Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1895, Page 7

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Bengaline Haircloth, 19¢. quality, 83c. All-wool Moreen, 59. quality, 45c. All-woo! Moreen, 6gc. quality, 49c Quilted Satin, 23-inch., $1.00 qual- ity, 75¢. | Dressmakers’ Cambric, 6c. quality, | 8. MAKE, SONS &60.,. STHE MARKET PAGE GUAT TODAY TT TAKES ALL THE HE! © & OMI IEN | ing the expediency of mal | laboring FOR EIGHT HOURS Various Plans Discussed by a Num- ber of Labor Leaders. BY THE AGENCY OF A SINGLE TRADE Strikes That Are Brought About Through Sympathy. ONE LOCALITY IN ‘The great trade and labor congress, to be composed of delegates from every labor or- ganization in the country, which has been called by the executive committee of th: Knights of Labor, under authority of the sfneral assembly of the order which re- cently met in this city, bids fair, according to reports already received at the Knights of Labor headquarters in Washington, to be a most pronounced success. There is, however, considerable difference of opinion as to whether or not any good can be accomplished by the congress. ‘The wish of the Knights of Labor, as stated in the cell, is that once a year a congress of three represntatives each of all the labor organizations of America.shall meet for the purpose cf considering all plans and ques- tiors that may be before the people in the industrial and political world, with a view to bringing about united action on these questions. It is further desired that ail questions of dispute between organizations of labor as to form of organization, jurisdic- tion of members and action in strike mat- ters or minor controyergies that may aris shall be referred to ajcommittee of arbitra- tion of three members, selected annually at the proposed Congress... This arbitration committee is to be compased of one member of some national. trade union, one member of some body of the Knights of Labor and the third to be selected by the congress from the ranks of the people, who are neither di- recily nor indirectly connected with any labor organization, and, as far as possible, removed from any cornection with !ndus- trial or political questiors, aiming at all times to secure a man cf the highest char- acter. integrity and statesmanship. In Case of Strikes. The executive board further proposes that hereafter wren any national or interna- tional strike involving more than 1,000 men shall be contemplated it shall not be enter- ea into until it has been referred to the ex. ecutive committee of the proposed annual congress, and if it secures their indorse- ment It shall recelve the united support. financially ard morally, of all labor organi- zations repreSented in said congress, and the executive committee, if it shall he found wecessary, shall have the power to order or request the executive boards of the organizations affiliated to call out all of their members to support said strike, and in every way endeavor to make the first object of all organizations a success. Copies of these resolutions have been f warded to all national and international trade organizations not affiltated with the Knights of Labor. Mr. MeGuire'’s Views. - In reference to the resolutions, Mr. Thos. B. McGuire of New York, a member of the general executive toard of the Knights of Labor, said to a Star reporter: “The movement inaugurated by the gen- eral assembly of the Knights of Labor will prove to be a good thing if it shall be car- ried out in the spirit in which it was con- ceived. The enemies of the Knights of Labor have constantly for many years past stated it to be our desire to prevent the labor forces of the country from uniting for the purpose of bettering their condi- tions. “Ever since the meeting of the general assembly of the Knights of Labor at Cleveland in 1885 the olive branch nas been tendered each year to all industrial or- ganizations not affiliated with the Knights of Labor. Their answer has been: ‘Break up your trade organizations and keep on with your educational work. Your duty is to educate the people, and we will concede you no right other than the right to ed- ucate.” “This, of course, the K. of L. refused to do, believing that our methods in conduct- ing strikes and boycotts have proven to be better and more successful than those adopted by other organizations. “We are still prepared to meet any and all organizations, and arrange a plan whereby we may work in union and harmony for the best interests of the toiling millions. But it seems that there fs one organization that will stand in the way of the accomplishment of this. “The American Federation of Labor, whose convention ended a few days since in New York, and which body was asked to indorse the scheme of harmony proposed at the last meeting of the general assembly, which was held in Washington a few weeks previously, refused to do so, and we find the outcome of that to be an attempt to divide the*labor forces in Washington, who have worked together for many years. “Should the A. F. of L. be successful in forming a second central body at the na- tiowal capital quarrels must of necessity ensue between the rival bodies, and the capitalists will applaud both sides, in their efforts to destroy each other. “If the American Federation of Labor would devote nearly as much time to the organization of the unorganized as they do to making war on the Knights of Labor, the A. F. of L. would be u very powerful body. The K. of L. is ready at all times to do all that is fair to formulate a plan tn conjunc- tion with other organizations that will re- bound to the best interests of the working classes.” About Sympathy Movements When Vice President James Duncan of Baltimore, of the American Federation of Labor, was asked his opinion of the plan proposed by the K. of L., as above referred to, he replied: “The sympathetic side of the story is played out as a practical solution of a diffi- culty. A sympathetic strike is absolutely atsurd, and is of no use to those for whose benefit it is intended. On the contrary, it causes an immense amount of trouble, and sometimes disruption, to those organizations which strike Gut of sympathy for others, and in as far as executive councils or ex- ecutive boards or organizations affiliated are concerned, if they d affiliate in any congress for sympathetic purposes, they would be without the power to act, because in trade organizations boards can only call men cut after the men-have themselves voted to come out, and such an interference as a demand to strike without the men hay- ing voted for it, as is proposed in the K. of L. plan, would be contrary to-all the princi- wes of the A. F. of L. system, and against its government end its laws.” “Besides this, to adopt the plan proposed by the K. of L. would be to strike a severe blow at the autonomy of trades organiza- tions In managitg their own affairs. “Especially would this be so in cases where members of trades unions organizations have contracted with employers to work for a certain time for a certain wage, and it has been found necessary in some tra | recently to so contract, therefore, where this prevaiis, if men left their employment to as- sist a sympathetic strike in violation of the contracted agreement, there would be no se- curity nor guaranty left that such organi- zations had any stability whatever. “Moreover, it has been in the voluntary action of the men during strikes when not bound by contract that®success has been | achieved, and not in obeying the arbitrary directorate of any coterie of men who, for cause or the reverse, have declared in favor of sympathetic strikes.” The Eight-Hour Day. But while the members of organized labor societies in this city are giving serious at- tention to the plan for harmony which has been brought to their notice by the circular of the K. of L., they are even more out- spoken in expressing their views concera- is a demand for the establishment of an eight-hour day for people throughout the United States, as proposed by the American Fed- eration of Labor. In reference to this, Mr. George O. Cook said: “While the move proposed by the A. F. of L. is a step in the right direction, I doubt exceedingly whether the present is an op- portune time to carry it into effect, and it is certainly an open question. “Any one who has given any consideration to the unsettled economic condition in an industrial depression, such as now prevail: must be convinced that there should be an equitable adjustment of the product of la- bor and machinery in the near future, so as to give the masses employment, and fur- nish them the means of being consumers; of the surplus products. Therefore, as one of the means is in the shortening of the hours of labor, the eight-hour day should be es- tablished at the earliest opportunity. * “As to the method of selecting one en“ire trade to inaugurate the system, it seems to me to be inexpedient, so far as the building trades are concerned, as they are so inter- changeable that a suspension of work by one would affect all branches. | “Such a movement might succeed in the label trades, which are independent of each other. The most successful strikes of the past have been those that have been con- fined to one locaiity at a time, as the other members of the trade have kept at work and sustained those on strike with financial aid. This was the case in the late strike of the granite cutters, and in a number of other trades that were well organized, and which could eall on the general organization for funds when they were needed.” One Trade at a Time. Mr. W. L. Bailey, a leading member of the Painters’ Assembly, said: “The plan is impracticable. Why the supposed representative men who composed this national convention should adopt a plen such as this to secure an eight-hour working day I cannot understand. “I cannot conceive how the plan could be made successful. If some trade should be decided upon, such as the bricklayers, and it became necessary to enforce this de- mand by a strike, the result would be a tie-up of all the trades engaged in building construction, and they would not be in a condition to support the striking trade un- der present conditions. There are but three ways by which an eight-hour day could be secured. One Is to agree to a per hour rate of wages, by the hour, limiting a day’s work to eight. If this cannot be accomplished, then the question should be submitted to arbitration. If this is not Possible, and a strike becomes necessary as a last resort, the strike should be gen- eral in only one locality at a time, and all organizations beyond the particular local- ity should contribute generously until suc- cess is obtained; then another locality could be chosen, and thus the conquest in detail of the whole country could be made.” Some Other Opinions. E. J. Rea of the executive committee of D. A. 66 sald: “The plan suggested by the A. F. of L. to secure an eight-hour work day through- out the United States by confining the at- tempt to a single trade is an attempt to make a great avestion ridiculous. If the attempt was along the lines proposed there would be no employed members of organiza- tions to assist the trade making the demand. Suppose the bricklaying trade was the one designated, and every one of that craft in the United States, the demand hging refused, should cease work, every dependent trade, as the carpenters, plasterers, painters, hoist ing engineers, electrical workers Submbers, paperhangers, iron workers and qany other branches of labor, would be .foFeed“into idle- ness, and instead of being in a position to help the bricklayers, would themselves need elp. “I think a plan which has the greatest pess:bilitles of success would be to localize the effort. This could be done through a single trade. Take Chicago, for instance; let the bricklayers make the demand; then all of the building trades should do like- wise. None should be permitted to work upon the completed or partially completed work of the bricklayers, which In many in- stances would keep some of the trades em- ployed for some time. In the meantime the placcs of the bricklayers would be filled with imported men, and the effort would result in failure. Suceess will only -attend concerted uniced action. When one trade makes the demand all other trades should do likewise.” Joseph K. Potter, secretary Federation of Labor, said: “I don’t think the plan practicable. It is only an attempt to repeat a failure. It is a change of method to accomplish defeat. If such an attempt was made with persist- eucy necessary to success fifty per cent of organized labor would soon be in enforced idleness, not only helpless to assist, but needing ass'stance themselves. If some ractical plan should be agreed upon which save some reasonable assurance of success it would not succeed without the united ac- tion’ of the organized labor of the country, regardless of factional differences. “T. B. McGuire some years ago suggested local effort to secure an eight-hour day. This may be the most practicable plan; it is certainly preferable to that proposed’ by the A. F. of L. If attempted it,would be a departure from the old method’ of general strike, resulting in general loss, general helplessness and general failure.” —— ARTMENT DOG. FIRE DE. This Dog Tells Firemen How They Can Go With Safety. From the New Haven Evening Register. Hook and Ladder Company No. 2 have a mascot and pet that has attracted no end of attention. The mascct is a bright and intelligent dog, a field spantel, that the company have picked up and made a pet of. “He goes to all the fires,” said one of the blue-coated, gilt-buttoned fire boys, as he threw the dog a huge bone. ‘The company never has any luck without hin: “On July 29, i8M4, the company was called out to get under control a severe fire, that burned ovt the old Troy laundry. It was a hard fight, and when the men returned to the engine house in the gray of the morn- ing they were thoroughly worn out, almost tco tired to do the necassary picking up. In cleaning up the engine house they dis- covered their mascot, in the form of a dirty brown dog, hidden in the cellar. They trie] to throw him out, but the mascot gently but firmly showed his inclination to remain. The climate seemed to him pleas- ant, the air salutary, At last, after many days, they gave up the attempt to drive the dog away, and gradually began to have a feeling of affection for it. ‘The question soon arose of conflict with the law of the state. It is arainst the law to keep a dog or other pets in the engine house. Special permission was actually granted in this case by the fire marshal, and Rover held the fort, having conquered the entire fire department. Since this time he has exhibited the utmost foadness for the marshal, often going down t6 his office to see him. “The passion of the dog 1s to'go to all the A 3 Far He's waiting for the alarm stroke, just the same as we are, day and-night,” said ene of the stalwart men of the company. “As soon as the bell strikes he Is up and stirring around. When the truck starts he goes with it right to the fire, and sticks there until the fire is dead out and the de- partment is ready to go home. And smoke, why the dog can stand more smoke than any man in the business. You see he is closer to the floor than we are, and can breathe the pure air better, the purer air being ciose to the floor during a fire. ‘At the severe fire over Ford's a year ago the dog rushed playfully about in the most dangerovs places, where the men could hardly enter. Often he goes on shaky places where the men fear to go on account of their greater weight. This was the case at this fire. He also often goes freely in advance of the firemen when they, to avoid being strangled by the smoke, crawl on their hands and knees. When the dog is forced by the smoke to stop, the men know, that it is useless for them to try to push on. On several cccasions the dog has been quite a little burned, and at times his eyes have been so smoke blinded that for days after a fire the little animal was unable to see clearly. He, as is thus seen, frequently risks his life. He is a plucky cog, and who will say that he does not be- lieve himself of as much use at a fire as the regular firemen, They have almost come to believe that it is so, and would be very fearful of going to a fire without their mascot “When the house of Schonberger on Daven- port avenue was burned the smoke was so thick that the fire was nearly unapproach- able. It had completely driven out of one of the rooms the whole force cf men. After a while there came trotting out through the smoke and flame the Hook and Ladder Company's dog, his eyes streaming and bleared from the effects of the atmosphcre, that could have been cut in blocks with a knife. On several occasions he has saved the lives of men, who, overcome by smoke, were unable to find their way by feeling, out of a series of unfamiliar apartments and who had just sense enough to allow the dog, with his unerring sense of loca- tion, to lead them to the outer air. The dog follows a line of hose at a fire, and in this way always helps with the men.” e+ —__-__ The Tie. From the Detrott Tribune. “Help!” he shrieked. He clutched wildly his throat. “Help. He clutched his throat until his wife came and tied his four-in-hand for him, after which he quietly finished dressing. CHRISTMAS STORIES As Suggested to Members of the “" Ananias Club. EXPERIENCES THAT. WERE STRIKING Incidents Connected With the Day Graphically Told. HANGING THE STOCKING The session of the Ananias Club last week was an unusually interesting one. Members were ‘disposed to be much more reasonable in sfheir/ stories, and while ex- periences were somewhat remarkable, they lacked the lurfa nature that has marred previous ones.?The president set the pace by a very senstijle talk to the club, in which he said: ie “Gentlemen: Between now and the next meeting, Christihas Wwill intervene. We have had weather rej that, through the me- dium of The Star,thave been given wide- spread publicity, throughout the country, and I have received a number of letters ask- ing if I cannét! furhish further data upon which can be tase predictions for similar blizzards, but at this meeting let our pro- ceedings be marked with a spirit of mod2ra- tion and let us devote the evening to the pleasant discussion of merry Christmases. I will call upon our brother, Tom Jenkins, to relate the most singular and pleasant Christmas experience he ever had.” Mr, Jenkins arose, and with a voice qua- vering with emotion, sald: “Mr. President, and gentlemen, there is one Christmas that I will never forget. As a youngster up in Vermont, we used to have big times Christ- mas, turkey, mince pies and plum pudding, end then all pile up in a bid sled together and go to*the school house, where a bag of candy and popcorn hung on a tree for each of us, and we froze our ears going home. But while that was a time that I can never think of without tears, the greatest Chri: mas I ever had was in Colorado. I was grub-staking ‘in partnership with another man back of Greeley, before there were any raliroads. We found nothing beyond a few colors in the pan, but got alont: all right suntil the stake was gone, and then winter had set in and we were reduced to starva- tion. I won't say anything about its being cold, as the president has barred blizzard, stories, but we had found a sort of cave to! which there were two entrances, on top and) at the side. Christmas eve, we had eaten nothing for two days, and nearly all of our wood was gone. We just bullt a fire on the floor of the cave, and the smoke escaped through the opening on top. We talked of tmas time and told stories about Santa like two boys. Some way, it seemed as though the next best thing’ to having something to eat was talking about the dinners we used to have. “Let's hang ip our stockings, Dan," 1 proposed. “All right,” said he. And then it occurred to us that we had no stockings, and we almost cried. But we had two big sacks, and just hung them up about two feet apart, tyiag them around rocks and fastening them to jutting crags In the roof, so they would stay open. As we went to bed, we both felt so weak that I thought we would never get up again, and if we did, there was nothing for breakfast on that cold Christmas morning. About daybreak I was “dréaming of Santa Claus, and so was Dan. There was a nolse as if the whole cave fell in, and we woke up, Dan shouting, ‘Santa Claus has come.’ And sure endugh he had. With his front feet in my sack, and his hind ones in Dan's was a big buck, that had fallen through the hole in the roof, and as he came down he brought enough dry wood that had lain un- der the snow, which wasn't very deep, to last us a week. Gentlemen, that Christmas was the happiest I ever spent. Dan and I waltzed around the cave Ike crazy men, and after we had eaten all the vénison we could, we Just vowed the next man who said there was no Santa Claus would have us to whip.” He Found His Fate. Ben Barker was the next story teller. “The best Christmas I ever spent was Barnwell, S: C., the town where the fi meeting was held-that led up to the fi on Fort Sumter. It isn’t much of a town, and T was never there before. The hotel is In a very small house, the best room of which is oceupfed 9s a grocery store, where a crowd of nezroes sang Christmas songs and drank ezgnog around a big drum stove. ‘The landlord is a German who believes in plenty of drinkables and the presenc all his relations as the proper-way to}gpead Christmas. The con- sequence was that the house was crowded, and [ took the last, vacant room, a small but comfortahld, ong. Well, I was sitting hy the firepluce listening to the laughter of the landlord’s relatives and the sonzs of the darkiesz and-there came over me a longing for a ‘tfomé of my own, My par- ents dieds when [I was very young, ard I had no living relative. Ever since my boy- hood L had traveled ovér the country sell- ing goods, and beyond a few acquaint- ances on the Foad, I had no friends, as I sold a specialty’ an? rarely visited a town the second time. About ten o'clock there was a rap on my- door. ‘Come In,’ I said, and the landlord entertd. ‘Vell, ‘sit,’ he began, hesitatingly. ‘Vas you amar ried man?’ ‘No,’ I ahewered, rat gruffiy, for it was none of his business, I thought. ‘Vell,’ he sa‘d, ‘I vas in drov ble. ‘This yas de only rooms I haf, an’ dere vas a young lady und no blace for her tc gv. She vas a pretty young voo- man, uni I thought auf you vas not mar- ried alreadty you could schust talk mit her tonight und make id bleasant for her. Den In der morning you could sleep und I could gif her mine daughter's room al- readty.’ The landlord was very much em- barrassed, and, as I was a gentleman, I could not allow the young lady to be with- ; out a room, so I went to the parlor to of- ftr her mine. She was the prettiest girl I ever saw and positively refused to accept, the sacrifice, so I declined to go to ced again, and talked to her. She, like 1 was an orphan and was selling a specialty to the drug trade. We soon became well acquainted, and all night long we talked. The next morning I hunted up the county clerk and a preacher ard we were married, and I have‘never been lonely or down- hearted at Christmas time since.” Result of a Dream, “The happiest Christmas I ever spent was brought about by a dream or vision,” sald Andy Turner. “When I was a boy I tcok the western fever, and running away from my home at Tiffin, Ohio, went west. Several years passed, and I longed to hear from the old folks. I struck a streak of luck, and succeeded in getting a comfort- able sum of money in my pocket. Then [ started back to Tiffin. When I reached there, I found that the family had moved, and no one knew where. There were no relatives to whom to write, and my. folks were absolutely lost to me. I returned to the west, and the matter haunted me day and night. I was in Idaho, working In a silver mine that I had an interest in, and was doing well. One Christmas eve I seemed to feel that my folks were near me, and that night I dreamed I had gone to the Bay Horse mine, about twenty miles from the camp where I lived, and that I had found my father and mother and two sisters there, alive and well. The rext morning I was so restless that I could vot stand it. I worked for an hour, and then, saddling a pony. started to ride. My mind was not made up to go to Bay Horse, Lut the pony struck that trail, and when we got there the first man I saw was my father. He, too, had taken the western fever and had gone within twenty miles of where I was located, without any idea that I was within a thousand miles All of my family were well, just as I had dreamed, and after that we were never separated. “The best Christmas that I ever had, said Bob Watkins, ‘twas when I lived on a farm out In Iowa. There was a mortgage on the place, which came due New Year day. Crops, however, had been fairly good, and I saved up considerably more than enough to pay the mortgage and buy Ckristmas presents for the two children. In fact, we made preparations for a big time, invited my own and my wife's rela- tives, and were to, have a big Christmas tree. I had the money in an old wallet, and about two, weeks before the holidays a neighbor came to the barn-yard fence and paid a note he had given me. That was the last seen of the, wallet or the money. I had taken it out, but when I searched my pockets it was gone. It meant the loss of the farm and put an end to all Christmas festivities. Something had toe be done, however, to entertain our invited guests, and the only thing I could get ready money for was turkeys. I sold all but two and those died with cholera, two days be- fore Christmas. There was no way to get meat there until my wife suggested that we kill a hog and make a Christmas bar- becue out of the porker. So I went out into the barn lot and shot the fattest one of my ten hogs and proceeded to prepare forthe barbectie, which was not a very, fitting thing to do at that time of year.. AS I cut him open, my wallet fell out Intact. The hog had swallowed it. There was not even the impress of a tooth upon it, and it is needless to say. I went to town and bought the turkeys.” \CELLOR. THE, GRIM CH! Hew Bismarck Ordered His Two Villets Shot. From the Jersey City Journal. It is a constant surprise to me,” said Dr. Emil Dorn of Hoboken to a Journal reporter yesterday, “that so few anecdbtes of Bis- marck find their way into this country, be- cause there is in America such a large Ger- man population which would eagerly wel- come them. Tie mess rooms of Earope are full of these quaint stories about the iron chancellor, and whenever a party of officars come together almost invariably tal:s of the Franco-Prussian war in which he figared are the theme of discourse. Here, for ex- ampie, is an incident which I have never seen printed in this country, and which I think will be of interest to” many of your readers: us “It was a few days after the French had been driven out again from St. Johan-Saar- brucken, which they had taken and occu- pied for about twenty-four hours, when Bis- marck came to that place and was iodged at the house of the great mine king, Herr Stumm. q “The French were not yet very far away, and the first counselor of the King of Pras- sia had every reason to take good care of his personal safety. Bismarck had worked very late, and when he went to bed at about 1 o'clock at night he gave distinct orders to the two valets he had taken with him from Berlin to watch and not let anybody enter his bed room. From the lower part of the tewn the rejoicing of the soldiery, which celebrated the first victory, could be heard, and it is quite intelligible that the two guards of Bismarck should feel the -lesire to have their share of the joy and the Mo- selle wine which flowed plentifuily. “As soon 2s they knew that the mighty man was snoring, they went off to the lower town, in spite of their master’s or- der and the warnings of Herr Summ. They were not gone very long when an orderly from headquarters, witn a dispatch from the king for the chanzellor, came. Herr Stumm tried in vain to induce the orderly to wait for the return of the valets. The faithful soldier pushed Herr Stumm aside, dkRocked at the door and entered, without iting for the call ‘come in.’ Bismarck fast asleep, and all the hemming, goughing and calling the orderly did was usziess. Determined at last, the warrior stepped to the large bed in which Bismarck lay, removed the curtain, grasped the shonl- der of the snoring chancellor and awakene1 him with a firm hand. “Bismarck jump2d up lke an irritated lion. ‘Who let you in here?’ he c wild with rage. ‘Let me in? the warrior an- swered. ‘Nobody tet me in; there was no one who could’ have prevented my bringing to your exceilency that dispatch heve.’ “What! nobody there?’ exclaimed the chan- cellor violently. ="Where are those - two scoundrels? my valets, I mean.’ And when Herr Stumm, whom he had called in, told him that his valets had gone to the lower town to get some fresh air, he gave orders that they should be taken by a military watch, chained and shot before sunrise. Then he sent off the orderly, and in a few rinutes was fast asleep again. “When Bismarck, after a sound and healthy sleep, awoke next morning, his first act was to call: ‘Frederick,’ and, as Freder- ick did not respond, he called ‘Franz.’ But when Franz aiso failed to appear, he rang the bell with all his might. Soon Herr Stumm entered the bed rooms. Say, Herr Stumm," said Bismarck, addressing the lat-‘ ter, ‘could you tcll me where these lubbers (my valets, I mean) are? I am unable to a myself.” ‘Your valets, excellency?’ replied Herr Stumm, ‘I guess they are in heaven by this time. Your excellency ordered them to be shot before sunrise. They were caught about % o'clock, and must be shot now, I “‘No, Stumm,’ said Bismarck, smiling, “che Prussians don’t shoot as quick as that =-at least not at their own countrymen, and for a glass of Moselle. It is true, somebody else could have entered here. But those fel- lows sre still young and inconsiderate, and may have thousht me safe in your house, Do me the favor, send down to the watch and let them fetch the two fellows. “Soon the valets came with long, frisht- ened faces. Bismarck’s anger had entirely disappeared, and he could not help laughing when he saw the sheepish looks of his valets. ‘I will indeed have you shot next time, you loafers,’ he sail, ‘but now quick, I think we will have to depart soon.’ ‘That was the last of it, at least for thea, But when in after years ‘Oid Iron’ himself, in Varzin or Friedrichsruh, went on a little spree, which sometimes happened when he was visiting his neighbors, the princess would raise her forefinger and laughingly threaten him: ‘Otta, I will have you chained and shgg tefore sunr.se the next me! ‘Then he laughed, too, promised never to do it again, and always kept his word until—the next time. “Now, the old German oak, under which the Germans lived happy and prosperous for many years, is broken, and who knows how scon Germany may mourn at the hearse of her best son?" TURKISH RAILROADS. Some Ways in Which They Differ ‘rom Ours, From the Chicago Record. The discipline on the Turkish roads is very severe. Negligence is punished with heavy penalties, and if a collision occurs all employes who share in the responsibility are likely to be sent to prison, and, if any one is killed or injured, under sentences for long terms. Employes of the roads who are injured in service receive pensions, and if the injuries prove fatal their families are provided for. The law requires railroad companies to provide for the families of persons who are killed on their lines by ac- cldent, and those who are injured receive compensation to ccver their board, medical attendance and loss of wages as long as they are unable to pursue their accustomed avocations. At the same time there is a penalty of $1 for walking upon a railroad track in Tur- key for every offense. Cattle and other animals found on the right of way of rail- roads can be confiscated by the company, although the owner may redeem them by paying 25 cents each for sheep, dogs, goats, hogs and other small animals. It costs ) to get a cow or a hcrse out of the rail- way pound. Animals that are not ranscmed within a given time are sold at auction for the bene- fit of the railway company, which, how- ver, must return to the owner any sum in excess of the fine Imposed by the law and the cost of keeping the animal while in charge of the company. All articles left by travelers in the cars or in the station houses ar» also subject to similar ruies. They can be redeemed upon the payment of a fee, and at the end of a certain period all articles not redeemed are sold for the benefit of the company. Every passenger must be in his seat when the last gong sounds, a few moments be- fore the departure of a train. Travelers buying tickets must present the exact zmount of money to the ticket agent, other- wise he Js authorized to charge a commis- sion of 4 per cent for making change, which goes into his own pocket. Local tickets are good only for the train for which they are sold and will not be redeemed, but through tickets will be accepted on all trains within the limit of time indicated upon them. Children under three years of age travel free, and between three and seven are car- ried at half rates. All gendarmes, prisoners of state, police- men and other officials are carried at half fare upon presentation of a certificate of identity,called a “‘ilmihaber."”” Army officers and soldiers are carried for one-third fare upon presentation of an “ilmihaber.” Sol- diers traveling on duty for the government are carried free upon the presentation of a “pestie’ ‘certificate. Passengers found up- on trains without tickets are required to pay three times the full fare between the place where they started and the first sta- tion reached after they are discovered,when they are allowed to buy a ticket for the rest of the journey at the regular fare. One hundred pounds of baggage are al- lowed for every ticket, but the traveler has to pay % cents for having his trunk check- The Oriental express and trains from Constantinople to Vienna (forty-four hours) and to Parls (seventy-twe hours) run twice a week, and carry first-class parlor and sleeping cars. Similar trains run between Smyrna and Aden, AMUSEMENTS. Lafayette Square Opera House.—Richard Mansfield returns to Washington next week and will appear at the Lafayette Square Opera House in a round of his most famous characters. It has been given out that this is his last regular tour of this country, and that he will not again be seen over the reg- ular theatrical circuits. Next season he will play only special engagements, Richard Mansfield has original genius, and he can sirk himself In his part in a wey truly mar- velous. Mr. Mansfield will open his en- gagement on Monday night with his new success, ‘“The Story of Rodion the Student,’ written for him by Charles Henry Mettzer and founced on Dostojewski’s famous Kus- sian novel, “Crime and Punishment.” This pisy will also be presented again Friday right. Tuesday evening, ‘The Emperor Na- poleon”’ will be given, and New Year after- rcon and evening “Beau Brummell” will be presented. Thursday evening “A Parisian Romance” will be presented, and “The Scar- let Lett=r” will be giver at the Saturday matinee. The only performance of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” will be given on Sat- urday night. All these plays will be artisti- cally mounted with every attention to scen- ery and properties, and all the stage settings will be fully up to Mr. Mansfield’s high stan- dard of excellence. The supporting cdm- peny is the Garrick Theater Stock Com- pany of New York, which includes such well-known artists as Miss Beatrice Cam- eron (Mrs. Mansfield), Miss Jennie Eustice, Miss Johnstone Bennett, Miss Annie Allis- ton, and the Messrs. D. H. Harkins, Orrin Johnson, W. N. Griffith, Edmund D. Lyons, A. G. Andrews, J. M. Weaver, Louis Dutton and others. Allen's Grand Opera House.—Beginning Monday evenirg, the attraction at the Grand Opera Hause will be Hoyt’s greatest comedy, “A Texas Steer,” with Tim Mur- phy in his very clever impersonation of Maverick Brander, the old Texas cattle king, whom Author Charles H. Hoyt has transplanted to Washington, D. C., and placed In Congress for the sake of showing the workings of the political machine- by which official honors are turned out, al- most while you wait. “A Texas Steer” is written in Hoyt’s happiest vein, and since it first burst forth on the public it has been the unanimous opinion that it is by far the cleverest thing this witty Ameri- can author has ever compiled. Tim Mur- phy has;ecored a lasting success in the role of Maverick Brander. He has played the part upward of 1,600 times, and very naturally rounded out his impersonation’ so thoroughly that it would be a difficult matter to suggest where it could be im- Proved. Although a young man in years, Mr. Murphy makes up to look wonderfully like the popuiar conception of an old Tex- an, and his voice, action and manner car- ries out the illusion in a most successful manner. His art as a comedian is well ex- emplified by the readiness and smoothness with which he transforms himself from the gruf€ cow puncher into the smooth politi- clan, who is alive to the situation at all times, and particularly where a trio of his constituents come on to investizate him. Mr. Murphy has surrounded himself with an efficient company, the principal mem- bers of which are Dorothy Sherrod, Chas. Hallock, James J. Manley, T. C. Adams, Wallace Jackson, Charles Allison, Byron H. Harlan, Olney Griffin, James H. Eden, Miss Lizzie Du Roy, Miss Florence Myring aud Miss Charlotte Crane. Mr. Murphy will present the “Steer” with its original handsome scenic environment, and, with the established popularity of the play and star, it ought to be sufficient to sustain the gteat prosperity which has uniformly at- tended the production this season. National Theater—Della Fox in “Fleur de Lys" will be the attraction at the Na- tional Theater next week. Academy of Music.—‘ The Shadows of a Great City’ will hold the boards next week at the Academy of Music. Kernan’s Lyceum Theater.—Weber and Fields’ Own Company of Vaudeville Celeb- rities will be Manager Kernan’s attraction for New Year week. This organization Is undoubtedly the most extravagant in caist- ence in the way of superior and meritorious talent. Every name on the program is one of prominerce, and the amount of dollars necessary to meet the aggregzte salaries is sufficient to pay three companies of the or- dinary class. The company is headed by those exponents of dialect comedy, Weber and Fields, the Napoleons of German wit, introducing for the first time in this city their latest creation, entitled “The German Senators’ Schuetzenfest." Other names ep- pearing on the program are: Lottie Gilson, the dainty and petite little vocalist; Billy Emerson, th only operatic minstrel come- dian; James F. Hoey, Young Mule, brother to Old Hoss; Lavender and Tomson, the character sket¢h artists; Drummond Staley and Belle Birbeck, the original musical blacksmiths; the Acme Four, including Bob and Dick Garnella and the charming Sisters Harris. The performance will conclule with Marrietta and Belloni's marvelous troupe of trained cockatoos. There will be a gala matinee Wednesday, New Year day. Vassar Students at Metzerott’s—One of the most unique and novel entertainments to be given this winter will be the only ap- pearance in Washington of the Vassar Stu- gents at Metzerott Music Hall Saturda: evening, Janvary 4, in “A Russian Hon. moon.” The cast, which is as follows, Is made up ‘entirely of seniors: Miss Adele Luehrmann, who plays the part of Poleska, the countess, is president of Qui Vive, one of the two large debating sccieties at Vas- sar; Miss Lucy Madeira, who has the purt of Alexis, the count, is a Washington girl, and is president of the Wake Robin Bird Club; Miss Henrietta Scranton, who has the part of Ivan, the shoemaker, is the editor-in- chief of the Vassar Miscellany, the college megazine; Miss Jessie Belle Hart, who is to impersonate Baroness Valdimir, is the pres- ident of Chapter Alpha, the oldest chapter of the Dramatic Society; Miss Helena Hill, who is to play Koulakoff, the intendant of the estate, is a daughter of Congressman Hill, and is editor of the class book of "96; Miss Harriet Richardson, who is to play the part of Michilene, is a Washington girl, and is the vice president of Chapter Alpha; Miss Ida Kruse, who is the manager, is editor- in-chief of the Vassarian, the college man- ual. The Dramatic Soclety at Vassar Col- lege numbers about 400, and is divided into three chapters, Alpha, Beta and Omega. Bach chapter gives four short farces each year, at which only the members of the chapter are present; but four large plays are given each year by the sotiety as a whole. At these plays the entire college is present, and the best actors of the three chapters are chosen to impersonate the parts. Some of the parts have been remark- ably well taken, especially the parts of men, which are very difficult for a girl to inter- pret. “The Russian Honeymoon” sas given In the Dramatic Society Saturday, Decem- ber 14, and was managed by Miss Rose Pal- mer, a Washington girl, and was one of the test plays ever given at Vassar. The New Ice Palace.—Ice skating this win- ter will not be as rare an article as former- ly. ‘Those of Washington's population who delight in putting on the elusive steel run- ners and skimming over the glassy surface will be able to skate to their hearts’ con- tent this winter, and, moreover, where it is warm, and comfortable, and where the strains of inspiring music tend to make all execute their most graceful movements. The ice palace, which is being fitted up in Convention Hall, will be ready for use January 6, and to that end the greatest amount of labor is being exercised by the management of the hall to get things ready at as erly a date as possible in the new year. The ice palace will be fitted up after the manner of those existing in Pittsburg and New York, except that it will be more modern, and will cofftain more conveniences and means of enjoyment. The temperature will be kept at a temperate stage, while the surface will be made to give the greatest amount of pleasure possible. Reception rooms, smoking rooms, retiring rooms, a cafe and a band stand are in course of erec- tion and preparation, while long rows of seats will be placed around the ice basin for the convenience of those who go merely to look on. The floor will afford the greatest ice space of any in the countr: lack of “danger” spots and holes” will do much to increase the pleasure of those who intend to avail themselves of the new concern. Workmen have been busy since the “Messiah” concert, and it is as- serted by Manager Towers that the hall will be ready for use at the date named. German Opera.—All arrangements have now been completed for the season of Wag- ner opera in German, by the Damrosch Op- era Company, the latter part of January at Ailen's Grand Opera House. Walter Dam- rosch met with great success in his venture last season, when, single-handed and alone, he had the courage to once more raise the standard of Wagner opera in America, after a lapse of some years. He now been giving performances since November 1i, and the entire pres of Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago and other cities visited have been unanimous in praise, not only of the company, but of the magnificent stage s tings, Mr. Damresch having expended % (oo in new scenery and costumes alone. Headed by Frau Klafsky, the greatest Wag- whom Jean De Rezke declares to be the greatest living Isolde); Fri. nerian prima donna of the present day (and | gadski, so suc- | SVS SY cessful with the company last year; Fri. Milka Tirnina, the celebrated Munich and Dresden prima donna; Herr Wilhelm Gruen- irg, the leading tenor of Pollini’s famous Hamburg company; Herr Demeter Popo- vici of Prague, who was so successful in the leading baritone roles at Bayreuth; Herr Emil Fischer, the noted basso, and Herr Max Alvary, so well known for his grand work in the German opera seasons of recent years, and at least twenty other capable and experienced principals, Mr. Damrosci certainly has an organization equal to any ever seen in America in German opera. A fine chorus of seventy-five voices, and the celebrated New York Symphony Orchestra of seventy musicians, are included in the company, which numbers in all nearly 200 people, requiring a special train of nine cars for transportation throughout the tour. The repertoire for this city includes Tannhauser, Die Walkure, Slegtried and Die Meiste singer. Mr. Wm. H. Crane.—William H. Crane is underlined to appear at the Lafayette Square Theater a week from Monday. The play which he is to offer is “His Wife's Father,” which has been his piece de re- sistance ever since its trial performance in this city last January. At the time of its presentation in Gotham there were several plays claiming attention that dealt with subjects people of refinement would not care to discuss at home. The purity of “His Wife's Father” «was at once recognized, and the comedy made a hit that caused Mr. Crane's engagement to be extended until it covered a period of fourteen weeks. In other cities it more than duplicated the hit it_made here and in New York, and the marks of approval that it has received are many. In the presentation of the comedy here all of the scenery which was gotten up for its New York run will be utilized. The company supporting Mr. Crane is said to be one of the best with which he has ever been surrounded. - Sousa’s Great Band.--Sousa has: just scored another great success. In fact, Sousa is scoring nothing but success these days. The latest is the new march, “King Cotton,” dedicated to the Atlanta exposition. Critics Say that the new march is fully as virile and magnetic as any of the preceding marches which have established the fame of Sousa as the march king of America, and that it is enough to set the nerves tingling and the feet moving to hear it. Sousa is the march king of America as surely as the great Strauss is the waltz king of Europe. A con- cert of his peerless band, which will be given here on Sunday evening, January 5, will —— the choicest of Sousa’s program music. Mr. I. N. Morris, formerly of this city, has written a play on the Cuban question, which is called “The Last Stroke.” It has been purchased by Jacob Litt, and will be pro- duced for the first time in St. Paul, Min February 2. It is said to be a well-co) structed drama, and will be given a splendid stage setting. Columbia Musical Parlors.—There are eighteen kinetoscopes being exhibited this week, and most of them are exhibiting new subjects. Some of the latest attractions are Mile. Capitaine, “the perfect woman,” in her marvelous trapeze performance; Ruth Dennis, the champion high kicker of the world; pas seul dance, by Lucy Murray of The Gaiety Girl Company, and the “Buck- ing Broncho.” There are many new records on the graphophones also. — TO SHOW FEET IN DISGUISE. Bellmore Girls Will Seck Lodge Ren’ ata Trilby Auction. From the New York Times. Somebody in Bellmore, L. has been reading “Trilby."”” Who it is is a matter of much speculation, not because of idle curi- osity, but because a plo} has been laid among the young women members of the local lodge of the Independant Order of Good Templars, to utilize the graceful curves of their feet for the purpose of raising money to pay off the debt of the lodge. That this schenie originated with the reader of “Trilby” there is not the least doubt, hence the Gesire to discover the identity of the responsible one. Thus far the responsibility has been cen- tered upon Miss Alice Sutherland, but she denies that she originated the scheme. At the meeting of the lodge recently it was found that $32 was due for the rent of the hall used for the meetings of the organi- zation. A fair was suggested, but at first met with disfavor, because, as one of the girls expressed it, fairs are such bores. Then Miss Sutherland, it is said, came to the rescue. 5 “We will have a ‘Trilby auction.’ said she. “I have been told that that is a good scheme to create Interest among the boys.” When the other members expressed par- donable ignorance upon the subject of “Trilby auctions,” Miss Sutherland un- folded their nature. “We girls get behind a curtain,” she ex- plained, “and take off our shoes and stock- ings.” “Horrors! How shocking!” exclaimed several of the members. “And then we stick them under a cur- tain where the young men can: see them— “Scandalous! vigorously declared an el- derly female member. “Wal, I'll be squashed! was the senti- ment of a deacon in a local church, who had never been away from Bellmore ex- cept to attend a funeral once at Wan- tagh. ‘I don't see anything so terrible about it,” chimed in three rosy-cheeked dam- sels, who had exclaimed ‘horrors! a few moments before. “And the young men bid on the feet,” interposed Mirs Sutherland during a lull in the storm. “Then each young man goes to supper with the young woman whose foot is sold to him.” There was another chorus made up of various exclamations, such as “Gooi!” Shameful!” “Wal, I never!” and “Oh! how nice!” One young woman then arose, ®.a as av amendment, proposed that the fee’ be clid in an old shoe, or something, ‘r- stead uf being bare. “She's got corns,” whispered one of the Bellmore bad boys to his companion, whereupon both broke out into a rude laugh. The amendment met with favor. It was decided to leave the event until after Christmas, for, reasoned the girls, the young men's pockets would be nearly emp- ty so near Christmas, and the feet would not bring half so much as they should. ———__+02_____ Dog Knows Beggars. From the Chicago Tribune. One of the features of a popular West Side retail store is a collfe dog that pos- sesses the peculiar faculty of being able to distinguish by their step, or touch on the door latch, people who “have the price” from those who have not. . For an hour the other day there was a steady stream of people going in and out of the store, but the dog paid no attention to them. Suddenly ske jumped from her hiding place and rushed to the door, bark- ing furiously. The deor opened and in came a beggar asking alms, and the dog kept up a snarling and barking until he left. Then she retired to her corner and remained fully ten minutes unmindful of the comers and goers, when suddenly she again bound- ed to the door and began barking. This time the visitor was one of those insinuat- ing individuals who pretend to buy old clothes, and the dog drove him out with- out a word of command. ‘The owner of the collie says she has nev- er been trained to this trick, and he has no idea how she picked it up, but for years she has been able to tell in some mysterious manner, before she can see the person, whether he is a patron or an objectiona- ble interloper, and she has never made a mistake. Priceless ‘Boon to the Old Folks. NATIVE A matchless LAXATIVE—perfeetly harmless—ensy to take, It acts leo directly upon the LIVER, and a faith- (ful course of it will make DYSPEP > a thing of the past. $1 a bex of 200 owes. ALL DRUGGISTS. a2s-424 LBS