. _ ~ - _ ..,,4.:-.-<-,mg I Y Far the Largest ' ` i ORNING _ Dolly Daily Circulation . Catches All Early in this Provinie. ' r . -' _, erninrlhill if 1 . e IHE CHARLOITETU A r Rl) A .__i. 1' ORNING WEEKLY (N 22 55 r=§' NDED i».iirvi”rl»i} _ CI-IARLDTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 19 I0. l.lf'r=.r...‘i.°r.ii‘..°i',‘=l-.irf.'r..‘i>'.¥.".'.‘.“&.a ll ‘GOUD SUBJECT .v ____ For ll ~ Hoi nlul Not very 10115 BRO some Londoners tliePolar bear, growing, as it some- wcre surprise'd by seeing a large num. times does, to a good nine feet in llci- of white or Pol-ar' bears in cages length,ls still a, (ce to be ¢l|~eMl¢,d_ ln-irig conveyed tl1r0'llKh the streets olllie metropolis. There were seven- ry in all and they had arrived from lliimhurg to take part in ri' spectacu- lur scene at an entertainment hall. 'rlrcy are all trained, and fifty'0l 'lliciii plunge from ilm-ltation icelbergs on the stage into the great tank, while the other twenty climb about the wreck of a ship. Although the nniinnls appear to be free, they are kept in place by sta-cl-wire netting. The earlier explorers of the Ardtic ,»r~;;ioiis made the white bear 3, more formidable beast than it really is. and that is saying much. for, even with our larger knowledge of it, it is rlziugcioiis enough. It is only fair to lhe old navigators to say that in lheii' days it might have been more illrngerous to man than it iS I\0W. siilcc, like all other wild beasts. it lm.; probiiiily by this time lcariied to The members of Artic exploring part- ies have -to be carefully on their guard against lt. Dr Nnnsen tells of gr bear- whlcy came on board the 'Farm' at night to carry oil the sleigh-dogs which were tied on deck. After taking our at the end of the line, it retired 1_0 eat it. It then returned for the next, did the same, and cam( hack fur a. third. Although a young and small bear, had it not been dis covered and, with some difllcultv killed. there is no klriowing how iai lt would have worked its wav fhfollgh UW Pack before the morning. iAnd yet, dangierous as this animal. is the Eskimos hunt the Polar bcai _With dogs, and kill it witlia spear. I‘wo hunters generally work together ~-one to distract the animal; w-bllr the other gives the fatal thrust; bu. one man oft-en accomplishes the fac. lr-.<-.r~ iiilnn, with his improved iniple--dnaided. ments of destruction, and so is lee icruiy to attack him. None the les Ii()Ni} BRIDGE SPANS. ’l'lic lung span of concrete bridg or-rr the Wissullickon at Philad-elpliia l.~: not long to hold the distinction of lhc largest sti'uc`r,ure of the kind. Its .pair is 233 feet, aird the Rocky River bridge of 280 clear span is now undcr con.str\ictioii at Cleveland. .-\ bridge having ri central span of ;’\`l feet has been desig-ned for Spo- lrilnc to carry Monroe street across ilu-. Spokane River. A span of 285 fret has been adopted to carry the f.`r\v York Barge Canal over a gorge in the vicinity _.ol Medina, N. ’Y. A l.rid;;c recently placed under contract by the civic-rrrltlioritics of Home wi'll i~ross the Tiber with a span of 328 fi-cl. 'l`lie cost of this b`ridg'c has urvri estimated at $250,000. A bridge coiuparable with it in every rcspccf. is now more than half finished at .\ilckliilul, New Zealand. It has ii lof:rl‘lr-ligtli of 010 fcct, which will curry a forty~foot roadway at an ell-vlii.ioii of 147 fect above the grollnd below. ` A Bill!! SANCTIJARY. (Frlliii . Field.) lt is the custom during thc surn- invr niontlis to leave thc vcntilafing p-mos oprii ili the old church nf lluliistnll Ridv/line, Staffordsliirc. ,A r--hiii took udvn.iit'<\l;e of this lately nnd built its ne.-;t in .the wooden i'.'i~=c of thc organ bcliiiid the false pipes, where hc did no hnrm to thc- inslriinicnt. It was sitting when |ii:rcovercd, and was allowed for this once to hatch and rear its bi‘oo\Vl¢f“t"""l