Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-26

Inc Chesebrough and George Chesebrouch >
Mrs Arnold claims that she il the child born at
that time.
Harran also testified that Count Chesebrough
always called the lady he saw before him in the
court room Mrs. Chesebrough.
Letter Carriers Want Eight Hours.
| Mr.. PowDERLY's ADVICE TO THE NEW YORK
MASS MEETING.
Two thousand letter carriers and their friends
met in Cooper union, New York, Thursday
| night, 70 demand that Congress pass
the eight-hour bill now pending, which
includes this class of government en-
ployes in its provisions. Among the
prominent persons present were General
Master W orkman Powderly, Rev.Dr. McGlynn,
of 81. Stephens Catholic church, ard Rev. DR.
b. r. De Costa, OF the Protestant Episcopal
church of st. John the Evangelist Resolutions
were adopted demanding the passage OF the
| eight-hour bill, condemning "the superintend-
ents OF the various departments for their petty
tyranny toward their subordinates, which
would disgrace an official In any monarchical
country OF she old world, and stamps such SUI
perlntendents as perverters OF American insti-
tutlons and violators OF the spirit of DEM
ocracy, and declaring that 1--WE shall hold re-
sponsible at the polls every individual of
whatever party affiliations who shall assist by
voice or vote to prevent the passage of the said
bill, and pledge ourselves to follow the example
of the typographical unions of this slate when
they defeated the last republican presidential
candidate, Blaine, and elected Cleveland"
DIR. Boyd said that letter carriers are required
to walk from twenty to twenty-five miles a
day, while a 9th avenue car horse is only re-
CURED TO 60 an average OF nine miles. He be-
lieved that every democrat In Congress- and
he thought too, every Blaine republican,
would support the letter carriers bill.
DR.. McGlynn made a rafting speech. He
told the letter carriers frankly that he thought
| they were themselves very much to blame be-
cause they had been throwing up their hats to
politicians or statesmen-God save the mark
because they hattered some wretched little pre-.
}udiee Of the working n men, or got places for a
all labor troubles, DIR. McGlynn thought, was
| the principle Of land ownership, which he de-
When Mr.. Powderiy was introduced he WAS
! received with great enthusiasm. MIR. Powderly
suggested that the legislative committee Of the
knights of Labor be asked to urge the passage
| OF the bill upon Congress, and To say that the
organization favored q reduction in the hours
of labor for letter carriers. II know, )" he said,
"that ii you Will ask IL our board will place the
matter before Congress. The knights OF Labor
don NEEDLE with politics ia the sense of the
politicians who stand at the rumhole door
In that dirty low sense we are not politicians.
nor inthe sense OF voting tor a man because he
| is nominated by tine machine. But wher the
natural rights Of man are presen ted to us YOU
can count on our organization first. last and
always The Knights OF Labor only refuse TO
recognize the drones. One scavenger is worth
more than loo, 600 dudes. All that we ask is
that you do something for q living, and thai it
be honest the letter carriers are doing some-
In aay r
were: "Persevere, and II you are downed now
don't stay downed.'
After the cheer had died away Secretary
Mckechnie read a resolution, in accord with
Mr. Powderly's suggestion. II was adopted
with a shout
recognize the chairman of the committee on
labor when he might attempt to present the
letter carriers eight-hour bill was carried, and
il was the last business OF the meeting.
He Did Not Want the Cough Mixture.
HOW A cREDULOUs TAILOR LOST A FINE SUIT
OF CLOTHES.
Philadelphia Special to the n. Y. Tribune.
He went into the store of one Of the most FASH
ionabe tailors in Chestnut street and arrayed
himself in an expensive summer suit. Then he
said:
81 must pay you by check, but as you do not
know me will not ask you to take one Of my
own. You are acquainted, of course, with the
nerf Let us go in there He IS friend Of n mine
and is preparing a check for,me."
In the drug store the stranger called out IA
military TO the proprietor, vino was behind the
screen, doctor, is that ready"
"In a moment" was the reply.
Then said the stranger to the tailor: 81 must
go across the street and see that IL is all right"
In little while the tailor was handed q
bottle.
'Your cough mixture"
81 don't want any cough mixture. want q
check
al know nothing about q check"
Then it came out that the stranger had order.
ed at the drug store cough mixture for his
dear friend, Mr.. -, the tailor, who was suf-
fering from y severe cold. The doctor knew
nothing about his enterprising visitor, and he
has not returned to inquire IL the tailor Is better
COmv1ctS' whims.
TRAINING RATS AND NICE WHEN NOT WORK.
$50 ING AT BENCH Oh LOOM.
From the Boston Globe
1.-THE boys adopt various methods for passing
away the time," remarked q state prison ON
Ger. "Chicken Welch," who, with three other
prisoners, escaped from the institution last
summer by scaling the roof OF the south wing,
but was captured, has hit upon an idea which
apparently interests him greatly. He is imi-
Eating Harry Jennings and Is raising rats. He
has got about half a dozen at present 1t is
amusing to see him as he passes to and from
his cell TO the shop where the men stay during