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Having scared the boat, l beat my
hands heartily upon Ivy breast, and fell TO
pacing a little level of ice while / consider
"a what | should do. The eoaat-I can
not but speak Of this frozen territory as
land-went in a gentle slope behind me to
height of about thirty feet: the ground was
greatly broken with rocks and powders
sharp points, whence | suspected many
fsurss in which the snow might not be so
hard but that l might sink deep enough TO
be smothered. | saw no cave nor hollow
that | could make IA bedroom OF, aud the
improved circulation o. mp blood giving
me spirits enough to resolve quickly l
made up my mind to use my boat as q bed.
So I went to work. l took the oar and
iammed il into such another crevice rs the
mat stood in, and to il | secured the boat
b7 another line. This mOored her very
safely. Tiers w3s as good promise OF Z
lair, quiet night a5 l might count npOn in
these treGchsr0u5 ATTITUDES; the haven IN
Ihich the boat lay was sheltered, and the
water almost still; and this, l reckoned,
wOuld hold while the breeze hung north
crly and the swell rolled from the north
east. / spread the sail over the seats,
which served as beams for the support of
this little ceiling Of canvas, and enough Of
it remained TO supply me with a pillow
and to cover my lips. l fell to this work
while there was light, and whenI had pre-
pared 10y habitatiOu | toOS y bottle Of ale
and q handful OF victual5 ashore and made
my supper, walking briskly while l ate
aud drank. BY this time the moon was
up; but the rocks hid the side Of the sea
she rode over, ard her face wAs not 10 he
viewed from where / was until she had
marched two thirds of her path to the
meridian.
After a good look s,award aud at tie
heavens to satisfy myself OF TIE suhject OF
the weather, and after q careiul inspection
Of the m2oring5 Of the boat, | entered her,
feeling very sure that if sea ssL in from
the west or south and tumbisd her, the
motion would quickly arous me; and gtt
tiag under the rOOl of sail, with my legs
along the bottom and my back against the
stem. which l had bolstered with the slack
ofthe canvas, l commended mySelfto God,
folded my arms, and went to sleep.
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to the height of Che knees were incased in

to the height Of The knees were incased in
large boots.
1 continued surveying him with my
heart beating fast. Every instant l ex-
pected to see him turn his head and start
to behold me.
1 coughed loudly, holding my pole in
readiness for whatever might befsll, but
be did not stir; / then holloaed, n was
answered by the echoes Of my own voice
among the rocks. His stiffness persuaded
me ne was in one Of those deep slumbers
which fall upon q man in frozen places; for
| could not persuade myself he was dead,
80 living was his posture.
This viii not do, thought /; 80 | went
close to him and peered into his face.
His eyes were fixed; they resembled
glass painted as eyes, the colors faded. he
had a broad belt round his waist, and the
hilt OF a kind of cullass peeped from under
his CLOAK; otherwise he was unarmed, l
thought he brsathed, and seemed TO see a
movement in his breast, and l took him by
the shoulder, but in the hurry of my feel
ings / exerted more strength than / was
sensible of. l pushed him with the violence
of sudden ~trepidation; my hand slipped Oh
his shoulder, and he fell on his side, exactly
as n statue would, preserving his posture as
though, Ike a statue, he had been ehiseled
out of marble or stone.
/ started back frightened by his fall, in
which my fears found a sort OF life; but 1t
was soon clear TO me his Iigidity was that
OF a man frozen n death. His very hair
aud heard stOod stiff Pa before. az though
they were some exquisite counterfeit IN
ebony. Perfectly satisfied that be was
dead, l stepped round to the other side Of
him and set him up as | had found him.
He WAS as heavy rs if he had been alive,
ard whsn / put his back TO the rock his
posture was exactly as it had been-that Of
one deeply meditatirg.
Who had this man been i'll life? How
had he fallen into this pass? How long
had he been dead there, seated as | saw
him?
These were speculations not to be re-
solved by conjecture. On looking at the
rock against which he leaned, and obserV-
ing its curvature, il seemed TO me that 1t
had formed part Of a cave, or OF some large
deep hole OF ice; and this, / was sure, must
have been the case-for it is certain that,
hal this body remained long unsheltered,
it mast have been hidden by the snow.
/ concluded then that the unhappy man
rad been cast away upon this ice while 1t
was under bleaker heights than these paral-
lrls, and that he had crawled into a hollow
and persisted III that melanchOlic sitting
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Thinking I might find something on his
person to ~scquaint me with his story, or
that would furnish me with some idea Of
the date Of his being cast awsy, l pulled
his cloak aside and searched his pockets.
His legs were thiekly cased in two or three
pairs of breeches, the outer pair being Of q
dark green cloth. he also wore a hand
some red wsistcoat, laced, and a stout coat
of a kiUd of frieze. In his coat pocket l
found q silver tobacco box, q small glass
flask fitted with q silver band aud half full
of an amber colOred liquor, hard frOze; and
in his waistcOat pocket q gold watch, shap-
ed like an apple, the back curiously chased
aud iniaid with Jewels Of several kinds,
fo,ming a snall letter NJ. The hands
pointed 20 twenty minutes after three. A
key of a strange shape aud G number Of
seals, trinkets, ard the like were attached
tn the watch.
These things, together with a knife, a
key, q thick plain silver ring, and some
Spanish pieces in gold and silver were
what / found on this man. There was
nothing to tell rue who he was, nor how
long be had been on the island.
The searching him was the most disagree
able job l ever undertook in my life. His
iron-like Iigidity made him seem to resist
me, and the swaying of his back against
the rock to the motions of my hand was
80 full Of life that twice / quilted him,
frightened by it. On touching his naked
hand by accident, l discovered that the
flesh of it moved upon the bones as you
| pail q glove off and on. Ihad had enough
of him, and walked away feeling sick.
Ipush onward, stepping warily and prob
ing cautiously at every step, n earnestly
peeriDg about me, fos after such a sight as
that dead man | was never to know what
new wonder l might stumble upon.
About aqua,tsr OF a mile on my left-that
is, on my left while | kept my face to the
slope-there was the appearance ofa ravine
| not discarnible from where the boat lay.
When | was within twenty feet of the sum-
nit of the cliff, the activity continuing
gentle to the very brow, but much broken,
SIS | have said. | noticed this, hollow, and
more particularly a small collection Of ice
torms, not nearly so large a. the other
groups of this kind, but most dainty and
lovely, nevertheless. They showed as the
heads If trees might to my ascent, and
when | had got a little higher l observed
that they were formed upon the hither side
of the hollow, as though the cOnynlsion
which had wrought thar chasm had tossed
up those exquisite caprices Of ice. How
eyer, | wss too eager to view the prospect
from the top OF the cliff to suffer my ad-
miration to detain me; in a few minutes |
had gained the brow, and, clamberiug on
to a mass of rock, l sent my gaze around.
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ABOUT oPALs.
GEM Conspicuous in h superstition OF
Every Age.

SWiss Cross.
The ofal has been conspicuous in the su-
perstitions of nearly every age, and the
first mention Of the gem, either in history
or tradition, invests it with q sacred char
acter. One of the earliest traditions
Of the opal is found under the reign Of
Nebuchadnezzar when he carried the
Hebrews away into captivity. The
tradition runs that the ISrselitss
had 30 mingled idola!ry with Judaism
that the latter was almost lost in the
orgies Of the Assyrian priesthood, and what
is known as the Babylon Talmud for a time
superseded the Levit;cal laws and cannns,
Daring their captivity q small number Of
Jews found refuge on Mt. Lebanon, where
they built a tabernacle. Beside the altar,
in the tabernacle, WAS a golden serpent
guarding q tablet OF which lay IN opal Of
marvellous %brillisncy. The priests taught
the worsh;ppers that in this stone was i'm.
prisoned the spirit Of Moses, who was und-r +
going penance for his sin in mnrmuring be-.
cause the water that flowed from the rock
OF Marah was bitter, but after The lapse Of
n certain period he would be liberated and
would again APPEAR in material form TO
deliver his people. SO great was the be-
liet in the power Of the opal that the anci-
ents ayerred that the gods themselves
could not resist its influence, and that
any divine favor asked by it's possessors
would he granted. King Richard, OF
T. lgland, suTnamed CHur de Leon, is
said to have had full faith in the
benign qualities Of this gem, and never to
have gone into battle without one. He
carried it with him daring the cruSides,
and to it lie ascribed his victories over
Saladm and his Saracen hasts. Shortly be-
fore he had laid siege to the c4et!e Of Cha
lus, gsrrisoned by the forces of ViscOunt OF
Limoges, in 1899, Richard had left biz ia.
vorite charm with a lady Of rank, as q token
OF affection. After the battle had begun
the king ~bethought himself that he had
forgotten his amulet and was imme-
medistely seized with a t~oreboding Of i'll
During the battle that followed he was
mortally wounded, and died II days later.
Precious opals seldom exceed an inch in
diameter, and very few stones are OF this
size. It's value depends entirely upon its
brilliancy and play of colors. 1t is rarely
sold by carats or grains. For a very large,
gne gem Of great besu'y, S., 900 has been
paid, and the ring or brooch stones often
bring from 500 to $500, while smaller
stones are sold from 81 To 500. But large
opals, like large diamonds, bring immense
sums Of money. An opal in the Imperial
Museum, nearly as large as mans fist
and weighing II ounces, is valued al
S05O O0l
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CHAPTER VI.

hal 10 approach the coast within two
m!ltS before / could satisfy my mind OF its
nature, AID then all doubt LETT mc.
Ii was Jce,-l mighty crescent of it, ~
was nov Ia a measure g~}therable, floating
upon the dark blue waters like the new
moon upon the field Of the sky.
You clnuOt conceive how shocking TO
me was the appearance OF thst great gleam-
ICg length % white desoIaii0n
Should Z steer north aud seek TO 70 clear
y. 1t? Somehow, the presence of this
sjm,litUde OF land made the sea appear %
enormous as space itself. While u WAS all
clear horizon, the immensely 81 the deep
was IN q measure limited 10 tie vision by
It's CiUcture. But this ceiliGe gave the eve
something to measure With, and when !
looked az those leagues Of frozen shore
my spirits sank into deepest detection at
the thought Of the ~yastnssS of the waters
in whose heart / hoated in my little boat
However, I resolved az last to land If
landing was possible. ! could stretch my
limbI recruit myself by exercise, and
might even make shift to obtain a nights
rest. stood in desperate need of sleep,
bit there wa nO repOse TO be had in the
boat. l burst not lie down III her; II
nature CycTCame me and l fell asleep in 3
sitting posture, I might wake to find the
boat Cdpsized and myself drowning. This
consideration resolved me, and by this
time being within half a mile of the coast,
l ran my eye 'arefully along it to observe
a safe nook for my boat 10 enter and my
self To land IN.
Though fer = great distance, as / have
said, the front Of the cliff, and where il
was highest, too, was a sheer fall, coming
like the side Of a house to the water. that
part of the island toward which my boats
head was pointed slOped down and con-
tinUed in a low shore, with hummOeks Of
ice upon it at irregular intervals, to where
it died ont in me northeast.
Very happily, l had insensibly steered
for perhaps the safest spot that / could
have lighted on. This was formed Of q
large projection Of rock, standing aslsnt,
so that the swell rolled past il without
breaking The rock made q sort Of cove.
toward which | sailed in full confidence
that the water there would be smooth.
Nor was / deceived, for l Jaw that the
rock acted as a breakwater, whose still in
huence was felt e coed way beyond il. i
thereupOn steered for the starboard Of this
rock, and when / was within il found the
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MFAN7HE
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ON Oldest child. now SIX years OF age, when
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Consumption Cured.

Az old physician, retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an East
India missionary the formula of a simple
vegetable remedy for the speedy and per,
manent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis,
Catarrh, Asthma and all Throat and
Lung Affections, also a positive and
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to make it known to his suffering fellows.
Actuated by this motive and q desireto re.
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German, French or English, with full di.
rections for preparing and using. Sent by
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CHAPTER VIII.
Tux FROZEN SCHOONER.

| found myself on the summit OF q kind
of table land; vast bodies Of ice, every
block weighing hundreds aud perhaps
thousands of tons, lay scattered I'VE it,
yet for the spare of a mile or b the charac,
ter was that of f~atneSs. SOuthwsrd the
range went upward 10 n coastal front
OF some hundred feet, with a huddle OF
peaks and strange CONGREGATIONS behind
soaring TO an elevation from the sea
line of two or three hundred feet. North
ward the range sloped gradually, With such
a shelving OF its hinder part that l could
catch o glimpse of a little space of the blue
sea that way. From this l perceived that
whatever thickness and surface of ice lay
southwark, in the north it was attenuated
to the shape of a wedge, so that it's eX-
treme breadth where il projected its cape
or extremity would not exceed a muskGt
shot.
Being on the top of the range now,
could plainly hear the noises Of the split
ting aud internal commissions Of this vast
formation. The sounds are rot describa-
BILE. II was impossible TO fix the direction
OF the souads-the island was full of them
and always sullenly booming upon the
hreezs was the voice of the ocean swell
bursting in foam against the ice coast that
confronted il.
You may talk Of the solitude Of Selkirk;
but surely the spirit Of loneliness in him
could not rival the uuutterable emotion of
solitaIiness that filled my mind as sent my
gaze over those miles Of frozen, ~stirless
whiteness. Hebad the sight of fair pastures,
of trees making a twinkhDg twilight on the
sward, of grassy savsnnss and pleasant
slopes of hills; the air was Illuminated by
the glorious plumage of flying birds; the
bleat of goats broke the Stiffness in the val
leys; there was 8 golden regsle for bis eye,
spd his other senses were gratified with the
perfumes Of rich flowers and engaging o.
certs among the trembling leaves. Above
all, there was the soothing warmth ofade-
licious climate. But out upon those heaped
and spreading plains of snow nothing
stirred, if 1t were not once that / was
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Advice to Mothers.

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rHnrSANnS or CHILDREN

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Is THEY KNEW.
Nay Curtis IA R&y.

M1g JeIus - 10y.
II only my mother knew
How my heart Is hurt within me,
She would take my face in her tender hands
And smooth my check, as she used to do
In the DAYS that seem 80 long ago,
when childish tears were quick to How;
She would smooth my face with her tender hand
II she felt the grief within me.
IfOnly my lover knew
Ottbe >urging. passionate sorrow.
he would hold me close 10 his sturdy breast
As once he held me the long hours through
When We had not learned 20 live apart,
But leaned for love on each others heart,
lie would hold me close 70 his heaying breast
lf he guessed my passionate SORROW,
But Il pierceS me like q knife
To think thgt they do not know Il;
To think they can look in my pleading eyes,
Yet never question MY hidden life
Can touch my lips in the same old place,
Yet never look for the soul in my face.
Oh, the tears are bitter that til my eyes
To know that they DO not know a.
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CataTrh Cured.

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from that loatbaome disease, Catsrrh, and
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A WISH.

Sacramento Record Union.
Let ME know by word or sign
Each day that thy heart Is mine;
Never let me doubt thee more,
Only grant this, | implOre
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Every vision fair Of the.
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heave Of the sea dSindled 10 q scarce per-
cepuble undulstion, whereupon | lowered
my sail, aud standing to the oar sculled
the beat to a low lump Of ice, On which l
stepped.
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ICE BOUND!
By ". CLARK RUSSELL.

.Igt5o~ gi M Wreck qjhe GroSrsnor," Jacks
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ASA Aching Sides md Back, Hip, Kidney
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HOW MY SIDE ACHES

bI1V,e Skin and 'cs,p preserved asd beautihed
1h6 j by Cutlcura Meiicated Soap.