more than once, and has ever been on the alert, should there be need of his services, to warn the brave men in the cab of their danger,

On the evening of September 23d, as as the 9 P. M. Chicago & St. Louis limited came thundering along amid the darkness and rain, a signal was discovered by the watchful engineer, who applied the air-brakes and stopped near the great embankment, some seventy-five feet in height. As Bro. Hunt got down to enquire the cause of the signal, he was met by the grand old man, who notified him that the stream was very much swollen and he feared the track was washed away. An investigation was made, and to their great surprise it was discovered that a part of the bank was gone, and had it not been for Mr. Baltimore, many lives would have been sacrificed.

Words are inadequate at times to give the true feelings of our hearts; but the warm grasp by the hands was sufficient to repay honest farmer Baltimore for his watchfulness. A committee, consisting of Bros. A. T. Strong, J. H. Donemyer and John Humphrey, was appointed by Division 218, to draft suitable resolutions and expression of thanks of the members of Friendly Hand Div. 218, for the noble service done by him, not only to our Brother, but in the saving of many lives and much property. The wives and little ones all join hands in thanks to this noble man; and may his every-day life be blessed with bountiful kindness. Yours,

PROGRESS.

Div. 218.

Ambition is but the spur which goads us on. Knowledge is the power without which there is no progression.

In order to keep apace with the times we must educate ourselves, educate each other. The time is coming when if there be any classification, it will not be of the inconsistent kind in vogue now, which rates a man in proportion to length of service; it will be of a more reasonable

kind. The best men will receive the best wages.

I am sorry to say we have no advanlages in that respect over engineers who are not members of the Brotherhood, which should not be. The fact that we are members of the Brotherhood, while being sufficient guarantee as to our moral character, should also be a reliable testironial as to our ability as engineers. If we wish to be superior we must have better facilities to educate ourselves. We should have a Brotherhood library; not a library of fiction and history, but a collection of books from the best authorities on everything that pertains to our calling. Then we may keep abreast with the times; at the present time a great majority of us are distanced.

Brothers, talk this matter over among you; express your opinions through the JOURNAL; and who knows but we may soon have something we badly need, something with which to educate ourselves that we may indeed progress.

DIVISION 31.

SYRACUSE, Dec. 1st, 1886.

MESSRS. EDITORS: In the columns of the JOURNAL for December I find a communication from Chicago in regard to the injector or pump for feeding locomotives, and I agree with the writer. I prefer the pump to run by, but I also like the injector for snow banks or detentions, and I think one pump and one injector is what every engine ought to be supplied with. I have given the injector a very fair test. I have a No. 8 Mack Injector and one pump on my engine, and I have used the pump steady, and then for a test would shut off the pump and use the injector, and it fed the boiler as steady as the pump, and I find some difference in regard to the steam. When I use the pump the engine makes steam very free, and we run with the furnace door on the latch nearly all the time, and when I use the injector the fireman has to exercise more care with his fire and keep the fur

nace door shut all the time, except when firing, and has hard work to keep steam up to the required point, but with the pump has no trouble and plenty of steam all the time. I think that is a pretty fair test, as we are using the same fuel and drawing the same cars, and, as a general thing, working the engine to its full capacity. And, then, another advantage the pump has, when you run slow the pump does the same, while the injector goes right along, and we have more trouble with our injectors than the pump on account of their getting corroded inside. Our water is very hard, and is full of lime, and we very often have to take them down and clean out the scale.

SYRACUSE, Div. 169.

POLICY.

What is called policy is sometimes spoken of in the same sense as prudence. Policy is a thing of many aspects and of many tongues; it can appear in any form and can speak in any language. It is sometimes called management. It is but a compound of sagacity and deceit, of duplicity and meanness. It is adopted and acted upon by multitudes who claim to be respectable, and is not confined to the baser sort. They mistake its meaning by giving it a wrong name. They call it prudence, discretion, wisdom. Its appropriate name is policy, the sister of low cunning, of deception and duplicity. Those who profit by this cheat distrust the deceiver, and the act by which kindness was sought puts an end to confidence. Nothing can compete with human deceitfulness. That form of deceit which is cunningly laid and unworthily carried on under the disguise of friendship, is, of all others, the most detestable. There can be no greater treachery than first to raise a confidence, and then deceive it. Nothing can be more unjust than to play upon the belief of a confiding person, to make him suffer for his good opinion, and fare the worse for thinking you an honest man. This prin

ciple of double dealing, of artful accommodation and management, is characteristic of the present age. It meets every man on his blind side, and by stratagem makes a tool of him. Its leading maxim is, "The end justifies the means." It may be traced in all departments of business, and through all grades of society, from the grand councils of the nation to the little town or parish meeting-those who fill places of trust in both public and private service in large cities as well as in smaller towns. It puts on false appearances, working in the dark, carrying out their plans by stratagem and deceit; nothing open, nothing honest; one thing is said, and another thing is meant When you look for a man in one place, you find him in another. With flattering lips and a double heart do they speak. The heart of man is of such a sorry mixture of good and bad that we are only too willing to urge on the race, striving to see who can be most deceitful.

Against mere policy every young man who has any desire of lasting respectability and influence ought most carefully to be on his guard. Nothing can be more fatal to reputation and success in life than to acquire the character of an artful intriguer, one who does all things with the ulterior design of furthering his own ends. He may succeed for a time, but he will soon be found out; he who acts on this thinks nobody knows it; but he is mistaken; for while he prides himself on being very wise in keeping his designs out of sight, any person of the least discernment perfectly understands him, and will despise him for thinking he could make fools of them.

It is a lamentable fact that scarcely anything is really what it is represented to be. As for the hypocrite, surely this is the most foolish deception of all, to pretend to morality and to friendship; he is more anxious in his outward walk that it shall savor more of these virtues than if he were at heart possessed of them.

People often mistake policy for discretion. There is a wide difference between

TROY, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1886.

MESSRS EDITORS: On the evening of October 16th, 1886, I returned home from my day's run; it was Saturday. As I entered the house my wife called my attention to a telegram arranging an appointment at 9 P. M. the same evening at my residence. Business called me down town, but I returned home at about the appointed time, and to my utter surprise I met the following Brothers and their wives: Mr. and Mrs. W. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. J. Farrell, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ecklor, Mr. and Mrs. G. Hydorn, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Van Tuyle, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Smyth, Mr. and Mrs. A. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. L. K. McMillan, Mr. and Mrs. H. Donslow, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. R. Blake, Mrs. Morgan, Mr. Van Devoort, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Gilbert, Masters Gilbert, and Mr. J. Leuty.

As I entered, I could not understand the meaning of such a gathering. I was introduced to the assembly; all seemed to enjoy the situation very much, and on my inquiry for an understanding, which was not allowed to be divulged by any one present, I entertained them as best I could under the circumstances. I was called to the kitchen to crack some ice; while busily engaged I noticed that there was considerable bustle in the front part of the house. When I had finished I was ushered into the front room and introduced to Brother Farrell, who acted as spokesman for the assembly, and called my attention to, and presented me with, a beautiful secretary with book case com bined, which I appreciated very much. I was embarrassed to such an extent that I could but respond in a very feeble man

ner.

But I can say that I appreciate the esteem and confidence placed in me by the Brothers and friends, and words are but a slight expression of gratitude to the contributors who participated in the com pletement of the present, which is not only useful, but an ornament in the household.

After an examination of the secretary by those present, we were invited to the

sitting room, where the tables groaned with requirements for the inner man, and all seemed to enjoy themselves before leaving. The hours passed very pleasantly, and I can assure you, very happily to me, as it was intended for a surprise; and it was a complete one, as well as a birthday gift. I wish also to acknowledge the calendar and inkstand combined presented by Mrs. J. Farrell, on behalf of Bro. and Mrs. Blake, and hope the occasion and feeling will be as lasting as the secretary is an emblem of good will to the surprised receiver, which I gratefully acknowledge that I am.

CHAS GRAHAM, Div. 87.

MESSRS. EDITORS: In the past much has been said and advice given as to our duty to our Brotherhood. I have for

some time realized the fact that one of our greatest of duties has been sadly neglected by the majority of our members. and I am of the opinion will, in time, work great injury to the B. of L. E. It is simply the indifference that too many of the members, for years past, have had for our Insurance. With a membership of twenty thousand in the Brotherhood we find, as per report from the G. I. D. Office for the month of November, that only 4,485 are insured. To those Brothers that are not members I would be pleased to take by the hand and ask you, do you consider that you are fulfilling your duty to yourself, your family, and to the Association, that has done so much for years for its members for their advancement in their profession as men and locomotive engineers, and to adjust the grievances upon the many railroads, which otherwise we never would have been able to accomplish were it not for our Brotherhood. I cannot help but censure you, for you know you have not been doing your whole duty. I am not in favor of a law compelling members of our Order to join the Insurance, or of any law compelling our members to accept of universal Insurance unless they, by their own will, wish it; but I do con

tend that as the B. of L. E Insurance is the creation of our own Organization, I deem it the duty of every member to give it his support, and it should be his first choice. By so doing you assist in cementing the bond of fellowship that should exist amongst us; not only that, but you create an interest in our Insurance which belongs to our grand old Brotherhood.

Again I ask the question, why is it that the 15,000 of our members are not insured in the B. of L. E. Insurance? Many say, well, I am in such and such insurance, I think it much cheaper; but when an issue arises like the relief department offered by some of the railroad companies, is your Brotherhood then acquainted, or does it stop to consider where its members are insured? No and officials never fail in such cases to fight your committee on the ground that you have but one-fourth in our Insurance, and in many cases say, "why, your members do not belong to any insurance."

During the past year a certain railroad offered a plan of relief to the employes, and in time every man in their employ would have been compelled to have joined it or they would have been discharged. It provided for sickness and death, and, in many features, was a noble object, and one that would commend itself to those who have never given a thought to their families after their death or themselves in sickness; yet, were they to have been compelled to have joined it, it would have been an act of injustice; it would have compelled many to give up beneficial orders with the same object in view. Had the good old maxim "Come, let us reason together" been adopted, it might have been in force to-day, and they would have had a relief not costing over a dollar per month. Every man in their employ would willingly have become a member of it, if for no other purpose than to encourage others that had no organization. There are many that make no provision

for sickness or death. But no such plan was adopted. The men rose up in arms and would not consent to it. Among the engineers and firemen many said this and that, and I am sorry to say those that swore the hardest what they would do were in the relief inside of six months, and at the present time are condemning the Brotherhood simply because the Brotherhood compels them to keep an agreement just as sacred as they would an agreement with a railroad company, and when we make one with the company we are bound to keep it.

Those engineers that are in the relief would not try the plan "Let us reason together," but sent their committees, and Brothers who have served on committees know what their duties are-and this was a trying one. With the whole road in a tumult, and desirous of having no trouble if it could be prevented by honorable means, they instructed them to accept no relief. Our Grand Chief, P. M. Arthur, was sent for, and I ask, why did they send for him? Look at it, will you who do not belong to our Insurance. He was sent to assist the committees to ask the officers of this road to excuse you from being compelled to join something that in some future day might, in some respects, be a benefit to you or your family. Yes, I repeat again, he was to ask this company to excuse you from joining this relief, with the same object in view, in some respects, as our Insurance. If they had held a conference and the officers of that road had asked your Grand Chief the question, "why is it that a great many of the members of the B. of L. E. do not join your Insurance and provide for themselves and families when you have, for years, been advising them to do so? why do you now object to us compelling them to become members of our relief?" Whet could your Grand Chief have said? He could have only give nthe same reason that many of you have given for years, and I ask you is it an honest one, and do you think you have done your whole duty to yourself,