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Siwammlr Utafe QRwa.
VOL. 6.—NO. 54.
TELEGRAPHIC! NEWS.
LATEST HAPPENINGS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
Indignant Students Leave the Kentucky
University—A. Brutal Assas.-ination—
t Sudden Death of a Republican
Member of the Illin< is Legis
lature-Disastrous F»re in
Washington—Congres
sional Proceeding?.
Lexington, Ky., Feb. 26.—Twenty-two
students of the State college yesterday
marched out in a body owing to the dis
missal of J. O. Holiday, a student who was
sick and had presented a physician’s certifi
cate that he was unable to study. Sixty
three students signed a paper attesting to
Holiday’s honor and truthfulness The
boys also armed themselves with rifles and
declared that thev would prevent Holiday’s
forcible removal from the college. It is be
lieved that more students will leave on ac
count of the affair.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Proceedings of Both Houses.
Washington, D. C., February 26
In the House to-day, Mr. Dorsheirmer of
New York, offered a concurrent resolution
of thanks to Col. Casey for his servsees in
the completion of the Washington Monu
ment. Mr. Thomas of Illinois, opposed it
on the ground that it was cheapening the
honor intended to be conferred by tbe»
thanks of Congress, and that it should, if
conferred at all, be upon the engineer who
designed the work, rather than the one who
executed it. After a sharp debate the
resolution was laid on the table, 127 to 64.
in the Senate the Chair laid before the
Senate the credentials of Hon. Jno. P. Jones,
of Nevada, elected to succeed himself. A
communication from the Secretary of the
Navy was read recommending an appropria
tion of $159,340 for the completion of the
naval eruisers and the dispatch boat ; also a
communication from the Secretary of the
Interior transmitting information in the pos
session of the Department respecting the
progress which has been made in the educa
tion and civilization of the Indians.
CLEVELAND’S CABINET.
Five Members Settled Upon Who Have Ac
cepted.
New York, Feb. 26.—The World’s Al
bany correspondent says: I have learned
from a source not to be questioned for one
moment that Mr. Cleveland has positively
settled upon five memaers of his Cabinet,
and all of them have given in their formal
acceptances. They are: Bayard, Secretary
of State; Manning, of the Treasury; Lamar,
of the Interior; Garland, Attorney General;
and Vilas, Postmaster General.
BAYARD’S FRIENDS
Fear He Cannot Dictate ths Election of
His Successor.
Wilmington, Del , Feb. 26. —The Gen
eral Assembly has defeated the measure in
tended to decrease the representation of
New Castle county in the Legislature. The
measure was supported by Senator Bayarc’s
friends and opposed by Senator Saulsbury’s
faction, and the result is taken as an indica
tion that Mr. Bayard will be unable to dic
tate the election of his successor in the
Senate.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
An Italian Asiassinated by a Concealed
Man.
New Castle, Pa., Feb. 26.—About one
o’clock this morning, some unknown person
shot and instantly killed Sabatino Crallatta,
a filler at the Rosena furnace. The mur
dered man was at work filling a cart with
limestone, when a man, concealed behind a
heap of stone, discharged a gun loaded with
thirteen buckshot at him. The shots took
efieet in Crallatta’s chest. The murdered
man was very unpopular among his country
men, and he was shot at some time ago in
some mysterious manner.
THE ILLINOIS SENATORSHIP.
A Republican Member of the Legislature
Drops Dead.
Stringfield, 111., Feb. 26.—Judge
Robert I.ogf.n, Republican member of the
dropped dead at the entrance to th
-..rit the 11 use at noon to-d y. Tlvs
the Dem cru.s one majority on joint I
Death of Agnes Herndon’S Mother.
I vsivN. 1' ■. 26. Mrs. Flakier, mother
Aei-e< Herndon, the actress, di i
\:ilv T. -dsv merning at the resident ■ i
- daughter, George Edmond, i ii
< .ie!s, vl i disease. She laH
very hearty I reek fast, and went tip I
her rooin, and not coming dow n |
- soon as usual, some one went to i
-er r,\ m and found her lying dead. Presi-
Arthur's wife was a niece ot Mrs.
■ - -r. Die body will be taken to New
\ s for burial.
Probabilities.
Washington, Feb. 26 —For the South
y.Auac States, light local showers followed
rta r weather, winds becoming variable
« b a slight rise in temperature, except in
■’j Southern part, stationary temperature.
Tr, Oniony Continued.
Washington, Feb. 26.—Ex-Commis-
■rr of Pensions Dudley, continued his
" before the House Committee on
Bounty and Back Pay, to-day.
ATLANTA AFFAIRS. ’
Indignation Over the Work of the Cincin
nati Mud Slinger—Speer’s Fu
ture Residence.
Special Dispatch Daily Times.
Atlanta, Feb. 26.—There is considera
ble excitement here over the reports from
Macon, concerning the high state of indig
nation against Mr. Wales Wynton, on ac
count of his alleged connection with the
scandals published in the Cincinnati En
quirer. It is charged that Mr, Wynton gave
to Fred Brown, of the Enquirer, the points
for his letter. The Times was telegraphed
several days ago that this man Brown had
been sent South to write up scandals, and
that Macon would be hit and may be Savan
nah and Charleston. It is said that
Brown has been scared oil and has
left the State. His scandalous letters in
the Enquirer have produced a storm of in
dignation, no small amount of which has
been directed at Mr. Wynton, who is charg
ed with connection with the affair. Mr.
Wynton denies that he had anything to do
with it. A prominent Atlanta man and
State official said to-day that Brown ought
to shot like a mad d’g and that the ag
grieved parties ought to follow him to the
ends of the earth and kill him. His gross
misuse of the privileges of the press is con
demned on all sides.
Judge Speer has received from Messrs.
Hill ai d Harris, of Macon, an invitation to
make his home in that city. He is com
pelled under the law to live in the Southern
District. He has not decided yet fully
where he will live, whether in Savannah or
Macon.
Mrs. Frank Leslie, who spent yesterday
in Atlanta, left night for New York.
CLEVELAND TRIES COASTING.
The Next President Enjoys a Sled Ride on
an Albany Hill.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 26.—0 n one of the
city snow-slides President-elect Cleveland
stood last night. He was muffled to the
chin, but appeared to be cold. The hill
was thronged with coasters. Beautiful Al
bany belles were out in force, accompanied
bv their escorts. The snow-path was dot
ted with swiftly-rushing sleds decked
with lovely girls in gay attire Mr.
Cleveland was a passive spectator of the
animated scene for many minutes. Finally
he turned to a friend at his elbow and
remarked that he wished he was a boy
again. The sentiment was echoed by his
auditor, and was overheard by a rosy cheeked
y ung lady with a sled, who had just clam
bered the steep ascent. She quickly whis
pered to her big brother, and he timidly
approached the great man. Confusedly he
tendered Mr. Cleveland the use of his sled,
but the offer was politely declined. Cleve
land’s friend urged him to accept the prof
fered “bob,” and he heroically volunteered
to pilot the cranky craft. Mr. Cleveland
hesitated, and murmured something about
its not being very dignified. But his com
panion overruled his objections, and Mr.
Cleveland permitted himself to be led to the
brow of the hill. The next President sat
down with a dull thump. The next instant
they were darting.down the slide like a flash
of light. Tears came into the eyes of the
President-elect, and he held his breath as
the wind blew through his moustache wi h
a mournful cadence. Jolly coasters caught
only a glimpse of him as the sled sped
downward, but he did not escape recogni
tion Young men clapped their hands and
panting beauties paused to wave bandker
chiefs and comforters. It was a triumph by
moonlight. At last the little sled came to
a pause, and Mr. Cleveland and his pilot
alighted. Their clothing was flecked with
snowy particles, and their noses had been
deftly touched by frosty hands, but they did
not care. Cleveland had enjoyed a
bob-sled ride for the first time in thirty
years.
A WOMAN’S WORK.
Miss Kate Field and the Morman Evil.
Washington, Feb. 25.—Miss Kate
Field has been here some days for the pur
pose of influencing legislation against the
Mormons. Having made a thorough study
of the subject from a long sojourn in Utah,
she thinks Congress will fall in one of its first
duties if it ignores this monstrous jjii
quity, leaving the Mormon church to gtv on
unmolested in its wicked course. fj|ie is
r ither late in the day to affect anything, in
asmuch as it was given out long ago by the
leaders „on the Democratic side that no
legisla .i. n of a general character would be
allowed this session. Besides, the House
Committee on Territories, early last session,
refused-to do anything with the Cassidy bill,
contenting themselves with pigeon-holeing
the measure.
New York Stock Market.
New Yobk, Feb. 26 —At 1:30 p. m. to
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THE HARNETT HOUSE, SAVANNAH.
Visitors to Savannah, Ga., will find the
Harnett House a comfortable and desirable
stopping place, where the charges are mod
erate, while the uniform excellence of the
table is a subject of general remark-.-Chi
cago National Hotel Reporter
Nursing sore mouth and ulcers cured by
using Holmes’ Wash. Try it.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1885.
KILLED BY SUCCESS.
EFFECT OF THE DESJIOINES RIVER
LAND BILL.
M**. A. M. Darley Greatly Excited by the
Passage of the Measure by the Senate
• Au Attack of Heart Disease Devel
oped Which Carries Him Off'
Suddenly —He Falls Dead on
Hearing the Good News.
Washington, Feb. 25.—A. M. Darley,
of Fort Dodge, lowa, who has been working
for seven years to obtain the passage of the
bill to quiet the title to the Des Moines
river lauds, fell dead on G street, in this
city after hearing that the bil l ,
which passed the Senate only a few days
ago, had been favorably reported in the
House. Darley was a hard-working man,
who had been very much in earnest in be
half of this Des Moines bill, and the excite
ment following his knowledge of the favor
able progress of his pet measure, aggravated
a heart trouble, and thus caused his death.
This bill tad been before Congress
for eighteen years before Mr. Dar
ley began working for it, so that
it has had twenty-five years of it. The land
was granted to an improvement com
pany on condition that certain improve
ments should be made in the navigation of
the Des Moines river. These improvements
were not made within the specified time,
and settlers, supposing the title had reverted
to the government, took possession of the
land. Then began the fight The legality
of the settlers’ titles was questioned, and a
bill was introduced to settle the question.
: It was the old, old story of battledore and
I shuttlecock between the House and Senate.
No one doubted the bill ought to pass, and
I every now and then it did pass one House
or the other, but it never came so near be
i coming a law as it is now. The fact that it
j had not only passed one House, but had been
■ favorably reported in the other, was more
than one of its best friends could stand.
Hence the sad occurrence above referred to.
BARELY ESCAPING A PAUPER’S GRAVE
I Lady Fortesque Dying Alone, Friendless
and Uhkuown in Chicigo.
A special dispatch from Chicago, says:
The fact was developed yesterday that, alone,
friendless and unknown, Lady Fortesque
died in this city, at 27 Emma street, on
Thursday last, under the name of Ellen C.
Williams. She was the wife of Sir Wil
liam Fortesque, of England, who thirty
years ago was a popular club man in Lon
j don. In the summer of 184?, Sir William,
I on account of some peccadillo of which he
had been guilty in London, was obliged to
seek the seclusion of the country for a time.
In the course of his wanderings he went to
Hull and fell in with the family of Captain
Murray, a retired officer of the royal navy
The Captain’s daughter Ellen was then 19
years old, and, judging from a picture found
among her effects, which was painted about
that time, she must have bfien very beauti
ful. The baronet, after a short but success
ful wooing, gained her hand. They lived
happily for a time, but soon Sir William’s
old associations proved too strong for him,
and the gaming table saw him oftener than
his wife. Money, lands, houses and even
his good name went one by one.
Throughout all his dissipation, however,
he preserved his love for his wife, for,
influenced by.her earnest solicitation, he al
length consented to break loose from hiso'd
ties and come to America, there to begin a
new life. Gathering together the remnants
of what was once a large estate, the husband
and wife set sail for New York in Septem
ber, 1859. Dissipation had already begun
to tell upon Sir William, and, shattered in
health, the pair traveled through the coun
try, hoping to restore the lost vitalities of
youth. Their hopes were in vain, and in
1862 Sir William died in a small town in
Western Virginia.
This left his wife Slone and without
fiiends. Her immediate relatives in Eng
land were dead and she was obliged to de
pend entirely upon her own resources. To
add to her misfortunes a daughter had been
born a short time before her husband’s
death. For some time she eked out a scanty
existence by giving music lessons. By close
economy she saved up a tow hundred dollars
and came to Chicago, where she had re
solved to become a doctor. In due time she
was graduated from Rush Medical College
and began the practice of her profession,
hampered by the many difficulties which
always beset a woman. In 1873 her daughg
ter died, and the poor worn in’s mind was
badly affected for some time by the loss of
this, the only tie which bound her to her
former state.Shecontinued tostrnggle along,
sometimes in great poverty, sometimes in
poos health, but always trying to keep up
her courage.
Lady Fortesque died fuddeniy of apo
plexy, and nothing was known of the event
tmt’l at least twenty-four hours after it had
occurred. The Conner held an inquest, .
and the bo ly was about to b j consigned to a .
pauper’s grave when a letter was found
sewed up in the hem of her dress, which
gave directions for finding a sum of money
to defray her funeral expenses. Papers
were also found relating to her past life,
from which was gleaned her History. Among
her effects were some silver plate, with the
Fortesque arms engraved upon it, and sev
eral handsome rings, which the woman was
too proud to pawn.
Destructive Fire in Washington.
Washington, D. C,, Feb. 26. —A fire
here this morning destroyed property val
ued at $65,000.
“ROUGH ON RATS.”
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ant
oed-bugs, skunks, chipmunks, gophers. 15
Druggists.
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Try I, Fried’s *I.OO white shirts for fit an
quality.
HOWELL AND LAMAR.
An Old Fend Revived by the Cincinnati
Mud Slinger’s Letter—Hopes of an
Amicable Settlement—Prohi
bition in Clarke County.
Special Dispatch to the Times.
Atlanta, Feb. 26.—The friends of Capt.
E. P. Howell, of the Atlanta Constitution
and Col. Albert Lamar of the Macon'Telt
graph, regret to see that old hostili
ties between these gentlemen have been re
newed, and fears of a duel aie
expressed. Fred. Brown’s letter in the
Cincinnati Enquirer caused Mr. Lamar to
refer to the old troubles between himself and
Howell in a manner reflecting on the latter.
Captain Howell responds in to-day’s Con
stitution in a fierce editorial, that could
not be passed under the code, and Lamar’s
reply is awaited with great interest. How
ell’s editorial closes as follows: “We have
neither time hoi space to devote to further
controversy with the Telegraph and Messen
ger; when it becomes necessary hereafter for
us to notice anything said by the editor of
that paper, we will do it without consuming
space that belongs to our readers, preferring
to answer on a ca’cass worthless for all it has
yet been used for in this world.”
Clarke county went 575 majority for pro
hibition yesterday.
WESTERN PRODUCE.
Wheat btill Dull But Better Prices Expec
ted—The Corn and Pork Markets.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Chicago, Feb. 26.—Nearly every grain
broker on ’Change is just now engaged in a
suicidal effort to d'scourage trading in wheat
and then complaining about the dullness of
business. Advices from commission houses
sent out to customers uniformly bear this
impress: “While wheat is low, it is liable to
jgo lower —so don’t buy; but crop and cares
■ and war news may put it higher—so don’t
hell.” This is one of the cbie-
I causes of the prevailing dullness and cer
' tainly the present time is entitled to pre-
' mifim as the dullest and most unsatisfac.
■ tory traders have witnessed in years, if not
iin the history of the trade. The whole
j business is done by scalpers and they deal
in more than ordinarily small lots, evening
j up on an eighjh charge either for or against
I them. Another cause of the stagnation is
the low prices prevailing.
“For eighteen months the entire Ameri
can continent has tried to see how low wheat
cou’d be depressed, and they have succeded
in getting it way, way down ” said Robert
Lindblom this morning. No one has been
benefitted by this. On the contrary the
whole country has suffered from the farmer
to the consumer. Even from the foreign
producer comes the complaint that Ameri
can cheap products are the cause of the hard
times, and the proposed prohibition in
France ana Germany are but the result of
this.”
The theory that low prices stimulate de
mand is false, they do the very reverse —
they cause buyers to withdraw and s pplies
to pile up. In times of activity and high
prices everybody lays in a stock. Every
body inspires everybody else with confi
dence and accumulated property is absorb
ed as if by magic. The wheat bulls still
place most of their depecdence on crop
scares and, indeed, we shall soon be on the
horns of a dilemma in their regard, for
|if there is a sudden thaw there will
be no end to reports of damage to
winter wheat arid if the zero weather
continues much longer the season will be
late and the spring sowing less than the
average. In either case a moderate bulge is
expected to be the result, and the bears are
! as anxious for it as anybody, unless there is
some excitement and numerous small hold
ers to frighten into dumping the market
will not break much except as it eases off of
its bwn weight. Hence the present may, as
some profess to believe, be the calm before
the storm, but the revival seems a long
time on the way. Still the great specula
tive barometer in Wall street unmistakably
' iadicates a very strong feeling and many
think the trade here will pick up soon.
Corn is steady and about featureless.
The market looks more healthy now that
the cash grain has commenced to move
again and brokers say the chief hindrance
to an advance is the unwillingness of the
“bears” to put out short lines enough to
make it an object to boost prices.
Pork shows no improvement. Outsiders
own too much and packers too little. Re
ceipts of hogs have increased somewhat in
number, but the quality is miserably poor.
This is the last week of the packing season
and many dealers are waiting for the final
result before branching out on either side.
Stocks will undoubtedly be small, but this
really has very little to do with the course
of prices. Armour and his fellow Packers
will look after that.
New York Produce Market.
New York, Feb. 26. —Flour dull and
unchanged. Wheat, No. 2, red winter for
Match, 87J; do for April 88}; do lor May,
90}. Corn No. 2, mixed, for February,
151}; do May, 49. Oats, No. 2 mixed, for
March, 36|; do for Mav, 38} bid.
Pork dull at sl4 00al4 25. Lard, $7 20 for
March; $7 27 for April. Molasses nominal.
Turpentine nominal, 32 1-2. .Rosin dull;
strained to good $1 20al 25. Rice dull;
[ Carolina and Louisiana common to fair,
4}as}. Sugar dull but steady; refined cut
loaf 6 5-8; granulated 6 l-Ba6 5-8. Coffee
dull, fair cargoes 9 1-2.
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, Feb. 26. —Opening wheat ex
cited and lower, 80} Slay. Corn firm, 37}
March, 40} May. Pork higher, sl2 75
May. Lard higher $6 851 March. Bul<t
meats lower.
Dr. Bosanko.
This name has become so familiar wltn the
most of people throughout the United States
that it is hardly necessary to state that he is
the originator of the great Dr. Bosanko
Cough and Lung Syrup, the people’s favorite
remedy, wherever known, for Coughs, Colds,
Consumption and all affections of the Throat
mdLungs. Price 50 cents and *I.OO. Sold by
Osceola Sutler and K. J. Kieffer.—Adv.
“WHERE IS BROWN?”
A QUESTION WHICH IS BEING FRE
QUENTLY
A Telegram Received Yesterday Request
ing His Arrest—Nothing Learned as to
His Movements—A Belief That He
Has Been Here, Gotten Material
For His Scandals, and Intends
to “Do Up” Savannah—Be
lieved That He is Trav
eling With a Con
federate.
Last night Gen. R. H. Anderson, Chief
of Police of this city, received a te'egram
from Chief Wyly, of Macon, asking himt
arres* and hold Fred W. Brown, the slime
slinging correspondent of the Cincinnati
Enquirer. A minute description of the
fellow was given. The matter was placed
in the hands of a competent detective, who
has been on the lookout for the base calurn
n iator of the fair fame of some of Macon’s
best families. A Times reporter met Com
n iisioner Marion Erwin this morn
ing and learned from him that
the general opinion in Atlanta, from which
place he has just returned, is that Brown
has been to Savannah, got all the points he
needs about this place, and gone on to
Charleston. It is known that Brown pur
chased a ticket to Savannah via Macor,
and stopped over there two nights and a
day, and at the depot on the 19th instant,
stated that he was going to Savannah and
“do that town.” If he came here
it is more than probable that he
registered at whatever hotel he stopped
under an assumed name or that he d : d
not stop at any hotel. The hotel registers
show no such name as F. W. Brown. It
was vaguely rumored that Brown had been
here and had stopped at one of the most
noted saloons in the eastern portion of the
city, when he probably got as much scur
rilous slander as he wanted, and left on
Sunday, but every effort was made by
the reporter to learn if he had really been
hereiesulttd in a failure to develop any
thing whatever. Judging from the actions
of Brown in Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlan
ta and Macon, it may, however, be safe to
say that he has been here, gotten sufficient
points to write two or three columns and
thenjskipped to Charleston or Augusta. It is
mw developed also that Brown
Exs a confederate traveling with I
him, who is a sharp and shrewd detective.
This detective is supposed to collect the
points, while the facile pen of Brown
clothes them in words just sufficiently
equivocal to make the winning of a libel
suit doubtful. From what has occurred to
Atlanta and Macon, there is every reason to
believe that Savannah will also be favored
with the notice of this erratic journ
alist, and that Charleston and Augusta will
not be forgotten by him.
Twice Insulted.
“Never was so insulted in my life,” said
Mrs. Jones when she came home from the
Casino the other night.
“What’s the matter now?” inquired
Jones, looking up from his paper.
“Why I put on roller skates for the first
time in my life to-night, and I was skating
beautifully, when some one must have jost
led me, when I felt myself going down, and
I just caught hold of a ledy who was skat’
ing near to save myself. Talk about women
standing to each other 1”
“They can’t on roller skates.” suggested
Jones. “What did the woman do?”
“Do? Sher jerked herself away and
screamed out so’s everybody heard her:
‘Take your hand cut of my pocket!’ The
idea 1”
“Did you have jour hand in her pock
et?” asked Jones, getting interested.
But Maria gave him a withering look
and was silent.
KORTI.
The Present British Base of Operatlcns
Korti, the headquarters of Lord Wolseley
on which point all the different branches cf
the expedition are ordered to concentrate,
is at th» sharp bend in the Nile, where its
course for a short distance is toward the I
West. About fifty miles below Korti i’
Debbeh, where it is probable that the whole
force will be established after it has been
brought together at Korti. At
Debbeh the Nile takes a rather
sharp turn and resumes its northern course.
This place is just on the borde r of the terri
tory ruled by the Mudirof Dongola, aSheik
who has remained steadfast in his friend
ship for and co-operation with the British.
In peaceful times Debbeh is a place of some
importance, because the great caravan route
to El Obeid and the Darfour region leaves
the Nile and strikes off to the southwest,
across the Fayuda Desert. Korosco, the
other point mentioned as the location of a
portion of the British force, is some
500 miles farther down the Nile, anil
Jrom here starts the caravan route
across the Nubian Desert to Abu Hamed, at I
the sharp bend in the course of the river, I
160 miles above Korti. Korcski is not fat '
above the First Cataract, and below that
point the navigation of the Nile is unob
structed. When Lord Wolseley’s whole
force was mustered at Korti, it will proba
bly be about 8,500 men strong, as Wolseley
kept about 3,000 men with him at Korti,
General Brackenbury has about 2,200,
General Buller about 1,900, and there are
about 1,100 at Gakdul Wells.
This Idea of Going West
to Colorado or New Mexico for pure air to re
lieve Consumption, is all a mistake. Any
reasonable man would use Dr. Rosanko s
Cough and Lung Syrup for Consumption in
all its first stages. It never fails to give re
lief in all cases of Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis,
Pains n the Chest and all affections that are
considered primary to Consumption. Price,
IDcents and Si. Sold by Oceola Butler and
E. J. Kelffer.
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for the latest style and low prices In gent’s
furnishing goods, L. Fried’s is the place.
Clean teeth, healthy gums, a pure breath,by
usingHolmes’ Wash and Dentifrice.
S6OO AYEiR
THE L IND OF THE FALSE PROPHET.
Khartoum and the Difficulties of the De
sert.
General R. E. Colston writes in the Cen
tury: “Khartoum is a city numbering be
tween fifty and sixty thousand people.
Several European consuls reside there. The
American Consul was Azar Abd-eLMelek, a
i Christian Copt from Esneh, and one of the
principal merchants. The European colony
is small and continually changing, for
Khartoum is a perfect graveyard for Euro
peans, and in the rainy season for natives
alsi, the mortality averaging then from
thirty to forty per day, which implies three
thousand to four thousand for the season.
Khartoum is the commercial centre of the
Soudan trade, amounting altogether to $65,-
000,000 a year, and carried on by
1,000 European and 3,000 Egyptian com
mercial houses Drafts and bills of ex
change from Khartoum are as good. as
gold in Cairo and Alexandria, and
vice versa. From official sources I
learned that the city contained three thou
sand and sixty houses, many of them two
storied, each having from ten to one hun
dred and fifty occupants. Stone and lime
are found in abunaance, and the buildings
are, after a fashion, substantia), the houses
belonging to rich merchants being very
spacious ana comfortable. There are large
bazaars, in which is found a much greater
variety of European and Asiatic goods than
would be expected in such dis'ant regions.
In the spacious market place a brisk trade
I is carried on in cattle, horses, camels, asses
and sheep, as well as grain, fruit, aud other
agricultural products. Many years ago
an Austrian Roman Catholic mission
was established and liberally support
ed by the Emperor of Austria and
by contributions from the entire Catholic
world. It occupies a large parallelogram
surrounded by a solid wail. Within this in
closure, in beautiful gardens of palm, fig,
pomegranate, orange and banana, stand a
massive cathedra], a h spital and other
substantial buildings. Before the people of
Egypt and the Soudan had been irritated by
foreign interference, such was their perfect
toleration and good temper that the priests
and nuns, in their distinctive costumes,
were always safe from molestation, not only
at Khartoum, but even at El Obeid and
the neighborhood, where the majority are
Mussulmans and the rest heathens. It was
stated some months ago that Gordon had
abandoned the Governor's palace and trans
formed the Catholic mission into a fortress,
its surrounding wall and massive buildings
rendering it capable of strong resistance
“He who has never traveled through the
desert cannot form a just idea of that strange
and marvelous region, in which a 1 the or
dinary conditions of life are completely
changed. It is essentially a waterless land,
without rivers, creeks, rivulets or springs.
O ce away from the Nile the only supply of
water is derived from deep wells, few,
scanty, and far apart. Ling droughts are
frequent. When I explored the great
Arabian deser between the Nile an 1 the
Red sea it had not rained for three years,
and when I traveled ot er the Suakin route
and through Kordofan no rain had fallen
for two years. Between the 29th and the
19th degrees of latitude it never rains at all.
Water becomes precious to a degree beyond
the conception of those who have never
known its scarcity. Members of the
Catholic mission at El Obeid, where
water is much more plentiful than
in the desert, assured me that
the summer before, water had been sold as
high as half adollar a gallon by the pro
prietors of the few wells that had not dried
up. When long droughts occur, the always
scanty crop of doura fails away from the
Nile, and the greater parts of the flocks and
herds perish, as well as a considerable por
tion of the population. It follows naturally
that when undertaking a journey through
the desert, the paramount question is water.
A supply must be carried sufficient to last
to the next well, be it one or five days dh
tant. It is usually carried in goat or ox
skins suspe . led from the camel’s pack
saddles. These are the water-bottles of
Scriptuie, which become leaky from wear,
and always lose a considerable portion of
their contents by evaporation. The first thing
after reaching a well is to ascer
tain the quantity and quality
of its water. As to the former, it
may have been exhausted by a pre
ceding caravan, an’d hours may be required
for a new supply to ooze in again. As to
the quality, desert water is generally bad,
the exception being when it is worse, though
long custom enables the Bedouins to drink
water so brackish as to be intolerable to all
except themselves and their flocks. Well
do I remember how at each well the first
skinful was tasted all around, as epicures sip
rare wines Great was the joy if it was
pronounced ‘moya helwa,’ sweet water; but
if the Bedouins said ‘moosh tayib,’ net good,
we might be sure it was a solution of Epsom
salts. The best water is found in natural
rocky reservoirs, in deep, narrow gorges,
where the sun never shines. As to ‘live
springs,’ I never saw more than half a dozen
in 6,000 miles travel.”
Different jTastee.
Datroit Free Press.
They were entertaining some friends at
dinner and the subject ol hammered silver
came up for discussion.
“At the risk of being considered deficient
in good taste,” remarked the hostess, “I
must say tli 11 admire the plain old-fash
ioned style of silver sets —”
“Pa likes the hammered kind,” interpos
ed Fobby, who had been allowed to come
to the table on condition that he would
keep perfectly quiet.
“Never mind, Bobby, you were—”
“Oh, yes, pa likes the hammered kind,”
went on the boy uuheedingly. “I heard
him say that next week he is going to put
all the silverware in the house ueder the
hammer.”
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