Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1896, Page 11

. THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. — BSFOCEESEEESEEESTE 0 C9G8 Oot sells it. much less. 20 and 25¢. straight. + and $1.00. it PEGG GID SOG ILO OIG POLIT GOFF 0 GOOD GIT TFET SOILS IDO COOOO CIO TIO IOTI DIO FO OOO OFOOIHO0 009 Bulwer Lytton Says: “He who does not smoke hath either known no grief or refuseth himself the softest consola- tion next to that of woman .given under heaven.” There is great consolation in a cigar — the right kind of a cigar—a “White Seal” Cigar. This is a new brand, but has jumped into popular favor. Every first-class cigar store, every hotel and every first-class druggist It is not a cheap cigar. “White Seal” Cigars are made from the very finest selected clear Havana tobacco, and are * equal in every way to the imported, and cost Ten sizes, and retail for—3 for 25c.— 10c.’ straight — 2 for 25c.— 15¢. straight—3 for 50c— “White Seal” “Pints” and “Quarts.” Bundles of “five” and “ten” in tin foil, 6oc. KOPIES, Distributing Agents for Washington. + immediately High-grade Cigars, 1235 Penna. Ave. washed in it, either. Artesian well water! by the Mongolian! you zet us! SAS ae a a ok aS DL ad egeegeee instantly. © pees o Main Branches: *Phone 1092. 1t Ss eeege deeded adeetenteedontececeeetiegeatengeny —in dirty, muddy Potomac water. Turkish Bath! Don’t allow your laundry to be Let us give it a Turkish Bath in our super-boiling “clear as a crystal” We charge no, more than you pay for having it wallowed in the nmddy Fotomac, or spit upon No trouble to get us, Just drop a postal or telephone one of our numerous wagons will be on hand THE YAL F. H. WALKER & CO. Dont Wash Take a and no trouble alter you 1092 — and Steam Laundry, 514 10th Street, 1104 14th Street. Plant 43 G St. N.W. “MADE IN GERMANY.” 'The Milk in England's Anti-Germany cocoanut. From the New York Tribune. ‘The most remarkable feature of this whole South African business has been the outburst of war spirit in Great Britain against Germany. This has been practical- ly spontaneous and universal. It has been confined to no class nor party. East End and West End, city and country, radical and tory, have all alike been ablaze. Not be- fore in this generation, not even when Rus- sia was at the gates of Constantinople, has there been so general a readiness. even an eagerness, for war. Lord Salisbury could scarcely do a more popular thing than to withdraw the British ambassador from Ber- lin, and call out the army reserves. On,the face of it this seems amazing. There is no possible justification for it in the kaiser’s attitude toward the Transvaal, at least as thus far disclosed, or in any other incident of the South African troubles. The cause mugp be sought elsewhere; but it is not difficult to find. It fs, we apprehend, expressed in the three words, “Made in Germany,” which have in recent years become so familiar to the wosld. Manufacturing and shopkecp- ing Britain is jealous of German rivalry in trade, and would like to check it, even -at the cost of war. And, indeed, when we look into it, such jealousy is not at all sur- prising. The plain truth is that the com- mercial supremacy of Great Britain is in serious danger. Not for nothing have the Germans spent $40,000,000 on the port of Hamburg, and made its docks and other shipping facilities the finest in tne world. From that port, under the German fiag, ships go to every quarter of the golbe, laden with the products ef German worksh@ps; and these goods are crowding British goods put of the market wherever they come into 2ompetition—which is almost everyw!ire. Even in Great Britain itself British goods are being driven to the wall. Thus, in 1894, despite the attempted revival of the Irish flax industry, the United Kim purchased from Germany more than $560,- 009 worth of linens; in spite of Manchester, $2,314,000 worth of cotton; in spite of Brad- ford and Hudderstield, $4, woolens; in spite of all the other work- shops of the kingdom, $2,260,900 worth of toys. $3,130,000 worth of p: $2,900,000 worth of pianos, $1,200,000 worth of china and earthenware, and nearly $1,000,000 Worth of pictures. Now these are not large sums, compare with the totals of British manufactures and trade. But they are consi le. They indicate a steady and rapid grow‘h of the quantity of German goods in British mar- B kets. And the goods, moreover, are all such as Great Britain has hitherto been in making. Germany is, im = coals to Newcastle, and If she has alroady to such aded the home market of reg 2, With goods made in direct tompetition with Great Britain’s own espe- cial lines of manufactures, there is indeed sround for jealousy and for consternation at future prospects. For if this be the case at home, what is to be said of the for- eign markets? In South America, in Af- rica, in China, even in Australia, the Ger- man trader is beating his British rival. For years Germany's manufactures of near- ly all important commodities have been in- creasing rapidly, and far beyond all needs of home consumption. Accordingly, her ex- poris have Feen increasing. In 188) she gent out 1,301,000 tons of irdn, and in 1894 2,008,000 tons; while in those same years Great Britain's exports of iron actually de- creased. Between 1883 and 1893 Germany’s cotton exporis increased more than 127 per cent, and Great Britain’s only 2% per cent. Other leading items in the commercial list show similar movements in favor of Ger- man trade. Finally, it is to be observed that in and since 188 the tonnage of sea- going ships at Hamburg has exceeded that at Liverpool. ‘These facts need no interpretation to the thrifty Briton. They are their own most forcible commentary. They touch John Bull in his mest sensitive spot—his pocket. They are a menace to that by which he iives—his commerce. No wonder, then, that the hint of a war with Germany meets with quick and enthusiastic response. Such a war would mean the blockading of Ham- burg and of every German port, the dis- appearance of the German flag from the high seas, the destruction of Germany's foreign trade, the exclusion from the world’s markets of the ene great rival, which the British most fear, and which they have mcst cause to fear. That is the true explanation of the wild epidemic of “jingoism” which is now raging through- out the United Kingdom. The mercantile wish is father to the militant thought. +o " HYPNOTIZING WILD GEESE. A Peculiar Story From North Caro- lina’s Reanoke River. From the New York Sun. “There is no choicer haunt for wild geese on the continent,” said Joe Knickerbocker of Warren county, N. C., “than that curi- ous stretch of the Roanoke river on its way through Warren county. It is a suc- cession of falls and rapids, and is utterly urnavigable except by the peculiar flat- boats we use down there, and it requires an expert to get either up or down the river even with one of those. “About daylight the men who are to sit in the blind, row out and get into it. The geese begin to come in early to feed, and when the river is pretty well alive with them, a third man gets quietly into his boat, far above the feeding place, and drifts down with the current. Now, any one who knows anything at all about wild geese knows that a man in a boat can’t get within gunshot of one; that is, a man in a boat who doesn’t try it in the Warren, county way. I don’t know, and no one else in our county knows, I guess, who discov- ereved that a man whistling in a boat ex- ercises something like a hypnotic influence on wild geese, but it is a fact that on the Reanoke river such is the case. As the man in the boat drops down the river he whistles as loud as he can. He whistles any tune that may come into his head, or his whole repertory of tunes, or no tune at all, if he doesn't know any, but hehistles, Instead of getting out of that water only too quick, as they would if the man wasn’t whistling, the geese pick up their ears, so to speak, seem to forget about the nuts and berries, and direct all their attention to the man in the boat and his whistle, the little groups, meanwhile, unconsciously gather- ing together. into one flock. They are not sure, so they drift down the stream away from him as the boat tosses along careless- ly on the rapids. A skillful driver will so manipulate his boat and his whistle that he will have a hundred or more geese drift- ing and gazing wonderingly at him, and chattering among themselves as to what it all means by the time they draw near to the blind, dll well bunched and affording great opportunity to the hidden gunners. “When the geese have floated to within thirty or forty yards of the blind the gun- ners cut loose. The poor geese rise in such confusion at the first fire that it is easy to give them a second volley before they get out of range, and the driver, his hypnotic whistle now silent, is pretty sure to drop a few himself as the frightened fowl wing their way over him up the river. In this way we get lots of geese on the Roanoke river, down in Warren county.” O90O9D 9994059 90090909006659 004008 698061685504 5445590058.0-59 09549650559 9-5906000900060 1 FORTY-SIX. BILLS si bae eae Measures of Local Interest Pending in the Senate. THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE CALENDAR Their Present Status in the Matter of Consideration. A VARIETY. OF SUBJECTS The calendar of business before the com- mittee on the District of Columbia of the Senate includes forty-six bills, one Sen- ate resolution ‘and one memorial to be acted on. These measures affect a variety of important local interests, which will be taken up and disposed of as rapidly as pos- sible. The committee is favorable to granting hearings on measures when there is a con- siderable dissatisfaction among citizens, and in the following ist, which shows what action has been taken on the measures, a number of instances are noted in which hearings have been asked for. List of the Measures. : Mr. Harris: For the relief of Mrs. F. W. Wallace. Commissioners report favorably, with amendments. Mr. Proctor: To provide for continuing the system of trunk sewers in the District of Columbia, for completing the system of sewage disposal and protection against floods, and for other purposes. Commis- sioners refer to favorable report in Fifty- third Congress and submit report from heelth officer. Mr. Proctor: To amend an act entitled “An act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities,” approved March 2, 1893. Referred to Commissioners. Mr. Cail: To amend the charter of the Capital Traction Company of the District of Columbia. Referred to Commissioners. Mr. Harris: To compile and publish the laws ‘relating to street railway franchises in the District of Columbia. Mr. Harris: To secure uniformity in the names of minor streets of the city of Wash- ington. Referred to Commissioners. Mr. Harris—To amend an act entitled “An act to punish falae swearing before trial boards of the metropolitan police force and fire department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved May 11, 1692. Favorable report by the Commission- ers. Mr. Harris—To provide for the appoint- ment of a public administrator in the Dis- trict of Columbia. Referred to Commission- ers. Mr. Harris—To regulate.the practice of medicine and surgery, to license physicians and surgeons, and to punish persons violat- ing the provisions thereof in the District of Columbia. Commissioners’ bill. Hearing asked by W. H. Hubbell, 1420 New York ave- nue. : Mr. Roach—For the relief of Esther A. Keyeer. Referred to Commissioners. Mr. Roach—for the relief of the estate of William B. Todd, deceased. Commissioners report without recommendation. See Sen- ate report, Fifty-third Congress, third ses- sion. Mr. Faulkner—Relating to acknowledg- rents of instruments affecting real estate within the District of Columbia, Commis- sioners transmit report of attorney of Dis- trict, with adverse report. For a Municipal Building. Mr. Faulkner—To provide for a municipal building and court house in the District of Columbia. Referred to Commissioners. Mr. Faulkner—To prevent fraudulent di- vorces in the District of Columbia. Com- missioners recommend adverse action. Mr. Gorftaan—To permit the Standard Tel- ephone Company of Washington and Bal- timore city to install, maintain and operate a telephone and telegraph plant ex- i District of Columbia. Re- Roach—For the relief of Everett Commiszioners report adversely. Wroe. Mr. Harris—Providing penalties for char- ter violations by corporations operated in ae District of Columbia. Commissioners’ in. Mr. Call—To provide for making“ conduits in Washington and the District of Colum- bia, and for better and cheaper lights and electric appliances. Referred to Commis- sioners. Mr. Hansbrough—For the relief of James Linskey from the operation of the act re- stricting the ownersh‘p of real estate in the territories and the District of Columbia to American citizens. Commissioners report favorably. See House report No. 1748, Fiz- ty-third Congress, third session. Mr. Faulkner—To amend the charter of the Ecigjngten and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company of the District of Columbia. Re- ferred to Commissioners. Mr. McMillan—To, regulate fares and transfers upon street car lines in the Dis- trict of Columbia. Referred to Commi sioners. Mr. Burrows—For the relief of Kate Win- ter. Referred to Commissioners. Mr. Peffer—To provide a home for aged and infirm colored people. Referred to Commissioners. Mr. Walthall—To amend en act entitled “An act to incorporate the Capital Railway Ccmpany,” approved March 2, 1895. Com- missioners report favorably. Mr. Proctor—To amend the charter of the Brightwood Railway Company of the Dis- trict of Columbia. Referred .to Co: sioners. Letter from F. BE. Chapin. ing asked by Morris Bien. Mr. Harris—To amend sections 720, 722 and 723 of the Revised Statutes of th ating purposes, Réferred to Commission- ers. Resolution of the Senate instructing the committee to inquire and report, by bill @r otherwise, as to thé order of the Commis- sioners in regard to spaces allotted to small farmers arothd the Center market; also a resolution by Mr. Hale, directing the committee to make inquiry us to exist- ing law relating te the custody of minor children; a memorial, by Mr. Gallingér, relative to placing telegraph, telephone and other wires under Rround in the District of Columbia, and,petitions of Methodist Preachers of Columbus, Ohio, and of the First Baptist Church of Dayton, Ohio, rela- tive to raising the age of consent in the District of Columbia; and for Sunday rest and compulsory education. oor RECIPROCIT¥ OF HONORS. i a A Statue in Waghington Urged for Simon Bolivar, To the Eajtor of The Eyening Star: Is there to be found in any public build- ing in this city a statue, bust or portrait of Simon Bolivar, the liberator of South Ameri- ca? If so, I have been unable to find it. While I would not take one ray of glory from the name af Giuseppe Garibaldi, whose bust rightly occupies a place in the Senate wing of the Capitol, it is respectfully sug- gested that what he achieved was of far less importance to the stability of this republic than was the grand work accomplished by Bolivar, of freeing our sister continent from Spanish rule. The condition of poor Cuba is an indication @f.what that continent Would have suffered had not this “Cincin- natus of the south’sarisen and cast off the shackles of Castile from his people for all time. Who knows-whether the political well-being of our ewn republic could have been so well maintaine®@ with the continued sovereignty of Spain over such a vast ter- ritory right at our doors. If a foreign-born hero ever deserved.to have his fame per- | petuated in marble at the capital of the United States it is Simon Bolivar, whom Henry Clay so aptly surnamed “the Wash- ington of South America.” He may well be likened to Lincoln, also, as an enemy to slavery. History records that when the grateful populace presented Bolivar with $1,000,000 he at once used the money in pur- chasing the freedom of 1,000 slaves. The national museum at Caracas, Ven- ezuela, holds as one of its priceless treasures a medallion containing a portrait of Wash- ington and a lock of-his hair, presented by his family in 1825 to Bolivar. To General Lafayette was intrusted the pleasing duty of making the presentation. The medallion bears the tnscription: “This portrait of the founder of liberty in North America is pre- sented by. his adoptive son to him who ac- quired equal glory in South America.” This interesting token of amity between the two Americas passed inte.the hands of ex-Presi- dent Guzman Blanco, by whom it was pre- sented to the republic, and it formed part of the Venezuelan exhibit at the world’s fair in 1893. ‘This, of course, is ancient history to those who have studied the subject, but it will bear repeating just now. The republics founded ’y Bolivar have been conspicuous for their good will toward this nation, and no cloud of serious magni- tude has ever arisen in our relations with them. Recent events have tended to strengthen this feeling of sisterly friend- ship, and no proper occasion should be missed in keeping it aglow, for our interests are closely identified with each other. In 1883, the centenary of the birth of Boli- var, a bronze statue of Washington was erected at Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. Now let the Washington of South America have a place in-our-national pantheon of great men. A statue was erected to him in Central Park, New, York city, in 1884, and he should be represented at our national capi- tal. Reciprocity if this matter would ada to our own dignity, anid would tend to bring the Americas closer together—a matter that may some day be of prime importance to us all. Spain might not fike it, but she would survive it as nicely a8‘England did the erec- tion of the monuntent to Lafayette opposite the White House. « » NORTH AMERICAN. {ined Like an Exagger- Gameot Shuiileboard. w York World. Curling is likely, to remain a distinctive Scottish sport. Altbaugh the Grand Na- tional Curling Club of America was crgan- ized_as long ago as ‘{807, and has never ceased in its end&iygy to promote the In- terests of the game, the pOpular fancy has never been caught,.and Seotia’s bonny sons have a monopoly of skimming forty-pound stones over the glassy surface of ice ponds, just as Irishmen have a monopoly of the Kilkenny-cat pestime “kncwn as Gaelic foot ball. One has not action enough; the other a superfiuity. Briefly described, curling may be likened to an exaggerated e, of shuffleboard. Rinks forty-t.vo yards in length are laid out upon the ice. At each end is a seven- foot circle, in which are smaller rings. Each team has four players. In each round the players are permitted to send two curl- ing stones, the objective point being the seven-foot circle at the other end. Of course, only cone of the ends is in play at a ‘One player skims a stone down to -foot circle at the other end; then ponents has a shy; then the partner has a chance, and so alternate. After all the stones have been propelled to the other end the points are counted. The side having placed their stones to the best aslvantage in the seven-foot circle receives fs relative points, and then the men at the other end of the rink have their turn. And so it goes on for hours. The contests are apt to be monotonous to e spevtator, unless he has Scotch blood in his veins and understands the game thoroughly. Expert curlers attain a won- derful skill at the pastime. The control of the heavy stones is really remarkable. Say that A leads oft with a skim which places his stone in tne very center of the smaller ring in the seyen-fcot circle. It wjil be B's play not only to kncck this stone of A’s from its advantageous position, but to con- trol the momentum of his own stone that it will not carom out of the circle. When United States relating to the District of Columbia, in relation to marriages. Com- missioners’ bill. A Mr. Harris—To provide for the incorpora- tion and regulation of medical colleges in ie District of Columbia. Conimissioners’ Mr. Gibson—To incorporate the East Washington Heights Traction Railway Company of the District of Columbia. Re- ferred to Commissioners. Mr. Morrill—Relating- to the testimony of pkysicians in the courts of the District of Columbia. Referred to Commissioners. Mr. McMillan—To amend scction 9 of an act entitled “An act to provide for the ap- pointment of a sealer and assistant sealer of weights and measures in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.” Re- ferred to Commissioners. Mr. Call—To remit the penalties on unpaid taxes in the District of Columbia. Commis- sioners report adversely. Wages of Street Car Employes. Mr. Call—To regulate the wages of con- ductors and drivers and other employes of the street railway corporations of the Dis- trict of. Columbia. Referred to Commis- sioners. Mr. McMillan: To amend the act of June 2, 1890, for the relief of holders of District of Columbia special assessment certificates, and for other purposes. Referred to Com- missioners. Mr. Gorman: To permit the Home Teles phone Company of Washington, District of Goelumbia, to install, maintain and operate a telephone and telegraph plant and ex- change in the District of Columbia. Com- missioners report adversely. Mr. Harris: To license billiard tables, and for other purposcs. Commissioners’ bill, See their report. Mr. Harris: To regulate the practice of veterinary medicine. Commissioners’ bill. Mr. Proctor: To authorize the ext2nsion of the Columbia railway, and for other purposes. Mr. McMillan: To establish and provide for the maintenance of a free public li- brary and reading room in the District of Columbia. Mr. Burrows: For the relief of Emmart, Dunbar & Co. Mr. McMillan: To amend the charter of the Belt Railway Company of the District of Columbia. Mr. Gormai ‘To redeem outstanding cer- tificates issued by the board of public works of the District of Columbia. Mr. Pettigrew: Relating to the sale of gas in the District of Columbia. Mr. Kyle: To incorporate the National Capital Gas Light, Heat and Power Com- pany of the Dis‘rict of Columbia. Refer- red to Commissioners. Mr. Lodge: To regulate the employment of labor on public buildings and grounds belonging to tke District of Columbia. Re- ferred to Commissioners. Mr. Brice: Granting to the Washington Cooling Company the right to lay pipes for the distribution of materials for refriger- players secure good positicns in the circle the oodject is to then place stones so as to protect this winner. To get around these guards players combine the skill of a base ball pitcher curving a ball with the expert- ness of a billiard player, making a delicate carom for position. When it is considered that these stones average about forty pounds each, and are sent a distance of thirty-eight yards, the skill and strength required are plain. One of the most important adjuncts of the game is a sweeper. This is a man with a broom, who watches the progress of his side’s stone as it approaches the circle, and must judge at once. if. it requires his as- sistance. If he-sees that it does, he carries the stone along, as it were. That is, he keeps ahead of the stone, sweeping the ice quickly and faeilitating the traveling. It looks to be the least expert branch of the geme, but is one which requires quick per- ception. A bungling sweeper may lose rinks by underestimating the velocity of the stone, and by his sweeping carry it be- yond the desired point and out of the: big circle. On the other. hand, he may think that the stone does not require much as- sistance, and see‘his ‘mistake only when it loses headway and‘ steps very “much short of its goal. ee) BEER ChNSUMPTION. The Trade is a ¥gqt One and Yields a Big Revenue tq,she Government. From the Wine and SpiliteGazerte. The total consyhipffon of beer mm the United States fomr,the fiscal year ending June 30 last was 32#00,061 barrels, which was an increase ovéfl the ‘consumption of the previous year f.1{f1,000 barrels. A bar- rel of beer averages,311-4 gallons. That would make the titalzconsumption for the Past year 948,920,004 €alluns, or about fif- teen gallons for 7 man, woman and child in the land. 5'Fhe consumption of beer throughout the Upite States varies great- ly. It is the largest-in New York, Penn- sylvania, Illinois and, Wisconsin, and least in the southern and prohibition states. In Kansas, a prohibition state, the sale of beer last year fcoted up less than 6,000 barrels, whereas the total sales in the city of Milwaukee were 2,000,000 barrels. There are in all 70,000 brewers in the world, of which nearly 20,900 are in Germany. Great Britain follows with 18,000 and the United States with 5,000. Beer ylelded a revenue to the United States government during the fiscal year of $32,400,051, the tax being $12 barrel, while distilled spirits, the con- sumption of which is scarcely one-tenth as great, yields three times a8 much more. —_——_sae--___ Financial Reasons, From the Somerville Journal. Whyte—“What made you change doc- tors? I thought Dr, Pellet was your family physician.” Browne—‘So he was; but I never like to owe any one doctor more than $100.” OPPO SH eeeeopentepeeeess A Credit to rumen | What The “Star” SAID. STEADILY SUCCESSFUL. An Enterprising Business Man Extends His Sphere of Usefulness. Ability, coupled with well-directed enter- prise, may always be depended on to achieve Substantial success, and an excellent Mlustra- tion of the truth of this observation may be seen in the case of Mr. G. W. Simpson, Several years ago he opened a small tailor’s establishment at 9th and G streets, with a small stock «f goods, but plenty of pluck and faith in advertising. In three years he was compelled to enlarge his building, and in 1892 his buginers had so increased that he moved to still more commodious quarters, at 12th and F streets northwest. Mr. Simpson's bus- iness methods continued to be attended here by prosperity, and he has now made another ive mcvement by leasing the entire building at 12th and F and remodeling it, and now has one of the largest and best quipped tafloring establishments in the south. The first and second floors are devoted to sales rooms, offices and fitting parlors, while a. large force of skilled tailors occupy the upper two floors and are kept busy making garments for the well-dressed men of Wash- ington, Mr. Simpson says he attributes much of hfs success to Judicious advertising, in the best newspapers, and by catering to those attracted by hfs anrouncements precisely in accordance with his representations, i : F E E i 2 ‘ieee MRR cu NNN | ae AT RATA = the City! We made no mistake in not rushing to “cheap” (inferior) tailor- ing. It is naturally short lived. Best tailoring cheapest is best. Only merit can withstand the test of time. We are growing con- : tinuously. Your common sense should tell you that you cannot get something for nothing. We guarantee you a greater equivalent in high-class tailoring for the money expended than is possibly cbtainable in this or any other city. We buy at first hands—of manu- facturers. We avail ourselves of all dis- counts. We maintain a large force of the most skilled tailors. We did not lease this entire build- ing for fun. We require it all! Will require a larger building later, per- haps! We have today the largest, hand- somest and best equipped tailoring establishment.in the south—equal in its results to any in America. We are celebrating the opening of the entire building with the fol- ( case! EXTRA. Martin’s “Globe” SeesesSorsoedocdochordontontostostontontossont Woolen Celebrated London Trouserings. Regular price, $13 and $i5. For = = = = CUTAWAY Coat and Vest of Martin’s Famous. Black Diagonal Worsted,for - = lowing special attractions: Regular $7 Trouserings - - = = = $5-00 Regular $8 Trouserings = = = = = $6.50 Mills Cassimere Trouserings. Regular price, $10 and $12. For $8 | SIO $20 Unequivocal guarantee of a perfect fit and entire satisfaction! G. Warfield Simpson, Merchant Tailor, 12th & F Sts. DISTRICT LABOR BILLS Measures Now Urged by the Federation Committee. Proposed Preferment of Working- men’s Claims in Case of Assign- ments—Employers’ Liability. Reference has heretofore been made in The Star to the fact that Mr. E. M. Blake, chairman of the legislative committee of the Federation of Labor, has prepared sev- eral bills which, if enacted into laws by Congress, will be of much benefit to the working people of the District generaliy. Effort will be made to secure action as early as possible upon two of these bills— one relating to the liability of employers and the other for the preferment of wages. The full text of the bill to provide for the preferment of wages of employes in ¢ of assignment, execution, in pay- ment by receivers, etc., is as follows: “Hereafter when the property of any company, corporation, firm or person shall be se!zed upon by any precesg of any court of the District of Columbia, or when their business shall be suspended by the action of creditors, or be put into the hands of a receiver or trustee, then in all such cases the debts owing to employes, which have oceurred by reason of their labor or em- ployment, to an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars to cach employe for work or labor performed within six months next preceding the seizure or transfer of such property, shall be considered and treated as preferred debts, and such employes shall be preferred creditors, and shall be first paid in full, after debts due to the United States and debts due to and taxes assessed by the District of Columbia; and if there be not sufficient to pay them in full, then the same shall be paid to them pro rata, after paying costs. Any such employe de- siring to enforce his or her claim for wages under this act shalle present a statement under cath, showing the amount due, after allowing all just credits and set-offs, the kind of work for which wages are due, and when performed, to the officer, person, or court charged with such property within ten days after the seizure thereof, on any execution or writ of attachment, or within thirty days after the same may have been placed in the hands of any receiver or trustee; and thereupon it shall be the duty of the person or court receiving such a statement to pay the amount of such claim or claims to the perscn or persons entitled thereto, after their firat paying all costs occasioned by the seizure of such property out of the proceeds of the sale of the prop- erty seized.” Liability of Employers. The bill relating “to the liability of em- Ployers in the District of Columbia to make compensation for personal injuries suffered by employes in their service” is as follows: Where, after the passage of this act, personal injury is caused to an employe, who is himself in the exercise of due care and diligence at the time: (1) by reason of any defect in the condition of the scaffold- ing, ways, works, machinery, or plant con- nected with or used in the business of the employer, which arose from or had not deen discovered or remedied owing to the hegligence of the employer or any person in the service of the employer and intrust- ed by him with the duty of seeing that the scaffolding,ways,works, machinery, or plant were in proper condition; or (2) by reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the employer, intrusted with and exercising superintendence, whose sole or principal duty is that of superintendence, or, in the absence of such superintendent, of any person in the service of the employ- er, to whose orders or directions the em- ploye, at the time of the injury, was bound to conferm, and did conform, the employe, or in case the injury results in death, the legal representatives of such employe, shal: have the same right of compensation and remedies against the employer as if the employe had not been an employe of nor in the service of the employer, nor engaged in the employer's work. And in case such death is not instantaneous, or is preceded by conscious suffer:ng, said legal represent- atives may, in the action brought under} this section, except as hereinafter provided,: also recover damages for such death. The total damage awarded hereunder, both for said death and said injury, shall not exceed $5,000, and shall be apportioned py the jury between the legal representa- tives and the persons, if any, entitled under the succeeding section of this act, to bring an action for instantaneous death. If there are no such persons then no damage for such Geath shali be recovered, and the damages, 80 far as the same are awarded for said death, shall be assessed with refer- ence to the degree of culpability of the em- ployer herein, or the person for whose neg- ligence he is made liable. Section 2. Where an employe is instant- ly killed or dies without conscious suffering as the result of the negligence of an em- ployer, or of the negligence of any person for whose negligence the employer is liable under the provisions of this act, the widow of the deceased, or in case there is no widow, the next of kin, provided that such next of Kin were at the time of the death of stch employe dependent upon the wages of such employe fer suppcrt, may main an action for damages therefor and may recover in the same manner, to the same extent as if the death of the deceased had not been instaneous, or as if the deceased had consciously suffered. Section 3. Except in actions brought by the personal representatives under section 1 of this act, to recover damages for both the injury and death of an employe, the amount of compensation receivable under this act in case of personal injury shall not exceed the sum of $4,000. In case of death which follows instantaneously or without conscious suffering, compensation in lieu thereof may be recovered in not less than $500 and not less than $5,000, to be assessed with reference .to the degree of culpability of the employer herein, or the person for whose negligence he is made “liable; and no action for the recovery of compensation for injury or death under this act shall be maintained, unless notice of the time, place and cause of the injury is given to the employer within thirty days and the action is commenced within one Year, from the occurrence of the accident causing the injury or death. The notice required by this section shall be in writ- ing, signed by the person injured or some one in his behalf; but if from physical or mental incapacity it is impossible for the person injured to give a notice within the time provided in said section, he may give the same within ten days after such in- capacity is removed, and in case of his death, without having given the notice and without having been for ten days at any time after his injury of sufficient capacity to give the notice, his executor or adminis- twator may give such notice within thirty days after his appointment. But no notice given unde: the provisions of this section shall be deemed to be invalid or insufficient sclely by reason of any inaccuracy in stat- ing the time, or cause of the injury: Pro- vided, It is shown that there was no inten- tion to mislead, and that the party entitled to notice was not, in fact, misled thereby. Section 4. Whenever an employe -enters into a contract, either written or verbal, with an independent contractor to do part of such employer’s work, or whenever such contractor enters into a contract with a subcontractor to do all or any of the work ccmprised in such contractor’s contract with the employer, such contract or sub- ccntract shall not bar the liability of the employer for injuries to the employes of such contractor or subcontractor, by rea- scn of any defect in the condition of the scaffolding, ways, works, machinery, or plant, if they are the property of the em- ployer or furnished by him, and if such defect arose or had not been discovered or remedied,through the negligence of the em- ployer or of some person intrusted by him with the duty of seeing that they were in proper condition. Section 5. An employe or his or her legal representatives shall not be entitled under this act to any right of compensation or remedy ugainst his or her employer in any cese where such employe knew of the de- fect or negligence which caused the in- jury, and faiied in a reasonable time to give, or cause to be given, information thereof to the employer, or to some person superior to such employe in the service of the employer, who had intrusted to him some general superintendence. ,_ Section 6. This act shall not apply to in- juries caused to domestic servants by other tellow employes. —— Military Bicycle Test. From the Philadelphia Times. A test run of 450 miles across the coun- try from Fort Mead to Fort Yates and back was recently made under orders from Col. Sumner by Lieut. Cabell and two pri- vates from the cavalry stationed at Fort Meade. The trail lay over rough roads, the broken and difficult country along the Cheyenne and stretches of prairie covered with hillocks, gopher mounds and bunch grass—conditions which made some parts of the journey arduous. Allowing one day’s rest at Fort Yates, however, they were on the road but seven and a half days. A troop of cavalry would require from eight to nine days to accomplish the march, and the result tends to confirm the prediction of experts that the bicycle is destined-to perform an important function in the mil- itary operations of the future. siessme ae ea 2 Not at That Ho: From the Detroit Free Press. He (at 11 pm.)—“Well, misery loves com- pany, you know.” She (repressing a yawn)—“Not at this hour, I think.” UNCLE SAM'S POWDER. Stored in the Government Magazines in Morris County, New Jersey. From the St. Louis Republic. Uncle Sam has plenty of powder in case ot emergency. It is stored safely away in the government magazines in New Jersey, and there is enough of it to destroy all the navies in the world, if used to good advantage. The | powder house is sitcated in Morris county, New Jersey, in ‘the picturesque Berkshire valley, about five miles ¢rom the town of Dover. Uncle Sam has kept his powder dry there since 1890. The place was formerly known as Picatinny, an Indian name, which means divided mountain, and for several years the accepted name by the government was the Picatinny powder depot, but finally some one objected to the homely Indian name, and now the place is knewn to the government as the United States govern- ment powder depot. But the old Indian name, about which the Indian romances and the tales of the old Middle Forge are clus- tered, will always stick to the place, and the natives for years to come will refer to it as the Picatinny powder depot. The old Middle Forge works were in opera- tion back as far as one hundred end forty years ago, and the remains of the massive old timbers and an oc- casional bit of heavy shafting or a broken cog wheel are still visible under the great trees that shaded the workmen who at that day forged the naiis with which the houses for miles around were built. It is a historical spot, and abounds in In- dian legends and wild tales of the early Settlers in northern New Jersey. The tract of land comprised 1,900 acres when purchased, but 300 acres were set off a few years ago for the use of the Navy Department. The buildings, with the ex- ception of the superintendent's house, are made of iron and brick. They are substan- tial structures, but cold and statuesque in design. There are five magazines, and each is 200 feet long, fifty feet wide and forty feet deep. The structures are 500 yards epart, and are protectef by the most im- Proved arresters. —_—_+o+—__ MORE WESLEYAN MANUSCRIPTS, Curious Collection Discovered in the Book Rooms in London. From the Northwestern Christian Advocate. Word comes that a large mass of manu- script: o: John and Claries Wesley has been found by Rev. Dr. Kelley in the vault of the Wesleyan book rooms in London. It is a curious collection, of whose exist- ence hints have be2a made from time to time. Some of the contents of the vaults may have histcric interest, but we have the impression that the most valuable por- tions have been made public, and that other portions were quite closely scanned before they were locked up again. Some of the verses confirm the, fact that both Charles and John Wesley were incorrigi- ble tories and thoroughly opposed to the American colonies in their struggle for in- dependence. Charles was sure that God's wrath would sink the young nation if it did not submit to old King Ee In this he was quite m accord with ny other distinguished men in Engl , notable among whom was Dr. Johnson, whose rage at the “rebels” was hot and plentiful. It should be remembered that our cause was desperately lamed because of its as- sociafion with France. An Englishman of that day needed no further proof that an undertaking which had the favor of the Infidei republic deserved the direst of fates. That French alliance was indeed singular, and we more than once were compelled to see and feel it. The liberty for which we battled was not the liberty which the French coveted. It may not be a calamity if lUttle more of the Wesleyan verses is printed. The hymns now extant are mar- velous, and all churches have been exalted by their use. » Some of Charles Wesley's verses had n@ claim upon immortality. They were writ- ten on special occasions, some of which lacked dignity and force While we hope that this present reopening of the manu- scripts will be followed by a severe scratiny and the publication of any possible remain- ing gems, we are inclined to believe that the world has already seen the best of the Wesleyan poetry. Among the matter now in question is.a note book in which John Wesley recorded his memoranda for use in talks to the famous ‘Holy Club” while he was a student in Lincoln College, Oxford. The manuscripts are in the competent hands of Dr. Kelley, who will doubtless print the resuits of his examination. —--2ee- ‘The Use of Noses. From Humoristische Blaetter. “Mamma, why do people have noses?” “Common people, my dear, have noses that tfey may sneeze and smell, but high-born people like we are have n: that they may express their contempt of common people.’