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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-05
He Sold n Dickens Souvenir,
From Iiteraturp

From Literature.
When "Our Mutual Friend" was pub
lished, mighty laudatcry notice of the
book appeared in a leading journal, which
was written by Mr.. x, an acquaintance Of
Dickens. and a very clever man, who has
been dead for many years. MI. x. wrote
to inform Dickens of the service which he
had rendered him, and not only did he re-
ceive a grateful, not to say gushing reply,
but the author was so delighted with the
timely lift which his book had been favor
ed with that he presented the reviewer
with the manuscript Of the story, bound
up In gilt morocco. Mr.. X. acknowledged
the gift in glowing terms, assuring the au-
thor that only death would part him from
the precious manuscript, and that he would
take care that 1t should ultimately find q
place In the national collections. A few
years later one of Dickens most intimate
friends was travelling In America, and hap
pened to visit the late Mr.. Chiids at Phil
adelphia, in whose library one of the chief
features was this same manuscript, which
1t turned out had been sold by Mr.. X. for
ESQ. Anthony Trollope had q stormy dis
cuSsion with Dickens at a London dinner
party about the transaction, asserting with
characteristic vehemence that Mr. X was
wrong to inform Dickens that he had writ
ten the review; that Dickens was much to
blame for having taken any notice of his
letter. and that the gift Of the manuscript
should neither have been offered nor ac-
cepted, as 1t was practically bribery and
corruption.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-05
Shark Charmcrs.
From Lippincotts.


In the Persian gulf the divers have Gu
rious way of opening the season. They de-
pend implicitly upon the shark conjurers
and will not descend without their presence
To meet this difficulty the government is
obliged to hire the charmers to divert the
attention of the sharks from the fleet AS
the season approaches, vast numbers of
natives gather along the shore and erect
hutS and tents and baZaars. AT the oppor-
tune moment-usually at midnight. SC as
to reach the oyster banks at sunrise-the
fleet. to the number Of eighty or a hum
dred boats, pulls out to sea. Each of these
boats carries two divers, a steersman and
a shark charmer, and is manned by eight
or ten rowers. Other conjurers remain on
shore. twisting their bodies and mumbling
lamentations to divert the sharks. In case
a man-eater is perverse enough to disre-
gard the charm and attack diver an
alarm is given, and no other diver will de-
sccnd on that day. The power of the con-
jurer is believed to be hereditary. and the
efficacy of his incantations to be wholly
Independent of his religious faith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-05
The Loss of the Maine,

Charlton NJ. Lewis in the New Haven Register.
To sunny harbOr mouth
In the garden of the south,
Where the never-ending summers breathe and
bloom,
Where warm love and light enfold
Palmy wood and tangled void,
Thither sailed our seamen bold-to their doom.
There they heard the wild alarm,
When the red ath-angel's arm
Shook the thunders of his wIath below the deep,
And he swept them to their graves,
Where the long, deep-drea ming waves
Wash forever through the caves of sunless sleep.
And the tears Of sorrow start
From a mighty peoples heart,
For our heroes dead, and those they left forlorn;
But from sea to rocky range,
From the prairie to the grange
We are mighty to avenge, as to mourn.
In the dark we blindly grope,
Half in fear though half in hope
For the way where honor calls lies still concealed.
On Thy people Thou hast trod
We have bowed beneath Thy rod;
May Thy purposes, God, be revealed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-05
Lion Hunting in south Africa.

From the St. James Gazette.
81 was coming round the base of a little
rocky hill when heard, as 1 thought, some
pigs granting up on little bench jutting
out from this hill. I cooked the old gun,
slapped Bess to keep her quiet. and climbed
up on to this bench, expecting to see big
old boar, and all ready to take a snap shot
If he ran. When I got up there could see
nothing. so I stepped up on a big boulder
and there lay lioness and three cubs play
ing. She was boxing ones ears. Her mouth
was open. and the cub appeared to be try
ing to get into it. 1 am sure her mouth
looked big enough. She was facing me with
Ter head up when / first saw her, but just
as covered her she dropped it and gave
me good square shot at her head. Being
at very close range. l gave her center
shot with a hollow bullet. She never got
On her feet. She uttered one snarl, and, af-
ter partially rising, rolled over without
even kicking. Next morning John Ingram
and I started back with four blacks. We
got there before sunrise, and found every
thing o. X 1 saw by the spoor that the
cubs were still with her. After sknning
her We went up the kopje and found two
of the cubs. Then the fun began. The first
one We ran out was male, and a scrap
per, and by the way. he roared and switch
ed his tall you would have thought he was
papa. We ran him down the kopje and
aSioss d niue nat dooul iVo ydruS, anu
about 100 yards up another kopie. Bess
grabbed him again by the ear, and they
both rolled clear to the bottom the pup
tGwanda) trying to get a hold the niggers
yelling and the little lion roaring for all he
was worth. We tore off our shirts and
coats and threw them over the lion, and
finally, by getting on top of him. succeeded
IN tying his legs. We then took him back
to the old one and tied him. We afterward
went up in the kopje and caught a cub
lIoness. She had taken a stand in a crevice
of rock, and the dogs could not tackle her
With = short lasso and a forked stick We
got her out. The cubs are beauties, and
Just the right age"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-05
HEART WOUNDS,
Several Instances in which Patients
Have Recovered.

Several Instances in which Patients
Have Recovered.
From the London Hospital
The murder of Terriss has directed public
attention very strongly to the subject of
wounds of the heart and professional in
terest is aroused by the important fact
that, Notwithstanding the extent of the
wound. which pierced the heart right
through" the murdered man lived close
upon an hour. The cases I'm which patients
suffering from small wounds of the heart
have lived for some time and have even
recovered, are by no means rare A case
was reported at the Clinical Society last
year in which a man who had been stabbed
over the third left costal cartilage and
Fad suffered severely from hemorrhage,
died seTenty-nine days after the injury
from general causes, and after death a
scar was found in the right ventricle.
showing that the heart had been pene-
trated. But much more severe injuries of
the heart may be recovered from. Muhlig
relates the case Of a man who was stabbed
with a stiletto on the left side of the ster-
num. For a time his life was despaired of,
but he recovered, and returned to his en-
ploymert; and on his death, from other
causes. ten years later. it was found that
the pericardium was intimately adherent
to the heart land that there was rounded
opening on the inner surface of the right
ventricle admitting the little finger, and
corresponding hole in the inter-ventricu-
lar septum leading into the left ventricle.
1t is, however, very important from a
medico-legal point Of view to remember
that after large wounds of the heart pa
tients have been known to walk or run
some considerable distance after the re-
ceipt of the injury. An instance is on
record in which a stag. the auricle OF
whose heart had been practically destroyed,
ran fifty or sixty yards. Taylor relates
the following case: The keeper Of a brothel
was tried in Glasgow in the year 1919 for
the murder of sailor by shooting him
through the chest. The auricles and part
Of the aorta next to the heart were shat
tered to atoms" by the slugs and brass
nails with which the piece was charged;
and, in the opinion of the medical wit
nesses. the deceased must have dropped
down dead on the moment that he received
the shot. The body was found in the street.
and the door of the prisoners house was
eighteen feet up an entry: so that 1T fol-
lowed. II the medical opinion was correct.
that the prisoner must have run after the
deceased, and shot him in the street. 1t
had shot the deceased through the door
of his own house. while the latter was at
tempting to enter by force. There was, In
fact, stream of blood from the door TO
the spot where the body lay. The prisoner
was acquitted. But many very extraordi-
nary instances of the persistence OF life
after injury TO the heart are on record;
for example, one of man who lived Tor
twenty days with a skewer traversing the
heart from side to side, and another of
boy who lived for five weeks with a piece
of wood three inches long in his right ven
tricle.
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tni
Fa mes Cost.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.

from the Chicago Inter Ocean,.
Oh, scorn not things Of low degree,
And sigh for wealth and state;
Far better court humility
Than burdens of the great
For he who wins ambitions fight
Can never he at ease;
He gains tbs true, a worldly height,
But has u world 10 please. 90
For cares increase as honors grow,
And in his estate
He finds though bright those honors glow,
It's thraldom to the great.
The fatterers that about him throng
Each has some dole tapask; ~.
' TO please them Is no Idle song, -,.fF
=. But an Herculean task. ~
't We value things as they appear,
Nor count the cost and pain
Which line the road to that bright sphere
The envied ones attain.
Fame Is no royal heritage:
Its crowns are free to all;
But who its dizzIest heights would gauge
Must risk the dizziest fall.
Then sigh not for ambitions need,
Its sceptre and its crown;
Uneasy lies the kingIy head.
Though pillowed upon down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-05
The Trans-Siberfan Railway.

From the New York Times.
Imperial Railway Commissioner Chilkoff
has just made long report to the car
road will be opened throughout its entire
length next summer. and the journey may
then be make from st. Petersburg to Elad-
livestock in ten days. American rolling
stock and locomotives will be chiefly en-
ployed. The Russian commissioner has OBJ
tanned an interesting result by calculating
the actual running time of the various rail-
ways and steamship lines east and west
around the world, and comes to the conclu-
sion that the globe may, in ordinary times
and with present facilities, be circled in
thirty-three days. The itinerary is as fol-
lows: st. Petersburg to Vladivostock 10
days; Vladivostock to San Francisco, 10
days; San Francisco to New York, AZ
days; New York to Bremen, days;
Bremen to St Petersburg, 1m days. But.
by engaging special trains and the fastest
steamers, the tour may be reduced to
twenty-eight days, with an allowance Of
seven hours for delays. This itinerary is
as follows: Moscow to Vladivostock. 1891
hours: VladIyostock to San Francisco
go hours: San Francisco to New York
73.1 hours: New York to Plymouth, 1898
hours: Plymouth to London, 30 hours;
London to Moscow. SO hours: total, 6652
hours. 1t is suggested that when the
Trans-Siberian railway be completed that
commission, including Russian, English,
German, French and American representa-
tives. under the auspices of the Russian
government, make the tour of the world
Following the second itinerary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-05
Experience.

The lords of life. the lords Of life,
1 saw them pass
In their own guise,
Like and unlike,
POrtly and grim
Use and Surprise,
Surface and Dream
Succession swift and spectral Wrong,
Temperament without tongue,
And the inventor of the game
Omnipresent without ,ame-
Some to see, some to guessed;
They marched from east to west:
Little man, least of all.
Among the legs of his qua rtiians tall,
Walked about with puzzled look
Him by the hand dear Nature took,
Dearest Nature, strong and kind,
Whispered, Darling, never mind!
Tomorrow they will wear another face,
EMERSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-05
THE CONDUIT SYSTEM.
The Experience In New York Shows
1t Is Even More Profitable.

The Experience In New York Shows
1t Is Even More Profitable.
From the Chicago Record
Comparison Of results obtained in the
operation of overhead trolley and conduit
electric lines disclosed the fact that the
latter construction is more serviceable than
the former, in spite of the general belief
to the contrary.
In Chicago and elsewhere during the last
week trolley lines were down on all sides,
the service was interrupted and in many
Instances discontinued entirely, and the
operating companies found 1t difficult and
expensive to keep the lines open. Any one
who visited the outlying districts particu-
larly realized the disadvantages under
which the street railway companies oper-
ated. as wires were broken and poles snap
ped under the weight of snow and ice and
the pressure Of the wind that blew gale
In exposed places. Had the wires been
buried and a conduit electric road provided
Instead Of an overhead trolley system the
operating companies would have been spar
ed the annoyance and expense of repairing
ard reccnstructing their lines after the
storm, and the public would not have been
subjected to the delays and Inconvenience
suffered In every part of the city last week.
1t may be contended that the conduit
trolley road would have been blockaded
because of the snow and slLsh from the
street surface getting into the conduit
through the slot, but experience does not
support this view. In New York, for in
stance where they have had three years
experience with the conduit electric rail-
way, there IS no complaint of the conduit
filling up or the system being seriously
affected In snow. sleet or rain storms. At
first, 1T Is true defects of this nature were
noticeable, but they long since have been
overcome. First-class construction proved
to be the only requirement, and although
this was comparatively expensive, 1t has
proved good economy. as the maintenance
account is scarcely worthy of considera-
tion.
1t may interest street railway men to
know that the economy Of the conduit cleo
trio system in New York has proved to be
far greater than it's champions predicted
and that it compares favorably with the
Broadway cable line, which is the bes.
type of cable construction In the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-05
Seeing Stars.
From the London Mall.

If a man falls so as to strike his head
violently on the ice or on the pavement
or if he gets a blow over his eye, he is
said to "see stars. The cause Of this Gu
rious phenomenon is found in popularity
of the optic nerve. The function of that
nerve is to convey to the brain the i'm
preston of light. 1t recognizes nothing in
the world but light. 1t Is susceptible to
no other impression, or, If acted upon by
any other agent, 1t communicates TO the
brain the intelligence of the presence of
that agent by sending along its fiber flashes
OF light only. Irritate this nerve with q
probe or other instrument, and 1t CONVEYS
no sensation of pain. but simply that of
luminous sparks The pain of the blow
on the eye or the fall on the head is real
lzed through the nerves of general sensa-
ton; but. fnsusceptible to pain or other
Ieeiing, the optic nerve sends to the brain
its report OF the shock by flashes, sparks
and stars"
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A certain stout lady resolved to consult
physician about her corpulence. She had
no previous experience with ''banting" of
any sort The doctor drew up careful
dietary for her. She must eat dry toast,
plain boiled beef. and few other things of
the same lean sort, and In a month return
and report the result.
At the end of the time the lady came and
was so stout she could hardly get through
the door. The doctor was aghast.
did you eat what told your he asked
"Religiously." she answered
His brow wrinkled in perplexity. Sudden
iy he had q fash of inspiration.
did you eat anything else?' he asked
why, my ordinary mealsr' said the lady.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-05
RANDOMss VERSE
Ready I'm the RSFal District,.
ISI. s

Ready I'm the RsFhI Districts.
well. -ssiIT :.
We air all a-gttin' ready edoftn ter Ches' nut HILL
Yer kin hear tn drum a-thnrpn an til, fifes tool
shriIl, - y
An ev'ry fellers squirt gum bin polished up an
An tn back sights strsig5tened an tn eend
sights filed. -
Miss Sally Jcnes sent bids ont fur er pahty, an
When foxes arrove she give er bullet mole ter
evry man @rt
An ev'ry gal, an stidder tisncin like they allus
he'd
They sot a-makin' bullets inter red hot lead,
Oh, tn ole flags jist a-wayin' down ter Cbes mt
HILL 81 q
Even Parson Johnsing's sarinons hez patrot
thrill
An eff emmy them mattydores comes round down
thar
They'll find iii popylashuns loaded up fur bar,
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ing, and then we would begin at the bot
tom again. Finally. when the crew of tie
steamer was getting ready for the coming
docking OF the ship. we made ourselves
heard and the seals were broken We were
taken on deck and could barely gasp Wa
ter! 1t was given to us, and then in a lit
tie while We got hungry. That meat they
gave us tasted better to me than anything
l ever ate in my life We are all right now
put never want to go through an expert
ence like that again.
Luckily the cold air was not turned into
been frozen to death.
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Hats OF!

from the Youths Companion.
Hats on!
Along the street there comes
blare Of bugles, a rutfle OF drums,
A Hash OF color beneath the sky;
The flag is passing "! q
Blue and crimson aad white it shines,
Hats onI e.
The colors before u. hs;tt,
But more than the fiag la'passing By.
Sea fights and land Ashfs;s grim and great,
Fought to make and To save the state;
Weary marches, and Sinking ships;
Cheers Of victory on dying lips;
Days Of plenty and days of peace;
March OF strong lands swift increased
Equal Justice, right and Jaw,
Stately honor and reverend awei
Sign Of nation. great and strong
To ward her people from foreign wrongI
Pride and glory and hon6f all
Live In the eoiors toistand or fall.
Hats OF!
Along the street there comes
blare OF bugles, a ruffie Of drums,
And loyal hearts are beating high;
Hats OF!
The nag is passing byI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-05
The Coming War.

copyrighted by Sam Walter Foss.)
There will he war I'm Eurcne
Thrones be rent and overturned
eco and fetch pail of water said his wife,
''Natonc shall go down in slaughter
Ancient capitals be burned.
C'IIurry up and split the kindlings' said his
wife,
Cities wrapped in eonfagration!
Nation decimating nation,
Chaos crashing through creation!''
eco along and feed the Chickens said his wife,
'-And the shall reach to Asia
And the Orient be rent
t''When you going to pay the grocer:" says his
And the myrmdons of thunder
Shake the trembling continent
Hurry up and beat them CARPETS said his wife)
Million Hlyriads invading,
Rapine. rioting and raiding,
Conquest, carnage, cahnonadingi''
('wish you d come and stir this puddin," said his
wife,
80, II breaks my heart-tbis conflict
OF the Sclav and Celt and Dane
t'Boh has stubbed his rubber boots ont, said his
20. the dragsled Russian banners.
o, the chivalry Of SPAIN!
GIVE have got no more molasses," said bis wife,
See the marshaled millions led on
With no bIoodless sod s to tread ,e.I, on,
('IIurry up and get yeast cake" said his wife,
,o the as gTappls% Of the = M Nations,
("Did you know we're of four:" said his wife,
20, the many-centuried empires
Overwhelmed in slaughter's seal"
c'wish you'd go and put the cat OUT said his
wife,
Death and dreadful dissolution
Wreak their awful execution,
Carnage. anarchy, confusion"
C'Let me have two cents for needless" said his
wife,
IAN my love goes out to Europe
And my heart Is torn and sad
('How can keep house nothing?'' said his
80, the carnival Of carnage
o. the battle maestrem ma,!''
C'Wish you'd battle for living said his wife,
Down in smoke and blood and thunder,
While the stars look on in wonder,
Must these empires go under:''
c'Wherer re we going to get dinner:' said his
wife,
SAM WALTER FOSS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-05
An An. Man.
From Lafs.

Yes. sif. Blocker would make money
out OF anything"
sfs he luclIyr',
81 should say 20. Why. he married pen.
ntiess girl two years ago. and he got her
position that brings him In twelve hundred
dollars year"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-05
sHIPLOADS OF BIRTHSTONE.
The Enormous Amount of Crude Sui.
Phur Received i'm This Country.
Eron The Now York Tribune


From the New York Tribune.
Alfred 5. Malcomson has published an in
teresting statistical table, In which the
worlds consumption of birthstone Is shown
for seven years. This commercial COM
modify is of great Importance In many
branches of manufacture, but the fact is
not generally known In business circles that
11s,l3I tons came to the United States from
Sicily in 1897. and that the year before the
Importation was even larger.
This commodity comes exclusively from
Sicily, and to a great extent from the port
OF Palermo. 1t is shipped In bulk like coal.
and looks. in its raw condition, like pieces
Of broken stone about the size of those
which are used on macadam roads. 1t is a
auIl gray. ana from that to a bright yell
the grade the yellower the stone. It Is
handled by the large importers In it's crude
form only, and these dispose of 1t to the
manufacturers. by whom 1t 10 subjected to
processes which eliminate the dross and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-05
How Gold Was Found ON the klondike.
From the Century.

The famous Bonanza creek and the more
famous Ell Dorado creek are very like or
binary, everyday creeks in appearance-a
little less civilized. perhaps. than creeks to
be met with in the east. There are men
living In Alaska today who have hunted
moose over these creeks dozens of times;
but. as the old miners say, there were no
surface indications to lead any one to sup
pose that gold might be found in them, so
hundreds of miners passed by In their
boats, going to Forty Mile and Circle City,
The finding OF such gold II always an ac-
cident, and the old hands are usually the
last to realize the truth. "Stick George
Cormack and his squaw's relatives camped
on the creek for dinner one day. and some
how got to digging, and washed out some
gold. He went to Forty Mile and made
claim for discovery, and soon the news
spread like wfldfire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-05
Bal. for HIS Feelings.

From Puck
First Farmer-That Teller that buncoed
me has been arrested At last, an the pa
per says he's one OF the shrewdsst conf
dence men In the country.
Second Farmer-Don't do you much good.
does II!
First Farmer-weIl. Il proves what allus
said. that II takes putty wtde-awake chan
10 gft around me.
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Cupid Repulsed.

I met Dan Cupid yesterday
Himself and bow unstrung;
''What luck?" cried / and barred the way.
Come Stupid. find your tongue.'
He paused end sighed right dolefully
Held out u shattered darts
'Im going out Of trade. - Quoth he;
Another marble hearth,
Richard stiiimai Powell in Truth