Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1893, Page 13

sr THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDA ——: = THE Pure, THE POPE'S JUBILEE A Notable Anniversary to Be Cele- brated Tomorrow, CER INY AT ST. PETER’S. Fifty Years an Archbishop—How the Ven- erable Head of the Roman Church Lives at the Vatican—His Election to the Papacy MORROW WILL BE celebrated the archepis- copate jubilee of the supreme pontiff, Leo XiIL Golden jubiiees im civil life are rare. More seldom still does it happen that « bishop lives to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his consecration, and, in the nature of things, must it be an unusaal event that such a priv- ilege oceurs tothe occupant of St. Peter's chair. ‘Throaghout the entire world loyal Catholics will hisil ‘lis anniversary with interest. At the advanced age of eighty-three, and celebrating at the same time the ‘ifteenth anni- versary of his election asa successor of St. Peter, the venerable head of the Roman Catho- lic Church concentrates universal attention. Throughout the world this jubilee will be cel- ebrated with nnusual pomp.although each coun- try and district is left to its own discretion a1 to the extent of i Tome that the jubilee will receive the greatest attention, as there it will be made the subject of special services in St. Peter's. There the pope will probably be present in person, sur- rounded by the college of cardinals and all the princes, prelates and dignitaries of the iKoman Catholic Chureh, whose homage he will first re- ceive. Ashe approaches the glittering lights on the tombs of the aposties the papal choir will sing Palestine’s “Tues Petras” —~Thou art Peter.” If his holiness bas suficient strength | Ei, Domine, requiem wternam”™ that the word | 4), be will himself intone the “Ie Deam.” and the world-famous silver trumpets will All the im- mense dome of St. Peter's with that glorious music that for ages has marked religious cere-| monies in the ete-nal ciy Then will come the blessing, ‘-Urbi et Orbi,”” Aelivered not from the inner balcony, but from the high altar, with the four “Amens” of the choir. After mass the pope will assume his pontifical vestments aud tiara, and will be borne entirely around the altar in the sedia toria, past the great statue of St. Peter, to his apartments BIRTHPLACE. im the Vatican. Throughout all Catholic coun- tries of Europe jubilee masses will be said and the beads of the civil government will be present at the cathedral chnrehes, Government build- | ings will be decorated and illuminated in honor | of the pope. In England « celebrated in all the cai and churches, Particularly in the pro-cathedral in London, where the bead of the Catholic Church in Eng- land will officiate. THE JUBTLER IN AMERICA. Throughout the United States the jubilee will de celebrated with unusual honors, due in gome degree to the interest recently aroused by the advent of a papal delegate at W: mand the consequent reunion in feeling of the Ameri- can hierarchy and the rulers of the church in Rome. In each of the cathedrals throughout the country and at the various colleges and Universities of the church the bishops and prel- ates will celebrate pontifical high mass. In Baltimore the single American cardinal, Car- dinal Gibbons, wili be present in the cathedral. An effort has been made to collect the “Pe- ter's Pence” at adate somewhat earlier than usual, in order that rt may be sent to Rome and Presented to the supreme pontiff as a part of the jubilee offerings. The Sultan of 7 has sent an autograph letter of congratulation to his holiness, and similar letters bave been dispatched by the King of Saxony and the prince regentof Bavaria. The general of the Society of Jesus is now in Rome to congratulate personally the holy father. Throughout the World the ceremonies of the Catholic Church will be practically tho same. It is a day of de- served compliment to Leo XIII, who has be- come known and endeared himself to his pleas bas no other occupant of St THE CAREER OF POPE LEO. On February 19, fifty years ago, the sover- ‘ial masses will be : FROM A NOTED PAINTING observanee. Batitis in | | the Jesuit fathe chim Vineex | to the priest On the last day of 1837 Joa- Raphael Louis Pecci was ordained | ood in the cardinal viear’s little | He was already | octor of laws, and had by his piety and ing won forhimself an appointment as one of the domestic prelates and referendary of the | signatura from Pope Gregory XVI, who be- | stowed on hira the title of prothonotary apos- caud appointed him apostolic delegate at | Benevento, Perngia and. Spoleto in succession, | Perugia, sometimes called Tureria, the Tower | { from the many towers that form a part of the city’s defenses, he has celebrated in his | poems. r His elevation to an episcopal see, the event | celebrated today, occurred in 1843, but previous | to this event he had been sent by the supreme | pontiff ns papal nuncio to Belgium. King Leo- | formed adeep and lasting respect for this quiet and courageous nuncio, who did not | hesitate to rebuke him for the infidelity and snug disresy tful to the church to whic! he wi ae dicted I the King of the Bel- | j chapel of the Roman church. was so much impressed by Monsig-| r Pecci's candor nnd eloquence that at the end of his mission he conferred upon him the collar of a knight of the Order of eopold. While the future pope was nun- cio in Brussells Charles Lever, the famous Dub- | iin journalist and novelist, representeg the | throne of Great Britain at that capital, and, it | is stated, entertained her majesty, Queen Vie- toria, during her visit at the embassy. It was | ate state dinner at the embassy that she first met Monsignenr Pecei and became charmed with his conversation. Since then St. James and the Vatican have always been on the most friendly terms. At that time he was created archbishop of Damietta in patrins infidelium to qualify him | for the post of nuncio. | On his return he was nominated bishop of Perugia on January 19, 1846, about four months before the death ‘of Pope Gregory XVI. He | was created a cardinal by Pins IX in the con-| sistory of December 19, 1853. He was a mem- | ber of several congregations of cardinals, | among them those of the council of rites and of | | bishops and reguiars. In September, 1877, he | was selected by the pope to fill the important | office of cardinal camerlengo of the Roman | Charch, which post bad become vacant by the | death of Cardinal de Angelis | THE DEATH OF PIUs Ix. | On February 7, 1878, Pope Pias IX died of pulmonary paralysis, It was not until Cardi- nal Bilio was summoned by one of the phy- sicians, Dr. Ceccarelli, that the word went | | forth that “the pope was dviug,” and it was | not until the cardinal knelt and ‘cried, “Dona | | went forth, “‘the pope is dead.” For Pio Nono | | the evening had come, and that much-tried | | pontiff, of which Cardinal Newman has said that the thanks he ever got from the | | nations he tried to serve were calumny and | ingratitude, had passed away. It devolved upon the camerlengo to become the ruler of the Vatican during ‘the vacancy. | | It is his duty to confirm the death of the pope | after personal examination, and the ceremo- nies ou these occasions aro particularly solemn. | Tice on the forehead of the dead pope the | camerlengo raps with a silver mallet, and call- ing him by name bids him arise from sleep. No answer coming from the cold form the an- uouncement is made to the multitude: “The is dead.” ‘onderful is the long procession of popes to which Koman Catholics point a: a proof of the unbroken continuity of the line of St. Pater. | ‘The entire number of popes from the apostle | to when the first vienrate and the keys were | given to Leo XIII is 263. Of these nine | reigned less than 2 month. thirty Jess than one | Fear, while but eleven have reigned more than | twenty years and but one, Pius IX, for twenty- | five years. except St. Peter. According to tra- dition, St. Peter ruled seven years in Antioch and twenty-five years, two months and seven days in Kome, o* thirty-one years and seven months in all. Of all bis successors Pius IX alone seemed tc. violate the prediction ‘“Annos | Petri non Videbis”—““Thou shalt not see the | Fears of Peter” —as the pastorate of St. Peter, at Antioch, was really not a part of his pontifi- cate at Rome. THE ELECTION OF LEO XIII. On February 7 the cardinal camerlengo knelt by the death bed of Pius XI The office re- quired him to arrange the funeral and the fisherman's ring was in his keeping. On Feb- Tuary 18 the conclave assembled that waa to elect a muscessor to the dead poutiff. On these | occasions each cardinal fs escorted to a cell and | must fast in solitude until the conclave meets again next morning. The enmerlengo, ac- companied by the senior cardinal of ‘exch order, bishop, priest and deacon, proceeded to the entrance of the conclave and gave the keys | of the outer door to the marshal, himeelf keep- | ing the keys of the inner door. "All other en- trnces had been walled up. At noon the first | ballot for the new pope took place by sealed | tickets. At 65 o'clock the next day the| second ballot took place and on February 20 | the third and last ballot showed forty-four votes out of sixty-two in favor of Cardinal Pecet. Cardinal Cardosi, patriarch of Lisbon, | baving arrived after the assembly of the con- clave. bad been admitted. The moment the re- | sult of the election was certain Cardinal Franci, the defeated competitor, at once threw himself | on hisknees before the camerlengo, proclaiming bim pope and ashing his blessing; an example | at once followed by the whole assembled college. ‘ardinal Pecci was thus, strictly speaking, elected by acclamation. or adoration, although not until every doubt of a legal majority had been removed. His election was a sig- nal triumph for the moderate party in the church. He was a very different kind of ® man from the aged and peace loving Pius IX, and his tebuking words, “I am not Pins IX." soon came to be known to all the court favorites. On his election he declared that his name should be “Leo XIII,” a sign of the clear determination that the new reign should rns’ in a new era.and a rebuke to the ad- visers that had openly hinted that a new pope should be a “Pius X."" He at once took the in- itiative and proceeded to the baleony whence he uttered the benediction to the waiting crowd, after the oldest cardinal deacon, Cater- ini, who died in 1881, had announced that the most reverend lord, Jonchim Pecci, was now pope and had chosen the title of Leo XIIL ‘THE CORONATION. The coronatiun took place in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday, March 8, 1878, The pope | \Io | “deaconries. | the year $04, and the priesta to whose charge was carried on the sedia gestatoria from his | MIS DAILY LIFE. There have been greater Leos in the Vatican. ‘Leo XIII has neither the wealth nor the ambi- | ‘tion of the tenth Leo to build St. Peter's and be | the patron of Michael Angelo and other grent | artists snd literati of his generation. Bat or Juxury'that could suggest to any uation ‘of @ reformation. On the contrary, no more simple in his babite and qzemplary in hie daily‘ eee morning he hears mass in 5 takes his abstemious first break- fast of bread, coffee and milk. The next few hours are devoted to hearing reports and dictating anewere to “hia secretaries. He then receives the cardinal secretary of state ‘and the members of the sacred college in suc- cession. At 1 o'clock the pope takes bis second breakfast, consisting of bouillon or broth, a Toast andan entree. In @ convent in the de- partment of the Gironde the pure and whole- of constant work. After luncheon he takes siesta and then walks or rides in the Vatican gardens. At 6 in the evening he dines frugally and at 10 he retires, keeping the lights burn- ing in his chamber for an hour or two longer. [hich time he devotes to silent prayer and med- tation. Various rulers of the see of St. Peter havo been noted for the variety and peculiarity of ‘Beir amusements, but the entire history of the church exhibits no picture of the chief pastor of Chistendom employing his leisure hours in amateur composition in Latin, Dr. Arnold of Rugby clamed that Latin versification was val- nable for its humanizing influence, but in the poems of Leo XIII we find not only humane thoughts, beautify! imagery, revealing taste and culture, but'a mastery’ of the Horatian meters and a Latinity that would have been the delight of classicistes in any age and which is scarcely attainable at the present time. These | poems bave been collected and published together with an English translation by the Jesuits of Woodstock College. CARDINAL GIBBONS’ ESTIMATE. In a personal communication addressed to the writer Cardinal Gibbons, speaking of the character of the pope, say I th that great as is the world’s admiration for the present oc cupant of the fisherman's throne, time alone will enable men to fully appreciate and fitly express his worth. Ie unites toan_enlight- ed jadgment an indomitable will, to truest iety genits of the highest order, and to purest ve for God and the church tion of the nceds of the times labor in discovering and applying remedies for them. He is the pope of the people and seems to know no rest while there is a possibility of helping them in their best and legitimate aspi- rations. His love for the soundest principles of democracy is as deep as his sight is clear and far-reaching, and his aympathy for American institution# ‘snd tendencies deserves for him place among the most admired and loved of men. ““( Signed) J. Canprxat Grnuow: The xentimeut expressed by Cardinal Gib- bons in this letter concerning the supreme pontiff isin the main the sentiment of Koman Catholics the world around. As a man the pope has shown the character and qualities of a great statesman; as a religious leader he stands among the foremost of his illustrious pontifical predecessors. SACRED COLLEG How They Are Hat Signifies. From the New York Ties. ‘The cardinals, ag the advisers and assistants of the sovereign pontiff, are the supreme coun- cil or senate of the church,and on the death of the pope they elect his ‘There are | three orders of cardinals—bishops, priests and deacons, These orders are distinct from those of the hierarchy; with few exceptions, the cardinal priests are archbishops or bishops and the cardinal deacons are generally priests. ‘The sacred colloge, when complete, consisis of Six cardinal bishops, whose x “suburban sees”; fifty car- i priests, whose ‘title: are the “titular arches,” of which they are appointed «nperi- $ with jurisdiction anda right to @ throne, therein, and fourteen cardinal deacons, who axe appointed to the churches called successor, The first cardinsl bishop is dean, the first of ¢ priests is first pricst, and the first of the dexcons is firat deacon of the sacred college. ‘The dean has the mght of conseerating and the first deacon has the right of proclaiming and crowning a new pope. On the death of the po the cardinal eamerlengo has the ad- ministration of the public affairs of the holy see until a new pope is elected. The “creation” of cardinal sometimes precedes, even by sev- eral years, the “‘publication” or proclamation. ‘The cardinal is then said to be “reserved in petto,” and, when proclaimed, he takes prece- Gence according to date of creation. ‘The title cardinal comes from the latin carlo, hinge, because the gate of the chureh, ihe pope, turns on its hinges, the cardinals. Car- dina! Gibbons is a cardinal priest, but a car- dinal is not necessarily a priest. “The famons Cardinal Antonelli, privy councilor of Pins IX, was only a deacon, an offize which is now only astep to the priesthood. A cardinal deacon may be a priest in_ holy orders, and a cardinal priest may be, as in the case of Cardinal Gib- bons, an archbishop or a bishop. ‘The cardinal bishops, however, are always bishops, and Lind their origin from the several sees in the vicinity of Rome, and a bishop is only a “cardinal bishop” when be presides over one of these Roman eee: ish churches or ‘titles were first instituted in Rome by Pope Marcellus in they were permanently given were styled “car- dinal priests.” The fifty cardinal priests aow are those who hold the corresponding number of “titles” or parishes in Rome. It was to re- ceive his title that some years ago Cardinal Gibbons went to Rome, as it can oniy be ob- tained from the hands of the pope himself. A cardinal is always created, never made or nominated, ‘The ptocedure of the appointment in the case of ecclesiastics residing im Rome is as follows: ‘The candidate goes to the Vatican and receives from the pope the red beretta; afterward, at a public consistory, the pope places on his head the famous red hat, the insignis of his office. From the inside of the hat depend fifteen tas- gels, arranged on both, sides of it in a triangle from one to five. The cardinal bears symbol of his raak but once--when the pope puts it on his head in the concistory at which he is created. It is then put away and laid on his bier, and after he is buried it is brought from the place where hiv grave has been made, until his successor has been created. To “get the red hat” means to be created a cardinal, and @ reminder that its recipient pledges bim- self to defend the church and ite peace with his blood. Urban VIII gave the cardinals their title of “eminence.” The cardinal wenrs s distinctive ring, a sapphire set in gold, and on receiving it he is expected to give « lnrge sum of money in charity. It is now about $750, but was formerly much more. Tn the second consistory the pope “closes the mouth" of the eandidata, that ts, he forbids im for present to speak at meetings o! | cardinals, and at a third consistory he opens his mouth, that is, he removes the former pro- hibition, giving him at the same time » ring | and assigning him his “title.” or parish church |in Rome. If the candidate is absent or pre- vented from visiting Rome at that time the red beretta is vent to him and on receiving it he is bound to make oath that he will within a year visit the tomb of the apostles. Cardinals who receive the hat by request of the heads of the nations to which they belong are caliod “crown cardinals.” Cardinal Gui- bert. archbishop of Paria, was cal'ed a “crown cardinal,” although France is a republic. A cardinal ecclesiastically takes precedence in rank overs bishop or an archbishop, al- though, unless of episcopal rank bim-el?, ‘he cannot perform the special functions cbaracter- istic of the episcopacy. ‘The Emperor Constantine decreed that the cardinals were the inheritors of all the honors of the Roman senators, and declared them con- | suls and tricians. The bourbon kings of | France ‘them as “dear friends” and | “my cousins.” ‘The pope in addressing cardi- nal bishops calls them “our venerable broth- ers”: cardinal priests he calls “our dear rows” and in familiar conversation he to each nale.” In writing to the pope a cardinal signe himself ‘‘vostra creaturs” (by your creation.) ‘The ‘palatine cardinals” are so called be- canse they live in one of the "B fs out tie poo- t bE aft rr GF: Hl i g. i E i f i | Erte 3 [ i? He is and he looks after the interests college. Secure Against Loss, Wednesday a week ago, but we did lose a 4 Ay band press was Gre- and didn't burn." —Atanta KEEPING LENT. How Some Society Men Will Employ ‘Their Time, GETTING UP SLEEP. Some Will Endeavor to Reeuperate in That Way, Others Will Avail Themselves of the Opportunity to Get Acquainted With Their Familioe—Lenten Sacrifices. rape HERE’S YOUR CUS- tomary smile, old man?” said one young man to another last Wednesday morning. “t's Lent,” was the reply. Of course, he did not intend to convey the impresssion that he ‘bis smile to another, as one man lends another 8 dollar, to be used and given back at some day in the dim future, which sometimes never comes around. “But,” said the first speaker, “do yon put away all smiling when Lent comes each year? I had no idea that you were so religious.” 't isn’t religion at all,” said the serious man. “T'm a Unitarian and don’t observe Lent, but other people do, you see. What is there to smile at I should like to know?” What, indeed! There are to be no more ger- mans, no more dancing parties, no more of those glorious big receptions, no more crushing | teak. ‘The dancing shoes can go into retreat, the white kid gloves can go to be scoured, ‘There will be a very good chauce, too, for a few of the customary ashes to be sprinkled upon the dress snit. so that its shining surface may be toned down a little. “But is the town renllyso quiet during Lent?” A writer for Tur StaR asked a number of peo- ple about this, and elicited a variety of ditfer- ent replies, all showing the point of view of people. “What are you going todo during Lent?” was acked of a man who goes about from one ball to another as long as the season lasts, eats innumerable state dinners, dances like an en- thusiastic boarding school girl, pays a duzen or more calls on some days and two or three every day;and, in short, agts the part of a society man to perfection. WHAT SOME PEOPLE WILL DO. “Why,” he answered, “I'm going to sleep. Poor fellow, he has done his duty with a ven- geance, and he spends the holy season in re- cuperation. He goes to bed at 10 o'clock every night, and he brings back the bloom to bis faded cheeks, When Lent is over and the old sport begins again he will emerge from his re- tirement as fresh asa daisy and ready to keep it up with the best of them. Another person was asked the same question and he replied that he went to just as many patties during Tent as during the season. He 1s a society man, too, and goes toa great many parties, but the Lenten parties are very differ- ent from the parties during the #eason. They are quieter, aud there is no dancing. But of card parties and quiet theater parties and little dinners there ste a vast number given in Lent, and, if a man is fortunate enough to know the people who give them, and to receive invitations, he can keep on “going out” during Lent jastas much as he did before. He will not find his dissipationsas wearing aa they were, and perhaps upon the whole it is more satis- factory to be entertained under these circum- stances, Th third man whom the writer questioned said he would spend Lent in making the ac- uaintance of the members of his family. He leclared that for two months he had hardiy ex- changed forty words with them. It was very easy to see how this could be, ax he was up | nearly all night, he rarely got to the breakfast table until afte: his family had left it, then he hurried off to his office and ouly came home in the afternoon to goto his room and make a hasty toilet, after which he made calls and went to teas until it was time for him to change his clothes again and go out to dinner. There is no room in this arrangement for the family chat about the fireside. Of course the society man bad his nights off, but then he was so tired that he yawned through an hour or two in silence and sought his couch in the endeavor to do three weeks’ sleep in one night. This pic~ ture is no exaggeration. For the genuine soci- ety man, who is popular and accepts the inviva- tions he gets, there cannot be any home life. GOING To VISIT HIS FAMILY. So this particular man avails himself of the pious forty days’ fast to vee how his family are getting along. Ho meets them with much pleasure, and they have long and delighiful conversations very much as people do who} have been living in separate cities for some time and who come together and compare notes. fe finds that a new cook has been en- gaged during his absence, that one of his little nephews or nieces has learned to «peak. that « distant cousin whom he never met has die has leisure to notice that there is a new c in one of the bed rooms and that the dint hour bas been changed. In return for this in- formation he tella the old people of the differ- ent new people he has met, and what the others are doing. He describes the beauties of the various belles, and expatiates upon the excel- lence of the variou: dinners he bas attended. Is there any parti ular one of the belles that he talks of more than the others? Is he goin, to bring one of them home some day to see the membera of the family with a view toa further announcement? Not yet, atany rate. ‘The season has ite uses, for then the men and girls can see and make the Acquaintance of each other, but they have not had'a very good chance todo enytuing more A crowded ball room is a very good place for @ ten-minute flirtation. It may even be a good place for people to fall in love, but there is not much chance for the real serious business of serious love making. The truth is that the sea- son is merely the forerunner of Lent in this matter, and that while the falling in love may take place before Lent the consammation will not be accomplished until there is opportunity for the tete-u-tete conversations in the parlor or the walks after church. Lent is naturaliy the season of engagements and the weddings come off in the spring. On the whole, then, Lent is an excellent in- stitution. It gives sleep to one man, quiet recreation to another. It restores one mau to the bosom of his family, and toa good many men it gives an opportuaity for trying to-get wife. “What do you deny yourself, my dear, during the pious Lenten season?’ said the clergyman to his young lady parishioner. “I don't use powder,” she answored. “But do you use powder the rest of the year?” said the astonished pastor. “No, but you see I might, and when Lent comes I always resolve that under no circum- ‘stances will [use powder till Easter, and my resolution always lasts through Easter and up to Avh Wedtlesday, when I resolve over again.” However absurd this species of self- may be it is certainly better than the pious fortitude of some people, who give up butter end use jam, or those men who don't drink during mut and then drink too much when Easter comes. There are even instances of = men who git tl much virtue, either, in going to church during pen Tal eg po you can er} bn with a par' girl, when you would willingly sto; the a if you could have the walk withe The best instance of rous keeping of Lent on an eriginal basis yas’ Teratibet th ocak character in. pe Ae gd who —— some tape taplatr bpd aaiing fiends. He uscd to ‘great many parties, and when Lent came he did not stop the dinners, but he was determined to sat- isty bis conscience, so he invited as bis guests od eae prfeors lips oo Festa grape Sard ped ‘Thus if two men had had. wand re AE i E | i FE i HE i ij Ht it i ft Fe i : : i had temporarily loaned | have “baffled bis deepest scrutiny,” and “‘re- main the inexplicable subject” of his “lasting wonder and admiration,” is testimony of the highest kind as to the great powers of these men, for tbe professor is an eminent juggler, who has expgsed the tricks -of many persons who, unlike himself, have professed to exercise supernatural powers. But we are not ready to accept his explanation that these fakirs “have probably discovered natural laws of which we in the west are ignorant,” or his assertion that they “‘suceted in overcoming forces of nature which to us seem insurmountable.” It is a very interesting story that Prof. Kellar tells in the North American Review. He found no difficulty, it seems, in discovering the secret of the tricks of the ordinary low-caste fakirs. The high-caste fakirs are patriarchal men who are seen only great public fetes and who profess to have spent almost a life- time in contemplation and study before their admission to the higher circles of the esoteric brotherhood in the monasteries of Thibet and the mountain recesses of northern The most marvelous of their exhil those in which the attraction of gravitation appears to be annihilated. He describes an exhibition of this kind which took place in the great plaza of Calcutta in 1875 in “the present of the Prince of Wales and some 50,000 specta- tora, ‘After @ salaam to the prince the old fakir took three swords with straight cross-barred hilts and buried them inilt downward about six inches in the ground. The points of there swords were very sharp,as I afterward in- formed myself. A younger fakir, whose black beard was parted in what wo now cali the Eng- lish fashion, although it originated in Hindu- stan, then appeared, and ata gesture from his master stretched himself ont upon the ground at fall length, with his fees vogether and his hands close to his sides, and, after a pass or two. made by the hands of the old man, appeared to become rigid and lifeless. A third fakir now came forward, and taking hold of the feet of his prostrate companion, whose head was lifted by the master, the two laid the stiffened body npon the pointa of the swords, which a peared to support it without penetrating flesh. The point of one of the swords was im- mediately under the nape of the man’s neck, that of the second rested midway between his shoulders and that of the third was at the base of his spine, there being nothing under his legs. After the body had been placed on the sword points the second fakir retired and the oid man, who was standing some distance from it, turned and salaamed to the audience. “The body tipped neither to the right nor to the left, but seomed to be balanced with mathe- matical accuracy. Presently the master took @ dagger, with which he removed the soil round the hilt of the first sword, and, releasing it from the earth, after some exertion, quietly stack it into his girdle, the body mesnw retaining its position, The second and the third swords were likewise taken from under the body, which, there in broad daylight and under the eyes of all the spectators, preserved its horizontal posi- tion, without visible support, about two feet from the ground. A murmur of admiration pervaded the vast throng, and, with a low salaam to the prince, the master summoned his assist- aut and, lifting the suspended body from its iry perch, they laid it gently upon the ground, h a few passes of the master’s hand the in- animate youth was himself =” In Zululand he saw a ‘witch doctor” levitate a young Zulu, who had been brought to a trance-like condition and was lying on the ground. The time was evening and the exhibi- tion took place in the light of an open fire. “The witch doctor turned to the high grass a few feet behind us and gathered a handful of talks about three feet long. Standing in the shadow and away from the fire he waved with a ‘ift motion, exactly similar to that of the clubs a few minutes before, the bunch of grass around the head of the young Zulu, who lay as dead in the firelight. Tha moment or two the gtuss seemed to ignite in iis flight, although the witch doctor was not stanving within twenty feet of the fire, aud burned slowly, crackling audibly. Approaching more closely the form of the native in the trance the conjurer waved the flaming grass gently over his figure, about a foot from the flesh. To my intense amazement the recumbent body slowly rose from the ground and floated upward in the air to a height of about three feet, remaining in suspension and moving up and down, according as the passes of the burning grass were slower or faster. As the grass burned out and dropped to the ground. the body returned to its pozition on the ground, and after a few passes from the hands of the witch doctor the young Zulu leaped to his foot, apparently none the worse for his wonderful experience.” ¢ professor has heard of fekire in India walking in the air, but this feat he has not seen. He repeats astory told to him by Gen, Mediey about the voluntary interment of a fakir in the earth for forty days and the return of the buried man to life at the end of that time, but of such exibitions he has no personai know! edge, although he was present when » young fakir *‘became to all appearance dead,” and re~ mained so for thirty minutes, while he was sub- jected to very severe and painful tests by a physician, who even thrasta bodkin through the palm of his hand and burned his flesh with alive coal. At the ond of the half hour the fakir was restored to bis normal condition by his companion. ‘These are wonderful tales—not more wonder- ful in themselves than many others that have been told by Europeans who have lived in India, but they appeal with greater force to the critical reader, because of the narrator's own attainments asa juggler and his exceptional ability to discover the juggler’s machinery and to perceive whut is hidden from the ordii witness of feats of sieight-of-hand. But is it necossary to assume that these wonder workers have discovered natural laws which are un- known in civihzed lands, or that they do annihilate the force of gravitation? fakirs belong to a class that has been engaged for rome 3,000 years in perfecting foats of kind. Before we resort to the explanation to which Prof, Kellar has been driven is it not reasonable to examine the theory that they have discovered and perfected methods of de- ceiving observers which are unknown in west- era countries? Is it not powsible tht methods of deception are the secrot that has been handed down from one generation of these jugglers to another, methods in which some variety of bi notism and the use of materials whose are still ew oe of the circle some part? sir hanepe ye tage es Amo | are not the only exhibitions of the kind that é i i ES &: i E bf i 8 5 z Y, FEBRUARY 18, 1893-SIXTEEN PAGES. 13 > AUCTION SALES. — ____ FUTURE Days. ° Ate OF Why Mr. S. 6, Dimick Recommends Paine’s Celery Compound, Surgeon General Hamilton is apthority for the} statement that there sno more prevelent condi. | tion of mental derangement than the inablitty to sleep. { The state of excktement in which people of tht Present day live, the demands of business, the struggle for wealth, position, or even a bare living, all of which were never so great as now, proqace Just that state of the brain which makes sound and healthy sleep to many an impossibitity. And then how easy things go wrong! And how easily, as thousands know, everything } can be made to go right again. | All the functions of the body are under the con- trol of the nerves. And even sound organs work to crons purposes when contradictory and confus- ing demands are made upon them by tired, played- | out nerves. It is because Paine’s celery compound isa true nerve food that it makes people well. | Here is a case tn potat. Mr. 8.C. Dimick of Bow- | lng Green, Ohio, whose likeness appears above, writes: “I broke down from overwork something over | three years ago. Our famfly physiclau said that my trouble was heart disease and said that I had organic trouble. “After treating me six weeks and becoming sat- isfled that he did not understand my case, I visited @octor No.2. He told me that I nad no organic trouble with the heart, that my heart trouble was sympathetic, that Iwas worn out and my whole trouble was nervous prostration. He sald thet what I needed and what would @o me more good than medicine was absolute rest and a change of climate, “Not being fully convinced that he was correct in his views I consulted doctor No. 8, this times homeopathic. He agreed in the main with No. 2, the only essential diiference being that he thought ‘one tang was not right. “I decided to try a change of climate and spent nearly three months in Minnesota. The following winter I had an attack of the grip, which left me in a low condition, and the last season I was able to do but tlktle work. “Last winter Thad another attack of the grip, and for seven weeks was confined to the house, most of the tlme in bed. After recovering sumM~ ctently to get about I concluded to try Paine’s cel- ery compound. Ihave taken several bottles and it has done mea world of good. Ihave done more work than I have done before tn three years. “Iam surely gaining in strength and power of endurance. Tam already mach better than I ex- pected to be, and am sure that by @ faithful use of the compound I shail be fully restored.” Be ee, ] AUCTION SALES. H a THIS EVENING. JERELEY AUCTION. As the owner is about tocioge business, I shell offer for sale, at auction, om SATURDAY. FEBRUARY HONTRENTH, at HALP-PAST SEVEN PML. the stock of Jewelry and miscelianeous coods contained in ihe Ce AS £ ete 1 M st.n.w. "WALT WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers, IMEORTANT, ASSIGNEE'S SALE OF ENTIRE STOCK OF LUMBER, OFFICE FIXTURE, JORSES, WA ONS, ‘ke... OF THE WELL NOWN LUMBER "YARD OF R. J. McLEA’ THIRTEENTH AND STREETS NOR’ By virtue of a deed of sesienment given to us and uly recorded we,the undersigiied asnisnees.vefll offer for sa'e by public auetioi. om SATURDAY. FEBKU- AR) EIGHTFENTH, at TEN O'CLOCK AM, ‘at the yards. 13th and B streews northwest, a gad well-assorted stock, ber and sail Sash, Doors and Blin jase, usually found in a ‘well-stocked lumber yard. so is FINE OFFICE FIXTURES, INCLUDING MAR- VIN SAFE, DESKS,” CHATES, &c. WORK BORSES. BUGGY HORSES. DOUBLE AXD BINGLE HARNESS, DO} AND SINGLE BAGORS, BUGGIES AND SLEIGHS, AND A ‘tT OF STABLE FIXTURES. is is a Very importent ssle and should command the attention of sif interested parties, We will otter the stock of lumber. office furniture and live stock firet.as ap entirety, and if @ satistactory bid is not tg nee 5 lot. : All cash. —— MecNEIR 1. THomas, (@-THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED ON A PRB ck Me, eather MAL THURSDAY, | th fod piace, at wich Hive Mw bs salt deat aS Neel ee eR JUNCANSON BROS... Auctioneers. FOUR VaLu. BUILDING LOTS TREED BEEWEES Me AND OTHWEST, TO CLORE AN, Ou ER [DAY AFTERNOON. TH. A.D. 1883, ai 1 will sell at auction, dour EBRUARY TWENTY. HALF-PAST FOUR infront of the prem- AUCTION SALES. FUTURE Days. GPO. W. STICKNEY, Auctioneer, 1216 Fat MPROVED TWEEN TRUSTEFS’ SALE OF VALUAPLE, PROPERTY ON 1 SEV! NTH AND NI bs BEI DED. tecorded iu Liber 448 et nea the land recorte of Golumbls, he rec geat of the Party secured thereby. we will offer tor sale, in frout the premises, on TUESDAY, | FEBRUA| WENTY REST. tur “oe HALEPAST POUR O'CLOCK P. M.. ihe following described. proper'y in the county of ineton, District of Colambiny 10 ‘The west 20 feet front on Irving street bythe depth of Jot mmcbered Yen (10) in block wume dered cue (1), in Todd & Brown's sbdtvision of part of Mount Pleasmnt and Piemant Plaius, a said sub- Alvision fs recorded in the office of the stirvesor of the Distric. of Colmnbie, with the perpetual. richt 10 use ee went feet front the full depth of sald lot as a rect to a dend of trust to recure interest at 6 per cent frou Sep- '@: All cash in excess of said deed of £100 depostt at time of sale. Terms to be com: the property will be resold edays? trust. pited with in tam days o: at risk and cost of defaulting purchaser after see en SOHN T. ARM. — ST. ARMs , HOB. E. WAGGAMAN, | Trustees, WALTER B WILLIAMS & CO.. Auctioneers VALUABLE PROPERTY aT ANACOSTIA EAUTITUL COTTAGE HOMES Al AUCTION, Titue of cer" Mer 1405, felon 7 Pky enoectively, land rere deeds st daly recorded in 1410. folio 108 et the District of Co- fa. and 'at the request of the parties weaved thereby, we will offer fovasic on thepren: sen on Fle bat, Feuruany sey BALY-PAST FOUR O'CLOCI senibe trict of Columbia: Lots block No. 2 of Oregon L. Gree chester as per plat of said cornty liner 6 of purchaser. Terias to be with within teu days after sale, “otherwise feos reserve the tly’ to rewil the propstty ‘the risk and cost of the defaulting pu: or EDWIN B Hay. : DANIEL OC. CALLA 18 POSTPONED ON AQ. ax, | Trastoss, New York ave. Sar TH; ABOVE 8A) gount cf the weather untii FRIDAY, FEBKUARY TWENTY-FOURTH, same hour and place. By oraer Of the trustres. EDWIN B. HAY MEL UC. CALLARAN,} Trastere fe17 dds 1425 New York ave. iees. all of lots num! ‘TL, 32, Sard 14 in square pS ae Bm incLes on Twelfth ' or ft % These lots are situnted inonecf the best locations to be iven bent” able ou will be required pom each ae it to tt ‘of such bingion, foi8-aede ‘the hetra, ATCLIFFE, DAR & 00. AUCTIONEERS. R S20PENNA. AVE. N.W. IGNED'S SALE OF LOT OXE. 18 x Net oP Rae. A ai DISTAICY OF COLUM “APOE TEA ESO AIRE, POPES ry HSTREET Ni , Hietus of deed of amigament iver tone aah rede Ne eee aah by oy oly | SSLURDAE ABET SANE EE, ‘PREMIS! a NIE) 1. as the TOMAGL® tn the! eect att aia of 6 per coat pat adtoun Pav? % semi-apnmal| the cash. A deposit of e100 required st tho ssc sale see eA a ae bys Eaten it “ ADES_ OF ree TWEN- ip trent of ts oes. sect te,8 hand of trant for Fate of 6 per cont per am LATIMER & SLOAN, Auctionsers, 1407 @ st CATALOGUE SALE or ‘The highly interesting “Zourof™ collection of ROYAL VIENNA ART CHINA AND BRIC-A-BRAC ‘Removed trom 247 Sith ave., New York, COMPRISING SUPERB AND MATCHLESS EX- AMPLES OF ROYAL VIENNA, SEVEES, DRESDEN, CAPO-DI-MUNTE, HUNGARIAN AND OTHER RECHERCEE CERAMICS, Represented in great variety and elexance of design, with exquisitely painted panels by the ‘most renowned artists of the Royal Vienna School. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION By direction of B. GROSSBAUM & SONB, In consequence of their foregoing their intentions to ‘exhibit at the Chicago exhibition, owing to the curteilment of thetr allotted space. TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, FEBRUARY TWENTY-FIRST, TWENTY- SECOND, TWENTY-THIRD, TWENTY-FOURTH, 1893, ‘Sale to commenceeach day at ELEVEN A. M. and THREE P. u (On exbfbition Monday, February 20, from 100m. ® MOLSEROLD Frmnr it Tih GARE" reba Vio ate HANGINGS, a. at Pes arertox, TWENTY NTR ok A Om THURED couminene ina Btrestience N € who has ween © oration of Lis b Kotz LENE, SEIBE rai val aab ur A MAX WEYL eld offerte, ‘ee Woher ne Laanie Cabs Fmoroidcred Screns, w ters, Moquet ote, Cline aud Glass * retiumerte {THOMAS DOWLING & SON, Anse OPER ow OFFICE OF THR COMN District of Colum sp packsbat” Fenn an WALTER B. WILLIAMS & Co. 2 the hres We Georgwtown ‘uarket bowee fersns cam th ac a the sale, wie be paid within five days from the W DOLGLAws. J. Roms Ww, Te Commune ucts of the District et Columbia. SHOMAS DOWLING & BON, Aucy rt SER aw. TRUSTEES BALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTR, LOCK 5 ; TNTDAr By virtue of « deed of ‘tre Ancust 2a, URay recorded tu Liber No. 120, "7 fhe land records of the ‘Distrs Bhs reauest of the party secarsg her fp front of the pramiaes on MOND CWENTIRGH, iN at HALE PAST vee els ride may ita ep ered tomy three OS) P.M. part of ot hiock 7 of Triad, with improves ok 7 of Teka ta mpeoee me Terme, Cue hint cath. Salanes in ge roperty, of all cash, et the option of purchasmn A syesit ot $100 required wt time of Gin ovale are not vomplicd with in tom days, the trocteae Freerve the right tu rensil at risk and cost of Sataulte irecpyrenseer. Conveying snd = pa oon TAMCEL B, WALKER, a ave Bw, mrowart WELLeR, H Truster, fe7-4han 405 Pa ave, a en ET ant 1400 Gat JAPANESE ART [ATs ios. fel3-im CONTINUATION SALE OF JAPAKESE aRT Onyects at auction, By order of Imperial Japanese Exporting Company, TRIS DAY st ELEVEN A M. AND THREE P. My continuing datly until entire stock ts @iaponed of ‘The balance of this exquisite collection of Porcelatna, Bronzes, Screens, Embroiterins, Pansia, Twble Covers, te., will be sold without limit or reserve st ‘our sales room, 1001 Penn. ave, + commer 10th at. WALTER B. WILLIAMS & 00. {161m Auctioneers. TRUSTERS SALEOF VALI ABLE S-8 BYTLING SOCTUMEST Go a th: AVENE NOKTHWEST, WITH G By virtue of 'm deed Pre US, at HAL the following dewcrited Wakiineton, in said Dist tc | as per @ Liter Fecordh he surver ar fice futject Ln, to wecure American Se aya inv iebtecitiews of @urt Rete is be paid at tinse of | im equal parment eat ng iver auoualy. aod | Saath abovesnia y ie: balatee in ome ane By cefact LIZMAN, f016- A. Binkey, 5 eee Rec Fe, panx & 00. Thoms, trustees, 1, wheres Jeht ohn De half 1126), toeether is, ways, Canomnente and appure az. of the rurchass money to ve tm two eqnal Inetaliment sale, with Bo: at the rate of er Fisk and cost of the defsui sivertisersen of su ished in Washingtou, cording: ae. at purchi t f08-0Ro8 i [LATIMER & SLOAN, Aucta., 1407 Gat EXPCUTOR'S SALE OF VALAUBLE PROPERTE NEAK STOTT'S STATION, D. C., METRO POLITAN BRANCH BALTIMORE AND OBIO . RAILROAD. se by the Jat will an toatar ne ee Auber WriToner sag { tion in front of he prowess on MOM Bay the TRERTIETH Dav OF PEDEUAR E CLOCK P. M.. the homestead of the léte James Anderson Ths lof contains an acre, muore of lewa, and euuail frauue Uweliitg, enede aud of” : five uitmaven” Tere Onecthind scart, balanre. to, we Siyotesie, orsllcach.'st' parchessrs option, Ase wat parchenss ty pontt of $100 will be reauired at time ef sais. Oume Nepanciug ap om SR WELLS, Reece dts a Biyewtevilie, bid. ATCLIFFE, DARE & 00, ADCTIONEE a, R POPS Ree SE ARS BY AUCTION. 0.00 a} _— UBL GARCIA, TREE. Di WAV ANA On TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY TWENTY. IUST. at TEN O'CLOCK, Wwe will sell at our roma, Bio" Keanevtvania, vente porthwert, the "shore souericr trends of chenra, to which we invite the trade vate SEpiens rvsren, panae.00,, seas, OLD FUR! {CRETE DESIRABIFE HOUSE wremet at 7, Og ORSIRTENG OF jalnut M. T. coer Sain 6 Betstenda, nie Ak Paste, ; ¢ ey Saree RE RDG.