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ISSUED TWIOE-A-WEEK?WEDNESDAY -A.3NTD SATURDAY. l. m. grist 4 sons, Publishers. } % 4am% ffewspper: 40r Jromotiim of tho ^olitiqal, ?o$al, J^mulfurLal and djommeiirial Jntmsfs of th$ ?ouih. {^singJkcopy^^ VOLUME 42. YORKVILLE, S. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1896. NUMBER 88. - r * * ~~ KIDNAPPED.! By WILL LISEBBEE. [Copyright, 1890, by the Author.] "Perhaps the strangest adventure I ever had during my 20 years upon the ?ea,"said Captain Nevins, "was during the summer of 1858. I was 15 years old at the time and was living with my parents in San Francisco. "My chief delight in those days was the study of navigation, of which I never grew tired. My father, who was a master of that science, being a retired sea captain, took great pains to gratify my desire for knowledge in that direction, and in order to afford me a chance to pursue my studies he made arrangements to send me on a voyage to Hong gong on we jeacueue. "The Jeannette was commanded by Captain Guy Wentworth, an old friend of my father, and as he had always been kind to me I anticipated a most pleasant voyage. "I was provided with a set of navigator's instruments, including a costly watch, and was to keep a reckoning throughout the voyage. , "In addition to the ship's crew there were on board the Jeannette about 20 Chinamen, who had made large sums of money in the goldfields and were returning to their native land to enjoy their wealth. Their money, which was nearly all in gold dust and nuggets, was stored on board the ship. "Among the sailors on board the Jeannette was a man of the name of Jack Peters. He could not have been less than 50 years of age, tall, rawboned, with a complexion as brown as an autumn leaf. From the very first he seemed to take a great liking to me and seemed greatly interested in my progress in learning navigation. At every v- opportunity he would engage me in conversation, yet I could not make up my mind to like him. "There was something about the man that caused me to distrust him in spite of his evident disposition to make me his friend. "We had been at sea nearly five weeks when one night, just as I was preparing to torn in, rerers came ro my v. room and asked me to go with him. Joe Braddon, he said, who was taking his turn at the wheel, wanted to speak to me. "I thought it an odd request, as I had had but a slight acquaintance with Braddon, but I followed him, little dreaming of the startling events that were soon to take place. "The night was intensely dark, and a heavy mist hung over the sea. I had not taken a dozen steps after leaving my room when I was suddenly seized from behind by strong arms and borne to the deck. I was about to make an outcry when a hand was placed over my mouth and a harsh voice warned me that if I made the least alarm I would be knocked on the head and thrown into the sea "This induced me to remain quiet while my hands were securely tied behind my back. Then some one took me from the deck, and, slipping over the rail, descended into a boat that had been lowered alongside the vesseL I was thrust down in the bottom of the boat and commanded to keep quiet upon peril of my life. "so astonisnea ana Dewnaerea naa 1 been at the sudden assault that it was some time before I could realize what was taking place. I sat there like one stupefied, huddled down, while a dozen of the sailors descended from the ship and took their places in the boat, and - the ship swept on her course and was soon lost to sight in the gloom. " 'What does this mean?' I cried as soon as I dared speak. 'Why have I been taken from the ship?' v " 'We'll let you know all soon enough,' replied the voice of Peters. We've got use fer you, an if you do the right thing we'll treat you all fair.' " 'An if he don't'? said one of the sailors in a threatening tone. '"We'll feed him to the sharks,' v. finished Peters in a calm voice. "Some of the men now hoisted the sail, and the boat was turned to the northwest. My hands were then unbound, as I was free to move about the boat as I pleased, but I was cautioned to make no noise in case we were pursued by the ship. For nearly an hour we continued our course in silence; then Peters said: " 'I reckon thar ain't no uso in dis guisiug matters, now that we've pot the boy in our power. The fact is,' lie continued, addressing me, 'we've jist relieved the Jeannette uv a little uv her gold?about $100,000,1 reckon?and we want you to help us pit awuy with it. The gold all belonged to them heathen Chinamen, an it didn't look like the fair thing fer them to take it out uv the country where they made it, an we decided to bring part uv it back?kind u*export duty, you see. Now, if you'll help us to git to F#mosa we'll do the fair thing by you, an you'll git your part uv the gold.' ^ " 'I don't want any of it,' I replied indignantly. 'I will rot be a party to your robbing scheme, but 1 suppose I .jan't help myself about assisting you to get ashore, since I am with you, but don't think that I would not give you all over to the authorities if I could.' " 'Oh, we'll risk that,' laughed Peters. 'Only you pilot us to Formosa, and * we'll do the rest. We'll see that you don't lose nothiu, an besides we know you've been wantin a chance to try your skill at uavigatin, and we ain't in favor nv kecpin a boy back when he wants to learn.' < "This speech brought a hearty laugh from the sailors. "I now began to understand the situ ation iu which I was placed. That th( men would have no mercy on me if 1 failed to do their bidding I well knew yet I felt it my duty to make some at. tempt to thwart their plana. But I runs have time to think, and to gain this i was necessary for me to appear as pas sive as possible, not to excite suspicion. As soon aB the robbery was discovered ] knew that the Jeannette would doubh on her course and try to run down th< robbers, and there might be a chance o: my arresting them if I managed matten rightly, but any attempt to deceive mj captors would be a dangerous undertak ing, nud, should I be discovered, woulc iu all probability cost mo my life. Knowing this, I recognized the neces sity of using the greatest caution ir what I did. "The night was still dark, with i heavy mist hanging over the sea, afford ing an excellent opportunity for tin boat to escape the vessel. It was fulh two hours before Peters would allov even a match to be lit to look at th* compass to ascertain our course. Thei the boat was headed for the northwest "The night passed, and when morn ing dawned the sea was still coverec with a dense fog. On taking my bear ing I found, as near as I could calcu late, that we were 21 degrees 12 min utes north latitude and 122 degrees ominutes east longitude. This woult make our position about 140 miles eas by some 30 miles south of the island o: Formosa and nearly 800 miles east o: Hongkong. By keeping on a direc western course I could readily see tha we would miss Formosa full 30 milei and follow in the wake of the Jean nette. As I reflected on this fact it sud denly occurred to me that I might mi9 lead the robbers as to our true position and, while pretending to pilot them t< Formosa, I might induce them to con tinue on toward Hongkong, therebj providing a possibility of encounterinf the Jeannette. But' scarcely had thii resolution taken place in my mind whet Peters approached and began to exam ine the chart, asking me to show hin our position. "In response to his request I pointec to a soot one decree north of onr trui position, venturing the remark that wi would reach the island the quickest keeping on a due western course. "He made no reply to my remark but after asking a few questions as t< the probable distance to the island hi turned to his men and gave orders fo: the boat to be headed for the north. "My heart sank within me at this and for a moment 1 believed that m^ deception had been discovered. How ever, the next moment he explained t< the men that it was his object to ge as far out of the track of the Jeannetti as possible before making for the island "Being thus reassured, I ventured t< suggest that the Jeauuette would mos [ likely search for us among the Boshe: islands, that lay close to us on the south j but Peters cut me off with the pert re mark that I was not brought along t< give advice. This left me with no alter native but to quietly submit to beinj carried away beyond the possibility o encountering the Jeannette. "My knowledge of the islands t< which we were bound was of the mos meager character, and all I could recal regarding them was that they lay somi 80 leagues off the coast of Fu-Kiua, ! province in southeastern China,and weri infested with a tribe of savage and war like natives. "All that day we continued our coursi to the north, then turned westward, am two days later signrea tne rutin uuum coast of eastern Formosa. Continuing our course northward for several leagues we entered a narrow inlet, and, passiiij up thie for four or five miles, we landet in a secluded spot, where we disem barked and concealed the boat under i clump of trees that overhung a narrov neck in the little bay. "In a level spot about 200 yards frou the shore a camp wus made,.and hen we remained for three days before learned anything regarding the futuri plans of my captors. Then, from whn I overheard from Peters in his couversa tion with the others, I learned that w< were to remain in concealment there fo: three or four weeks perhaps, when s small vessel?a smuggler on the Chinesi coast, I gathered?commanded by an olt I i?- J wn 1 Daf AVfl' 1/1 | mt'iJu uuu pax ui i ciuo , ^uuiu (un?< and carry ns to Australia. In order t< carry out this plan one of the conspirtors had been left aboard the Jeannette and on his arrival at Hongkong Ik was to see the smuggler, whose shij would probably be at that port, and ac "All thai clay we coiumuca our course.quaint him with the business on ham and pilot him to the place agreed upov oil the west coast of Formosji. Whui disposition was to be made of me in tin meantimo I was unable to learn, but ] had the gravest apprehensions that if was their intention to leave me on th< islands. "However, I was allowed mv free dom and went and came as I pleased. Sometimes I would venture quite a dis tauce inland, wandering over the hills and through the deep canyons, in whicl 3 grew abundance of fropical fruit, while [ birds of rare and brilliant plumage flew , about me through the perfumed air. "It was about a week subsequent to t our landing on the island. I was ret turning one evening from one of my . short excursions inland when on crossing a little hill a strange, startling [ sound, coming from the camp in the 3 valley below, reached my ears. 3 "Hastening to the top of the bill, I f looked down into the little valley, s where a strange sight met my gaze. r Coming swiftly from a strip of deep forest to the north, leaping over the I jagged rocks that covered the hill, I saw a horde of Formosa savages rush . ing furiously dowu upon the sailors at i the camp, brandishing their spears and gesticulating wildly as they ran. i "For a moment I was almost stupe. fled with surprise and fear. So suddenly > had they appeared upon the scene that : it seemed as if tlioy had sprung up from r the very earth. 1 recognized in a mo? ment that I as well as the sailors was i in the most deadly peril, for the natives of Formosa are as fierce and war like as the Sioux and Apaches of our 1 own country. "I heard the voice of Peters shouting - to the men to run for the boat, but bc fore the order could be obeyed the savl ages were upon them. I heard the rapid 1 discharge of firearms as the sailors ralt lied about their leader and sought to f repel the advancing foe. Then the line f of screaming, maddened natives closed r in upon them, and nothing could he t seen but a mass of tugging humanity. 3 It would be impossible for me to de scribe the fearful scene that followed, in which the boat's crew were every one cut down and literally hacked to , pieces before my very eyes. > "At the first appearance of the savages I bad sunk down behind a clump j of bushes, and lying there upon the I ground stupefied with horror I witnesss ed that awful scene, the horror of which i can never be erased from ray memory. "How long I lay there I cannot tell, i for I must have swooned at the terrible sight I had been compelled to witness. 1 The next I remember was of lying there 3 among the bushes trying to recall the i past. As soon as I could realize the sitT nflflwfl/? /InTrri infrt f UQliiUli X Uiuac ojuu tu uvnu m?w the valley. The savages had all disap, peared as mysteriously as they had 3 come. The sun was low in the horizon, 2 and a deathly stillness had fallen over r the scene. "For half an hour I stood there, wait, ing and listening for the sounds of the j savages, but at length, hearing nothing - to excite my fears, I stepped from the 3 thicket of bushes and stole cautiously t down to the little grove where the camp ; had been. "There amid the rank shrubbery lay 3 the remains of the ill fated sailors, dist figured beyond recognition. Fcr several r moments I 6tood there almost paralyzed , by the horror of my situation. Then the - deadly peril that Burrounded me roused a me to the knowledge of the necessity of immediate action. It would not do to $ linger there a moment when there was f no telling when tho savages might again nrvrvno* fllO onono Vm : tpllflt: TVJlfl T U^/UU VMV DV\ uv| wv>v 1IMMV . - ? 3 to do? t "Suddenly I thought of the boat. 1 Was it still there, or had it been taken e away by the savages? With a beating i heart I fairly ran toward the place 8 where it had been left. I could hardly - suppress a cry of joy as I pushed^ through the thick branches to the wa8 ter's edgo and found the boat still there, i unmolested by the natives. A glance 1 told me that nothing had been removed j from the boat save a small portion of , the provisions, and I at once resolved to I put to sea in it and trust to chance to 1 be picked up by some passing ship. "It only required a few moments for i me to board the boat and push out into 7 the little bay. I was well skilled in its management and soon had the sail i hoisted to catch the strong offshore s breeze that nvas now blowing. Taking I the rudder, I ran swiftly down the inlet ? toward me open sea. a imxt- imwu vu t I rounded a headland and was standing - out toward the middle of the bay when ? I heard the eound of many strange r voices, coming from the shore. Glancing i toward a narrow peninsula that lay s on my left, I saw a large baud of sav1 ages running swiftly toward the water's 3. edge, brandishing their weapons and a uttering savage exclamations as they ran. "A shudder passed over me as I i thought of what my fate would be 3 should I fall into their hands. But as I could see no boat in which they could pursue me upon the water I felt that I was safe beyond their reach. However, my feeling of security was of short duration,for scarcely had the savages reached the water's edge when I saw them scramble down among the rocks and disappear into what seemed to bo a kind of grotto. A moment later a long canoe, filled with the natives, shot out into the bay and came swiftly in pnrsuit Then another and another followed in quick succession till a half dozen had joined in the chase. "Although I was fully a quarter of a mile in advance of them now, I recognized tho fact that there was the greatest danger that I wonld be overhauled by them. "Thero were no weapons in the boat ' with which I could defend myself, but | even if there had been I would have i stood no chance of repelling a scoro of t bloodthirsty savages. There was but ono ? chance of escape, uud that lay in flight. [ Recognizing this fact, I held tho little t craft full before tho wind, which was ; now growing stronger as I neared the open sea. "But in spite of this I could see that the pursuing canoes wero slowly but surely gaining on me. Nearer and neari er they drew till, glancing back, I could i see tho fierce look of exultation on the hideous faces of the savages and heai their wild ejaculations of triumph as they bore rapidly down upon ma Fifteen minutes more and they would be within reach of ma With a feeling oi despair I lashed the rudder in place, grasped a plank from the bottom of the boat?the oars had been removed by the robbers?and began to row with it as best I could. "But now for the first time I noticed that an ashy pallor was stealing over the mist covered sky, and with a feeling of joy I knew that the night, which comes down so rapidly in the tropics, was near at hand. A few moments later the darkness had " deepened so that only the dim outlines of the pursuing canoes were visible through the gloom. A * 1 X H, mw IZilliUL^U U1UIO ttUU WCiD luoii to sight in the biack night that settled rapidly over the sea. "Throwing down the plank with which I had been rowing, I now grasped the rudder again and changed my coarse to the eoutheust, while I listened intently to the soaud of the pursuers' paddles. A few minutes later I heard them pass on to the north of me, while, with a strong wind filling the sails of my boat, I bore swiftly and noiselessly away to the south. The noise of the paddles died away in the distance, and I knew that I was safe. "I continued my course southward nntil daylight, when I could see the coast of Formosa lying some four or five miles to the west. The next day I rounded South cape and was picked up by the Jeannette, whioh had returned and was standing up the Formosa ooast in search of the robbers. "I was handsomely rewarded for the part I had played in restoring the treasure to its owners, and my adventures were the all absorbing topioof conversation during the voyage. "On mn mtnm fn finn Franni?uvi T was appointed second mate on the Jeannette." THE END. THE COLOR LINE IN VENEZUELA. While the color lino is not entirely obliterated in Venezuela society, it i: not so strictly drawn as in the Unitec {States, and the fact that a man has negro blood in his veins does not debar him from either social, professional or political honors. General Joaquin Crespo, president of the republic, and his wife are of mixed Spanish and Indian blood, and she is a vc:y intelligent and estimable woman, by the way. And the amalgamation of races is not unusual among the lower classes. It is a common thing to see a white woman with an octoroon, or even a mulatto, for a husband, and even more common to see a white husband with a tinted Venus for a wife. At public balls, at the hotels and other places of resort, in political, commercial and social gatherings, the three races?Spanish, Indian and negro ?and the mixed bloods mingle without distinction. It is an ordinary sight to find black and white faces side by side at the dining tables in the hotels and restaurants, and in the schools and colleges the color of a child makes no difference in his standing or treatment. Some of the most accomplished scholars in the conn try, some of the most eminent lawyers and jurists, are of negro blood, and in the clergy no race distinction is recognized. I have seen a colored theological student?and one can always be deteoted by the'long, black frock and shovel hat he wears?walking arm in arm with a white comrade, and in the assignment of priests among the parishes the bishop never thinks of race prejudice. The present bishop is reputed to have both Indian and negro blood in his veins.? W. E. Curtis. Idea* of Ikantj. How would our European type of beauty be received in other zones? White travelers have declared that in the heart of the tropical forest the negro's shining ebon skin is considered Besthetically lovely, while the white skin of the European suggests only sickliness and disease. It is clear that the question of what constitutes beauty would be answered differently by every race. To quote the apt saying of an old fii-nnl/- nhi Ininnlior " Mnn ifl t.hp mf.lSlirfi in all things." Every race has its own Apollo and Aphrodite. The traveler Hearne, who is well acquainted with the North American Indians, says that in the eyes of these Indians the ideal of beauty must possess a broad, flat face, small eyes, high cheek bones, low forehead, a large, broud chin, a knobby, hooked nose, a golden brown skin. In northern China only the native Mantchoo types are admired?a broad face, high cheek bones, very broad nose and enormous ears. One of these cued Asiatics who had traveled to Ceylon, upon seeing the prominent nose of the foreign embassador, wrote that he had the beak of a bird and the body of a man. Among the natives of Cochin China a woman, to be charming, must J have a perfectly round head und face. Among these colored races a white skin is regarded as ugly. White woir.cn receive little favor and attention from them. Chinese in the interior of the kingdom consider all Europeans ugly because of their white skin and prominent noses. The Siamese, with their small noses, widely separated nostrils, largo mouths, rather thick lips, big faces, and high, broad cheek bones, simply cannot conceive of European beauty. Their own women, they think, are so much better looking than Europeans.? Chautauquan. Sergeant O'Keefe.who spent five years in tho observatory on Pike's peak, says that the lowest temperature observed was 50 degrees below zero, the highest 62 degrees above. ; |ftisi?Uan?ttis Reading. ! THE ALUMINIUM OUTPUT. This Country Leads the World With 11,000 i Pounds Dally Product, 1 Aluminium, the youngest of all met1 als, is readily coming into general use. It was discovered by Frederic Wohler, a German professor, hut to Sir Clair Deville, a Frenchman, belongs the honor of being the founder of the aluminium industry. The first article made of this metal was in compliment to Louis Napoleon, 1 who had helped Deville?a baby rattle far the infant Prince Imperial. In 1855, when the first aluminium ' company was formed, the cost of a pound of metal was $200. In 1889 Charles M. Hall, .of Oberlin, 0., patented an electrolytic process. He, with a few of his friends, then started ~ An tKa hanlra nf t.h P A1 - a SLuan pmui vu iuv v. leghany river, 18 miles above Pittaburg. The first year the company produced 75 pounds of aluminium a day, which was sold for $4.50 a pound. In 1895 a company built a large plant at Niagara Falls, and this year it is building additional works. When these are completed they will have an output of 11,000 pounds daily. This will put the United States in front as the largest aluminium producing country in the world. Aluminium weight is about a third that of iron, and only steel of the highest quality and the best aluminum bronze will give greater strength for a given weight ;than aluminium. It stands high in the list of metals, and " can be drawn into wire l-250th of ap inch in thickness. It is an excellent conductor of electricity, and would, at ? A.i_. A|.. ? 20 cents a pounc, taae me piuee ui copper for all electrical purposes. In shipbuilding, where lightness i9 demanded, aluminium meets every requirement. Corrosion and galvanic action are easily overcome by properly paintiag the part subject to the action of the water and by using alumiuium rivets. France and Germany have several torpedo boat9 made o aluminium, and pleasure yachts every year are being constructed of this metal. An Antiquarian Lunch.?Amaziah Dukes, a New York broker, recently said: "I have eaten apples that ripened more than 1800 years ago, bread made from wheat grown before the children of Israel passed through the Red sea, spread it with butter that was made when Elizabeth was queen of England, and washed down the repast with wine that was old when Columbus was playing barefoot with the boys of Genoa. The remarkable spread was given by an antiquary named Goebel, in the city of Brussels, in 1871. The apples were from an eartheru jar taken from the ruins of Pompeii, the buried city to whose people we owe our knowledge of canning fruit. The wheat was taken from a chamber in one of the pyramids, the butter from a stone shelf in an old well in Scotland, where for centuries it bad lain in an earthen crock in icy water, and the wine was recovered from an old vault in the city of Corinth. There were six guests at the table, and eacu naa a mouthful of the bread and a teaspoonful of wine, but was permitted to help himself liberally to the butter, there being several pounds of it. The apple jar held about two-tbirds of a gallon, and the fruit was sweet and the flavor as fine as though put up yesterday. Pianos Carried 200 Miles by Men.?There are said to be over 400 pianos in Durango that were carried upon the shoulders of peons more than 200 miles before the railways came this way. There were no cart roads, and burros, mules and men furnished all the transportation. A gang of 16 men, working eight at a time and relieving each other at frequent intervals, can carry a piano a long way if they keep at it long enough and have their load rigged so they can get under it. The heavy machinery in the mines around Durango was all brought in the same way. Ex-Governor Shepherd, who lives at Batopilas, a mining town in the Sierra Madre mountains 100 miles or so west of Chihuahua, has a piano in the house that was carried over 400 miles on the backs of men, and its transportation rWnaktrirvfAn OAQf QOfiO But I know an even bigger story than that. The only steamboat on Lake Chapala?a body of water in the southern part of the republic that is 100 miles long and 13 miles wide? was built in San Francisco, taken to pieces and brought in part to San Bias, a port on the Pacific, and from there carried over two ranges of mountains on the backs of peons and burros. The name of this wonderful boat is Liberty. When the Blind See.?Blind peo pie's first experiences of signt are curious. An old man in Pembroke, Ont., who was born blind, received his sight by the removal of a cataract. When the bandage was first removed the patient started violently and cried out as if with fear, and for awhile was quite nervous from the effects of the shock. For the first time iu his life he looked upon the earth. The first thiug he noticed was a flock of wild sparrows. In relating his experience, he suid that he thought they were teacups, although a few momeuts afterward he readily distinguished a watch which was shown to him. It is supposed that this recognition is owing to the fact that he heard it ticking. The blaze from the lamp excited the most lively surprise in his mind. He had no idea what it was, and when it was brought near, he wanted to pick it up. When the night approached upon the day when he first used|hiseyes, he was in a fright, fearing that he was losing the sight which be had so wonderfully found after 60 years of darkness. A FKISKY DEACON. In Dr. Alfred Booth's Reminiscences of Springfield, Mass., occurs the following account of Deacon Hitchcock : Born in 1722, in the North Main street region, he removed while a young man into the east part of the town, now known as South Wilbraham, married in 1748, and was the first deacon of the church there, continuing in office many years. During a long life he was of wonderful strength, agility, and endur ance, and bad be lived io the palmy days of Greece, he would have been a worthy competitor in the games of those days. It is related of him that od one occasion, a man riding by the field where he was at work, and boasting of the speed of his horse, was challenged by the deacon, who said he could run from Springfield quicker on foot than the horse with his rider could. It resulted in the triumph of the deacon, distance ten miles, time not stated. He would lift a cartload of hay by getting his shoulders under the axle, in a stooping posture, and throw an empty cart over with one hand by taking hold at the end of the axle-tree. When loading grain in a cart, he would take a bag by the teeth, and with a swing and the aid of a push from the knee, throw into the cart. He had double teeth in front, and would hold a tenpenny nail by them and break it off with his fingers. He used to say he did not know a man he Could not whip.or run away from. The day he was 70 years old, he remarked to his wife that when they were first married he was wont to amuse her by taking down his hat with his toes, and added, wonder if I could do it now 1" Thereupon he -flaa?i faaIt aAT kio hat. J ULLipCU iiUlli DUO liUUl j wvwi* vu uig umv with bis toes, came down on bis feet like a cat, buag up tbe hat on the ail, turned to the table, asked a blessing,. and ate of the repast then ready. Instinct op a Baby Beaver.? Every animal inherits the power of doing certaiu things without being taught?that is to say, they have what is called instinct. A gentleman refused to believe in this instinct, so to convince him a Canadian friend bought a baby beaver from a hunter, and sent it to the gentleman. The little beaver became a great pet in the house, but gave no sign of wanting to build a dam until one day a leaky pail of water was put on the floor of the back kitchen. Though but a baby, the instinct now atVoke in tbe beaver. The instant be saw the water cozing out of a pail he scampered into the yard, brought in a chip, and began building bis dam. The gentleman was called, and watched the little fellow, very much astonished by all he saw. He gave order^ to have it left where it was, and the industrious bearer kept at his work four weeks, when he had built a solid dam all around the pail. $aB~ Some curious details of life in the polar regions have been obtained from members of the Nansen expedition. They all dwell on the feelings of delight which they experienced in once more meeting other human beings. So tired did they become of seeing the same faces and hearing the same voices, day after day, that in the end a feeling of irritation was produced. Finding it almost impossible to endure the sight of one another, they would set off on long walks over the ice, each man by himself. It was an astoundiug thing, one man said, to see his comrades striding away Over the ice from the ship, each in a different direction, and carefully avoiding his fellows. On One Postal Card.?A young man of Detroit, who had read of wonderful feats performed by penmen who could write thousands of words on postal cards, determined to establish a record for himself in this line. He secured a postal card, says the Detroit Free Press, and without giving the paper any treatment, taking it as it came from the postoffice, began his task. Choosing the novel "Portia," by "The Duchess," for his copy, he began putting it on the card in characters so small that they cannot be outlined by the naked eye. He uses a steel pen and a purplish ink. The card is not half filled, yet it contains 8,302 words. This is how uiminuuve aogs are produced in Paris: Snatched from its mother's breast when it is but a few hours old, it is put on ar alcoholic diet instead of a lacteal diet. When it reaches a certain age, alcohol under different forms constitutes almost the sole diet of the animal. The young dogs do not die, but, what is far more important, they do not develop, and appear to be wasting away continually. They soon ceased to grow entirely. By coupling these products the lilliputian animal is obtained after two or three gererations. What a terrible lesson for drunkards and absinthe consumers. Jt6T There is no way of making a permanent success in this world without giving an honest equivalent for it.