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Evening star., 1898-03-12

repeated the whole poem from the begin
ming to whsre the passage occurred which
he wished to recall.
Leyden is also credited with having been
aoie to repeat an act of parlia menf or a
lengthy legal document after having heard
IL once The newspapers of January, 1890
contain frequent illusions to the case of
nan named Thomson. who drew plans of a
dozen London parishes. including every
church. chapel. yard, court monument.
lamp post and innumerable trees and
pumps, without reference to a single book
snd without asking a single question; and
an English clergyman mentions a man Of
weak intellect who lived about the same
time, who could remember the names and
ages OF every man, woman and child who
had been buried in the parish during thir-
ty-five years, together with the dates of
burial and the names of the mourners
present at the funeral That great MEM
ories are not the product OF civilization is
proved by an instance recorded by DIR. Mof-
fatt, the great African missionary. DR..
Moffatt once preached a sermon to a group
OF negroes, and was shortly afterward at
tracted by the gesticulations of a young
savage addressing a number of blacks. On
going up to the group, he was amazed to
Eear the savage reproducing his own SER
mon, word for word.
Evening star., 1898-03-12
How the Japanese sleep.
X. Mitsukuri In the Atlantic


When night comes, beds are prepared.
Bedding Is brought out from the closets
where 1t has been put away during the
day. One or two large thick futons or
cushions are spread directly on the mats
of bed rooms. and coverings which look
like enormous kimono or clothes are spread
over them. Every traveller has told Of the
pillow made of a wooden box with a little
cylindrical cushion on the top, but this
kind of pillow is going out Of fashion
Softer cylindrical pillows, made by stufIing
a cloth bag with husks Of buckwheat, are
now more ccmmcnly used. In the sum-
mer it Is necessary to have mosquito nets
wi ich generally inclose the whole room.
As a rule. Japanese families retire early
Ten O'Clock is about the average time
Eleven Is considered late. A function that
begins at or 10 and lasts till the small
hours OF the morning fairly staggers the
japanese. Why" they say. "even ghosts
who are CONNIE u faut retire by that
hCuf."
Evening star., 1898-03-12
MOrtalfty.

How many times have lain down at night
And longed TO fall into that gulf of sleep
Whose dreamless deep
Is haunted by memory of
The weary world above;
And thought myself most miserable that
Must impotently lie
So long upon the brink
Without the power to sink
Into that nothingness, and neither feel nor think
How many times when day brought back the light
After the merciful oblivion
VI such unbroken slumber
And once again began to cumber
NY soul with her forgotten and sorrows
Ano snow IN long perspective the gray morrows,
Stretching monotonously on
Forever narrowing but never DONE
rave l not loathed to live again and said
1t would have been far better to be dead
And yet somehow. know not why,
Remained afraid to die!
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS.
Evening star., 1898-03-12
HYPNOTISM IN INDIA.
So Says This Man COncerning the
Tricks of Jugglers.

From Scottish Nights.
A correspondent writing from India re-
garding the theory that the jugglers per-
form their tricks by will power" says:
During the course of the Indian mutiny /
made the acquaintance of one of these
gentlemen of India, who tried to instruct
me how to perform these tricks He said
1t was all imaginary on the part of the
spectators, as he simply willed that they
should see those things. Yet L, in common
with western nations, was too animalized
sensual and materialized by fiesh-eating
and consumption of alcohol to retain or ac-
cept any deep spiritual teaching.
The most exciting performance that he
gave Tor my amusement was the converting
OF bamboo stick into a native servant
Afterward-in his absence-I tried il on,
and to my surprise the same man was be-
lore me asking for instructions. / directed
him to fill the chatties on the yeranda with
water from the well in the compound This
ne proceeded to do. When he had filled
them all TO overfiowing 1 requested him to
stop. He, however, took no notice of me
and went on stolidly bringing in the water,
until, In my excited imagination. it seemed
that the bungalow would he washed AWAY
F1ndlng that l could not arrest or stop his
movements, he passing through me as
thougn L did not exist. 1 drew my sword
and lay in wait for him. Making a slash.
apparently cut him in twain, when loi
there were two men bringing in the water.
neitaer OF whom could L restrain or prevent
from doing so.
II was completely out of my depth, when
l heard a quiet laugh behind me, and on
turning found it was my instructor, who
neld up his right hand and the two men
disappeared, the stick resuming its place on
the veranda, and to crown ALL there was
not the slightest sign Of any water having
Teen brought in. 1 excitedly appealed to
hlm for an explanation. He said that he
nad been present all the time having willed
that he should be invisible to me. and that
l should imagine myself to see and do what
thought had taken place. In order to
prove II, he asked me to step out into the
compound, and directed my attention to a
huge cavern, which l knew was not there
before. As l entered number of huge ele-
phahts ana cameis issued from IT in a con-
tlnuous stream, yet / could not touch on,
OF them They apparently passed over me
as though did not exist. He again raised
ms hand ana the cavern and animals dis
appeared, and there was no indication az
any exodus of any kind
Evening star., 1898-03-12

James Payn in New York Independent.
We have had some fine fogs-if one may
call them so-this winter. but no champion
fcgs, not to be beaten except by one an
other, such as We had in town ten years
ago. They were SO thick that one literally
could rot see ones hand. 1 remember being
asked by an old friend and. neighbor to
make one of a dinner party one night, be-
cause thirteen people would be there and
his wife was supersttious. Wnen 1 reach
cd his house, with some difficulty, though II
" as but ten doors away, 1 found nobody
there but our host and hostess. One couple
dropped in an hour late, and begged for
beds rather than venture home again This
was a common occurrence. Some folks
know were dining in Russell square that
Eight, and, after taking leave, drove three
times around the square, and had TO re-
turn to their hosts for a shelter for the
night. No one VINO has not experienced ii
can have any notion of the thick dark
ness" that is produced by London fog; IL
Is palpable night. 1t offered on one occa-
sion an example of human sefishness which
believe to be unparallel; friend of mine
was walking with a companion behind an
old couple who had a lantern, it was OF
great assistance to them, till they heard a
female voice Indignantly exclaim, Charles.
Tide tie lantern, there are some people be-
hind us actually making use OF our light"
whereupon all was darkness.
1t was curious that in what was called
the great fog of 11S3, when all Europe
Thought the end of the world had come,
London was by no meahs the chief sufferer
1t was not winter fog at al, bun a dry
fog. 1t apepared first at Copenhagen on
May 29, reached Dion on June IA, Itaiy on
the 18th. and thence to Stockholm and
Moscow.
Evening star., 1898-03-12
Organ Music and Bach.

Organ music reached its climax with
Bach; 1t may. perhaps. be said that all
music did At any rate, one thing is GER
tain-viz, IL there has been any progress in
music since the DAY OF Bach, it has been
due to him. Bach's music is polyphonic;
and polyphony Is true music To it's found
alton upon this school is due the fact that
there has been no decadence in music in
Germany. There has been no ad-
vance in polyphony since the days of Bach.
Such advance as has been made has been In
originality and boldness of modulation
For pure organ music Bach still is and
probably will always remain, lne greatest
Of all composers. Even with all the mod
ern mechanical appliances that have been
attached to the organ, his works are stflI
very dffhcult-perhaps the most difficult OF
organ compositions He must have been
as great an organist as he was a composer
That he should have been able to play upon
the organ Of his day works so exacting in
technique as his own Is simply marvellous
1t Is one Of the phenomena Of musical
history that, while orchestral, operate and
other branches of music were in their in
fancy in Bach's day, and have deveIoped
since then, Bach brought organ music to
It's climax. He was not the small source
whence flowed a rivulet which In time was
to expand into broad stream: he was the
broad stream itself. The word Bach" In
German, means q brook, which led a ia
nous German composer to say punningly
that this great master was not . Bach, but
an ocean.
Evening star., 1898-03-12
When Celia Smiles.

Written for The Evening Star by G. NJ.
When Celia smiles her eyes illume
My path, which else the Fates would doom
To winding ways through endless night,
AS Fays with FREELY lanterns light
wanderer through their woodland gloom,
And damask dawns the tints assume
OF roses fair that richly bloom
Upon her cheek, and flowers grow bright
When Celia smiles
4 n
Then like knight with lance and plume.
leave one worlds dull strife and fume
To rove realm in beauty digit.
Whose fields and skies bewitch the sight,
For darkness ghost-like seeks its tomb
When Celia smiles
Evening star., 1898-03-12
A Fascinating Island,

rrom tne Mexican Herald.
Of all fascinating places under the sim >,
SAID gentleman who has Travelled much
the island of Tahiti, one of the Society
Islands, is the most fascinating In that
country. little earth lost in vast ocean,
nature has done everything to make indo-
lent souls happy. The climate is temperate
ard even all the year round, the vegeta-
ton is luxuriant, the women beautiful.
and the nights, full of perfume and mys-
tical light. stir the most practical mind to
love OF meditation and dreaming The
lnfiuence of this dreamy, lazy life is very
1rSidious. 1t is not necessary to work a /,
the island furnishes food without the labor
OF tlHage L know number Of Ameri-
cans and French who have gone there for
visit, and have become so enraptured
with the languorous existence that, like
the visitors to lotus land, they lie down
everything. l remember how l used to
feel the influence steal upon me. Many
time 1 wished earnestly to cast my lot
with those languopouS people. can look
back now and see myself as / lay one
Right against a coGoanut tree in a sort of
ecstacy Of meditation. Overhead was a
sky bright with AZ artmilion stars. Sounds
came to me in a strange fashion. blending
into murmur. A short distance away a
group of natives. girls and men, were
shouting the rhythmic chant Of the upu-
little isle, with ocean on every side and
New Orleans SO many miles distant. Moth
ing seemed real to me but that spot in
which one could hear indistinctly the chant
of the singers and the sobbing OF the
waves; mysterious charm possessed me"
Evening star., 1898-03-12
LANGUAGE OF ESQUIMAUx.
spoken by Inha abitants of More Than
10000 Miles of Coast Land.
From the Forum.

lo,oO Miles of Coast Land,
From the Forum
The Esquimau language which is spoken
at the extreme north of this hemisphere. is
also found in the north of Asia
The people have been called orarians-
that is, jewellers on the shore" They in
habit narrow strip of country around the
margin Of Greenland and to the west of
Ban1ns bay, around all the great islands
and down the coast shore of Hudson bay
and about the bays and straits to the
north; then to the west around Alaska and
sun further along the arctic shores of the
eastern continent. They thus extend along
the winding island and mainland coast for
more than 10000 miles, inhabiting a mar
row fringe of country by the sea and OBJ
tanning their livelihood therefrom. More
than 10000 miles of coastland are occu-
pied by people who speak one language
But in Newfoundland there are tribes
Whlch speak another tongue mixed wit
the Esquimau, while on the southwest
coast there are other tribes speaking mixed
tongues; and the same is true of tribes in
habiing the northern coast of Asia. II we
call all these tongues Esuuimau, then the
principal tongue is still homogeneous and
a common medium for the communicate ton
OF tribes occupying, as l have said, more
than 10000 miles of the most difficult coast
known to mankind. While there is inter-
communication, 1t is infrequent because OIL
the difficulties and perils of arctic nayiga-
tion. Thus. in all that stretch of country
there is but one language.
Evening star., 1898-03-12
A SONG. of,Pan.
ison Gibson I'm r0ndon Sketch.

wiifrid Wilson Gibson in Lyndon Sketch.
In oiden days, when Time. bsy. was playing
With golden hours that seemed an aeon long,
And love life, and life q dear delaying,
They crowned me King beside the streams Of
song.
They hailed me God Of wood and mead and river;
They hailed me Lord Of forest, field and brake:
My lightesf music set the trees a-qufver
The sleeping song within their hearts to wake.
Gay nymphs and dryads, ever me attending.
Laughed through the day with merry hearted
scending, .
But lived Tor ever with the da.ziing dawns.
ened,
The nightineales were hushed on every tree.
Ana every brake with eyes of wonder gltstene1
As Wild wood Creatures pressed to hear and see
IN oiden days, when Time, boy. was playing
WIN golden hours that seemed an aeon long,
Anu love was life, and life dear delaying.
song.
Evening star., 1898-03-12

performed and never saw anything so
slovenly done before There was no sizing
up of the men; a boy of five feet two inches
would be between men six or eight inch2s
taller. Talking in the ranks seemed to be
allowed at all times. At inspection the
man became immoyable only when the ctfi-
cer approached him and relaxed into So
ability Immediately after the officer had
passed. Some had leggings, many had not.
They were job lot of misfits. assorted
sizes and colors, from fifteen to forty. The
regulars are having a hard time of it. In
summer about fifty per cent sicken and die
AT the present time some of them are beg
ging on the streets. not having received
their pay for more than six months. This
refers to the enlisted men, The officers are
paid, and, apparently, enjoy themselves.
No kodaks Allowed.
1t is the policy of the Spanish authorities
to suppress everything that illustrates the
condition of affairs in Cuba. A careful
search to obtain photographs of the pep
pie or of any event connected with the war
vas fraitless. The use of kodaks Is re-
striCted, IL permitted at all. Views of the
tomb of Columbus and the monument
erected on the spot where he landed are
freely offered for SALE One is a little skep-
tical about believing that the remains Of
the great diScoverer are actually resting
it is u1questionably CT rrect.
The morning after the Maine explosion
an energetic photographer .oOk some very
good views Of the wreck, but the author
tiles very soon suppressed his trafflc, and
he retired with generous stock of good
photographs, although there was a great
demand for them and fabulous prices were
offered.
1t seems to a stranger in Havana that
one-half of the population are engaged in
selling lottery tickets. They are offered
you by all classes, ages and sexes. They
are hung on hooks in elevators, and :he
boy or man in charge of the lift suggests
that you invest. Almost every store can
supply you if you want them. Half-clad
men, women and children importune you
in Spanish to help them out. The wonder
is where all these wretched people get the
money to start in business. Possibly tEey
sell on commission. but it must take a
great deal of confidence to trust them on
the streets with so much valuable property.
Evening star., 1898-03-12
Two Remarkable Feats.
From the New York Herald.


Mr.. Henry Wolfsohn recalled yesterday q
remarkable feat of memory by Signor Gore
who travelled as conductor with a concert
company organized by Campanini The
music trunk not having arrived in time for
a concert. Signor Gore accompanied from
memory on the piano the entire third act
of Faust" at the same time transposina
the music half tons.
An interesting story is told of Mascagni,
the composer of "Cavalleria Rusticana. u
One of his friends had casually said that
there was no work of any Of the six most
famous composers, whose names were men,
toned. which Msscagni could not play
fauitlessly from memory. The statement
being ridiculed as impossible, Mascagnf re-
luctantfy consented, in order to settle the
dispute, to make the effort. A number OF
musical experts wers invited to attend the
recital, each one in turn selecting a compo-
sition for performance. In vain they tried
to battle the composer. who not only an
swered the Challenge brilliantly In every
instance. but filled up the intervals with de.
lightfui improvisations OF his own.
Evening star., 1898-03-12
Albert of Belgium.

Written for The Evening Star
Prince Albert-(he of frock-coat fame)
Is paying US VISIT
And is not hunting female camel
His object then-what is it?
Can we believe that there is aueht
On this side of the water
That can command his princely gaze.
Save some bemilloned daughter?
The Belgian Minister has said
And glad we are to hear it
"Prince Albert has not come to wed
An hefress'-stiu we fear it.
Our girls have all succumbed long since
To figure, face and sputter
OF attache-besides-a Prince!
They'd love" each grunt he'd utter
Poor girls-why should he tell the deara
In this most heartless fashion
That smiles nor sighs. For even tears
Can make him feel "the Passion
And yet-'tis kindness on his part
To tell them he's bespoken-
For otherwise female heart
Could long remain unbroken.
A
Evening star., 1898-03-12
WONDERFUL MEMORIES.
Man Who Could Repeat an Act OF
Parliament.

Man Who Could Repeat an Act Of
Parliament.
From the London Standard.
Scaliger. the philologist Of the sixteenth
century, who edited several of the classics,
was so certain of his memory that he un-
dertook to repeat long passages from Latin
works with q dagger at his breast, which
was to be used against him In the event of
his memory failing; while Seneca, thu tutor
of Nero. could repeat 1900 words exactly
as he heard them. Pope could turn at once
to any passage which had struck him when
reading, and Leyden. the Scottish post,
WHO died in the early part of the century,
was also remarkable for his memory. When
congratulated on one occasion upon his
aptitude for remembering things, Leyden
replied that he often found his memory q
source of Inconvenience. Surprise was ex-
pressed at this, whereupon ths poet replied
that he often wished to recall particular
passage. but could not do % until he had
Evening star., 1898-03-12
SOng-Cfhft.

fariotte M. Packard in The Independent.
How do the wise birds battle us
Who count ourselves, as sage?
me litter on yon ,tremblng bough,
This prisoner of the cage,
WITH cleaning crest and mocking eye,
Give to our minstrelsy the lie.
The world is listening yet to hear
The thrush's angel song
Turned to angelic phrase; ah mel
The world will listen long;
For He who made the elpoet's heart,
Gave to his birds the singers art.
Evening star., 1898-03-12
The Scoop of the Spring Poet.

Ficm the Chicago News
Up. Pegasus! Up, Pegasus!
lis Spring and we must spring IL,
ana scoop the weather and the bards
Who into verse would sling 1t.
Get up and dust, for you must trot
Full fourteen laps Of sonnet,
And many kite-sheped roundelay
Must have your ho0f- marks on 1t.
TIs true frosty, Icy blast
We meet where'er we turn us,
But we can catch the proper glow
By gazing in the furnace.
Where birds should fit about the void
The icicles are cltRging,
BUT there are pet canary birds
To glad us with their singing.
OF flowers in field and Woodland now
There's not the slightest rumor.
But In the florists IshopOth they bloom
At nifty cents a bloom2r.
y. ~
The m0ssy banks ara banked with snow,
Their ancfept verdure whiting,
But there are banktB'w with long, green bills
That we may culllby hiting.
So up, my nimble Pegasusi
Get up and hump and show 'em
How we can scoop all others with
springy, Spring-sprun poem.
Evening star., 1898-03-12
washington tGa.) Chronicle.

frcm tne Wdshinkton tSd-p Snf"hic.e.
On Monday Mr.. John c. Dyson, while
out partridge shooting. made the most re-
maricable shot on record. He was on stony
ground. and as the bird few up he raised
his gun to shoot, but the stock caught In
his clothing and the gun fired. the shot
striking the rock and. ricocheting. killed
the bird The large smooth rock shows
where the load from the gun struck. There
were \ number OF witnesses who saw the
bird killed in this manner, and. besides.
Mr.. Dyson Is q gentleman who would not
need a witness to even a. remarkable 4
shot - this one.
Evening star., 1898-03-12
RANDOM rvERSE.
Little TfnS Toes.

Little D11nS Toes
Ten for The EveffIng Star by W. 7. Tai
When the Shadow Giant
Comes across the land.
Dropping seeds of slumber
From his dewy hand.
Then the household darling,
Little Tiny Toes,
Cries in winning accents,
As to bed she gSes,
Ere the siunll,er blossoms
All about her creep:
''Tum an tiss me, mamma;
Den nell 50 to seep"
Pretty little sly-boots.
Though she calmly lies.
She's not always sleeping
When she shuts her eyes.
Mamma may have kissed her
Many times Eefore,
Yet you'll hear her pleading.
While her eyes once more
Through haif-lifted eyelids
Ger the bedclothes peep:
"Tum an tfss me, mamma;
Den nell go to s'eep"
So the household darling,
Little Tiny Toes,
Fights the She dow Giant
Ere she finds repcse:
As the tranquil twilight
Slowly disappears.
Pleads for goodnight kisses.
In the mothers ears
Sweet, ah. sweet! the drowsy
Nestling's parting cheep:
"Tum an tiss me, mamma:
Den me'n go to s'eep."
Evening star., 1898-03-12
Cuba.

Is 1t naught? Is 1t naught
That the south wind brings her wall to our shore
r, inat the spoilers compass our desolate sister?
ls II neught? Must we say to her: 'Strive no
mCre,' ~
With the lips wherewith we loved and kissed
her?
with the mocking lips wherewith we said:
Ihou art the dearest and the fairest to US
VI all the daughters the hath bred,
Of AL green girded isles that woo us!"
Is 1t naught?
Hear ye not? Hear ye not
fTom the hollow sea the souTd Of her voice,
ihe passionate, far-on tone, which sayeth:
Aias! my brothers-alas! what choice
Ihe lust that shameth, the sword that slayetha
Ihey Dind me! they rend my delicate locks;
Ihey shred the beautiful robes me!
MY round limbs bleed On the mountain rocks:
save me, ere they have quite undone me!'
Hear ye not?
Speak at last! Speak at last!
In the might OF your strength in the strength Of
your right,
Speak out at last to the treacherous spoilerl
Say: VIII We harry her In our sight?
fe shall not trample her down. nor soil her!
Loose her bonds! let her rise in her loveliness,
Our virginized sister; or, If We shame her,
Dark Amnon shall for her sore distress
And her sure revenge shall be that Of Tamar!"
Speak at last.
E. G. sTEDMAN.
Evening star., 1898-03-12

The one pradominating element in Ha-
yana at the present time Is the soldiery.
The streets are literally filled with uni
formed men and youth. The average
Spanish officer OF soldier would not impress
an American favorably. As rule they
are not well set up. and they are generally
unoersIzsd. They ali lack the West Point
cut. which rs so much admired by Ameri-
cans Tney may understand the theory
and practice of war, but the true martial
Rrdor does not seem to reach down into
their backbone ana legs None of the off,
GERS would ever be accused OF wearing cor
sets. as some OF our fedglings In the mill
tary service are The uniform of officers
and men seems to be of the same material
"a hne green and white stripe gingham
or some similar fabric for both coat and
trousers The officers wear few gilt stars
on thsir coat sleeves and a white canvas
cap; the enlisted men a Panama straw hat
with one side folded up and fastened with
a ros ette.
The volunteers. corresponding to our Ma
tonal Guard, are doing duty In the city as
an adjunct to the police. They have an in
spectioE and guard mount every morning
on the Prado 1 twice saw this ceremony