Exeter Advocate, 1900-11-1, Page 7We are promised some new' things bas-
ed upon the play made famous by Sarah
Bernhardt, wherein she plays the
[don, or we might call it "the eaglet" in
plain English. The priecipal point of
novelty Is in the sleeves, and these are
quite elaborate aud not at all Illte any-
thingewe have ever had before in the
history of sleeves for women. But the
new slee-ees are not at all ,ugly, and I
thiult a certain Siceree of latitude is al -
lo -wed 1ori Mdividual taste. There are
some sort of undersieeves to all of these,
but they are generally rather close to
the arm and are part of the sleeve itself.
Bishop sleeVes itre very popular in all
the new garments, and`the cuffs are so
tiemmed as to look -as if the upper and
under were separate—ehat is to any, that
theve are rows of trimming around them
about six inehes from the band, and that
gives the desired effect. 'The Rexene
sleeve late the bottom ,in wide timing
tyle, and beneath thie is the soft lace
undersleeve. The lace- un(lersleevee eau
be as fancy as one likes, and some of
them are marvels of daintiness, and some
have costly real lace instead of any of
the pretty imitations of the•threacl laces.
Some of the lace, undersleeves have nar-
row black velvet ribbon run in, and °th-
us have black velvet bands about an
inch wide, and these are often spaegled
elaborately, and in some cases they are
lined with some soft silk in a color to
contrast with the dress. Very many dif-
ferent effects can be made by changing
the style and ornamentation of these.
Sonia of the undersieeves when made of
suitable lace leave small dots worked in
with sila floss or chenille el. tiny span-
gles. The silk should be green where
the color in the gown will permit the use
of that color, for it is by far the most ef-
feet ive.
There are some lovely evening dresses
now on exhibition, and they are very
STORM COAT.
beautiful and so almy and ethereal that
the young lady who is so fortunate as to
be able to buy one is to be envied, or at
least imitated. We can all follow a lead-
er when we know the original idea, and
SO I shall here give a detailed description
of the prettiest and also the most costly.
If silk muslin is thought too expensive,
the dress would be quite pretty enough to
set a dozen hearts aflame made ha soft
niull. A lining of taffeta in some prefer-
red color would make it perfect. The
model is, as I said, of 8ilk muslin and is
lined with a slip of faint pink taffeta.
The skirt was made with a demitrain,
and around thetbottom there were seven
narrow flounces—to be accurate' each
two and a half leaches .wide—andthese
overlapped each other so only one and a
half inches of each showed, except the
top one, and this was but fill inch aud e
half wide. Each one of these very full
ruffles and the heat were all bordered
with a line or pale pink baby ribbon, and
six rows were sewed flat on the elsirt
above the ruffles. There was another se-
ries of ruffles of sill; naull, and these were
set on tbe' silk lining, rind Wet, upheld
the skirt ruffles and made a fluff that was
,a beautiful to see. The waist was just the
dear old baby shape, but around the neck
there was a queittity of ruffles so that
the wearer would'seem to be rising out of
a great big dish of pink ice cream. The
sleeves were mere puffs, and the nitrvow
pink ribbon was put wherever it could be
put with advantage. This design would
be even more dainty it the ribbon which
is put on as trimmieg were green in the
soft apple shades. This particular Outdo
of green is by all means the best for
evening wear, for the somewhat cold and
unfinished look it his in daylight is sof-
tened hi the gaslight. But the ribbon rer
this ltind of trimming must be the DOA,
rowest Linde, though it may be 'Tom
Thumb or baby, or just a thin lustring,
fuel it is a dueetion whether that would
not give the best effect, as it is lighter
and the colorings blend bettev with
ti '
geode, ' •
Pell suits tor the street and materials
or which to make them diyide the atten-
tion with the new hats and other mil-
lineey and the effesiete intended for even-
ing WON*. The black ereponsa curionaly
enough, are very [mintier and sell excel-
lently and will. be used as before with
separlift waists. These blister erepons
me hot enly offered in black for the
street, but in the most delicate of colors
for the handsome home costume, arid
they do show to good advantage when
the waist is well chosen and well made,
I.' or street Week is to be More fasbionable
tilita it bIts ever been before, tied mope
attention ha e been given to intaginbag
designs for it go that no oae eau go
astray in choosing a black gown for her
best outdoor suit. The list of fabrics all
in black is surprisingly •large and cone
plete. Every one eau lave her owntpret-
'evetice and be sure diet it is all eight.
Among the handsome am3 durable black
dreee goods forthis season we nue .Some
old favorites, and yet every one of these
grows finer and better with each, suc-
ceeding year. Among them we may men -
lion the best, and these are satin soleit
eudova, which is silk warp; prunella,
deep Sebaetopol, satin cord, silk
warp henriettas, zibelines camere hair
in 'several different Nveights, cheviots of
a dozen kinds, cravenetted wateeproof
cheviots twills. also eravenetted pop-
linettes, corkscrews, mixture's of mauy
weights • and weaves, satie venetians,
whipeorde, broadcloths and pebble atel
granite cloths, and leesklee these are the
erepons, zibelines and a new stuff called
Parole.. This,. is figured, and seine per-
sons prefer a figure and a little more
dressy effect even in Meek, and for them
are the paroles. AU of the goods above
mentioned are high priced, as all first
class things are, but they last so long
and look so well to the last thread that
they Wire cheaper in the long run than
the so Called novelties. Good judgment
tells a woman to get fewer dresses, if
it must be, bat get the best when it is
• doseible and then take care of them.
Nearly all the best houses tell You that
black is to be the best style In every-
thing, with white as a combination, but
there, will always be some who prefer
colors, and for them are plenty of eoa
ored goods of every ,kind. They have
but to choose. Yet black is the best
ELUSION. .
What would you deli should glee you ropes
1i910 gave you orli,Y111ies yesterdaY?
If I should leave m3' 1le PreItY PleY
Among my shaded theltered lily closes
And ginm you roses?
If in an hour I ceauged goal girl to woman
And gave you back your kisses, each for each,
And chose, instead of music, passionate speech?
Nay, but I will not, seeing Love's but human,
Unveil the woman.
I'll keen my mystery and lteep my lover;
You who bare bung with praise and dream my
Being mere man, would find your praise halt
blame, '
If in ray soul full measure, running'over,
You saw my love for you—not flower's, but
. —From "Songs of the Morning," by Nora 11OP-
Per.
A £LEK, •
4 SLICK 1miA/4 I
tBY Cbarles B. Lewis. ,
, .
Ott the passenger Ilst of the Ocean
Queen as he sailed from Melbourne
for Landon on the ldth of August,
18431 was the }rime of Tames Mel -will
an Engalshinan, and "If there ever was
a sleeker, slicker man got into print I
have not teed of 111111. He leadraTt the
sleek, slick way of a hypocritical mis-
sionary or parson, but it was a -way of
Ilia own. He was a dandy. in 8."gure
and dress. He had the Innocent face
of a child. Ile was guileless and
genuous. , Ile seemed to know so little
of -the world that you wondered where,
he laad passed his 30 years of life. 'He
wanted to make everybody's acquaint-
ance and be friends with all. •You
couldn't help but set him down for a
a sail was sighted dead ahead, and al,
InQrt115 soon as he bad been made out
It was seen that elle had a diStress ang
fiyieg. The news went over ,the ship,
and In is moment everybody Was inter-
6ted and anxious. The ship hi' dis-
tress was a brig, and, so Inc as any of
us could make out, she noes all right
WOW' tend alott. If she hadn't sprung
a leak, then it roust be a ease of fever
or mutiny, or perhaps slie had ruu
short of water and provisions. Jimmy
etood beekle Me as We bore doWn on
the brig, and, although 1 twice asked
him what lie thought about It, he (lid
not seem to hear me I turnecrto look
at hint as he closed his glass aud Lound
a smile on his face.
"You Maul think it a joke, do your'
I asked rather brusquely. •
"Ob, no, no!" he replied, smiling and
chuckling at the same time. "No; it's
no joke. There will be no laughing
over it."
His tones were sarcastic, and for an
instant there was a look of triumph in
his eyes. Then he turned away, and I
gave the brig my attention. We ran
down to within half a mile oi her be,
fore our engines were stopped. Only
three men were visible on her decks,
and she hadn't.a boat in sight, The
trio beckoned and motioned that we
ehould send a boat, and the captain
gave orders that one should be lowered.
"It will be a case of fever." he said,
"with all the officers and most of the
men down," and the suhgeon was sent
SONO.
We are eo jolly, contented and gay,
Enid and 1 and the baby;
Wu; ao we cam for the Appian way;
Enid and 1 aud the baby'?
politics, wars and the tariff may go;
Little tve reek hoe the fickle winds elowe
We're a triumvirate, mighty and low,
Enid and 1 and the.baby.
Climb up, my little son, here to my knqe—
Euici and, I and the baby;
Isn't he 6turciy awl Mayo as could ba?
Enid and 1 and the baby.
Tithe,hini, my sear, he weary with play;
See how be blinks in that Sleepytown way;
Ilere is a hiss all aroutt'k
nd, auuirrte—
Enid and and the baby,
—Robert Lovenian in Nev Lippincott,.
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Cherry island lies 1,400 miles directly
north of Sweden and is the diViding
line betweeen the Greenland .and the
Barents' Seas. A line drawn from east
to west would strike Nova Zembla
on the one end and I-Iudson's Land
on the 'Other. .T113.'e are about
00 (lays the year when the
island enjoys the heat And the
Verdure of summer, but during the re -
off -with the boat, which was fp charge reninder there ere such eeld ae(1 bleak -
of the second mate. Eight of our crew nesS and innelthess as man (5an 6m1
no -
were thus taken. The boat bad pulled- where else outside of the north pole It -
half the distance to the brig when we self. In the deela dieak ravine's the
liacl something nearer home to attract' earth has never thawed sine frozen'
attention. The sleek, slick little Jim- tens,of thousands of years ago,
ad °il
my suddenly held a. cocked revolver the north -side- are. blocks' of''iceVen 111Ch
to the captain's ear and Marched him were east up there when the Creator
into his stateroom. Fourteen of the
eradroad„,men from tbe,eteerage, each was seeking to bring order out of
chaos.
armed with a pistol and knIre, sudden -
In the year 1800 an English scientific
society fitted out what was known as
the Cherry island expedition. It was
Pirely in tlie interest Of natural his-
tory. Certain fish and birds which lead
become extinct in the south were Etill
to be found up there, according to the
reports of whalers, and that was the
She had two boats clown on the far object in fitting out the brig Albatross
side, with 15 men in each boat, and for a voyage from London. Aside from
as soon as they ha.d pulled around and a strong handed crew, three professors
captured our yawl ogle boatload of the and four or live students accompanied
rascals came aboard the Queen, and • the expedition, and after a voyage al -
the steamer was worked down along- most without event we reached Cherry
side the brig. The sea was smoittle island soon after the beginning of its
and the fellows could lash the craft
together without fear of disaster.
good fellow just to look at him, and ly appeared among us, and it wasn't
Wilen y011 had listened to his droll sto- three mhantes before the whole crowd
ries in the smoking, room, his songs in of us were In the cabin and a guard
the cabin and tbe fairy stories be told over us. The engine room was taken
the children YOU fiad to agree that he posseselon of at- the same time, and
was justly a favorite.
the Ocean Queen had been taken p05 -
No one seemed to know Jimmy, as session of without a shot being fired.
he asked us to call him, beyond know: The brig was lying broadside to us.
ing that he lived up the country on 8
big horse farm and was Worth half a
million dollars. .It turned out that no
oue really knew that, but had taken
his word for it. However, it was no
one's business to know bins. He was
going back to England after a bride,
and all the ladies aboard agreed that
he was a good catch and tbe girl was
in luck. Perhaps I got more out of
Alt'. alelwill than any other passenger.
It was more, aud tbe same time it
NEW" DRIVING COAT.
was less. In speaking of his horse
style or all. To give an idea of the pront-
inence of black in the fashions of. this farm to me he had been foolisb enough
unitinui, 1 will just mention a few of to locate it. It was Inc distant from
the black silk dresses ,and tailor suits Melboilane, and It was in an out of the
shown me in elle Place, There were way place, but it so happened that -I
suits of tricotine. moire Francaise, satin had sheepherded and prospected all
mereeilleux, crystal bengafines, fn I
- over that range matt kneeeshis story to
Francaise, peau de cygne, royal arniure, be false. Els saw by nay looks that I
satin duel:mese, gros de lyons triple ' he at once
are -also seen, but not for street dresses knew It to be so, and
warp surahs and peen de sole. /Taffetas
turned the conversation aud refused
nor tailor suits. `There are a few. bro. auy further information. Women will
mules all Mack, but they are not worn lie when there is no object, but men
OD illO stveet. generally plan to make a Ile serve a
„Ilauclsome silk waists are made to purpose. I tried to figure out why
wear with these .snits when for outdoor Jimmy should lie, but the best guess
wear, and are indifferently of white or
t could make at It was that he wanted
colored silks. The all white are consid-
to pass for a richer man than he was.
ered the best form. Some of these have
silk or There was nothing bad about that, and
tiny polka dots worked in with
chenille threads. I didn't permit the falsehood to open
The new walking skirts are showing any breach between us.
sometliing new every day. Yesterday When we came to shake ourselves
saw tee() where there were pockets set denta aboard, I noticed that there were
in the sides, just as poelsets are set in a lot of rather tough looking men
nierds overcoats, and they were deep and ,
among the steerage passengers. It
roorny. A skirt short enough to fall clear
was explained that they were going to
of the ground all arotind a-nd with actual
tbe Cape to work on a new railroad.
pockets in evidence in them makes
As near as I could siee them up they
believe in the millenniem.
I wrote at length about the fall mil- were all colonials and men more used a share as well, but the money, watce-- ue into a captivity which lasted for
linery when the first importations of the to horses than picks and shovels. Your es, rings, brooches, etc., laid on the ten years. It was said that the cap-
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model hats and the new kinds of mate- true navvyt or day taboret, would bave tabte before the pirate lied a aood ture of this bird alone was worth more
rial for the feture millinery had just at sprawled Au the shade and slept and round value and seemed to satisfy'him to natural history than the cost of the
rived, but now they are before the gen— ' .
sauteed and been content. I picked He swept everything into a sack, bade expedition_
eral public and the "Openings" have' been
held. But even so there are quite a num- , out is dozen or more 01 the so called us a fond adieu and within ten minutes 'I'he island, which is of volcanic ori-
ber of new ideas, for those who make up workingmen who were nervous and was sailing away In the brig. The en- gin, is a tuere jumble of rocks. it is
our millinery in this country, ave not alto- I uneasYe and they often formed little nines were disabled before they left, 11 miles 'long by 5 in breadth and at
gether stupid, and they frequently devise groups and seemed to hold much con- and the -crew of the mate's boat was the time of our visit had no tree higher
omething far better suited to our wom.-
brief summer.. The last 200 miles of
our run was made through field ice,
We had been taken completely by with.glant Icebergs to be seen on every
surprise and had no show. They had hand, ancl we found a great length of
the gold out a'nd transferred within an ahore piled high with blocks of Ica
hour. It is to the credit of the rascally from 5 to 25 feet thick. It was a three
gang to say that they were nnder gooa days' job to warp the brig into a „safe
control and ,insulted, no. one. After anchorage on the south siae of the
tbe gold was disposed of they robbed island, and when we had ber secure
the ship of a lot of bedding and pro- most of the people went ashore to live
visions, and at the last the sleek, slick fOr a tinae in tents, Notwithstanding
the sunshine and verdure, there was a
men came down into the cabin to say
a few words. He was smiling and , loneliness about the place to make one
good natured. He patted the children,', afraid- We bad expected to find polar
bowed to the ladies. and waved his , bears and rabbits In plenty, but there
hand to the men. • was not aa bit of animal life, excepting
"My dear friends," he said ea that a few sleay shots, to be encountered.
soft, silky voice of his, "I hope that i Birds there were in plenty, however,
have given you no trouble. Rather let and of -the species desired, while fish
me hope that you will look upon it as of all sorts were to be had for the cast.
an incident to break the monotony ot in of a book. Each professor bad
the voyage. I do not wish to search his work cut out for blue, and I was
You one by one, like a footpad or a attached to Professor John Saunders
bushranger, but will trust to your hon. of the Royal museum as a helper. He
esty to hand over your money and was after birds and their eggs, and
jewels. I have figured on about the when we had been on the island'a week
amount I should get. If I get it, no I helped him to capture a specimen of
one will be further disturbed. I i the great auk, evbiclit species was sup -
don't get it, there will be room aboard Posed to lave been extinct for a guar -
the brig for most of the ladies." , ter of a century past But tbree of
I gave up half rity possessions, and I these birds were seen daring our stay
presume the other passengers retained of 40 days, and we took one away with
ACCESSORIES,
en than can be done in the tereign coun-
tries, where the designers caunot be ex-
pected to make things becoming to a type
of face they have never seen. One of the
most stylish of ell the hats shown is
mede of black chinchilla cloth, which
means n loosely woven stuff covered on
the surface with long, coarse hairs. This
is made with a Tam -shaped cvown, and
the Inane is all or great bows of the stuff
'and black velvet. One stiff 'frosted black,
quill stands tip at One side. A steel
buckle of immense size makes all the
brightness, and this hat weighs about
two pounds and emits $75. It is the stele
of it that makes it cost so much.
The newest driving coat looks as if the
wearer had taken hey husband's coat and
put it on jilSi" COL' fun. In almost every
essential the driving coats look like those
of the men. For rainy weather and out-
door wear in stormy, days a mackintosh
made of cravenetted covert, cheviot or,
serge is the best style now, and there is
really no end of occasions when such a
garment is useful. If the cape is arrang-
ed so that it eau be removed, It can be
adapted to many other uses. These are
long and can button closely to 'the bot-
tom. Some prefer that these garmeets
be made of double face stuff, witirit plaid
back, nncl in ueh a case the cape aloe°
would be adapted for golf. •
The Mew belts end Chatelaine bage and
tbe umbrellas and tbe parses of multiple
utility are all emong the things nunle end
provided for women, and in the illustra-
tion I show !t taw of the best. The leath-
er belts have applique work done on them'
in darker shades of the leather. It is
miff° a fad for one to carry n bundle of
umbrellas, so that wbetever the weather
the proper weight can be carried coot:
verse in whispers.. This, however, was
only it trifling incident. People on
shipboard have nothing to do but gos-
sip and observe. A man who would uot
evalle ten steps on land to see a cap-
tive eagle will sit foranhtur and
watch the erratic flight of a gull. I
think the sleek Jimmy must have
caught me watching the steerage pas-
sengers, for he took occasion one day for the remainder of the voyage, and It ice and heaving them upon the rocks,
th observe: was three weeks before a man-of-war there YclIDO rumblings and ecboes in
sent back to ue, and as no one had been than ten feet. Those grew between
killed we were fain to think we had bowlders and on the slopes, with
come off fairly well. We lay rolling in. Patches of coarse grass all about, but
naidocean for four days before the en- there was not a level spot half an acre
gineer had made repairs, and by that in extent on the whole island. It was
time the brig was several hundred intersected in every direction by re-
alties away. EVell had we knoevn her vines, some shallow and some of- awful
course .and position, it evould have depth, and during a storm, when the
availed nothing. We made a slow run surf was bringing in great blocks of
,
"There seems to be a fine lot of men started Out to look for tbe pirate craft. • those dare ravines to make a man pale
going out to the Cape with us?"
"As Inc as bone and muscle go," I re-
plied.
"But it, takes bone and muscle to
build railroads."
, "Of course, but this Is the first time
I ever heard of Australians being ship-
ped to the Cape for such work. 18
there any scarcity of native help? I
can't Imagine one of tbose eliaps over
yonder with his soft hands eloing much
with pick and shovel."
"No perhaps not," replied Jimmy in
an absent way as he looked at me
through half closed eyes.
Then he extended his cigar case, pro-
posed a game of euchre, and the'sub-
ject was dropped. I don't claiin that I
was suspielotte of Jimmy or that I was
disturbed by the gang in the steerage.
On the contragy, I WEIS perfectly eitee
in my mind in all respects. I had read
in the Ametrallan papers that the
Ociettu Queen was carryitig home more
than a Million dollars in gold. In fact,
I had seen Most of the boxes brought
aboard atid taken down to the strong
room. All other passengers must have
been aware of the treasure, but tbere
was little or no talk about it. I think
the sleek, ellek man was the only one
I beard say anything about it. As We
sat smoking and ynrning one day he
carelessly mentioned the treasure and
then wondeved hoW much all the gold
and silver lost by ehineVreels would
amount to,
It is a wide expanee &Tan be..
twee]) the Cape and Australia, and at
the end of a. week we bad all settled
clotyn into grooves and fallen into 3
monotenotla etamtine. Early one morning
It had been a job put up in Australia, I witho feet'. We bad been on the island
and it had worked to perfection. it about 30 clays and had pretty thorough -
may be that the brig returned to that ly explored it when Professor Salm-
but as she had a dozen different places accident one day which lecl to a most
to choose from she had no fear of cap- I strange discovery. We had set off to-
ture. So far as I have been able to . gether on a hunt after birds' eggs, and
learn she was never heard fimm, though in wallsing along a slope we struck tt
the search was kept up for a year or spot overgrown with a short green
inore. There was enough plunder to
set each .one up hendsonaely, and I
have alwnys thought of Jimmy the
slick One as touring about in the finest
coast and landed ancl divided theSeyag, ders and my bumble self met with an
weed., As we walked over this bed.eve
stuldeniy folmd ourselves slipping.
There was water under it, and the
whole mass gave way and sent us slid -
raiment, drinking the rarest wines and ing into a ravine. We went slipping,
making himself affavorite wherever he sliding, clutching and bumping a full
stopped for aeweek.
[Copyright, 1500, ter C. 13. Letvise
50 feet before we brought up, but ueit
thee of us was hurt beyond a few
bruises. °Wing, to the wet grass we
cittamtty warded Otte could not clamber out at that spot and
The ruler of a small German, state so continued on clown the ravine. flay
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has discovered one way of warding off 1 ine presently come upon a few bones
,
the dire calamity whfca nlust result which the professor pronounced its be -
front having 13 at a table. A. Berlin longing to a polar bear, eve decided to
exchange Is the authority for ,this follow, the rataine to its mouthtt led
statement. alniost north and south.. It was dry
HIS serene highness is in the habit of now, but there tvere time§ When it
giving little (linners and parties, to must haVe been filled with water from
rhieh ouleethe social select are called. bank to bank.
At one of these eXclusive affairs held It A -'as a toilsome journey we made,,
lately the prince °attend a cover to be buf it ended at last at a wall of tee
laid for 'Herr L., one of his cabinet within half a mile of the surf. At that
,„ ,
eouncil, point the depth of the ravine was
Herr L. wits a little late, and the rest abont 100 feet, and, though the sun
of the guests bed artriVecl when he pre- was Shining above, it was like evening
Sented himself at the door:
deevii there. A few yards before we
A supet'stItioutt baroness exclaimed weVe brought to it standstill we fotind
as he entered: "(toed gracious! There the body of a amit lying against the
title 13 of usr wall of rock on the right hand side
"Calm youreelt, tuy dear baroneesa and ten feet above our heade. ft ,was
"said Ids serene highneee. "alerr L. is ettught end field fast on a point of rock,
not ole of us. He belonge to a burgher We were both a good cleat startled by
family.° the grewsome sight, and had it beeu
sailor With me I now 1 tihould
'taken to Lily t
"We have a Inyetere's here and waist
eelve It," said the protessor as he re-
covered from hie surprise, "Let int get
the beds down mad make an investiga-
tion"
It was twither a body nor skeleton -
The cold had peesefved fleell to a,
certain exteut, but the action of the
water renning down the •ravhee had;
also worn it away. Tbe face Was well
preserved, and tile hair eves as firm
as In life. It was the remains of a
011111 who bad weighed perhaps 160
pounds, but I had no difficulty ha cm-
taching it froth the rock and low -tering
It down. What remained of tbe cloth-
ing proved that tee man bad either
Peen a fisherman or a sailor, but his
itationality couhl only be guessed at.
"At some time or other," said the pro-
fessor is he looked about, "this ravine
bas been a creek of considerable size
tlowingdown. to the sea. Tins mao
came up the creels from tile beach, but
we now find a wall et ice blocking it
up. The ice laas formed sine.e ho
came. There should be a boat frozen
lap in the wall between us and the
taia."
We had netting to mane a torch of
and, retracing our steps to a pointl
where We could ,elimb out of the ra-
vine, we left the naystevy to be salved
anotlaer day. Them was ranch- diecus-
siou around the campfires that even -
Ing, and eaely uext morning we set out
t6 44e if the ravine had once upon •a
time opened' to the sea. We soon
foumi that it bad., Its mouth had been
in a sinall bay, but a storm had filled
It with bolviders and dammed back the
waters flowing, down. Between the
sea and the spot evitere we foond the
body the ice was frosa 50 to 70 keel
thick. If the suu melted it for a few
feet. In the summer, the rains and,
snows of winter speedily •replaced
wbat had been lost. We found thisi
Ice as clear as glass and as hOrd'
iron, but powder was brougbt from
the brig, and boles were drilled, and in
a couple of days we bad blasted out
a great rift to half its depth.
Everybody hall a stspicion of' what
was frozen in down there, but yet the
discovery gave us a shock. When but
30 feet of ice lay between us and the
bottom of the vavine we could see
through it well enough to make out
the hull of a 'ship standing on an even
keel. It was tbe hull of a brig, with,
masts gone, but otherwise intact. We
could even make out the ropes which,
had been frozen stiff as iron while
they streamed along, her decks, but,
tbere were no bodies of dead men•in
sight. To, blast out the remaining
deptbs ett Ice and clear the ravine was
a east( requiring more aid tban we
could spare and more powder than well
liad aboard. We had to be conteug
witb what we could see.
Years before—perhaps half a centuryi
—a merchant vessel: had made -thatI
little bay in distress. Wave and tideI
had carried her up to ote, creek, and
wave and tide had blocked her exit.
Tben she began to freeze in. No maul
cttn say bow long it took for the ice to,
bury her mete] it was a solid mass CO
feet above her decks, but decades must
have passed. Lf one of ber crew got
away up to the ravine why not all of
them'? And yet no other body or re-
mains were to be found on the island.
This man, who may have been the cap-
tain, probably started out by bituself
to see if there WfIS a chance of escape,
but In inakieg his way up the ravine
be perished of cold and hunger. There
was searce a hope for the other. If
they left the hulk thee' were forced ta
return Lo it for shelter and -food. There
came a day when food and fuel were
exhausted, when avalanches of snots
coeered the decks and tbe cold of win?
ter froze the marrow of tbeir bones,
and they hill away In forecastle and
cabin and died witle open eyes staring
into the darkness. Loon our return
to London tbe case was reported and
made enrich 'of in the papers, but no
government or individual has ever
gone farther than we did. A bulk Iles
there fedi of dead men—a hulk which
sailed the waters of the frozen seas
half a century ago, and there it will
lie until time is no more and chaos
reigns again. It might be binsted out,
but of what use? The solving of one
mystery of the sea more or less would
count for but little.
The Proper Way to Ent.
At a recent meeting of inedical men)
Dr. 10. A. Burrell spoke of the amount
of miscbief done by the very common
habit of eating the meals rapidly, ac-
cording to the farmer's motto of
"Quick to met and quick to work."
Thorough mastication was of tile ut-
most importance. and of course this
presupposed a proper condition of the
teetla. Gastric digestion was often
weakened aucl nauch distress was
caused by the Ingestion of too much
fluid \yin the food, paetictilarly at the,
beginning of a meal. Another factor
eausirig dyspepsia was the habit
of eating food in silence or without
teat mirth end good felloWelitp so
necessary to insure n nervous condi-
tion to the normal action of tbe di-
gestive organs. These little (letting
might 80011I trite and unimportant, but
It was Ile duty of the careful physi-
cian fo instruct his patlente in regard
to them. The long continued and free
tiee of digestive agents served to make
the digestive, organs lazy and inactive.
—1t1 ed ca I Record.
E'llea.
No wonder We have flies! The (mina
mon house tty lays 20 eggs every 14
days there are thus about a dozen
'generations during the fly SefiS011. The
bluebottle or lelowffly, however, ex-
ceeds this and In one SORS011 is estimat-
ed to have 500,000,000 descendants.
Therefore every fly Istiled early in the
season, when 1,11ey enievge froth their
wititegs hiding pine°, fllealIS a big re-
doetion in the fly crop of the coining
slimmer, We couldn't get on without
Mee, hoWever, for they do et most Im-
portant work as sons 'on,,,,,erv.,