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20 FIGHTING MISSIONARIES. U nil TtCX IlnllMoW |*|) llll'LKA rirm on<* \mxkh a mii %n i\ I'KKIN. Tl#* \m erica i Marine* Drilled Them mill They l*la>eri Their Part In 'entltiel fluty nml r#*rf mention Work iiml either Ite|utremrn!• of Uar-Kowr %fl*l#nnrlea Held t* nn K.ntlre lln street— \% hleme I enr of Them Inalllletl Into llir • •carta of the tloaera—l he l*ertlona 'lnri’h In Hie llrltiah l.ei&wt ln—Dr. %iiM‘ttt*a Iteturu to the l omiionntl With 'nl> One t'ottipnnlon—- % #lm *ile lmrrlrnn Sentinel lloula Thtr- I) Mowera—s Irrua' omed Did the 'lltkionnrfr* Her Ante to Rifle Fire I Inn the Terr < hlldren W onld *Nllier spent flnlleta to Play With. Copyrlihif l, by C, II Penn. By the Rev. Courtenay Hughe* Fenr of the Presbyterian Hoard of Foreign Mis sions. The even? of the rummer of 1900 to North rhioa afford nn excellent oppor tunity for a e?nly of the "Church Mill tint " The ".urlmuM.lori* of were * ‘impelled by force of Hrriimtt.nifet to lay aside the work of preaching the goo pci. *nd take up the temporarily more in* e**ary work of defending their own and other*’ live* ngatnsr the fierce attack, of nn enemy who would enow no qmr ler. For aotne time Indore the alege it tu* ally ltgan. we lial all carried revolvers * a* we w* nl about the afreet* hardly •X --pectin* to u>e them, but not knowing what a day might bring forth. Then on j June |, when wre culh<iel together In ' the Met odist Kpla opal Mission. there wa* an Instant call to arm* A Uat wa* made ui til the firearm* In our possession Th*- , British minister w Ix> had promt****! ter. I marine* to help In our defense. In constd- j erwtlon of our protecting aNo th* ix)i> ton mission eonverta, aent u*. Instead, ten liflr*, and there was no difficulty In find ing ten men to carry them. Raw recruit* Indeed we were, most of us totally with* l out military training, twit the American marine* tuA hold of u* and each day at evening put ua through the drill, wht © the unarmed and the ladle* all ting by laughed at and cheered "the awkward •quad." We for ward-marched, we right about-faced, w* charged the barbed wire j fence with *uch vigor that we nearly got talißlr-1 up in It. W ft red count!es round* of imaginary cartridge* at an en- j emy ai accommodatltig a to let ua have | thing* our own way We toufc our turns ! rat guard with the marine* Having sen ilnel for *ix or ten iioura of the twenty four. on wall* and roofs. On (aiiard Dt#l> In the Ulreeta. Mv ow n guard duty th * greater i art of flume atrang* day* At the M K. M lon Wa* from li to 3 a in. aml to 3pm Im the laic- hading from the main com pound to the t’ntverslty a lent t one-eighth ■ of a mile In 1 ngth, an I In the large open apace la-tween tin- University and the City Wall. Then were several chance* I of being cut off here l> an en# my rush- j mgr down a aide street. *o aero** the*** street* we strung barlied wire, and post ed nntive sentinel* at every corner to give I th alarm. A fw of theta* men had re- j volvers or bluriderhussee. hut m<*t of • them were armed with either spar n* 1 ► won! Occasionally ii was necessary for j on#* of u.* to take a position removed from th rest to oversee the clearing away of rubbish Hied Against our walls and ren dering them too rosy to *cql*. At such t sltn#*** It wss curious to se the awe which one Inspired. w>m* of the natives gosng around several blocks to avoid the Awful foreigner with a rifle, while that poor foreigner was longing for the end <f hi* w.Ltch and hoping that he might not fall a \l*tlm to a sudden attack on his exposed position. And then at night the moon! ght And the darkness * *ach had Its own shadowy possibilities, and we were glad enough to have the ‘moral sup port" of ditcltc*. barbell wire and barri cade*. with which we hop and to prove more fomlilsr than the mob whose onslaught we awaited. It set ms now a great nty that wc laid to leave ail that wire when we went to the legations, for not only i would It have proved very useful there, • but we missed the fun of seeing the Box- | er make his tlr*t acquaintance with that ; Interesting Anterlcj.i invention. One of ■ cur chief occupations during the night i watches was th..t of keeping our Uhlne#** ►• ntlneis tiotn g trig to *U*ep. Their hour* were loti* end their flesh was weak. To work ii day and thru *•!••• m pail of the night wa* more than mam of them were equal to, yet they were In the main most faithful. It was a great relief to aotne of us to know that the Chinese did not know how little we knew of the use cd a rifle. Anothe. position which 1 occupied for a • Ime was on the galxanlzed Iron roof of the great Church. From this |s>tnt of vantage we could occasionally se* armies with banner* entering or leaving the city, and had a ftne view of the great fire* in I which th# Chinese consumed everything foreign which they could find undefended In the city. Here I watched, through much of that awful night of June 13. all our Mission houses with their contents and svery material element of our work go up in flames and smoke, aiwl thought of the proha Me accompanying massaVe* £o constantly was one or another of u* seated on the ball of the cupola of the church, that, as ws learned from out side Chinese, the Beaters had announced that they would do nothing until a cer tain day when th# "black spirit" should no longer sit astride the dome Those of u* who wer# not carrying a rifle on sen try duty were busily engaged day after day in ihe digging of ditches, the build ing of barricades, the stretching of wire, ttnd the blocking of window* A sails lo ll' Markets. On# of the inot venturesome. yet most ridiculous performances of this prelimi nary seise •> the riplolt of four of our numti-r who escarted our servants to th# great atreet to buy provisions. one moni tor after a nlxhl of lire" and massacres. The preaen ti of four w ith rid*- ttll quite sufficient to awe the hitherto unwilllns snopkeefiers Into dlsposlns of their goods at market price*. and w< soon bad all we needed for the time. Then one of our numiier pro|*d that we should produre a "moral Impression.” which we proceeded lo <b by "holdins up the street." 1. e„ halting < .eh ran and lu>ra. ■ man. exatnnlng the former for foreign guest- und questioning the latter a* to ' hie business Two of u held up inree ' auapleloua luoklnx horaemen. who. on he -1 fox giieeitoned, fled In terror In three dif ferent dlreetlona. We held a quarter ot i a mile of the aireet In abaoltHe cringing subject;..n lor i r-trlv two hour and then 'withdrew. That urterWm our e#< tpade •waa surpassed by that of four of ournant ! ta'r !k> went out at a o'clock, wkli two * nmrlm a and directed tb keeper of the ' Hat Tat Gate of the city to rarry out the wleh of Min later Conger and close the 'fhe gate two hour# Itefore the usual time ‘.After brief demur he del o. *tnd turned 'over the Iron key about two fet ionx to 'the keeping of the Mission*. It waa re • turned to him early la the monilnx. but •the next evetrlnx retaken, and a foretxu ’ fttdlork affixed to the xate for greater | security. I have often wlehed that we could eee ‘ourselves juat an the Chinese anw ua !' during thoae days. It waa moat fortu jl'nate for ua that a certain awe of the for ,'elmier pervadt and people and officials, and l ; MI io*m In cheek until we had put our- Ve Ives In a position of comparative safe- In thoae daya even n hlxh official jIV- 'spied our refusal to permit him to use ■**'* own city xatea at the usual hours us ■ Boat and made his -xlt by another way. ■ We were not Interefered with In atta>- H j* ■'>' Isolating ourselves In our limited HL ii,t * though It Involved barrltaibng four small *tree*. to the serious interfer ei ce with f !• business and domestic pur suits ai ihttv rtdiiau nrnlag the t w*lv# days spent in the Methodist Ml -on w#■ so Intret bed and fortified and •onvwcive* (hat we had little fear °* 1 Boxer atia<k Our wall*. *Htcbev rbe#l wire and rifles woukl have been n, " r " *,in u unit h for the far more nu m* rous kni\ of the Boxer horde*, for at that tlm* the rifle an Invention of foreign J**\iitr>. was strictly tt .rn a.k' >• m . but w<* reared the on*.aught ’■ apsrlal soldi- r w,.. ( iMf • cV‘ . •• M ntH hem and JJ " ' : at Clm day cM w* grow wit a **r taint v that Ihelr forces mi l arrayed ag.dnst us.and a cannon roni the city wall would s#K>n render .ur (tospiovi un enable. Tl.c K, U J M . „ |fi , m> I riel*. .a!!". ’" Ur ' ,,,r of B*™" vm, Kel.H f i.’.v . .11l ,r .“ n ’ which woul l . " f*'- 11 *ur cit.uli, 0 f mjrliici. . ‘ ,K a,,< r,, r‘c-t to l>* nlhtrnl. the m ih'. tV I the lh.uht of n mar. h to Tlcn 1 .In. and wc cr.. ordcrwl <i m..r h al one to the lc„l u i,. th .r* to mak. Uat eland for 111, The tier man marine* .ante to their wounded tn teriir. i.-r, and n,., va „ of mjr r „ :r< ., t tne. our woman and children ‘I **- ' iiluoteera. The lunjt pro* ■ ...on nr Vi d.ht\.. I'tiince refuge., (uarde.l h> Am. rl'an m trine, and ninre 'ounce, re iHotiaut tt|t the rear \Ve within 13U Sard, of the Hal Tat > raw on ti„. lower and by the *r. huntlted.t or I'hinec hoUll>ti>. who hnv - mowed u* down at any n to hteni. It wa. an anxloua |ki,um until We reached the Italian barricade Kaj;er '•> mve eonii thliui of the .tnrea of t lolh m and fl left in mlaaion compound on our I, ..ty relic.,t. ia. KK ..,| ma ■ 110-* *o return with ua. Hut they would no . oneider It Itev W H Ament. I, It of the American Hoard Mis,lon brave o n to ru.hiK-'.. niukltiK no announce ment of hi. Intention set off with no tot tie; omiMtilon t turn one Chin... ser vant. found the property still undisturb ed and brnurht nfr his Meycle in safrly Kmbnld.nel hv this deed of darln*. tlf icen or tw.-nt> ol us mi-slonailes taklrut fifty* or slaty fhtnee refugee,, with ri,|e*. | roles, spears and rifles. |.nl the afteracion In rtinnlmt tin- anuntlet of the I'hlncse soldiery hrlnaliiK In load after haul of the lndi,;icn* .lile clothlna and footi Which we had atMndoned. Ilcfore w* han Itnlsherl the attack had b-nun In another quarter; hut we met wilt, no Interference, except that some of our numlier were mmpe||e<). at the last, to rt|iel certain would-he looters, who could not watt till wc were throuxh The Itev " B Steele or Ihe MI slon lo the lllahi r t*las,e,. h i I l~a-n etatpued on the corner of the treat atreet near the Hal Tai xat> Within tat yarns were the Phlnese soldiers; yet he . hallen*ed at will any who entered the ante, and ordered the eocpicious apiteirlnx to withdraw, and they wlthilrew Presently* twenty-flve or thirty rouh fellows came In on the half run. evidently te-nt on mischief, disregard ed the challenge *f the sinxle tremtdtnx, hut determlti) ■!. sentinel, and <*ontlniied thdr advance Mr Steele leveled his rifle They hesitated, turned and fled Had they had the tswiraa*- to attack htm. the lives of our iwrty would huve been worth very little between them and th** soldiers, who wouel, doubtless, have sup;sartod the attack. I im.isallr I aider I'lre at Ihe I.eßa ft nw. With our settlement In the British leqa tiun. the i -live military iwreer of most of the fntsSHMuirll s came to an end We l*etiik ourselves lo the work of fora*, supply, the rhirf, of t'hlnese laltor, or the dliutii.K of trenches, illltnx of sand iia*s. and hutldlns of liarrieatles. In all of which work. however, we were al most const,inUy under tire. In sptto or our almost constant exposure to shot and icll, no m-d inar) was killed, and hut oue received a wound, which remlered him imrs lu cointi. ll Tw.i of us were wminlcd very elUi.'itly, tny own esca|a* from serious Injury or death lielnx tuar low In the extreme Work lux la* tide Ia barricade on the city wall, I was sud denly felled by hrh*ks dislodged from that barricade by an unexpected shell from the 1 temv's lun. My heavy fdtb tail -.ived me from more than a sllxht scalp wouial, which speedPy healed. If our mlssiorary* women were not "llxhthiK men," they wr the next thin* to !t Calmly. cotirnKesrusly. they carried ■ui Ihelr work of feedlnx us. ratrlnx for the wounded, maktnx clothes for tin* sol diers. and rhcusamlit of saiHl-t-.xs which ■ • ' I1 ■ ■ . 1 ■ II -1 111 . .. .1 111, All. . Mil children made mini fort- ami fouxht many it little tattle of tin*lr own; ami leathered up the real fallen bullets by the basket. rill I believe others will b**r testimony to the fact that the ml binary a- a Uwhi ins man Is not to I-* despised, neverthe less .here were none more Joyful than he W'lu-n the days of his Ilxhtlnx were over Yet 1 am proud to possess a I.lst ir K souvenir of tny Ilxhtlnx days In a tine Mannltcher rifle, presented to me when 1 left the city by the flrst secretary of f he I'niter I States legation, who had elx * and a numlier in a. t hiiiese magazine. l*ou'ierwy Hughe* Kenn. A < o\l>i rio>Kl> rAEXIKQ. Ilw to \rrnnKr n Merry Holiday Party. A conditioned evening, one of the new est end merriest home parties, takes Its name from the well known college meth cxl of "condlHoning” a student which al lows hint to pist* Into a superior class without Ita vlng finished the required wok In an Inferior one. providing that lie agree to mak** up any work which re mains from his ft? st class while In his second Exactly the same idea is carried out I In a conditioned party. A series of eight c ashes Is arranged with a certain amo mt of work to bo done at each Ten minutes are allow**! to each class. Any nla vet completing three-quarters of the work at one table may pass to the second; tail nt the second h** must add the work left over from the llr*t class to three-quar- j ters of the work of the second or he will ! not be permitted to progress The work at each tabl* should !>e as ; varied as possible In order to add to *he natural cor fusion of things The first class might r quire the player* to think - of and name on paper forty-e ht fa- j mou* women. Any one naming thirty-six , of the women passes to the second elass. | In th** s* i >nd class *ach player 1 con* t fronti*l by the tusk of forming forty • words out of the letters found in the word Condition Of course, all thov who were fortunate enough to complete the work of th* first table while at tie* first , table finds hirns* If entirely free for the work of the second Hut the conditioned player must complete his left over work j and add to forty-five words formed from j the wort! Condition before he is prompt- j ed. %t the Ollier Tables. For the third class pro< are *.*m of I those amusing "sliced" animal pldurn sold In toy shops. They are pussling • bough to keep adult Ingenuity on the jump. The*** picture*. lithographed In >oior on sluui cardboard. are cut Into strips of uniform width and thoroughly . jumbled, so that, to form a picture It Is necessary to tit the slip* correctly to each other, dive each player two pictures to work out bur allow the contestant who finishes one picture ami a half correctly to pass, conditioned, to the succeeding class. In the fourth class let the obstacle be om hundred names of European cities to be written without reference to map or atlas. Try "ffyl.ablao" for the flf;h num* * ! Write on slips of paper twenty lor*r m* t ■ leaving space* of about half an ln a U*- ! tween each syllable. Whet* thh 1* done J v/il the slt|w Into as many pieces as then* j are y liable* In the word, dividing, of, THE MOKMNG NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER .20. 1900. f'oori# where the spa #•* orrur. HhufTi# ail of these together and let ea r h p ayer receive an number, whl *h he mmt try to form Into word*. How mar y wor.le earn person will le required to form *le l*etid'. of fours*. upon th*- nurniHT f comped it or# In n* syllabi*- oa— All word*-, to b#- counted, must consist of ihr# or more sydahies. but th* orlginai word is not required When it Is Impos sible to form a word from the strip** re ceived. th* player has the privilege of exchanging with anyone similarly handi capped 1 Hr Two l.n*f Test*. Promotion I* given here as In the fore going contests. Hatch player who leave* one-fourth <>t tils work unfinished carry ing I tin the next table. Aiphum that Ureat Men Is a good sug gestion for til#- next feat. For this, ea h player must writ** down th* twenty-six lotter* ol the alpbaltet aixl oppofltf •w , h the name of some famous man l*-l ngln;T wiih that letter thus. A. Abihlad* -. B. Byron, f <*at-sar; l Dfwco; K. Krasmus. I". Franklin. <}. tJoldsrnlth. and so oil. through th*- entire number. To ttie nam * of e* h great man the ihlnu for whlcn he Iteramo tanou must Is* nMol to make the answer valid. This greatly ln< rt tm** the difficulty and fh fun by in.iking it Imfsiestbie to use the name of any |er soimge whose life work Is not known* Here, as in the other contest*, the fun ilea not so much In th*- i**wt it*#if as In the rapidity with which it must l** done. Colored beads to b#* forml wltli Ihs aid of ne<e||e and threat Into Heckla*-es would give variety and spice to the last la--# Hn It pl*yer rsteive* a nc*-dle, thread and a certain number of iead* to I>e strung In t*i mJnules. as an- k l.d h #*are should be taken to have n->dls ami cotton fine enough to suit any bkuL It will l*• readlkyr seen from the nature of thes* conditioning games thst. while the aerie* Is progressive. It i* not car ried on Ilk#* the aver age progressive pnty. Tatde* may **• tisod as for the ordinary progression, hut th*se must not b#* lim ited to four seats, as six or even eight plajers may And themselves together at the same time. Wheik the rooms are small and space is 1 Unite#!, each lass *-an Ik* represented by < ha Ira errang#**! together It: . |<#rtion of ih* room divided * ff by bands of ribbon. All players begin in the first class. If w player fall* in ttie first class to do the require#! thrre-quai ter* of hi* work, he must destroy oil he has accomplished and begin anew in th- *e< ond round If the player failed to do In the re quir'd amount of work in any class ahovs the first, h** must return to the first class and begin all over again. When the last table I* reached #ll the work given there and all the work with which one h* been conditioned t the preceding one. must le accomi liabed. The who succeed- !• doing this rscelves a prize. He who fall* re turns lo the first and begins once more Of course, a player who t* never conditioned stands the best chance of u n* x It |s this mpM -hanging from first to last and from last to flr* with It* unex . ted victories an*l defeat* which makes the party the excellent one It is A player may be In the very lowest class without losing ho**#' He may be In the first without becoming conlldent of vic tory. V TKItniBUO SIGHT OFF LimtUHIB. Mniihrir t|nln’ Thrilling Kgperl ence %% lib a Polar Bear. By William Murray Oraydon. Matthew Quin r*ached New York #-ne morning In the late autumn under in struction* from his employer* to go to Newfoundland and purchase a cargo of live **al* for shipment to England- In due entirse Quin arrived at the (3r#*cn Bay ilshery. Newfoundland, the *#al# were itiiuimg strong, and without dirtl culty he prm*ured a many as h* wanted and arranged for their transportation to With s Sullsn Growl the Gaunt Shaggy Beast Made Swiftly at Him. England. A bit of Information, which he picked up by chance. Induced hln to ex tend his trip several hundred mil*** to* : '• A ■ ' some undertaking, especially at thl* s* .1- son. and would have discourage! mo men. Hut Quin thought nothing of It. and w*a* landed one aftenw>on near Ham ilton Inlet, on the coast of I-abr;dor. to be picked up a week later by the little steamer from the remote settlement of Okktk A bitterly disappointed man was Quin an hour after hi* arrival, for tk*4K)lk tlon of wolverine*, lynx and tlill :ti which he had come so far to buy, had been recently sold to the skipper of a passing vessel. This he heard from the ilp* of Johan Hanielson. a sturdy, fair* haired Norwegian giant, bold ard fearle**, who fifteen years ago had. with his wife, sought a home on the l-abrador shore. a< dreary an*! desolate a comer of the world a* one could find. A visitor w.t* a rare windfall Indeed, and QIIIII was ma<?e to feel that he wns conferring favor In accepting the hos pitality of Hanielson und hi* wife, until the vessel should call for him. Two days slipped by. and snow fell to the depth of half a foot. On the third day the weather grew bitterly cold. Rio s k* of Ice ground against the rocky coast, and out on the grey horizon a couple of huge white floe*, strange visitors from .he Arctic region, were visible. For hours that night while Mrs. Danielson silently piled her knitting needles, her husband and Quin sot smoking am) chatting hy the hlaiing fire. ll* cuing to the crash of the surf and the weird screaming of the wind. Huddenly a startling uproar broke forth near at hand—the bellow ng of s frighten • and cow mingled with the shrill squeal ing of a pig. i “Johan, n Insist Is In the byre!" cried Mrs. Danielson. "Quick, quick!" , Quin and his has* were Instantly on *1 *r fret. 4he former edging n hay fork ♦hut stood by th** fireplace, while Dan ieftson |VtkM M heavy luuil* -loading gun fftNR ttM t. k Thr> tan towards 1 tha little enclosure where tbs two domes tic animals were sheltered In their warm pen*. As they drew near, the squealing sud denly (eased, though the cow was bawl ing ru>re noisily than ever Then, lo the ur*r bewilderment of the men. a huge whit** liea*tI iea*t tcrambled lightly over the slx-foo? fence carrying the luckie** pig In it* jaw-. "By heavens that was never a po’ar hear?*’ Quin cried, excitedly. *Tt was Just that, sir." the other an* *w**r#‘d. "It was blown h*re from the Ar. ll you'll find an k*e floe fast ashore down yonder. I must kill the brute ar>l r* o\* rth meat It's the la-t tag and 1 can't spare It." 1 taking ma*!** *ur* that the cow was all right. Danielson and his companion returned to the house, where they hur riedly #lonn#M| -thick Itoota an! heavy Jackets, and gulfed down th* hot rum nnd w rr that Mrs I>anie|sofi Insisted on Ihelr * ‘kina. Quin retained tin* twv iroi i,-' W rk; It* the flurry #>f pppuratlon he forgot f# f*tch a brace #*f revolver* that w* re in his mom The trail l<l obliquely to the *horc, and Here >ur enough, a great floe had grounded rei'etitly. "Th* n w ill ••• little left of the pig." lumbi.-on exclaimed, wrwtbfully. "Hut - ■ ——i ■ ■ i I—. -i —<# He Shouted In a Cracked and Husky Voice and Waived Hi* Jacket. th* brute phall pay !\rly for Its sup p#*r." Tli** floe w: fv* aground, and when It -truck large fragments of It had been pll**d tif endwise on the teach. Picking their way over the%# the two men gain *<l the rolld field. Through the driving sitoav and stinging wind, among heaped up lee-hummock* and miniature berg*, they advanced for a quarter of a mile. Then, the blood-stain* I*elqg at wider In terval nnd more difficult to perceive they presently lost th** trail. Quin puvhe l ah* ad at a go#*! pace, and when, after a time, he illßCOVfrrd that he could no longer *ee his *ompanlon th fact *ll*l not cause him any tineasln**ss But a moment later a rumbling. < rackitiL* noise startl'd him. Then his imm** xv* .*a!l*‘ l faintly, and he heard the loul re port #>f a gun. Now thoroughly alarmed for he eon- Je#-ttired what the Rummons meant. Quin l o k a* fast a* he eould. He felt n swaying motion underfoot a* he ran and Mid*l nty. out of the white snow mist he mw directly p iront of him a gap of black, heaving water. It wow already half a dogen yards wide—lt was Impossible to leap It. On the farther brink of tlie .ha mu stood Danielson, shouting wi'.dly. but inarticulately. In the middle of a sentence he turned and ran. hard) reach ing a place of afety before a strip of the lev on which he had b en standing crum bled to ph*ces. "Heip! Hep!" Quin shouted hoarsely. A faint reply floated btek. anl then the Norwegian vanished In the night. It was no discredit to him that he should seek safety In a rapid night to the shore. Mi * he . ouM do no hing to help his com rade. For an Instant Quin’s stout heart almost failed him. ti* he realised his terrible slt uaUon Tin* wind had shifted, und he drifting nut tp sea on the main por tion of the KiffciL, which had broken >*■' fro n the narrow* arm that was fast on th* beach. He w.ii within a few fee k of the edge, and fearing lest It should crumble with the giowing of the wave*, h* hast I!) widened his distance. "lieav* it help me'” he muttered "At least. I'll give the brute as wide m berth as possible." 0 M. an while the flurry of snow had spent Itself The sir was clearer, and the wind bltter!> cold. Quin plodded half th** stretch to the humourk. when he heard a gnawing, rending sound, and saw the I b***r r *** up within a few yards of him With m sullen growl, leaving the half devoured cartas* nf the pig. the gaunt, shaggy least made swLtty at him T’icre was no time to retreat. Quin grimed ttie long handled fork and lunge*) desperutdy. The bear, quick as light ning. lifted a ponderous nitw and struck the S<e*l points aside, wi that they Inflict only a slight wound In the foreshoul d*r. A second bbvw mapped the weapon in two. and dropping the useless fragment that h* retained. Quin (urtte*! and fled for his life The maddened crcatur was at his heels '•*. h< gav* himself up C. r los*. Hut t ' .at terr b!e moment, when It seem* and that nothing mild *sve film, a ray of hope intervened He sliiq*ed and fell, and.a* he ros** he saw at his feet a nar row, black, adit, barely large enough to admit his body He fancied he recognised the nature of at. Ate! he was n#s mistaken. In a tci • he wa - Inside, ai’d the sur* prised n#*ar h and s!kl past the spot Quin <*w I bis temporary e-cap* to what th.- fishermen of Newfoundland call a bubble-hole—a hollow, rounded cavity, • lij.hil much like an g. that frequently forms In Ice floes. This particular one wa-* three or four f#**t deep, and fortu nately hud a very small aperture Quin spreud himself flat mi the bottom, face upward, and walled with an anxious heart. There wa- a sniffling noise, ond then th |e 4ti i, nr I burning ey. -of the great Iwir appeared overhead. The next ten minute- were fraught with Indescribable horror to Quin. With c*bstl tiate |o*rsev-ranee ;he bruite tried to reach him shuffling round and round th** hole, and -narllrg and whining. u It repeated ly made vicious Jab* and thrust* with It* massive paws. At length the baffled animal vanished, and for a lime it could be hear*! munch ing at the pig. -pitting open th** lones to reach the sweet marrow. It returned to the attack at shor; Intervals, through half the right, and on each occasion Quin • he pulled out of the hole and devoured He tried to keep away, hut cold and drowsiness overpowere#! him. and he knew no more until he w'oke to find the grey Hg lit of day shining overhead. Having rubbed hU cramped and wt If fened limb* until th** blood clrculat**! a little, he ventured to peep above th* rim of his shel’er. Th#* heaving ocean wu* close to him the waves had eaten far Into the floe during the night—and t* his boundles- joy he discovered a vessel un der full sail within half u mile. And farther to the left, adrift on . large •!•*- tar bed cake of Ice, wa a moving object that was without doubt hie lute persecu tor. the i*ear Quin drugged himself painfully out of the hole, and having shout'd In a era *k #*d and husky voice, nod waved hi* Jacket perslst#*ntly. h** finally saw the ship lb* to and lower a boat. A few minute* later the rescuers had landed on the flw*. and were listening to the casta way’s thrilling tale, while they piled him with brandv. "If* lucky you hailed us." said the mate of th* whaling veered. "It was .t close call, but You’re all right now W. II get that b*r for you. and It will be company for another one what the *k|- ler brought alive from the North." In due •*ourse New Bed ford was reach ed. and an agent of Rickman's cam Mlssri the \| irfha Jane. Rut b#vh b*urs. a* may 1* nuti#f>ol went to Kmr#**h A Co.’s branch house In New York, and from there to the Philadelphia Z#w>. A* long as Quin lives the sight of a polar heir will r#n*all to him. vividly and sharp ly. the terrible night he spent on a •trifl ing Ice floe off the coast of E.ihrador WOMAN’S WORLD. Contlnuel from pa* I* of old Narragansett. had sixteen children. Their names were Tarvts, Plcus, Plersn*. Prwemuti Polybius. I*ts, lo*ttl**e. Av. An sties. Eunice. Mary, John. Elisabeth. Hot h. Free love. Ail lived to b** thrr*- score and ten. on** to be a hundred and two years oil Edward Bendall's children were named Tmegrace. Reform. Hop-**! For. More Mercy and Restore. Richard Grwlley's offspring were Return. Believe and Tremble.—Child Life in Colonial Days. In England there seems to preail non* curious ideas about bigamy. At the IJver pool Asalxes the other day m man w is I brought to the l*r for having married two i women without waiting for the first otu* !to die lie was sentenced to three da\> imprisonment, the Jinhc** remarking tha. ! while he h.ul been twice m irried tefore a registrar, he had rot "profaned any tr ligious ceremony" by what he had done 'Mils singular derision lias colled forth u storm of denunciation, especially on th** part of women. It would seem to te bad law. for the Church of England, being •. state church, all clergymen are registrar* by virtue of their offices, nisi that give** the vadl.lt y to the cer monies which th* •. perform, and marriages before registrant not clergymen have heretofore been con sidered legal. As every one knows, says he New Fork Tribune, the northern coast of l*ong Island Sound Is broken up by a series of small peninsulas and Islands which have been utilised for building site-* for <ountry houses. These joint* of land formed by the deep Indentations of the sea. are very near each other, so that houses that are mll s distant hv land. rr** often directly oj>i*o*ite. with only a snort stretch of water between. In summer, of course, and hy boat, these short transits are much used, and even occasionally In winter the salt water frees*-* hard enough for the trip to l*e made on the ice. It was on one of these occasions, after gay little dinner at the ofqwwlte hone* that Mr. and Mrs. li annouu ed their intention *f returning home on their skates. Their host rmonstrated "There is a southerly wind blowing," ha sal*!. " and some fishermen told me to-day the ice wouldn't last long; and you know how rotten sail water lee |* when It be gins to go. You had much better let me lend you a trap. a.*> you told your man not to come back, and return home by land." Hut Mrs. B—insisted. ‘We sk.iled this afternoon all over the bay," so. pinning up her skirt* and covering her dinner gown with a long coot, they started. Heavy clouds obscured the moon from the start and they had gone only a short way when a fine rain began to fall. "Let us go back." proposed Mr. B . "and take toe trap they said they would lend us." But hi* wife would not hear of It. Bhe bitterly repented of her obstinacy, how | ever, when they reached the middle of the ! hay and heard througii the gloom sharp refiort* like pistol shot*. "It Is the |e* breaking up." shouted her husband "tik.it* for >otir life!" How they got over the remaining dis tance, she said afterward, was a miracle. Crw. k after crack opened before them, water rushed up about their ankle*, as their weight sunk the great piece* down for a second. Only their fleet ness savHl I them and the fact that the tide was com ing In. jamming up the Ice on the shore ir.steod of leaving an Impassable distance I of water along the edg* "It seems like a horrible nightmare, lasting through an endless night." she said. In recounting her experience later, | "and I ran feel It all whenever I think ; of It. The wild night, with the horrible, I *>ft southerly wind blowing In from the se i. the black stretch of land that teem td so far away, the strange, uncanny twilight that come* when th* full moon Is covered with cloud*, and the cracking and shaking Ice beneath our skate* We knew that a single stumble would have ended matters fur both of us. and that the ice water would rti-h up and engulf in* If we rested a second on the rotten *alt le. It was literally u race w ith death. nd when we finally reached the welcome shore we threw ourselves down on the frogen ground, too exhausted even to speak or to take off our skates. My hus band’* snouts brought the smanl* to our aid. and we were soon In Jack’s cosev *<bn. comforted with hot drinks and a ' biasing fire. But what an experience!" Sidney Smith cut the following from a newspaper and preserved j t for hlmilHf It 1* a good thing for everybodv to carrv ill tnelr pocket Iks* ‘When you rise m the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one to a fallow creature It Is easily done; a left-off garment to the man who needs It. a kind won! to the sorrowful and encouraging expression to tha striving, trill.*# in themselves light as all. And If you are young, depend upon It. It will tell when you r ** old nnd If you are old. rest assured It w||i •end you gently ami happily down the i stream of time to eternity. Hy the mo*t i simple arithmetical sum. look at the re sult. If you send one person—only on.*— happily through each day. there are 2i ;in the year. And *upf***ing you live for | ty years only after you commen cm ihat 1 course oc medicine, *ou hav# made it SISTER; HEAD MV FREE OFFER ®Wlsa Words to Sufftrtrt . From Woman of Hot™ Damn Ind. Iwl!liExU.wfl •> chrj. tht. Home Ti.,t meut *-tn tu:: Inxtntttiunx and tho hUltry t mv cu. to any l<lv .ufl.rinf trm> <*maW trcwbla y-u car. cure vuuraall at hmu. lthau tto. aid at an, phv.ltlan It will coat you nothing to rl-r dm unatcimt a trial, ami II you dyclda tn cont Au. •, aUI tailr coat vou ahout twol* cent, a mock. It tdU not i-i'crh-r* with ycur aurk or oocnpau.o. I hate nothing to aeil. Tall otharauffcreraollt tliat la all I -i%k. It curca all, younger oM. II y<i Hal a baarin-floan iwawat.ioo. acrv r Impending Til, pain la thr hack or boaela, cnaplng ijalluir up trr a dr.lrr. to cry IrrqucaUy, ti flaahoi. wrarmca. traiumit doairo to urinate, or U hare Lcucurrhex (Whitea;, M.pi..rrmit c Fa 11.;., ri Womb. rroTuw scanty or Balafal Tuaor.or Growtha, adilraaa MRS. M. 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For all information, address CLARENCE W. MURPHEY, T. P, A., 18 East Bryan St., SAVANNAH. GA beings happy—at all event*, for a time " In many ways Queen Victoria Is singu larly unprejudiced She doe* not think the world has deteriorated in the past thirty years, thougn mowt old ladles of $n are convinced of It. Sh- quite approves of women cycling and pla\ing *olf. Ilcr • xqulsite taste In music has been most catholic, for though she ua- the pupil of Mendelssohn, und had singing Ics-oris from Lahlarhe. Her Majesty appreciates the music not only of Wagner, but of Eaure. * f| Her Majesty seldom Indulge* In rem.n iscences of her youth. Though her min I often dw-ll* on th** past, n- is proved by V which are always n* ar her. she is not prone to relate nnecilotow of her youth. In this, of course, she differs widely from most old ladle* of her age.— Modern So ciety. fiord Rathroore has told a friend how he once took "f Hilda" In to dinner, an! how dlsuppolnied he wan to find that tho novelist devoted hepwir *. the dish***, rather than to InteHcrtunl refreshment, lie sai l io her at last. In desfialr at h iv ing only been able to get "Y'e*" and "No" In answer to the different suhje. ** he introduced: "I’m afraid I’rn singu larly unfortunate In m.v choi •* of topics Is there anything we could talk stout to Interest you?" To w*hlch the chronicler of society's shortcomings replied: "The;e |* on*- thing which would Interest me very muen Tell tne about the Duch**>*c*; I hav** writ ten a hop* them all tny life And never m *t one yet.*'—Son Francisco Argonaut. The r*lgning beauty of Pari* at present Is known In operatic circles "La f'av ellerl" She 1* said to la* a remarkably handsome woman, although too splrttu* 11** to suit some fancies, as she weighs but X> pounds A few w*** k* ago *h<- pre sented herself before the managers of the French the*er and was accepted, first, localise of her beauty alone. Liter she became a rather .skillful dancer and ac *re*s. hut without hr delicate and eth ereal loveliness she could hardly maintain her prestige by means of her dramatic or terpslchcreon accomplishment* alone. tfhe is moderately tall arid exquisitely slender. Her waist measures barely If Inches without her stays, and when she went to a famoti corset-maker of the Place Vendcsne the vision of her supple body laced In a case of coutille Ins p 1 red hi* manufacturer to hold a solemn con clave with the dressmaker* a; *1 force a new mode on b**;p|e** womankind In short. favcl.eri" set the fashion In favor of abnormally long waist*. "La tallle serpent," or serpens figure, and Hometlme* "La toille t'ave'lerl' are what they call It In Paris. Ho famous has her wonderful long waist U*come that dressmaker* Implore her to give them the honor of making her gown*. She ha* In consequent e become noted even In Paris for her remarkably luxu rious clothe*, as well hs for her mar velous jeweia. In tier bright chestnut hair, orduled to perfection, “he will wear nothing but n liny comb. All her splen did ornaments are for the n* k and whnt renders this Idle crea'ure mysteri n* and Interesting s her patriotic determination to leave all her Jewels to the French gov ernment . By som** benevolent provision of the law she has arrang'd that If she dies or ever misfortune overtake* her and the sheriff st-is In ns too frequently hap pen* to the well-meaning but extrava gant artiste, the lovely bauble* will still be held for safe ke* ping In u museum. New Jersey, the land of oddities, t orn* to the front again with phenomena matrimonial agreement, absolutely with out a parallel anywhere. Home iim*” ug Hugo Kreig ntui his wife of Hawthorne had a quarrel and sejoiroied. He so*n wearied of the tamdltion of loneliness in to which the li*agre'inent had piling*-1 h'm and prnyed to he restortl to her fa vor Tar .ily condition upon w hich sl won and conoent to % reunl>n was that m subscribe to tne following oath; "In consideration of the fa *t tfynt mv wife allows in* to return horn** ami reside there and enjoy her companionship, love and care. 1. Hugh Kreig. do hereby pr m ml.*e to begin anew, treat my wife prop erly ami return home before 10 o'clock when not obseot on mutual eMg.igr.ment*. "I do promise to work for her him! sup port her as my position |n life will al|.w "I do promise further to attend prnv*,- meeting, to abstain from ail Intoxicatin'? liquor, also from tobacco and cigar*, and In future to conduct tnywe.f in n strictly decent, *ober and orderly manner"— Ooth taken ’>efore a magi*trate by liugti Kr*ig of Hawthorne. N J. Mrs. Kreig wrote out th** oath. At first 1* staggered him. He walked about the village for two weak* cogitating tn I wavering. Then he revolved to Oo it urM . died in Magistrate John Keys, "I'm tired of eating cold dinners a*„i having nowhere to live." he *4l,| . wtf- | Ih- lK.t IMtl- woman ill J-rafv ■ml i ni amna to „aih nn .l i lo II It I can.- ' w " oppnaM .0 tha oath, f bare aran t any. wimt oa \our shou.deis,’ he said. "an*l T don’t oa | iieve >tHi can keep It." Bu: Kretg sa. 1 | ie could, and tha oath was administered. A delightful romance of old Harvard ar. I fair Cuba, says • Boston dispatch to the New York Journal, has Just reached a happy climax One day last June a stately boat might have been s***n having her way through th* wiier to the ('tib.in port of Cardenas Ar her mast-head fl**w’ the Htars and Stripe*. Her 11pt.cn and officers wore the uniform of the Fnlted Stales Navy. The ship touched her berth at t’ardena*. and then, having taken on !>oard her pa*- senger*. turned her prow straightway to ward Boston. Six weeks later aha re turned to Cardenas. <n both her trip# there were among the pa.-sengera a cer tain fair-haired mun and a dark-eyed Cu j ban girl. I.e** than a month ago another host •tailed from Havana to Csnlenat. She aNo carried the fulr-halred man. The text day it wa* announced in the Car -1 llckly leen told , over all Cuba, th it the dl*tingulshed Mr , Al**xls Frye, superintendent of public !n --| “true lon In the l-land of Cuba, was en ! gitgnl to wed th** charming Henorita Ma rla Teresa Arru* b.r< a. Thu - in a *hor: five months an Ameci | can, nid * Harvard min, has won tha ' heart of otic of the most h**atw!ful wo men to he found In a land f*T beautiful women, and in -lx months from the time he fir** looked Into her dark eyes, he will have led her to the altar. When Mr. Frye .riled Into Farden.ia that sunny morning in June, he wa a bachelor, heart-whole and fancy-free well started Into the thirties. He was thinking ik! of the dark-eyed maiden* bill of the happy consummation of month* •i earnest effort In behalf of the schools • t <*,i a The gr*w expedition which he ,~t .. and whl* h he believe*! to i e the great*-st edueattonal movement of the century, was at the point of Its cul mination. A thrill of enthusiasm were through him. This feeling was at !*• !lch* when the Kedgewick swept into the long pier In Cardenas, and It was at this n tha? new and even stronger emotion enfared the I superintendent’* life Awaldng the Latt's coming at the pier were t* % hers of 'ardenas. with smlltivg • xpe .it fa. es. ready to embark Ttie genlai f perlntendent had a smile and a read> hand-clasp for such. Atid thn. ns he looked Into one pair of eye*, bright er than the others—lt happened. Htraigh*- way hi* heart flew away from hta keep ing. and went, for weal or for woe. to . ast itself upon the tender merclea of tha fair gltl into whose eyes he was look ing < ip|d was at hit pranks, though 10 on** heard hi* saucy laugh or the twang of his tiny bow For the aenorlta. too felt at th* sam* moment, that her own heart had leen given In exchange. 8. no; j . Arrucb.il• na 1* the daughter of 1 once wealthy Cuban of Cardenas Wia has *|> nt consldernble time In Clenfue goe 81iue the t'uban war. In which her family suffered havy lost, ahe has been the |ir!n ipa: of a hool in Cardenas. Her mother I* not living, but she has a sister ami a brother. Hhe I* a relative of the famous !>r. I’akino. of Havana, and is a *out twenty-two year* of age. The scnorlta is |iasslng fair, and he* ! the eye of an artist In designing her cos- I tuinr*. A* Cambridge she was regarded a* one of the most strikingly beaiKlf** of the Cuban women, and her gowr* were <tlw.\> elegant and In the best <4 taste Hhe was one of the few Cubars who did not cover their faces with toll*! powder. There l great rejoicing In Cuba over the announcement that Mr. Frye la to marry a Chilian. He Is looked upon throughout the Island as 1 sort of patron saint, and the sincerity of his Interest In Cukau affairs is powerfully hy tint • hole* of .1 Cuban bride. Cubans ev#C' \\ i1• t• • hav* expressed their pride in tletr fair countrywoman whose attract on* h.i\* provel greater than those of all the women of the North. Japanese Naortl Itladea. From the Lon.ion Globe. The Id ode* of Jupnnewe sabres are j formed of a metal prepared from mag netic iron or**s urn I ferruginous satal The Meel Is produced In the form of fhf la minae, and the workmen commence* hy tiling one of these* to the end of aa iron rod. which serves as a .handle. T> tlu are soldered other sheets until the mas* to eight o vidth of two Inches and a thlcktees of from one-<|UAter to four-tenths of an Inch. ’ ThU liar. bn*ught to a white hwtf. is I doubled upon itself and hammerdl until j It ha* taken He original d!m*-(iof*. ThM pro ***" tg repent. I fifteen times. Four j simiiar bans are thus soldered figctha*. I doubled upon :hem*Hves. resokkfwd and heated, lid* opera lion being repeated hv** firm*. Hy jhls process thi super jm.-.-I l.iv rw of metals become so ink* that n sahre p- eatlrnate| to corvtalti at httt n thousand sheets of met.i Hom*'- tlrm*-* Hlternat* iover* of Iron steel are soktere.l together, and thus th# bloda precenu u veined apovaraucOk