Good morrow, friend! Good morrow, foe!
Which ye may prove, no man doth know.
Whether ye come with a smile to bless,
Or whip to scourge, no man can guess.
Good morrow, foe! Good morrow, friend!
Our paths are one, as on we wend.
Then, friend or foe, for joy or sorrow,
My stout heart bids ye kind good morrow.
-Madeline Bridges, in Brooklyn Life.

A Type of Extremes.

'Neath the roar of looms and engines I paused 'mid the factory lots, Adjusted my faithful kodak,

Well loaded for good snapshots:

I caught a view of the dwellings,
With clotheslines hanging between,
Just as a stockholder's carriage
Rolled leisurely by the scene.

In richest of dainty raiment

His wife and their children fair, Reclining on velvet cushions,

Gazed out on the haunts of care; The dimpled hand of a baby

The fond mother's face caressed, And close to a lace-robed bosom

The child was tenderly pressed.

On all sides tenement houses,
Squalid, unpainted, bare,
Depicted grim destitution,
Betrayed stern poverty's lair;
Wretched unlovely surroundings
Told of a pitiful tale-
The story of ragged children
And women toil-worn and pale.

Told of the desperate conflict,
A battle for daily bread,-
Of ambition's cravings stifled
Where the light of hope has fled.
The lady sat in her carriage,

But deep in her haughty breast
As she heard the whir of spindles
There crept a vague unrest.

She thought of that throng of children,
Whose lives were barren and drear,
And they were their mothers' darlings,
Perhaps as her own, held dear;
She saw their forlorn existence,
Life's every comfort denied;
Then thought of selfish indulgence
And the throb of pity was gone!

For this was her source of income
Whence capital drew its gain,
So labor must uncomplaining

The company's rules maintain;
Too deep for my mind the problem
Of weakness straining 'gainst might-
I turn away with my pictures

And the carriage rolls out of sight. -Margaret Scott Hall, in The Carpenter,

The Tongue.

"The boneless tongue, so small and weak, Can crush and kill," declared the Greek. "The tongue destroys a greater horde," The Turk asserts, "than does the sword." The Persian proverb wisely saith, "A lengthy tongue-an earthly death." Or sometimes takes this form instead: "Don't let your tongue cut off your head." "The tongue can speak a word whose speed," Says the Chinese, "outstrips the steed." While Arab sage doth this impart: "The tongue's great storehouse is the heart." From Hebrew wit the maxim sprung, "Though feet should slip, ne'er let the tongue." The sacred writer crowns the whole,

"Who keeps his tongue doth keep his soul." -Selected.

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The Guest.

Luck tapped upon a cottage door,

A gentle, quiet tap;

And Laziness, who lounged within,
The cat upon his lap,
Stretched out his slippers to the fire
And gave a lazy yawn:

"Oh, bother! let him knock again!"
He said; but Luck was gone.
Luck tapped again, more faintly still
Upon another door,

Where Industry was hard at work
Mending his cottage floor.
The door was opened wide at once;
"Come in!" the worker cried,
And Luck was taken by the hand
And fairly pulled inside.

He still is there-a wondrous guest
From out whose magic hand
Fortune flows fast-but Laziness
Can never understand

How Industry found such a friend;
"Luck never came my way!"

He sighs, and quite forgets the knock
Upon the door that day.

-Priscilla Leonard, in Youth's Companion.

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Acting under instructions from the Grand Executive Committee (Art. XV, Secs. 1 and 2, Constitution), notice of Regular Assessment No. 73 is hereby given. All who were members of the insurance department prior to Jan. 1, 1903, are required to pay this assessment on or before Feb. 5, 1903. Members holding certificates issued previous to January 1, 1901, are required to pay $1 on a $1000 policy and 50 cents on a $500 policy. Those holding certificates issued since January 1, 1901, are required to pay at the rates stipu lated in the following table:

Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year.

SECRETARIES of subordinate lodges will please bear in mind that notices to their members in regard to local dues, change of meeting dates or other purely local matters should be sent by letter or postal card and not through the columns of the ADVOCATE. In the first place it will save a great deal of time if letters or cards are sent direct to members, and in the second place such notices, if printed in the ADVOCATE, take up space that should be used for matter of general interest to all our readers.

MR. W. V. Powell, former president of the O. R. T., is now rightof-way agent for the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railroad Company, also the New Orleans and Northwestern, the Arkansas Midland and the White River Railroad Companies. His headquarters are in St. Louis and he reports that he is meeting with encouraging success in his new field.

1 T. D. Bostick, Sec'y; 2 J. T. Wilson, Pres.; 3 F. P. Haygood, Ch'm; 4 J. E. Blizzard, Vice-Ch'm;5 W. H. Wiggs; 6 W. W. Haygood, 3rd Vice-Pres.; 7 R. E. Skipper; 8 N. Y. Robertson; 9 F. A. Brownlee; 10 J. H. Strickland; 11 M. M. Knight; 12 E. M. Windham.

RESULTS ON THE A. C. L.

A photograph of the members of the joint protective board on the Atlantic Coast Line Railway appears on the opposite page. As an amicable settlement has been effected with the general manager of that road, it is in order to explain to our readers the course pursued in forming the men on the A. C. L. Ry., into a system organization, which enabled their representatives to secure for them increased wages and improved conditions of service. After receiving numerous requests from maintenance-of-way employes on that road to send organizers to assist in forming them into a system organization, a certificate of authority was prepared and carried over the road by representatives of the Brotherhood. reads as follows:

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We, the undersigned, employed in the maintenance-of-way department of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway, hereby authorize the members of the joint protective board on the A. C. L. Ry. to enter into an agreement with the proper official of said company setting forth the terms of our service. Should the company's representative refuse to meet our representatives or to make a satisfactory settlement, they are hereby authorized and instructed to order a suspension of work and the order will be obeyed, provided it is approved by the president of the B. R. T. of A.

We further agree, that, in case a suspension of work is ordered, we will do all we can in a lawful way to prevent others from taking our places, and we will not under any circumstances return to work until the strike is officially declared off by our representatives.

With few exceptions the foremen signed the certificate of authority

authorizing the committee to do business for them.

Before the Grand Division representatives had completed their trip over the line, minor officials began to make war on the Brotherhood and tried to undo the work that had been done. The following are samples of letters sent out by minor officials:

June 19, '02.

All foremen, 1st Div. 2d District. It has been brought to our Supt. notice that a Mr. Haygood is going over system trying to organize all track foreman the supt wishes to say to foreman that the management does not care to have them come a member of this company or organization. If they desire to remain in service of Co, they will have to stay out of it.

W. A. McCullough. (This production should be added to the archives of American literature. Opposition from railway officials to organization among employes is due to ignorance more than to viciousness.)

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO.

OFFICE OF ROADMASTER Second Div., Fourth District. Circular No. 47. Montgomery, Ala., July 16th 1902. All Concerned: §

Order of Railway Trackman,

On June 21st, I wrote you requesting the information as to whether or not you were a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen of America, as yet no reply.

I would be pleased to hear from you at a very early date.

MARTIN PALMER, ROADMASTER. This is the same Mr. Palmer who at a recent convention of roadmasters declared that if the track