Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1895, Page 9

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NATIONAL PROTEST In Many Cities Debs Resolutions Will Be Read. THE YEAR’S RECORD Labor day this year Is to be celebrated under somewhat unusual circumstances. It comes on September 2 in most of the states, although Pefinsylvania does not cclebrate it until Saturday, September 7. In most cities, as in Washington, arrange- ments have been made to make the day one of protest against the incarceration of Eugene V. Debs. To this end the Trades and Labor Assembly and the Central Labor Federation in Chicago have arranged a monster parade in that city. Philadelphia will also have a very elaborate procession, the Carpenters and Joiners’ Union being the prime mover In the affair. New York's celebration wili not be so imposing as that of some other cities, owing to the removal cf labor's national headquarters from the metropolis. The other leading cities of the country will have the customary parades. Any one who has opportunities of get- ting at the real opinions of the principal labor leaders of the country must be im- pressed by their change of thought in the matter of industrial problems. There seems to prevail an impression that a new era has been ushered in, and that the old meth- ods must be discarded. Mr. Sovereign’s Views. “Labor day this year,” said James R. Sovereign, general master workman of thé Knights of Labor, when asked about this, “will certainly usher in a new epoch. The industrial element ha3 more solidarity, I should say, now than at any former period. There may not be the old-time show and glitter, but there will be enthusiasm and a determination to stand together. I fully agree with those who declare that class feeling in this republic is stronger than in any other country in the world. That fs the inevitable result of economic oppres- sion. For a long time the American work- ingman was taught and believed that he was immeasurably better off than his toiling brother in other lands. Events here have opened his eyes. Capitalism is the same here as elsewhere. It grinds the faces of the poor. The very fact that political equality exists appears to make economic despotism harsher.” Mr. Sovereign was asked ebout his boy- cott of the bznk notes, “That has been much misrepresented. Those who think the measure farcical are welcome to their opinion. But as a protest of labor against existing conditions it ought to be significant. Labor has little to do now but protest against {ts servitude. It seems odd that the disccntent of the working masses should be ridiculed, Surely the workers of any land are an important element in itz popvlation. Let us assume, for the sake of argument, that they voice demands that are absurd, {s {t nice to mock these demands? Would it not be better for those who deem them absurd to argue tem- perately with labor and endeavor to point its errors out to it? Again, see how coldly the classes hold aloof frem Labor day. They take no interest in it. Whenever the workingman has a measure to propose, he ust make his fight alone. When the nanciers or the business men want a thing @one they are very ready to solicit the tollers’ aid.” “Do you agree with Debs in condemning strikes?” “I don’t think Debs 1s against strikes as a means in certain emergencies. We have gust seen two large strikes brought to a Buccersful {ssue—the miners’ in Pennsylva- nia and the tailors’ in New York. What Mr. Debs means, Is that the expediency of the strike must be first taken into account. For my part I deem the strike almost in- evitable under existing conditions, although I do not believe in the rash and unjust strike. Labor day is destined to be happy in that respect this year. The workers will have no failure to remember.” President McBride’s Opinion. President McBride of the American Fed- eration of Labor shares in the general opinion that new conditicns are arising. “Labor day will be a great occasion this year,” sald he, “because the workingmen have gained so much the past twelve months. I am very glad the occasion is to be made one of national protest against the Debs outrage. In its way the episode has been a blessing in disguise. It has shown the toilers how little they may expect from the powers that be, under existing condi- tions. The old way of regarding our re- public as the paradise of toilers is over and done with. Rather fs it a paradise of capitalists. Where in the werld has capital more prerogatives than among ourselves? I wonder if our people understand the sig- nificance of the fact that the tolling mass- es are learning to regard the conditions un- der which they live with sullen discontent? Does It bode well for the future of our land? Would not mere self-intetest, if suf- ficiently enlightened, prompt capital to look to the welfare of labor? The trouble with cur people is that they are so dazzled by their political equality as to be for the most part blind to economic inequality. The consequence is that when labor pro- tests are heard there are charges of dema- goguism made. We are told that working- men are misied by ignorance and union leaders. The people who talk that way everlook the fact that the toller is under- aid and underfed, and in want. Men in hat condition do not want to be told that their leaders are vicious. Let them first be well pald and afforded the means of decent livelihood. Then they will be In a position to get_rid of the vicious and ignorant lead- ers. The general obloquy heaped upon the labor movement only adds invitation to the general discontent. It serves to set the workers apart and to make them feel that they are necessarily opposed in interest to other classes.” Mr. ,McBride, by the way, has entirely recovered from his recent illness. He is looking very well indeed, and makes an address in Indianapolis on Labor day. Mr. Gompers. Samuel Gompers has in no way modified his well-known views on the labor question. “The movement, however,’ he sald, In answer to a question, “is apt to euffer from the {ntroduct‘or of all sorts of fads and Is- gues by social reformers who mean well enough, but who usually drift the work- ingman away into all sorts of abstract dis- cussions and yain agitations. I believe in the labor movement, but I do not feel obliged on that account to take up every new idea that comes along. There are too many cure-alls in the social agitations of today. People will assure you that if you only adopt their panacea the whole world will become a Garden of Eden. That may be true enough, but those advocates in- vode the labor unions, and there ensues an immense amount of talk and very littie ac- fon. Action! That's the reed of labor. ur enemles have a moncpoly of that. Dis- cussicn clears the air, but we must not al- ways discuss. That is why I look forward to Labor day this year with unusual inter- est. We are going to do something. The rotest against Debs’ imprisonment will lead to something definite, in my opinion. It will serve to convince the workingman that he is his own best friend. That is what he has been a long time finding out.” Debs Speaks From His Cell. Debs’ view of.the coming Labor day should have considerable interest. Writing from Woodstock jail, in answer to a re- quest fo: Labor day sentiments, he de- clares: “I do not think I write with malice to- ward any one. I do not know what to write about Labor day that will not seem personal in view of the industrial protest egainst what I deem the violation of my rights as an American citizen tn being im- prisoned without any acknowledgment of my right to a trial. I know that if I am in the right my vindication will come with time. If I am in the wrong, I ought to take the corsequences. I do not look upon the protest of American labor against my imprisonment as any persoral tribute. It is simply a manifestation of Amertcan love of fair play and justice, regardless of indi- viduals. The principles of truth and jus- tice are the keys to the labor question.” —_—_—_——_+e-—_____ A BLOODY BRITISHER. The Boys Had Fun With Him, but Not Altogether as They Expected. “That's all right about them Britishers,”’ said a long-legged western man to a group of reporters in The Star office, one of whom had told a story of how an Englishman had been fooled by some Americans on a train in the far west by a cry of train robbers. “Yes, but they don’t like the robber busl- ness a little bit,” asserted the reporter. “I reckon not,” admitted the westerner, doggedly. ‘“‘Leastways, after what I seen and feit I should say there was one, any- ways, that didn’t like it overly.”” “What did you do? Scare him out of a year's growth?” “Well, no,” was the hesitating answer, “ reckon it wuzn’t quite as much as that.’ “Tell us about it,” put in an impatient listener. “It was this a-way,” said the westerner, in a tone of semi-sadness. “There was about a dozen of us fellers goin’ through Texas in a sleepin’ car, and the only stranger in the lot was a strappin’ big Eng- lishman, with a voice on him like a bas: drum. We got him out in the sr.oker, an it wasn’t more'n eighteen minutes till we was loadin’ him up to the neck with stories o: train robbers and that sort of thing. At first, he kinder quieted down a bit, because we didn’t tell no kind of yarns but blood curdlers, but it wasn't long till he had got fis second wind, and purty soon he was praggin’ what he'd do if robbers happened to stop any train he was on. _ “That's Sst where we wanted him at, and it wasn’t long till we had the job put up with the conductor and the rest of the gang to stop the train and skeer that Britisher plumb to death and back ag’in. It was atout 11 o'clock at night, I reckon, in a mighty lonesome place, .when the train came to a stop and we heard a shot out- side. That was a sign fer me, and I jump- ed up and yelled ‘robbers.’ So did the other fellows, except two that somehow wasn't around. The next minute a big chap with his face masked stepped in where we was and stuck his gun right at us. I throwed up my hands and so did the others, and we begged the Britisher not to kill anybody, but do lke we done. He was meeker’n a lamb, and put his paws up like a baby. “Then another masked man took the place of the first one, while he went threugh us for our valuables, which we handed out, all but the Britisher. I never knowed jist how it happened at this p’int, but the first thing I knowed the Britisher let his two fists go, and the two masked men went down in a pile, and on the next lick I jired em with another feller on top of me, and the dern Britisher set flat down on the accumulation and called for the rest of the gang. Leastwise that was what I afterwards heard he sald, fer I didn’t know anything fer two hours, and we had to git a doctor fer the first two he hit. I thought a mule had kicked me, and they told me afterwards that they thought lightnin’ had struck the train.” “How did he get onto your scheme?” in- quired the reporter. “Derned if we could ever find out. I guess he didn’t git on; jist kinder sus- picioned and took the chances. He had all the advantage, fer we couldn't shoot him, and he didn’t give us time to do any sluggin’.”” “How did it finally come out?” “Oh, fine. When we got to the next big town we paid for a banquet in his honor, and before daylight we had cleaned him out of about $3,500 in a quiet little game of draw upstairs.” g —_—_——_—_ AN ERROR OF JUDGMENT. One Case of Failure to Put a Silver Lining on the Cloud. ‘A very seedy and disreputable tramp in- deed slipped into the back yard of a resi- dence on Connecticut avenue and lightly rapped at the kitchen door. It was opened by the mistress of the mansion, and the tramp made his most profound and grace- ful bow. “Beggin’ yer pardon, lady,” he sald, “but may I ask a favor of you?” - “Yes;.what is it?” she responded, with rather more sharpness than sweetness. “Y'd like for you to tell me if you think I am in your presence as a common tramp seekin’ nourishment in the shape of ple.” “Well, no,” she hesitated, half smiling. “J thought you were a common tramp seek- ing nourishment in the shape of anything you could get, with a lingering hope that {t would be a nickel, so that you might get beer with it.” The tramp looked at her sorrowfully. “You misjudge me, lady,” he said as he surveyed his attire. “I may look that way to you, but I want to say that I am not a common tramp.” “Perhaps you are an uncommon one,” she suggested. “No, lady, I am not a tramp at all.”* “Oh, excuse me. I suppose then you don't want anything to eat or to drink?” “Yes, lady, I do,” he exclaimed, starting forward as if he were about to lose it all. “I am very hungry and should be glad to have anything you will give me, but I am not a tramp.” “So you said awhile ago. May I ask what you are?” and she reached for a plate of pie. oE am, lady, a dreadful example of what the people of this great and glorious coun- try of ours is coming to If the silver men have their way in politics and flood the country with free silver. In me, lady, you see what all the people will look like inside of a year from the time the silver flood is turned on. “Ig that so?” she asked more sharply than her greeting. “Sure as gospel, lady.” ° “Well,” she said, putting the ple back again, I guess I'd better save this pie. probably need it ourselves. We are free silver people in this house, and if you want to get anything to eat you'd better go on over to New York,” and she shut the door on him just as he had his mouth all set for ple. “By gi um,” he growled, as he went out into the alley, “that’s what a man gets for talkin’ politics to a woman. Politics is something that can’t be made to fit the fe- male mind under no circumstances.” —__—._—__ Suggestive. From the Youth's Companion. Undoubtedly many talented writers have to wait long for financial success. But it is well for an ambitious author to face the question whether his failure to make a living by his pen is a@ result of the poor quality of his work. ‘A French philosopher had been much harassed by the complaints of a would-be writer whose talents were certainly not in the direction of literature. One day the young man made a particu- larly discontented speech about the pov- erty of writers. “Yes,” rejoined the philosopher, “there are as many poor writers as there are— poor writers. Think of it, my friend.” And his friend thought of it clearly enough to adopt another profession. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Single Payment of Taxes as Com- pared With the Present System. ABOUT THE STREET EXTENSION PLAN Progress of the Work of Assessing Taxable Property. SOME IMPROVEMENTS Property holders generally were inter- ested in reading the annual report of the collector of taxes, especially that portion which referred to ihe advantages in the management of the office of a single pay- ment of the taxes on realty, instead of a division into two payments. The “ollector renews his recommendation that hereafter taxes be recelved in one payment. Last spring, it will be remembered, the realty tax was paid in a single installment, owing to the fact that the revision of the assessments was not completed in time for the usnal installment to be made in No- vember. But that was only a temporary provision, and was authorized by a special provision of an act of Congress, and if such a change is to be made permanent the sanction cf our local legislature must be securel. Un- doubtedly the single payment: system facil- itates the work of the collector's office, and is much more convenient and desirable from his point of view than the install- ment plan. Independent of this considera- tion, however, it is argued by some thit the proposed’ method would be an advan- tage to the city, inasmuch as large ums of money would be left in the banks and in general circulation which would other- wise be locked up in the treasury. Keeping the Movey in Circulation, It 1s said that the single payment made in May, followed in a few weeks by the annual appropriations becoming available, would in effect result in paying out the money taRen from the taxpayers almost as soon as itis paid in. It is further argued that the people would have the benefit of the use of the money which they now pay in during November, which, it is thought, is a decided advantage. On the other hand, it is maintained that the installment plan of making cash pay- ments is found to be convenient by a great majority of the pecple, and that they greatly prefer it. It is said to be just as hard for a man who contributes $10,000 in the shape of taxes to the District treasury to tring together that amount in cash as it ts for a man whose annual tax is only $10). If this is the belief in any great propo tion of the property holders, it is likely that they will place themselves in opposi- tion to the recommendation of the collector of taxes. Extent of Street Extension. Owing to the fact that the maps of the plan of street extension show the proposed system of streets as applied to the entire area from the present city limits to the District line, an impression prevails that if Is the intention to open up at once all the streets indicated on the map throughout the entire section. The provisions of the law regulating this matter, and which was enacted In 1898, Rowever, would prevent, it is said, such a thing, even if it were practicable. In the language of the act, the Commissioners are instructed that in the case of any highway or highways not within the limits of any existing subdivi- sion, “when in their judgment the public convenience shall require the opening of the same or any part thereof,” proceedings can be begun for the opening of the same. In another section the court is authorized to hear evidence as to whether the public convenience does in fact require the im- mediate opening of the highway or high- ways, and if the court decides that the public convenience does not require the opening of such street, the Commissioners have no authority to take any further ac- tion. The general understanding is that the work of condemning the streets in ac- cordance with the map will be confined first to the existing subdivisions. After- ward, when streets are to be opened as the public needs require, they are to be laid out in accordance with the general plan. Tax Valunttons. During the warm days of summer when a great many of the property holders have been away from the city, where, presum- ably, they found a cooler temperature an@? possibly rest and quiet, the board of as- sessors, whose duty it is to assess property valuations for taxation, have been at work making a personal inspection of each plece of property. It is not the most entertain- ing kind.of an occupation for the dog days, and the assessors have varied it by tend- ing to their duties as an excise board, anit also assessing new houses. ‘The valuation for the triennial assessment has not been neglected, the assessors be- ginning their task of “viewing” the proper- ty on the first square in Washington city proper where Rock’ creek is the dividing line, and they have proceeded eastward until now they are nearly to the city hall. As is well known, the assessors have in- formed the Commissioners that they will not be able to complete the assessment of the property within the sixty-nine square miles by January next, which is the time fixed by law. It is the intention to ask Con- gress to extend the time so that it will not be necessary to complete the assessment until the first of July next. Some Improvements. Plans for thirteen two-story brick dwell- ings have been prepared by R. J. Beall, erchitect, to be located on 18th street be- tween A and B streets northeast. They will be erected for M. V. Webb. Dr. C. K. Luce will build a residence on 2d street between B and C streets south- east from plans prepared by W. J. Palmer, architect. The dwelling is to be three stories in height, with a front of mottled Roman brick and brownstone and man- sard tile roof. A row of twelve houses will be erected from plans prepared by R. J. Beall, archi- tect, for D. B. Gottwals at Holmead Manor, Columbia Heights. They will be two stories in height, with fronts of pfessed brick and stone. —_>___ “A Braw Story That.” Mrs. Fields, in ker Shelf of Old Books, tells an amusing anecdote illustrative of Sir Walter Scott's charm as a story teller: An old man in Glasgow told Mr. James 1. Fields that he had once carried a law case to Sir Walter Scott for adjustment, ‘How did he manage it?” asked Mr. Fields. “Oh, beautifully!” returned the old client. “He told me a bonny story about a coo and a calf in Dundee; and then he sent me ove! the way to a brither lawyer, who, he tol me, had a larger head for sich affairs than himself. But it was a braw story that he told me aboot the cattle o’ Dundee, and it Bagger me laugh to this day when I think on’t!"” Full of It. From the Chicago Record. Woolly Wester—Blame me if I ain’t seen fellers yere gain two pourds in weight in five minutes.” Consumptive—“What, flesh?” Woolly Wester—Naw, lead.” THE GREAT CAMP MEETING Thousands Attending the Interesting Ser- vices at Ocean Grove, N. J. Some Powerful Addresses Delivered in the Auditorium—Two United States Senators Speak. Correspondence of The Evening Star. ASBURY PARK, N.J., August 27, 1895. From here to Sea Girt, to witness the rifle shooters from forty states compete for New Jersey prizes, is a ridé’about the dis- tance from the Capitol to Bladensburg, where members went half a century ago to shoot at one another for “honor.” From here to Elberon, where Garfield died four- teen years ago, is but a trolley ride, or by railroad, in the other direction from Sea Girt and about the same distance, then two miles further to Long Branch. Intervening on either route are the delightful resorts of Deal, Avon, Belmar, Spring Lake and others. From kere to Ocean Grove is a short walk along the board walk or across the bridge oyer Wesley lake. On Sundays no carriages or horses are allowed in Ocean Grove, net even an undertaker’s wagon with ice for 4 corpse. Yet this week there are 60,000 people within the boundaries of the Grove, housed in hig hotels, cottages, boarding houses cr tents. No cigars are sold in the Grove at any time, nor liquor in either the Grove oc Asbury Park; that is, it 1s against the law, yet beer and liquor are sold, on the sly, at high prices in these cities. Gov. Tillman, at the Asbury Park auditorium last Sunday, after a short speech from Mayor Strong of New York city, said he wished the mayor “God speed in his efforts in New York,” but quaintly added that “the South Carolina plan of furnishing pure liquors by the state at a moderate profit was the only solution of the Hquor problem.” Two southern Senators have addressed immense audiences here—Gerdon and Till- man. The former delivered the same ad- dress, and before, numerically, a like au- dience, as in Washington. Another orator and former Washingtohlan—Rev. W. V. Tudor, D. D.—preached @ powerful sermon in the great auditorium last week. Dr. Tudor was formerly pastor of Mt. Vernon Place Church, and he, with his wife and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. G. Morsell, is stopping in the Grove. Singularly enough and seemingly incongruous—to Episcopalians—Rev. Julims Grammer, Epts- copal, of Baltimore, a native of Washing- ton, opered the series @f sermons at the great camp meeting, préced@ing Dr. Tudor one day. Rev. Sam Jofes @poke at Edu- cationgl Hall—the building brought from the centennial by “Foumder” Bradley and given by him to the people h@re. Mr. Brad- ley also gave corner lotw to ‘every denomi- nation, upon which han@some edifices now stand. Sam Jones’ lecture cost 50 cents a ticket and the hall was mot filled; however, Sunday, when only a collection was to be taken, the hall was crowded. Col. H. H. Hadley and brother, the originators of the Rescue Missions in New York and else- where, are here with thefr co-workers, many of whom were restued from the fall- en and abandoned, some from prisons, whose photos hung in rogues’ galleries. ‘These men and women, tag, are now earn- estly atywork for their ¥eflow-men. Col. Hadley some twenty years! nigo commenced the practice of law In Washington. |, -« ‘The oratorio of ‘The MesBiah,” under the leadership of Walter Danjrosch, filled to overflowing the great’ audttorium, seating capacity is 9,000, Now night! same auditorium is crowded by workers and visitcrs to the great camp meeting socn to close and end the season hete. Washingtonians are numerous. Among the many are W. H. Webster, chief ex2m- iner of the civil service commission; B. H. Stinemetz, S. J. Fague, W. F. Holtzman, W. P. Hazen, Lewis J. Thompson, C. A. Shafer, H. A. Latimer, Dr. Louis W. Ritchie, Dr. McDonald, Mrs. Freelander and Miss Dyrenforth, J. C: Ramage, Mrs. W. Chandler, Miss Harrington, C. C. Bar. low, W. W. Handley, W. H. De Lacy, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Howard, Mr. and Mrs. N. N. Case, Claude Miller, Geo. W. White, A. Clephane, W.-H. Singleton, Y. O. Cole, Mrs. A. O. Duvall and Miss Maggie Duvall, Miss Brown and Mazie Brewn, O. A. Brown and Helen J. Brown, E. W. Wood- ruff, Mrs. J. Edw. Chapman, Misses Laura <lements and Carrie . Smith, Dr. Elmer Scthoron and family, and many others in cottages and visiting friends. ——.—_ HIS APPEARANCE WAS DECEPTIVE. The Men Who Took Him for a Weak- ling Were Mixtaken. “Appearances are deceptive,” gaid the club man to a Star.reporter. “I re- member, several years ago, I was a Passenger on an avenue car one even- ing. A gentleman, accompanied by two stylishly dressed young. ladies, got abcard. He didn’t look much for size, but he was got up regardless, His linen was the whitest, his collar the hfghest, his clothes fitted him to perfection, his tall hat was the shiniest, and his trousers couldn’t have been creased'more. He look- ed like a typical dude—nothing to him bu clothes. The car was not crowded, but fairly well filled. On the rear platform Were a couple of toughs who had evidently been drinking, for one of them leered at the young ladies as they passed and made an insulting remark. The young man pass- ed into the car apparently without noticing the insult. When the ladtes were seated he politely lifted his hat and asked to be excused a moment. Upon reaching the platform he quietly said, “You made a re- mark as those ladies passed.” “Well, what the —— ts that to you.’ “Bim! I never saw such a quick blow. The fellow flew off the platform as if he had been shot out of a gun. Of course, his companion jumped to his assistance, but he had scarcely moved before he was met with one straight from the shoulder. He. tco, landed on the asphalt. But the young man was not satisfied. He jumped off, and as one of his victims attempted to get up gave him a settler, and there they both lay completely knocked out. Of course, the eenductor had stopped the: car, but it was hardly necessary, for it was the quickest fight to q finish I ever caw or heard of. When the supposed dude rejoined the ladies his immacylate attire was’ not a bit rum- pled, he wasn’t even breathing hard. You could have thought he had simply gone out to speak to some one. He apologized for having left them, and I don’t believe they had any idea what he had done. The next day I saw the young man on the street and sald to a friend, ‘Do you know who that is?” “Why, yes. Don’t you? I thought all the boys knew him. "8 the champion all-round athlete of one of the big Phila- delphia clubs, and has more medals and prizes for running, rowing,. jumping and sparring than any man in Philadelphia.” “So I say appearances are mighty decep- tive, and I’m not picking quarrels with well-dressed strangers.” —_—_—_ Truly, a Case of Lost Memory. From the Philadelphia Times. Poor, patient Ned had been kept in again and again to learn a very simple stanza that had been easily mastered by all the rest of his class. Finally he broke down and sobbed out: “I can’t do it, Miss Gray; I just can’t do it. Father says it's because I have such a poor—” “A poor what, Ned?” = “You know what it is,” a glimmer of light flickering in the dear, dull little face “the thing you forget with.” Such is memory, alas! to the most of us. ———_+e+-__- Growing Thoughtfal. From Life. Grimshaw—“There is one good thing to be said of the Brooklyn‘trolley cars.” Crawford—“I'd like to know what it is.” Grimshaw—“They are beginning to extend their lines to the cemeteries.” THE NATIONAL GUARD 2 SSOSE BS SSCSIOS S8SHOSSOOSC What is Expected of the Teams at Sea Girt. COMPETITIVE . DRILLS IN OCTOBER Inspection of the Fourth Battalion Next Week. OTHER MILITARY NEWS Great things are expected of the teams which departed at 12:15 o'clock this after- noon for Sea Girt, New Jersey, to repre- sent the District of Columbia National Gusrd in ride competition with experts from several states. The personnel of the detachment and all details of the trip ap- peared in The Star Saturday last. “We mean to win everything,” is the motto of the little band of guardsmen who Pave devoted the greater portion of severil weeks to conscientious firing <t the tar- gets on the new range at Ordway, and it will be no great surprise if the determina- tion is realized. Thus far everything points to success. The teams, almost without ex- cepticn, are made up of seasoned men, who thoroughly know their business, and also what is expected of them, and fan, there- fore, be relied on to send the lead straight into the bull’s-eye as frequently as any similar number of soldiers to be found in the brigade, and, it is hoped, among those in attendance at Sea Girt. Regarding the recent team practice on the outdoor range, it may be authoritative- ly stated that the average is higher than that cf any previous year to a gratifying degice. The brigade team Is feeling very ecnfident, and among the members are more than one enthusiastic individual who believes that not only will the Hilton trophy again grace District Guard head- quarters as a result of the preset Sea Girt meet, but that the world’s record will be shattered in small pieces by bullets from rifles fired by District representatives, and a rew score established. Discipline Not a Myth. Many persons of experience believe and openly state that such a thing as discipline in a team made up of a mixture of enlisted men and officers can only be characterized as a myth. Visitors to Ordway recently have witnessed a corporal diligently prac- ticing beside a colonel, while the number of privates, HMeutenants and captains en- gaged in becoming proficient with the rifle and at close quarters has been far from small. Men of various ranks compose the Sea Girt detachment, and the discipline that will prevail from the time they boarded the train today until dismissed on return to the city may be safely stated as ideal. The statement that discipline can be and is maintained in teams is substantiated by the visits of District teams to Sea Girt for two years past. The trips are for business purposes pure and simple, and are by no means pleasure junkets; and therein, no doubt, to a great extent, les the secret of the success of the local men in the past. There is an absolute absence of dissipation with an attendance of all necessary disci- pline. Why should victory, with such ac- companiments, be a surprise? It is the present intention of the detach- ment to return to Washington Sunday, September 8, but in case of success the home coming may be postponed one day. As the teams all declare that they will win it looks as though a welcome at the 6th street depot on the evening of Monday, September 9, will be in order. Gen. Ordway and Col. Mosher will spend several days at Sea Girt, probably witness- ing the big matches. Competitive Drills in October. The executive committee in charge of the military fete to be held by company A, second battalion, October 28 to November 9 next, at National Rifles’ Armory, will, in a few days, address communications to the company commanders of the brigade, announcing that during the fete it is pro- posed to have competitive drills open to the companies of the District of Columbia National Guard. One drill will be for squads in the manual of arms, each squad to consist of sixteen enlisted men and one commissioned officer in double rank forma- tion. The prize is to be a handsome silk flag or silver trophy. There will also be an individual drill for the best drilled sol- dier, competition being restricted to two men from each company in the brigade. A handsome gold medal will reward the win- ner of this contest. The latest undertaking of Capt. Ed- wards’ company promises to be a novelty in its line. Instead of the customary booths arranged about the sides of the hall, a large booth is to be erected in the center, and the space nearest the walls de- voted to attractive exhibits of varying de- signs. Music each evening will probably be furnished by the Marine Band, under the personal direction of Prof. Fanciullt. The quarters of the company present each evening by far the busiest of any in the armory building, for committee meet- ings are in progress almost constantly. The ladies who are to assist and also be the chief attraction during the fete will meet the executive committee of the com- pany: Monday evening, September 9, and be instructed in regard to their duties. No Longer Acting Captain. Private Harry A. Blandy, acting cap- tain of company D, third battalion, has applied for a discharge and the applica- tion will be approved. This leaves the company without a commissioned officer, but it is the intention of Major Wilson to place First Lieut. Richard J. Donnelly, adjutant of the battalion, temporarily in command with a view of putting the or- ganization on a firm basis. It is under- stood that several well-known persons ere heing pushed for the captaincy of the company. Inspection of the Fourth. ‘The inspection of the fourth battalion, ordered several weeks ago by Major Campbell, will occupy Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of next week, company A being the first to undergo the scrutiny of the inspection officers. The adjutant will examine the books and pa- pers, the uartermaster is to devote him- gelf to the government property and the inspector of rifle practice will confine his efforts to the rifles and accouterments. Notes. Capt. Harrison S. Barbour of troop A is away on an ocean trip. He will be gone about two weeks. The position of second Meutenant of com- pany B, third battalion, which has been vacant for some time, will be filled by election at an early date. ‘The already attractive quarters of com- pany A, second battalion, will be addt- tionally beautified in the near future by a handsomely framed set of cabinet photo- graphs of the members of the command. First Lieut. W. H. Myers, quartermaster of the fifth battalion, is in attendance at the Knights Templar conclave at Boston. Adjutant James L. Mock is visiting in Georgia, and First Lieut. Swigart of com- pany A, acting adjutant, will leave next week for a vacation outing. It is reported that thirty desirable men have pledged themselves to become mem- bers of the organization that is to be des- ignated company C, fifth battalion.. An unusual feature regarding this command is that it will not adopt a distinctive name ANOTHER JAP. SSSSOSHSSE0 @ again in getting a large SSCOOSESOE S08 OOO 2 ; the careful, surely. 3x6. 4x7. 6x9. QxI2. BOSOSOS OOOO HOO TMoquettes, 75c. BOSSSOOSD ® stock. @ @S06 SOee OF Wanted money last week and so we were lucky mean a saving of nearly one-half the cost to you. @ We will put them on sale Monday morning and in @ connection with the balance of the DIMICK & CO. Stock of CARPETS @ Will make the most attractive, seasonable sale ever held right here at the threshold of autumn when these things are your paramount wants and ~ the prices such as tosave you from $5 to $25 a room in your carpets and from goc. to $6.60 on @ every rug. Who would miss such a chance? Not Jap. Rugs. Worth $2.50. Worth $4.00. Worth $7.50. Worth $15.00. ‘Carpets. 6sc. Ingrains at 42%c. 75 and goc. Tapestry at 48c. $1.00 and $1.25 Body Brussels at 85c. $1.25 High Pile Wilton Velvets at 75c. 3 IMPORTER RUGS quantity at prices which OAGGGEDSCOSeOadasoeeoe 4 For $1.40. For $2.20. For $4.20. _ For $8.40. $2.25 Royal Wilton at $1.25. We are unloading some very natty things in é Furniture and would be pleased to show you the W. H. HOEKE, Carpets, Furniture and Drapery 9 COR. PENN. AVE. AND 8TH ST. SOSOSSES SSS SSOSHS9008 FO6S : | = and is to be conducted on a strictly mill- tary basis. One of the busiest officers in the brigade just at present is Lieut. Otto J. Simon- son, who is engaged in the reorganization of company D, sixth battalion. Lieut. Si- monson intends that the company men- tioned shall be one of the foremost in the guard betcre many months pass Into his- tory. Within the past few weeks company A, fifth battalion, has discharged sleven men, considered dead timber, and enlisted eigh- teen men. As soon as the weather permite Capt. Jenkins will begin drilling his com- pany with a view of capturing the bat- talion prize cup, now held by company D, in the annual company competitive drill of the battalion next spring. SS A BURGLARIOUS TELEPHONE. A Reason for Discarding This Some- times Uscful Instrument. A Star man had accempanied a Chicago man to call on a Washington summer statesman at his home up town, and while they were waiting for him to come down stairs they heard the tinkle of a telephone bell. “I wouldn’t have a telephone in my house under any circumstances,” said the Chi- cagoan in response to the tinkle. “What's the matter with the telephone? It may be troublesome at times by people coming in to talk over it, and a man may be caught at home by it when he doesn’t want to be, but, on the whole, it isn’t such a bad thing to have around.” “Wait till we finish our talk with his nibs,” said the Chicago man, “and I'll tell you my experience.” Half an hour or so later the Chicago maa took up his story. “About five years ago,” sald he, “I had a telephone put-into my residence for ihe convenience of it, and for a time.it was, 8S you say, not such a bad thing to have around. I put it in in October, and it went well enough until the following August, when my wife and family were away for the summer, leaving me in charge of the house. One night I came in about 12 o'clock, as summer widowers are known to do occasionally, and I sat down in the ii- brary to smoke one more cigar before going to bed. It wasn’t long until I dozed off, and presently 1 was aroused by a noise in the hall. “I was awake on the instant, and in an- other minute I was sure I had a visitor who wasn't expecting me any more than I was expecting him. I had a loaded revol- ver in my desk drawer, and very quietly I took it out and waited developments. They came quickly, and in about five minutes the gentlemanly and urbane burglar had entered the library. I had been sitting there in the dark, or only such light is came from the street, and when Mr.. Bur- glar came into the room I touched the but- ton, and the electric light showed him up nicely, and I was just before him, with my gun trained on him. I had him, and he knew it, and he made no resistance what- ever. I don’t think I was ever cooler and clearer-headed in my life, and I felt iike e@ conquering hero when he held up his hands and begged me not to shoot. “I won't,’ said I, ‘unless you disobey me. Go over to that telephone,’ I went on, steady as a clock, ‘and ring up the lice station. I don’t know the number, ut you will find it in the book hangin; there, and if you make a false move Ti shoot you full of holes. Ring her up!’ “He was scared, I could see, for his hand shook when he the book, but he found the place and called up the numbers | “ ‘Now, tell them to come to this street number,’ and I gave him my name number, ‘and cay to them that I have @” burglar ready to be taken to the station.’ “He followed instructions beautifully, an@ then I sat down to wait, while I kept him with his face to the wall and my revolver ready to prevent accidents. In twenty | minutes or half an hour there was a ring_ at the front door bell, and I marched him down to meet the officers. With one hand I unlocked the door and with the other kept the gun trained on my robber, and I pulled it open two men came in with rush, and the next thing I knew I was bound hard and foot and gagged, and my, burglar, with two of his pals, had posses- sion of the place. } “Then they finished the job at their lelse ure, taking everything they wanted, an at last went away after giving me seve parting kicks and otherwise disregard of my rights in 6 premises:' All the time I was wondering why the <4 lice hadn’t come, and perhaps would still wondering, if the gents hadn't told me when they were departing that thelr, captured partner had called up their numis ber instead of the station number, that they had caught on and come around in a hurry. It was the merest luck in the world that the snap had worked, but it was enough to disgust me with a tele= phone, and now I haven't one in my hou: and sometimes I am almost tempted sue the confounded company for dam for those thieves got away with a thousant dollars’ worth of stuff chat never did tura up again.” . —_———-—... Some Royal Peculiarities, = + From Household Words. Horace Walpole humorously described ap, “triptology” George III's habit of repeating three times any remark he-might make-} The king was very fond of the Weld fam-! fly, and frequently stayed at Lulworth castle, their family seat. One evening he, attended a bail there, and the daughter of the house, a handsome woman, danced so well that the king expressed aloud his admiration in the characteristic form: “Fine woman, fine woman, fine womant Dances well, dances well, dances well q The habit ran in the royal family, and his son, the Duke of Cambridge, inheriteg it. When the duke attended church hi would express in an audible tone and with three-fold repetition his approbation of the services and opinion of the sermon. On one occasion the officiating clergyman pro- nounced the exhortation, “Let us pray.’ “Ay, to be sure, why not? Let us pray, let us pray, let us pray,” repeated the duké from his pew. On another occasion, whet the Ten Commandments were being read, the duke thus emphatically indorsed the eighth: “Steal! Of course not! Musn’t steal, musn’t steal, musn’t steal.” ‘Wiliam IV did not inherit his father’ “triptology,” but when any question wi brought before him on which he was Be prepared to express an opinion he woul say, “That's another matter.” On his dea’ bed, watching through an open window thé sun sinking below the horizon, he said rey flectively to the Archbishop of Canterbui who stood near: “Ah, my friend, I 8! not see another set.” “We don’t kno that, sire,” answered the prelate, “and I pray heartily that your majesty ma: many more.” “That's another matter,” ree plied the king. ——__+e+-__—_ No Longer in Doubt. From Life. She—Have you seen Flora since she trie to ride her bicycle?” fully convinced thag deep.” He—“Yes; and I am beauty is only skin