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THE FIROZEN RIVER. Far away, where the migbty Vistula rolis its turbid waters tbrongh wideiy extendîug plains and primaerai forests, the shades of wbicb are seidoxo trodden by tbe foot of1 man, and whero tbe woif and the savage bear bold undisturbed sway, was a littie island of somne four acres in extent where an or ~ C ld his tent, after qnitting tbe service on John P. Jones, ndom,Tex. ,writes: accout of a wound tbat ho bad received on fr theb terrible day of Balaklava. Ivan Ipinoif have used German Syrup frtewas a taîl, powerfni inu of tbirty years of past six years, for Sore Throat, age, whose injury bad not been ni so serions Couigh, Colds, Pains in the, Chest a natnre as toe et bis cuitivating tbe and Lýungs, and let me say to any- iadhihiyaon is snug iog-cabin, onewanin suh ameicie-and using bis rifleë witb unerring dexteriuy onewantng sch amediine-against the savage -danizens ot the forest, German Syrup is the test. whicb roamed et wiil upon the bauks on el- either side of the streain, Wben bc had B.W. Baldwin, Carnesville,Ienn., amassed a sufficient quantity of skins, h writes: I have used your German would load tbem uimon a band-sled sud pro- ceefi to tlie town of Pettikoif, some forty Sy7rup) in mv family. and find it the , fe,v , h,, e, à from cold and exhaustion," replied Ivan,, uneasily. "But wherc, son Ivan, where xas lie found T" exclaiîned bis mother, tbrowing up lier arms with the air of an inspired Pytho- nes; I"was it not beneath the vfails of the sanie water-inill, and were neot the in, prînitks of long bony fingýers visible upon bis ýlroat, showing the dcath that hie had died T IlI beiieve thbat there was soine sucbe idie report," answered bier son, rising icoxo bis seat and placing the gun apon a raýk ; "but you surely do flot tbink that Olga'Cdec- t flugers couid have given bini suc-h a grip as that?" Il'If not bers, it was lier maîtr',"re- turned tbe old woman mysteriously,ý-; "býave you nover beard nf people w ho bave sold themselves to the powers of cývilni, andwb receive froni ilbem ,ail they want, upon cn- dition of payinig tribuite t- tliernofni a hunan soul at fixed seasons T Aiexds Ivanovjtch aud Ladislas Skynccki botb dicd j 1in mrtal sin, iand sa Olga kept bier faitb wtbthe devi. " Ivan Ilpanf burst into a ioud langbi. where he keeps constantly on hand A LARGE & COMPLETE AssoRTMFN, the proprietor, a squalid-looking Calmuk, he passed into a court-yard at the back and knocked in a peculiar fashion at a door -i hch faced him. The suxomons appeared bc ho understood, for in a few seconds the sound of the withdrawal of bars and bolts was heard, aund as the door was tbrown open, Ivan pased into the interior of the building, whieh presented a strange scenie. A long, low-roofed roomi, ank-with the combined odors oe quass, yodki, and infer- jor tohacco. A iew oil-lamps burned et one end and made the abscuity où the other portion of the chamber most palpable. Therej was no f uruiture except one, or two rough heliches, and heaps of dirty blankets near the great wbite storve showed where the oc- oupants of this choice abode took their rest; a few rifles were biuug from pegs on the dis- coiored wali ,s, and a chintz enrt&jn, which bad once been of gray color and design, but wbich wvas iiow soiied and indistinct, bung acrosa the end of the room. A littie dark man, with a villianous ex- pression of cotintenance, advanced to greet the îiew arrivai. Coarse aLý,nd Fine - - '~"1 I ~=- ~Y~--~ vis ~ iLi I -OF 9