Mohave County miner., 1888-09-01
A STREET CAR BLOCK.
ONE OF THE EXPERIENCES or
LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY.

Car window--Ths ImperturbSbIe Mas
with tie Turkey--A Hard working,
Chserieis world--ssoving On.
The car has stuck In Greenwich street
We are aground. The Indications are not
favorable for soon getting of Tho driver
does the conductor. When these worthless
leave their posts be sure you are 10 re-
main In stain ono for foliac time, We
for quarter Of mile ahead The drivers
immediately ahead are of their pesches
also Another bad siga We comnend
our souls TO patience. The more uneasy
passengers gaze through the front car
door window. There are ten OF us. A
woman and child, countryman, stout
man with turkey tied In paper bag. a
girl aud D. stout IrishInan. The rest are
simply Of tbc human species, with nothing
particulal. % recommend them.
The driver mounts the platform. The
car moves We Gre on Tho block is
over Hope rises. The car moves six
inches And stops disrsaIiy. Hope falls.
carriages rattle, roar and ruckle over tho
otO6i'os ob SAtBcf btaD hbg SiE AiIAc UP,
the other line down BY Us are passing
the manufactures Of New York, the pro-
duce Of the country and the product OF
other lands. Down load of sewing
machines incased In wooden frames. Up
q load Of coal Down load of new fur.
niture cttsed In bagging. Up load OF
apples. Down load Of -four. Ahead Of
US In the block a wagon piled high with
Irx, IL Tf.x 1,..4I - i,,x,
Down, potatoes. Up, turnips. Then q
load Of beef quarters Up "a piano.
HOPE REgIyEs q
Tho woman with the child looks at her
watch. She fears losing boat or train.
The man with the turkey ID Of all the
rnost resigned. HIS face Is vacancy.
Time to him seems Of no object He Is
framed 90 wait. A policeman bobs hither
and yon, growing. curSing, ordering.
But the block is immovable
Ali We move. We are Off. Hope re-
wives. We fear It Is too good to be true
1t is. We have moved half block The
block resumes Driveey going up and
down handy words with our driver. Peo.
pie stop on the curb and gaze stupidity at
us. We get even and gaze stupidity at
them. Then we read all the advertise
nents In the car. A load Of iron bangs
and claiigs past. Then a load Of hay.
Then one Of cotton. The woman and tho
child get out. Tho man with the turkey
Is iInmoFable. In he. like the rest Of US,
consumed with anxiety and impatience,
or has he the power Of projecting his
mind into some region Of thought that he
can forget this irksome delayf We count
four dry goods boxes on the wagon ahead,
ON them red seat and on that blanket.
The conductors overeoat has but three
buttons upon IT. II should have four. II
is very ragged coat. The pockets are
sagged down.
There is an endless shouting outside
and cries of "Get upi Get upp The stout
Irishman can wait no longer. He leaves
us. F.reweilI We shall never meet
again The man with the turkey gazes on
and on into futurity.
MOVING ON.
Again we move. We get ahead q whole
block. Tho scene changes. Il Is refresh.
ing even to see new set of dingy store
fronts and signs. And no end Of carts
Going and coming, rattling and rumbling.
bringing things from the north and send
ing them south, bringing things from the
south aud sending them north, sll driven
by thess hard, grimy men, who seem TO
have nc other thought In the world save
to get somewhere with load and get
back again. A hard working, grirny,
cheerleils world 1T Is all about here.
Agaift we move. We are not encour-
aged. We have now too often been dis.
appointed. But we keep on moving.
Boast not thyself, II Is but momentary.
But w0 keep on moving. No matter.
We shall stop--there. We move clover.
We fee, the car stopping. But 1t does
not stop, But we shall stop. But we do
not STOP, An atom OF hope kindles in our
detected souls. We try to keep IL down,
to smother It, 1t wiz not stay smothered.
We are still moving. We have 80 long
been In q stationary, helpless state that
we have ceased TO regard the car as cap
able OF motion. Yet we do move. The
ydriyerit back looks as II he intended to
drive farther yet Even the drivers
back assumes sort Of 80 1t expression
when be sees no obstacle ahead and his
hand IA off that Giscouraging brake. We
have actually moved four blocks without
a stop. The man with the turkey Is as
vacant as ever. 1t matters little 10 him.
We ke,p on moving. The block IL over.
Only hilf an hours delay.--Prentico Null
ford In New York Star.