for the round trip. Although over the Southern Pacific lifted. But after timate, while the railroads are guilty ticket the having no at are Atlanthere ticket brokers of violating both the Interstate comon inside the business having dpne laws. He tic City and the medical men went merce and the anti-trua while the railroads got tired of declares that tickets handled by for there fully intending to come back and enjoined him. One of brokers are bought and sold by clerthe railroads had a joint agent on Ottinger San Francisco papers talks this gymen, doctors, lawyers, merchants, the spot to vise their tickets before the and the traveling, public generally, way about the case: be would So the full knowledge of the railways. good returning. they If the people of the United States with Railroad tickets are and have the atTimes breaks out as follows: do not rise the thieves tribute of property, being transferIt is highly complimentary to the that dominate uptheagainst railroad companies able and salable by the owner and respect of law and order felt by our and compel them to withdraw from holder thereof, and the provisions people that a crowd of exasperated the position they take in reference to that the unusued portions of such men should submit to the arbitrary the pieces of pasteboard representing tickets should become forfeited, and transportation then all talk about Am- unsalable, if presented by any other ruling of a trust of private corpora- erican At than the original purchaser, and if manhood should cease. tions. Moreover, when a public car- this time these railroad rascals con- not used within the limited time set rier takes advantage of our lack of sider it a compliment to be called a forth on such tickets, are contrary to for they are so much worse than and In hostility to and in violation or legislation to do its own law making thief common thieves that it elevates them the of the constitution and to the discomfort of citizens, it mani- to be simply called thieves. That the provisions of the United States and fests a spirit of lawlessness just as any railroad corporation should have the statutes state of Illinois, are contrary to great and just as dangerous to the the right to maintain an espionage public policy, without consideration, best interests of the community as over a ticket after having sold it is so and void. that it should provoke The answer declares that in makthat which finds expression in deeds ridiculous merriment. It is like a lot of licensed St. Louis of violence. The joint agency nuis- dogs being given the right to feed ing reduced ratesdidfornotthe do so out of ance imposes a tax on each person free on the meat in the butcher shops. fair the railroads but or solely for corpatriotism, subjected to it which amounts to a The railroad corporations solicit by pride custom dollar or two in actual expense and advertising and paid solicitors the porate profit, following their and eventR. time. The mere fact that one buys patronage of the traveling public. for all large meetings railroads the unlawfully a round-tri- p ticket at what may be They beg them to spend their money Furthermore, and conconfederated, combined, termed wholesale rates, no more jus- for railroad tickets and when they to restrain commerce tifies this tax than the purchase at get that money they metaphorically spired together not and only in Illinois, but trade, wholesale of any other commodity put their fingers to their noses and the several states, by fixing justifies the subjection of a purchaser tell their patrons, Now we have bun- among and maintaining to indignities and expense from which coed your money out of your pocket rates the transportation of perfor the retail purchaser is exempt. Our and we have given you a piece of railroads necessarily entrust the care pasteboard representing transporta- sons and property over their respecof a considerable amount of valuable tion. We will not allow you to sell it tive lines. The Central and Western Passenproperty to the traveling public. It to anyone else and if you do not ride seems, on the face of the matter, un- on it you can lose your money. You ger associations are denounced as wise to make the public feel that the cannot get anything back from us. confederations organized for the purrailroads have wantonly done them We are the boss bunco outfit of the pose of controlling and maintaining at without regard to the damage. The joint ticket agency nuis- present age and the tricks that we fixed prices, ance has for its object the preven- railroad managers will not do are not publics interest, the cost, price, and tion of the transfer of a portion of worth doing. The dirty job of these terms of transportation, and to defeat the carriers. a ticket. Even if round-tri- p tickets in prostituting and debauching the competition between all the raildeclare The brokers that were sold without any restrictions courts of the land by attempting to asked for injuncwhich have whatever, most of them would bd enforce their rascally claims is a de- roads used both ways by the original pur- gradation of the rights of the people. tions have in the past supplied the chaser. It is difficult to understand No honest or honorable court would brokers with all kinds of tickets and why the railroads go to the expense uphold any claim which so palpably paid commissions to the brokers for and impose upon their patrons the bears upon its face the marks of selling them; that the railroads have nuisance of the viseing of tickets. fraud, dishonesty and supreme ras- inserted fictitious names on tickets and in cases Granting that tickets are transferred cality. The attack upon Mr. Ottinger furnished to brokers, we fail to see why the railroads was a rascally scheme to obtain the where the tickets were taken up by should care. Even at the best excur- ruling of a pliant court upon which conductors have refunded to the brokers the amount paid for the tickets. sion rates ever granted the transac- to base future monster crimes, its The cases will not be heard until tion is a profitable one, and it makes palpable scoundrelism wrecked its close of the Worlds Fair. after the no difference whether the same pas- purpose and has made it the of jest o senger is carried both ways or wheth- the community. Imagine the baker The Burlington Route Palace Sleeper one passenger is carried one way selling a customer a loaf of bread and and another the other. Of course, if demanding that he alone should eat it er leaves Salt Lake daily at 8:15 p. m.. the railroads can save transportation and should not sell it or allow anyone arrives St Louis 7:19 in the mornin cases in which some emergency else to sell it. Is there anything ing. Good time to reach the Fair. prevents the return within the limit more preposterous? If the railroad 0 set and can prevent the coincidence corporations have debauched and cor' of two strangers using the two halves rupted the courts of the country then Ashe Is English Rowing Champion. The Wingfield sculls, representing of an excursion ticket and compel such rascally practices will stand each to buy a one-wa- y ticket at full otherwise they will not. If they do the amateur rowing championship of price, they have got so much more stand then the American people can England, were won by St George for their commodity or, rather, have afford to forever keep their peace on Ashe of the Thames Rowing club. F. given so much less commodity for the their freedom. They will be slaves S. Kelly, London Rowing club, the price. .It should be understood that and the meanest of slaves. holder, did not defend the title. the sale of a railroad ticket is not a sin, even though railroad influence has made it a crime in some states. When a railroad advertises that it will sell tickets at such a place on account of such a meeting, and the public generally may purchase tickets, there is no personal courtesy or favor shown to any one, and, so far from having the right to insist that the same person shall use the ticket in both directions, the railroad has not even the right to ask the name of the person to whom the ticket is AFTER THE JOINT AGENT8. i st non-competiti- : i ve SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT GEMS.' The Burmese believe that the mK. ripens. like fruit Agate quenches thirst, and, if in the mouth, allays fever. Catseye Is considered by the held Clngm. lese as a charm against witchcraft Crystal induces visions, promotes sleep and insures good dreams. Moonstone has the virtue of making trees fruitful and of curing epi lepsy. Emerald promotes friendship constancy of mind. and Sapphire produces somnambulism and impels the wearer to all good works. Coral is a talisman against enchantments, thunder, witchcraft and the perils of flood and field. A bouquet, composed of diamonds, loadstones and sapphires combined, renders a person almost invincible and wholly Irresistible. o ALL TRUE. A fool and his money are easy marks. Nearly every big man does a lot of mighty little .things. The wise girl catches a husband running the other way. by A bad man is naturally suspicious of every good man he meets. Silence is one of the golden things women have no earthly use fcr. You may have observed that it Is. only the fools Who disagree with you. There are lots of kisses and scratches in billiard and matrimonial games. Many a young man with a education is glad to accept a 5,000 ek Job. The present gets away from a lot of people who are sitting on park benches worrying about the future. o BIT8 ABOUT BACHELOR8. He may be a bachelor at thirty who is henpecked at forty. If more women were good house- wives, fewer men would be elors. bach- Some marry because they dare not refuse; others refuse because they dare not marry. Married men invent the mother-ilaw Jokes, but only the bachelors can afford to laugh at them. n . |