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a Mail Coach Robbed.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, December ga special 90
the Times from Fort Smith, Ark, says; The
regular mail stage from this place 10 Chocovlle
was stopped seven miles from the latter place at
10 O'Clock yesterday morning 10y two armed men,
who seized the mail sack and made OF with II
Fortunately the bag contained but one registered
letter Oiflcers are now In pursuit OF the thieves
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The Illinois I.eyi<laiure.
WHAT WILL PROBABLY RE DONE AT TEE CONF

SESSION.
SPRINGFIELD, I'LL, December a2-It is expected
that the coming session OF the Illinois legislature
VIII be brief. Beyond electing a L. s. Senator,
there Is little for IL to do. Among the measures
that Will be presented is the establishment OF a
state grain inspection at East ST. Louis. An at
tempt Will be made 10 introduce the high license
question, but the opposition against repeating the
Harper law Will be too strong. as many democrats
now favor the law. The great interest will center
on railroad legislation. All attempt Will be made
by the democrats 10 abolish the railroad and
warehouse commission and IL is not certain that IL
Will be mere party measure Many shippers. e,-
pecially the wholesale ones, favor that course, but
the railroads are satisfied with the present SYSTEM
and secretly II not openly oppose change. A
prominent Wabash man near this place said re-
Gently that in the aggregate a better rate is OBJ
tanned under the commissioners schedule of rates
than could possibly be maintained without IL.
PrObab!y railroad poO.S viii be considered.
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south American Arfair..

VALPARAISO, via Galveston, December a3-uon-
gratulatory kilograms have been exchanged by the
governments ol Chilli and Bolivia ON the satisfac-
tory settlement OF the question OF truce.
The principal merchants OF Valparaiso warmly
praise Senator Melichor Concha Toro his speech
IN The senate on the question OF economy.
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LAsHED II THE RIGGING WITHOUT FooD OR WA.
TER-The signal corps station at Cape Hatteras,
n. c., under date OF 2ad reports that the barken-
station proves 10 be the EphraIm Williams Capt.
Morrison, from savannah, Ca. bound 10 Provi-
0ence. K l., lumber laden. The vessel encountered
northwest gale on Thursday last, seventy miles
on HatteraS, and became water-logged. The cap
tan trying 10 beach her, struck on Hatteras shoal
sunday night and dragged anchors. This morning
Keeper Daley and crew, OF Cape Hatteras life-sav.
Ing station, went 10 her assistance and rescued
crew OF nine men. through very heavy and
strong norCherly current The captain and crew
or vessel have been lashed in the rigging, without
food or water, ever since the 18th instant
PERsoNAL-Senators Aldrich and Hoar, Repre-
sentatiyes Converse, Long. Post, Skinner OF New
York, Wait and White or Kentucky, and Col Inger-
sol OF Washington, were registered In New York
last evening.-Bev. Douglas +. Forrest, OF this
city, has accepted a call 10 the rectorshp OF CAL
vary Church, Clifton, Cincinnati, where he Will 90
Immediately after ChristmaS-Mr. Theodore W.
NoyeS who year or more ago resigned his position
as CHIEF clerk TO Marshal McMichael In order to
enter upon legal practice at Sioux Falls Dakota is
In the City on brief efviSit-Representativ Nor
rfson, c. n. McFarren and K. H. Wolf, OF WASH
lngton. were registered in ~. Louis on Sunday
Mr. 8. Everett OdkeS. OF the sheffield scientific
school, Yale college, is spending the Christmas
holidays with his parents at 14U6 q street north
West-Mr. Edgar T. Welles. or Hartford, is at
Wormiey' 's.-Prof ID. T. Ames, editor OF Penman's
Art Journal, OF New York city, Is In Washington,
visiting his friends, Prof. and Mrs. II. c. Spencer
MIS- Fanny b. Ward, formerly OF this city, who
Chicago, where she viii make visit of several
weeks before coming east-SenatorM Malone went
over 10 New York to-day.-Prof c. V. Riley Is
visiting relatives and old friends In ST. Louis
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Incendiary Fire i'm NIassachu.ett,.

PITTSF1ELD, MASS, December 23.-S. d. CooleJ's
carriage mandatory was fired by an incendiary at
] O'Clock this morning A large number Of valua-
BILE carriages We're stored there for Lenox summer
residents, and fifty more uf the vehicles and the
stock Of the establishment were badly damaged by
fire, water and smoke. The insurance On the build
Ing and stock is 31(lO00
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From Wall stree. To-day.

NEW YORK, December %. - The stock market
opened lower and prices declined h to y per cent,
but later a stronger tone prevailed and there was
an advance OF \ TO IL per cent, Lackawanna lead
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GEN SHERIDAN caught a severe cold az the un-
yelling or the DUPONT statue last Saturday and
was compelled 10 go home from Office earlier than
usual yesterday. He was at his desk, however,
this morning.
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The Great Grain Mart.

CHICAGO. December 23.-The visible supply OF
grain on December 20. as compiled by the secretary
OF the Chicago board OF trade, was follows:
Wheat, 4S,117,OO0 bushels corn, 3,669,OOO; oats,
2,481 ,000 rye, 46S00O, and barley 1855, 900. The
grain In store at Chicago December 20 was as fol-
lows: Wheat 12 790 600 bushels corn coo; oats,
4S6, 600; rye, $40 900, and barley 101 600.
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WYE ARE NOW SHOWING AN FyrFvc1vr 11Nr
w ~ " 49, 'A 'A' A1i-'H
OF brass ana BronZed Articles OF Household Utility and
Decoration sufable for Holiday pr.sa,+s ;,cIudi,
| -,
-, r.. -. e "
MARKED Ii fialn Figures and Very Low Prlcel
wa,,u,a :, ,,r.
| frass ronnd and souare tabIes
| 80 ~ I'M a anu 4 ''
Brass lamps in variety.
-, So an,
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CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE was resting quietly this
afternoon and seemed little stronger.
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Reduced Cable Rates.

New YORK, December 23.-Oflicia,s OF the CON-
merclal Cable company state that they VIII open
for business tonight TO Great Britain. Ireland and
France al the rate OF 30 cents per word
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NOT ENGAGED AS CoACHMAN FOR THE NEXT
PRESIDENT Albert Haw1ns. the Presidents
coachman, denies the story that he has been en-
gagged as coachman for President Cleveland he
thinks the new President Will be apt 10 select his
cabinet before he does his coachman.
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Injunction Axainst a Railroad.

TOLEDO, o., December "a case OF considerable
interest in railroad circles has been begun In the
federal courts here by Receiver W. j. Craig, OF the
Toledo, Cincinnati and st. Louis railroad, against
the Michigan central railroad. 1t has been the
custom OF the Michigan Central railroad to receive
through freight from the Toledo, Cincinnati and
ST. Louis road and transport the same over its lines
TO- to Buffalo, and thence over other railroad lines
'east-bound pool. and the Toledo, Cincinnati
and ST. Louis road Is not. It was claimed
that the Narrow Gauge was cutting rates
on through freight for ST Louis, and
last Wednesday the Michigan Central notified
Receiver Craig that until they were satisfied that
such was not the case, they should refuse to ac-
cept through freight from him. The suit is brought
on the ground that the Michigan Central is dis
eliminating against the Toledo, Cincinnati and st.
Louis in favor OF other railroad companies, thereby
unJustly preventing the latter from competing
with such other companies. The prayer is that
the defendant company be enjoined from refusing
to receive to transport over its lines etc. property
offered by the complaining company upon the
same terms and rates that II receives, transports
and causes TO be transported property offered to 1t
by all other railroad companies The court has
issued a temporary Injunction, and has ordered
the DEFENDANT to show cause December 30 why It
should not be made permanent
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Business Failure in Alabama.

SELMA, ALA, December 23.-E. A. Scott & Co.,
leading clotherS, made an assignment yesterday.
Their liabilities about SOS 600 and their assets
about $4,000. The failure was due to large pur-
chaSeS year ago with TWO bad seasons following.
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The Gum Foundry Board.

AN APPROPRIATION OF $17 ,000. 900 RECOMMENDED FOR
THE MANUFACTURES OF STEEL ,UNs.
The supplementary report OF the gun foundry
board, transmitted to the Senate yesterday, as
mentioned in The STAR, expresses the opinion that
two gun foundries should be estab.ished-one for
the army and one for the navy-at a cost OF 0.-
O00, 900 each, and recommends that steel manu-
facturerS be called upon TO furnish material For
this purpose it recommends an appropriation OF
000 one-half for the army and the other for
the navy, TO be expended only In payment steel
accepted and delivered. The board say thar from
personal Intercourse with prominent steel-nAknrH,
IL is in position 10 assert that proposals issoed
this basis Will be responded 10. but that IL WIN be
necessary TO appropriate the entire amount recon-
mended in order 10 induce responsible steel manu-
facturers TO erect and complete the necessary
works. II Congress shall adopt measures for pro-
curing the supply or guns required, IL Will be abso
lutely necessary TO appropriate the s2,0o0,000
needed for the factories in which the guns are 10
be fabricated AS t viii require two years 10 erect
and equip the factories, the appropriations for
them should be made as early as practicable. In
conclusion, the board say: 1.-The annual expeno3
for operating the factories must be determined by
the number OF tools In use and the quantity OF ma
terial fabricated. With this exception, the total
estimate OF $l7O00,0O0 viii complete the steelpro
ducing plant, establish and equip the steel gun fac
tories supply the guns for six and half years and
inaugurate the manufacture OF steel in large
In the United StdteSn
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Washington News and GoSsip

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal reve-
nue., s263, ,103; customs, S2g7, ,5g7.
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Qurnr.
What shall / give him for
. Christmas present?
ANSWER.-What Is more
appropriate than
A Suit of Clothing,
An Overcoat,
a Dressin Gown,
A pair Kid Gloves or o
Handsome Scarf?
A large stock now on hand
to select from.
Gentlemen's Prince Alberts
and Four-button Cutaway
Coats, Vests and Sack Suits
A large lire Of Boys, Youths
and Mems Suits, from
$5 to $50.
Boys and Young Mems
Overcoats.
Suits for the little ones for
4 to 10 years of age.
Chlldren's Oyercoats and
Ulsterettes.
Gentiemen's Dress Over
coats.
First-class Clothing at the
lowest prices for cash.
Now is the time for Holi-
day Clothing and Bargains.
doC
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COMMANDER Merrill Miller has been selected TO
command the c. S. S. Marion, now at Portsmouth,
n. H., being prepared for sea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-12-23

CHICAGO, December 23-Tne general passenger
agents OF lines running south from Chicago met
yesterday for the purpose OF considering the de-
moralzei condition or rates to points south OF the
Ohio river and decided to restore rates to this ter
ritOry beginning December 25th.
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General Foreign New. by Cable.
FRENCH DEMANDS UPON THE AFRICAN INTERNA.
TION ArJoN

FRENCH DEMANDS UPON THE AFRICAN INTERNA-
TIoNAL ASSOCIATION.
BERLIN, December 23.-Tne majority OF the Ger
man papers express the hope that France will
moderate the demands which it makes upon the
African international association. III these de-
mands should be acceded to the association instead
OF being free state. would belong TO France.
ENGLISH CENsURE OF GERMANY.
LONDON, December 23-The Times says: "The
annexation or portion OF New Guinea and other
Islands in that neishborhood, by Germany. will eX-
pose the government TO popular eXecration in Aus
tralla and TO severe cenSure In England. The re-
fuSa CT the Earl OF Derby, secretary OF state for
the colonial department, TO recognize Australias s
annexation OF the same territory, has opened the
door TO Germany. The colonistS wanted TO annex
the whole OF New Guinea, for, In the event OF war
this island would form base OF operations against
Australia
The International sanitary conference viii meet
at Rome in February or March.
FENIAN oLEARY WILL RETURN TO IRELAND AND LEG
PARIS, December ea-The period OF the Fen,an
OLeary's exile has expired. He viii return TO Ire
land and enter the lecture field He will take 10
active part in politics, and Will not contest seat
BERLIN, December 23-Dr. FOrckenbeck, the WELL
known LIBERAL has been elected to the reichstag for
Saigon.
TO PUBLISH BIS MEMOIRS.
PARIS, December 23.-M. Louis Andrieux, member
OF the chamber OF deputies who used TO be project
or police, Is about 10 publish his memoirs
sARDoU's NEW PLAY.
PARIS, December 23.-Sardou's new play, "Theo-
DORA" which has been In preparation for some
weeks, will be given for the rst time Friday night
with Sarah Bernhardt in the leading role II Is
reported that Mir. Henry E Abbey has been granted
the refusal OF the English and American tights
The Hooking Valley Strike.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, December 23-Since the arrest
OF the three men by United States marshals at
Nelsony.lle on Saturday morning, on the charge OF
intipidating men desirous OF working, there has
been no disturbance In the Hooking valley. One
hundred new miners went 70 work In the Happy
Hollow mine this morning. many being experienced
workmen from West Virginia dispatch frc m
Rendvile, on the Ohio Central railroad, states that
one OF the Rends mines has closed down because oi
the refusal OF some OF the men to further contribute
to the support OF the Hooking valley strikers
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THE EVENING STAR.
PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday,
AT THE STAR BUILDINGS.
Northwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and 11th st., by
The Evening Star Newspaper Company,
GEO. W ADAMS. Pres't

THF FvrSTvG ST,F IS served TO subscribers IN the
city by carriers on their account. at 10 cents per
week. ~ cents Per month Copies at the counter
cents each. BY n-apCstaee prepad-50 cents amonth.
tIC year. sc. SIX months, 50
IEnered at the Pos: Once at Washington, D. c.. as
oecOI,- class mail nlatter.l
The WEEKLY STAR-publsbed on Friday-S1 q year.
TostaEe PREPAID. Six months. so cents.
tS- All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance;
] paper sent longer than is paid for,
Rates of advertising made known on application
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Gen. Sherfdan EIected Prcxident.

CHICAGO, December 2a-The Washington park
racing club at It's annual meeting last night re-
elected Lieut.. Gen. p. H. Sheridan president and j.
E Brewster secretary.
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| VIM. MCLEAN SON.
| 18TH AND STREETS; ALSO, 14TH. BETWEEN B
AND CSTREETS NORTHWEST n24
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r@ w11E THE CENTER MARKET CHRISTMAS
tS WEEk.-Center market during the coming
Christmas Week will lie of most attra1 tive sights
OF the city All the dealers preparing surpass ali
previous displays and the prices will be found lower
dha else" hera. j. he market will be open Monday and
lu,sday at the usual hours and Wtdno sday all day
ana until IL o'clock at night. ON thursday Christmas
day, the market will lie closed. d22-3t
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w.
attention to few facts.
First That we shall NOT, at this late day endeavor
to increase our trade by substituting Selected Stock
for Poor Stock, which have at all times by oul
thorough knowledge of the business been able to cast
aside and allowed others less fortunate to become
owners thereof.
Second That in the future in the past our custo-
iners shall have the whole of this advantage be
bER which We always have on hand in large and small
quantities.
lh1rd: That our connections with number mills
both In Virginia. North Carolina, Georgia and Florida
enables us to cut especially to order dispatch bills
OF any size used in this market the lowest possible
figures
Fourth: That should you want any kind Of HARD
WOODS, SOFT PINES or TIMBERS not in this mar
ket We Will strive to find same and deliver at once
Fifth: That, i'll addition to stock of Hardwoods
and Pines which comprises the choicest in the market
we have on hand over 500 600 feet of GEORGIA AMI
FLORIDA PINE, which is daily being worked into
Flooring, Partitions. Wainscoting Ceiling and Trim
mngs.
Sixth: That being encouraged by the enormou.
growth OF our business and prospects of continuance
we hope to be able in the year offer you com
plete stock of SASH. DOORS. BLINDS etc., which, il
quality and workmanship shall be second mono in
the District Of Columbia. In the meantime by on,
connections with three mills here and perfectly
versed in all details of nishings we can fill your
orders with accuracy and promptness we shall rely
upon your favors at all times by shaded
prices and quick deliveries to make this yard Of
the city.
Correspondence for quotations and estimates fou
builders freely answered ut once.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

es CHILL COLORow Is ONE OF THE II
~ Sauces. JOHN H. MAGRUDER I4I7
York avenue has received fresh supply di7-l
, 1884-02-09
Boston Traveller. ]

boston traveller
TIL general name of the Buddhist heaven Ia
Nirvana- The term means not a place, but 0
state. 1t is a name rather than a local habi-
tation. THE state that is peaceful, free from
body, from passion and from fear, where
birth or death is not-that is Nirvana."
"Nirvana puts an end to coming and going
(transmigration Of the soul is probab ly
meant, and there is no other happi-
ness" at Is a calm wherein no vino
blows, 1t Is the humiliation of all the prin.
ciples OF existence" "Nirvana Is the com.
pletion and opposite shore of existence, free
from decay, tranquil, knowing no restraint,
and Of great ~blessedneSs.n "Nirvana Is un-
mixed satisfaction, entirely free from sor-
row." 1.-THE vim cannot be squeezed in tho
hand, nor can its color be told. Yet tho wind
is. Even SO Nirvana is, but its properties can.
not be told.n "Nirvana, like space, Is cause
less, does not live nor die, aud hag no To-
cality. 1t is the abode of those liberated
from existence" "Nirvana is not, except to
the being who attains it" Mr.. Alger, in his
Critical History of the Doctrine of a
Future Life" altogether the best book
on that subject yet written, says: "The
genealogical force OF the word Nirvana
is extinction, as when the sun has set, a FIRE
has burned out, or a lamp Is ~extinguished.
= But take tho term before us in it,
strlctest sense ana marx the result When q
fire is extinguished it is obvious that, while
the flame has disappeared, the substance OF
the flame, Whatever it was, has not ceased to
be, has not been actually annihilated. 1t has
only ceased to be in a certain visible form in
which it existed before; but 1t stall survives
under altered conditions. Now, to compare
the putting out OF a lamp to the death OF u
man, extinction is not actual destruction, but
the transition of the flame into another state
of being. That other state, in the case of the
soul, Is Nirvann."
, 1884-02-09
chanrrau and saivini.

NJ oh t.
The following is told by an aged actor about
Mr.. Frank Chanfrau: The comedian arrived
in St Louis one Saturday morning in readi-
ness to open his engagement there on Mon
day night. rSalvini, the tragedian, was just
finishing a weeks engagement, and Chanfrhu
went to the matinee to see him act Tho
members of both companies were staying at
the same hotel and met at dinner that even
ing. Mr.. Chanfrau and his wife sat at the
table next to Salvini, and facing him Mr..
Chanfrnu was just eating his soup when his
wife, with the characteristic tact Of her sea,
said in a whisper to her husband:
~Frank. you ought TO say something to
him" --GE1eN ~
-WhntnI sayip whispered Mr.. Chanfrau.
4Say, j went to see you this atternoonF'
~ went to see you this Afternoon said Mr..
Chanfrau, In a loud voicea tF . .sI -J
Salyini, who knows no English, bowed and
smiled graciously.
AZ cannot express my admiration, +" whis-
pered Mn. Chanfrau. b. Hr Ell
Mr.. Chanfrau repeated In a loud voice,
II was delighted" prompted his wife.
haI was delighted" shouted her husband.
Just at this moment Mrs. Chanfrau discov-
cred that her husband was distributing a
spoonful OF soup over his countenance.
wipe of yCur chin" she whispered
H 1Wipe of your chin" shouted Chanfrau.
There was no more dinner that day. Mr.,
Chanfrau afterward told his wife that when
he did not know his part he would not get her
to prompt him again .
, 1884-02-09
The -Modelr Old Man.

lANoHF 1NAA n
Til other afternoon at the American art
gallery l was looking at q picture in which
an old man is the principal figure. Some
people around me began to c~riticise it. What
a fine old gentleman he was, 50 refined and
nobel The artist must have had a great deal
OF influence to get him to sit. and so on. 1t
was evident that the popular idea of this
venerable subject was hat he was some
millionaire who had augustly condescended
to figure in the picture as a great favor to the
artist. 1 happened to have seen that picture
while it was in progress, and while the model
In question was sitting. He was a vilely
shabby old man, tottering from long years Of
alcoholic absorption, and was enjoying, of
the dollar a day he got for posing, the first
square meals he had had for weeks. What
makes the picture more sardonic is that in it
this antique vagabond. whose most luxuri-
Gus meal is provided by a coffee and cake
shop, is represented at a table where the
CLEAN OF silver sets off the amman OF a
feast for q Sam Ward. .sN
, 1884-02-09
Legal Aoumen or a 4-Year-O Old.


A boy that evidently has in him the prom
Use OF a character, lives in South Manchester.
He is but 4 years old, but he has views OF his
own. Last summer, dressed in the feminine
frock that is used for all children OF tender
age, he wandered to his u%ncle'S, and spied in
the garden some violets that he suddenly
wanted. But he approached the subject in a
tentative, polite way. He asked his uncle
"if he knew" the flowers were out
theref ayes the uncle said, II planted them
there; would you like to AVE some Of themf7
Il don't care II l do" was the infants slow
and unlooked-fo answer. "Don't care IL you
dol Well, l never give flowers to boys that
don't care for them" The enfant terrible
was not to be baked or bafied, or even
driven from his ground. He astonished his
uncle with a lawyer-like discrimination in
vindicating his attitude by deliberately max
ing this answer: ~ don't care II l do, but l
do care IL l don'tln He got the yiolsts.
, 1884-02-09

lScottlsh NaturAhSt
Two pigeons had built their nest in the top
story of the dove cote, and had Matched their
young, which came out Of the egg about the
middle OF March, 1875. On the 10th day OF
March a very severe storm of snow and
snowdrift set in Mt dusk. 1t must DO noticed
that the door Of the dovo-cote looked to tho
northwest, from whence the storm was COM
ing, 50 that the snow blew right into the
portal where the young pigeons were lying,
only a Few days old. The storm was severe
so much SO thst 1t was thought to be the
hardest that had happened for many years,
and the young brood would have no doubt
persisted but for the happy expedient that the
father Of the young pigeons adopted. He
stood ii. the doorway with his tail spread out
to the storm, and the wings in a huttering
position. evidently with the intention Of
stopping the draught, so as TO shelter his
naked offspring, and there he stood
for hours with the snow thick upon his back
and tail. breaking the intensity Of the cold
But for this the young must have died.