; i THE M YSTERIES OF THE OCEAN BED aa.aao.ao.uaa. jtOV. UK disaste r which Imp- i jf pened to the French Ves- O H1 O sol "Sully-' not so very M f long ago, when it wont to MBf the buttoui not far from Saigon, has anordd Hip divers intrust ed wltli examination of the submerged hip opportunities for making exhaust ive and Important explorations of the bottom of the sea. In these fields of subaqueous exploration special dis tinrtiou hn been won by a young naval engineer named He Plury. wbo, by the aid of an apparatus of bis own invention, succeeded In reaching a depth tf even more than '!.'!ii feet -a depth which had never before been attniiied. De l'lury has invented a kind of melnl nrtnor which affords liliu every protection, while by menus of a special chemical combination, respiration Is automatically provided for. Thanks to (hl. he has already made over ll.'i most during descents wiili perfect safely, lie ban thus ben aide to discover u most marvelous world, hitherto seen by no other rje but bi; the nea lied is a scene of niurvels com bined wlli no small amount of tragi" horrors. "The first sensation experienced," said this intrepid diver at a recent in terview with an Italian journalist, "Is something like that which Is felt on descending into u mine, but you soon get necust lined to It, At a, depth of 1 about nine feet medusae began to be found in large quantities. Seen through the water, everything appears inautil Hed, and tliey are apparently of enor mous proportion. All reeolleetiou of the protection afforded by the glass front of the lielm't is forgotten, and tl:a first impro-ion is that these ma ssi s of hor'id flaccid and slimy medusae will adhere to your face. ".Inst a Utile lower down, and a scintillating multitudinous shoal of small tishes is oncoiiiitorisj, shimmer ing like so ni.iiiy snips of shining eonner. or o.her metal, iu u state of continuous Miration. "At a depth of about Hii' feet thick masses of seaweed are traversed; some of these are hair-like vegetable growths, with arm from 20 to liO yards in length, which, with a kind of horrid vitality, wrap themselves round every part of the body. These algae constitute a grave danger, a they ran easily paralyze the diver's movements and. by rising above and around him, can weigh him down with a weight amounting to several butt drodweight sufficient to break a rope or life-line when hauled on. I'.clow HIJ feet there are small snake-like tishes of about three feet in length and also other denizens ot the deep resembling dolphins. These latter hurl themselves violently against the diver. If, as already remarked, he is somewhat young ut the came, and has forgotten the protection afforded by his helmet, he I still filled with a mortal dread le.-t they should sue feed in smashing the glass front of iie helmet despite its four Inches of thickness: Of course, should that oc cur, death would be almost instantan eous. "Still other and worse monsters are the polypi or devil lish, who wrap their slimy tentacles round the bold explorer; but although repugnant, these monsters are cowardly, and im mediately renounce their attaek on corning In contact with the unfamiliar feel of the metal armor plating of my diving dress. There are other equally horrible, and much more Intrepid, giant crabs. Some of those I have have measured as much as three feet in diameter, line to their strong shells and formidable claws, they constitut a continual menace to the safety of the diver, which is by no means to be despised. This is about all that can be said on the score of the d.ep-sea fauna. The deformation of lish is not very noticeable at such a small deplh; by deformation I mean not only cliitnge of form, but also of character. This takes place at a depth of about 1004 yards: here their nature changes entirely, and they assume the forms and constitutional niodillcations neces sary to enable them to bear the enor mous pressure to which they are sub jected at the depth where they move and have their being. "Hitherto it has been quite Impos sible to obtain living specimens of these submarine creature, as they reached the surface with their volume quadrupled, due to the reduction of pressure. AH these creatures are car nivorous, anil their capacious maws not uiifi'equiiitly serve as the tombs of unfortunate sailors whose ship has gone to the bottom, unil their bodies gradually sink deeper ami deeper, while the formidable pressure to which they are subjected in an In creasing intensity soon smashes all but their boner, and tinally crushes the corpses quitp Hut. Hut enough; sutlice it to say that this awful spec tacle is scarcely visible uf"r a depth of HO feet. One curious, fact attending I lies o sub marine explorations Is afforded by the light, which forms a strange blend of gie.-n and violet light, liie color being a n t lie similar to that ot the cav erns v ideh are to be seen iu icebergs. At a depth of I!- yards the light be gins to get more and more diffused, anil the sun viewed through the mass of suiierincuinbent water appears like a rei'disli opaque globe; but -anil this is somewhat strange-when sheltered from the rays ot the sun (behind a rock, for instance) the stars become Visible even at midday. "One day, just ubout noon, I saw a iieverto-be-forgotten sight at a depth ' of i'JU feet. The sun was light at the Kenlth. The bottom upon which I tood consisted of a fine while saint and the reflection of the light upon the snowy carpet gave me the impres Hioa of standing uoou a plain of molten gold. At a depth of 2''G feet the ob scurity lit complete; at 3i!7 feet the darkness Is impenetrable, and it Is necessary to' huve recourse to elec tricity for purposes of. vision. I we electric lamps of 10,000 candle-power, but even these cannot diffuse their light beyond it radius 'of 00 feet A motit tragic spectacle is then pifseut-jd iy Sunken TtiSvlB, broeQ bu,tU, t'lIiU' aaaaaaaaaa tered hulls, gaping decks and broken UlllSlS." .No scenes ot horror can be sur passed by the awful panoramas of death and disaster which have been witnessed by Kngluei-r de l'lury in the course of his professional experi ence as a diver. "In the vicinity of Ostond," he re lates, "I was requested once to ex amine the wreck of a vessel which had sunk not long ago. This was the oc casion upon which I wus assailed by a veritable horde of those giant crabs of which I have already spoken. They were at the. time busy devouring the j corpses of the dead sailors. One of j these monster seized me by the leg. which would have been crushed, as , If squeezed by a jaw of steel, had it not been protected by the powerful ; armoring of my diving dress. 1 had a kind of sword in my hand, with which 1 succeeded In killing two of these monsters, the shells of which I j still ihi-scss. All objects at the hot- ' tout of the sea are covered with a kind j of curious powder, unit u terrible ' gloniu and silence prevails. 'What a j scene of melancholy! The Hour of the i ocean is strewn with bones, not n few j of them of human origin! A very sin- i gular fact which I have observed is thn the sea, for a certain period of ; time, keens bodies iu a perfect state I of preservation. I once visited the I hull of n vessel which had gone down ; with all hands. The crew were mostly i asleep at the moment when the dis- I ater occurred, and had thus passed j practically instantaneously from sleep ; to death. So far they had not been j bitten or gnawed by any fish, as most i of the hatchways were closed. They i slill Appeared ns If asleep. There they lay, wrapped In a calm and mys- j terlous slumber. I approached, and, ! climbing down to the hatchways, i touc hed one of the corpses with my 1 machinery on the crafts, the pie arti hand; the flesh seemed to dissolve and san has stood alone, untouched by vanish iinilerfmy hand, leaving iioth- j lug but a grinning skeleton! "And the treasures ot the seas! Millions alone are engulfed not far from Vigo. Personally, I have never ! been there, but one of my men once j went down there clad in the old diving i dress. This was before I had invented j my present dress. The unhappy man died almost directly he reached the surface again; but he had had time j to see several galleons lying nt the I bottom, with the masts still standing, I and the timberwork still Miund. These of course, were some of the famous I treasure ships; but I do not think it would bo tiossible to recover them. I All mefals would have been destroyed by rust by now, us they have been below water ever since 1707. "I have seen personally the vessel which, about 1N0S, was conveying Napoleon's treasures to Holland, but it was wrecked en route and sank Willi one hundred millions of gold on I board: of these, lifty-slx millions have been recovered, but the remainder, as I have said, is still in the bosom of the ocean. The Prince of Monaco states that he has found near Cyprus a gal ley still fell of objects of art ut the botlom of the sea. This is where sub marine boats will have such a great future before them, us, by their aid. wo thai! one day be able to explore unknown deep sot grottoes, rich In unknown forms of life, vaults full of untold wealth, and the tomb of many a poor sailor," Scientific Atneticau, Oiant Work of (Hurler. TTow the iee iieids of Mount Tacoma I are made to light streets and run cars I nearly a hundred miles away Is inter- ) estingly told by Day Allen Willey, in j Technical World Magazine. Says Mr. ' Willey: ; "I'rom the glacial streams of Tacoma I is already generated a very large quan tity of electric iower, which is being utilized not only for power but for heating ami lighting as well. To give I nil idea of the diversity of uses for the current, it may be slated that it j operates the electric railway systems i in the cities of Seattle and Tacoma, aggregating 10S miles of trolley line, j In addition to cable railways situated , In the hilly portions of these cities. 1'esldes this service, however, current is furnished for one of the most notable i Intel-urban electric i.iihvays in the I'nlted States, that extending between ( jg placed on the plate and the next Seattle and Tueoma. where power Is se. j movement brings it under a die which cured from the third Mil Iu connection j foniiS the lower crust. Then the fruit with the multiple-unit system. This j Jg deiioslted from the' tank and the line Is employed not only for passen- plate moves forward. By this time an ger service, but for trail. porting freight ! other lump of dough has been flattened and express material, nnd niuks among j ol,t and stamped with an Initial-such the most completely equipped electric j as for letnou while an automatic systems in the world. The horsepower ' bellows blows a puff of flour over the required for a number of the largest j dough to keep it froi t sticking. The industries In the city of Tacoma, iu- 1 u,.xt movement brings the tilled pie hiding the shops of the Northern I'U' title Hallway und the water works pumping 'plant, Is also obtained from this source; while Illumination for streets and buildings, in both Scuttle and Tacoma, depends upon it to n con fitleralilo extent. The demand for power Is increasing so rapidly that within.-! few years Mount Tacoma will o supplying fully ,ii),IMM horsepower to the cities mentioned." lllrL Willi I.ampn. "As we rowed swiftly iu (he still, cold night," said a nature student, "ww saw a number of faint blurs of light ithmg the shore. They were like fairy lamps that had been swathed In some pale sort of gauze. " "What on earth can they be?' I asked. " 'Them's kingfishers,' said my guide, 'Them's Uingtlshers a-tishln'.' " 'Hut the lights'. "'The leits die phosphorescence on the birds' breasts,' suld the old hun ter. 'In the soft down ou u kingfish er's breast there Is a phosphorescence lhat glows in the dark. The bird 1 awur of this here natural light o' him, and lie "Uses it. He stands on the eilgo o' tha stream, the same as them fellers there, puts I it' lfts breast to the water, un' the faint light draws thu lish to him, consumed with curiosity, un' he has no dllllctilty iu plckiu' up a equure meal for himself au' family.' " Self 'ork Press. Aluminum puper la now uiaufac- tuied lu yormtui. rncruAK, wasn-t The Aittomoblllst "Funny they dou't They're horribly bumpy." Tatler. PIE-MAKING BY MACHINERY. Another severe blow for the arts and crafts has resulted from the arrival In Philadelphia of the pie inuklng ma chine. It has always been supposed that making pies was a work for hu man lingers. Despite the Inroads of modern Inventiveness. It was thought that a pie was too complicated and in dividual a creation ever to be produced by brainless mixers and trimmers and stampers. Now comes this pie-making machine, to standardize the pie and destroy its individuality and then to multiply and cheapen It. One man, three boys and the machine turn out from sixteen to eighteen pies a minute lit the Philadel phia bakery where the pioneer ma chine has been installed. The inventor describes his contrivance as n boon to the human race, about teu feet long ,n1 twenty Inches wide. An electric motor furnishes power and a gas jet keeps the forming dies warm. Over the machine Is suspended a tank with "Ailing" for 400 pies and In it nil agi tator revolves to keep the material from blocking the outlet. After the paste for crusts has been properly mixed it is weighed and cut : r.t..n 1 ... .1......I. .It ., " ' " , , , " , , " nun, -v no, .mi wi utmi'.-. wi uuiitu for bottom crusls Is placed nt one end of the machine and another tray, con taining lumps for top crusts, at the other end. At the reur Is a stack of plates automatically fed by a ratchet. A magnetized arm swings around, picks up a plate and places it on a die made to receive it. A piece of dough MAKING PIE und this upper crust together, one op erator being stationed here to adjust the top cover if necessary. Then the covered pie comes under the edging die. which cuts off all scraps and the pie passes forward on an upron which leads to the oven. So the process goes on with all regu larity until 100 pies are lined. They are all perfect too perfect, perhaps. They are muchlne-mude, and no con taminating hand has touched them from their Inlllnl stage of doughiness until they are ready to lie taken from the oven and therein lies their chief virtue. Scientific American. Htintlng; nd ftcat Cur. Several young married women, tick eted as "smart," have adopted a sim ple form of rest cure, which they prac tice when settled In their winter hunt ing quarters. After a hard duy's run (and they often hunt live times a week) they ride home, have tea and a buth, go straight to bed, and eat their din ners safely tucked up lu their "dowiiies." This means rest und sleep for perhaps fourteen hours. London Ladies' Field. if II frograaa. "Whet. I started In life," said the lulqultuble Insurance director, "I didn't have a dollar I could call uiy own." "And now?" "I have managed to call a lot of money my own, although there Jg a great deal of dispute about It." Wash ington Star. r v-' -i L r " V ks k id ' i ill it? very. keep these roads In better shape. INDICATES EXCESSIVE HEAT. Prompt indication of fire generally means its early extinction, nnd an audible signal of some sort Is the only INDICATES EX0K8S1VR HKAT. one that cau be relied upon invariably to attract attention. A novel alarm ot this class that has been worked out In detail by an inventor provides for detonating a fulmlnute charge whenever excessive heat becomes ap parent In any part of n mill or store house. This explosion attracts the at tention of the watchman and leads him to look for the source of trouble, and In this way may avert disastrous BY MACHINERY. fires. The fulminate can be disposed In any convenient receptacle, metallic nnd waterproof If necessary. The detonation. Is effected by the release of a slu ing coll, or other resilient mem ber, brought about by the fusing of ao alloy which normally holds the spring or striker, or t lie burning of a com bustible bond. One of the features of the device Is the ease with which It may be upplied to any Miut, requir ing no connection with any wires, pipes, or other devices. r.olio of the II one Show. An enterprising uptown deuler in "hand-me-down" garments from the world of society availed himself of the Horse Show week to advertise as fol lows: t "You 'phone me, ladies, If you are saddled with more clothing, furs, laces, diamonds, jewelry, etc., than you re quire, or if your Income lias a bridle on It, und I will cull, prepared to puy you fttii value for same, a good bit, lu gold, without publicity. Through es tablished association and old acquaint ance, uiy patrons und patronesses are familiar with the fact that I only cater to the best clientele. All merchandise handled by me !s dependable lu every respect. 1 offer special values at pop ular prices. Many of my goods ur frequently ulred on upper Fifth ave nue." New Y,ork Press. (llM t'uibrrlla.. The latest adjunct to glass novelties Is the glass umbrella, which is covered with "silk" spun from glass. These umbrellas, of course, will afford no protection from the rays of the sun; but they possess one obvious advantage namely, that they can bo held lu front of the face when meeting the wind and rulu, and at the same time the user will be able to see that lie doea not run Into unoffending Individuals or lamp posU.Chlcugo Journal. ,. fan A DREAM DAWS. '-"? The hiih of tli after-midiiilit. As the foototeps wax and wane, , Is the startled aw of a liiVless moor 'Neath the drip-drip of the rain. The swell of the dawn's first tin Hie Is the mona of s rising sale. And the sish of the wnkins sleeper is As the lint breath in the sail, i DAY. The clamor of noonday stirring Is the echo of Nature's voice. Keating gray shores with her mighty flail, While the battling waves rejoice. And ever the million faces And none of them known to tne Can conjure the thought of a castaway Od that relentless scs! Stephen sbb smmn mmsm mmmm CO ..METEK, THE By Fisher M?CW5C5K-Vv?;TO KWW'WXU.SWOQC'Q rejXMWMWPKGSJ IXS'WOTvS'MPWWjQW'l OTIMIAH chanted, ".Metek, I Ibly peeuk nahuie. I It was uo alleviation to Metek's augulsh that there were no htitnnn ears to 1 hear the tormenting words. ATnnuf- flinQA In Ilia fnnr forlorn iirloOS I that broke the white level of the fore shore like snow blisters. Shame travels on the wind, and goes one cannot tell where. The things that I live In the cold blue ravines of the great bergs always hear of it -when a I man Is nahme; the evil spirits of the cliffs and those that dwell in the caves I under the ice-belt hear of It. And when a man is thus marked, sooner or later he goes forth from the vlllnge never to return. For the mighty help only the strong. The Arc. tie hns small use for a man who Is nnhme. Shu blots hint out. I Kver since his father had been caught Iu his ussuk line and dragged under the floe, Metek had tried man- fully to provide for his mother nnd baby sister. But fortune had been against him. For two months the family had lived on charity, nnd this during a winter of unprecedented want. The three men of the tiny village never asked him to go bunting with them now. They paid less attention to him than to little Tooky, still cradled in her mother's hood. I They spoke to Ootimlah, on the con- trary, ns one man to another, nnd Ootimlah was barely a year older than Metek. Hut Ootimlah, the lucky, had brought two seals home to the fain-1 Ished mouths. I Thus Metek pursued his despairing I thoughts In a circle, and although they sometimes swirled up so thick and black nnd angry thnt lie yearned to strike at Ootimlah "with his keenest lance, he kept doggedly at his work. I Every day he went forth on his vain excursions over the floe, or climbed to the ice-cap of the dills to inspect his fox traps. The day came, however, when Metek turned on his tormentor. "Silence, lump of fat!" he shouted. His eyes glittered dnngerously. "Put the dogs to thy sledge and we will see who is nahme. We will come back with meat or not at nil. Ootimlah stared nt him like an appro- hensive dumpling. Underneath his furs lils mean little heart bounded nt this surprising outbreak. lie had thought that -Metek was cowed by adversity, Ho!" he said, when he hud recov- ered himself somewhat. "If you are so hungry I will make you cat your words. Then you will have plenty of Wind in the holly, which is filling." He laughed unctuously nt his joke, 0 but nt the same time he fastened the face from the wind assumed nn un three best dogs of his father's pack to caiinlly unfamiliar aspect. This was the light sledge of pieced bone, and forced his rotund person Into more furs, until his coats lay upon him like the shards of nn onion. Also he put under the sledge apron two strips of blubber and a frozen sea flipper, which is excellent to gnaw on. Ootimlah be- Ileved that Metek was "binding," but he wished to make sure of catching him. Metek's mother merely grunted, nnd took a fresh grip with her bare toes on the stiff reindeer skin she was sew- lug when Metek bade her good-by. He crawled out. through the tocksoo and Jumped on his sledge ns cheerfully as if he expected to see her again. The sunless winter sky hung over them, and It wus piercing cold; but the air was still. The granulated sur face of the floe afVordcd the dogs n firm foothold. Ootimlah tried to entice Metek Into a race; but when the latter refused to torce nis teani, no lolled back against ine upstuniters and crooned fatly to himself, thinking how he would jeer at sieieK wuen tne excursion was over. At noon they halted for a rest. Ootl- una n gluttonously, bolted Ills blubber, but Metek gave the larger part of his scanty stock of provisions to his dogs, jiuu: grunted uotinuali, looking Willi scornful eyes at this proceeding, lou have only n woman s heart. To- morrow you will be whining for food. ' "'lis not I who dross the sledge," said Metek. "A good hunter cares for ii:s nogs urst. Ootiinlali, still scornful, tucked him- self snugly Into the sledge und cracked his whip. As the afternoon wore on, the ice became rougher. Here and there the floe had squeezed und forced up greut ijiocks or crystal; but lanes of level ice ran between, and (he dogs went briskly forward. as ue roue, ooiitiuah's glance swept the gray expanse. There was not a crack or a hole to be Been. The dead sound of the dogs' feet told his expeii- eucod ear that the ice bad th'ckened. Tale spots in the dusk ahead helra-yed tiie presence of bergs. Bleak and drear us it wus about the Igloo village, this was a region still more lnhospltuble. iiMvuru iiifciu me winii rose, uou - mlah, who was bored, began to feel cold atlU uneasy, lie blew out his checks to warm tbem, and now and then he glanced curiously at Metek. Ho had not expected to find his com- panlon so obstluute. When they camped for the night lu the lee of a htimnioek,, Ootiiuiab tbougUt It wus the last lU t the CITY. ntrsK. . t nfl. bv tlie nerfnmeil women And the Huwer all breathe of dust; Tlie rustling robes stir memories J Of the land breeze through the mnl-. The t!utiKS that dance by the Ininp glare ' Hi'itia moths to my candle light, ' And the tries of the jihbering city shrill Like forcsb sounds by night! THK NKJHT. Hut the meon on the sleeping city ' (flu-li. word that would thought con fine) The glory of ailver'd rsstlcs rising L'p in enchanting line! The paths of light at the cross streets Are the road w here the hosts have trod, And the itlpums of fire on the windows, tnlcluoneu Sentinels of (iod! Chalmers, in the New York Times. PROVIDER.. Ames, Jr. game. Surely Metek would cry oft In the morning. Then he, Ootimlah, would have his laugh again, nnd re sumo his Insulting chant with new zest. n0 dj, n()t feel like laughing now. There wns n bihiso rf umtwttlilnir fti tlin air that cowed him. It seemed to him. although he could not see them, that black storm-clouds were, stealing In from the sea and mussing overhead; that the sky was setting Its scenery for ouo of Its sudden dramas That night the greot skin that holds back the north winds burst, and It blew as If It meant to strip the world of Its atmosphere. The bitter eddies and back-drafts caught nt the sledies till they Jerked frantically at their lance anchors, and the reindeer robes broke loose many times from under the boys' bodies While the wild air tore above them, underneath the sea surged in Its deep bed, thrusting upward against the floe with mighty shoulders. Swift shivers ran through the Ice. It groaned nnd boomed with the tumult of n bnttle- Held. Now, with n noise of thunder wide chasms opened and the white water gushed out, seething. Now, with a slow, grinding roar, a pressure ridge would lift Its long rampart across (he ice. P.ut dominating all other storm sounds was the canuoiinde of the bergs ns they hurled their thousand-ton blocks crashing upon the floe. Poor Ootimlah prayed to the things that haunt their ravines that they would spare hlni. Ills belief in the pflUiency of his prayers wits not great. but they were straws, at least, at which to clutch 1 The black morning found the wind Pstill blowing a gale, und sweeping with it a veil of cutting snow. It was mad ness to go on in the teeth of such a storm, with no food for themselves or for the dogs. "What shall we do?" asked the frightened Ootimlah. "I'vcn the brown anuk himself could not face such weather We will go on," said Melek. tran quilly, and he threw out the long whip lash. Its report was lost in the rour of the wind Dimly Ootimlah began to perceive the presence of n nluster spirit. This Metek. younger than himself, whom he had culled nahme, had set his teeth in a purpose, and neither cold nor hunger not the dark wings of death itself would cause him to relax his hold The mere Inkling of such tenacity alarmed fluidity little Ootimlah almost as much as the riot of the elements. The blue and white fox-skin Jumper even the waving fox-tall which Metek held between his teeth to protect his not the Metek he had known, this squat, silent thing that made him feel more alone than he had ever felt when hunting by himself far out on the floe, fear swelled in his heart, und he urged his dogs forward till they ran as one team with Metek's. "Come back!" he shouted through the roar ot wind and lee. Metek turned his head. The rim of his hood was feathered thick with frost, nnd his eyes shone like crumbs of new ice. Sllentlv he stretched mlt toned hand toward the north From the lofty cliffs inland rfsudden ;rcat sound greeted them. It rolled majestic, ovor their heads, and died gradually away far to the eastward. "'TIs the anuk thing!" shouted Metek. "He Is calling to his children Onward!" Ootimlah had heard of the colossal Senilis of the walrus tribe that lives .on the tops of bare and beetling cliffs, lie i hud no desire to make his oc qunlntance. "Die If you wish!" he called, shrilly, to Metek. "I am going bnck. There is nothing here but ice devils and thnt beust thing that be witches men." He swung his dogs about, and they came willingly. As they straightened Out on the homeward road, he cast n last look ut the squat, purposeful back In the foxskln jumper. Then the dark ness blotted it out The nnuk thing did not snenU aeoln but Metek know thnt he was there, watching him with friendly eyes. He was sure the creature was beneficent when presently the confusing snow censed to full. In the darkness he could feel now the clear arch of the frozen sky, a vast bubble of black steel under which the laboring ice ran, clanging, The hunters never left the Igloos when tho floe rvns squeezing, but Metek was not afraid. Ha had onlv one thought to redeem himself and bring back meat to his starving people, On ho drove, his guze fixed on the pale outlines of a vast berg, which seemed to stretch an impregnable bar- rier across his path. As he drew nearer he heard the sinister chant of thu wind moaning through its sharp 1 noicnes. aiiu nn at once his ear caught a gruff, explosive, pulling sound, lllsing to his knees, he looked for ward. A long, durU discoloration luy ut the foot of the berg. It wus fresh black Ice making over a recent break in the flue. With a about he let out his long whlp-lash I Metek di'0T nt sear a b dared and tethered the dogs to a projection of the floe. M'hen ho gathered tip his weapons and went on, cronchlug, to ward the discolored area. It wrfs newer than he had thought, and bent like stiff leather under his , feet; but he knew its toughness, and glided rapidly forward townrtl the jagged hole which the game had just , left. I'reseatly the spot of open water wns agitated. It darkened, and then the broad, bristled muzzle and white tusks of a great bull anuk -appeared. The big, circular eyes fixed themselves upon Metek In a wide stare of surprise. Metek slowly raised Ms left arm and pointed at the walrus, who. full of curiosity, reared his huge bulk above the water. When tho pale spot be neath his left flipper was visible, Metek's right arm shot forward, and the harpoon tlew true to Us mark. The bull dived with a sputtering roar. Metek dnrted back with the end of the line, and swiftly drove into the Ice the iron-pointed stake to which It was fastened. Then, with both feet, lie stood upon the line, close to tho little stake. The tough strip of sealskin straight ened with a jerk, and lay taut as a bowstring; but tho Ingenious anchor held. Metek watched It with a keen and anxious eye. The moment he saw the strain relax, he plucked up the stake and carried It to a new spot Bome yards oway. He was none too quick. Two furious cows rose just beneath .the stand he had left, shattering the Ice to bits. To their bellows of wrath Metek respond ed with a mocking shout; but for the bull he reserved n sharper welcome. Lance lu hand, he tuct the anuk as it rose In n smother of effervescing ater, and ns It strove to charge at him through the Ice, breaking off great tables with irs tusks, he darted swiftly about in front of the beast. With, every forward leap he thrust the keen, fleam-shaped blade deep Into the tin leldy body, until the water turned Veil. Spent and badly Wounded, the walrus sank nt lost, and Metek sprang again to his stake. . Five times he shifted his ground, and live times tho belligerent cows broke through tho ice almost under his feet. But luck was with hlni. Wet llli salt spray and blood, he rejoiced In the tight. "Am-nn-yah! Am-na-yah!" he shout ed. "Meat for the, mother and the bnbo within the hood! Meat for the strong hunter! Meal from the hand of Metek nahme!" The Ice spit upward and almost let him full on the fat, wrinkled flape of one of the cows. By a miracle of agil ity he Ut need her deep behind the shoulder and got away. AlmoBt si multaneously the bull rose, and he found himself between the two, the wnter gushing tip about his ankles. Metek struck the bull across the face. blinding hltn for the moment, and ran over the strip of bending lco toward lighter, firmer patch. On this he stopped with an agile turn. Tho cow seemed hit In some vital part, for she spun In an aimless circle on her broad belly; but the bull was still full of fight. As the vicious creature charged through the ice Metek struck twice with a true niui.- Tho anuk gave a lust bellow, slipped buck, and floated. bloated' brown IsJaud, among the rocking ice cakes. Metek could httrdly restrain himself from leaping upon it nnd cutting off a long-needed strip of blubber; but It was not his owrt month he had conie , to till. While there was a chance to cure more meat he must think neither of hunger nor of weariness. Almost exhausted, he staggered back to the cow, nnd delivered a final lance- thrust that despatched her. Then with his knife he made incisions In the two-inch-thiok skin of his prizes and teth ered them to stakes by means of a pair of ussuk lines. After that three' dogs and a tired but happy Eskimo had a glorious feast. So royally did they stuff them selves that for two hours not one of tho four could move a foot. Like noble Itomuns, they reclined romndly upon their table nnd sent up sighs of reple tion nnd thanksgiving, while the anuk thing brooded benignly over thorn from ' his stronghold. Packed at lust between the hot. chunks of walrus fat, Metek swung his whip over the dogs, and his homeward run began. Well paid he. felt for his pains. He saw the hungry mouths of his people once more luxuriously besmeared with grease. And the boasting Ootimlah! Where was he? Twenty-five hundred' pounds of rich walrus flesh against' two stringy little seals! Who could cry nahme now? "Ho!" sang Motek. "The hunter re turns. Hunger flies before him. The anuk lies behind his sledge. Bed meat nnd white fat. Ho! Who will eat? Metek, the provider, returns!" Youth's. Companion. Amarlem aod lloma. With Idleness and luxury went the usual tendency to brutality and demon ulizutiou. The historical novel was not Invented; so that Roman ladies and gentlemen could not sit by the fire of, an eveuing and read hlghly-splced nar-r ratlvcs of murder and torture. But, after all, tho Incidents of the arena, though less varied, were perhaps even moro piquant than Mr. Kipling or Mr.' Juck Loudon, Social morals, too, were ot a quality which seems only too apt to accompany the highest civilization. Divorce was almost us easily obtained as In some of tmr Western States, and. nearly as common. Cicero, for In-. stance, was separated from two wives? yet he was universally regarded as of stainless character,. and that he was wise is shown by his remarking, when urged to marj-y a third time, that "It Is difficult for a man to devotehlmself at once to a wife and to philosophy." Gamaliel Bradford, Jr., in the Atlantic Cat Had tha Toothaoha. N. C. Yost, cashier of the Markle Bank, Hazlebon, Is the owner. of ai handsome pet cat, which la the past few days gave. Indications of suffering Intense pain, ; Mr. Yost, who received the cat from friend lu the Went, objeoted to hav-, lug It killed, and summoned a voter-; inury surgeon. The veterinarian found that the1 cat was suffering from tooth ache, He extracted three bad teeth, and pussy Is now purring In conteat-
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