The sun., 1891-01-19


the hle brigade and turned tie hose On. at the
same time limiting hat ,he crowd had made a
mistake In tho adJross. az the insane asylum
lay further up the load. The hint was doubt
less kindly meant but 1t was not 30 received.
and finally the police had to Interfere and look
up some over-zealous persons.
New Workers. have had recent opportunity to
Judge OF tho talents Of Duke Ernest Of Cobure
as composer. and they will probably be in
terested to know how tho Duke goes to work.
The muse generally visits him In the night
time. This Is unfortunate for the pianist
whom Duke Ernest employs to interpret his
musical inspirations. The sleepy musician
remblinRly takes his place at the instru-
ment. Play this," cr,es his Highness,
and whistles . few bars. accompanying
them with wild gssticulations.. The slave
does as he Is told. and his Highness,
appalled, By his own creation. calls the man an
idiot. incapable OF Interpreting his sovereigr's
genius. Then the Duke whistles the air over
again and with parting Injunction to the
poor pianist to remember II we'll and bring 1t
to him In tho morning written out and properly
arranged retires to his couch. At the allotted
time the pianist reappears and submits to his
HiRhness m original musical work. which his
Hlghress graciously recoRnizas as his own
composition.
The hundredth anniversary Of Grillparzer's
birthday was celebrated all over Germany and
Austria on Friday. Most OF the theatres here
produced plays by Gillparzer. At the Lessine
Theatre his Dream Of Life was played. This
play will be produced during the coming sea-
son in London. supported BY the two principal
actors who played on Friday evening. Herr
Kains and Herr Kaber.
We have boon reminded In a curious way
that twenty ysars have elapsed since the great
war with France. The number Of recruits
who have heen called upon to enter the ranks
this spring is exceedingly small. owing to
there having been q great falling Oh In
the average Of births In the year ls71.72 Con.
seQuently the military authorities are mani
Testing exceptional watchfulness that no
young men eligible for service shall escape.
No excuses arc allowed, and young mon who
wish to emiRrats ind It exceedingly difflcult to
carry out their Intentions
Every German has hoard Of Karl Brumm.
BE died As Hoerde In Westphalia on Monday
Brumm was the workman who assisted tho
poet, Gottfried Tinkel, to escape from
Spandau penitentiary in 1880. for which
act of heroisn he underwent two years mar
tyrdom. cut OF from family and friends. in .
German prison. His name 10 enshrined in
every German heart
Tho entire lot OF workmen connected with
the Louisengluck mine. near Myaloartz. BUS.
sian Poland. have struck. and their attitude 10
30 threatening that . regiment Of Cossacks
has been ordered to the spo. to overawe the
strikers and prevent riotinR
Sevors pun!shment IL TO be inflicted upon
Ernest sempel. the Secretary Of the Friedrchs-
burg Carpenters Union He has been con-
victed Of {: sing strike By which the master
carpenter iost $4,000 marks. and has been
sentenced to six months imprisonment.
Schleswig. like the other sea-cosst provinces
Of PrussiA ia suffering from tho exception
ally hard winter. Communication with tho
islands Of the North Sea has been
interrupted for moro than twsnty-ons
days and the islanders are suffering from a
scarcity Of wheat and vegetables. kerosene oil
and coal The Toe on tho Sehleswig coast
now reaches - far - the Island Of Nord-
strand aDa - over three feet thick.
Communication therefore. have been re-
stored in an extraordinary way and the
traff1o which is being carried ever the Ice is
tremendous. as more than dozen ships which
were loo bound are discharging their careoss
at the same time On the eastern coast the
ice 10 likewise thick. and at some points boz
tween schleswig and the Danish archipelago
communication over the Ice has been opened