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The Manitoban.

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Jlumopous Tit-Bits.

Jagson says that it puzzles him to think
tH»fe-«-ftt^iding advertisement must run
all the tirafey — Elmira Gazette.

Five thin
life. One is
are money
She:
is ^ He :
at the pric^
Watchmant

BURGL

money f

are essential to success in
good wife ; the four others

\Richmond Rocorder.
hat a beautiful red that rose
Yes — it's probably blushing

they ask for it." — Vermont

" Where do you keep your
iggs : " Er, it's in the pocket
of my wjife's dress." Burglar (to pal) :
"Come (Ml, Pete, we ain't no Stanley ex-
plorin' expedition." — N. V. Herald.

Telephonic — ''Is this 257? Oh, doctor,
husbanci wants to go down to business,
but I told him this weather is only fit for
beastsy Won't you come over and per-
suade/him to stay indoors'?" — Yale Re-
cord. I

Mj«(;isthate : " What's the charge in
this cas« ?" Counsel: "Impersonating
an oijicer, your Honor." " What did the
prisokier do 1" " He steals a handful of
peanuts every time he passes my client's
standi. ' — Brookli/n Life.

All Oh.iect Lessox. — "You young
scoundrel, said the father seizing his diso-
h-Jietjt son by the ngc^ " I'll show you
how y^uouglit^t^freat your mother!" And
he gave mnr^everal bangs pn the eai-s, and
then shook him till his hs ir began to fall
out. — rhiladelphia Times.

Parson : " How is yo ur husband to-
day, Mrs. Hodge V

Mrs. Hodge : " Bad, iir ; awful bad.
He can't sleep a wink o' fnigiits. Would
you mind steppin' down to-night and
preachin' a bit of sern on to him, sir 1
That'll send him to sleep if anything will.
Your sermons are so soothing, sir."

The Book Agent ; ' Sir, I have here
a work of unusual exc( Hence, which I
should like you to examine."

" No use ; I can't readV

" Ah, but your children- "

" Haven't any ! NothiUj, liT^e house
but a cat."

'' Possibly you would like to buy somi
thing to throw at the cat." — Fliegende
Blaetter.

gratuit
a placa^
from in
jesty the
Who

A BLIND MAN who plays upon an accor-
deon is perambulating the steets of Wind-
sor, England. His afflction attracted the
attentiofn of the Queen, who gave him a
He now bears upon his breast
with the inscription : " Blind
ammation assisted by Her Ma-

ueen." — Ex
PAhik^oii THE Stone.— The fol-
lowing insoripti&HJs copied from a tomb-
stone now standiugin the Methodist Pro-
testant burying ground in Avondale,
Ohio:— \

Ann E.

Wife of Jerumi »h Walters.

Died November 16, 18 38, aged 68 years,

5 mont [IS.
She was a true and fa thful wife to each
of the following persons : —
Enoch Fn ,ncis,
John Sheiinan,
Wni. Hanen,
J. Waltefs.

— Glncinnali TimexStar.

Leguand who \fa.s both an actor
and an autlior, bikt a man of short
and disagrceahk' fif ure, after phiyinof
some tragic part In which ho had
l)een ill-received, came forward to the
footlights and addry^^ssed the house
thus : "In .sliort, ladie^and gentleinenj^

sior

y(ju must see that it is

to accustom yourselves to

than for me to change it."

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Winter Travel in tl^e Jlretie Cirele. -/-

A TRIP MADK (IN TUK IPl'lIB YOl'CON.

(By K. A'. L. McDonafTJ^

^ I O most readers of travel it is well
J[^ known that within the Arctic
Circle the winter months are very
dreary, owing to the want of sunlight,
especially as the days draw near to their
shortest period ; at which time, for about
a month, the sun is not visible; while in
summer, when the days are at their longest.
Old Sol shines continuously day and night
for about the same time. Notwitstanding
the short days and extreme cold expe-
rienced, a good deal of winter travel is
accomplished, and that with dog sleiglis
and snow shoes. This is owing to the fact
of the aVjseiice of horses in that part of

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the country, and in fact the nature of the
country is such that it is altogether un-
suited for them, so that in winter travellers
arc confined solely to the use of dogs, and
in summer time to boats — York or inland
boats of the style of the McKinnaw build.
As some of my readers would perhaps
like to hear of a winter trip, I will briefly
describe to you one that I tigured in.

I received a pressinf? invitation one
winter from a tribe of ^^ndians living on
the Upper Youcon, to pay them a visit,
and I promised to comply with their re-
quest. After ui iking the necessary prep-
arations, I engaged a man and we set out
on snowshoes with one train of dogs to
haul our provisions and travelling gear.
We travelled through a country partly
wooded and partly swamp and muskeg.
On the ninth day we were pleased to see
in the distance the curling smoke from
the camp tires of our friends rising in the
still air. As we had run short of provis-
ions the evening before, we hurried on
with the pleasing prospect of a good meal
and a good rest. We wore welcomed by
all, from the youngest to the oldest, and
were made guests in the chief's lodge.
While dropping our travelling clothes it
was noticeable that the usual alacrity in
preparing a meal for guests was wanting,
and we were told to our regret that pro-
visions were scarce, the whole tribe at that
time depending for a mouthful on the
precarious chance of rabbit snaring, as
rabbits were anything but plentiful and
the weather very severe. However, the
best that the poor people had was placed
at our disposal according to the usual hos-
pitable custom of all Indian tribes from
their southern to their northern limits.
In the course of the evening it was de-
cided that the camp should be broken up
and a move made in a direction where
moose were said to be plentiful, and where
it was hoped the huntars would meet with
success.

The following morning, camp was
struck, the hunters set out in advance to
beat a track for the women who brought
up the rear with the children and all the
" household goods." The men after trav-
elling six or seven miles marked the place
where the camp for the night was to be
pitched, and then breaking up into small
parties started in search of game. For

five consecutive days we accompanied our
friends on the march and as no game other
than an occasional rabbit was secured, it
was trying to witness the sufferings of
the women and children. Donrf, starved
to death from hunger and cold, marked
our line of travel, as the bleached bones of
animals show the route across the deserts
of the east.

The sixth day happening on Sunday,
notwithstanding the emaciated condition
of the party, the day was observed by
all as one of rest, not one hunter leav-
ing the camp in search of food; morning
and evening religious services were con-
ducted, and all made it a point to attend.
It was a long day and it was edifying to
note that not a murmur came from one of
the party, even though some of the women
had to boil parts of their deer-skin lodges
to quiet their little ones. During the
night a wind arose and long before the
day broke, the hunters were scouring the
country after the moose, the noblest game
of that region. Their efforts were crowned
with success and anxiety and want gave
place to joy and plenty. Shortly after I
set out on my return and was accompanied
for some distance by three young men of
the tribe. About 100 miles from the
fort, the weather became very severe and
my dogs after their long enforced fasting
were very weak and made but slow pro-
gress, eventually giving out altogether.
Seeing this, I made camp, tore up one of
my blankets as coverings for them and fed
them with all the provisions I had, with
the hope of getting them home. The next
morning an early start was made, but we
had not proceeded far, when two of them
fell down and refused to rise. They were
unharnessed and myself and man took
their place in drawing the sled along, with
the help of the remaing dog, who was still
game. But it was so cold we made little
progress and we finally decided on leaving
our sled and baggage. We accordingly
made a good camp, put everything safely
away in the sled and hung it on a tree
out of the reach of wolves. In the mean-
time the two dogs I had left behind, £Ci
gered into camp, threw themselves in
the warm ashes beside the fire, and there
they lay moaning piteously. About mid-
night we made a start and as we stepped
out of camp the two dogs made an attempt

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to rise, but failing, aet up a despairinj?
howl. I could not help thera and there
they remained where they soon froze to
death. My feelings, as 1 tiuurd and left
them, may be better imagined than des-
cribed. Continuing on our way wn reach-
ed the fort at 10 p. m., having stopped
twice to refresh ourselves with water. We
travelled the 70 miles in 20 hours, on
snowshoch, with tho thermometer at 65°
below zero and without a mouthful to eat.
But this old travellers are prepared to do
at any time and do not take credit to
themselves for having accomplished any-
thing extraordinary.

Tl^e Stop^ of tJie

ngnt

EETIIOVKN COMPOSED IT.

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E all know the story of that
night when Beethoven, de
■spairing, with the world
against him, beggarly poor, wanderer
with his friend by the River Rhine, an,
expressed how completely hopeless h
srown his life. "No on3 understands /or
cares for me," he cried — "I have geuj
and am treated as an outcast. I hav
heart and none to love, I hate mysel
hate the world, and I wish it were
over, and forever."

Then we see him, as they leave the
river side and pass down the narrow
street, suddenly pause and stand still,
listening to the faint notes of a worn
piano that strike on the night air from
an invisible soui'ce. He recognizes in the
music a part from his own symphony in
F., played with wonderful feeling and
expression, and immediately the man is
changed ; himself, his cares and the
world are for the time alike forgotten-
lost in the soul of the musician and
artist.

He hurries forward, followed by his
friend, until he is opposite the mean
dwelling from whence the sounds proceed,
then turning he simply says, " Follow
me I" and without even knocking, lifts
the latch and enters. The room before
them is p'aiii to shabbiness. In one cor-

ner stands an old harpischord, and seated
by it is the slender form of a girl, with
long, golden hair falling over her
shoulders. Off to one side, near a rough
board table on which a candle is dimly
burning, is seated a pale young man,
L.aking shoes. Both start as the master
and his friend enter, not knowing what
to make of the intrusion. Beethoven is
first to speak. "Pardon me" — he says.
"I heard music and was tempted to enter.
I am a musician."

After some further conversation during
which he learns that the girl is b'ind, we
see him at the instrument and his bands
wandering over the keys in an improvisa-
tion that might have thrilled the hearts
emperors. On, on he plays, lost in his
jeme, until the candle burns low, goes
it, and the room is unlit save by the
'loonlight that streams in through the
i^indow, and falls in a silver flood over
the calm, inspired face of the composer,
'and white keys of the instrument. What
a tableau it must have presented, in that
chill, dark room, when their souls listen-
ed, silent and awed, to the strains of pas-
sionate tenderness and gradations of
melody that fell from the master's fingers.
We can almost see the blind girl with
her form bent fojyK^rd, her sightless orbs
wide open^l^tJ^pait\and breath abated,
drinking^! the musljp whose like the
pei'chance, has Jnever since heard,
pauses, his head
droops on his breast, h s hands rest on his
knees and his mind be( omes lost in medi-
tation. The young si cemaker goes for-
ward, touches him re' erently and asks:
"Wonderful man, who ind what are you T'
Beethoven does not re jly at first, but on
the question being re )eated, smiles, and
turning to the piano 3lays the opening
bar from his symphonylin F.

From the lips of brother and sister —
for such they are — breaks the cry " Beet-
hoven !" and covering Vhis hands with
kisses they beg him to play once more.

Turning again to theVpiano he looks
out at the sky and stars\
says : "I will improvise
moonlight." Then commenV
ing bars ct' that weird, beaut
tion, known to the world as
light Sonata."

moment and
onata to the
the open-
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