Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-15
THE NERVE TO KICK.
M. QUAD TELLS OF THE 6ENe'
FITS OF MAKING COMPLAINT.

Drixinp Ont the Railroad Hog-Gratitude
of a Hotel Keeper-TakinS Down an
Fxtortfonate Hack Driver The Man
Who Forgot-Cleaning an Alley.
have met the railroad hog great many
times never meet him without making
kick. He is growing scarcer every day, ana
I sometimes fatter myself that have con-
tributed to drive him out. When LETT 10
ledo for Cincinnati, the other Gay, the Tram
was crowded and people were standing up In
every coach. In my car was man occupy
ing two seats He had a bad looking head
on him, and he cared so little for our nights
that he did not look up from his book There
were five of Us standing UP, and said TO the
group:
..GentIemen, there are three seats for which
we have paid Let Us take possession"
He'll kick and raise row.
But we'll kick and raise bigger one"
Eyes. but W hats the use OF quarreGng witn
hogF'
1T is lust such men as you who have made
him hog You have allowed him to impose
on YOU until he has come TO think ne owns
the railroad
Not one of the four would move. went to
Tho other end of the car. where three women
were crushed into one seat, picked up Z
vear-old boy near by, and walked up 10 the
hog and asked:
Have you paid for four seats hereT
That's my business be promptly re-
piled
And mine and the public's."
I cleared the seat Of his baggage, seated the
woman and boy. aud then crowded IN beside
the hog. He made an awful row, but 1t was
useless, He was left with what he had paid
for. and we got what our tickets called for
Let every passenger kick on the railroad hog
and he must so.
GRATEFUL LANDLORD.
( One day last spring there were ten OF Us at
a hotel table in Nashville. The soup was
I scorched and no one could eat it. Not
Dotato brought TO US was done The milk for
the coffee had turned. I invited the others
to 20 to the Office with NE and kick They
were drummers, every one, but not one
would 60 When people speak Of drummers
as kickers they are way of. They viii put
I'D with more and do less complaining than
any class Of men on earth. n the present
case one Of them spoke for all when he said:
YES, things are bad and ought to be
righted, but we are here only for meal and
it won't pay US to kick"
Iweut out alone. The landlord was in the
Office and asked:
How long since you were in the dining
roomr'
"a week, guess
"You don't oversee the'mealsF
"No.n
"Weu. please go to the head table and taste
the milk. examine the potatoes and smell OF
the SOUP
He departed at once. When he returned
hewas hopping mad The head-waiter was
called out and dressed down, the head cook
got nicely peeled, and the landlord shook my
hand and said:
THAT kick of YOURS will benefit this house
5000. I had no idea things were running
thus
The natural inference with him was that as
long as 10 one kicked everything must be
going all right and everybody satisfied i
thousand men had 10 doubt gone away mad
and injured his house.
The fare from the foot of Market street
Philadelphia, to the Bingham house by coupe
is 81 That is the figure established by ordi
nance, and is very liberal. When coups
sat me down at the hotel month ago the
driver demanded 81 l kicked He talked
in a loud voice in order to gather crowc
and make me feel ashamed, but refused x
come down BE dropped to twelve shllings
but il was no go He threatened persona
violence and / mad him arrested In tnlnG
him 81 his honor gave him lecture he vii
never forget, and then turned to me ant
said:
You deserve a medal for kicking. In thi
fellows case, at least, you will have pre-
vented him from swindiing others. Hat
YOU allowed him 10 swindle you he woul,
have been on the alert to make other vic
tins"
THE MAN WHO FORGOT.
Coming out OF Philadelphia by night,
passenger came TO ne and said he would tax
it as great favor if / would exchange M
lower berth for his upper, ne having MS wifi
along.
when did you secure your BERTHE asked
'sThis rccn"
sand TO be sure OF mine had to secure
two days ago"
Yes, but you see forgot.
''TorCot, a man who knew that he wa
to 20 at a certain date, and that he must tax
a sleeper, forset3 | cannot exchange Wit
you
know he thought me boorish, but had
exchanged ne would have trusted 10 luc
next time, thinking to meet some goo
hearted fellow and perhaps have got no bert
at all NJ refusal angered him, but it mad
him realize future responsibility.
The city ordinance says no horse shall D
left unaiUched on the street. l an careful t
observe that ordinance. no matter what III
the bother Another is not his unhitche
rig walks into mine and taxes a wheel Of
: demand pay, and he is astoniShed that b
should be held liable for what he calls q
, accident He calls me all sorts Of bar
names, but from this ON ne viii hitch h
horse securely.
TIE ordinance specifies that alleys shall I
kept clean SO to trouble and expense
live I'D to that ordinance, Ny nelghbo
dumps his garbage into the alley and l motif
the sanitary police, and he IS fined Il Is
great shock 70 him that he can't break IN
ordinance at will aad offend the noStTils {
4 whole neighborhood. he calls me Gran
and a mean rlan, never dreaming that e
tie trouble came from lis own seinshnes
and disregard Of law and right--A- Qua
IL Detroit Free Press
Victims Of Mistaken Theories
sSInfancy,- DR. F. L. Oswald declare