Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-01

are a. numerous as the varieties Of roses
These varieties may be divided into two
great and principal species, to which may
be given the names of individual deadheads
and class deadheads.
The Individual Deadheads.
The varieties of the individual deadhead
are legion. There is the dude, who is a
nephew of Colonel Somebody or other, q
former official of the company, who wants q
pass on account of his family name. Then
there is the young man who has been offered
splendid situation in San Francisco, and
who will send the money for his fare the
moment he earns it after arriving there il
you will only give him a chance by giving
him pass The man who has been robbed
of his through ticket and all his money and
wants q pass to Omaha is as numerous as
flies in June. Then there is the lady from
Boston, who only bought a ticket to New
York because she expected to meet her hus-
band here, but didn't, and who would like
to have you pass her to Chicago 'just this
once" and the widow, whose husband was
killed In the employ of some railroad in
Kamchatka, who wants pass to some point
in the far West, and is there anything she
can do to show her gratitude in Salt Lake
City?
Among the varieties of class deadheads
the clerical may be mentioned first Of all
A reduction Is generally given to ministers
from the regular rate of fare, but not salts
fed with the liberal concession, many OF
these good men ask and even demand free
pass. If refused, they give the man Of the
iron or steel rail look that seems to say in
the words Of the Rev. Mr.. Stiggens, the
immortal shepherd of Dickens "Pickwick
Papers" that they hope his heart may be
softened and turned in the right way, but
they rather think that he is booked for
something very uncomfortable in the next
world.
Odd Reasons for Free Rides.
School teachers expect passes because they
are disinterestedly devoting themselves to
the improvement Of the human race by edu-
eating Its young, and actors and theatrical
performers of all kinds think that, because
they furnish the world with amusement,
they have direct claim for railroad trans.
portation. Sporting men who have achieved
distinction, such as shoulder-hitters, oars
men, pedestrians, ETC., always expect to be
passed, as do also all strong-minded females
who are laboring to emancipate their sex
from Its thralldom to the tyrant man. Ho.
tel and saloon-keepers demand passes be.
cause they feed the hungry and give drink
to the thirsty, while owners and drivers Of
fast horses claim them on the ground that al
their business deals with locomotion, it is g
sort of twin sister to railroading. Add to
this already long list Legislators, council
men, ballot-box suffers, election strikers,
heelers, FOUNDERS and repeaters, Govern.
ment and municipal officials and small fry
politicians OF every shade of color and de:
gree Of servitude, and you have partial
enumeration" as census takers would say.
of class deadheads.
If the demands of these people were to be
complied with, every railroad train from
Maine to California would be filed with
deadheads, and every railroad in this coun-
try would be in the hands of receiver in
considerably less than Elk months.
CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw.