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Evening star., 1900-01-27
Rocking the Boys to Sleep.

Gertrude NJ Hoag In the Telescope.
l sit mo down in the twilight cool
of busy summers day.
And close my eyes, and live again
The time far away.
When Eddie and James and John were here;
And the tears to my eyes will creep
For / seem to sit in the old brown chair,
A-roekin' the boys to sleep
bring John back from home Of wealth,
Where fame and honor dwell,
And sing and rock him tn sleep once more,
Mere happy than tongue can tell.
/ brave the storms a shnrelcSs sea
Where tempest and surgeS sweep.
And james Is here and | rock again
My wandering boy to sleep.
I build stair to the heavens tall.
And reach in its sweet domain
Tor little Eddie and bring Him back
To my lonely home again.
My thrUSbing heart is heavy Row
With yearllng strong and deep.
As smooth the curls Of my only babe
And rrck him once more To sleep.
They say the old chair Is useless now,
''Tis cr"aking, and dull with age,
And must be forever put aside.
Like weIl-learned worn-out page.
But the old brown chair sings a song to me,
As il whispers Of other years.
And IL tells of the roughcutd places SIpotbed
And nHrmurs Of childish tears.
Yes, th" cid chair tells in an undertone
In a voice 50 creaking and old
OF the comfort 1t gave through summers heat
As well IN winters cold:
How those little dependent lives were soothed
through their childish sorrows deep,
S> " did It's hest TO pS>e each pain,
Nhiic rocking the boys TO sleep.
Evening star., 1900-01-27
Spanish Traditions I'm Italy.
From the Contemporary

Hioin iHe contemporary
Spanish traditions still reign In several OF
the southern provinces of Italy. There are
many little towns in the Neapoiitan district,
for instance, where the women Of the upper
and middle classes cannot go out on foot by
themselves. no matter what their age may
be. Failing male escort-husband. broth
er or friend-they are followed by a duennai
These Castillian customs are dying out:
but even the great centers of the south,
where the habits and manners of modern
life seem well established they have left
their traces. and where even a small modi-
cum of liberty for women is still in dispute
how is the public mind to be persuaded to
consider seriously social transformation
having for its object the equality of the
sexes? The young woman of today con-
siders herself already fairly well on when
she remembers that her mother dared not
walk alone In the streets of Naples. Enjoy
ing her new Independence, she never THINKS
of aspiring to the dignity of a vote and
her dreams are not troubled by any desire
to see herself clad in the cap and gown of
Portia-
Evening star., 1900-01-27
CordOvan Leather Boots.
ON the Gentleman's Magazine.

AT the court of Elizabeth the wide-topped
Spanish boot-handsome. and, to our eyes,
theatrical-became popular among the rival
courtiers. each endeayoring to outvie the
other in the queens eyes. The most hand
some and admired of all were made of
white Cordova leather, edged with costly
lace and having gold spuks, Sometimes buff
and red. and much move rarely the now
prevailing black leather was fthe material.
Shoes for men seem to> have gone out of
fashion during the Stuart SeraSso far as the
upper classes went. Your plain citizen al
ways adhered to more or less substantial
shoe when at home, and seldom drew on
expedition. however short th distance. up
to the middle of the last cerNiry. Thus in
Charles IFS day. Cowley. Whiting to DR..
Thomas Sprat from so nsar &splace to Lon
don as Chertsey, says tffHt BE might very
conveniently come thithar s'the way of
Hampton town, lying there one night
Evening star., 1900-01-27
From Chambers Journal.

From CHAMBERS Journal-
Wines and spirits on an English man-of-
war are laid in by the officers at their own
cost. The quantity, however, is limited by
the wants of each mess. The orders to the
wine merchant must be ''yised" by the
captain, and he is supposed to keep a care
full eye on the amount consumed. The Off
GERS no longer receive rations of rum, but
a small allowance In money instead; nor is
IT issued to seamen under twenty years of
age Before being served out to the crew
1t is again diluted in the proportion of one
part of rum to three parts of water. This
is grog, which derives its name from Ad-
miral Vernon. He 1t was who first diluted
rum. He habitually wore grogram coat,
and went by the name of Old Grog. The
barrel is broached on deck at the dinner
hour, and each comes forward with his
pannillin in turn. All government stores
are marked in some way so that they can
be readily identified. The rum has a small
quantity of finely chopped hair introduced
into It, which can be detected by holding ii
up to the light.
Evening star., 1900-01-27
QUEER FLORIDA FISHES.
Odd Members of the F'inny Tribe
Found by the Fish Commission.


From the Atlanta Constitution.
The Florida waters are strikingly rich in
fish life, and the United States fish COM
mission has just published a check list in
small compass. which will be interesting to
anglers everywhere.
Sixteen different kinds of sharks have
been taken and identified. Among them
are the curious nurse shark. the great
tiger shark, the swift and ravenous mack
erel shark. the ugly and strange angel
shark and the huge hammerhead.
There are thirteen varieties of rays in
Guiding everything from the common barn
door skate to the electric ray and the i'm
mense butterfly ray. There are no fewer
than six varieties of the terrible sting ray,
locally known as stingarees and feared as
being fatally yenomous Strange rays are
the eagle rays, and stranger still are the
monstrous devilfish. more popularity known
as seadevils. thus being distinguished from
the octopus and the squid, which are called
deVllfiSh all over the world.
There are three varieties of garfish, the
lons-nosed garpike. the short-nosed gar and
the alligator gar, which is feared by fisher
men as much or more than shark.
Eleven species of catfish are listed, rang
Ing from the blue cat of 100 pounds and
more to the tiny fellows of one-quarter of
a pound.
Twenty-three kinds of eels are to be
found in the inland and oceanic waters of
FLORIDA There are three varieties of fierce
and serpent-like morays. There are two
varieties of tarpon, and twenty-five varie-
ties of the rest of the herring family.
Among the more curious fishes that are
not known generally are the lizard fish. the
viper fish, the snake eels. the needle and
the hound fish, the trumpet and the cornet
fish. pipe fish and sea horses, there being
four varieties of the latter: the savage var
racudas, the cutlass fishes. sawfish, amper
Jacks. moon fish. the triple tails, the rudder
fish. croakers, parrot fish. lady fish. angel
fish, trigger. file and trunk fish, buffers, or
blow fish. of which there are twelve varie
ties; the shark suckers and other remora
fishes which have fat disc like the sole
of a rubber shoe top of their heads, with
which they attach themselves by suction
to a shark or anything else; the star gaZ-
ers, which have eyes that are turned up
ward at so sharp an angle that they have
a ludicrously sanctfmonious aspect: the
hideous bat fishes, which look as if they
had escaped from the inferno; and, for
beauty, the lovely little bride fish, also
known as the foureye fish, because IT has
a deep velvety black spot just behind the
tail which looks like glowing eye.
Evening star., 1900-01-27
Chinese Inquests.

From the Chicago News.
Coroners' inquests are well known among
the Chinese. One OF the chief differences
between their system and ours is that the
Chinese doctors never dissect. In fact,
Cinnamon have a perfect horror Of dissee-
ton.
There are few things more absurd than
the code of rules laid down for the Chinese
coroner. In the first place he is hidden to
make sure that he has a dead body before
he begins his inquest That. however, is
less ridiculous than it sounds, for the
heather Chinee is tricky and may demand
an inquest on sham deceased with a view
OF eXtorting money from some person who
may be denounced as having caused the
death.
The preposterous part of the code comes
iE with regard to the alleged signs which
show the cause of death. If the deceased
is supposed to have been poisoned, rice Is
put into his mouth and then taken out and
given to a chicken. Its effect on the fowl
decides the question. Most of the other
methods adopted are even more absurd and
fanciful, and as result inquests in China
do very little to prevent crime.
Evening star., 1900-01-27
AN ODD CASE.
1t VIII Lfnger Long in the Memory
of a Surgeon.

1t VIII Lfnger Long in the Memory
of a Surgeon.
From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
What was the strangest case I ever
had?' said one of the surgeons in attend
ance at the late convention, repeating the
question of a reporter with whom he was
chatting. well, let me see. 1 believe
the oldest incident of my career occurred
in-but hold! on second thought I don't
care to give any names or dates. The
facts, if you like, were these: I was called
by messenger to a cheap boarding house
one evening to attend a man who was
said to have been hurt in a fight found
young fellow of twenty-five or there
abouts, half dazed, with bloody contu-
sion on one of his cheeks and badly
broken nose. The bridge was smashed al
most fiat with the face, and saw at once
that the case would need very careful
handling to prevent great Disagreement.
Not to bother you with technical details.
confined myself that night to superficial
dressing. and deferred further proceedings
until next day. When L called the follow
ing morning the young man had quite re-
covered his senses, and although his
clothes were shabby and all his surround
ings poor and mean, it was evident from
his hands, talk and bearing that he had
never done any hard work and was per-
son of education and refinement 1 took
him for the black sheep of some good fam
briefly that 1 would try to restore his nose
as far as possible by performing slight
operation and inserting an artificial sup
port. To my astonishment, he objected
fatty. and insisted on letting it heal ex-
actly as it was. But You will be fright
fully dsigured,' I protested: I doubt if
your best friends would recognize you
Strange to say, that assurance seemed to
render him only the firmer, and was COM
PEELED to let him have his way. 1t was
nearly three weeks before he was well, and,
as l anticipated, he looked exactly like
some battered bruiser of the prize ring.
never saw the man again, but six months
later I was shown the photograph of a
handsome young chap who was badly
wanted for a big embezzlement 1 put my
finger over the nose and recognized my late
patient. He had walked aboard ship right
under the eyes of the detectives and sailed
for the Argentine Republic. They had his
photo, but never dreamed Of connecting 1t
with the caved-in countenance of that par
ticular passenger" Did he get somebody
to break his nose on purpose?' asked the
reporter. Il never ascertained," said the
surgeon
Evening star., 1900-01-27
CAMEO CARVING.
Brief Description of the Tools and the
Method Employed.

F..al tle New Ycrs Evening Pest
AL ire tools used by the cameo carver
would make but a handful The worker
SITS before a wheel turned by pedal; tools
occupy a small corner Of the table surface
ur. which the workers hands rest while he
holds the shaped stone or shell beneath the
l4eedIe-like drin The little pointed inStru-
rnyntS which are used 10 drill resemble
those employed by 4 dentist and indeed it
was from tine cameo carvers kit that the
dentists got many Of their ideas when the
',ul- NOW liz use by Jh-m came to be man
stf rrUred. thirty years ago The drills
.gry in thickness according To the portion
8f tile figure or design u be executed. some
are a- line as the 10 Mt Of a clnbric needle.
y small china receptacle also stands near.
ailgi with oil and diamond dust. and into
.h.S tn workman frequently dips his tool
..IrlJ- lhy progress of his work. The
cameo cutters occupation is very eXactinS.
si- can pui q "u2 % lev hours WORK at d
time a. "A usual thing, because Of the ten
SION ,g ms nerves. A quayering hand may
.r' rl-I'pu~lOle for t1. single stroke which
:" so sil a weeks work He must have an
ay- @itn"St Eke = microscope. and very
t,IECJrr touch ne must br an artist in
-.-r and a. killed 4 craftsman as is d
vt,eitrua s.er: he must know how to model
and draw. and ne must have q knowledge
ur chemistry. 80 as u remove offending
spots The WORK - executed in relief on
IGIuy kinds Of ntri or precious stones, but
ssSs1li.iiy thr cnalcedon;c variety of
u.artz. and on shells The cameo cutter
himself prefers onyx because Of it's dark
+-i light layers, which throw out in bold
I'-.-t e white hid say. against a black
b.r5=rauad. lie evolves his picture by re-
inJ'.IS all that portion Of the white STRAIT
AN r'.suI .ninE Jf--r the he ad has been COM
iir-.f' Sapphire blocks are used carne-
--'.. TURQUOISE. amethyst and numerous
Other tones j. takes about one month to
execute q portrait on onyx. while much less
tH.H l. consumed II the work is done on
smell There is always great danger of the
laGsr breaking. and its durability, too ls
not great. 50 t1at shell, as rule is not a.
desirable as the harder materials \ Dor
lTALt on onyx VIII cost 500, while one in
shell may be had for S.1. The INQUIRIES for
the arc rare, aE1 building up a patronage
IS ~l1~. ard ) accomplished mainly by y2t-
is'lel customers influencing others
Evening star., 1900-01-27
Bedtime.

lillian Hervcy Woods in the Independent
The Father stopped moulding star,
And looked down TO Men
"It is bedtime; put up your toys"
He said; and again
Was busy star-building. But straight
His children gan fret
And murmur. The Statesman, aggrieved.
Pra! ed. Must | just YETI
The Soldier was pleading, ''oh. wait
Till after this fight
And the Poet. shaking his hair,
Cried, Il hate the night
And the Lord God answered them not
Nor yea nor yet nay
Till His now world, finished and lit,
Rolled forth and away.
Then He bent Him above them. Their heads
Were heavy and low,
And they knew not when their limp palms
Let the playthinSs GO.
But deep was the smile in His eyes,
And gentle the hands
That lifted them close to His breast
And loosened the bands
That are flesh: and folded away
Their mortality,
Tho they whlmpered little STILL
Not knowing twas He.
And He laid them down in a place
Close under His eye,
There to slumber the long night through
With Him watching by.
rs this" then 1 cried out, 'the dread
That long has oppres essed
All the world? Is Death but a last
Disrobing for rest?'
And ont of the dream had dreamed
This comfort there grew
At bedtime our Father in Heaven
Is our Mother, too.
Evening star., 1900-01-27

7
SlE y TOO uucn importance is attached
10 he scarcity of soap i'll the Beers farm
Houses People may be very clean and use
very H,te soap The Russians and Japan
ese cleanse themselves with vapor baths,
rar.ly using soap when they do so. \ really
holiday skin elearscs Itself. Rough inside
clothing. which. presume. the Beers wear.
is = great skir cleanser / have known CT
do1-0Fs curing skin diseases by insisting. on
lingerie &c luxe being cast aside and coarse
undeESafments worn instead. The late
emperor Of the French hardly ever soaDet
his hands until he went TO England have
conc across 4 paper found in his desk nj
the TU.ilcries- 1t contained the Instructions
Of The King of Holland TO the governor of
his t@o elder sons Among the things for
bidder was for the young princes hands TO
be washed with soap They were &c use
bran and a slice % lemon. The lemon -y1s
Evening star., 1900-01-27

to remove ink stains. and in summer to
keep off gnats and mosquitoes. Napoleon,
whose hands were good to model and beau
tifuIly white. also used bran and no soap,
unless to shave. / never use soap of any
kind without sense of skin discomfort
which NOT even deluge of quite pure water
Will wholly remove. In England, on ac-
count of coal smoke and smut. soap is more
needed than in countries with clear air.
The Beers enjoy. perhaps. the purest at
mrsphere in the world. except when there
are dust storms. l know French Ladies' who
have discarded soap for vaseline. They
smear themselves with the latter. and then
rub it off we'll with soft cotton towel A
doctor tells me that nothing is more cleans
ing, but that he prefers. more tonic,
plain cold water. followed by the same
sort of rubbing. DR.. Leyds really should
not take to heart what Sir Fenry Stanley
said about the Beers being badly off for
soap.
Evening star., 1900-01-27
The Greedy Sea Gull.

From the Portland Oregonian.
In the wire-fronted coops of down.
town market there is quite a. menagerie,
comprising a beautiful pair of gray fox
Squirrels. blue jays, pkeasants, rabbits, a
young fox and a pair of big, dingy colored
sea gulls. Most people have seen the gulls
which frequent the harbor here at this sea-
son. and make themselves at home on
bridge draws and the roofs of the houses
or steamers, chase and fight each other for
possession of scraps thrown over from
steamboats,, but If any one wants to see
what vicious, determined creatures these
birds are, let him throw a smelt into the
cage where this pair of guls Is kept. They
seize the fish like fash and hold on like
a pair of bulldogs, each striving to wrest
1t from the other, while both express by
actions that they will die before they let
go. Throw In another smelt, and before
one can say Jack Robinson both fish have
heen swallowed, and each of the gulls has
turned and is ready to snatch the fish from
the other. Il the latter has been slow in
getting it out of sight.
Evening star., 1900-01-27
WOMEN'S RED NOSES.
Reason to Believe That Wells Cause
Most of the Trouble.

Reason to Believe That Wells Cause
Most of the Trouble.
From the Philadelphia Medical Journal
Few things are more annoying to a sem
sitive woman than persistent redness Of the
tip of the nose. This erythrorhinia, as we
may call 1t, is particularly frequent among
women with delicate complexion, and is
not often seen among the peasantry. A
Berlin physician, DR.. Rosenbach, believes
that he has fathomed the cause of the con-
dition and is convinced that the veil is re-
sponsble. He found that the redness was
most marked where the veil pressed most
closely against the nose, and that when the
wearing of the veil was abandoned the con-
dition, in a majority of instances, disap-
peared. Although wells are very soft to the
touch the threads soon become rough with
use and are then capable of exerting a de-
cided irritation upon the sensitive skin of
the nose and cheek, against which the veil
rubs. The evaporation from the nose is apt
to moisten the veil, especially in winter,
and then the veil acts almost like moist
compress. The shape of the nose is also
slightly altered by the veil. The nose is de-
pressed. fiattened,, and. in Rosenbach's
opinion. tends to lose it's graceful form.
With time this alteration becomes perma-
nent. The pressure upon the tip of the
nose renders the latter somewhat anemic
and drives the blood to neighboring parts,
chiefly to the regions just above the point
and along the lateral wings. On entering
a warm room the abnormal distribution Of
the blood becomes intensified unless the
veil is quickly removed. When the vessels
have become permanently relaxed, owing
to the improper dilation, the abnormal dis
tribution of the blood remains to greater
or less degree even after the removal of the
veil. The causes for this condition. then
are the pressure of the veil and the fric-
ton produced by it. A delicate skin and a
catarrhal state of the nose act as predis-
posing causes. 1t is unfortunate that the
persons most liable to this veil-erythema
are very apt to ascribe 1t to the influence
of the air, and seek to prevent it by tying
the veil as tightly as possible. But the
more the nose is barricaded the more the
skin will be irritated. Occasionally, SINH
lar persistent redness is seen on the cheeks,
here. also, in areas against which the veil
rests. That pressure by the veil is the
cause Is proved by the fact that the red
ness often ends below in a sharp weIi-de-
fined margin, corresponding to the line
where the veil begins to hang loosely from
the cheek.
The treatment consists primarily in the
disuse of the veil For little while the
patient should not expose herself to sharp
winds or great degrees of cold. If this is
Impossible, she should take care not to
pass from the cold directly into a warm
room. 1t is also wen on going out to cover
the nose with little Ianolin, vasolin or
cold cream, and then to powder 1t with
talcum powder or starch A little massage
Evening star., 1900-01-27
A Night in Venice.

The moon seems yearning toward the Garth tonight
As though she sought the lost Endymion,
And set her multitude Of stars to light
The forest where, perchance, his steps have gone;
And far within the city comes the ring
Or laugh and call and distant reveling
That tells the dizzy carnival goes on.
Rnt here the lake is bridged with silver bars
And silver nets are spread from tree to tree,
And piercing sweet beyond the farthest stars
The nightingale pours out his ecstasy
The mingled notes of purity and fire
Attuned to one rapt exquisite desire
That thrills the night with fits intensity.
Here let US 1inger where the gloom is deep.
Across that space where light and shade are met
Methinks tonight young Romeo will creep
To that dear place his soul may not forget,
Buoysnt, lithe.limbed, elate with love and youth,
Eager to breathe his longing and his truth
Beneath the balcony of Juliet
Evening star., 1900-01-27
The Song of the "Krag.o
] the Cincinnati Cnmmnrcial -Trihnna

rom the CINCINNATI CommerclaETribune.
1t amt no reaper's dronin' song
That sings the death of grain,
And speaks Of peace and joys Increase
gentle-like refrain;
1t sings of grief, it sings of pain,
And sings Of the death of men
Whose agate eyes, turned to the skies,
See things beyond our ken.
It's a song of the rattle
That's heard in battle,
OF men they lie in the sun,
OF men as they die in the sun,
OF men wl1 die for the sake of the flag,
A wild, weird song of the clatterin' Kragi
That sings the hearts delight
And tells OF life with pleasures rife,
And sees TO sorrows night.
1t sings of strife and red dblood fight
White fingers bent and dead.
Whose stifrened grasp holds in Its clasp
Green turf that's tinged with red.
When darkness steals the glare Of day,
And frowns Der his domain,
There in the night, there in the fight,
The krag sings its refrain;
1t sings in sun, 1t sings in rain,
1t sings God save the flagi''
And nation hearswith wOnderin' ear
The Yankees singin' krag.
It's song If the rattle
That's heard In a battle.
OF men they swear In the sun,
OF men as they dare in the sun,
OF men who charge with q cheer for the haR
wild, weird song of the cIackin' old Krag
WESLEY W. K. HAMILTON
Company L, Sd United States Infantry
BALINAG. z. I.