Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-08

:. Mark Twain delivered his lecture on the
ence that crowded Steinway han to repietion.
Ne appeared soon after eight o'clock, cropping
his way among the crowd 20 the front of the
which one hardly knows whether TO regard a.
assumed or involuntary. He began his discourse
Eftnout ,potes, and, stili retaining q comcal
awkwardness in delivery, relieved by occasional
the audience for an hour and half alternately
conSnised by has quaint humor and deeply in
tsse;tea oy his serious and elegant descriptions
were located away out in the Pacific ocean,
2,1oo miles from anywhere, though WHY they
mao nsa oeen 20 placed he never could find out.
asPoonful of legitimate dirt, but produced ex-
cellent crops Of sugar, cotton, rice. fruits. etc
The people were hospitable, easy going set.
garment, bat the men did not. The latter wore
smife, wore spoctacles, Wore5ear-rings. and a
few such trif1es, but did not care for display.
s civilization was introduced BY the whites
the native population has been steadily dimin-
ishing, and the probability was that a few more
Summaries of learning would finish them. In
the oh DAYS the kanakas were barbarous set
ana woman was degraded to the very bottom of
their social scale. She was not even allowed to
eat the choice fruits of the land. They seemed
to have rude idea of the trouble produced by
Lvss inanigence in frut, and were not willing
The lecturer described the government OF
this petty monarchy with deal of junction,
club and knock down the first three men Won
meet, and two will be high officials and the
other an oftice-seeker. They have all manner
OF grand titles and orders of nobility, and
ministers of state. There is a minister of the
interior, though yen cannot 60 any distance
into the interior without falling overheard on
the other side. There Is a minister of war.
though the army consists of about 200 men,
mostly brigader generals. There is a secre-
tary OF the navy, though the entire feet con-
sists of secondhand bath tub. The gem of
the lecture was, perhaps, the description OF Har-
ms, lank lawyer from New Hampshire, who
was minister of little of everything. The hu-
morist said, ii Harris wisdom had been equal
to the length of his legs, Solomon would seem a
iaiiure; II his modesty were proportional to his
ignorance, violet would seem stuck up i'm the
comparison; ii his learning were equal TO his
vanity, Humboldt would seem as unlettered as
the back side Of a tombstone; IL his ideas were
hours to get around one. If Harris could get an
audience to listen as long as he would tank that
audience would die of old age; and il he talked
ina a ne saa s1hmeinng he would stu be chrP
only stop then on account Of the force of cir
cumstances. Still he did not wish to dis
Parage Harris He liked Harris. He I'M
dcrstoOd that Portland claimed Mr. Harris
at is all right. She can have nv share.n
"reminiscences were then given of the last of the
kamehamehas and the first of the Lunalilos.
The colossal volcano Of Kilauea and the terrible
eruption OF 1Si0 were most graphically de-
scribed, and after a convulsing story, which no
one else probably could tell with success of a
man who tried to cure himself of stammering
by substituting whistling in the pauses of his
speech, till he resembled an INCREASED wheel
barrow in conversation, the lecturer concluded
with an eloquent and poetical description of the
dreamy tropical land which reminded one of the
passage In ThomsOn's ''Casde OF Incidence,
lsnd Of drowsy head It was,
of dreams that wave before the half shut eva
And ~ gay castles in the ciouds that pass
Forever flushing round a summer sky''