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Rh .&rdquo; Mr. Boardman's &ldquo;Dying Father's Advice,&rdquo; a tract, which became popular, about twenty hymns in Burmese, printed in the chapel hymn-book, which she was appointed by the mission to edit, and published four volumes of Scripture questions, for use in the mission schools. &mdash; His third wife, Emily Chubbuck, b. in Eaton, Madison co., N. Y., 22 Aug., 1817; d. in Hamilton, N. Y., 1 June, 1854. As a child she was delicate in health, and had an extremely sensitive mental organization. She became a teacher in 1834, united with a Baptist church, gave much thought to foreign missions, and early recorded her desire to engage in missionary work. In 1840 she entered the Utica female seminary, where she reached at once the front rank as a scholar, and exhibited an easy and graceful style in writing. In 1841 she wrote her first book, &ldquo;Charles Linn,&rdquo; her second, &ldquo;The Great Secret,&rdquo; in 1842, and &ldquo;Allan Lucas&rdquo; in 1843, all of which showed decided talent, and were for a time much in demand. In 1844 she became acquainted, through the &ldquo;New Mirror,&rdquo; with Nathaniel P. Willis, its editor, and a warm literary friendship sprang up between them. Mr. Willis was at this time one of the most popular editors and writers of the country, and by timely praise and kindly suggestion and influence won the right to the title, which she gave him, of the &ldquo;foster-father&rdquo; of her intellect. The two or three years following her introduction to him comprised her career as an author, in which she became known in the literary world as Fanny Forrester. Many stories from her pen, of spirit and elegance, always pervaded by a high moral tone, appeared in the magazines, and most of them were subsequently collected under the title of &ldquo;Alderbrook&rdquo; (2 vols., Boston, 1846). In December, 1845, Miss Chubbuck met Dr. Judson, then on his only visit to this country, and they were married, 2 June, 1846, at Hamilton, N. Y., where she then resided. On 11 July they sailed from Boston, and landed, 30 Nov., at Amherst, in Bengal. When Dr. Judson died at sea, early in 1850, Mrs. Judson remained in ignorance of his death for nearly four months. Her health decided the question of remaining in the mission field, and she embarked, 22 Jan., 1851, for the United States, with three children (one her own, and two of the late Mrs. Judson's), and reached New York in October, 1851. Her first efforts were directed to the gathering together of her husband's children in a home at Hamilton; her next to the collecting of material for his biography, written by Francis Wayland. She then devoted her pen to the advancement of the cause of missions, and wrote a small volume called the &ldquo;Kathayan Slave&rdquo; (Boston, 1853). She published her collected poems under the title of &ldquo;An Olio of Domestic Verses&rdquo; (New York, 1852). Some of her occasional poems are exceedingly beautiful, and show alike fine poetical taste and capacity. But her health steadily declined and she died of consumption. Her other publications include &ldquo;Trippings in Author Land&rdquo; (New York, 1846); &ldquo;My Two Sisters&rdquo; (Boston, 1854); and a memoir of Mrs. Sarah B. Judson (New York, 1850). Her life was written by Asahel C. Kendrick (New York, 1860). &mdash; Edward, son of Adoniram and Sarah Boardman Judson, clergyman, b. in Maulmain, Burmah, 27 Dec., 1844, was graduated at Brown in 1865, became principal of a seminary in Townshend, Vt., and in 1867 was made professor of Latin and modern languages in Madison university. In 1875 he became pastor of the Baptist church in North Orange, N. J., where the membership was largely increased during his ministry; but in 1881 he resigned and removed to New York city, where

he entered upon a peculiar mission work, becoming pastor of the Berean Baptist church, in a downtown district, and attracting thither a large congregation. Besides numerous contributions to current literature, he has published a life of his father (New York, 1883). He was given the degree of D. D. by Madison university in 1883.

JUDSON, Andrew Thompson, lawyer, b. in Ashford, Conn., 29 Nov., 1784; d. in Canterbury, Conn., 17 March, 1853. His father, Andrew, by whom the son was chiefly educated, was first pastor of the third church in Ashford. The son studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1806, and after two years' residence at Montpelier, Vt., settled in Canterbury, Conn. He was in the legislature in 1816, and in 1818 was one of the most active members of the Toleration party, which had for its object disunion between church and state. After a severe struggle the Tolerationists, aided by the Democrats, succeeded in setting aside the charter that was granted by Charles II., and adopted the new constitution, which has been the fundamental law of Connecticut since that time. Mr. Judson became state's attorney in 1819, was for several terms a member of the legislature, and in 1834 was elected to congress as a Democrat, serving till 1837, when he became district judge of Connecticut, which he held until his death.

JUDSON, Edward Z. C., author, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1822; d. in Stamford, Delaware co., N. Y., 16 July, 1886. His father was a lawyer, and intended to educate the son for the bar, but he ran away to sea as a cabin-boy, and the next year shipped on board of a man-of-war. When thirteen years old he rescued the crew of a boat that had been run down by a Fulton ferry boat, and received from President Van Buren a commission as midshipman in the U. S. navy. On being assigned to the &ldquo;Levant,&rdquo; he fought seven duels with midshipmen who refused to mess with him because he had been a common sailor, and escaped from each without a wound. During the civil war he was chief of scouts among the Indians, with the rank of colonel, and during his service received twenty wounds. His first literary efforts began with a story of adventure in the &ldquo;Knickerbocker Magazine&rdquo; in 1838. He became editor of a weekly story-paper, called &ldquo;Ned Buntline's Own,&rdquo; in 1848, and during the Astor place riots was arrested for exciting an outbreak through its columns. In September, 1849, he was sentenced to a $250 fine and a year's imprisonment. After his release he devoted himself to writing sensational stories for weekly newspapers under the pen-name of &ldquo;Ned Buntline,&rdquo; and his income from this source is said to have amounted to $20,000 a year. He was a frequent lecturer on temperance, and until the presidential canvass of 1884 was an ardent Republican politician.

JUELS, Niels (yoo'-els), Swedish geographer, b. in Westrogothia in 1729; d. in Upsala in 1793. He was the son of a poor miner, and worked for some time in the mines of Dalecarlia. At the age of nineteen he joined a Dutch merchant-vessel that was bound for South America, but deserted on reaching Buenos Ayres. He was successively a servant, trader, ranchman, and merchant, and for two years remained a prisoner among the Charruas Indians. In 1758 he was converted by Father Quesada, vicar of the cathedral of Buenos Ayres, who took an interest in him and employed his leisure time in giving him lessons. Juels obtained through his influence a brevet of lieutenant in the Spanish army in 1760. In the following year he wedded the daughter of a prosperous Portuguese merchant, who died soon afterward, leaving him all