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FAsHlriM I II I A J. .-'A AA Wl 1 CnAPTER VIII. (Continued.) "I shot it this morning," ho con tinued, "we'll use it." "What do you mean?" asked Alta monk "I mean to blow up the bears en masse with 100 pounds of powder." "But where Is the powder?" exclaim ed his friends. "In the magazine. This passage I dug will lead to It. I made it pur posely." "And where Is the mlno to bo?" In quired Altamont "At tho farthest point from the house and stores." "And how will you manage to entice the bears there, all to one spot?" "I'll look after that Let us set to work. "Wo have 100 feet more to add to our passage to-night, and that Is no easy matter. There are five of us we can take turns. Bell will begin, and we will He down and sleep mean time." One by one, all went to work, and In ten hours that is to say, about S in the morning the gallery was entirely open. With tho first streak of day the doc tor reconnoltered the position of the enemy. The patient animals were still occupying their old position, prowling up and down and growling. Hastening away to the mine, he had a strong stake fixed firmly on the granite foundation, on the top of which the dead fox was fastened. A rope was attached to the lower part of tho stake, long enough to reach the pow der stores. "This Is the bait." he said, pointing to the dead fox. "and here is the mine, he added, rolling In a keg of powder containing about 100 pounds. "And how will you manage?" asked Altamont "By hauling in this rope we leave the dead fox exposed to view. The bears are so famished with their long fasting that they won't lose much time In rushing toward their unexpected meal. Well, Just at that very moment I shall set fire to the mine, and blow up both the guests and the meal." "Capital! Capital!" shouted John son, who had been listening with in tense interest Hatteras said nothing, for he had such absolute confidence in his friend that he wanted no further explanation. But Altamont must know the why and wherefore of everything." "Bu doctor," he said, "can you reckon on your match so exactly that you can be quite sure It will flro the mine at the right moment?" "I don't need to reckon at all; that's a difficultly easily got over." "They you have a match a hundred ifeet long?" -"No." Tou are simply going to lay a train, 'of powder." "One of us must light the powder," said Johnson. "I'm ready ready and willing." "Quite useless to risk your life, brave fellow," replied the doctor, hold ing out his hand. "AH our lives are precious, and they will be all spared, thank God! "We have an electric battery," he continued, "and lines long enough to serve our purpose? We can fire our mine whenever we please, In an In stant and without the slightest, dan ger." "Hurrah!" exclaimed Johnson. "Hurrah!" echoed the others, with out heeding whether the enemy heard them or not. The doctor's Idea was immediately carried out, and the lines connected. By 9 o'clock everything was ready. Johnson was stationed in the powder magazine, in charge of the cord which held the bait "Now," said Clawbonny to his com panions, "load your gun's, In case our assailants are not killed. Stand be side Johnson, andthe moment the ex plosion is over rush out" "All right," said Altamont "We have done all we can to help ourselves. May heaven help us!" Hatteras, Altamont and Bell repair ed to the powder magazine, while the doctor remained alone beside the pile. Soon he heard Johnson's voice in the distance calling out "Ready!" "All right!" was the reply. Johnson pulled the rope that brought the body of the fox on top the Ice. The next instant the bears had eager ly rushed to seize the booty. "Fire!" called out Johnson, and at once the electric spark was sent along the lines right into the keg of powder. A formidable explosion ensued; the house was shaken as if by an earth quake, and the walls cracked asunder. Hatteras, Altamont and Bell hurried out, with the guns. But four of the bears lay dead, and tho fifth, half roasted, though alive, was scambering away in terror, as fast as his legs could carry him. "Hurrah!" Three cheers for Claw bonny!" they shouted, and overwhelm ed the doctor with plaudits and thanks. Next morning there was a singular rise in tho temperature, the thermom eter going up to 15 degrees above zero, ThiB comparative heat lasted sev eral days. In sheltered spots the glass rose as high as 31 degrees, and symp toms of a thaw appeared. The Ice began to crack here and there, and Jets of salt water wore thrown up, like fountains in an English park. A few days later the rain fell In torrents. For about a fortnight hunting was the principal occupation. There was an abundant supply of freah meat to he had. They shot partridges, ptarmi gans and snow ortolanB, which are de licious eating. "Do you think we shall have a long pell of this weather, Dr. Clawbonny?" asked Johnson. "No, my friend, I don't; It is a last blow from the cold. You sea these are his dominions, and he won't be driven mnt without making some rsltiuM.H "What is the reason V "Because generally there is a peri odical frost in the month of May, and It Is coldest from the 11th to tho 13th That Is the fact"' Tho doctor was right for tho cold lasted till the end of tho month, and put an end to all tholr hunting expedi tions. Tho old. monotonous lifo In doors recommenced. CHAPTER IX. During this commilsnrv Iplsnm. Clawbonny determined to havo a talk wuntno captain on an Important sub jectthe building of a sloop out of tho planks of the Porpoise, Tho doctor hardly knew how to bo gin, as Hatteras had declared so vehe mently that ho would never consent to use a morsel of American wood; yet it was high tlmo ho were brought to reason, as June was at hand, tho only season for distant expeditions, and they could not start without a ship. He thought over it a long while, and at last drew tho captain asldo. In the kindest gentlest way: "Hatteras, do you believe Pm your friend?" "Most certainly I do." replied tho captain, earnestly; "my best, indeed, my only friend." "And if I give you a piece of advice without your asking, will you consid er my motive Is perfectly disinterest ed?" "Tea, 'for I know you have never been actuated by self-interest But what aro you driving at?" "Walt Hatteras; I have one thing more to ask. Do you look on me as a true-hearted Englishman like your self, anxious for his country's glory?" Hatteras looked surprised, but sim ply said: "I do." "You desire' to reach tho north pole," the doctor went on, "and I understand and ( share your ambition, but to achieve your object you must employ the right means." "Well, and have I not sacrificed ev erything for it?" "No, Hatteras, you have not sacri ficed your personal antipathies. Even at this very moment I know you are in the mood to refuse the Indispensable conditions of reaching the pole." "Ah! it is the boat you want to talk about and that man " "Hatteras, let us discuss the ques tion calmly, and examine th rose on all sides. The coast on which wo find ourselves at present may terminate abruptly; we have no proof that it stretches away to the pole; indeed, if your present information prove cor rect we ought to come to an open sea during the summernonths. Well, sup posing we reach this arctic ocean and find it free from Ice 'and easy to navi gate, what shall we do If we have no ship?" Hatteras made no reply. "Tell me, now, would you like to find yourself only a few miles from the pole and not be able to get to It?" Hatteras still said nothing, but bur led his head in his hands. "Besides," continued the doctor, "look at the question in its moral as pect Here is an Englishman who sacrifices his fortune, and even his wife, to win fresh glory for his coun try, but because the boat which bears him across an unknown ocean, or touches the new shore, haDDona tn ha made of the planks of an American vessel a castaway wreck of no imn tn anyone will that lessen the honor of the discovery? If you yourself ha found the hull of some wrecked ves sel lying deserted on the shore, would you have hesitated to make iisn nf it- and must not a sloop built by four En glishmen and manned by four English men be English from keel to gun wale?" Hatteras was still silent "No," continued Clawbonny, "the real truth is, it Is not the sloop you care about; It Is the man." "Yes, doctor, yes," replied the cap tain. "It is this American I detest; I hate him with a thorough English ha tred. Fate has thrown him In my path." "To save you!" "To ruin me. He seems to defy me, and speaks as if he were lord arjd mas ter. He thinks he has my destiny in his hands, and knows all my projects. Didn't we see the man In his true col ors when wo were giving names to the different coasts? Has he ever avowed his object in coming so far north? You will never get out of my head that this man is not the leader of some expedi tion sent out by the American govern ment" "Well, Hatteras, suppose it Is so, does It follow that this expedition is to search for the north pole? May it not be to find the Northwest Passago? But anyway, Altamont Is in complete Ignorance of our object for neither Johnson, nor Bell, nor myself, have ever breathed a word to him about it, and I am sure you have not" "Well, let him always remain so." "He must be told In the end, for we can't leave him hero alone." "Why not? Can't he stay here In Fort Providence?" "He would never consent to that, Hatteras; and, moreover, to leave a man in that way, and not know whoth er we might find him safe when we came back, would be worse than Im prudent, It would be Inhuman. Alta mont will come with us; he must come. But we need not disclose our projeets; let us tell him nothing, but simply build a sloop for the ostensible purpose of making a survey of tho coast" Hatteras could not bring himself to consent, but said: "And suppose the man won't allow his ship to be out up?" "In that case, you must take the law In your own hands, and build a vessel in spite of him." 1 wish to goodness be would refuse, theat" "He must be asked before he oaa re fuse, ril undertake tho asking," sail Clawbonny. Ho kept his word, for that vory same night, at supper, ho managed to turn tho conversation towards tho subject of mnklng excursions during summer ror nycirographlcal purposes. "You will Join us, I supposo, Alta mont ho said. "Of course," replied tho Amorlcnn "Wo must know how far Now America extends." Hatteras looked fixedly at his rival, but said nothing. "And for that purpose," continued Altamont "wo had betters build a llt tlo ship out of the remains of tho Por poise. It. Is the best possible uso wo can mako of her." "You hear, Bell," said tho doctor, ea gorly. "We'll all sot to work to-mor row morning." In tho end of May tho temperature again rose, and spring returned for good and all. Rain fell copiously, and before long tho melting snow was run ning down every llttlo slope In falls and cascades, But while thoy were building tholr boats arguments spring up. Dr. Kano was tho first bono of con tention on this occasion, for tho Jcal ous Englishman was unwilling to grant his rival tho glory of being a dlscov orer, saying that It was by mere chance he had made a discovery. "Chance!" Interrupted Altamont, hot ly. "Do you mean to assert that It is not to Kane's energy that wo owe his great disco very?' "I mean to say that Dr. Kane's name is not worth mentioning In a country mado Illustrious by such names as Parry, and Franklin, and Ross, and Belcher, and Penny; in a country whero tho seas opened tho Northwest Passago to an Englishman McCluro!' "McClurel" exclaimed tho American "Well, If over chance favored anyone it was that McClure. Do you pretend to deny it?' Hatteras started to his feet and Bald "I will not permit the honor of an English captain to bo attacked In my presence any longer!" "You will not permit!" echoed Alta mont also springing erect "But these are facts, and it Is out of your power to destroy them! "Sir!" shouted Hatteras, pale with rage. "My friends!" interposed the doctor; "pray be calm. This Is a scientific point that wo are discussing.". But Hatteras was dead to reason now, and said angrily: "I'll toll you tho facts, sir, "And I'll tell you," retorted tho irate. American "Gentlemn," said Clawbonny, In a firm tone, "allow me to speak, for I know the facts of tho case as well as and perhaps better than you, and I can state them Impartially, "Yes, yes!" cried Bell and Johnson, who had been anxiously watching the strife. "Well, go on," said Altamont finding himself In the minority. With charts the doctor told the his tory of McClure's voyage. Still Hat teras and Altamont were dissatisfied. "Well, if arriving on one side and leaving at the other Is not going through, I don't know what is!" said Hatteras. "Yes, but he went 470 miles over Ice fields," objected Altamont "What of that?" "Everything; that is the gist of the whole argument It was not the Inves tigator that went through, "Altamont" said the doctor, "we all consider that you are wrong." "You may easily do that," returned the American. "It is four against one, but that will not prevent me from holding my own opinion." "Keep it and welcome, but keep It to yourself, If you please, for the fu ture," exclaimed Hatteras, "And pray what right have you to speak to me like this, sir?" shouted Altamont in a fury. "My right as captain," returned Hat teras, equally angry. "Am I to submit to your orders, then?" "Most assuredly, and woe to you If ii Tho doctor did not allow him to proceed, for he really feared the two antagonists might come to blows. Bell and Johnson seconded his endeavors to mako peace, and, after a few con dilatory words, Altamont turned on his heel, and walked carelessly away, whistling "Yankee Doodle." Hatteras went outside, and paced up and down with rapid strides. In about an hour he came back, and retired to bed with, out saying another word. (To be continued.) A Lnjr Matter. "Would you like the floors In mo sale?" asked the architect The Springfield man looked dubious. "Would you like the floors in mo saic patterns?" "I don't know bo much about that," he finally Ba4d. "I ain't got any prej udice against Moses as a man, and maybo he knew a lot about the law. As regards laying floors, though, I kinder think I'd rather havo them un sectarian." Harper's Weekly. A Ieaaoii in Pollteneaa, He was dining at a restaurant, and while he was sipping his black coffee, a stranger gracefully commandeered his overcoat. He had just reached the door when tho owner tapped him on the shoulder. "Pardon me, Blr," he Bald, meekly, "but would you allow mo to get another cigar from my coat pocket, In case I do not meet you again?" Tlt-Dlta. What Started Illra aa an Art I'ntrom, "Yes, Mr. Gotrox 1b making quite a number of purchases of paintings abroad." "Indeed? I never understood he cared for pictures. When did ho take up the fad?" "When they removed the duty from lmplrted art," Cleveland Plain Deal er. Very Likely. "She thanked him with a look." "I repose her gown was so tight that she couldn't trust herself to peak. eW Louisville Oouriar-Joumui. tmwm mm IN WOI 60 TUB Affl If the world was created G.OOO years Ago and tho story of tho expulsion from Eden la not a myth, confirma tory evidence of that fact will bo found by old-line Dlblo peoplo in somo of tho things recently unearthed In Nubia. From very recent research it has been established that dlaeaso- on tered tho world In tho form of gout and tuberculosis not less than 6,000 years ago either entered It at that time or had been thero for an Indeter minable time previously. Nearly sixty centuries havo rollod away since tho Nubians lived In tho Valloy of tho Nile and woro victims of tho Intestinal concretions which seem to be tho cause of appendicitis. For tunately for archaeological scionco, tho diggers took with them an anatomist or two, who know a thing or so about their business, and turned over to their Inspection tho bodies that were un earthed from this ancient civilization which has been lying burled undor the wash and sands of the Nile from a tlmo which merges Into the vanishing point of history. In these excavations were found evidences of a civilization from a date preceding the earliest known dynasties of Egyptian kings down to the Byzantine ago. These peo plo scorn to havo lived undisturbed In tho possession of their fortllo fields and their well-built towns, probably under tho protection of tho kings of Egypt. In fact, a careful examination of their heads and faces showed that they were In reality Egyptians them selves. They did not belong to tho aristocracy, but were rathor tho hum ble tillers of the soil tho farmers of that prehistoric time. They had a knowledge of copper, but they had not yet progressed sufficiently far In tho metallic arts In the period previous to say 1800 B. C. to uso that metal for instruments. Tho only utility they could find for copper was Its uso as ornaments for the person. For thlB purpose It was manufactured and sold extensively. For tools tho Nubians o that dato used stono, and vory good HINTS of flint but ovl 2800 nil also tho nud sharp-cutting tools thoy mado It, too. Flint lnnco-noniis mm knives woro found tu abuntlanco, no trnco of a coppor tool was In dence for Bomo centuries. rvu iort nnriod ranees from 2 B. C. to 1S00 B. 0., during which cop per was Uncovered to bo highly use ful as a cutting metal ana was mn facturcd accordingly. uus as ii.. ..i,i nt prpntftAt chance In mu (juuuu n' bodily characters of theso people. TIio anatomists who mado tno cxwimm tlons declared that a now type of man had boon Importod among tne poo Mlln nml hnd mixed t nf tho nconlo ho found there beforo him. Tho secret of tho nnrfwl nrnanrvntlnn of bodies for B ty centuries lies In the fact that tho people, probably not ablo to afford tho methods of embalming that wore prac ticed by the "swell" Egyptians, Just took tholr dead and thorougniy saiicu tho bodies. Ono disease which Beemed to have hw nrnvnlont to nn extraordinary ao- ereo was rheumatic gout. Thousands nf ihonn nponlc had suffered from gout and from rheumatism. Graves wero found containing fifteen or twenty bodies, all mombers of tho samo fatnl- lv nml anvnra! fenerations 01 tno BUIIIU I J i o family. Tho anatomists wero thereby enabled to trace peculiar anatomical resemblances from father to Bon, as well as evidences of transmiuou ais- 0386. That this marvelous mothod of pro- snrvlncr tho dead s not practicaoio generally to day Is duo to tho fact that one of tho essentials of tho success of tho method Is the peculiarly dry at mnnnhero of Ecynt and tho unlimited quantities of perfectly dry sand In which to bury the bodies after tnoy have been treated with tho Bait or tho solution of salt which the ancient Nu bians used. EEVIVAL OF CHINA PAINTING. mm A FASCINATING OCCUPATION FOR GIRLS. - Thero Is a distinct revival In china painting among young girls In tho east, and in addition to becoming expert In the art It Is considered quite an essential part of tho training to make a study of the boat examples of old china to bo found In museums and elsewhere, and from them gather Inspira tion for tho decoration of modern pieces. In every department or art or Industrial training nowadays tho "homo" idea Is made prominent. Girls are learning domestic economy and domestic Bdence, and everywhere tho predominant thought is tho fitting of glrla for tho domestic aide of life, and It may bo because of this wave of flresldo Bon timent that the decoration of table ware Is so deservedly popular. To quote ono of the leading Instructors, "Thero 1b, to my mind," said she, "nothing more closely allied to domestic life than the hand decorating of china. It gives a girl a love for beautiful things for tho home table and opens her eyes to the nicety of table appointments, and we all know that a well appointed table Is usually the Index to a successfully managed house hold. "To mako collections of any Bort is an admirable thing, but tho collect ing of rare china for glils is particularly bo, for It not only gives tho col lector a special Interest in life, but she can never afterward pass by a bit of fine china, porcelain or pottery but she will glean enjoyment from It "The entire outfit, colors, brushes, oils and paletto knives can be pur chased for between $3.00 and $4.00, perhapB more, porhaps less. A course of ten leasons should make tho average girl quite Independent of a teacher ex cept, of course, when It came to some new and vexing problem; then sho would doubtless require tho advice of an Instructor. In this art, as others thero is a great dlfforenco In girls, for some aro quick with their hands' while others aro clumsy." RUBBISH BURNER, Vlfunea, Hot Aaliea or Snarlca Can not Kacupe from It While In TJae. There seems to bo somo urgent de mand for a means of consuming tho accumulation of paper boxes and simi lar material which gath er about an ordinary household. Tho bonfire Is effective, but It is al ways attended with a considerable clement of danger. Wire baskets which have been Invent ed for the purpose re duce this danger very much, but It Is Bald for tho newest device for this pur pose, which is made of sheet metal and entirely lnclosod, that sparks and flames cannot escape, and consequently no damage can be done from Its use, Tide of "ISaquIre," Esqulro dated back to tho days when tho Greeks and Romans were In the heydoy of their existence. The armor bearers who served as attendants of tho knights by way of bodyguard wo,o called esquires. Later, In England the king created esquires by placing col lars about their necks and bestowing upon them pairs of Bllvor spurs Tho title has never lapsed In that country There are now legally esquires by heritage by creation, or by virtue of the holding of somo olllce. In this country tho title has came Into general uso simply by courtesy but It must bo admitted that It s a very flimsy excuse for Its adoption In England, thero Is a disposition to ia'ado! aPPly'nS t0 me" aot M HpnrJnu 8riienlai7 When Mr. D known to be mlaorU but not believed to bo a mis? was approached delicately for a contrZ tlon totho organ fund, ho head courteously, but with an air of "Charity," ho said, "Is a pleasurn . must do without." a P'ewure one To a man whn iw v.i. . .. io uuBineas bv means of checks, a 120 bill look, like Russian Influence Ii strongly ft!t u somo of tho newest fashions, bothu street and evening wear. The ccorcv nrlnir sketch shorn a vrslklne of cream serge, with trimmings of btts.1 aer inu cream uraiu. it is very dull and attractive, and is one of the eu pretty things now made for southern 2 TELLS 07 HIS FAMOUS WOO, Kbom of Street Audience OftTtXJ later Inevlratlon for "Life Lln.i Surrounded by a model of a 1$ gun, a ploce of cable, life buoys, ae phono, wig-wag flags, tailboards tt talnlng instruction to sailors as4tt life ropes, the Itev. E. 8. Ufford, tjl Rockland, Me., evangelist and tutiij of tho famous rovlvol hymn, Thml Out the Llfo Lino," eat placidly iaotj theso mementM of fearful itoral which have raged along tho New Ei land coast, in tho Union station ilI Ing for his train to Minneapolis, til Dos Moinci Register and Leader nnl The Rev. Mr. Ufford Is an evtst!& and this paraphomalla, which Ui been actually used In the reseat i sailors from wrecked vessels and m presented to him by captains of lli saving stations at Capo Cod and Ku tucket. Is used by him In bis tmri little services to Illustrate his strata "I was aiding a pastor In East E ton ono Sunday night In 1831, c when wo wero returning home afui tho sorvloo tho subject of conrerutta turned on evangelists and hymns. I began thinking about a hymn tii! would rwich tho peoplo. My fitls and grandfather had been choir ui era bofore mo and I had been prijly that I should wrlto a song that wcsHl 11 vo long after I had passed away, Oil the afternoon of that Sunday I tei to the vlllago square and spoke ti non-ohuroh goers. As I looked ape) tho facort of those about me fa upon which were written the story t! sin they seemed to bo llko perUil: men In tho billows of death. TU must havo suggested to me the Ins?l J atlon for my vorslon of tho hymn, II roturned to tho parsonage, sat don and wroto the hymn at once. "It has been often thought that I at ono time must hnve been awocUt ed with soafarlng men to gits M vivid a plcturo as tho lyric deplcM that I had dashed off tho stanzas titer witnessing a wrock of some veaJtlj Neither surmise 1b correct It u m nly a montal nlcturo which cam t mo a quarter of a century ogo, rlrtl i to bo sure, but to which I added u color." The Rev. Mr. Ufford Is bulldlnr I unique church by nonular subscripts and from Lho rovaltles received rrca his hymn, A large anchor Is support ed over the t&wor. The bulldinf divided Into two parts, an auditor and a parlor. Ovor tho rostrum U painting by the noted artist, ChifW 0. Murdock. and roDresents Cbrlit a the aot of eavinK Peter from the The frieze around the auditorium M resents Columbus' caravels comW! " America. The churoh is approprWM lflPJltfifl nt in mrntr of Wfttflf S11 Ocean streets In Rockland. HI M Is In the church towor overlooking t bay, "Kfv ,,,111 Ha IrnrtWn ft til TfttnnU r.t n.lllno nr thO PeOP"1 church, and will always bo op l pooplo of all creeds." In Ifixtcniiiitluii. A Tiffin trtrl hnfwonn 4 and 5 7 of ogo camo running In from BlldlW onn 1nv nnrl nvolnlniftd to her nlOtB or: "Oh, mamma, did you eee roe & down? I wont llko thunder! To her mother's astonished queti as to whom sho had heard pay Ml you know you said ono day 'a as lightning.' and It always tnunu..- after it lightens, doesn't it?" A widow's nlAtt of nonularlty U f br the mon call hor "Irresistible. uoai is oDtamea in' many PB" ' New Zealand, but the chief la the Wostport district, In BoM eon; tho Groy district, In In ru j ...... i a The M" wtugu UHU AUCKIUIIU, y coals occur In tho two former, Weatnort mlnna nroduclng 0 1u',j scarcely equaled throughout the wor Tke Hirer Jordan. The historic rlvor Jordan W ' origin In one of the largest prm1 , the world.