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RAILROADS.
BALTIMORE AND ONO RAILROAD.

BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
Schedule in effect Jan. 6, 1895.
" Jersey avenue S and d"Sr street. VI ~
For Cincinnati, st. Louis and indianapolis, yesti-
For Pittsburg and Cleveland, express daily lies
am and s:35 pm.
For winchester and way stations, c5:30 pm.
cb rST Luray' Natural Bridge Roanoke Knoxville
pm daily. sleeping cars through.
For For L RaifnS $50 pm ani daily Won s AK
17:1o. 17:so 500 45-minutes,, $50, 1880 5000
800 q minu nm 9, sl2 fs 49,,
1 1879. $50 600 a5min1tesl 1870 1la;oo
% ;0 y. 40 minutes, x5o5 $780, xs:oo. x9Oo 1000.
For Annapolis. 7:1o and $50 am, 1915. 4:2s
pm. Sundays, $50 am Al pm.
For Frederick. b9:OO. cl1:2o am. b1:15. ci:so.
For aagerstown. ell: rs am. c5:so pm.
For For Boyd and way points. az :o5 pm.
Ans el25o. ca:s5. c4:ss, a5:s5, ARCS. b9:4o.
For Washington Junction and wav points. 1900.
oa;So I'm; bI:15 pm Express trains stopping at
RRl nTaP ST stations only ca 40 Gao pm AMI
PHiilADEIPHM.
ro An p Trains Illuminated with Pntsch light
Erst, Week days. 40 20" 500 1ioos ' am ' Dinns
Carr. G2:0O Dining Carr, 800 $500 Dining Carl,
sundays 40 600 am. Dining e Carr. G2:oo Din
ing ing Carr, 300 600 Dining Carr. 500 Q1:30
fof oP Cans for on day rd l10
For Atlantic City. 40 am. 1890 am, 1900
Express trains.
a% on
, N at ticket Offices 6l9 Pennsylvania avenue NV,
York GAs and q l'5 and aeps
IL. d. CAMPBELL, Gen. Manager. II
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EXPOSITION OF 1900,
Designs for the Paris Fair to Well
come the Twentieth Century.

| Designs for the Paris Fair to We'll
come the Twentieth Century.
| From the New York Herald.
Paris has already commenced preparing
| for the gigantic exposition universelle
which is to usher in the twentieth century
and to be the apotheosis of the nineteenth.
| The site was decided upon some time ago.
1t is to take in the Champ de Mars, with
| the addition of the grounds of the Palais
| du Troeadero, the Quai d'Orsay, the Es-
planade des Invalides, the Quai de la Con-
ference, the Cours la Refine and the Palais
de IIndustrie, with the space in the vicini-
ty that is comprised between the Place de
la Concorde, the Avenue d'Antin and the
Cours la Refine.
The next thing was to decide upon a plan
for the buildings to contain the marvels
which will be shown in Paris in the year
1900.
A competition was therefore arranged to
| take place. Eighteen prizes were offered
three of the value of 6,OOOf each, four Of
| the value Of 4,OOOf. each, five Of the value
of 2OOOf. each and six of the value of 1.OOOf
each-in all 50,0O0f., or $4,000.
The government did not pledge itself to
use any one of the designs which might
prove successful. The award Of a prize
simply indicated that the selected plan con-
tanned some meritoriOus feature, some idea
that might with advantage be incorporated
in the design that should be finally selected.
and that the architect had been successful
in evolving an artistic plan within the rules
that governed the competition.
Those rules gave the designers freedom
to remove the Eiffel Tower and the ma
chinery building from the Champ de Mars,
or to leave them standing and to utilize
them in their various schemes.
When the competition was thrown open
624 architects, engineers and draughtsmen
sgnified their intention of submitting plans
to the committee of awards, presided over
by Mr.. Alfred Picard, commissioner general
of the exposition.
For months feversh activity has reign
ed in the studios of the principal French
architects.
The results Of that activity have been
recently displayed in the Palais de TIndus-
trie. There an exhibition has been held of
something like 80 designs, submitted by the
los individuals who adhered to their de-
clared intention Of competing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-02
when Jimmy Comes From School.
When Jimmy comes from school at four,

When Jimmy comes from school ut four,
Jerusa g M! how things begin
To whirl and buzz and bang and spin
And brighten up from roof to floor.
The dog that all day long has lain
Upon the back porch ways his tail
And leaps and barks and begs again
The last scrap i'll the dinner pail,
When Jimmy comes from school.
The cupboard iatches clink a tune,
And mother from her knitting stirs
To tell that hungry boy of hers
That supper will be ready soon.
And then slab of pie he takes,
\ cooky and ounce or two.
And for the breezy barnyard breaks.
Where everything cries. How dy dog
When Jimmy COMES from school.
The rooster on the garden fence
Struts up and down and crows and crows
As ii he knows or thinks he knows,
He, too, IL Of some consequence.
The guineas Join the chorus, too,
And just beside the window sill
The red bird, swinging out of view
On his high perch begins to trill,
When Jimmy comes from school.
When Jimmy comes from school. take care!
Our hearts begin to thrOb and quake
With life and joy, and every ache
Is gone before we are aware,
The earth takes richer hue,
A softer light falls on the flowers,
And overhead a brighter blue
Seems bent above this world of ours,
When Jimmy comss from school.
JAMES MENTION MATTHEW.
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY

Schedule in eject December =, 1894.
Trains leave daily from Onion Station o. and
F., 9th and u SITS.
Through the grandest scenery in America with
the handsomcst and most complete solid train serv
ice west from Washington.
2:25 PM. DAILI.-"Cincnnati and St Louis
Special''-Solid Vestibuled, newly Equipped, Elec-
triclighted, Steam-h heated Train Pulllnan's finest
sleeping Washington to Cincinnati. Indiano-
lis and St Louis without change Dining Car
from Washington. Arrive Cincinnati, 500 a. m.
St: Louis $50 pm;
fled" solid yestibuled train. with dining car
and Pullman sleepers for Cincinnati, Lexington and
Louisville, without change. Observation car from
Hinton. Arrives Cincinnati. $50 Pm; Lexington.
300 m; Louisville. 935 p IT,: indianapolis IL 20
pm; Chicago. 1880 a m, and st. Louis. Csc am
connects in Union depot for all points
1857 AN, EXCEPT SUNDAY.-For Old Point
Comfort and Norfolk Only rail line.
2:25 p. NJ. DAILY.-Express for Gordonsvine.
Charlottesville Waynesboro Staunton and principal
Virginia points; daily except Sunday, for Rich
mond.
Pullman locations and tickets at companys Of
fees 5l3 and 1921 Pennsylvania avenue.
ii. ". FULLER.
Do General Passenger Agent.
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life possible, i venture TO say, than that of
the Chesapeake oysterman Certainly there
is none marked with such brutality. The
hardshipS are in measure attendant upon
the character Of the business; that is, as
far as the cold and exposure is concerned.
The bad food and the brutality could be
avoided.
II do not mean to say that every oyster
captain is a brute, who beats and starves
his men and turns them out to work when
they are sick, but / am sorry to say that
such cases are only too numerous.
1T is true also that some of the hands
themselves are tough characters and can
only be handled with Delaying pin.
These men, of course, are perfectly able
to take care of themselves. but the class
of hands who deserve sympathy are the
poor fellows who go aboard the oyster
boats ignorant of what is before them,
driven to the life by necessity, or perhaps
allured to ii by glittering and false prom
ises. They realize their situation when 1t
Is too late to remedy it, for the oyster
captain who has shipped a crew of this
character will not land them upon their
first demand, and go shorthanded in a
place where 1t may be very difficult to
ship another crew.
lit frequently happens that men will be
taken aboard these oyster boats and work
ed for weeks without getting n cent of
pay. If they murmur they are likely to
be Knocked down, beaten. and otherwise
cruelty treated until they are only too
glad to be put ashore and let their wages
go by the board The captain will set
them ashore in his small boat in some
lonely locality and tell them to shift for
themselves. The condition of the men is
then pitiable. They find themselves In a
remote section. distant from railroads. and
where the only communication with civil
lization is by water. Chances are that
they are heartily sick of the water by
this time. however. The people in the
neighborhood are not likely to show them
a great deal of consideration. for the cases
are too common. They will probably be
regarded with suspicion by the farmers,
who. from past experiences with similar
cases. will keep wary eye on hen roosts
and hay stacks.
THE only chance for the poor devils
then Is to be picked up by a river steamer
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have any friends or can raise little
money they may take the law on the oys-
ter captain. but they seldom do. for it Is
too hard to find the schooner afterward
and too expensive to get their case into
court. They usually let the matter drop
and think they are in big luck to have
come away with their lives.
IF common report be true, 1t Is not al
ways that they come OFF so easily. Every
once in a while you hear of a man missing
from these oyster boats. He has gone
overheard when the rest of the crew We're
below; lost his balance or slipped on the
deck or Knocked overheard by a swinging
boom Then. If a body is found floating
in the bay with the head stove in. who is
to say that the man was not accidentally
drov ned and his head crushed by the keel
of n passing boat or contact with log?
As n matter of fact little trouble is taken
sometimes to look at a body found floating
in the bay. The steamer sighting such an
object is more likely to keep on her course
without stopping to pick UP the foater.
the captain arguing that he can't do the
dead man any good. but will only delay his
trip and consume coal in slowing down.
It's very seldom that a sailing vessel Will
take the trouble to heave to and haul in
q foater, realizing that 1t VIII be a bother
to carry the body to port or to bury it.
$50 it happens that oftentimes no op-
portunity is given for investigation of
these cases. The missing mans comrades
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with everything connected with life On the
lower Potomac and the salt water reaches
of the bay. The Star man. to whom the
statement was made, was in search of in
formation upon this subject, and as Coan
river is the center of the oyster industry
of the lower Potomac, came to this point
for IL. No better description of the situa-
ton could be obtained than to let that cap
tain tell the story in his own way.
Occasionally the general public get a
brief insight into the situation" he said,
"by some poor fellow fetching up in a
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of iron prongs. bent so that as the schoon-
sails and drags the dredge over the
bottom 1t will scoop up the oysters from the
mud Then the men turn the windlass and
wind up the dredge with its collection OF
oysters to be emptied upon the deck. This
is the work, all day long from the break
OF day until sometimes far in the night or
perhaps until morning. 1t Is wind, wind,
wind on that windlass, and lift and tug
at the dredge. Feet and legs are soon wet
to the skin and their hands are chilled
with the icy water and cut by the oyster
shells, while the brine from the salt water
eats into the flesh and makes dreadful
sores.
IF a stiff wind Is blowing it Is difficult
work to maintain footing on the slippery
deck as the schooner rises and fails, for
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officers and 1T as enlisted men. Many Of
those who received appointments in the
regular army on its Reorganization in 1866
had commanded regiments, brigades, divi-
sions and even army corps, under Grant
or Sherman, and it vas not exceptional
for majors. lieutenant eolonels and colonies
Of volunteers to accept second lieuten-
ancies in the regular establishment. After
nearly thirty years service. some of these
volunteer field officers have not advanced
beyond the grade of captain. and 1t is
probable that the retired list will overtake
them before they can get another step.
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and freezing on their cheeks as they tug
at the creaking windlass. The pay for
this work is from $40 to SIS month and
board The board usually consists of
fortunate circumstances, salt meat.
The captains are not accustomed to
drawing room language. and they are like
ly to order the men around pretty lively
offender jaws back he is promptly knocked
down with the first thing handy and may
get beaten in the bargain. If captain
gets set against a man he can make 1T
mighty uncomfortable for him.
These cases would not be so bad, how
ever, IL 1t were not for the fact that IT
is often impossible for the poor fellow to
get away"
How is it possible to keep men against
their will?' asked The Star man.
Easy enough. 1t frequently happens
that dredger does not go into port for
weeks. The big dredge boats usually work
in companies of threes. Two of them will
keep on the oyster beds constantly and
the third will take their oysters to port,
coming back for another load. The crews
that are likely to desert never get aboard
the runner the schooner that goes into
port, but are kept on the dredge boats.
If the captain has to land man because
he Is disabled or because the captain
wants to blk him out of his wages the
runner will bring him another from the
city.
LAS an instance Of what Is a frequent &C.
currence in these waters l will tell you the
story of the experience of three foreigners,
which, although it occurred some time ago,
is still remembered by everybody down
here. The story was told to me by the
captain of the steamer that took the men
to the city. They were Italians and could
not understand word of English. They
went aboard the steamer at Coan river
landing. They were a pitiable sight, ragged
and thin, their faces battered and bruised
and their limbs frozen. In places their
WuIIndS 0AnErened. The CAPTAIN
warmed them and fed them. after which he
tried to interrogate them. One of them
could speak few words of English, but
all he could say was 'Windee. wind: corny
bread; no meat; windee wind, all time
windee wind and the tears streamed down
his face. The captain understood that the
fellow was describing his work at the
They were taken to Baltimore,
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ana the Italian con-
sui at that port took
up the case. The men,
after being starved
and beaten, had been
put ashore without a
cent. Fortunately,
they had remembered
the number on the
dredge schooner, and
by this means the
consul was able to
get the law on the
oyster captain, and
re C we're d their
wages.
SIS there no way to
protect the crews of
/ n e 8 e queStiOnST'
asked The Star man.
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A Hint.
From Judy.

From Judy.
Teacher-"In what year was the battle
of Waterloo Fought"
Pupil-"I don't know"
Teacher-'It's simple enough if you only
would learn how to cultivate artificial
memory. Remember the twelve apostles.
Add half their number to them. That's
eighteen. Multiply by a hundred. That's
eighteen hundred. Take the twelve apos-
ties again. Add quarter of their number
to them. That's fifteen. Add to what
you've got. That's 1915. That's the date.
Quite simple, you see, to remember dates
If you only Will adspt my SYSTEM
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w dSnlnEtOn OF E'alJl-
more hospital. with
h Is z an & T e n e d
wounds and frozen
limbs. TO tell their
o W n story. These
unfOrtunateS repre-
8 g mt only q very
small proportion of
Z h q sufferers. how
ever. of WI ON I h e
public never hears.
but who manage to
escape a N d go to
their homes. or those
W h o die and are
chucked overheard.
There Is no harder
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DisiIlusiOned.

From Taeg1iche Rundschau.
daughter has set her eyes upon you, Herr
Muller?'
Gentleman GattereD Has she really?'
Lady -"Certainly; only today she was
saying, That's the sort of gentleman 1
should like for my papa"
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soon forget ABOUT IT,
for very likely they
know nothing of his
antecedentS OF where
he came from, and
they have got their
hands too full OF
trouble already To
bother the captain
with questions"
why should there
be occasion for such
cruelty on oyster
boats?' asked the
writer.
"Well. if you want
to analyze it. L sup
pose it's something
like this: The oyster
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liz n Il Rhb C-N
told numbers of men
on I h q Chesapeake
tributaries today " no
are suffering cruelty
and misery on oyster
schooners, held there
against their will"
This was the start
ling statement made
to The Star man by
an old river captain.
who has navigated
these waters all his
days, and is familiar
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there 10 Iio OH
around the edge. The
dredges can work at
night as well as day,
and in this case the
hardship is increased.
1t is very difficult for
one housed in COM
Portable quarters and
barely hearing the
wind outside to i'm
agine the lot of these
poor oystermen on
the deck of a Chesa-
peake schooner, fac
ing the bitter gale.
with the salt spray
do hing in their avpS
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They must make for
a landing and wait
for the steamer to
come. The steamer
captains seldom re-
fuse to give these
men deck passage to
the city. as 1t is an
accommodation I o
their patrons In the
neighborhood to get
rid of them. The
oyster captain in the
meantime has put
over to the other
side of the bay look
in g for another
crew. If the men
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! lOT 1910, just iSSucO
by the adjutant gen.
eral, shows that out
of 2,139 officers on
the active list there
are only 392 gradu-
ates who have risen
above the rank Of
first lieutenant. The
total number Of West
Pointers is 1,230, hut
$50 Of these are sub
r ~ ..
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War in the Future.

From It'd Bits.
General (when bullet-proof uniforms be-
come common) What have you learned?''
Atd-de-camp Victory will soon perch
upon our banners. We have filled the en-
emy's clothes so full of lead that they
can't move another step without undress-
jpp'
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A Too Frequent Fate of Oyster Boat
Employees.
CRUELFIES PRACHICED BY DREDGERS
A Star Correspondent Interviews an
Old River Captain.
REM EDIES SUG GES TIE d

From a Stan Correspondent of The Evening Star.
COAN RIVER, Va, January go 1895.
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They Are No Longer in the Ascend
ant in the Army.
FIGURES FROM TEE ARMY REGISTER
The Proportion Of Graduates in
Each Grade.
OF THE WAR
Written for The Evening Star.

N EXAMINATION
\ of the Army Register
" for 1895, just issued
The Globe-republican., 1895-05-10

though N effort was made to bring tim
to justice 1t proved abortive.
On April Is. 1883. Tom Smith. his
brother Bill. Joe Atkins. and Elkana
Kernot, learning that Joe Eversole. the
leader OF the Eversole faction. was to
pass along a certain road that day.
secreted themselves behind some bushes
five miles from Hazard and awaited
Eversole's coming. Without suspectins
any danger. Eversole and young man
named Nicholas Combs. both on horse
back. approached the ambush. They
were talking cheerfully. and when they
arrived opposite the place of conceal
ment three Winchesters and shotgun
belched forth a deadly hail Of lead. and
Joe Eversole fell from his horse a
corpse. riddled with bullets Young
Combs pitched over his horses head
into the deep mud. bleeding from three
wounds. either one of which would have
been fatal The horses dashed down the
road. and Smith. springing from the
bushes. was soon at the side OF Combs.
The boy had tainted and believing him
dead he stopped over the body OF Joe
Esersole and rifled it of money and
valu<bles. AS he finished robbing the
body Of Eversole and was in the act
OF searching the pockets Of Combs. the
latter opened his eyes and said:
''Oh. Tom. why did you do this awful
deed?"
For answer Smith drew his revolver
and cooking it took aim at Combs
head. when the boy, who was even then
in the throes Of death. and weak from
the loss of blood. looked his slayer in
the face and in low voice he pleaded:
''Oh. Tom. Tom: don't shoot me any
more. for I am killed and dying fast
enough
Smith. with his pistol still leveled.
said in his most cruel tones:
mick. can't afford to leave any
living Witnesses
AS the last words were uttered he
pulled the trigger and the bullet en-
tered the boys right temple. coming
out through his left temple. The mis-
sile passed so close to his eyes as to
cut the muscles that held them in place.
and they rolled out on the victims face.
Smith told these CHASTITY details to a
woman. whom he thought would not
repeat them. but she could not keep
the bloody secret. For this crime he
was tried before Magistrate lack Flu
gate. as the county judge. who was a
brother to Joe Eversole. was afraid to
go to Hazard to hold court. The county
attorney was also absent, and as Smith
spirited awaited away the witnesses
Squire Fugate could do nothing but re-
lease him.
Several months after the murder of
Joe Eversole and Nicholas Combs,
Shade Combs, who lived about eight
The Globe-republican., 1895-05-10
JAPAN WOULD TAKE LESS.
indications That She Is Not Rising to the
Russian Blum.

indications That She Is Not Rising to the
Russian BluR.
Washington, May Authorization re-
:eived here today goes to show that
Japan has abated her claims to Chin
sse territory somewhat. Her demand
aow is for the absolute cession Of the
extremity Of Port Arthur peninsula as
far north as and including Ia Lien
Wan. In return for this relinquish-
nent Of territory Japan will demand
considerable increase in the war in
aemnity 1t is feared that the conces-
sion will not be sufficient to meet the
demand Of Russia. It is felt that the
situation Is critical and that Japan's
,ast concession will not alleviate 1t.
st. Petersburg, May 4-Japan's ans
wer to the protest of Russia. France
and Germany. has been made. Of
icials will not disclose the text, but
those who had expected Japan to yield,
express surprise at the answer.
New York. May "A special to the
World from Toxic says: Japan's re-
ply to the protest Of Russia, France
and Germany against taking from
China the Lao Tung peninsula is. in
substance this:
When China ratifies the treaty Of
peace at Shimoneski. Japan will re-
nounce possession of the province Of
Manchuria except that part Of LAO
Tung peninsula extending from Port
the giving back Of this Chinese terri
tory. Japan will ask largely increas-
ed indemnity. The responses Of the
three European powers is awaited. All
reports Of Japan's reply inconsistent
with the foregoing are false.