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Evening star., 1900-03-31
From Chambers's Journal.

There are many Latin anagrams of unu-
sual merit and interest With wonderful
skill and patience, and almost Incredible
success, the long sentence. Ave Maria,
gratia plena, Dominus tecum'' c'Hail,
Maryi full of grace; the Lord is with thee'),
has been transformed into Virgo serena,
pia, munda, ct Immaculate ("Virgin Sc
rene, pious, pure and spotless'), and also
into "Regia nata, evadens luctum amari
pomf' c'Royal offspring. escaping the sor-
row of the bitter apple'D; ID. Martinus
Lutherus,' thus dealt with. becomes ''ut
TURKS das lumen" cas- tower thou givest
light"D; "Elisabetha Regina Angliae" be-
comes ''Anglis agna, Hiberfae lea (''to the
English a lamb, to Spain a lioness'D: while
'Carolus Rex" shines out as tcras ero lux
C"tomorrow l shall be a light"), and is
said to have been written by King Charles
IL on the eve of his restoration upon
window at Kings Newton Hall, Derbyshire
A sad presage Of her fate was found in
the sentence Maria Steuarda Scotorum
Regina which forms the anagram 'Trusa
vi regnis, morte amara cado" ("Thrust by
violence from my realm, 1 fall by bitter
deatho- The curious juggle with letters
which allies the title -'Suprenus Pontifex
Romanus' with the phrase 60 non sum
super petram fiXus" GO, 1 am not founded
on rockD, sentiment quite out of har-
mony with the claims of its exalted subject,
can by a slight interchange of letters be
altered into the very motto which would
have been appropriate and acceptable to
Pope Pho Mono, Sum Mono super petram
hxus' CT am Mono. founded on rock').
Evening star., 1900-03-31
Little Animals the Cinnamon E,t

FROM the New Orleans Times Democrat
1.-The current impression that Cinnamon
eat rats-1 mean ordinary American ratsls
all nonsense" said DIR. James J. Mason a
well-known Chinese missionary, chatting
about his experiences in the fowery king
dom. The truth in regard to 1t is this.
Ihere Is small animal in China known
couoquially as the tsui-chow, that is often
bred especially for food. 1t infests the rice
fields. and is about the size of an ordinary
rat, but has longer body and a head
SNAPPED something like that of ferret IT
ls very prolific creature and is sold in
enormous numbers in all the markets of
the great cities-neatly cleaned and skew
cred apart, and strung in punches of twenty
or thirty on bamboo reeds. The tsui-chow
Is strictly an edible animal and, feeding en-
t1rely on rice, 1t naturally has very delicate
and savory flesh. l have eaten them and
II had been able to get the rat idea ont Of
my mind would have relished the dish
Ihey taste something like young squirrels,
ana allVe or dead are certainly much less
repulsive than many things we commonly
esteem as delicacies-eels and frogs, for ex-
ample. A good many Of these rice-field
rats can't recall their correct geological
tltle-are sent over to the Chinese colonies
in San Francisco, and Americans who have
seen them at the native restaurants clean
ed and strung on wands as l have describ-
ed, have jumped at the conclusion that they
were common house rats, caught on the
premises. If such thing is ever done 1t
is by some very low types of coolies A
self-respectfng Chnaman would shrink
from such food with as much aversion as
an American"
Evening star., 1900-03-31
Early Experiments I'm Air Flight,

FROM Appleton Popular Monthly.
Credible ACCOUNTS exist of an English
Benedictine monk, Oliver of Malmesbury
in the eleventh century, having tried to hv
by precipitating himself from the height of
a tower, with the assistance of wings at
tached to his arms and his feet. 1t is said
That after having gone along a little Way
he fell and broke his legs. He attributed
his accident to failure to provide his ap-
paratus with tail. which would have
helped preserve his equilibrium and made
the descent gentler one
IN the sixteenth century Leonardo da
Nlncl nrst demonstrated that a bird which
Is heavier than the air, sustains itself, ad-
Edhces IN the air, by rendering the fluid
oenser where 1t passes than where it does
not pass In order to fly it has to fix its
point or support on the air; it's wing in the
descending stroke exerts a pressure from
above down, the reaction of which from
peiow up forces the center of gravity of its
body to ascend at each instant to the height
at which the bird wishes to maintain II
Some sketches that have come down tn nc
prove that Leonardo occupied himself like
Ohver of Malmesbury with giving man
power to fly by the aid of wings suitably
n&ed 10 his body. We owe to Leonardo
also the invention of the parachute which
he described in the following terms: IF
a man mad a pavilion, each side of which
was hfteen braces wide and twelve braces
hlgh, he might cast himself from any
helght whatever, without fear of danger
1t may be said. too, of Leonardo da Vinci
that he was the first to suggest the idea
OF the screw propeller
Evening star., 1900-03-31

cles of snow caught up by the wind, and
giittering high in the air like diamonds.
But it is a cold night, and you are not sor-
ry to get into your ROOM First of all, you
take a blanket so from the bed. for there
are people in Canada who sleep all the year
round with only sheet over them. to such
pitch of perfection have they brought the
heating of their rooms.
After you have tucked yourself IN the
snIlness OF the night is broken occasionally
by report like a cannon. Have you ever
been inside a bathing machine when a mis-
chievous boy threw stone at it? And. if
SO. do you remember how you jumped?
the bitter cold the effect is similar, only
Blagnified- But you know what 1t means
here, so you only draw the clothes closer
round you. thankful that you are snug and
warm. And so good night.
Evening star., 1900-03-31

for harvesting the ice makes the work less
costly and difficult every year. At present
good Ice on the river can be harvested at
the rate of Is cents per ton. and when the
ice Is poor and needs considerable scraping
the cost rarely exceeds 10 cents per ton.
Machinery is now employed for cutting the
Ice. and one man can operate the cutting
machine so that he does the work Of FIVE
men with the old hand saws. The scraping.
planning, hoisting and packing are also done
by new machinery. so that in fifteen to
twenty days full crop can be harvested.
be gathered is SO short some winters that
the necessity of economizing time has be-
come imperative. When the season really
opens. and the ice Is declared thick enough.
the upper Hudson is swarming with busy
ice cutters. who divide the honors of Ane
picturesque scene with the skaters and the
navigators of swift ice boats.
Evening star., 1900-03-31
A Boer Idea of the British Arux

From the London News
The Boer prisoners in hospital still con-
tinue TO prosper and wax fat 1 was speak,
ing to one Of them the other day. He was
an exceedingly interesting man, and the
hait hours conversation was most instruc-
i've to me. He was educated at Stellen-
bosch. the Cape Dutch University Center.
and was one Of the last men one would
imagine to have any mistaken notion as to
Britain's resources. and yet he Informed
me he had been under the impression that
diers! VI WV SUI
Dd you remember the character IN ono
or Rider Haggard's books-"Jess." tbinkN
who had been to Cape Town and counted
the British army? Personally I shonId
never have believed that such stupendons
ignorance could have possibly existed.
But surely 1 argued, you must know
that the British army consists of more thar
500! You read the papers, YOU have .
knowledge of the world''-
My friend, the Boer prisoner, shoo,, b,s
head with wise smile. "I have seen onIv
accounts Of a big English army in the Eng.
lish papers. What would be easier than for
your cornmander-in-chief to put down an
extra hundred thousand troops on panery
If you have SO many troops, why are vo,,
sending to India, ia, and Australia and
China, for assistance?" I did not attemnt
to explain.
Evening star., 1900-03-31
A GETTYsBURG INCIDENT.
A Soldier stunned by the Explosion of
Shell.

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat
81 see by the war cablegrams." said
resident of Pittsburg at one of the hotels,
that some of the dead Beers found III the
trenches where lyddite shells had burst
were without visible wounds. Apparently
they had been killed by shock. That re-
calls to me forcfbly very remarkable
case, for which 1 vouch personally.
During the first days fighting at Gettys-
burg young man named Joe Cady, sec
ond lieutenant in the Goth Pennsylvania
was supposed to have Seen killed by a
shell which exploded within few yards of
his head Later in the day some passing
comrades saw that he was breathing and
carried him to the rear. where the sur
SeonS made an examination, and, greatly
10 their surprise, could find no wound. The
man was IN profound stupor, but to all
appearances was physically unhurt He
was sent to the general hospital at Wash
lnSton, and from thence to his home, still
IN the same condition. Cady was the son
OF a farmer who lived near Harrisburg,
and my own people knew the family quite
Wei. L was boy not more than five or
SIX years old when the lieutenant reached
the old farm, but l remember distinctly
What sensation the case created
For several weeks Cady lay exactly like
one dead. and then. very gradually, he be-
gan to emerge from Inconsistencies into a
horrlp!e automatic sort of life, next door to
No,,Piete iuiocy. he could sit up, and even
walk few steps, but his mind was a blank,
ana the only sounds he uttered We're gut
tural noises, like an animal. That shocking
condition remained unaltered for nearly
three years; then. suddenly without warn
ing, ne had seizure like catalepsy from
which he awoke in few hours in complete
possession of his reason. He was terribly
bewiidered, of course, and had no idea
where he was, but after the shock of walk
ing passed off he was as sane as ever Dur
ing the years his faculties were in suspense
ne sat most of the time with his ewes
closed, and the consequence was that they
We're very sensitive to light He had to
wear blue glasses for some time but that
seemed to be the only bad effect he suffer
ed. Lieut. Cady became an active bust
ness man, and died in 1889 or 1880. An au-
topsy might have given some clue to his
long trance, but believe none was held"
Evening star., 1900-03-31

From the San Francisco Bulletin
John Bartini and Joe Lafranky two ItaI-
ian fishermen, came very near meeting
their deaths this morning off McNeer's
Point in San Pablo bay. Bartini and La
frankly had their nets set for the purpose
of catching founders, and when the tide
started to turn they proceeded to pull I'm.
when they noticed that the nets were
harder to handle than usual. They thought
they had an unusually large catch of fioun-
ders. but when they had fully forty fathoms
OF net pulled into the boat a large sea lion
was noticed splashing the water at flu
rious rate Bartini called to Lafranky to
get an car and hit him, but Just as he had
said the word the lion stuck his head
out of the water, and, seeing the boat and
Its occupants. made a lunge, capsizing the
craft.
diately jumped for his partner and seizine
him by the arm, dragged him to the boat
and finally managed to get him on the bot
tom. When the boat capsized the anchor
fell overheard, and the craft was made
fast.
The sea Hon continued splashing the wa
ter at terrific rate, and the Italians were
badly frightened. They called for helm
but their cries were of no avail, as their
voices could not be heard a hundred yards.
the wind blowing terrific gale.
Finally, after they had been in the water
for fully three hours. a schooner was
sighted coming from the Patent brick yard.
and the crew lowered a small boat ana
went to the rescue of the Italians who
were almost exhausted from fright and
cold. After about an hour the boat was
righted. the lion being killed with a shot
gun from the schooner. 1t proved 10 he a
large one. weighing fully 1,000 pounds. The
hon was probably following a shoai OF her
ring up the bay and ran foul of the net
and succeeded In getting tangled up IN IL
The net Is a complete wreck This IS the
second time that sea lion has been 40
caught In San Pablo bay and almost at the
cost of life.
Evening star., 1900-03-31
The Village Sugarsmfth,

Ioui tne NnlcaSO 1rlDune.
Under a spreading maple tree
The sugarmakcr stands
tired locking man is he
With large and grimy hands,
For he tends a grove that covers uuits
Four acres OF his lands.
Ills hair and beard are all untrfmmed.
His face Is like the tan,
His brow is wet with dew and sweat
He eats whene'er he can;
And his pals he watches like n hawk
For he trusts not boy or man.
Day in, day out. the season through
You can hear him puff end blow.
You can see him tote his heavy pals
With both hands. to and fro
Like Il boy who waters the elephant
When he wants to see the show
And children coming home from school
Look wfstfully through the fence
And hang around that sugar camp
Until they are driven thence
For they thirst to swig the maple Juice
win longing NEST intense.
Toiling, boiling, sugaring,
On through the week he goes
Each evening sees a task begin
That morning doesn't close
He grabs his buckets and prepares
For one more day of woes
Thanks, thanks, to thee, nv old time friend,
Inc world cannot gainsay
Ihat your big iron pot turns out
straight goods though well-a -day!
lis precious little from your pot
Ihat ever comes our way.
Evening star., 1900-03-31
Hudson River Ice Cutters,
From Harper's Weekly.


The army Of ice cutters on the Hudson
river forms one of the most picturesque
features of winter landscape life, and inst
now over ten thousand cutters are engaged
in harvesting the crop. OF late years the
storage capacity of the Hudson river tca
houses has increased so that there is uttIa
danger of an ice famine, even IL an nnan
winter should occur. Almost half the cron
gathered last winter is stfll In storage. and
1t is the object OF the dealers In time To
increase the supply SO that enough for two
years can be carried ahead. Fully four
million tons Of ice will be cut this winter
and stored in the mammoth storage houses
along the river. The capacity of these n
SO crowded Just now, because Of the sur
plus amount carried over from last wear
that every available building near the river
front Is impressed into service as q storage
house.
Nearly half q million dollars Ia ps,d
every winter to the harvesters Of the H,id
son river ice. and great many OF them
depend upon this business for their winter
employment The invsntion ct machinss
Evening star., 1900-03-31
Life,

l. r. Askew in the Canadian Magazine.
l saw beam of light
NJ NJ shinhere1 on Its way through realm OF gloom
more swift than shuttle in weayers loom
And sbone upon my sight
l saw n falling tear
II glistened in the glory of the sum-
Like threads Of crystalline reflection spun
But soon to disappear.
/ saw sr,eck OF white,
Far out upon the bosom Of the deep
Like some fair goddess sinking in her sleep.
Into the liquid night.
1 saw a falling star,
II shot IT'S golden course along the sky,
But persisted in the twinkling OF an eve
Within the deeps afar.
saw a human soul
II looked on Time and with a piercing crv
1t faded into Immortality ~
A part Of the Great Whole
Evening star., 1900-03-31
An Adventure, A


from the California Curlo
Three smart young men and three nice pirls
All lovers true as steel eA'
Decided in friendly way
To spend the day a-wheel
They started in the early morn
And nothing seemed amiss:
And when they reached the leafv lanes
They in ' "eS S,,
l"os thsi
They wandered by the verdant dale
Beside the ripping rill;
The sun shone brightly all the while.
ihey heard the song birds trill
1hey sped through many a woodland glade
The world was full of bliss e."u0
AMI when they rested In the shade
lntwos likethisi
Inc sun went down and evening came.
lot too soon, they said;
100 long they tarried on the yay
The clouds grew black o'erhead
Down dashed the rain, They boIneward fav
TIN one unlucky miss "'
shipped sideways-Crashi Great Scot!
The lot
Observation-Disclosures,
Evening star., 1900-03-31
o Thou of Little Faith

Sad hearted, be at peace; the snowdrop lies
Buried In sepulchre OF CHASTITY snow:
But spring Is floating up the southern skies
And darkiing the pale snowdrop waits below.
Let me persuade: In duh December's day
We scarce believe there b a month of Juna.
But up the stairs of April and of Nav
The hot sun climbed to the summers noop-
YET hear me: l love God. and half rest,
better! God loves thee no all rest th,,
lie Is our summer, our im-visoned Rest
And In His heart thy prayer is resting now.
-3EORGE MacDONAIn
Evening star., 1900-03-31
An Empty Nest.


Margaret E. Sangster in Frank Leslie's
Never sign in this empty nest
VI the love that mated, the love that sunp.
The birds are flown to the east and west.
And the husk of their homestead has no tonspo
To tell Of the sweet still summer eyes eDe
Of the sweeter, merrier summer DAYS:
oniy nest In the falling leaves,
And silence here in the woods da rk maze
But hold in my hand the dainty thing,
Woven Of feather and fun and reed
Once twas the haven of breast and wing
And the shelter Of callow and helpless need
1t tells of a passionate giadness gone;
1t dumbly whispers that love is best:
That never a night but has had a dawn
And drop kiss In the empty nest
Evening star., 1900-03-31
The Mother,
From the New York prass

From the New York Press
A little ring of gold-a battered shoe
faded, curling wisp of yellow hair
Some penciled pictures-playthings one or two
A corner and a chest to hold them there.
Many woman's fondest heard is this
Among her dearest treasures none SO dear
Ihough bearded lips are often hers to Kiss
Ihat once made only prattle to her ear
The sturdy arm, the seasoned form. the brow
Ihat arches over eyes of manly blue
Mean all joy to her living memory now.
And yet-and yet-she hugs the other tool
With that rare love- mysterious and daen
Down In a mother heart thro' all the Years
Ihat placid age can never lull to sleep
And is not grief. yet oft brings foolish tears
she often goes those boarded things to view
~ Anu niger tne wee treasures hidden there
And kiss the curling wisp Of yellow hairi
Evening star., 1900-03-31

Why Cats Arch Their Backs.

From the New York Herald.
1t is not anger aloneIlthat makes cats arch
their backs; indeed. when two cats are pre-
pairing to fight they do not assume this at
ttude, but crouch low, just as they do
when about to spring on their prey. the
body extended, and the hair not in the
least erect.
1t is noticeable that a cat will also arch
Its back when in an affectionate frame of
n:ind, rubbing itself against its MASTER q
leg At the same time 1t slightly raises its
fur and holds its tail erect It's whole at
dtude is just the reverse of that which II
assumes when savage. Darwin accounts
for this In the following words: '.Certain
states Of mind lead to certain habituai
actions which are of mo service Now. when
q directly opposite state of mind is induced
there Is strong and Involuntary tendency
70 tne performance of a movement of a
directly opposite nature, though IL NAV ha
OF no Servica" = -' w
Evening star., 1900-03-31
A Cold Night In Canada


Inc SKY at night is deep dark blue, and
tie stars are Ike dropping balls of fire. so
10 o.ose 'hey seem TO be almost within reach.
The northern lights look as IL ,,tas,.
paint brush had been dipped in phosnbor
escent fame and drawn in .,r.a, ~,
strokes across the heavens AS Won nass
the electric lamps you see very fne oarTi.
Evening star., 1900-03-31

Susie II. Best in the New York Home Journal.
I saw the lightnings and heard
The furtling thunderbolts of Joye:
1t seemed the Universe was Jared
When lol the rainbow pledged His love.
Evening star., 1900-03-31
Expansion.

From the Chicago Times Herald
Madam" said the agent, II am selling @
condensed history Of the United States
May show"
NO. she interrupted, I'VE don't want
anything condensed. We've decided to .i!,e
up our fiat and take house this sprins.'.
Evening star., 1900-03-31
Dare Not.
Clarence Hawkes. In Donahoe's.

Dars not to faltsr when the wave rolls I'm
ThGt beckous you to action stroug and grand
For tt may pass and leave upon the sand
sAapwrecked Life that dared not b hegis
Evening star., 1900-03-31

Johnnie. how would You divide thirteen
apples equally among fourteen boys?"
Make EN- into apple sauce, sarv'-Iifo
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-30

ter now. whether anything was wrong
twenty-one years ago or not. Naturally,
when the only occupants Of the pound are
frlendless dogs without any owners to in
vestigate their condition and write to the
papers. nothing was said Of their suffer-
ings. but when pet animals are crowded
in with dogs suffering from various canine
diseases, when they are exposed to the
weather by inadequate shelter at the
pound. their owners are likely to protest.
Altogether, it is hard to see that THIS
plaintive expostulation On the part OF the
Commissioners amounts to anything. No
particular reason is given for Withholding
this opportunity from the Humane Society.
and it is not explained why the Commits
sicners are 50 anxious to retain control OF
the pound. The dog owners Of the District
are DESTROYS that something should he c2ne
TO remedy the present state OF Alters
and there really seems 20 be no reason WY
the Humane Society is not fitted to carry
on the reform
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-30
PREPARING FOR THE FOURTH
An Immense Celebration to he Held
Mt Cnntou Ohio.

CANTON. Ohio. April % -Preparations
are being made in Canton fer the biggest
celebration Ohio has seen for many years.
The presence of President Mckinley and
Judge William r. Day has been INSURED.
Admiral Dewey. Gen. Joseph Wheeler,
Governor Nash. Governor Roosevelt, Sen
ators Hanna and Foraker, and other noted
men have been invited.
An elaborate programme has been pre-
pared Spanish cannon captured st san
tiago end loaned to Canton by the United
States Government, through the efforts OF
Judge Day. will be formally dedicated. An
invitation to be present has been accepted
by every company Of the Eighth regiment.
the Presidents Own" and other military
bodies are expected. Invitations have
been extended to all the uniformed So j.
cites within radius OF seveuty-five miles.
Many have assured the general committee
that they will be present. At least $50
mail carriers from Cleveland, Akron,
Youngstown, Mansfield. Massiion. and 9TH
er places will be in line. A novel feature
Of the programme is the number o. bands.
Invitations have been sent to the dozen
or more bands in this county. and to others
in cities and towns OF adjacent counties
to be present. Acceptances have been re-
ceiyed from Tsany at this early date The
railways of the city have granted special
rates, and half a dozen excursion trains
are already guaranteed. The trains viii
come in early in the day and return after
the evening fireworks.
The forenoon is to be given over 10 an
industrial and civic parade. Manuiactur-
ers of Canton and adjacent towns will dis
play their wares and show floats. All ire
srrfrH
of St. John. knights Templar, and Others
OF this section of Ohio are expected The
military parade and the formal dedication
Of the Spanish cannon viii take place in
the afternoon. In the evening there " II
be a pyrotechnic display.
The committee in charge say there will
likely be $4,000 or more visitors in the
Presidents home city or Independence
Day
The President is expected to make the
Fourth Of July grafton.
On the same day the Democratic Ma
tional Convention viii meet in Kansas
City.