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The morning times., 1897-01-24
SHE pIrIED THE POOR HORSE.
Mrs. Libbey Teaches Though1less
Crowd a Good Lesson.


a lady did very touching thing yes
terday afternoon on Eleventh street.
between f and F streets, where one of
the Belt Line horses fell hard Oh the rocky
TOadbed- The animal was drawing car
No. 63. 1t was not a fat horse and it was
the picture of misfortune as it lay On the
blocks of the street.
crowd gathered, many of the by
ISLANDERS being immensely amused at the
sufferinss of the beast. Finally they
lOosened his trappings and whipped him TO
get up, which punishm ent, with the aid OF
several strong men, got the shsvering ami
nal on its feet.
A lady watched the proceedings from
the east pavement for awhile and then
moved through the crowd When the
horse got up she made her way to him,
put one hand on his neck, patted his head
with the other, and turned away with
her eyes swimming with tears
It was Mrs. Libbey, Of No. I149 New
Hampshire avenue, This siCapIe, graceful.
and touching act OF friendship for the
poor animal made all the men think it
all over in quite different light.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

The local union was organized by the
stonccutters employed in the erection of
the Capitol building, and they marched in
line as a body. behind George Washington
at the laying of the corner stone over
hundredyears a go. Inthose days mechanics
worked from sun TO sun, and for more than
a quarter of n century the custom pre-
vailed In 1929 the stonecutters engaged
in work on the porticos of the White House
locked horns with ''Old Hickory jack
son, then President, on the question OF hours
and wages, which resulted in the estab-
Iishment of eight hours as days work.
Shortly after this hard times and want
OF w ork compelled many members OF the
union TO leave the city; but they always
returned aud reorganized the local body.
In 1914 the last reorganization took place,
and from that time to the present, with
the exception Of the years from 1861,
while at the front in defense of the Union,
the Washington Stonccutters' Union has
been a live and hustling body of wage
earners, and at critical times in the his
tory of organized labor has been very
much iii evidence.
While the stonecutters the world over,
especially in Washington, have always been
recognized as peaceabie, still when the
first ruInors of the dissolution of the Union
were heard, the local union, by una animous
vote, enlisted in a body "for the better
protection of the United States Capital and
for the preservation of the country" Mr..
Alexander Rutherford was chosen captain,
and for a long timethe company was kno wn
as the Mechanics Rifles"
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A LABOR UNION THAT
IS STRONG AND GOOD

The statement that the members or OF
ganized labor In the District would not
take part in the inaugural parade recalls
the fact that at least one of the local
organizations, the Stonecutters' Union,
took very active part in the inauguration
OF President Lincoln in 1861. They were
not out on a holiday dress parade exhibition,
conveyingi the tools of their craft and
decorated with the insignia of their order,
but tarmel With muskets and weighted down
with forty rounds of ammunition each,
formed a semi-circle in front of the plat
form, from which President Lincoln de-
livered his inaugural address.
The stonecutters is the Oldest trade
union in America, OF for that matter, in
the world. Its history is part tradition
and part fact The first stonecutters or
ganization is said To have been formed
by the workmen engaged in building the
Tower of Babel But it is intended to
deal more particu with the facts
pertaining to the local union.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

Now and then l hear q club man who is
tolerahly well bred, as men go, calling an
other liar in a perfectly unnleaning and
good-natured way. No offcnse is intended
or taken, for it would appear that we have
reached that high degree of polish in man
ners that makes the thing possible, even in
Jest / must say, however, that l have
never know wn weli-bred man to dol it. This
sort OF thing is generally confined to men
whose innate vulgarity has to have some
vent, and it takes this form II il is in
tended as pleasantly, it las neither wit
nor humor to recommend it. 1t is claimed
in mitigation Of the practice that every
thing depends upon the tone and way in
which you are called liar. 1t is doubtful
however, whether any degree Of intimacy
warrants it, Then as the habit grows on
one lie might some day wake up the
wrong passenger" who is too obtuse tC
see the fun OF the thing, and SO proceeds 10
break the head Of the precocious member
who didn't mean anything" For. odd
enough, there are gentlemen of the ole
school, who. won't let you call them a liar
even in Jest.
The morning times., 1897-01-24
Gilmore and LEONARD.

In response to a general desire on the
part of the public to SEE more Of Gilmore
and Leonard and the clever ''Hogan's
Alley company, Manager WhiteselI has
arranged for special concert tonight al
the Biiou Family Theater, in which all oi
the fav vorite performers viii appear
The morning times., 1897-01-24

factor. as in '6I when war was necessary
to protect the Union, the members never
shirk their duty; their methods OF warfare.
however, are open, and, like arattlesnake,
they never strike without giving timely
warning.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

Some women effect a jealousy of the
club as an enemy Of domesticity, but take
secret pride themselves in the fact which
they are fond Of airing, the fact their
husbands belong 90 the best one. They
are not averSt- to twitting other women
less Fortunate, as they imagine, whose
husbands are still "out in the cold" They
fancy ii gives them weight in society, and
they have been known, ii is whispered, 10
revenge themselves by trying TO influence
their husbands when a social rivals hus-
band was put up, to prevent his election
They are much given to making up their
estimates of men by what their husbands
tell them OF what men of the club say
of the men Thus, sometimes, q good fel-
low, who has been turned down for mem
bership is doubly damned through no fault
OF his own, owing to the mischievous ha bits
somemen have ofrepeating everything they
hear to their wives, who never fail TO
worm out OF weak members, anything that
goes on, and who are incapable of that
reticence about club affairs which Ills
tinguishes the cad from the gentleman.
Things do and will occur in ones club
that cannot be trusted to the average wo
mans discretion not 10 repeat, or let out.
but there are men, who no sooner get hold
OF a bit of gossip or racy scandal, that
can no more refrain from telling their
women folks than they can from breathing
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ROME, ANCIENT AND MODERN.
Mr.. f. b. Hay Will Repeat His In
teresting Lecture.

In consequence OF the importumties
brought to bear upon MT Edwin r. nay
TO deliver again his niagmticent lecture
upon Rome. Ancient ana Modern iIs
Churches and Ruins Washington Lodge,
No. 10, B. T. @. Elks, have arranged lot
a special educational matinee, at the
Lafayette Square opera House, on Friday
afternoon. the 29th instant, at 3 O'Clock,
when Mr.. Hay will again delight his hear
ers by his instructive discourse upon the
ancient city, with the superb Illustrations
that accompany the lecture
Special arrangements have beea made
SO that the pupils of the public schools
can enjoy tile benefit of the occasion.
The proceeds VIII go to the charity
fund of the Eiks, and will there be dis
tributed and used most judiciously.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

Life Is Ear Too Precious

to runsrsks with .pheurroaia or cons1np-
ton. And yet you are clreglecting that cold
which, perhaps. may lead to one ,or the
other. Better kill it dn IT'S incipiency with
Tharp Berkeley Whisky, the purest and
best medicinal Stimulant in the world. 81
ct. Sold only at S12 f street. 1t
The morning times., 1897-01-24

IL is a wise and just rule that WHAT'S sad
in club sh ould not be repeated, and that
what is done there is equally confidential
Aside from the propriety of the thing,
there is such a thing as the club salt He
who partakes must hold his tongue, or
violate club law and good breeding.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

InCantOn, China, they name streets after
the virtues, as here they are named after
persons Thus there is a street called
Unbemished Rectitude, a Pure Pearl street,
street of Benevolence and another Of Love.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

4 first-class business man, who has, by
hoIlest energy and Sagacity, accumulated
a fortune, who employs thousands in his
enterprises, must smile when he looks over
The list Of members of a fashionable club.
BE VIII find the Sons of men who started
in the race Of life with him poor, unedu-
Gated, and afteTward grew rich, blossom
ing out into blaze club men, driving high
carts and tandem teams, wearing tan
colored top coats and rysanthemumS.
They VIII give him a supercilious nod as
they pass, and alIude to him as that old
duck They VIII even borrow money
from him on a pinch, but would no more
think of proposing him for membership
than they would Of trying to climb the
Washington Monument outside. The old
duck laughs in his sleeve at these social
chromcs, and wonders what their worthy
and respectable progenitors would think
OF their offspring if they could suddenly
return to earth and see their antics on the
Avenue; the club airs and the frantic
efforts made to be considered quite Er-
glish, you know of their dear boys
Thenhe looks ut his young son, andwonders
when he is gone, if he too viii go and do
likewise, squander his million, and finally
get down to hard pan, be either a club
parasite, hanging on TO the respectability
OF membership by his eyelids, or go al
to pieces and drown himself some time or
other
The morning times., 1897-01-24

Several OF the members of the Rifles"
are still residents of this city, one at least
of whom, Mr.. Thomas B. Mckie, OF No.
1o8 ID street southeast, still follows the
trade Some of the Others are Mr.. James
Gould, who keeps a secondhand book store
at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and
First street; Mr. John McElroy, No. 46S
Maryland avenue northeast, who is en-
gagged in the wood and coal business, and
Mr. Thomas Linsay, employed by the Ad-
ans Express Company.
As soon as the Mechanic Rifles had
enlisted they were stationed in the 'old
armOry" building, on the Smithsonian
grounds, and on March 8, 1861, first saw
actual service. For a few days preceding
this date rumor had gained ground that
the sympathizers OF the Confederacy IN
Washington and vicinity were preparing
To capture the ''arnory,' and use the arms
| and ammunition to preventive inauguration
of President Lincoln. Thc attempt was
not made. ard on the next day, March the
4th, the "stone-Cutter Rifles as they
were sometimes called, attended Lincoln S
Inauguration as special guard. The
| Mechanics Rifles remained on duty at
| the Capitol from Aprl until July !,
| doing active service protecting forts and
guarding bridge approaches TO the city.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

They have laughed a good deal about
Mr William Alfred Peffer OF Kansas, and
his celebrated beard-whch has now been
recognized as the root and basis of several
very good dictionary words-and 1t is
pretty long; yet the old gentleman, HIM
self, is a pretty fine gentleman t is
commonly thought to be abnormal when
any one permits his whiskers to grow so
long that they can be tied in a knot, or
folded up inside of ones coat, or, worse
still, when it is able to be cheweG dt the
ends But Mr.. Peffer is really and truly
a kind-hearted, gentle, and altogether fine
man, devoted to his friends and his family,
thoughtful, sincere, Nd popular among the
few who happen to know him well, tvery
popular at all events. He is going to have
! the good sense, | notice, to return to the
| editorship Of his paper. This won't be SO
exciting as a tilt with that Black Prince
| of debate, William Eaton Chandler; and
large quantities OF squashes will be Offered
| in the way ot-subscription collateral. But
/ the work will be honorab bic, and Mr. Peffer
has the commendable disposition to 10 it,
The morning times., 1897-01-24

/ see Charlie Gibson now and then, and
it always makes me very sorry that he
is not going to be Senator from Maryland
much longer. OF course, he'll be able TO
get busy and to keep busy with his various
transportation enterprises, as he is lnder-
stood to be contemplating the building of
several transcontinenta al railroads and one
or two transpacific steamship lines, not to
mention one or tw o other enterprises 'or the
benefit of the Eastern Sho'. Really Charlie
Gibson viii be greatly missed in society, and
if society suffersit will be a small concern
of mine whether the Senate is able 70 get
| along without him or not. He is truly de-
| lightful. No one will dispute that, and since
| Mr.. German has always been a bic to repre-
| sent the town of Laurel and other localities
| in the upper House, besides doing consider
| able thinking in a quiet way, perhaps it is
| just as well that Charlie Gibson should have
been devoting himself TO society, and should
have neglected for time the weightier af-
fairs of statecraft
The morning times., 1897-01-24

Tie orange WAS originally pear-shaped
fruit about the size of a common wild
cherry. Its evolution is due to 1,2C0 years
OF cultivation.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

,
''Do you get diZZy?'
us your mind dull?o 49, -.
Are you easily daZed?''
''Are you easily excited?"
Z ''Do Your HANDS trembie?"
Does your heart flutter?'
*'sAre you easily iriftatdd?' "A.
'Are you easily frightened?'' b.
! .'Is your sieepunrefresting?"
do you forget what you read?"
, DO you have creeping feeiings?" Go
'tDo you suffer with neuralgia?'
/. essDe you have horrible dfeanfs?" 49,
''ls there a twitehing or the musces?''
& ..Doyerdr legs and arHis goto sfeep:" q -
SIS there rush of.bl6od to the head?''
"Do you have laneuid, tired feehBg?'r =
''Do you feel weak?''-
.,HaYe you Il packdch6?it ''st,''" $50 ~
'Are you low spiritedg" ~
Are you losing flesh?" 5~-,- Y"'
Have YOU cold feep?r "a
..Do you sleep poorl$?" ~
''Do you Shun soc1ety?ii
Are your eyes sunken?' u
do you have hot fiashes?'
lis your memory impaired?'' 4.
i'iiaVe you no manly yigor?" Vt
Have you no vital energy?''
do you have sick ifeadache?'
rs there nausea after eaung?' n
DO your hands or feat sweat?'' &
elias the brightness left. your eycs?''F o.
If any of these syInptdms apply TO Your
own case, don't procrastinate, but consult,
without delay, i7a
The morning times., 1897-01-24
UNDERTAKERS-

i. WILLIAM LEE.
UNDERTAKEN
$50 Pa. Ave. ". W.
Eirst-class service. Phone. 1855
The morning times., 1897-01-24
Silks reduced.

Double twill black all-Silk surah
will go for 25c. yard.
23lnch moire antique. in such
shades as light blue, pink, white,
cream and yellow, To go for 4Sc.
yard.
Heavy plain black grosgrain silk
Lyons dye e-reduced from 6Sc. TO
soc. yard.
New shades of plain changeable
tafieta reduced To o9c. yard
24-inch black satin duchesse-
very urdyy ana elegant iuStcT-
duced from 81 % to 81 yard.
23-inch black mOire velour-a
splendid silk for skirts-for 81
yard--should be 81 20
Black grosgrain and satin ground
brocade-large and small patterns
reduced from Toe TO 63c- yard
The morning times., 1897-01-24
NERVOUS
EXHAUSTION

Wise is the man or woman w no recog
niZes the symptoms and danger OF Nervous
Exhaustion and avoids the threatened col
lapse by seeking an immediate restoration
ing are some of the well -kno wn symptoms:
''DO YOU get diZZy?''
The morning times., 1897-01-24

An admirable Characteristic of all stone
cutters, one of which they, individually
and collectively, are very proud and protect
with jealous zeal, is the care which they
take of their needy brothers. There is no
record of stonecutter ever having been
made a county charge and tits their proud
boast that although death may overtake
| them away from home, among strangers, no
stonecutter lies in a potter's field. The
| dead of the trade always receive a proper
| burial at the hands of their fcllow-crafts-
men, whose only knowledge Of the de-
| ceased may be that he was a stonccutter:
| which. however, is the open sesame to the
carts and pocketbooks Of all stone
cutters.
| In local affairs the Stonecutters' Union
| has always been recognized a S powerrui
The morning times., 1897-01-24

The capacity Of the Hon. Robert Pen
dleton Bowler, Comptroller, for causing
trouble is well known. This is very tall
and very slender gentleman, who has found,
by long practice, that othing prevents him
from tossing his arms about wildly. He
goes the man who sends kilograms to him
self one better. He delivers decisions 10
himself. He Will take law book, open it
in front of him on his desk, rise, walk up
and down the room. put on his 'nippers,"
and have a regular direct and redirect
examination Of, for, and by, himself One
day not long ago United States marshal
from the Southwest am running on
United States marshals this morning, but
never mind walked in TO criUicise one OF
his decisions with reference to certain ac-
counts MIR Bowler didn't enjoy this. In
fact, be rose, walked up and down the
room, set his arms in motion and bade fair
to cause rcmorse in the breast of this minion
of the government from the Panhandle Of
| Texas, or somewhere else. The visitor
wasn't troubled bit. On the contrary, he
waded into Mir. Bowler; and the talking
match that resulted was decided by the
unanimous opinion Of the bystanders, the
| menials OF the Comptroller, in favor of the
visitor. Before they had ceased this same
visitor had told the Comptroller to take
! his id old office and keep it and never
return it to him, as he didn't care for it
| any further i.t
Mi. Bowler is great, though. He has not
amended the Constitution yet, but il all
amounts to the same thing when he sats
| the decisions of all the coordinate branches
| of the government, legislative, executive
and judicial. at nought in half trice. ii
he just simply chooses. Did you know
that ne is a relative of Gentleman George
H Pendleton? He is; and that's where
he gets his middle name.
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'SS 1000 cSSS SSSSSSSSS &C.
GOldenberg'S Store News.
GOldenberg's Store News.
SUNDAY JANUARY "a 1897
A great sale becomes greater

The news grows more intense as the month wears
itself and the approach the beginning of
stock taking.
You have said that the values offered during the past
three weeks have been extraordinary.
And it is fact.
We have undersold every other store in town. We
have forgotten all about prof-all about the COSTS too,
oftentimesn the marking. They have been ''extraor
dinarv'
What will you say the values we have aside for
Monday?
If you thought those extraordinary you would
gard these with more wonderment.
We determined to do just many thousand dol
lars business before stocktakng though shall
do 1t without gain.
100 dozen mems white and fancy border
hemstitched Handkerchiefs-never sold
under 12Hc-for &c each-Monday.
Best silk-stitched Whalebone Casing in
all colors will go tomorrow for 1c yard
so cards engraved and copperplate for
59c-tomorroW.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

At present the headquarters are located
at No. Is ii street northwest, and are in
charge OF Mr. James F. McHugh, the gen
eral secretary-treasurer, who is also the
editor Of the Stonecutters' Journal, six
teen-page monthly devoted to the inter
ests of the International Union. The ma
tional organization has subordinate lodges
in nearly every city in North America; the
reserve fund OF these lodges annually
amounts to over 100000, over $4,000
of which passes through the hands of
Secretary Treasurer McHugh, for funeral
claims, strike pay and general expenses.
The local union occupies unique po-
sition among the labor organizations Of
the District 1t has membership of 165
in good standing, and it is said there is
not ''scab" stonecutter in the whole Dis
trict, and If there were, there is not an
employer in the stone business who would
give one work. The local officers are:
President, v S. Foulke; vice president,
Louis Morane; financial secretary, Warren
King; treasurer, William Krichton; re-
cording secretary, 81. j. Center.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

The local union Stiil nave Jile nag WHICH
their brother stonecutter heroes carried
to the front during the late war for the
preservation of the Union. The flag was
presented to them on March 2, 1851, by
the wives, mothers, sisters andSWeetheartS
of the members of the Stonecutters Union;
the presentation was made by Mr.. John w.
Forney, at that time secretary of the
United States Senate, and accepted in
neat little speech by Capt Rutherford, in
| behalf of the company. The flag is now
used by the union whenever it appears
| in public After their terms of enlistment
| in the rifles expired, a ma iority of the
| company re-enliSted "for the war in
other commands and many never returned.
| When the men returned to the city there
| was plenty of work, and wages were good,
| 81 81 being the pay for eight hours, ana
there was not "scab" stoneCutter to be
| found In me whole city. The panic of
'73 brought about a great reaction and
| before the year closed, wages We're re-
duced to So for ten hours work This state
| of affairs existed until 1880, when So. 80
| was demanded for niue hours work. The
| trouble was settled by compromise, the
| employer agreeing to pay So for nine hours
| work.
TWO years later there was general
| strike for eight hours by the mechanics of
the city, and to the credit Of the local
| stonecutters' Union, it is said on the
| very best authority that it was the only
union that stood out until victory crowned
their efforts, and thus gained for its
members the proud distinction of being
the pioneer of the eight-hour movement
in the United states. Washington has
twice been selected as general headquart-
ers for the Stonecutters' National rganiza.
ton. First in 1856 and again in 1888,
since which time the general office ha'
The morning times., 1897-01-24

Double twill black all-Silk surah
will go for 25c. yard.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

Some of the dude gosSips are trying to
raise row in the Massachusetts delegation
over the expected appointment of John d.
Long. to be Secretary of the Navy, or
somethingequally as good There is hardly
any question that the delegation, Senator
Hoar included, did not know very much
about Major McKinley's intentions with
reference to Gov. Long, and hence didn't
care overmueh TO see his appointment
brought about Mr.. Long used to be con
sidered a formidable candidate for Sena-
tor, but he began to practice law vieor-
ously instead. and was supposed to be out
of politics Now he is in it again The
MaSsa chusetts members will get along well
with the genial John D., and he Will get
along we'll With them. However, there y III
not be quite that obligation to the Senators
and the Representatives from his State
| that there would have been if Messrs. Hoar
and Lodge and all of the Others had caused
his selection. Perhaps he will be suffi-
cieutly under obligation, however. to cousin
william Mckinley Osborne, who never had
the slightest standing in Massachusetts
politics until Cousin William Mckinley had
been nominated for the Presidency. That
| was another story.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

Fancy figured black back waist
llnlng-warran fast COlOr-Our
zoe. quality for IL 1-2c.
The morning times., 1897-01-24
Black Goods reduced.

You may take these black-flgured
mohair effectS-the handsome neat
patterns-at IL 1-2c. yard
The morning times., 1897-01-24

New shades of plain changeable
tafieta reduced To 59c. yard
The morning times., 1897-01-24
DOmeStiCS reduced.

Yard wide 'Fruit-of- -the-Loom''
MuSlin-reduced to 3-4c yard
45by 36-inch. Mohawk hemmed
pillow caSes-redUced from u 1-2c.
To SI2c
9-quarter ''MOhawk'' bIeached
sheeting reduced 10 14c yard.
63b by 90-inch ready-Inade sheets
made of M cha Wk cOttOn-2-
inch hem-for 29e each.
81 by 90-inch hemstitched sheets
made Of 'COhasset'' cottOn-never
before sold under 60c.-for 4So.
each.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

You may have any of this lot of
black goods, consisting OF black
serges, figured d-mohairs, 1lguTed-
serge suitIngs, plain mohair bril-
liantlne, plain henrietta, &c, which
have been 39c., 45c., and soc. a
yard, for 80 cents.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

Brown and gray AIl-wOOl Moreen
reduced fIOm see TO 25c- yard.