The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-21

about and get fatter here:
A few DAYS aftcrward. during parade an
other officer standing near the schoolmas'cr
recruits shouted to n comrado;
To-day met stupid brute oil schooi-
master who saluted and then stared nj me
like an ON at u barnGoor' lheh. turning TO
tho schoolmnsturs. the officer added: - can.
not drill you. your shouts stick out so terri
bly. You can talk and talk. but YOU are tho
s,updost 10. of blockheadS / ever had tho
misfortune to look at
The periodical then gives list OF epithets
which one OF the unfortunate twenty-three
preserved in his diary as specimens OF the
names applied to him by officers during drill
The list is arranged alphabetically and would
do credit to Iiabclais. In It are found the eN-
pressons "rhinoceros." "boarhound." pigs
head" "cnrron." "sheershead.' devil"
'chi,i OF tho DEVIL" mig dog" and sumo fifty
or sixty moro.
Intcrcstn. experiments in training war dogs
are in progress on tho Tempehofer and Erik.
The work ia done by non-commissioned OIL
GERS. under the occasional supervision Of
lieutenant The system OF training is elabo-
rate and difficult. and often enough the results
are utterly unsatisfactory. But a small per-
centage of tho dogs tried are accepted for milf
tary service. and OF those accepted the majority
prove to DO failures in conseU ucnce Of the i'm
possibility OF supprcssing their natural tom
dency to bark whenever an enemy appr caches.
In tho present work on tho Tempelhofer field
tho dogs are taught to regard black or blue
trousers as German and friendly. and red
trousers as hostile. About half Of the trainers
wcar French uniforms. scoli the dogs in
French. and cuff them or whip them. Tho
dogs are taught thus In a short time to dis
tnguish between French and Germans during
daylight and to give the alarm whenever u
French uniform comes in sight. They are
taught to give the alarm whenever anybody
approaches by night. tho distinction be-
tween friend and foe then dcvolving
upon the nearest sentry. Training dogs
FOR messenger service has been found
to he much easier than training them for
picket duty Tho couriers nre selected in
variablv from the females. as they nre quick
or and less likely to loiter along the road
Tho first lesson taught to such n courier dog
is thnt she must hide upon the approach OF a
human being. excepting. OF course. her spe-
cial trainers and camp friends A sergeant at
Tempelhofer field toll reporter that his
dogs had learned already to hide behind
hedges or to crouch out OF sight in bitches
whenever my body came along the road. and
then to continue their journey with renewed
speed rs soon as the danger OF detection was
by. Tho messenger dog wears light iron
collar with small bag attached for
tho dispatches. The greatest Difficult
t.. tho Sergeant said. had been found
in accustoming the dogs to artil-
lery. At tho first discharge OF cannon
usually they bolt After having once been accus-
toned to the reports Of firearms. however.
he said. the dogs wcre the most courag eous
! soldiers and ran about without Quniling in
the thckest of the fight. The German spitz
las been found most available for the service
on account OF its intelligence and endurance.
The best color for facilitating the conceal
ment OF the messenger dog has been found to
be gray. and therefore gray-haired dogs are
selected whenever practicable. A good many
Scotch colies have also been impressed into
the service. and n few st. Demands. This lat
ter variety is employed exclusively BY tho
Red Cross field service. and hence 1t ia assert
ed that in tho next war there will be no posi-
bility that any OF the wounded will be over
look cd on the battlefield
Pier Antonio's opera. "A Santa Lucia" WAS
produced at Krolrs Opera House on Tuesday
evening by an italian company. 1t was re-
ceivod with enthusiasm equal to that dis
played on the last night OF 'Cavalleria Rusti-
cana" ut the LEASING Theatre. and the critics
are saying that Mascagni has found n rival In
his own country. Tho melodies OF tho new
operG are tuneful and light. and the instru-
AuSul0tlOh 10 iACh luu
The medical profession OF Berlin IS greatly
agitated by tho presence OF Golam kader. an
Indian oculist. who says he can make the blind
see. Golam Kader has established himsc in
a room In the Friedrichstrasse. and there he
displays himself daily amid Oriental splendor
OF apparel and furniture to great crowds OF
persons who have brought blind friends for
treatment. Golam Kader says he has d.
p!oma from university In Singapore but no.
body has been able to learn anything further
about the diploma or tho university The physi-
cians OF the city and many newspapers demand
that the police arrest Golam Kader as an i'm
poster. Meantime Golam Kader is receiving
fees as fast as he can take them in.
In the litigation between tho Northern Sal
wage Association and the North German Lloyd
rs regards the wrecked steamship Elder. tho
court has ordered the steamship company to
pay over 2o730O marks. with interest ut ten
per cent. since last April. The condition is
imposed. however. that only the Elder and tho
gross freight can be distrained. Each side In
the litigation must pay its own costs Tho
contention OF the salvage company was that
the whole property Of the North German Lloyd
could be levied on for the money. The North
German Lloyd contended that only the ship
and gross cargo could be touched. The de-
cision. therefore. was partial victory for the
steamship owners. The wreck OF the Elder
will be sold at Southampton probably on Nov.
90 Nothing like tho cost OF salvage will be
realized.
| More Criticisms by bismarck.
BERLIN. Nov. 2O-Dr KENNEL OF Ieipsic
| has published in the Grenzbotp an article con-
| corning an interview which he had recently
with Prince Bismarck. The Prince inyoighed
agai inst the Government bitterly for its sur
n ntt tiI,.
the Social Democracy. II. said. the new regime
mao SHOWN me utmost recklessness. lis