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a. THRILLING STORY. NARROW ESCAPE OF COLONEL MAN AND HIS SOLDIERS. 5â€". I‘old by a British omcer, who was Anon! on an Ice Fleeâ€"Awful Experience of a Party Who “'cre Caught on the River When the lee Broke. Of the many stories of the Perils Of the froreuNorth and the perils of that region at ‘the time of year when the ice in the rivers begins to break. Colâ€" onel Alexander Man. of the British .u‘my. relates one of the most thrill- ing. It is best told in the language of the Colonel: It was back in the Seventies that 1 found myself in Yingtze, the Port Of Lfanchuria. 0n passing the bar of the .Srra Muren, on the way to Yingtze, one is impressed by the solitude that reigns on every hand. It. is not until the steamer has steered north for about an hour to a point where the stream. after making quite a sharp bend west- ward, returns on an eastern course, and then starts almost due 5011111 again; it is not, I until one reachâ€" es this spot that one sees anything deâ€" noting the presence of human life-â€" aave, perhaps, a stretch of nets, or ("9 tent of a. fisher family standing on the beach. or perched on some knoll over- looking the river. But the scene changes suddenly. Across the horse- shoe marked out by the course of the river there looms a forest of mastsâ€"â€" scores of junks and lorchas ranged four and five deep off the rough wharves. Bel/011d lie the European craft in double tires, with struck yards and in- rrgged booms. As the ship is brought up into the berth which isleft vacant for her near the imperial custom house one turns naturally from the setting sun and glances toward the wellâ€"built. jetty to realize that at length one has reached this little known country, which stretches away for a thousand milesâ€"mountain and valley. lake and desert, until it touches the mighty Amur, face to face with the i GRJM FRONTIER OF SIBERIA. Yingtze, referred to contemptuous- l'y by the Shanghai people as a “bean- cake paradise," is certainly not impos- ing. It is a kind of scratch collecâ€" tion of flat-roofed, somberâ€"colored, sinâ€" gleâ€"storied buildings; and yet it conâ€" tains banks, shops, and warehouses of far more aggregate value than manv more pretentious settlements seen oh the way out. I The mile-wide river surges pastâ€"u turbid stream, hemmed in by high brown banks of bare alluvial soil, reâ€" lieved by straggling trees and tiny vil- lages surrounded by walls of earth. The strange stillness of the air sug- gests the Egyptian desert, or the wilds of Saskatchewan. Such is the summer aspect. In winter, however, .Yingtze is entirely changed. and the almost Arctic situation of the place makes itself known. The mighty river ceases to flow, and becomes transformâ€" Bd into stupendous masses of ice 40 feet thick. These great masses. piled up in ridges at the bend of the river. stretch right out to the ocean. and are Warm Weather \Veakness is quickly overcome by the r tuning and blow enriching qualities of I signals, 1 This great mcdiâ€" , Once more. and shouted with the des- I Hood's Sarsaparr la. cine cures that tired feeling almost as ‘- quickly as the sun dispels the morning mist. lt also cures pimples. boils, salt rheum. scrofula and all other troubles originating in bad. impure blood. H ood’s 522.1%}. L: (‘nnidn's Greatest Merl-‘ine. SI: six for $5. Hood 8 Pills cure BlilOllFllesfi, Indigestion. heard an excited cry, and the ferry- man came rushing to intercept us. BREATHLESS \VI’I‘H EXCIT EDIENT. "Your Exr-ellency cannot proceed! Long before you are across the ice will break up, and you will be overwhelm- ed. 'l‘urn back, sir. Turn back. My humble. abode can accommodate the sol- diers and cattle, as well as Your Hon- or's, and toâ€"morrow I may be able to get you over in one of the punts." These words were accompanied by much gesticulation. and were uttered in a tone which admitted of no doubt as to the speaker’s earnestness. Inâ€" deed. I knew him, and had much faith in him. He was a veteran, long past the allotted span of life, and little presâ€" ents bestowed upon him. though re- ceived with the Celestial’s apparent want. of appreciation, were never for- gotten when his special knowledge of the crossing could be useful to his patrons. . On this Occasion, however, those he addressed were in no mood to be balk- ed, if any chance remained of seeing the inside of their own comfortable quarters that. night. For what was the alternative '1 It was to sit; durâ€" ing the long, cold hours of the night. in a. room packed to overflowing with “the Great Unwa.slred”â€"many, as likeâ€" ly as not, from the wildest parts of the country, and as evilâ€"smelling as only the sheepskin-clad Tartars can be. At. any rate, .1 turned a deaf ear to the veteran ferryman's counsel, and that, notwithstanding that its warning was respectfully repeated at the last mo- ment by my own trusty Sergeant. I committed myself and those with me to a cruel and unjustifiable risk. Our cart was restored to its owner, and our three horses INTRUSTE-D TO THE FERRYBIAN. Not. 10 minutes etaâ€"sped from the time. we left land before a dull roar. like the. firing of heavy cannon, announced that. the peasant's prophecy was amâ€" ply verified. The ice had broken up! The great platform of ice on which we stood, and which stretched from one bank to the other, was split and riven from end to end, and from side to side. and became in a. few moments a mere . collection of enormous floes. dashed hither and thither by the tide, and left struggling in a. turmoil in which the, smaller floes were ground to pieces by the larger ones. It. was a. fearful sight. The extraordinary width of the river must. be borne in mind, also the immense thickness of the ice and the irresistible force of the newly awakened river. I remember seeing the great. floes bearing down upon us, and curling over on top of each other with the ‘most appalling and deafening sounds. Almost before we realized our position, we found ourâ€" selves prisoners on what, by God's grace, proved to be the strongest floe in our immediate neighborhood. 'l‘lris great. floe was some hundred feet square, and by virtue of its size and weight. it asserted its superiority as it. charged irresistibly forward to take its place amidst the whirling, contend- ing masses. Seeing how matte-rs stood, 1 leaped to the highest point. of the floe, whcr‘e‘ any recommenced our ghastly voyage -lu' salvation came. The ii'res15.;blc force behind the ice had evidently broken up the jam ahead. Suddenly our Corporal cried out that he saw. sprang on to the hillock Perate energy of a man whose life and the lives of many others depended on the Power of his lungs. It seemed that the ice bed had been riven asunder and S‘lbdiVided below. as well as above. the town, and the t.hed; that h~ .1 bromith us to a temporary standstill .had been caused by the central mass itself. re- leased but unbroken. jamming help- 1’3351)' in the BEND OF THE GIANT RIVER The advancing upâ€"river floes were thus arrested until some portion of the obstruction had come away. It seems that one of my staff in the town itself. swing on night duty. thought be de- scried human figures on one of. the floes as he was gazing from the Jetty at the appalling war of the ice masses in the river. He could not recognize individuals, of course, but he saw fol- low creatures in sore peril. and he acted with promptitude and skill. ‘ \Vithout a. moment's delay he dashed off .to the barracks and called out the men. In a wonderfully short. space of time he had our lifeboat. ready for launching. .‘Now. before joining the Chinese service, Mr. ’1‘. had been an officer in the mercantile marine. and his nautical training certainly stood us in good stead that night. He calâ€" culated that the career of the flees illlllllll , mum Irrilli'l' TO CLEAN PAINT. One of the best methods of cleaning ordinary paintwork is to employ whit- ing mixed to a paste with water. 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Our rescuers were within 15‘.) feet of us, and between us and them lay three or four huge mass- es of iceâ€"smaller, however, than the one on which we stood. These smaller lfloes were necessarily more sensitive than our own to the action of the ed- dies, and they were now tossing and whirling in wild confusion. And the I darkness of night began to envelop this 'U’l‘il‘EltLY lh‘DrESCRlBABLE SCENE. Under these desperate circumstances I don't suppose that. any sane man would have attempted the passage to the boat on foot. but the thing had to be done. Anyhow, where I and my hardy Norscmen went my stanch Man- chus unhesitalingly followed. Ve ran we jumped and we slipped : we swayed like drunken men as we stepped from lfloe to floe, which rose and fell and swirled and crashed round and round beneath us; but we never actually tumbled down. At last we reached the boat and flung ourselves into it, speechless and almost fainting. 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In these terrible winter days the erst- or each when writing. Canada Stump Com- pany. 540 Sherboume Street. Toronto. CASTOR MACHINE _ while dusty plain receives a vast silâ€" very pail. and the lowâ€"pitched coi- tagcs. with their gloomy walls. look more patches in the gleaming landâ€" scape. Of course, river traffic disap- pears altogether; even the light vesâ€" sel outside the bar sends her spars aloft, casts off from her moorings. and speeds away. All influx of water- borne merchandise. whether foreign or Chinese. ccascs entirely; and vet. the llt‘.l.l\'li.y of Yingtzo is in no wifv abatâ€" ed. The barque and the schooner are Bimply replaced by the cart and the wagon; and now from Morgen and Petuna on the west. and from Ninâ€" guta and Kirin on the east, HUGH CONVOYS OI“ GRAIN. Skins. opium. and ginseng struggle through the northern passes and go forward to their destination in tho lrngtze inn-yards. It happened one day that a Governâ€" ment consignment. of specie had to be dispatched westward. and as there were rumors of brigands on the. watch the responsible officials suggested that an escort of military police should accomâ€" pany thc. party. Accordingly at dayâ€" break one morning a quartet of open 'ar‘ts left Yiiigtze. having. in addition to It couple of Manchurian troopers perched on each and a small contingâ€" ent of their side, two files of smart aruiliaries sir- ting on the shafts. An hour later this Cavalcade “as followed by the corn- inandaut. accompanied by a European subordinate and a good specimen of ihe native nonconrmissioned officer. Being \vcll mounted they overtook the carts before lhcy had gone very far. but not. until the Government consignment brid crossed the river and its protectors' were approaching a. village. said to be the probable location of the reported timbuscade. Nothing. however. was seen of the bandits; on the contrary. the road was declared pcrfcctlv safe by an advance runner. and we started on our return journey. In less than an hour our patrol srruck the river at a spot “here in "open" weather there is a ferry, but “here during winter is found the necessary paraphernalia of it crossing. Half way down we comrades riding along-. of deliverance. At. first, I remember, the men ran excitedly to and fro, with smothered cries, and a little slacken- ing of outward discipline. A few sharp words in tongue. however. were at once heedâ€" ed. and from this time forward nothâ€" ing could exceed the steadiness and good conduct of these fine fellows. All this time we were whirling down ' the ri\cr toward the settlement. and our only hope lay in being able to make ourselves heard as we wcrc swept past it. Sight was fast coming on, however. and it sx-crcorl in the last de- gree unlikely that we should be obâ€" sorvcd. 01in too well lkrrcw llrat sh nul l our grew! 3 Iillrl of i-‘o be C(ll'ili'tl below the harbor. we must ineziiably be carried our to scar. where death as- suredly awaited us. Yr-u rnry, their. in ‘ge for yolli‘sclf the incxpressiblc relief I felt when. just as we approached the northernmost buildâ€" ing of Yingize, I heard the voice of my Scandinavian officer above the deafâ€" ening din of the crashing ice. There was an unmistakab‘c stoppage and rocking a rid rumplirrg of the flocsahcad of us, and a few irronierits later the mad career of the one on which we ourselves were was checked. and it. took instead it round and round course which caused it to remain practically stationary . , As we were but a cable's length ‘from the customs station we felt our {chance was now or never. Together Iwe fired round after round. and shout- ~'cd lustin in unison. 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