TOUR BEGUN.CALHOUN COUNTY VOTERS HEAR

ISSUES DISCUSSER.

St. Maulicwft Alive With Visitors,business Houses Closed for theOccasion.\ special dispatch to Tho News

an 1 Coirier from St. Matthows sa,\ i>;C 11 ho ua County received its baptism01 State poll ics Wednesday in Urngrov tla> surrouiids the scnoolhouse, there, when tho first gun inthe State campaign was fired by thecandidates for State offices. Everythingthat could contribute to the icomfort ami pleasure of the guestsof the "Baby" county had been arrangedby a special committee andnot a hitch occurred in the program.The day was warm and bright, therecently organized Calhoun Bandwas on hand discoursing sweet music,a splendid dinner was in courseof preparation in the school house,and as a result a crowd numberingabout three hundred persons waspresent. Most of the businesswere closed for the occasion, whichwas every way a most auspicious one.

Those present were Governor Ansel,Senator Colo L. Blease, candidatefor Governor; Lieutenant GovernorT. G. AlcLeod, Secretary ofState It. M. McCown, State TreasurerJennings, Attorney General Lyon,Comptroller General Jones, 10. C.Elmore, S. It. Mollichamp and J. E.Swearingen, all candidates for -heoffice of Superintendent of Education,Railroad Commissioner Caughmanand Messrs. James Cansler, F.C. Kish burno, J. A. Sunimersctt and11. W. Richardson, all candidates forthe position now held by Mr. Caughman.

County Chairman Drelior was atthe helm and kept the meeting movingfrom first to last in a mannerthat won for him many congratulavtions by the speakers themselves.The speeches were of a dignified order,and the meeting was pitched ona plane that could not fail to provokefavorable comment. Therewas an entire absence of villificatlonor anything bordering on personalabuse, and it was generally remarkedthat the occasion was a successto the last detail.

Tlio Value of Competition.The Steel Trust has very reluctantlyagreed to reduce the price of

its products in obedience to that inexorablelaw of supply and demand.That the cut in prices is neitherwide nor deep enough, to satisfymany buyers, will probably lead tothe producers outside of the Trust,making lower prices than thoseagreed upon and then the Trust,will have to agree to still lowerprices. No change was made in theprice of steel rails, which are morenearly monopolized than any othersteel product. It is evident that ifthe steel Trust had a complete mon-

opoly of steel products there wouldhave been no reduction in prices,but the spirit of competition not beingwholly extinguished even theSteel Trust could not sufficientlycontrol the steel industry to keepsome of the independant companiesfrom cutting prices, and therefore,the great Trust has had to yield tothe inevitable.

Does not this example plainly showthe value of competition in keepingnot <mly the Steel Trust but all theTrusts from plundering us morethan they have done. As the generaltrend here is for the trusts togather in their smaller competitorsand then there would be completemonopoly, unless the tariff ratesare reduced or abolished so as tobring in competition from abroad.As it is now under the present tariff,the rates are so high that butfpU7 mannfa/lf nnn U/» (^ »» iMMiiuAUVtu* VU C*I tlV/lCO LOU UC 1

imported to compete with the 1

Tru«tfs.< Revising the tariff by addingmaximum rates and making the ]present rates the minimum, which tis said to be the Republican plan of <

revision, would only maintain trust 1

monopoly and add to present prices Jon products from those countries \with which no reciprocity treaty ex- tisted. Before you vote this Fall look finto both sides of this tariff issue, £

\ and then decide whether the stand c

r1 pat policy, or real tariff reform, t

J will best suit your intetests. r

, Taft and good times, is to be the 0

T Republican slogan, but how can 1

I Taft fchange Republican policies *

\\ that hJJ^Vought panic and busi- ^vl ness difeCbr more than Roosevelty could whose policies he is pledged to 1

H follow? ISI The election news reported fromI Cuba sounds very much like the do- t1 ings of the Redublican factions in nI Ohio with the Louisiana fight be- t1 tween the Black and Tan, and the 'I Lilley whites thrown in for good flmeasure, 1s

A GOOD START.MADE BY THE A11)UBOX SOCIETY

IN OHAiNGEBURG.

Mr. James Henry Bice, Jr., State

Secretary, Holds Two EnthusiasticMeetings 011 Wednesday.The Audubon Society, of South

Carolina, has begun work in Orangeburgin earnest. Two euthusiasttcmeetings were held on Wednesdayby Mr. James Henry Itice, Jr., Statesecretary. The Mist was at the oldschool building where the summernoi inal school is being held by Prof.Thackston, at whose invitation Mr.Rice appealed before the teachers of/ \ '»

vriiiigeuurg county. Ho was heardwith attention and the teachers weredeeply interested in the wonders oftIk.' bird kingdom, it is an interestingstory that the Audnhon peoplehave to tell of the tight to save tliebirds from destruction and of thegreat work done by the birds in makinghuman life possible.The teachers promised their heartyco-operation in spreading bird

gospel among the youth of the State.Mr. Rice was heard with profoundattention throughout and warmlythanked at tlie end of his talk.

At the Court House.At eleven o'clock by appointmentthere was held a mass meeting of

citizens to hear tho account of whatthe Audubon society has been doingto save the birds, game and iish ofSouth Carolina and also to learn howthe Audubon work is being carried jon. Some thirty-five or forty representativecitizens gathered to hearMr. Rice who unfolded the plans ofthe society.

Senator Thomas M. Itaysor presidedover the meeting and introducedMr. Rice to the audience. Atthis meeting attention was called tothe secretary to the work done bythe National Audubon society throughout America and Canada, and howit has been spreading from state tostate until now -it.-covers the Union.He said that the Audubon society ofSouth Carolina, along with otherstate societies was chartered bythe legislature. Under that charterthe society began worn after organizingand the first work was done inOrangeburg in April last year, althoughlittle was accomplished then.The society was embarrassed bythe panic that held up all operations

I n rl it "...... ... .uwicu an cut? nine unuer tnedifficulty of lack of funds. Hut workhad gone on and results were seenall over the State. "We do not undertaketo say that there has beenanywhere anything like a perfect enforcementof the laws," said Mr.Rice, "but we have secured numerousconvictions in different quartersof the State and thousands of peoplehave been made to respect the law.Any community that has given

the work a fair trial has been satisfledwith what it has received."The society does its work through

wardens appointed by the governoron the society's vecommendation.These wardens are paid by the societyand their business is to seethat the laws are obeyed. To whichend they bring cases against violatorsof the l.aw and disseminate Informationin regard to tho law andfurther Informations of birds andhabits, showing what birds do forthe world. Mr. Rice gave many interestingeramples of what birds do,dwelling especially on the work ofthe South Carolina partridge, heshowed what enormous numbers ofhill bugs are killed by partridges andhe also showed how great was thedestruction to crops when the partridgeis killed out. The Audubon societys not opposed to sport, whensport is had within reasonable limits,hut it is opposed to slaughter, andMr. Rice added a number of examplesto show how much slaughter had?one on in South Carolina.He took up the case of flsli trap-

^uiB in uuisio river and pointed outthat parties who had traps in the ,dver after sun down Thursday rani fair chance of going on the chain- ]gang. Dynamiting was also pun- ,shable by six month in the peniten- ]iary. ]He then pointed out how the so- tdety began and its mode of work, i

Regular members paid Six Dollars ,or their tickets and this included 1>ne full years dues. Contributing jnembers paid a dollar annually. He }ihowed that Orangeburg could main- jain a branch organization on securngfifty regular members, electing (heir own officers and having power {o direct their own affairs, having '

ilways the aslstance of the State i>rganization when it was needed.Ho was heard with earnest attenionthroughout and many of those r

iresent enrolled themselves at onceis members of the society, many jithers followAd onif ".. MU A V UllOl I/Ilt5 11ICU t"- ^ng. Prominent gentlemen presentay that Orangeburg will have no rlifflculty In securing its quota for aranch of the Audubon society.Mr. Rice was unexpectedly (Jailed ao Blackville to look after some par- clea who had made threats against £he life of a warden. He ^ coming gack to Orangeburg at once to takeip vigorously the work of organiza- rion, for it was clearly shown at the ameeting the proper procedure is first so-organize the citizens and then \ollow this with the active work ofhe warden, who is in this way as- tured of moral support from the rmembership. c

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SERIOUS CHARGEVOING MAN CHARGED WITH

HAVING TWO WIVES.

Warrant Sworn Out Against Him at

Aiken for Alleged Bigamy is Servedat Orangeburg.Denies Charge.A dispatch from Aiken to TheNews and Courier says: .Mrs. GeorgeM. Ttoalve.y of Macon, (la., was in

Aiken Tuesday afternoon, and beforeher departure had a warrantissued for the arrest of her husband,George M. Stalvoy, on the chargeof bigamy. Mrs. Stalvoy Is a handsomewoman and appears very refined.She says that she heard thather husband had been married toanother woman some time ago andshe came to Aiken to confirm thereport. It. was found upon investigationthat on April IS last Stalvoyand Miss Etta Light fooi, of Orangeburg,came here and were marriedby the Rev. Phillip .1. McLean at theBaptist parsonage. The couple leftat once and had not been heard fronthere until to-day.

An article appeared In the AugustaChronicle Tuesday morning inwhich it was stated that Mrs. Stalvoyhad horsewhipped her husband inMarlent, (Ja, for his alleged desertion.She said here however, thatlie had never deserted her. She saysthat the report as to the whipping isnot true, hut that they were at HarlemMonday. She says that her husbandis a traveling man, and thatno nas never been away from hepmore than a few days at a lime, andthat sin* has always had the mostimplicit confidence in him.

Several days ago her suspicionwere aroused and she telegraphedher husband in Augusta to come toher tit once, assigning no reason, liereplied that he could not come atthat time. She then telephoned him,but says that lie refused to answerthe call. She says that Stalvey finallyconfessed to the fact that he wasmarried to another woman and askedthat she forgive him and that hewould desert his last wife, who wasMiss Lightfoot, and would take her(the first Mrs. Stalvey) and go toColorado and forget the Incident.To this however, she would not consentand began to look for confirmationof the statement. When shearrived in Augusta she told the .detectivesabout it and they are on thelookout for him.

Mrs. Stalvey is well educated andis an interesting conversationalist.She left her husband in Harlem andshe at once came to Augusta, where!she heard that he had been married!in Aiken, and she rnme here and 'confirmed the report. She says that jshe has been married to hint for fiveyears. She was a Mrs. Meigs beforemarriage, and was married to Utalveyat Myrtle lleach, S. C. Miss Lightfootcomes from one of the most prominentfamilies in Orangeburg. Mr. |Stalvey is also a member of a prominentfamily. Mrs. Stalvey is determinedto have him brought to '

justice and Sheriff Dukes, of Orangeburg.was communicated withand asked to have Stalvov nhwrwiunder arrest if there.

Arrested in Orangeburg-.George M. Stalvey was arrested in

Orangeburg Wednesday morning,charged with bigamy, the warranthaving been sworn out at Aiken bya woman who alleges that Stalveywas married to her previous to hisrecent marriage to a young lady ofthis city. No difficulty whatever wasexperienced in serving the warrant.Stalvey states that, although lie hasknown his accuser for several years,he was never married to her, andhe says that he is confident that hecan produce conclusive evidence toshow that she is not his wife, liesays that the woman, who he allegesdesired to become his wife, threatenedto make his life a burden tohim in the event, that he married another.He says also that he believes '

that this is only a plot to injure himand to bring unhappiness to his wife.

Stalvey was married on April 18, ]last, to Miss Etta IJghtfoot, of thiscity. The ceremony was performed <In Aiken by the Rev. Phillip J. Mc- jLean. Notices of the marriage appearedin the local papers and there iwas no apparent attempt on the |part of Stalvey to surround theh affair jwith secrecy. Ho is apparently sur- tprised that two months later suchi serious charge should be brought lagainst him. jFurther investigation are being >

conducted and further developments tare exnected in the next few days, lThe accused has iretalncd MessrsWolfe &. Berry as counsol. i

Noc Placed in Jail. tA " dispatch from Orangeburg 1

Thursday says: \Mr. Stalvey has not bpon fdncod

r\ "loll All Ai» » .*% *! .- - 4 ^ '1»m jun vji uvr./uui ui 1111 Hui.cieni r»vi(jence b3'»r.g secured cHe is still in the city, and will re- 1

nain here until the matter has been t

A splendid start has been made ntnd the opportunity has been fairly aoffered to see that the laws of the tItate with reference to flsh and yfame shall be enforced. vMr. Rice said that he had been c

nuch encouraged by the interest \jind enthusiasm manifested and felt tlure that everything would nowvork well. IAll citizens who have the good of hhis great cause at hear£ should enoilthemselves at once as members b>f the Audubon organisation.

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FOUR KILLEDIN A FATAL ALTO ACCIDENT IN

NKW YOIIK.

Hhii flic Machine Over I lie Dior lfoudInto Fast River Drowning the Occupants.Locked up in New York without

hull, on Tuesday, John Manor, achuuffpur. who took out his employer'stouring car without permissionfor a wild night ride, faces a chargeof homicide and four persons aredpad as the result of his exploit.On the public pier at the foot ofWest Fifty-sixth street and (lieNorth river is the damaged highpower French motoring car whichHatter, driving like the wind overslippery streets and in the face ofa cutting rain, sent over the piersbrink and into tne river with its sixoccupants. The depd:

Column, John, 25 years old. ofNo. 52 J West Fifty-first street.

Coleman, Kosie, 23, his wife, sameaddress.

Knight, Virginia, !>, Mrs. Coinman'ssister.Berdon, Adeline, 1ft, of No. fill.l

West Fifty-llrst street.Buuer took his employer homo aftera ride with her finance, Bedell

II. I.arned. who is Frank .1. Gould'ssecretary, lie was directed to takethe car back to the garage which isthe same place where the Could automobileare cared for. lie met bisfriend John Noland, at Fifty-fourthstreet and Tenth avenue, and proposeda ride.

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They called for the Colemnns andas there was still room in the tonlieau,they took little Virgin! Knightand Adeline Berdon. who lived nextdoo r.

The car was sent north to Fiftysixthstreet, where they met MaryKnight, an older sister of Virgin!,and stopping, Mrs. Coleman askedher to go along with them. Shethought the car was sutllcient.ly welltilled and. declined to crowd thepleasure seekers. Her courtesy savingher life.

Baiter let the ear out to a racinggait. The street were running withwater and the heavy machine slidfrom side to side as the velocity increased.At twelfth avenue they weregoing like mad and heading straightfor the pier, half a block away.

Kike a Vandorblll contestant Hearingthe finish line, the heavy Jtenauitwas sent straight to the end ofthe pier, where it struck a stringpiece sunppod it like a match stick,and then, overturning, wont crashingin'o the dark waters of the Northriver. Bauer was catapulaled 20

foolr»f I iwi nil/1 V/. 1.,.,

leaped as ilie ear struek.Bauer made a statement to the policein which he said he had appliedthe brakes when the machine

was half way down the pier, and thatthe machine had skidded. In thein ltd on (lie pier the wheels of themachine made a straight track fromone end to the other.

Brick .Mason Killed.John Toggles, a negro brick mason,met instant death Tuesday at

the plant of the Albany Phosphatecompany, Albany, (la. Toggles warjustbeginning work when a pieceof iron fell upon his neck, breakingit and causing instant death.

entirely cleared up, or the proof hasbeen made out against him that theallegations made by the woman saidto be his first wife, can be substantiated.

Mr. VV. Hampton Dukes a brotherin-lawof Miss Lightfoot, left forAiken Wednesday morning to investigatethe matter. He returned tothe city and said that he was tinableto secure sufficient proof tolodge the accused man in jail. Huthe said that he still had the matterunder investigation, and he leftThursday for Myrtle Beach where itis stated, by (he woman in Aikenthat the marriage took place thefirst time.The woman stated, so it is alleged,that she was married to Stalvoy

it this place, and that he ceremonywas performed on he pizza of afisherman's lodge. The name of thofisherman, it is stated, she was nnibleto remembber, and that he washe only witness to the ceremony.Mr. Dukes .has gone to Myrtle

[leach to investigate tho matter theroind will return as soon as ho hassatisfied his mind, that the accusaionis false, or that the facts are totO Stlk+of of V* I/V# Vi/tuiil^u (U tlim |iUllll.In the meantime, Stalvey will renainin this city, where he can be

aken Into custody, should the proof>e strong enough against him tovarrant his being locked up.G. M. Stalvey has given bond and

las been released from the custodyif the Sheriff in this city. Stalveys now free to go where ho will, un- iil he has been proven guilty.Stalvey was required to Jmt a

noney bond of $500 for his appearnceIn Aiken on Wednesday beforehe magistrate there for a hearing,le signed his own bond togetherpith three other gentlemen of thisIty. He carried with him a hank>ook showing an amount of some-hing like $700 on deposit in theavlngs department of a Georgia ilank, and this book wa sleft with Iils attorneys in this city. \ tStalvey seems to have no misgiv- t

ngs as to his Innocence, and is sab- Iifled that he can prove nls lnoc^nce.

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: EXILES IOF THE I

,: CZAR gTliu Nliiskv post station stand*

i on h small barren stretch of la tie»i; the bunks of the river Lena. Tlui\er Just there is narrow, swift ai.tllooaiy. Mtseiable iiuts ding to In*are rocks as it tcrrllled at tlte tinnilont stream. The rocks upon tiepposlte side rlso straight out »lhe water, and here, If tiny where, t w.ciiadeserves its name ol "accureeti»a\iue." Tlte fogs hang for long »jint« ravine; it is tilled with a chillioiinpncss, and a gray, inotirululwillfoht reign:; there almost mibaugingly. 'I lie luiiabilants of tinNlusky post station are noticeableawn among tlte other dwellers 01the banks of the Lena, for their ; altand meager appearance, their lungnor, their statu of hopeless apnthy.

I had arrived at the station or(lie proceeding night, exhuu ted andnaif frozen. Next morning when Iawoke it seemed to ho still quit*eurly.

Lying in my bed I could seethrough u clunk in the partitioninto the room on thu other sideThere was a table with a lamp ipofiit, and at the table was sitting atold man. Ho had rather a handsonxface, Ltit its color was ol a disagreeable pallor and unhealthiness, andhis eyes seemed very dim.

Near tin* old man sal a little 1 >ot some eight years of age. I vvaionli able to see his bowed headwith its downy flaxen hair. The olcman was peering through his glussoiwith iiis dull eyes, and war Jin tingto the lines of a book lying upon tti«table. The bo> with strained a I tealionwas spelling out cj»e words, letlei by letter. When he stumbled(he old man set him right with guntie patience.

"l-n in, g-a-l-e gale."The boy -topped short. The unknownword was evidently too muck

lot him. The old man came to hUnet p.

"Nlght-in-gale".he read."Night-in gale" . carefully repeatedthe pupil, and lifting doubtfuleyes to his teacher's laco, he in

i ui red:"Nightingale.what is that?"A bird" .replied Oie old mun."A bird" * * * UU(j pltJ lessoncontinued:"The 11 ght-in gale s-a-t sat o-n on,

tlie e-li, thu c-h-e-r, on tlio cher-rytree.""What's that?" again inquired 'h4

even passive voice of the child."On the cherry tree. It's a tree

The in I'd was sitting on the tree.""Sitting? What for? Was he k

big bir.l?""A tiny om\ lie sing* well.""Sings well?" * * *

'1 lie bo\ l< used to read and boame thoughtful. It was very silentu the hut; only the ticking of thepcnuuiuiu was heard. Outside tiuwindow the mist was drifting by Inclouds. What a pitiful childhood.Ithought involuntarily at the sound oIthe monotonous childish voice.without the song of the nightingale,without the budding spring! Nothing but water, and stone to block oulihe sight of Clod's free world. Foioirds . perhaps a solitary raven; lottrees-.the barren larch, or a rarf

pine.The boy road another sentence in

the same dull uncomprehendingtone, then suddenly stopped:

"Hut, grandfather," he asked, ian'iit time yet? Look at the clock." Inills voice was now a living, a., agitatednote, and "ids eyes brighteneduntil they shone in the lamplightas lie gazed eagerly into his ^randlather's lace.

I lie old man looked at the clock"Dress quietly," he whispered.Tiie boy applied himself to hi*

dressing in eager haste, and soonboth figures -grandfather andgrandchild- passed out through th«li.sk of the room.

I arose in my turn, and resolvedto discover what had called themfrom the hut into the cold and fogwithout. I had slept In my clothesand It did not take me long to put.,n iny boots and overcoat and toleave the hut.

I had not far to go. Both the oldman and the child were standing onthe step, their hands buried in thelisleeves. They were evidently awaitngsomething.The surroundings seemed to ra«

now even more forbidding than theyhad appeared from the window. Themists clinging to the crevices of themountains were now only long fleecyribbons, but below ever\tii ng wa«3-till buried in the dark a. i tog. Theold morning wind. di..irtg tne remainsof the nir» og before It,folded the shiver watchers on lh<j-ivps for an n ,it In its icy em-brace, then . nly hurried on further.K < ; . thing looked dismal and ,Jejocti !

"V. « are you waiting for?" ie<l t' e old man.

IV. ay, you see, my little grandil.wants to see the sun/' he anered.At that moment the child '>egan to

, lget Impatiently and to pluck at \ti s grandfather's sleevo. His eyessere wide open, and his face wore

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in eager, animated expression. I Jnvoluntarily looked In the dlree- ;ion on which his gase was Axed, on

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the summit of the cliff at our side,rising at the bend of the Lena* (

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Up till no^ (his spot had loo\edlike u kr»at <1. k Jaw, and clouds ofmist were ;-t . crawling out of ItSuddenly, h'.h above them. thesharp-pointed summit of the stonerock seemed to (lush, and tho lop ofm pine I rue and a few larches sprangup Into s» rt rosy light. From somewherebehind ti « f ountain on noopposite side of liie ver tho wa.utrays of the still Invisible sun hadkindled tho stony heights, revealingto us the little groups of trees growingin their clelts. High above toocold blue shadows ot our gorge theystood, quivering and blushing in thewarm, radiant, loving embraces ofthe first rays of ttie morning.And then, suddenly, with a faint

tremor, another peak, whit h had tillnow been hidden in the blue backgroundof the mountains, stoodforth, and took its place in the illuminatedgroup. Now, more andnioie hitherto undlstlngutshableshai oh arose in the light, an . asthey boldly crowded lorward tue darkmountain slopes In the backgroundseemed to recede still furthei seemedstill mistier, still more shadowy.The hoy again plucked at his

grandfather's sleeve. Ills face wastraiisligll led. IliS oven sn«rl;l»Ml <*

lips Kin I Ifd, and It seemed i..- ifHome brig lit rosy hue were refl« 'Iin the yellow-whiteness of Ills cht"On tin* opposite side of the .Lei 4

change had al-o come to pass. I lieirouutains still bid the risen sun iiomour siKbt, but Iho heavens abovethein were bright, and the dip* inthe lines ot the mountain chain aerosharply and clearly defined, in Miodark slopes facing us peaks of milkwhite mist were descending as ifseeking -nine resting pl.ue darkerand damper. Hut above, theheavens were now uhluzu with brilliantgold, and the rows of lurcheson the mountain summits formedclear-cut violet silhouettes against(lie radiant background.

Behind them one felt there wassome living, moving joyousnesa.Through the dips In the mountainchain a fleecy cloudlet of flue camefloating, to disappear behind theneighboring summit. It was followedby another, a third, u long shiningho-t. The mountains were rejoicing,were alive with a passionateexultation.

The living radiance crept lowerand lower down into tho gorge.Surely tho sun was mounting thetowering summits that he mbr,»tglaace down into our gloomy ravine,that he might beam upon the su ay,liver, upon the miserable huts, uponthe old man, and tho iittlo childawaiting bis coming!And how lie appears! Long golden

rays stream in glorious disorderfrom behind the dip in tho mountainline, and pierce their way throughthe black depths of the forest. Handsof fiery sparks are strewn about thedark brow of the ravine, redeemingnow a solitary tree, now a slaty crag,now a lender grassy slope, from theblighting clutches ot the icy fog./cry thii.g stirs and breathes at

their approach.-if *

Aim tor ii tew moments oven thdmorose river smileB brightly. Thecrests of the waves running towardour hank glisten in the light. Sunlean'splay upon the squalid huts,sparkle gleelully in the windows, andtenderly kiss the pale, exulted faceol the little child.And now, from behind the dip In

the mountain chain a part of thesun's liery circle emerges, t nd oursole ot ttte bank Is also gladdened,u glows and Hashes in delighted agitation.The sun beams upon hedifferent brlght-hued layers of tnemountains, upon the bushy greeupine trees.Hut the warm caresses of the morn- «

ing were not to be ours for long. A.few moro seconds and the Lottomof the ravine bad become cold andblue again. The light died away ulionthe river, and the waters againrushed savagely forward, seethingand foaming In their narrow bod.

Twilight reigned again in the ravine.' "That's all," murmured the boy.And a moment later, lifting sorrowfuleyes to the old man's face, hemid Inquiringly:y "Will there be any more?"'f "Nothing more," answered the oldman. "You saw for yourself. Onlya little edge of the sun appeared. Tomorrownothing wtll be seen."

'And that will be for months!"The old man told me that in summerthe sun circles for a time each day|ust above their mountain peaks;but in the autumn he does not rise>0 high, and Is not Been above thebroad chain. At first he passesfrom summit to summit, but later[lis passage is lower In the heavens,and he Is lost to sight behind themountains. At last his rays reachtho lowest depths of the ravine onlylor a f«w seconds. So it had been

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wu»y.The sun had taken leave of the

Nlusky station for the whole winter,fhe drivers would, of course, meethim on their travels, but the oldpeople and the children would waitfor him till the spring, or rather thesummer..Translated from the Russianof Vladimir Korolonko by Mrs.3avld Sosklce for Temple Bar.

Wonderful Roll Collection.Princess Clementine of Belgium,roungest daughter of Leopold, la

:redited with having the most wonlerfulcollection of dolls In thevorld. Among them are specimensrom Babylon, bone dolls fromIreenland, a wooden one from Peru,s paper doll from India, Greek dollsrith wardrobes, even dolls' houses,nth furnltur-.* dlshss tm them.