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Show lea la Kuwln. Next to the United States comes Bus- f sia in the consumption of ice. Throughout Through-out the summer ices are sold in the streets of almost every Russian town; the demand in the shops is enormous, and tea, as well as v.-ine and beer, are usually consumed half frozen. In St Petersburg alone there arc over ten thousand icehouses, where the winteri harvest is stored h riMtV wjbenui Bnt Ilia Makf-l p V:i Lac'.;ln2 In Stratexj ana It ATalled Illtn Not. There are many times, a!' it not characterized char-acterized by startling frequency, when the nerve the emotional nerve of Macallister Mcllhenny rfawits itself, and for the tnoir.en give- '. - "" his friends that he will yet -lorn: the citadel cit-adel of some fair tuaideu's heart and claim it as his own, says the Detroit t'ree Press, The latest recrudescence, so to -peak, in this line mnni-'ested itself it-self recently. The buoyant and hopeful Mae had found another sweet creature who had permitted him tovi-i; her after ;'ceur' call. In tlint alone was a o-r'a'.n t-: umph to which Macallister Mcllhenny w-as not slow to respond. On the oeo-.sion of which this chronicle chron-icle treats l,o had t v.-ried nrd! he wain wa-in sight of the wee sma' hour.. ;-id in a wild burs-, of enthusiasm h bud Proposed Pro-posed to her, as he had i.;;.n. nianv times proposed to so ruauv. manv other maidens. But the girl resented it as if men were plenty. "Go!" she answered him. haughti'v. "go. sir!" She was so radiantly lv-sui i rr.l. ntid Maenllistor Mcllhenny wr.s -,!,. ! i,i earnest, that before sin- kn, v, whe had ha'ipened he lv.nl ben, ard and kissed her with a Ion 1 report. "Sir!" she exclaimed. b Croat in dignation. "you have gone far." "I beg your pardon." be 1-. . '., !, nonchalantly, non-chalantly, "you told me t" but you didn't say how far. and 1 went," But it availed him not. !! ted the courage, but ho lacked the v. ratouTi; quality, ami once more he found himself him-self an emotional wandeier upon the face of the cold, repellent earth. |