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ggjgES OF THE RED SEA.
tito-v WALI* OF BARE BBRlf-
A XNG SANDSTONE.
nl1 This Grini Kampart is a
J5ef° Beautiful . , and Fertile Region—
ibvssinia and Its Dreaded King.
HERE are few drearier land-
scapes on the face ol the earth,
writes David Ker,in the Brook¬
lyn Citizen,than the mighty wall
bare burning sandstone that stretches
h • of miles together
for scores
the western side of the Red Sea,
an embodiment of that destroying
heat and hopeless desolation which the
name of Africa never fails to sug-
very J Greatly would any raw traveler
ised to learn that behind this
erim rampart lies one of the most beau-
| {u t an d of fertile the most regions romantic in the likewise— world,
and one past, yet utterly savage,
Christian forages ancient civiiiza-
picturesquely blending
tion and modern barbarism—a perfect
Afhcan|Mcntenegro,firstJintroduced Europe century ago by to the the
notice of a
explorers of Abyssinia,
~ The gateway ° of this strange region is
quite as curious as itself. Sweeping
northward along the African shore you
descry far in the distance, on the edge
of a 3 tri P of * evel beacl b which forms as
jj were the doorstep of the Abyssinia
highlands, a row of flat, white objects,
juggestive of a game of dominoes left
onfinished by two mountain giants. As
j 0U approach, these nondescript objects
^dually white shape houses, themselves built entirely into bril- of
jeoral, (fiantly beyond which flatter jauntily over
'the smooth, sunlit waters of a small
,land-locked bay the smart scarlet of the
British union jack and the green, white
red of the Italian merchant ensign.
English cargo boat from Liverpool
anltalian steamer from Naples have
ij ust come in, and the latter has brought
a few passengers who have come to
for this is the famous port of Mas-
coveted for ages by the fierce
who ‘look down upon it
thoso shadowy heights above us,
by Turkey to the late Khedive of
j2gypt in 1866, now occupied by Italy
Without any cession or formality at all.
To reach Massowah itself is now an
tasy matter, thanks to the monthly line
pf Italian steamers from Naples; but to
benetrate thence to Tigre (the adjacent
province of Abyssinia) is not quite so
limple as formerly, the Italian invasion
md the severe fighting that followed it
iaving embittered the native mountain
dans against all foreigners alike. How-
iver, the thing maybe done with proper
nanagement, though the journey itself
s by no means a holiday trip. Over the
lusty, scorching plain of the lowlands
lothing can carry you safely but a camel,
nd tho camel’s ordinary motion (as any
laa who has ever ridden one will readily
drnit) is very much like being perched
the top of a particularly high omni-
which keeps upsetting every two
mutes.
When the mountains are leached at
st, and you exchange your t wo-humped
tgine of tortu*e for one of the hardy
id untiring native horses, matters im-
rove consderably, though °at a nervous
lan might object to ride full gallop
ong the edge of a 800-foot precipice,
r dge to pass outside a laden packhorse on a
path barely two yards * wide. The
eat is terrible.
Higher, ever higher, over an endless
srious of bold ridges that seem to surge
p around you like rolling waves till the
eary level of the flat, sandy plain and
te bare, scorching, crumbling rocks and
ie film of intense heat that quivers
ong the horizon are all left behind;
id you i begin to see outspread
ound you green, sunny valleys and
lustering trees and glittering waterfalls
ad rock-cut villages, perched like
agle’s nests on precipices accessible only
y a single path, which one man might
efead against an army. If you are
otwd for the King’s court you will find
leoty to look at, even before you get
iere, and when you do get there you
ill '
find more to look at still. -
The native dress of the King and his
Pbles is at once simple and striking,
Insisting of a long white frock or man-
embroidered with five broad stripes
Ibright crimson, which are supposed
■typify 1 the five wounds of our Lord
these strange people (Nestorian Chris-
P 1 * ever since the thirteenth century)
I' ‘tho TriJeT Ki“ g
f Imy u kimself—a perfect Abyssinian
VIII—used to hear morning j
■yers and read a chapter of the Bible
iry day before going forth to dye his
■ c sword in blood or to order off a
i. fe °L This iauoce robe nt Jis men usually to instant tucked execu-
the up so
leave limbs free below the knee
Ue feet are protected by strong san-
s. Most of the Abyssinian grandees
splendid horsemen, and the reckless
’ th «y riash up and down these precip-
ndges, with the tip of the foot just
mg the silver ring that serves them
a stirrup, might command the ap-
use of any gaucho on the South
erican pampas.
'he King’s life guard are picked sol-
al1 aad powerful men armed
k long native rifles and curved swords
^aderfui ere amid keenness their and stately temper. ranks Here
ospj stalwart you
i a fellow who wears on
a lion’s claw set in gold, a dec-
ma 7 be called the Victoria J !
l» jyssinia, proving as it does
1 le t0 w kom that claw once be-
longed has been slain in single fight by
its present wearer—a feat which even
these hardy mountaineers consider well
worthy of notice.
Conspicuous amid The crowd of richly
dressed native attendants that surround
the “Nebgus ’ (as the Abyssinian King
is called) is the figure of a tall and portly
man in a gorgeously embroidered robe,
with u fiat, shining disk of metal hang¬
ing upon his breast at the end of a light
silver chain, this being the badge of his
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office as the King’s head cook. The post
is one of the best in the whole kingdom,
but it has its drawbacks, the holder of it
being bound to remain unmarried, and
never to quit the court without the spe¬
cial leave of the King himself, which is
seldom if ever given. Moreover, among
this high functionarvVeountless duties is
the tasting of every article of food or
drink, no matter what ic may be, which
is to be set before his royal master.
One very characteristic feature of this
strange court still remains to be de¬
scribed. A little apart from the tjirong
you will notice a large group of hand¬
some native girls of various ages, from
thirteen to sixteen, arrayed in pictur¬
esque national costume and adorned with
barbaric national finery. A painter might
object to their receding chins and thick,
pouting lips, but their black, lustrous
melting eyes, their long silky hair and
the wonderful symmetry of their slim,
graceful forms, are a study worthy of
Titian himself.
Should the King be pleased with your
address, or with the presents which
every one is bound to oiler him, he will
request or rather command you to take
three or four of these beauties away
with you as your wives. By native cus¬
tom it is death for any man to decline
a gift offered by the King in person.
Strangely enough, the young ladies
themselves appear to be quite satisfied
with the custom which thu.3 transfers
them from one master to another like
sheep or cattle. Once given into your
possession, an Abyssinian girl will toil
for you, fight for you, and, if need
should be, die by your side on the bat¬
tlefield—more than one weird story
being current here of slender, dark faced
soldiers who were seen fighting side by
side with some of the Italian officers in
the great battle two years ago, and who,
when found lying dead over the corpses
of those whom they had striven in vain
to defend, were discovered to be women
in disguise. the of living
Only once within memory
men has that strange gift been offered
and refused. When the terrible King
John reigned over Abyssinia—a tyrant
whose merciless ciuelty was rendered
doubly formidable by the dauutless cour-
age and great abilities by which it was
supported—there came to him on a pub-
lie mission a spare, muscular, clear eyed
English officer, who had written his
name in history some years before as
“Chinese Gordon.”
In the courtyard of the King’s palace
the two men met—the stiong, swarthy
Abyssinian in his gorgeous white and
crimson dress, with gold rings in his
ears and a lionskin sash across his bare,
brawny chest; the Englishman in his
plain, well-worn uniform, with the look
calm, fearless confidence that had kept
U P the drooping spirits of his soldiers
on many a hard-fought battlefield. Be-
kind them stood four beautiful native
slave girls, looking wondcringly with
their large liquid eyes at the strange
warrior from beyond the sea who dared
to face their terrible master and talk to
kirn as au equal. the and bada
' John pointed to women
kis guest take them for his wives 3s a
gift from the King. and Gor-
It was certain death to refuse
don knew it, but he never hesitated one
moment. He drew himself up sternly
and his deep, firm voice rang out clear
and unfalteringly as ever, what offer
“I am a Christian, and you
me i* forbidden by my religion. Slay
me if you will—but I will not do this
thing l"
The indrawn breath of the affrighted
bystanders sounded like a hiss amid that
dead silence, as they watched to see the
daring speaker cut down. The two men
looked at oach other. For a moment
Gordon’s life hung by a hair, but th#
grim despot felt that he had for once
met a stronger man than himself and let
kim go unharmed, muttering in a tone
of stern and reluctant admiration.
“That man is greater than a king!”
A Deadly Weapon.
A Captain of Police of Portland, Ore- j
gon, has in his possession a very confiscated unique |
aDd formidable weapon lately It
on tho person of some wrong-doer. either
is a folding sword that can be used
as a club or a sword, and when length. opened
is about two and a half feet in
It blade is made of heavy steel, tapering
to a pointat the end, and both edges are
sharpened. The weapon is heavy enough It
to take off a head at a single blow.
can be opened in an instant by pressing hilt,
a small spring at the end of the
which lets a heavier spring throw out the
blade. Captain Cox says the weapon is
an historical relic, having been found on
the field of the Custer massacre, but tra-
dition and Jailer Hudson say that it was
once the property of Turkish brigands.
—Now Orleans Picayune.
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The Vatican, the ancient palace of , the ,
Roman Popes, is one of the most magnifi-
cent buildings in the world. It was oc-
upied over 1000 years ago by the Em-
C know*
ptror Charlemagne, and no one
who began the building of it.
Salaries of Balers.
The President of the United States re-
ce Vets $5 (.000 per annum, or a monthly
salary of $4,16(5.60. The Shah of Persia,
who has no other employment than the
supervision in of several hundred wives, is
the enjoyment of $30,000,000 income
a year. The Czar o r Russia is paid some¬
thing like $10,000,000 annually. The
uiguifieu King of Siam lives on a similar
sum. Ihe regal family of Spa|p receives
$3,900,000 every year, and Italians make
«»> * puree of $3,000,000 and more, for
their royalties. Such figures as these
console the British people slightly, for
their annual outlay, under the specific
laws, of $2,915,000, on Victoria and her
numerous progeny. That reform pirate of
the sea 9 , the feultan of Morocco, has an
annual allowance of $2,500,000, and the
Mikado of Japan, whom we have all seen
across the footlights, receives $2,300,000.
The impotent royalty of Egypt draws
$1,575,000 from the substance of that
tax-ridden land; while the Hohenzollens
content themselves with a yearly tribute
of $1,125,000 from the Prussian empire.
Even the Sultan of cotton-clouted Zanzi¬
bar pockets a million a year; and $700,-
000 are wrung from the Saxons of Sax¬
$600,000 ony. Portugal and Sweden each spend
on their kings; and the petty
princelings of Sckwarzburg Soudershau-
sen her chief are paid $150,000. France allows
magistrate only $200,000; but
naked little Hayti gives her presidential
crowd $240,000 annually. Switzerland’s
president has a salary of only $3,000 a
year. The governor generals of both
Canada and Victoria receive $10,000
yearly, while the like functionary in
India has $200,000.
“ Everybody ^ 99 Idea.
First Boy—“Whvdoes everybody look
so glum?” ain’t
Second Boy—“ ’Cause there goin’
to be no war.”
First Boy—“Did everybody want to go
to war?”
Second Boy—“No; everybody wanted
to stay at home an’ make money while
the war was goin’on.”—Street & Smith’s
Good News.
Fairly Entitled.
Pension Agent—“Want a pension?
Certainly, my dear sir. What are you
suffering from?”
Applicant—“Brain strain.”
“Too bad. What caused it?”
“Thinking up ways to avoid the draft.”
—New York Weekly.
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