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Evening star., 1898-01-15
The Lion of Lucerne.
From the London Times.

Our Zurich correspondent writes: VERY
Unfavorable reports were in circulation
some years ago about the condition OF
Thorwaldsens famous monument, the
Lion of Lucerne. A commission of ex-
perts was appointed to make a full re-
port as to the damage which the grotto
and monument had already suffered from
frost. rain and natural decay, and certain
measures of repair and protection were
then adopted. 1t Is now unfortunately the
case that, owing to the excessive rains
of the past year, the monument has been
much injured, and shows serious signs
of cracking and crumbing away in many
parts of its structure. The injury is chief
ly due to the action Of water trickiing
through the living rock out of which the
lion IL carved. and the experts have de-
cided that the figure and its background
must be completely Isolated from the main
body of sandstone cliff and that an extern
sive draining and drying of the rocky sur
rcundings must also be carried out SO that
the progressive decay of the monument may
De reduced to a minimum. These works
are already in progress. Thorwaldsen's me-
mortal 10 the memory of the Swiss guards
slain in defense of the Tuileries on Au-
gust 10. 1892, was modelled in Rome, and
the execution of the work was intrusted In
1921 to a Swiss artist, NJ. Lucas Ahorn OF
Constance"
Evening star., 1898-01-15
Ingenious Boat Captain.


1t was a veXed question in 500 whether
the Pilcomayo river which flows for hum
dreds of miles from the Bolivian Andes to
the Paraguay, might be used as a COM
mercial highway from Bolivia to the ocean.
Our countryman, Captain Page. settled this
question so conclusively that no further
effort to utilize the Piloomayo is likely to
be made; and in this work, that cost him
his life, for he died of his privations, after
being hemmed in for months by hostile
Indians, he devised a plan for steaming
urriver when the water was so low that
his vessel was stuck in the mud. He was
determined to go still farther, though his
little steamer, which drew only is inches,
rested on the river bottom; so, behind the
boat he threw up an embankment of earth
clear across the chanrel, backed it with
palm trunks and brushwood, and before
long the water had risen a couple of feet,
and the little Bolivia was able to go on her
way four miles before she stuck again.
Then another dam was built, and this pro-
cess was repeated seven times, and with
the aid of the dams the vessel advanced
about thirty-five miles above the highest
point she could reach at the natural low
water stage.
Evening star., 1898-01-15
Old Men and Young Wives.
NJ. Field in Chicago Post


Our good friend, Ignatius Donnelly aged
sixty-six. writes 10 the Tribune that he Is
very proud of the fact that having passed
middle life, "a young lady (aged twenty
one) Of prominent goodness and many ac-
complishments, could see enough in me
to induce her to link her destiny with
mine" We do not wish to cloud Mr.. Dom
nelly's horizon with pessimistic forebod-
ings, and yet we regard it our duty to call
the attention of our old friend to the burn
ing words of Lord Bacon. as found in the
Incompatible lines of The Passionate Pill
GRIM. and often wilfully and enormously
attributed TO the fellow Shakespeare:
Grabbed age and youth cannot live together:
Youth is full Of pleasance. age is full of care.
Youth Ike summer morn, like winter weather:
Youth like summer brave, age like winter hare
1outh Is fuil OF sport, ages breath is Short.
Youth Is nimble age is lame;
Youth Is hot and bold age is weak and cold;
Youth is wild md age is tame
1t may be that there is a reservation in
these lines in the way of cryptopram
that encourages Mr.. Donnelly to pursue
his headlong matrimonial career, but we
have submitted them to the authors and
poets at Mr.. Morris packing house. who
are making an earnest study of Bacon. and
they assure Us that the lines convey a dis
tihct warning to Mr.. Donnely and yener-
able gentlemen tortured by similar emo
tions. We hope Mr. Donnelly will study
bis Bacon again before 1t is too late.
Evening star., 1898-01-15
A Windy Rain ON a Sea Marsh.

u
By Eliza Woodworth, in the independent,
The rushes' tawny heads are tossing high,
While sworded tlags cross blades by millet dim; /;
And from his covert comes the looms shrill cry
As sunset wanes around the stormy rim.
The curlew speeds her tender young between
The shrubby salt-wort, leating thick and low;
And grasses bend toward land, and stiff reeds
lean,
While sings the sea-wtnd, deepening, mournful,
slow.
The generous marsh, with bush and sturdy whin,
And wideleated water plants, and ranks Of
sedge,
Crowded and watching at the tempest's edge!
The painting, twittering birds in pairs alight
Beside the silent, InDefrended waif;
And glad, where wattled vines like tents invite,
The gray harcs gather, sheltered dim and safe.
The salt wind keens across the cattle lanes,
The darkness seems to shudder and expand
We henr above, the viewIess, changing cranes,
AS swift the mighty sea rain drives to land
The night is whirled ashore; the storm-wind
StoopS;
1t skins along the salty heritage harsh
When lightning tears the clouds with zigzas
loops
An instant shows the bowed and vivid marsh
1t bows but shields the lives that shelter there;
The slanted rain is poured; its leaden sheets
Weigh cold and heavy on the leafy lair
That holds intact and warm its low retreats.
The mallards hazel-eyed, peer forth but walt
With tiny beasts, and while the roofing heaves
All hold perchance, some friendly, slow debate,
From arches dim, below the laden leaves.
The rain has ceased the thunder rolls afar;
The rushes lift their theads; the harvest moon
With splendor floods the marsh, and past the bar
The mallards swim beside the silent loon.
Evening star., 1898-01-15
A GOLDEN HOyEYCoMB.
Mining Shafts In Private Gardens md
Public Streets.

Mining Shafts In Private Gardens and
Public Streets.
From the London Mail.
By the close of the present year the
colony of Victoria will have yielded over
f245 100000 worth Of virgin gold to the
worlds wealth.
To secure this immense treasure for over
forty-six years the diggers and miners
have scarified the surface OF burrowed deep
in the bowels Of the earth of the Austria
lian province. The ravages of the former.
who content themselves with seeking for
alluvial gold, are woefully apparent to the
eye of him who rides past a deserted gold
field-one of the most desolate sights on
earth. The brown, sandy earth is marked
with shallow pits Of varying depths, along
side which mounds of excavated soil sug-
gest cemetery of buried hopes
No green thing grows on such a field.
and only fast-decaying windlass or
few wtthered saplings relieve the dreary
arfdness of the scene.
Hidden from sight are the labors of the
miner who seeks gold in the rough quartz
deep, deep In the bowels of the earth
Lanselfs $50 mine at Bendigo rs now ap-
preaching q depth of three-Quarters Of q
mile, and there are four others in the same
district only few hundred feet behind.
But It is at Aaldon. mining town twenty
Evening star., 1898-01-15
THE CORONATION CHAIR.
Curious Legends About Englands
Venerable Relic.


From the Chicago Record.
The most precious relic in all England
and to the English in all Europe is an
old Gothic chair which stands in the chapel
of st. Edward in Westminster Abbey, be-
side the sword and shield of Edward III.
1t is made of black oak, in the Gothic
style. and the back is covered with carved
Inscriptions, including the initials of many
famous men. The feet are four lions, that
look like poodle dogs with their tails curl
ed up over their backs The seat is large
stone, about thirty inches long by eighteen
inches wide and twelve inches thick and
all the sovereigns of England for the last
500 years have sat upon 1t when they were
crowned The chair is known as the coro-
nation chair, and the stone Is claimed to
be the same which Jacob the son Of Isaac,
the son Of Abraham, used as pillow when
he lay down to sleep on the starlit plains
OF Judah that memorable night as he was
on his way from Beersheba to Haran in
search of a wife. 1t was then that he haC
dream. and saw angels and archangels
ascending and descending a ladder that
reached to heaven, and Jehovah came to
him and made the great promise which Is
being fulfilled to the Jews this very day
And Jacob took the stone and set it up
for a pillar and poured oil upon it, anS
vowed VOW and called the name of the
place Bethel.
The kings of Israel We're crowned upon
this stone from the time that they ruled
a nation-David and Saul and Solomon, and
all the rest
The story goes that $50 years before
Christ at the time of the Babylonian
captivity, Circa,- daughter of Zedekiah the
last king of Judea, arrived in Ireland and
was married at Tara to Heremon, prince
CT the Tuatha de Danan-which is said
to be the Celtic name of the tribe of DAN
The traditions relate that this princess
went originally to Egypt in charge of the
prophet, jeremiah, her guardian, and the
palace Taphanes, in which they resided
the archaeologist. After some years they
went hence to Ireland, and from Circa and
Heremon Queen Victoria traces her de-
scent through James 1, who placed the
lion of the tribe of Judah upon the Brit
ish standard.
jeremiah is said to have concealed this
sacred stone at the time of the destruction
of Jerusalem and the captivity of the Jews,
and to have brought it, "the stone of the
testimony" Bethel. the only witness OF
the compact between Jehovah and Israel,
to Ireland, where 1t was known as the
liza phail (stone wonderfully. 1t was car
ried to Scotland by Fergus I, and thence
to London In the year 1900, and has been
used at the coronation of every king and
queen Of England from Edward 1 down tc
historical object in the British empire. as
| it was the Palladium of Israel 1t Is a
curious fact that the affairs of Ireland
were called Bothel-houses of God.
In the same chapel surrounding the cor
onation chair in Westminster Abbey are
the graves of six kings, five queens, four
pr1ncesseS, duke and bishop.
Evening star., 1898-01-15

Our white handkerchiefs served to save us
from capture, and we eventually found
way out between the opposing lines.
A Grand sight.
1t must not be understood from this de-
scription that the contending forces were
so close together as to be visible to each
other. The rolling nature of the ground
was such as to prevent this, but each sep
arate force had it's scouts out, and upon
their Information acted. When they acted
at all they acted like lightning. and while
We rode over good deal of ground trying
to get out, We found it difficult in the ex-
treme to get away from the line of fire that
at any instant might break forth. And
there are pleasanter things than riding up
IN 'front.' OF a battery that suddenly bursts
used.
We gained the top of another swell and
from there I saw the grandest military
sight ever witnessed. Every move was
plain; all the troops could be seen by us,
put not Dy each other. We could see the
moves, and, with the trained eye Of an ex-
pert. the major described to me what would
De sure to occur, as fast as each move was
made. 1t was like game of chess, played
win nvlng men, upon a gigantic board
"A raise move meant severe loss, a brilliant
move, a glorious gain. And every officer.
every man, every horse, performed deeds
OF Vaior upon that field that day, which.
Nnsh the time comes, can be and will be
n Lost
country. VI ouf GLORIOUS
me judges who had witnessed the fight
lrcm various portions of the field. met
ara conferred together. Their final report
was made and copies of it were sent to
eacn oHlcer who had been concerned in the
days engagement.
Possible Carnage.
Had the contest been in earnest. and had
ball cartridges been used, the fight would
have been the hottest in the history of our
army. The list Of casualties would have
been total. so far as the captured battery
was concerned, and the patrol Of the
Browns" that attacked the battery at the
outset would have been obliterated and ex-
terminated at the first round of shrapnel
Omcers and men alike learned much by
this days work. Those who had met de-
feat were shown wherein their calculations
had been wrong, and it is a foregone con-
clusion that none of them will get caught
IN the same sort of trap again. The men
who were victorious knew all the move
ments that had been necessary to their
success and they remembered them The
horses, too, learned much in equine tactics.
and became so perfect in their work that
trey were almost part Of the rider COM
prlsinS with them, veritable army of CEN
taurs, armed with the most deadly weapons
known to moderns. and equipped with a
knowledge of actual field service that could
De gleaned IN no other school on earth.
All In all, Fort Riley is one of the most
interesting posts in the army Its garrison
consists of two troops of the 1st Cavalry,
six troops of the I'd Cavalry and three bat
teries of artillery. 1t is HEADQUARTERS for
the 1st Cavalry.
Evening star., 1898-01-15
INFLUENCE OF BOOKS.
How n Single Phrase Has Shaped
Some Lives.

some Lives.
Dean Farrar in the Independent
There is one piece of advice which I
would give with intense earnestness to
all; it is: Never be tempted by curiosity
TO read what you know to be a bad book
or what very little reading shows you to
be a bad book. Bad books-by which
do not mean merely ignorant and mislead-
ing books. but those which are prurient
and corrupt-are the most fatal emissaries
of the devil. They pollute with plague
the moral atmosphere of the world. Many
and many a time a good book read by a
boy, has been the direct source of all his
future success, has inspired him to attain
and TO deserve eminence; has sent him on
the paths of discovery; has been as a
sheet anchor to all that was noblest in
his character: has contributed the predom-
inant clement to the usefulness and happi-
ness of his whole life. Benjamin Frank
lin testified that a little tattered volume
Of Essays to Do Good" by Cotton Mathar,
read when he was 6. boy, influenced the
whole course of his conduct, and that Il
he had been a useful citizen the public
owes all the advantages of it TO that lit
tie book" Jeremy Bentham said that the
sirgle phrase the greatest good of the
greatest number caught at glance in
Il pamphlet, directed the current of his
thoughts and studies for life The entire
career of Charles Darwin was influenced
by a book of travels which ne read in
early years. On the other hand, it is fatal
ly possible for any one-espacially for
any youth-to read himself to death in a
bad book in five minutes. The well-known
minister, John Angel James, narrated that
when he was at school a boy lent him an
impure book. He only read 1t for few
minutes, but even during those few min
utes the poison flowed fatally into his
soul, and became to him source Of bit
terness and anguish for all his after years.
The thoughts, images and pictures thus
glanced at haunted him all through life
like foul specters. Let no one Indulge lis
evil curiosity under the notion that he
is safe. He that trusteth in his own
heart is a fool.
20, who hold n fire in his hand
BY thinking the frosty Caucasus?"
Were we not warned two thousand years
ago that .'he who toucheth pitch shall
be defiledg' and three millennums ago the
question was asked, Can man take fire
in his bosom, and his clothes not be burn
ed, or can one walk upon not Goals, and
his feet not be scorched?'
Evening star., 1898-01-15
NO LIFE on JUPITER.
Bones Of a Man Would snap Beneath
His Weight.


His Weight.
From the Popular Science Monthly.
Judged by our terrestrial experience.
which is all We have to go by. the magni-
tude of the planet, IL it is to bear life re-
sembling that Of the earth. is limited by
other considerations. Even Jupiter. which.
as far our knowledge extends. repre-
sents the extreme limit of great planetary
size, may be too large ever to become the
abode of living beings of a high organiza-
ton. The force of gravitation on the sur
face Of Jupiter exceeds that on the earth's
surface as 264 to 1. Considering the effects
of this on the weight and motion of bodies.
the density of the atmosphere, the laws of
pneumatics, &c, 1t is evident that Jupiter
would. to say the very least. be an exceed
ing uncomfortable place of abode for beings
resembling ourselves. But Jupiter. If 1t is
ever to become solid rocky globe like
ours, must shrink enormously in volume,
since its density is only o.2i as compared
with the earth. Now, the surface gravity
of a planet depends on its mass and its
radius, being directly as the former and
inversely as the square of the latter. But
in shrinkage Jupiter will lose none OF its
mass. although its radius will become much
smaller. The force of gravity will conse-
quently increase on it's surface as the
planet gets smaller and more dense.
The present mean diameter of Jupiter Is
$500 miles. while its mass exceeds that or
the earth in the ratio of 3l6 to l. Suppose
Jupiter shrunk to three-quarters of its pres
ent diameter or "a. $40 miles. then its sur
face gravity would exceed the earth 5
nearly five times. With one-half Of its
present diameter the surface gravity would
become more than ten times that of the
earth. On such n planet a mans bones
would snap beneath his weight, even grant
ing that he could remain upright at all!
1t would seem, then, that unless we are apt
to abandon terrestrial analogies altogether
and "go 1t blind" We must set an upper
limit to the magnitude of habitable
planet and that Jupiter represents such
upper limit, if, indeed he does not tran
scend it.
Evening star., 1898-01-15
THE QUEENS CHRISTMAS DINNER.
A BOar's Head and a Peacock Pie
Figure Prominently.

From London Sketch.
In nothing does the conservatism of her
majesty show itself more clearly than in
the preparation Of her Christmas dinner.
At that stately repast are served all the
principal dishes, and in similar guises,
which appeared on the table of her prede-
cessor, Henry VIII. The wines are usu-
ally supplied from the famous cellars Of the
Emperor of Austria, and, with sundry
bottles from minor German potentates who
own historic vineyards, are sent as Christ
mas presents to the sister sovereign at
Windsor. The entry of the boars head
Is always moment of intense excitement
for the little princes and princesses grouped
round the royal table. With polished tusks,
glittering eyes, ruddy jaws and sprig OF
well-berried holly springing from between
the ears, it forms very imposing dish.
1t has appeared as regularly on the table
of the present reigning house during the
past century in the days Of the Tudors,
and the late Duke of Cumberland. uncle
OF her majesty, when boy prince at home,
used to make a point of marking out
special boar and personally experimenting
its decoration for the Noel board Of George
III. From the time he succeeded to the
throne of Hanover, in 1897, until 1850 the
duke sent as a Christmas gift to each of
his more favored English friends q fine
boar's head from his private Schweingar-
ten. That which graces her majestys ta
BILE at the present time is usually present
ed by the Emperor of Germany. The queen
has, however, a herd of her own, confin-
ed in section Of the Home Park at Wind
sor, and this " as first established by George
w, Who was ford of roast wild boar, and
the dish was placed regularly on his ta-
BILE twice a week during the winter. Prince
Albert who shared his taste, improved
the Windsor breed and considerably en-
larged the inclOsure.
A peacock pie, adorned with the feath-
ers of the royal bird, Is another of the
On the handsome sideboard as d pendant
to the boars head, while the noble baron
of beef commands attention In the center
The word show dishes is used advisedly,
as none of the royal party partake of the
above, Which eventually find their way tc
those who are fortunate enough to have
their names on the retainers' list, for whom
such things are reserved. The Christmas
pudding is, of course, well to the fore, and
is one of many cooked In the mighty ranges
Of the Windsor kitchens, those Of Osborne
being Inadequate for the requirement, as
her majesty supplies most of the puddings
placed on the royal and imperial tables OF
Europe on Christmas day. Among the
popular In the imperial nurseries at Ber-
lin, play an important part, and occasion
ally box of them arrives from the kitch-
ems of the New Palace which were made
by the hands Of the Empress Augusta her.
self, who was an excellent cook in her
girlhood's days and who can still turn
out delicate dishes on occasion for the
eating of her consort, who Is very prouo
of her accomplishment.
Evening star., 1898-01-15
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The silent Ruler.

William Hamilton Hayne, in Youths Companion
We only know he walks with noiseless tread,
Unresting ever-yoiceless the dead.
We only know he brings loss gain,t
The rose of pleasure the rue of pain-
All changes manifold Of life or death,
From u leafs promise to u dying breath.
We only know when this old earth and sky
Pass into notbingness, he can not die
The silent ruler with his scythe and glass,
Our Father Time, who sees the nations pass
Yet gives no token over land or sea
OF his new reign-the veiled eternity.
Evening star., 1898-01-15
pickpocket. Mt Daudets Funeral

Paris Letter to the London Telegraph.
Pickpockets were abnormally busy at the
funeral of NJ. Alphonse Daudet. They be-
gan operations in the church of Sainte-
Clotilde, during the service, and stole
purses watches and chains from half
dozen persons. chiefly ladies. At the ceme-
terry of Pere Lachaise. during the address
of NJ. Zola, twenty men and women had
their pockets adrcitly picked while they
were listening attentively to the. authors
words. All those who were robbed sent
statements on the subject to the police,
but no arrests have ensued. The pickpock-
cts evidently made the most Of the oppor-
tunities offered to them. especially at Pere
Lachaise, where the crowdfng was so ex-
cessiye that II is a wonder no serious acci-
dents occurred among the tombs. As is
usual at the funerals OF celebrities, people
were allowed to rush into the cemetery pell
nell after the hearse and the principal car
rtagss enter ed.
Evening star., 1898-01-15
Pictures In the Fire.
f. Blair Oliphant In Chambers Journal.

f. Blair Oliphant In Chambers Journal.
We watch together but In shade and shine
You see the golden future of your ways,
And ! the light that shone vanished daysJ
No; though together eyes and hearts combine
cannot see your picture, nor you mine.
Yet the fire burns low. and sinks the blaze,
From the cold hearth l turn-a moment gaze,
And read union in those looks Of thine.
When on the hearth of Life the fire burns low
Wherein our lonely dreams and visions shone,
When the last picture sinks with all the rest,
Dear. may turn trustfrlly as now,
May we as gladly quit the cold hearthstone,
And know that Loves Reality is best.
Evening star., 1898-01-15
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A Tale Off n Typewriter.

From the Chicago News. u
81
They thought to playIa joke upon the fair type
writer maid,
keys; II VI
The A pasted owhere1 erst the K had been
displayed, =
And they sadly jumbed up the F's, the BIS and
C's and DIS! l. >
But she calmly went ITO humping, all unwilling
Of the trick. m -s..r. .-Irsra
The result was not just what they'd led each
other to expect } t---t
For when they gathered round her as she gave
the final click, "a / -E.. -
1t was found she'd writ a story in the choicest
dialect. - al on H..
Evening star., 1898-01-15
The Kings Bounty.

King Humbert recently visited an Ital-
ian hospital and left a sum of money with
the directors, so that the patients might
each have some additional delicacy in
honor of the event. One of the sick men,
hearing of this. complained that his din
ner had been no better than usual The
nurse explained to him: MY good fellow.
the state of your health doesn't permit OF
any change In your diet, but the doctor
had ordered you dozen leeches. and, as
q treat, we are going to apply eighteen"