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ON THE OTHER SIDE. To go our ways in life too much alone, We hold ouruolves too far from all cur kind, Too often we are dead to gh and motn, Too often to tha weak and bclplc-Ba blind, Too often whore distroea and want abide We turn and pass upon the other side. Tho other side ia trodden smooth and -worn By footsteps passing idly all the day, Whore lio the brnisod ones that faint and mourn Is seldom more than an' untrodden way. Our selfish hearts are for our feet the guide They lead us by upon the other side. It should be ours the ell and wine to pcur Into the bleeding wounds of stricken ones, To take the ginitten and the sick and sore And bear them where a stream of blessing runs. Instead we look about the way is wide And so wo pass upon the other side. O friends and brothr-rs, gliding down the years. Humanity is calling each and all In tender accentd, born of grief and tears! I pray you, listen to the thrilling call ! You cannot, in your cold and selfish pride, Pass guiltlessly npoa the other Kide. Buffalo News. THE LOST EARRINGS. It was in tho palmiest days of the second empire. It was an evening in midwinter. The Paris season was at its height and a brilliant audience had as sembled at the Theatre Francais to wit ness the performance of Jules Sandeau'a delightful play, "Mademoiselle de la Seigliere. " The empress was present, graceful and beautiful, the emperor at her side, wrapped in his favorite air of gloomy abstraction, which, like Lord Burleigh's i . i i t cejeorarea noa, was supposed to mean bo much, yet which, viewed by tho im- partial light of subsequent veracious history, seems to have signified so little. Several officers in glittering uniforms wero in attendance, sparkling with dec orations showered upon them by a grate ful sovereign, and among these gallant warriors, conspicuous by reason of his attire, was a solitary, humble, black coated civilian, in ordinarv eveninnr dress, with the inevitable speck of red at his buttonhole, In a box almost immediately opposite that occupied by their imperial majes ties was a young and exceedingly hand some Russian lady, Countess Ivanoff, concerning whose manifold graces and fascinations tho great world of Paris elected to interest itself considerably at this period. The beauty and the wit of this fair northern enchantress were tho theme of every masculine tongue and her mag- nificent diamonds the envy and admira tion of all feminine beholders. The countess wao accompanied by her hus band, a . man of distinguished appear ance. The curtain fell after the first act. The emperor and empress withdrew during the entr'acte. Many humbler mortals followed their example, among them Count Ivancff, apparently in no wise disturbed by tho fact that tho golden youth in tho stalls wero bring ing a Etns.ll battery of opera glasses to bear upon tho dazzling charms vi his beautiful wife. Tho ccimiers loaned back in her lux urious fsutsuil, fanning herself, serene ly indifferent to tho interest she was esciting. In tho dim light of her cur- tain shaded box tho glitter of her splen did diamonds seemed to form a sort of luminous halo round her graceful head, a myriad starry brilliants gleamed among tho masses of her gold brown hair, and two priceless stones flashed and twinkled like twin planets in her littlo shell tinted ears. The count had been gene but a few minutes, when there was a gentle knock at the door, and in answer to tho l . C C , mm . m countess "jntroz tno ouvreuse peared and said deferentially: ap- "Pardon, Mine, la Comtesse, a gen tleman charged with a message from her majesty tho empress waits in the corridor and desires to know if madam will have the goodness to receive him." "Certainly! Enter, I beg of you, monsieur," replied tho countess as she recognized the distinguished looking civilian she had already noticed in close proximity to the emperor in the im perial bos. Tho visitor advanced a few steps, and, still standing in deep shadow, said, with grave dignity: "I trust my intrusion may be par doned. I am desired by her majesty to ask a favor of Mme. la Comtesse, and, at the same time, to beg that she will have the goodness to excuse a somewhat unusual request. " "Tho obligation will bo mine if I can fulfill even the least of her majesty's wishes," answered the countess. "The case is this,!' explained the gentleman. "An argument has arisen concerning the size of the diamonds in your earrings and those of the Countess re rri , ,, . "., ?:uu,1 XiJU iiprtbs ugs mau you j plaint the night before. After a some Will intrust one of your pendants to her : what protracted delay, the count re care for a few moments, as the only sat- joined his wife with a look of amuse lstaciory method of disposing of the mm nnnn Wc i.nnHcn,a-i,niAj wcau viuvanuu. x win myseii return it ine instant ner majesty gives it back into my keeping. " "With the greatest pleasure," agreed the countess, detaching the precious jewel forthwith and depositing it, with out misgiving, in the outstretched palm of the imperial messenger. The countess bestowed a smile and gracious bow of dismissal upon her majesty's distin guished embassador, who responded by a profoundly respectful inclination as he made his exit. Shortly afterward Count Ivanoff re turned. "I have been talking to Du mont, " he remarked, as he seated him self. "Clever fellow, Dumont. I am not surprised at the emperor's partiality for him. He must find him useful when he is in want of all idea. " "Who is Dumont?" inquired the countess, with languid interest. "That is rather a difficult question," replied the count, smiling. "There are several editions of his biography all different, probably none of them true. Look, he has just entered the emperor's box the man in the black ooat. " "Is that M. Dumont?" exclaimed tho countess. "If so, he has been here while you were away. He came on the part of the empress and carried off one of my TTATERBUIIY earrings, which her majesty wished to compare with one of tho Countess Wo ronzoff's." "Dumont! Impossible 1 I was talk ing to him tho wholo timo I was absent, nnd he only left me at the top of the staircase two seconds before I returned. " "Neverthelass, mon ami, he has been here and has taken my earring. See! It ia gone. " "Effectively," agreed tho count, with a grim smile, "but Dumont has not taken it. It is to the last degree un likely that the empress would mako such a request. Depend upon it, you have been the victim of a thief made up as Du mont. " "Impossible !" cried tho countess in her turn. "The affair is absolutely as I tell you. It was the veritable M. Du mont I see opposite who came into this box and took away my diamond. Only Wait a little and he will bring it back intact." "To wait a little is to lessen the chance of its recovery. I will go and in quire of Dumcnt, if I can get at him, whether he has been seized with a sud den attack of kleptomania, because tho idea of the emcress having pent him roaming about the theater borrowing a ; lady's jewels I regard as preposterous, Ah, these Persian thieves ! You do not j know what scientific geniuses they are m their way." With this the count departed, and the second act was nearly at an end be fore he returned. In tho meantime the countess perceived that she was an ob ject of interest to tho occupants of tho imperial box. I was right," whispered the count, ; re-entering and bending over his wife's chair. "Dumont knows nothins? of vnnr earring, and, needless to say, the em press never sent him or anyone else up on such an errand. I have put the mat ter into tho hands of the police, and they will do all that is possible to re cover it. " The countess was duly commiserated i by sympathizing friends, but nothing j more was heard of the stolen jewel until tho following day. j Early in the afternoon tho countess j was about to start for her daily drive in i tho Bois. The frozen snow lay deep j upon the ground, and her sleigh, with its two jet black Russian horses jingling their bells merrily in tho frosty air, stood waiting in tho courtyard while the countess donned her furs! A servant entering announced that ! an officer of the police in nlain clothes asked permission to speak with Mmo. la Comtesse concerning the lost dia mond. "Certainly, " said madame graciously. "Let the officer be shown into the boudoir." Into the boudoir presently came the countess, stately, beautiful, fur clad, buttoning her little gloves. Near thi door stood a short, wiry looking man; with keen, black eyes, closely crotjoed ! hair and oompact, erect, military figure. ! The small man bowed profoundly whilo ! ho said, with the utmost respect, at the samo time laying a letter upon the table : "I am sent by order of tho chief of police to inform Mme. la Comtesse that : the stolen diamond has been satisfac , torily traced, but thero is unfortunately ; some littlo difficulty connected with its identification. I am charged, therefore, to beg that Mme. la Comtesse will, have the goodness to intrust the fellow earring ! to the police for a short period in order j that it may be compared with the one I found in the possession of the suspected ! thief. Madame will find that the letter I bring corroborates my statement." Tho countess glanced hastily through the letter, and, ringing the bell, desired that her maid might bo told to bring the remaining earring immediately. This was done, and tho dapper little man, bowing deferentially, departed with the precious duplicate safely in his possession. The countess descended to her sleigh and drove to the club, to call for her husband en route 'for tho Bois. Crossing the Place de la Concorde, she related to him tho latest incident in the story of the diamond earring. "You never were induced to give up the other '"cried Count Ivanoff incredu lously. "But I tell you, mon ami, an officer of tho police came himself to fetch it, bringing a letter from his . superiors vouching for tho truth - of his state ment." "If the prefect himself had come, I don't think I should have been caioled into lotting him have it after last night's experience," laughed her husband. j 'However, for the second timo of ask j ing, we will go and inquire." The coachman turned and drove, as ; directed, to the bureau of police at . ""v -fc U1 m- The police know nothing of your de tective or his epistolary efforts," he said, drawing tho fur rug up to his chin as the impatient horses sped away over the frozen snow. "Your second earring has been netted by another member of the light fingered fraternity, and, upon my honor, I think he was the more ac complished artist of the two!" And from that unlucky day to this, the Countess Ivanoff's celebrated dia mond earrings knew her pretty ears no more. San Franoisco Argonaut. Food of the Future. Dr. George Plumb, one of the chem ists of the University of Chicago, says that the time is soon coming when hot water and food tablets will be the sole accouterments of a kitchen. He says the essential food elements of a 1,200 pound steer can be got into an ordinary pill box. One of his tablets the size of a pea makes a large bowl of soup. A ra tion case of his planning, which weigh ed eight ounces, contained the follow ing supply: Three tablets concentrated soups, equal to three quarts; four tab lets beef, equal to six pounds ; ono tab let milk, equal to one pint ; two tablets wheaten grits, equal to two pounds ; one wDiet egg food, equal to 12 eggs. EVENING DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1895. CAUGHT WITH GOLD. BUT THE MAN $45,000 EATING SHARK TOOK OF THE BAIT. The Kx-BlTcr'a Story of on Adventure In the "Great Days" Silence Smeared Itself All Orer the Veranda at the Completion of the Yarn. "I suppose," quoth James T. Gaulin of Winchester, Mass., who was sitting on tho hotel veranda, "that I hart the honor of killing tho most valuable fish that ever swam the seas. I did it single "w . 7 b U4J7 IU J' Aaver tUat tms Hsnwas wiuyio u ma i lined 11-saearn man tho finest sperm whale that was ever harpooned, although we should really leave whales out of the question when speaking of fish. It was 30 years ago, and I was young and foolish enough to bo a deep sea diver. Our diving schooner and crew had been sent to Cuba to try to recover some stuff from a Spanish boat that had foundered off the coast of Cuba, just where I don't now recollect. It was quite a long trip for us, and as the employment of a diving outfit was an expensive thing in those days tho boys knew that there must be something pretty valuable in tho hold of the wreck. I was quite close to our skipper, and he told mo that there wero several boxes of gold coin in the wreck. On our arrival at the port near where tho wreck lay in 30 feet of water the agent of the owners of the sunken schooner told us some thing more surprising. It was that the gold had not been stowed in boxes in the cabin, as was usual, but for some re?.son had been bagged and placed in tho hold, being billed as copper washers. This was probably a scheme to avoid any chance of the spirit of cupidity aris ing in tho crew, for the treasure wa3 very great. lit it A- .mm m ' iected to go down first and find the mon as tno connaentiai man. I was se- ey bags, attach line3 to them and have them taken out before the other divers should proceed with the work of taking out tho other freight that the water had not harmed. I was soon in tho hold and was surprised to find that the bags were only a little distance from the hole in the side that had caused tho schooner to founder. I had been told that there would bo 12 bags, but I could lay my hands on but 11 of them. Finally I spied a torn bag lying .near tho hole in the hull, and on picking it up discover ed tnat it contained a few gold coins. I decided that tho heavy triple sacking had been torn open in some way or oth er when tho schooner sank. I fastened lines about tho 11 bags that were intact, and had them hoisted, afterward going up for air, for our apparatus was not very good. "In a few minutes I returned to the hold to search for the scattered coins Very few of them were in sight. It oc curred to me that they might have been washed outside tho boat, judging from the position of the wreck and the fact that the hold was far down toward the ship's bottom. I was about to crawl out of the hole when I remembered that it might hazard tho air pipe, so I was j pulled up and let down again over the vessel's side. 1 was disappointed not to find any indication of the gold near the holo in the schooner, but set to work digging resolutely in the sand. I had gono but a foot down when I struck the gold pieces all in a lump. I picked out a great handful and turned the light on them, for I was a lover of gold then, even though it did not belong to me 'Just then I saw something that made tho rubber helmet riso from mv i . head. It was a man eating shark. hadn't thought of ono in so long that ! had neglected to bring my knife. It was rushing at me. The stupid creature never stopped to consider that with a rubber and lead dressing a diver makes a poor lunch. I was kneeling beside the gold. At the shark's onslaught I natural ly hung to the handful of gold as though to uso it as a weapon. He turned oa his side, opening his horrible mouth. A feeling of grim humor had come over me. The cruel goldbugs had sent mo down hero to be devoured, after saving thousands of dollars for them. I would be a spendthrift at the last. So with all my force I flung the heavy handful of com into tho yawning mouth. "The shark must have thought it was a part of me, for he snapped his jaws over the golden morsel. I am satisfied that ho broke some teeth. He swam back a little, and then rushed at me again. I had no weapon but the gold, so again I flung into the hideous maw enough to buy me a homo in New Eng land. I saw him snap and swallow it. Again and again was the attack repeat ed, and as often did I hurl gold into the shark's throat.- Pretty soon he became dizzy, a it were, for tho gold had un balanced him, settling in the forward part of his body. Then he writhed in agony, and I had to keep dodging his flurry. Then, with one terrible shudder, he sank to the bottom, weighted down by the gold. I tied a line about him and then gave tho signal to be pulled up. Then I heTped hoist the shark. We cut him open. Gentlemen, you must take the word of an ex-diver that there was $45,000 ir; him. Gold had killed him. " Silence smeared itself all over the veranda. The pale moon slid behind a cloud. Tho amphitheater organ slowly wove a weird chunk of melody. The chimes begin to ring. "Those were great days," said Mr. Gaulin sadly. Buffalo Express. The Lowell Family. The Lowells hold an honored place in the local history of New England. One member of the family introduced cotton spinning into the United States, and for him the town of Lowell is named. An other left money to found in Boston the course of lectures known as the Lowell institute. The most famous of theia nil was James Russell Lowell, bora ia 1819 at Cambridge, Mass., on Feb. 22, also the birthday of - the most distin guished of all Americans. "James Russell Lowell, ' by Brander Matthews. in St. Nicholas. BIVALVE SEASON. XI 2roperly Cultivated, Oygters Would I5e Within the Beach of the Poorest. TSpecial Correspondence. Boston, Get. 15. The oyster is not in its prime until October, and epicures wait until they have picked up, after the ? pawn ing season, before indulging in their daily meal of this favorite shellfish. But, widespread as ia the use of oysters 3 ioou, ic is romarkable how few per sons know anything about their cul ture or cultivation, except that they ara lounu oa ino oyster beds of tho At j the Pftciflc oyster does not compare, cither ; a 3 7f . tho strea vir 1 gimca, or Atlantic coast ovster. hnt thai fi4Ct does not sufficiently affect the purpose amcie to aweu uuon it It will bo rauch more interesting to tell my readers of some of the curious devices that aro used for raising oysters, and it will bn news to them that some of the best oysters in the world are really grown upon trees. I do not mean that those trees prow on the land, in woods and forests. They consist of small trees or branches placed in the water, upon which tho oyster spat affixes itself after it has been fertilized on the surfaco of the water. In many of the estuaries of the Connecticut rivers where the bottoms are muddy and unfit for oys ter culture this plan is adopted for col lecting spat, and a good many of the young oysters thus collected find their way, as yearlings, to the Pacific coast, where they are sown in tho beds of San Francisco bay. And it is not inapropos to explain here that it is very easy to discover wheth er an oyster has been transplanted or grew whero it is found, for oysters have not the power of attaching or fixing them selves a second time. But to return to tho subject of growing oysters upon trees. I shall best explain this economic plan by telling of the groat oyster farms of Fusaro and Tnranto, in Italy, where, because of the muddy and unwholesome conditions of the bottoms of the lakes, it was necossary to adopt some other method than that of making a bed, as is tho case in all the oyster grounds, natural or artificial, in our wa ters. This Italian plan consists roughly of four corner posts, a web of ropes, branches of trees and various suspended devices for oollecting oysters and growing, fattening and storing them. Tho corner posts are about 20 feet long, and the ropes forming a network between them must bo strong enough to support the weight of the collecting devices, etc. Tho collectors consist of loose bundles of hazel and gorse branches. These aro called facines, and when covered with young oystorsare brok en into twigs and tied together in a long string, which, when again suspended in the water, utilize tho wator volume and give the young oyster full liberty to obtain the best nourishment. In addition to tho facines, or branches, several wire baskets are also suspended from tho ropes, and any oysters that be- GROWING OYSTERS OK TREES. como dotached and fall to tho bottom, to gether with tho grown oysters on the fa cines, aro placed in these baskots for stor age and final growth. This plan has given incredibly excellent results in Italy, and in addition to the tree spat collectors of Connecticut thero is no reason why the samo method should not be adopted along our coast, where the bottoms are found to be unsuitable. The popular belief that oysters can only ba grown or matured on tho sea bottom is hero finally refuted. They do not need to be at the bottom to secure their food. As a matter of fact, tho amount of food that is actually brought to an oyster colony seems to bo in direct proportion to tho vol urno of water passing over it. In South Carolina there are millions of tons over 20 miles of oysters, or more" properly, oyster shells. Tho reason that this is not a greater oyster producing field than either the Chesapeake or Connecticut grounds is simply because of the asphyxi ating condition of the inshore bottoms. No trouble has been taken to macadamize the bottom of this naturally prolific oyster region, and, as a consequence, the young oysters are found in nvramida 10 and 13 feet high, or growing on tho piles and stakes along shore. Because of their nat ural instinct and It cannot be other than instinct that causes them to cling to the wood piles or crowd oa top of each other the Carolina oyster is exposed to tho sun and atmosphero for at least eight hours out of tho 24 and cannot thrive. Their shells aro almost transparent, their shape is Jong ana Darrow, ana lor this reason they havo received the name "raccoons." Considering the enormous home consump tion and exportation of American oysters, it seems to mo that tho great resources of thoso great oyster fields of South Carolina should bo judiciously developed. J.O givo an idea of how prolific tho oys ter is I shall stato that tho Averacn num ber of eggs in ono female oyster is 135.- 000,000. And Professor Brooks of Mary land once made a calculation that, takinj? eight matured oysters and assuming that evory egg matured from them and their progeny for five years, th result would bo a mountain of oysters and oyster shells more than twice the bulk of the earth. So that wero it not that enemies dnstrntr ibout 90 to 95 per cent of the ovster esrtrs and young oysters, and that man does not take proper steps to conserve a greater proportion of them, wo would havo this delicious and nutritious fish food at a price wit run tno rosea of the poorest and in am ple abundance. Bob F. Walsh. Don't Rock. "Don't rock," says Tho Journal of Hv- geio-Theropy. ' The swaying motion of a swing or rocking chair is inclined to pro duce congestion of the head, and this is the reason of its soothing effect. We con sider it injurious to older ueoolo as well as to children. Many awoman rocks much vitality away. She begins talking to her friends and almost without consciousness begins her ceaseless, nervous rock, violat- ng both the rule of cood taste and the laws of her body." IIOOD'g PILLS cure lAver Ills, Biliousness, Indigestion, Headache, A ruaint laxative. All Drugglste. BROKEN HEARTS IN FRANCE. Held of Account by the Law. Than Broken tear. In no instance does tho profound dif ference of national char acter in England and France appear more striking, says our Paris correspondent, than in the views held on both sides of tho channel regarding breach of premise. Of course engagements aro broken off in Franco as well as in England, but it is only in England that heavier damages "are awarded for a broken heart than for a broken leg. The offense is all but un known in the French law courts, whether it is that Frenchmen are less inclined to it or that the French girl dislikes bringing her sentimental trou bles into court. To show English read ers how incredibly prejudiced French persons of both rexes are upon this sub ject it is enough to say that a young lady who attempted to turn her wound ed feelings into cash would be regarded as only a degree less mean than the faithless man. The very small number of suits for breach of promise have always been supported by a plea that tho lady was put to expense, and there must be be sides evidence of an intent to deceive. Damages in any case are very small be sido the royal amounts awarded by Eng lish juries. Recently an action for breach of promise a l'Anglaiso was brought into the Third Paris police court. Tho lady and her father, as near est friend, produced a bill showing that they were 30 out of pocket for the broken engagement. They might have had this ; but, badly advised, they put on another item of 350 for tho moral prejudico. The French judge did not understand this, and he dismissed tho case. London News. Napoleon's Statement About Enghlen. When Napoleon was on his deathbed, a maladroit attendant read from an Eng lish review a bitter arraignment of him as guilty of the duke's murder. The dy ing man rose, and catching up his will wrote in his own hand : "Ihad tho Due d'Enghien seized and tried because it was necessary to the safety, tho interest and the honor of the French people, when by his own confession the Comto d'Artois was supporting 60 assassins Paris. Under similar circumstances I would again do likewise." Neverthe less ho gave himself the utmost pains on certain occasions to unload the entire responsibility on Talleyrand. To Lord Ebrington, to O'ileara, to Las Cases, to Mootbolon, ho 5-ss5rcRted that Tal leyrand had checked his impulses to clemency. "Life of Professor William M. tury. J.1 UJJUiCUil , Sloane, in by Cea- Kleptopfcotosrraphy. He Seo that nico looking chap over there? She Of course I da Would I miss anything like that? He Well, you want to watch him. Ho'll take anything in sight. She Gracious. Is ho a kleptomaniac? Ho No. He's an amateur vuiotoc- rapher. Detroit Free Press. CHECKERS AND CHESS. Checker Problem Xo. Gil. Black 4. 5, 6, 7, 10, 16, 30 (king). TW'Q (,'. aye-'a tvtr- i'. KJ fcXwr ("? -.'a T' S" ' t i $0, ; AmmS f..... L..;.. ffSTZ r-y?i epenr vrrv White 12, 13, 18, 22, 25, 2S, SI (king). White to play and win. Chess Problem No. 314. Black. 23 i vm mi Ti m m icm iwA & m m $m m SMi& ..:& $.i,.;2 WW ir".W WVf '"fM ,''.: i-l-i '.Mtv j White. White to play and mate in two moves. SOLUTIONS. Checker problem Kb. 313. . White. Black. 1..19 to 23 2.. 16 to 12 8.. 30 to 23 4.. 12 to 19 5.. 23-to S2 6.. 4 to 11 1..27 to 24 2.. 24 to 19 8.. 19 to 20 4 .20 to l'i 5. .81 to 27 6.. 11 to 8 7.. 7 to 23, and wins Chess problem Kb. 313: White 1..B x B 2..Q-R6 3..RxR 4. .Mates Black. l.-Q to Kfc 2..R x Pea 8. .Any 00GCCOSO000009C3OO(3OOOCOOOOOOOC5OOC. f- Woman's ' ' Aelniiratln 8 -FOR- If I Yorleel I k , frflSHjSQ POWDER without it. I recommend it as the best O in tne world." Mrs. Cynthia Wilson, "I am delighted with Ivorine, also O Oil Soap that comes ia every p.ickag;." i. jm, iiHvuiencc, ii. l. CJzt of Choice TromiMias sent Free upon rorracst. 0 TUT: J. T.. WILLIAMS CO., ConMrj, Co2., MaVr of W::!iarns' Fsmo.it Shnr Soa-, $1 4 t 5 Talis Ho Substitute- call Borden agle -CONDENSED niLK Has always stood ITItST Li the esitaa t!n of the American People. Ko cthsr is just as gocj." ijest mi out rood. A POLAR NIGHT. Graphl; Description of Th!s Time of Gloom end Ucsolstioa. Mr. Constantin Kcssiloff, reporting n La Tear du Monde his scientific re Eoarches in Xova Zambia, furnishes au intercstingjicscriptiou of his sensations nnd experiences during thn Inner n.rnti night, which b:gan Hov. 3 and ended Jan. 20. September was pretty comfortable, ha fays. Then, suddenly snow covered tho mountains. The Samoyedes, his only companions, put on their winter cloth ing, the fishing boats set sail for Arch angel, tho ground froze, tho sun lost ita warmth and heavy snows fell. Winter had come in earnest. On the day whon the sun showed it self for the last time all hands went out of doors to bid it farewell. It re mained in sight for half an hour only. For a few days longer there was a morning twilight. Then this faded and gave place to black night. Tho stars shone the wholo 24 hours. The huts of the colony wero buried under the snow, of which thick whirlwinds filled the air. The wind shock the huts to their foundations. Sometimes for days to gether the inmates of the different huts could hold no communication with each other, though tho huts were side'byside. If anyone went cut, he was seized by the wind and had to be dragged back by means of ropes. In this darkness and desolation tho aurora borealis did much to entertain and cheer them. It lasted sometimes for five days in succession, with splendors of color that Ivlr. Xossiloff tries in vain to describe. To enjoy the spectacle ho used to remain for hours in a hole in tho snow, sheltered from tho wind. "I havo never seen anything more terrible than a tempest during the polar night," says Mr. Nossiloff. "Man feels himself overwhelmed in immensity." When there came a lull in the storm the men ventured cut to breathe the air and purgo their lungs of the exhala tions of tho smoking lamps fed with seal oil. Twilight appeared again in the mid dle of January, and on the 20th tho sun rose above tho horizon, whilo tho mem bers of tho little colony stood in line facing it and fired a salute. No one had died or been seriously ill, but all had the look of corpses and were feeble as convalescents after a long sickness. Health returned with the appearance of the sun. Youth's Companion. A Bird's Re?ecse. A lady who was one day watching a pair of redstarts as they worked in a treo was startled by a violent commo tion that arose in tho shrubbery hard by. Catbirds screamed, wrens scolded and the robins shouted "Quick!" with all their might. A chipmunk was drag ging a baby catbird by the leg from its nest and all the birds round about had como to help make a row about it, in cluding a Baltimore oriole. Tho scream ing and the swish cf wings as the bird3 darted about made tho squirrel abandon its prey and then the commotion sub- i sided a3 quickly as it had risen. All the bird3 but the oriole went about their ; business elsewhere. Tho oriolo had not ' said a word so far, and beyond the coun tenancing tho hubbub by his presence had had no part m it. The squirrel, having dropped the baby catbird, cocked itself upon a limb and began to chatter in a defiant way, whilo the oriole sat not far away look ing at it, but dointi nothing else. But in a fow moments tho squirrel left its seat i and ran cut on the limb it had been sit , ting on until it had to use caro to keep I its hold, and then the criole's opportu nity for a terrible assault had come. : Flashing across the space ho struck the I chipmunk in ono eye with his sharp pointed beak, and then turning instant I ly struck the other eye in a like manner. : Quivering with pain, tho squirrel let go i the limb and drooped to the cround. whero it rolled and struggled about ap parently in tho throes of death. Tho oriolo flew away to his favorite elm, whero he sang in his most brilliant fash- ion. Tho lady put the squirrel out of its misery and then saw that the oriole had destroyed both eyes. Chicago Reo crd. Quick Lunch. First Waiter Have you ordered, sir? Second Waiter (interposing) Why, -certainly. I took his order an hour ago. Truth. A Coming: Wonder, "Will tho new woman wash dishes?" "No. As soon as she has the timo she will invent dishes that won't need wash-In,-?." 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