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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29

How Agassix Worked Out q Scientific
Problem.

now Agasstx Worked Out q Scientific
Problem.
w. J. Stillman I'm London Spectator.
The letters on sleep and dreams in the
Spectator remind me of a case in the ex-
Perience of Agissiz, and which he told me
himself, though it is recorded in his work
on the American fishes. He was studying
a fossil fish in the Jardin des PIantes. but
had never been able to determine the
species to his satisfaction. After a time
he dreamed that he caught the very fish,
and without difficulty determined the uues-
ton. thinking, as he woke from the dream
that he would now have no difficulty. But
on returning to the fossil, something in the
dream had escaped him, and he could no
more determine the species than before
The next night he had the same dream,
and again forgot the essential point. He
then determined to take a pencil and paper
with him to bed. and make his note as
soon as he awoke. The dream came the
third time, but to his surprise on fully
awakening he found the drawing made and
lying on the table at his bedside with
three bones displayed in it which were
not visible in the FOSSIL and which solved
the problem. On returning to the Jardin
des Plantes he obtained permission of his
friend, the; director, to chip away a scale
OF! stone which. lay on the spot where the
bones We're In the drawing, and found
them there as his drawing had given them
IT Is thirty years since Agassiz told me
the incident, but those who have access
to his history of the North American fishes
will be able to read it in his own words
In the Introduction, and correct my version
II my memory has in any detail failed me.
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HE FLED IN FRIGHT.
Remarkable Experience Of q Hotten-
tot With the German Language.


Remarkable Experience Of q Hotten-
tot With the German Language.
From the Critic.
If any one in speaking to You used the
word Observation-Disclosures
characterization gitterwetter kotterbeute-
latte. its harmonious sound would assure
you that it was German, and such it really
is. being taken from Dresden paper, Der
WeidmaIn- Here is the explanation Of 1t:
Among the Hottentots CHottentotten) the
kangaroos (beutelratte) are very numerous.
Many of them roam about the country,
free and respected: others, less fortunate.
are caught and shut up in a cage Qkotter)
furnished, with a cover Qattengitter), which
shelters them from bad weather. These
are then called, in German, lattengitter-
prisoned, takes the name of lattengitter
Observation-Disclosures. One day an as
sassn (attentaeter) was arrested. who had
killed the HOttentot mother (Hottentoten-
mutter of 'wo children, one half-witted.
the other a stammerer (strottertrotteD.
This mother, in the German tongue, is
designated by the word Hottentotenstrat-
tertrottelmutter, from which il follows that
the assassin takes the name of Hotten-
Observation-Disclosures The
murderer was shut up in a kangaroo cage
Observation-Disclosures from
which he shortly escaped.
But, fortunately, he soon fell into the
hands of Hottentot. who went joyously
to the mayor of the village exclaiming: II
have caught the beutelratter' (which
one? asked the mayor; I'VE have several"
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
beutelratte'
of which attentaeter are you speaking?"
OF the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. telmutter-
attentaeter."
Then why couldn't you say at once that
you had caught the Hottentoten strotter-
trottel Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures"
fright
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
The Water Clock.
From the London Standard.

From the London Standard
The water clock, otherwise the clepsydra,
seems, unless the Psychologists find some
thing fresh in that land of incessant dis
coveries from the most far r1ists of time
to have been the first scientific effort at
noting the hours. A good many people
know its precise construction nor the ma
ton who have the credit of constructing
it. That belongs to the Assyrian, and as
far back as at least over 1900 years ago
the clepsydra was used in Nineveh under
the sway of the second Sardanapalus. 1t
was brass vessel of cylindrical shape
holding several gallons of water, which
could only emerge through one tiny hole
In the side. Thus the trickling Of the fluid
marked certain amount of time, and the
water was emptied about half a dozen
times per diem. In Nineveh there was one
at the palace and one in each principal dis
tricf- These were all filled by signal from
a waterman on tower at the moment Of
sunrise, and each had an attendant, whose
business 1t was to refill the clepsydra as
soon as 1t was emptied, the fact being an
Dounced by crierS, much as in the last CEN
fury the watchmen drowsily shouted the
hours at night throughout the streets of
London Some five centuries later an an
onymous genius made great Improvement
oy inserting toothed wheels, which, reyoly-
ing, turned two hands on a dial in clock
1s shion, thus showing the progress of the
time, which from one filling to emptyjnp
averaged two hours and a half In this
shape the clepsydra, which was then chiefly
procurable in Egypt. became introduced to
various other nations, including Rome
Where II nourished with various splendid
pire, N SiAA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
RANDOM VERSE.
The TiIT Ride.

Louise Imogen Quincy in che Chap Book
hear in my heart Theari In ITS om,nous pu,,es 3
All day the, commotien 81 sinewy, mane-tossins
horses, q ~
All night. from their cells the importunate tramp
Let towards and hefards( tall back; but alert to
the saddle,
Straight, s s,3on ans vault our weather.
With stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman
that loves him.
The road is through dolOf; and dread over eraigs
There .a are .ss y there things that
What odds7 We are Knights. and our souls are but
bent on the riding!.
Thoughts self is a vanishing wing, and Joy cob
web,
And friendship flower. in the dust, and glory
Not here is our prize. por. alas. after these our
pursuing.
dipping Of plumes, tear, shake Of the bride.
We hurry, with never word. in the track of our
fathers. 80
All day the cemmotioH Of sinewy, mane-tossing
horses, - "a .,-,ty-- ~; go
AL night from their cells the importunate tramp
ing and neighing.
We spur , to land of no name outracing the storm
We leap to the infinite dark, like the sparks from
the anvil ~
Thou leadest. o God! AIRS well with thy troopers
that follow. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
Spanish Pride.
From the Army and Navy Journal.

from the Army and Navy Journal.
Spanish pride Is proverbiaL An incident
In the life Of Lord Cochrane, the Earl of
Dudenald, is illustrative. Lord Cochrane.
In command Of little brig, the Speedy In
broad daylight captured the Spanish frig-
ate. the Gamo. The Speedy carried a crew
OF fifty men. and threw a broadside of
twenty-eight pounds of metal: the Gamo a
crew Of three hundred men and a broad
side of over one hundred pounds. The
speedy had previously, through a ruse,
escaped from large Spanish ship in the
night, and some Of her officers rather crit
fcised the action of her captain on the oc-
casIon-in that he did not make an effort
to capture the Spaniard This made Coch-
rane mad So when the enemy came I'D
he hove to, as If about to surrender. Sud-
denly puff of wind carried him alongside.
He srappled and boarded. The Speedy lay
so low her opponent was unable to depress
the guns sufficient to hit her, while the
En- slishman made every shot tell. The
boarders, after stout opposition, carried
the enemy. When the action was over the
Spanish captain requested some certificate
from Dudenald as to the way in which he
had fought the ship. He received one:
This certifies that Captain of the
Spanish frigate Gamo fought his issue like
true Spaniard"' The defeated gentleman
was greatly pleased, and so was the nation
for on returning home he was Immediately
given another and more important COM
mand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
Sales of the Bible.
From Harper's Weekly.

The circulation Of the Bible in this coun-
try Is enormous. steady, and constantly in
creases. OF Bibles and Testaments the
American Bibls Society annually sells or
gives away about a million and half, the
International Bible Agency sells about half
a million. and other large concerns, of
which there are four or five In New York
alone, circulate great many more. With
such a distribution as that In constant op-
Grafton, one would think the demand would
presently be supplied, but that is not the
experience Of dealers. They say the de-
mand increases all the time. That must
be because two or three million new cit
liens are born every year in the United
States. and O large proportion Of them
presently get new Bibles. The idea of
starting a new citizen in life with a second
hand Bible is not popular. New boy Cor new
g1rD, new book" is the rule, and tolerably
fortunate children have a fair collection be-
fore they are grown up. A moderate al
American citizen includes one family Bible
that belonged to parents; one family Bible
for ones own family; one Testament in.
large print, used in childhood; one conven-
lent Bible. presented by mother; one Bible
In flexible covers, subsequently obtained;
at least one obsolete Bible. containing the
Apocrypha: one Testament, revised ver-
sion; the Book of Psalms, separate; a few
Bibles to be kept in church; an Office Bible,
and perhaps others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29

tesQue cats and rabbits and other bits of
clever modelling. Ibsen finds in their COM
partnership help and spur, and he is en-
phatic in saying that IL they vanished he
should produce no, plays.
Jules Michelet the French historian. a
tremendous toiler through a long lifetime.
bad a strange love for the coarse boxes in
which he kept his papers. He preserved
them with him unchanged in his STUDY for
forty years. However damaged and be-
grimed they might become. and this was
inevitable he would not have them chang
ed. Possibly their presence seemed TO as
sist his flow of ideas. He was equally faith
full to an old dilapidated table cover. Holes
and ink stains were not detrimental to Its
value in Michelets eyes.
In the case OF Haydn, the composer. n
ring was the fetch. If he had il upon his
finger he could think brilliantly; If he miss
ed Il, all his skill seemed gone. He often
declared that without this trinket he was
curiously dull. He might sit down to an
instrument but all creative power, he
would find, had departed from him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
ARABIAN WOMEN AND MARR,.ces
ineir Life In Full of Sentiment md
Quaint Customs.

NAo" the springfield Republican.
Arabians have peculiar ideas on the mar
rage question. An Arab will fnvariahlv
oner marriage to his brothers widow. 1t
Is considered sign of respect to the dead
brother and the living woman by so do
ing, as the Semitic tradition mentioned in
tne Hebrew and Christian Scriptures tells
US IN an Arab town a statement made
before the cadi constitutes all the essen
tlai marriage ceremony. In the desert the
only necessary function is the slaughter
Ing OF sheep within or before the tent of
Inc brides father. Arabs not infreouentiy
change and exchange wives, to the high
satisfaction OF all concerned. II a man is
dissatisfied with his wife he NAV return
her to her father, but he must also return
her marriage portion in full and IL she be
OF the BedoGin blood a she camel must be
added TO the original dover. Arab wives
as rule are treated with consideration
and with no small share of tenderness In
Arabia woman's position is one of dignity
her attitude one of self-respect. Arab men
are as full OF sentiment as OF prowess and
no more ashamed of the one than the
other.
Arabs who know Europe say that Euro
peans are hard upon their women, and do
not fear God or conceal their offenses -
An Arab viii not often expose a sinful
woman. even though she sin against his
own near kinsman, but will say: Il must
cover her with my cloak. And more indul-
gence must We give to women than to
ourselves-for they are weaker, and while
equally tempted. are less able to withstand
temptation" Like the geisha Of Japan.
the dancing girl Of Arabia may. and often
Goes. leave her calling and become a re-
spected wife. Centuries ago, and for CEN
turtles. English lovers broke a coin between
them and so solemnized their hetrothal.
III some Arab tribes man and maiden
breaking together before three witnesses q
nat. thin cake Of almond paste are formal
y afnanced. An Arab has an absolute
right to the hand of his girl cousin He
must formally renounce that right before
me can marry any one else. When Q giri
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
A Good Samaritan.


s. E. Kiser in the Cleveland Leader.
Lay him away
1t matters not where:
Dig hole in the ground,
And deposit him there; ~
Twill be useless toyyaise
"A shaft DER his head, IT
For heavens aware Is
And humble his spphEere;3,.
me new Wo TIC the big busy Yorld knew no.
He gathered no millions, be built up no trusts
Cornered no markets. robbed no one of bread:
But heavens awase Of faet tha Ep hes desd
Did he worship in church
In the orthodox way? IA IA
Did the rafters ring when, lie"
1t WAS his turn to prayf
Alas, i Know not II "a
But let it be said
That heavens aware, n er g.; $40.
or the fact that he's deadi
The orphan he famed "a ~
=, Through feverish days nie-
May live or may not 5ua si.-I ..- ....- r. g
The sick that he nouriehed when stricken himself
The starving that, when he WIS hungry he fed
may pray Tor him now. or may NOT as they INST
But heavens aware Of the fact that he's deadI
Lay him away, -. 4.s:5 -
1t matters not where; :. -
Dig hole in the earth :-s = =
And deposit him there; .l ..i,r...- IT,.
When the,aast trumpet sounds sivii15-. -.
He will bear he will hear Il y -. .-
As well al the man tn ..-.s -
Der whose head people rear -,
The highest of columns '---s.
Aye, put him to bed!
II there 10 God He will not forget
That this lowly man lived-and is deadi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
THE BOOKBINDERs. ART.
SumptuOus Covers Have Often Saved
Valuable Volumes,

SumptuOus Covers Have Often Saved
Valuable Volumes.
From the Pail Mall Magazine
In the many wars which devastated the
earth, the conquerors often ruthlessly de-
stroyed the libraries of the vanuuished:
and, where volumss were saved, it was due
to the richness of the bindings The Flor
entines destroyed the books of the Medici;
the precious treasures of the Vatican per-
ished at the sack of Rome by the Constable
de Bourbon; but In many instances the
richness and beauty of the decoration
saved from destruction volumes which now
enrich the national collections of the world.
Today in the auction marts of Europe
DECKS realize enormous prices on account
of their binding. Volumes which are by
10 means unique or extremely rare, II Of
fered for sale with binding executed for
Grolier, Cansvari CT from the workshops
of Du Suel or LIE Gascon, will excite
among wealthy collectors these Tanta-
luses who can never quench their thirst"
fierce competition, and realize for their
owners princely sums. A copy of La Fon-
taine's ''COnteS ct Nouvelles en- VerS,"
bound by Dercme for Madame de Pompa-
dour, realized 1900 francs. OF this sum
the purchaser paid at least 5000 francs
for the binding. In some respects" wrote
the gentle Ella, ''the better a book is, the
less it demands from binding. Fielding,
Smollett, Sterne, and all that class of per-
petually self-reproductive voiumes-Great
Natures Stereotypes-we see them indi-
vidually perish with less regret, because we
know the copies of them to be eterne. But
" here a book is at once both good and rare
where the Individual is almost the spe-
cies and when that perishes
" We know not where Is that Promethean
torch
That can it's light relumine'-
such book for Instance, as the life of the
Duke of Newcastle by his duchess-no
casket is rich enough, no casing sufficiently
durable, to honor and keep safe such a
jewel"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
A GOWN IN COLONIAL TIMES.
The HOmespun Cloth and How If W..
Dyed.

The Homespun Cloth and How If W..
Dyed.
From the Chautauquan.
The "all-wool goods a yard wfde'' which
we so easily purchase today meant to the
colonial dame or daughter the work of
months from the time when the freshly
sheared feeeces were first given to her deft
hands,. The fieeces had to be opened with
care, and have all pitched or tarred locks.
brands. "dag-locks' and feelings" cut out.
inese were spun into coarse yarn, to be
used as Irvine. The white locks were care
ruby tossed, separated and cleaned and
tied into net bags with tallies to be dyed.
another homely saying. dyed in the
WOOL demanded process Of much skill.
Indigo furnished the blue shades, and
cochineal. madder and logwood beautiful
reds. Domestic dyes of brown and yellow
from the bark of the red oak and the
nlckory-nut were universal. Copperas and
sassa1ras also dyed yellow; the flower of
foundation, combined with indigo. of a
beautiful green. Pokeberry Juice and vio-
let dye from the petals Of the flower-de-
iuce were other homemade colorings Az
Ter the woods were dyed the housewife
spread them in layers, If a mixed color was
desired. and carded them again and again
Inc wool was slightly creased with rape
oia OF melted swine's grease" to be carded
carded into small. light, loose rolls, about
as large around as the little finger. which
were then spun into yarn.
ihe yarn was wound as it was spun
upon breach. which was usually simply a
SUN roll OF paper or corn husk When the
pail was as large as the breach would hold
the spinner placed pegs in the spokes of
the spinning wheel and tied the end of the
yarn to peg. Then she held the bah of
yarn in her hand and whirred the big
vince! round, winding the yarn on the pegs
into hanks or clews. If the yarn was to
be woven, the hank was placed on the reel
or swift. A quill made from a piece of
reeo was then placed on the spindle, the
wheel again set in motion, and the yarn
wound of on the quill, cut the exact length
OF the loom shuttle by which the yarn was
TO be woven into wooden cloth. When
wound full the quill was placed In the
shuttle and was then ready for the loom.
The home-spun yarn was woven in hand
looms into heavy cloth. which was washed.
dyed, shrunken, dressed, fulled and then
clothed the household.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
MILLlNERS PIRATES
The Use Of Good Memory to Initiate
Fine Hats.
Famous Artists in Feminine Head.
gear Tell How They Are
Preyed Upon.
From Tit-Bits.

From Tft-Bits.
The people who exclaim against the high
price Of really good millinery can, I think,
have very little idea OF the amount of
thought. time and labor which is expended
upon its production. remarked the man
ager of a famous West End establishment
to the writer.
To begin with, there is the design to be
made, and. in connection with this, may
tell you, we employ a large number of
skilled artists, who do nothing else but
draw designs for new bonnets and hats,
and they make very handsome income
out of 1t. Then comes the question of
making and trimming. the latter especially
being an art which requires not only skill,
but great fertility Of Imagination and per-
feet taste, and so rare is this combination
of abilities that huge salaries have to be
paid to such as possess it. The value of
the actual materials used is very small
when compared with these two former
items.
But this, of course, is far too expensive
procedure for second-rate firms, who, in
stead. employ the services of pirate"
whose duty it is to copy the designs of
other firms by fair means or foul This Is
generally achieved by keeping a sharp eye
en- the windows of the first-class houses.
ard sketching everything new displayed
there, the drawing being accompanied by
descriptions Of material. 1 know firms
which make constant practice Of sending
pirate over to Paris every month, in
order to obtain the latest modes in this
way, and week never passes without our
own windows receiving this unwelcome
compliment.
The best "milliners pirates" are women,
those with a very retentive memory and
an ability to draw. We are completely at
the mercy of such because they can get
past the windows and in the guise of
customer see our entire stock There IS
mn in -1o
making fortune in this way. She is al
ways very stylishly dressed, and is to all
appearances a very great lady. She makes
few small purchases, and then asks to be
shown the latest hats and bonnets. AS
rule she leaves the shop without having
"seen anything to please her." and, arrived
at home, she sits down and transfers to
paper all she can remember-not a little
and sells the designs to another firm.
kr ow this woman well by sight, and have
rather spoilt her game SO far as we are
concerned, for the assistants have strict
orders not to show her quite the latest
ccncoctions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
AN EGYPTIAN NEWSPAPER OFFICE.

Competitors and Pressmcn in White
Turbans and Bare Legs.
G. w. Stevens in London Mail.
went the other day to see the editor of
an Arab newspaper in Cairo. His Office is
disused palace; all new khedives build
new palaces in this country, that it Is
difficult to find house of any size that has
not begun life as palace. In the middle
wing sits the editor writing his leader-a
string Of Arabic cobwebs Gown a narrow
slip of paper. The editor is stout man in
fez. blue serge and yellow elastic-sided
boots, with two warts his nose and a
deep blue dimple on his chin: he writes in
q light overcoaa and a rug over his knees,
for it is a very cold winter-clouds half
way over the blue sky, and you must shut
your windows by 5.
He has just finished slip of COPY; he
rings bell, and there comes in little
brown-faced devil in a feZ blue gown, bare
brown legs and slippers. May you see the
office? OF course"-and out we go to the
left-hand wing of the palace. Here are
about six bare rooms, all open to the
others, the plaster speeling here and there
from the high walls. Here stand the cases
of curly Arab type-bigger than ours. be-
cause the language has more symbols here
are the bare-legged compositors at work.
In the next room the paper is going to press
on the old-fasalioned sort of machine: as
the white-turbaned, brown-legged, white
t1cycfe-skifaeO native turns at the wheel
for his life. the half-printed sheets swing
slowly over, one after another, a maze Of
twirts and dots and quiggles that you
would say no man on earth could read
And not many can. The slib-elitors can.
OF course-four grave-faced young men in
TIE inevitable fez and overcoat, solemnly
transiaf1ng from the Times; they salaam
respectfully. and when the Englishman.
who looks as If he had money. returns their
salute. as being brother journalists. it sur
prises them much. But" says the editor.
our circulation is as large as any In the
east. but not large enough to necessitate a
rotary machine; yet We sell five thousand
copies daily; It Is something in a place Ike
tnis 1t Is difficult; other native papers are
subsidized by France or Turkey or others:
We. because We ere Independent, must shift
ror ourselves Still it grows and grows:
our paper Is read In India and Somaliland."
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What In L0veS

Men talk Of love that know not what 1t 10:
For could We know what love may be indeed
We would not have our minds 50 led amiss
With Idle toys that wanten humors feed;
But in the rules Of higher reason read
What love may be, 80 from the world concealed
1t is too clear brightness for mans eye;
Too high ~isdoH folr His Wits to find;
And all too heavily Rr his earthly mind:
1t is grace OF such Rglorious kind,
As gives the soul o, Secr2t power to know It,
But gives no hearty SDirit power to show II.
It is the height of God and hate of Ill,
Triumph Of trutbrand fplsehood's overthrow;
The only worker Of the Highest VIII,
And Ana only nnowledEs nat doth anSwiedge know
It is in sum the snbstanEe of all bliss.
Without whose blessing I'll things nothing IL.
-NlgF0L4S BRETON q542-1626