Exeter Times, 1898-6-2, Page 7SOUDAN BATTLE PICTURES
• THE FIERCE. FIGHTINOr AT THE ROUT
OF THE PERVISHES.
1%000 liritisk ;Sought Agninsi. 60,000 Dab.
tillsts-Viriti Description, of the Mara
or tho Arnty-Vosirage hown on.
Dona Sities•-arhe Carnage.
Whose who are impetient to read the
hews of a great battle on land need
not wait for the develcpment of the
Spanish-Americen war, The story of
• 'th3i greatest engagement of recent
Yeere is told in recent London newspap-
ers, and it is a story of greater oar -
mors desperate, fiercer fighting
then, perhaps the whole Cuban strug-
rnay Neatness. The battle at Atbara,
13 ts en the British army of 12,000 men
and the dervish forces of about 60,000
W as' not one of those African skirmishes
which are usually' referred to rather
contemptuously during the occasiOnal
little wars in which Greet Britain is
eaga,e,ed. It was a, combat which
brought out splendid, gallantry and
fine generalship, andavhiele tested the
latest resources of warfare in a man-
ner that'•especially ooncerns a nation
with a war on its own hand. The death
• roll of Atbare has been, made up-pro-
leably it never will be acourately re-
corded -but the casualties number well
in the thousands, and the &smelli-
ness of modern wdapons is sufficileiatly
dembustrated.
A THRILLING NARRATLVE.
It is a thrilling story, even the brief,
laconic telegraphic account of hoe:, the
white and black British troops over -
;threw the hosts of IVfahrnoucl. To -day
it is told in naore impressive detail by
two of the ablest of English war cor-
respondents, who were with the Sir-
dar's army. The main features of the
accaunt which follows are ta.ken from
the report of G. W. .Steevense of the
London Daily Mail: -
"Now the sun rose behind usaancl the
mea rose, too, ancl we had arrived. Gen.
Hunter had led the four brigades in the
half light to within 200 yards of the ex-
act position they were to take in action.
Now, too, we saw the whole army --
right of us McDonald's, right of him,
again, Maxwell's; to out left rear, Lew -
Ls'; in sapport, far away leftward of
them, the grey sqnadrons of cavalry.
'ie word earne, the men sprang up; at
•one impulse, in one superb sweep, the
12,000 men moved. forward toward the
enemy. All England. and all Egypt,
land the flower of the black lands be-
yond, Birmingham and the West High-
lands, the half -regenerated childten of
the earth's earliest civilization, and
N.....,grinning savages from the uttermost
swamps a Equatoria, muscle and ma-
ohinery, lord. and larrikin, Balliol and
•the board school, the Sirdar's brain,
and the camel's baek-all welded into
one, the awful war machine went for-
ward into adieu.
"We could see their position quite
well by now -the usual river fringe of
grey -green palms m.eating the usual
desert fringe of yellow, grey mimosa.
And` the smoke -grey . line in front of
it all must be their famous zareba. Be-
fore its right centre fluttered half a
ilozen flags, white and pale blue, yel-
low and pale chocolate. The line went
on until it was not half a, mile from lite
flags. Then it halted. Thu.d ! went the
first gun, and phutt I came faintly back
as its shell burst o•nt the zareba into "a
wreathed cloud of just the zareba's
timoke-grey. I looked at my watch,
and• it marked 6.20. The battler that
hid now menaced, now evaded us for a
inenth-the battle had begun.
SHOWER- OF DESTRUCTION.
"Now,froni the horse -battery and. one
fixed battery on the right, and from
two batteries of Maxim-Nordenfeldts
on the left, just to the right front a
the British, belched a rapid, but un-
hurried, regular, relentless shower of
destruction. The round, grey clouds
from shell, the round. white puffs from
shrapnel, flighted. down methodically,
and alighted on every part a the rare -
ba, and. of the bush beyond. I fire
sprang and swarmed redly up the dried
• Leaves a a palna tree; before it sank
another flung up beside it, and then
another. When the elating began a
few spare shots came back, one _gunner
was won:laded. And all over the zareba,
we saw dust -clothed figures strolling
Ininconcernedly, in and out, checking
wheu a, shell dropped near, and then
• passing, contemptuously on again, The
.enerny's cavalry appeared galloping
ncl forming upon our left a the zare-
a, threatening a charge. But' tut -tut-
• tut went the Maxims, and through a
glans we could see our cavalry tremb-
ling to be at them. And the Beggara
horsemen, rememberiag the 'guns that
had riddled them, and the squadrons
that had. shorn through • them three
days before, fell back to cover again.
By now, Wlien it had 'lasted 'an hour or
more, not a mall showed along the
whole line nor yet.. a spot of rifle
smoke. All seemed empty, silent, life-
less, but for one hobbled camel, wav-
ing his neck and. stupid head in help-
less Ilirn bewilderment, Presently. the
edge of the storm of devastation caught
aim too, eta we Saw him no more,
THE ADVANCE.
'An hour and twenty minutes the
guns spoke, and then were silent, Atul
now for the advance along the whole
line, itIcixwella brigade en the right
--TWelftli, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth
Sondanese and Eighth Egyptian-ueed
the Egyptian attack formation- four
companies of a battalion in line, arid
the other two in support. aleDonala-
Nitith, Tenth and Eleventh Sou.clantse
and Second Egyption.--hie space being
constricted, had three eompaates
line and three in suippprt, The ilt•ite
ish had the Camerons in line along
their whole front, then, in cotton -ins of
their eight, companies, the Lincolnon
the right, the Sea,Corthe in the centre,
and the Warwicks, • two companies
short, on the left, their orders were
not to advance tin it ovas certain that
the dervish cavalry would not charge
in flank, Lewita three-bettalion brie
gedee-Third (fourth and • Seventh Egy-
,
Paa41-was thIS
hind the British,
coilipanied.the adv
mrhe Ca,merons
xttOved away to tic
• into line, They hal
the talvence. 'They
a little to the right
Then. a staff office
behind their line,
thing in the dire°
hatterY• 'Advanee
jor, and before the
the mules were up
the Maxi= were
left flank of the Ca
still, waiting on t
khaki and dark ta
Purple, of flashing
slope, and set, two
es strained toward
middle- of the line
Tack.
• "The bugle sang
The pipes aereame
started forward, lik
ex the tuesook-bro
ridge they moved f
the, dervishes fire
were to open from
only three hundred
za,reba, and. rep an
forward; when wo
the line crested t
knelt down. 'Voile
-and crash it cam
both sides, too, al
stant. Wht-t, wht
kv,Ilets overhead; t
firm, and aimed ver
crash, crash, they
• BULLETS L
'Oh! A cry mor
tonishment than o
Was upon his feet a
and the bearers w
the rear. He was
touched him, but
another for the s
again, and up and
swishing and lashi
the river. But the
purple tartan neve
it just went slowl
ruler. The officer
/self-contalnedly; th
On. the hill after
their locked faces
ly towards the tau
that they knew an
danger. And the it
Tammies, who in
enough like Coven
were now quite tr
not so difficult t
picked you up and
it was difficult not
thee they aimed or
it orderly, gravely
ing. The bullets h
youngsters in one
all the glories of
"Forward and fo
ing about them a
frota thein. Now
always without hur
incline. Three me
out a, cry at the V
ion Jack, and only
again; , the flag sho
ed splendidly. Nex
ou:s gust of bullets
line stood fast. B
Low hedge of camel
the redoubtable za
second, they stood i
'Pull it away,' Su
.Tust half a dozen t
sible zareba was
tercel heap of bras
low stockade and
of that? Over an
rah! hurrah!
SPRANG T
"Now the inside.
life. Out of the
black, half -naked
running and turni
ning away. And itt
was a wild eonfusi
purple tartan and.
the Seaforths had
feet, columns throu
fire, a,n.d were ch
gap. Inside that z
astounding 1 etby rin
a nightmare. It
ade and it triple
the bush was naLur
stem and mimosa
gra:ss. Bat besides
holes as any honey
regular. There w
every animal -here
down in a hole ju
itself and. its maste
but ith a tangle
a yard beyond, a 1
full of tethered c
dying men. There
tem in it, only mer
Wing block and pit
low and. hillocks al
trenches to right
to left, the bewild
ed and twisted, an
some compa,ny-lead
formations that tin
ened were loosenin
cers were equal to
line and ran it, a
company were lost
faced comrades or
along with it count
panions-they kept
the work in hand.
THE I
"For now began
and bayonet and
of Highlanders swe
time the Lincolns
and the lVfaxiins, g
the stockade, had
the Warwicks, the
finitely gone, wer
blacks as your bea
a keen razor. Fut
they cleared the g
everything like a
was left carpeted
the dead. Here was
that man, Fiero a
w-a,rily round to t
volley. Now hi co
opening in the b
and drop these fes
shadows among' the
For the running 11
stiff fired. though
fired loss and ran
the 13ritisit stumble
denly there Was u
bead, and a clear
irriverl And iteroS8
the quattet mile
a fly paper, with
black, The ors
bank in doable Iin
utos the paper wa
only the spots se
"'Now I call tha
peSsimistic seniet
gad% 'now T
fight.'
c.KA.SE
'Gem° fire 1 W'
".11e
THE EXETER TIMES
time in square be-
./-1 the. artillery ac-
ince, ' '
orpioa four and.
left, then .turned
ted, and -wetted for
were 6buted baelx•
1 thee. halted again,
, galloped earioaely
and shouted Some-
Lion of the laleatina
'anysevilleeid,. eouitilaleo,oltImaae
• to the °eller and
iin to end past the
Merolla These ettied
le btrgle,-a • line of
rtan. blending to
bayonets . at the
month -bearded , fee-
, the zareba. In the
„ ,
shone the Union
' •
out the advance.
. war, and the line
e a ruler drawn ov-
;en sand, lap a low
invard; When would
' The Camerons
he top of the ridge,
' yards_short of the
cl up, forward . anti
aid they fire? Now
fa ridge; , the 'men
v. firing in sections!
It came from
nost the same in-
•t, wht-t Piped he
he line knelt very
y eteady, and crash,
answered it. '
vOiCO took O., little time ,to work into
hot brains; then sudden eile.rice,. Again
hurrah! •hurrah i hurrah I It had last-
ad, forty Minutes' ; and nebody was quite
certain .wieether it 2194 seemed more
like two minutes or twO yea. All at
once ' there Came a roar of fire from
the loft; s the half -sated British saw
tae river Covered with a new "swarm of
flies, only just in time tp gee th:em stop
still, as the others, Vila WO Lewis''
ilbxtridgasdieoodof .triegYbpetaiavnya,fairte waiorakb. •soTuligetlyt.
then/ as if there Were no stieh
as wounds or , death:. now • they had
swept down. leftward of tha 'zareba,
shovelled, the enemy into the river bed,
and. shot' them, dciwn, ' .BloodtairetY ?
Count up the Egyptians murdered by
Mahdism, and then say soeif you. will.
"Meanwhile all the right-hand part
of the zareba was alive with our blacks,
TheY had been, seen. from the muse.
line as it advanerocia,mbling and scram-
blinks over rise and, dip, firing heavilY
as they were ordered to, and then
elierging. with the cola bayonet as. they
lusted to,. They were in first, there
. .
canno.t be a doubt, Their line formation
turned oat, a Lar better one for °hare,
. . ,
ing the d.efences than the 13ritish col-
unms,' which were founded on an ex-
aggerated expectation of tbe difficalty
of the zareba, arid turnedout a trifle
unhandy. And if the zareba, had been
as high anerthick .as the Bank of Feag-
land, the Weeks and their brigade('
Eg•yptians• would have slicked through
it and pieked out the thornS after the
cease fire. As •against that, they lost
more men Ulan the British, for their
advance was speedier, and their volleys
less. cleadlY than the Camerons' Pelting
. 1.
destruction uhat drove through everY
,skull raised. an inth to aim. One bet-
talion, te Eleventh s a 1 t 108
, eou anese, os
Men killed- ancl wounded of less
tban -700. •
,, FOUGHT WELL.Yes,
,Bat never think the blacks were out
f band.,'Th tt k d' fast,isit they o They a ao e 11 • eY
attacked ,and kept their form-
• .
ation • to the last moment there was
anything to form against. The battle
of the Atbarti-has definitely placed the
- . • " t • d
weeks -yes,' and the once con ernne
Egyptians -fn the ranks of the very
es troops in , world. en I was
b ' t • tbe When '1
over their officers were ready to cry
with'. joy • andpride. And the blacks,
e,v,,,r "•0-ne . 1 1 '
" oi worn wou cbeamingly
charge th bott 1 pith.
ge a om ess • after is
Bey, .were just as joyous and, proud of
their officers. They stocid alxeat among
the dead their faces cleft with smiles,
• ' ' • •
shaking . and shaking each other's
hands, A short shake, then a salute,
another . shake and another Salute •
again and ,again and again, with the
headaturiving emile never narrowed an
instant. Then up to the. Bey and the
Binibashis-mounted now, but they had
s 1
charged f t Lahead, a 's
a oo am clear
the recognized wont of all. chiefs of.
the 2' h • Soudanthey -•
ig ting ' when ey in-
tend to conquer or die 'with their men
- and, more handshakes and, more sa-
tut,s. 'Luslitnan quaies kiter,' ran
round from , grin to grin; 'very good
fight, very good fight.' - '
i i and back to the desert
, ',New far .a,
outside. And, unlees you are congenitab,.we
'ly amorous of horrors; don't look too
much about Bl. k ' al I
you. ac spin e- egs
curled up to meet red-gimbleted black
faces, donkeys headless and leeless 'or
sievee of 'shrapnel; camels .with necks
writhed back on • their tamps, rotting
already in pools of blood and bile-yel-"•I
low water; heads without faces, and
faces without anything below, cob -web-
bed arms and legs, and black skins
• • - - •
grilled -to cracaling on smouldering
palm' leaf -don't look at it. Here is
the Sirdar's white star and crescent on
red; here is the Sirdar who created this
, -we -oi e ,
battle this clean -jointed 11 •1 d'
,
snaooth running, clock work perfect
masterpiece Gee, battle. Not a flaw,
• ,
not ai Cheek not a 'cat; and not a
1-•.11- - ' its'shining 35 CO SS Onc 0
f ewe on u e ,.,don't
more hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! .
'
...
ik v ., ve.,
New women
. • • s'
see
,
•••,,Now,
observed
ishinle / coala
tba °reeve
loo"kItfoirszleollootirsootriasentietatehilsabothratm4Wrt
ket," reinarked
thia Way
the ,emeatueeted
our foot
lug."
itid"(t.:...ixee.s,w,t'oithi)a,t
teas. " it
Peek, with
her eyes,
the present
net exist,
mpia'enpewrigiolotshietisobetoviin,athheimwsoerilfdl,tsalhide
isa.
e • '
Dear
syl Hussey.
' Well,"
tuition and
voefrGyiwrtew
not promote
of its devotees,
to an eternal
pronaoting
fleas in the
"For
ty, with
shoulders,
like, but
hearthruW
I Would go
sniffing
gleries (of
., 1 w.....,
La
said Miss
her serviceable
am due to
ot Man '
-
e ee- ,
n t
Betty as
GUNBOAT
Thai' the
•Enakanat
'English
much interested
h • • t
as jus
Lake Nyassa,
to be shipped
like a Chinese
Gaiendolen,
packages
porter of
the beat
;view with
ing firm
"So there
Lake Nyassa
ly,
"I never
fitting
"Then
judged so
out what
a first-class
dolen is
"Yes, if
Hotchkiss
is intended
gunboats.
praatically
prol,ement
length is
nage 350,
feet 6 inshes
twelve knots.'?
"I suppose
not nece
Seta,
, `•
".B no
y
water even
us to have
such
(by means
1894 penetrated
ral) a sternwheel
. She
sary. ,
t e
cep or
-t
with Fraser's
...
win. burn
an abundance
coal is only
for the
a. cost of
• Gutty of
.
. that
ed in the
ima,„ine
e s %
Not so
Rennie,
not rivet
here, so
ting together
condition
e 3 Sir
d le - S'
ed himself
with her.
es every
- ' -
bered, and
bers are
.
tings-of
the outside
proper num
tugs. Drawing,s
' th
DanY
1,500 packages,
. ,
boiler of
so that on
difficulty
gether
Mr. Rennie
packages
• ' '
difficult
are to be
rough eonntry
as extra
siderat in,
Commander
ninauler-m-chief
charge
will superintend
rparts.
Teacher
Bobbie-aSomething
have Company.
,
0, fezneee feetery ipapeetee.„1,
the hostess, "I do not
staged. She woald, give
ean para.'', , '
Xias Peek, severeiY.•
that the bralient fixture
women lies. We
an the ladder„ we are
• ..
wWhehre: .4yoouyohuavtehbaolcirabilds
will? ti. reauu3s",'4'"arirsirertellaemhio:
a- gleam like eold steel
"04 the glorious goal
degradatjue Of women
where they will take
rae," ejaculated 1VIrs• Van
eaid the hostess "emanci-
,
. the naoralizing influence
baunt(IfoNr°Inwyllhpaarart Initaicylialk3ethlti
.
the welfare and happiness
And to condemn
spinsterhood. is
their oharieee of
general scheme of things."
my part," interposed Lady
an irresponsible shrug
"call it sogrusittg.
I would rather. purr
of the merest of men
prowling about factories
down people's sinks in
emancipation."
wish you good afternoon.,"
Peck, snapping the clasp
golf ca,p.e severely.
speak on the 'Regeneration
'at s 15
----" ., ,
she funny ?' , laughed
the door closed behind
'really
me
' .
"It
ee
have
mount-
•
ia
where
will
their
rureha-elrlye,
Tas-
woman
surely
hapPla
Bet -
of her
if. you.
on the
than
and
the
of
,,./
Lady
her.
.
from
very
whidh
- '
onea
and is
pieces
e
1 500
,
re-
inter-
on
' with
I.
mere Y
taking
Geten-'
nob? „
four
She
small
are
im-
Her
'ton-
a 4
steam
did
vies -
Y of
Hhoja
in.
Chit-
neces-
ex-
fitted
and
is
lak •
e e,
coast,
at
.
should
Mr.
'
bolt,
yard
fit-
this
-
-
piec-
num-
n
fit-
of
their
draw-nd
aocom-
into
P '.
the
be no
to -
hergunners
of the
be
over a
and
eon -
coni-
has
and he
,ot the
We
FUNNIGRANS.
-,---,- '
... . . ,
.131ggs-I'M li.11 hrokell. Ilia 14 ga-1
wrI"haeynci it, is abut awe, Yeal, Mended Yonr
!What' Is Your aaLOLtioo of :OptialHisak 1
, . , if „
is a daternanatiaset to erliOY I e wile-
Itlier linn do or noll '
• - --. - - -' .
Sam -llama doesn't 'seem to amount to
Tann:heti doee, liteh? No;thhe's af trio, More
Ple's'.111ten"gey." an • a "In7ttl el aa a
" „... . .,,,,•,.. -
A ' Ita•Pld Tatker.--What- v', nat 4
abetterboi alias, ,E,roolci. is. Toondile--
Yes, her conversation is geared pretty
high. ,- .
halvactlialosfrioefndEl;s1,ebriocianslayirotu.-cHaonswtrusslvtele ''es,
etso,
especially if he doesn't; ask you to trust
, . , . , ,
am befor 1
4 kumeght she was a dre-- ' 8 .'
married, her, he Said, And now? querl-
ed his friend. Well, I am ecnviemed
that dreams go by contraries.
' -1). • ou
INrhat are Yoa going to he N's en Y
grow up Tommy ? asked the visitor,
I think, said Tammy, taoualatfully, that,
I *bell be somebody's ancestor.
vareeng nterest- ae ing, o you.
E ' • ' I ' D I.• d
.
think your father ki reconeiled to our
engagement? Yes, Arthur; he asked.
rae last night what your name was.
Nervous. old lady, to deck -band on
t b t-- I . St i t in n is there
s eam oa 5 r• eam-;(39' " a' , ,
any fear of dwilger ? care-
'le•sslY-Plenty of :fear, naa'ain, but not
a. bit of danger.
' Doetor, eald Mr, Sodas, my insomnia
' ' '
is mut& Worse now than it ever was
before. Indeed, replied Dr.' Pa -reels.
sir, it is. Why, I can't even sleep
when it is time ,to get up. ,
Sometimes, said.thaele Eben, er young
man dat hab a lot o' push makes de
easta.ke a a• 1 ' ' it all ter de bicy-
,pp yin
ole ob pleasure 'stid o"savin' some foh
de wheelba,rrow ob necessity.
' Iliekss-Dumleigh is not what you
would, 11 b lire ' conversationalist
a r 1, ni. .
' ke N. • • there is one thing
Wic - o, but then,
in his favor. 'Efe is never troubled by
imvion, ' • • • d
p le la ianze his goo
--..-- euP 18 g '
things.
• • ' the Turkish fleet,
An Adaeiral of e sea-
.military
sick in a storm, was disturbed by a
grating noise. 'He inquired whence it
proceeded, and, on, being told it was
• .t
the rudder of the ship, he desired 1
might be iramediately taken off 1
Her Suggestion. -The Dea,n-I can't
think what to preai,h about next Sun-
-
day. ' Nebody seems to take an inter-
est in anything but war now. His
Wife -Why not take a day off and let
the canon fili your pulpit?
The Sarcastic Parent -And. you -want
my daughter for herself, alone? said the
saroastic old millionaire. Y -yes, sir..
Well, my boy, I'll do better by you tha.n
that, I'll throw in the clothes she wears
too. -
low diet the surprise party at the
c , . Nir •
awkers turn out? as it a genuine
s • • d, •t - a d
surprise? Indeed, I. was. amebo y
, .
had given the GaNykers a hint, and
when we got there the house was dark
and there vi-asn't a soul at home.
The Literary Movement - Alraira-
You should join our book club. Why;
last winter I read over a hundred books
by giving five minutes a day. I read
Nansen's Prisoner of Zenda„ Hall Ca-
ine's Quo Vadis, Allen's Christian, Ju-
Ilawthorne's Choir Invisible, and
, , , . , • • . -
Hape s a asthest Not the Luoutela How
eh . • • t
arming
Jig.ads. are needed
• 0 ,
bad mQdicmes
Cele , N .., c
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t
Ttlartitey s
-4 •
Scene; A drawing -room in Itenf3ington;
P t zil •- v ai 1 a - '
' resell ' Ms. ' an assY s's"'"
LadY Betty, MISS Peck and. the
hostess. ' '
. .
. "Will you. take Sugar with your sec-
'.orid, oup, dear V' said the hostess sweet-
iy, to .eeesh. ey,saungaare:osnygislloveesrsetyh,ea.tdaesine...,
in' 'g''T.Ivninthnitr you, Law
'a•Ya take sugar, My
'late husband used , to say that a sweet
tooth was an excellent tliana in the mid-
••• - -- ,- --- i ''''
dle-aged 1. it ' denoted, eirapricity of
ideate," 1 H
,, vie 1 m. a e - .v ,,I,
y ea,r Airs. . an assy us-
• . ' •
, sure y you don't la deem to---"
sey, 1 y . y
, "Middle age or ,aimpliaity?"
"Either," returned Lady Betty.
'‘,. Th,,ey usually' go' together. ci, oty
clays, observed the hostess; " it S th,c")
young people I don't understand•They
seem to -ece developing into a. strange
.
order of being. H d. Lady
ave you rea
. g. .not
Warwick's hook on 'Women's Educe-
than ' ?" '
" You thean,"- interposed, Miss Peck
. e , . „ ..,„ ,
In her Precise Mannar, Lady " aa-
wick's collection of papers read. at our
recent education' congress? They are
very valuable, aud we are greatly oblige
. .
ed to Lady Warwick for her admirable
Preface; but of course her ladyship. has
not taken any great part in our work."
a . " said
I, never could uncleretand, .
IVErs. Van Tassyl Hussey, "how ladies
:of position . could interest themselves
in,slumming. matters," ' ' .
'
"Excuse me," returned Miss Peck
tartly; "women's education in the Bri-
• •
tesh empire is certainly not a question
•
slumming "
of . .
But these things often fall into the
.
same category, do they not? I heard
•
only the other day " pursued Mrs. Van
' ' ••
Tassyl Hussey, blandly, " that a great
friend of yours bad been appointed an
,
inspector -or.' •t • • f
, is 1 inspeetress-o . . .
dear . ' 'of ' 't n'
me- nuisances,.
was I not.
"No," corrected Miss Peck, " of face
tories. She read en admirable paper
on women as factory inspectors at our
• ' -
recent congress. It is included iri Lady
• Warwice.book. We hope, by means of
s
this volume, to open up a great many
new careers to women."
' ' a
" SO it would seem," remarked the
,
hostess. " I suppose though, they can-
. ,
not all be quite wom.anly,professions?"
-Ohl we are 'abolishine these distine-
„ • '''
tione a ex lained Miss Pack • "we find
.' 12 . '
that they rather trammel us in our
work; besides, the great principle that
advocate -the . . -
e equality of the ,sexes
-doe e not permit of any concessions on
our to—"
,- ci. ii
"Vc.)" . as
a,
praise Pane-
C43114.4alir att. '
cannot be liar-
PG°r•-1,15' far
an
oue bott1O .of
99111PletelY
truly,.
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IKE RAIN. •
a of 'dismayed . as-
f pain, and a man
nd over on his back
.
re daslaingym fromout
dead -.before they
vIready they found
retcher. The bugle
eci; the bullets were
g now like rain oa
• line of khaki and
,
c bent nor swayed,
y forward, •like a
at .its head strode
ly might have been.
'
grouse; only from
.
:loaned( unswerving-
Iota could you see
d had despised the
nkempt, unsha,ven
-
3anap seemed littlebombard
or Ironsides,
ansformed. It was
the ' •
' g° an- PP"
iarriecl you on -but
to hurry ; yet whe-
advanced they did
and without speak-
d. whispered to taw
3reath the secret a
he 13ritish.arraY•the
. .
ward, more wish-
nd more crashing
[ley were moving,
ry,. down a g•ravelly
I went down with-
ay foot of the Tin-
one got to his feet
ok 'itself and blaz-
1, a supremelyfur-1 -
andsuddenly the
fore it was a Reese
thorn -the zareba,
reba.• • That it? A.
1 wonder, and then,-
ggested. somebody,
ugs, and the impose
, gap and a scat-
nwood• Beyond is a
trenches but
, what
'n 1 Hurrah! hur-
' •
3 LIFE.
suddenly sprang to
earth came dusty,Lian
shapes, running,
g to shoot, but run-
a second the inside
on of Ilighlanclerawater
thick green, 'too, for
brought their per-
gh the teeth Of the
,rging in at the
irebe was the most
L.,11 ever seen out of
,egan with a stock-
tench. Beyond that
illy thick with palm
thorn and halfa
, it was as full of
comb, only far less
s a shelter pit for'And
a donkey tethered
3t big enough , for
r; beside it a straw
of thorn; yawning
• trench, choke
lager
,mels and dead. or
was no plan or sys-
3 confusion of stum-
fall. From. holes be-
mve, from invisible
ind innocent. tukas
ered bullets curv-
d dodged. It , took
f e •
.ng, or the precise
bullets only stiff-
. now. B,at the offi-
each pieked. his
if a few ofbis
-kneeling' by green-
agu.ely bayonetting
e of chance com-
the ina,ss centred on
,
ELLING, „..-
the killing. Bullet
nit, the whirlwind
st over. And by this
ere in on the right,
illoning right up to
ithered the left and
enemy's cavalt3r de-
volleying off the
rd cornea off 'under
ther ana further
:orund--eleared it of
Living man, for it
,hick 'enough. with
I a trench; baYouet
Little straw taleal;
e door, and 'then it
limn, through this
. .
les, thea auto line
. . ,
, desperately firing
, dry etenis beyorid..,
lacks -poor henries-.
every second, thei
mote. Abel en; cm
(1. .and SIeW, till' slid-.
ribtoken blue over-
IroP 'underfoot, The
the trielcle of Water
If dry sanclbed Was
401'm:tabling spots , Of
ta-
ters throtiged he
e, and in . two min-
1 still' black -spotted
aMbled. ',no Mere.
t.''panted the most
aPtala lia the bri-
Itab a Very gOoa.
VIDA
ad .and whistle and
THE
•
EXET.E11 A
TIMES na OF ANY
,OLIMILTANUMP
IN 1,500 PIECES.
-- -
Way It Is to He slapped
to Lake NYassa,
naval constructors are
in a gunboat
e .
nem completed tor service
in Central Africa,
to that point in
. is
zle. TY boat,the
is . l't into•
now sp 1 up
ti
for transpora on. A
the Lond,on Eche describes
in. his account of his
J. A. Rennie Of the engineer-
•
which built the Guendoldna
is going to be fighting
?" I remarked tentative-
-
said so," he • replied
diplomacy.
th t'mistake; 1
a s my
from the feet of your
'on a. lake would be considered
battleshipfor the
heavii
ly armed, s she
you call six Maxims and
guns a, big armament:
to repletee the three
now on the lake which
obsolete, and is a vast
on them in every way.
136 feet, beam 23 and
and with a draught
is intended, to
the depth of the lake
s i
s tate a shallow draught
means as there is lent
, P
close inshore; that ena,bled.
twin screws, for on shallow
as the Niger or the
of - which the Russians
faa up toward,
is absolutely
' 't 1 t
e is quito a norms, type,
th f i that,- •
e ac . she is
under -fired lxiilers,
wood fuel, of which there
in and around the
brought up from. the
use of two' or three forges,
,E10 pea ton, such is thediefi-
transport."
difficulty will be increas-
.
case of a gunboat, I
?,,
much as you think " said
'
"You see, we ca,n only
h • together
ei in the
as to insure the perfect
of every part. In
the Guenclolen was inspect
a
Edward Reed,who express
as thoroughly satisfied
Then she was taken to
• , . .
piece beim revinual
— 0 P- - Y
on a snit ill model theseum-
marked off, the internal
course the model is only
of, the hull -having
b - ' k d - 1
.ers mar e . on sc,a e
and Models
shi which is s lit u
e . P, , , P. _
tbat containing
2 1-2 tons being the heaviest,
'her ;arrival there need
'n rattan
whatever i I g
again," ,
added that if one
should be lost, it would
1 a it " e' packages
to rep a e . .1.11
transported for miles
waggons,
by is
weight is an Important
no spare parts are carried.
Cullen R.N.R., the
. .
on the . lake,
of the transportation,
the assembling
BOBBIE 'KNEW,
-Boys, what is a napkin?
we use. when
---•-:-
pnwr.r.
.
READY
ilabineel Sampson
- ,
ern Coast
A despatch
-Rear-Admiral
strong naval
.
northern coast
bavasion
asps attached
squladroin are
Rear -Admiral
.
that tbe latter
commander
duty of preventing
• •
Spanish
Santiago de
the operations
gave proteotion
ol-war and
coasts of
It was pointed.
pert with whom
that had both
of Cuba and
ped by, then
patrol squadron
tween the
o cities
east
TO BOMBARD
- - - ----
HAVANA.
OW Cuba's North
invaMon.
Washington says
with e
lying off the
prepared. tc
moment the
While the
Schley'e
the orders oi
to ,
I understand
assigned. to the
aquadeon the
departure' oi
the o
harbor 1
he directeC
Havana, anc
blockading men
and •Gul
States.
by a naval 'ex
on 'We es as
tin d .
to the soull
fleet had slip
but the northerr
have stood be
of one of thi
, s inen-of-war
—
1.yin..'
. s
Awaiting. Mtlitary
, from,
Sampson,
force is
'
of Cuba,
Havana the
begins.
to acenneodore
subject
Sampson,
officer
of the flying
the
fleet from.
Cuba,- while
against
to the
the Atlantic
the United.
out
I talked
fleets gone
the Spanish
nothing
would
bombardment
• .
and Cervera
part ,
" Wonninliness?" questioned Lady
Betty. ' .
put it 'so " f you like to p .
".How stupid. 1" continued Lady Bet-
ty. "For my part E wouldn't change
places with tbe most learned man in
the world. As the merely frivolous lit-
tle butterfly that I am, I can get all
the e.dmiratioie I want a ' .
' ''Froni men I suppose ?" sniffed Miss
Peck. "The homage sorae women pay
y ey
to me is perfectly disgusting; they
n ." •
pander to their vaaaity in the most con-
temp 1 le manner.
t'b ' "
"As the superior sex, my dear,
forget that," said Lady Betty. -
Superior. in brute strength, but not
in intellect."
"Well, let as .say in discernment,"
insinuated Lady Betty. "However con-
• . •
temptible the mere man may be, Ifind
. . ., ,
him at least appreciateve. George toed
me yesterday my new hat was a per-
fact stunner ! How's that for an opin-
, .
Lolly Aiyi you women na,ve n ever even
noticed it !" ,, . -
" George I your husband? queried
rs. an Hussey. •
m v Tassyl H
" M husband?" laughed Lady Bet-
,y — , t
ty, " wby he never sees what I've go
compliment
on. One, never expects a co
• I mean •George
from. .one's husband . .
t t
Gillow; he was skating wi h me a •
Prim 's yesterday "
, ce .lad
t* t
"It was always my prac me -(3, coi-
suit my husband on all matters,' said1
Mrs. Van Tassyl Hussey, " but then
ld. „a„
suppose you young people woue
me--" ,
"Not middle-aged," smiled the hos-
tees. ' •
"No rather old-fashioned. Marriage
' 'getting Rif h'
itself, they say, is o - as ion-
A I> .
e "' ' lt is going out," said Lady
tt ."
Y•
-Only a very small percente.ge o f our
. . •
women naarry," observed Miss Peck ;
n the Girton and Newahaan wo-
" I mete ,
men.'• . .'
, " Does their education make Llaern too
fastidious?" inquired the hostess.
, • " Perhaps% it makes the men fasted-
' •d LadyBett " I never knew
low, said •Y•
' man yet who would. make love to a
a , .
woman because she had. a 'diploma, They
like a nice little ignoramue who does-
rat know enough to see throtigh them."
"One .cein eee why you are so op-
• < • .
ular with , the men," snapped Miss
Peck."For Inv part, I should like to
, . ,
see the male population of thus and
,
every other country swept.off the face
a, the globe -but come to the meeting
of . our Hygienic. Clothing ,Association
at St. George's Ilall next , Thursday,
. and tliri you. will understand better
than you do now why—" . .
' • "Why so many learned women pre-
Ler spinsterhood?" interposed Lady
..
. Betty, , • • ,
.'
"Let us say rather independence,"
said the hostess, genially. " Pass me
yeut cup, 'MSS Peck -ono lurap 3"
'" / n•ever take eager; the:glucose de-
. f r '
went is. net whole,samee . ,•
" But talkiag Of independence," con-
einaed the tostees, " is indeaendence at
the price of Spinsterhood, the best State'
for a woman I Isn't ,it after' all father
a pity to be educated' eo far above the
head of the a,Verage Man? For ,tho av-
eragee,taan is the •beat we cant get as
a. rule, . isn't he ?" , .
.*,' tes,", answered mr,, Van alatisyi
....nooey, " &ha 2 atways thihk an ' u.n..'
4
married. •woman' is suCh a hopeleSsly in-
OOMpletn Speeltnen 61 ' 141460 itY'" 1
si'ssit,. 'Os courae, the woman of a eel,-
(Ain 11.16," .'
• .. ' .
,,,., quite an exploded, prejudice, onap-
Nal' 'Mee Peek: "
MASSACRE OF MISSIONARIES.
Detains or lite Murder of the Cala Party 5
West Africa.
A letter reoeived in London iron
Sierra. Leone West Coast of Africa
. •, -
says that a Menai native, who was will
the American missicinwries at Botifunl
w en they were maseaaee y e en
ii th • • !-- • d le th •
su.rgents etiga,ged. in the uprisim
against tbe imposition of the hut tax
but who made his escape by resumini
. • •
his native garb, furnishes the toillowim
account of the tragedy :-
"We started to walk to Sierra Leone
but had only gone half a mile when Ny,
met war bays, who bloeked the way
ThetheRev. Mr. Cain tried to frightea
them by firing a revolver over thei
heads, but eeeing they were determine(
t d • la• f h 1 t h' 1 .
o o muse( ie , e cast is revo ye,
away and said he would not have any
body's blood on his hands. The WO.]
boys then seized the party and. Missa
Hatfield, Archer and Herta strippe(
them of their clothing, dragged. then
e mission ouse, ma ron o
beak t the • " -h ' f t
whirl the war boys out down the Rev
Mr:Cain arad hacked him. to death. am
treated. Miss Aroher and Miss Kant ii
ta VI' Hatli ld, who wa
e same way., iss e 1, .
very al, was thrown on a barbed wit..
. . .
netting, and finally her throat wa,
out. Mrs. Cain escaped to the bus]
with a. native girl, but the war boy,
went .out seeking for them, and the;
were afterwards killed."
SANTIAGO CABLE CUT.
--
u• S. Auxiliary CrutSer St. Louis StletteeS
VI
tile Guns of Moro and Achieves -ex'
°Wen .
A despalieh from Key West, says:-
.
. •
Lieut. Carl. W. jungen cormmanding
• Tues..
tag Watapatuck, arrived here. on
day, having in, his possession a three-
foot ooil of ocean cable, cut from a
•
point about one and one-quarter miles
•
tram. the entra.nce to Santiago de Cuba,
and also beinging with him. evidence in
the shame of an u.ndaaneteed craft to
d• 4 s'
isprove rumors bleat the Wamputucko
7 , • .
1 Th
' ueen sunk by Spanish she], s. ...
Santiago .eable was . cut by the, tamale
y utser, St. Louis, under the dire
bar or,
action of Chief Officer Seagrave, d.ur-
tag th . The
afternoon of May 18.
,i
\Nampa:tuck wa,s also there, and both
vessels were under fire for fifty min-
utes. Not a. Spa,nish shot struck eithe
er of the United, States ships. The St.
--• •
LAMAS, however, with its ra,pid-fire guns
a , a. the ' f
s en...e. guns o Morro, The Unit -
edit, States vessels were within 2,500 or
3,000 yards a Morro's guns when the
s • ,
parneu opened fire. For 50 minutes
the engagement continued., the guns
of Morro being supplemented. by a. bat -
ter of 8-* h° •
y na,c• mortars on Oasher point
inside Santiago harbour. Before the
of the molten' battery had got
range. of the A,marioa,n ships, however,
t -he St Lu.is h d f' ' h cl, tbe I"
. ows a inis e e. won,
and retired out of the danger line, still
•
tbrowing shells as she withdrew. ,
On the following day, May 19, at
ss,if-past six o'clock in 'the morning,
the Wampatuck. steamed. to within he-
tNVeen 500 and 800 yards of the shore
at Quantanamo for the purpose of
cutting the cable there, After sue-
cessfully grappling for the cable, the
tug was fired upon by a Spanish gun-
boat in the harbor, bat Lieut. .Tung-
on kept at his work, and. answered the
fire with his three -pound gtia as fast
as his men meld work it, Some Span.
ish irrfantry in a block-houee ne.ar the
opened fire on the tug about
the same time, but their bullets flew,
.
wide or the mark, Fearing, however,
that the work was getting too dangere
oue for the 'Wlinapatiick, Captain Good-
rich eigrialled from the St, Louis for
her to ceme operationS and retire. By:
.
'Mlle time ,Lieut, kTungen. had ti, good
grip on the cable,and was loath to let
go till he 'completed the .job. He hoped I
the St, touls, seeing that the Spanish!
projectiles were flying Wild, woald
signal to keep oh, but no such signal
doming, he finally retired,. Nothing
was seen of the eamny's fleet; areund
awn iago. , . ..
• t' ' •
,
COMMENDABLE TASTE,
. . , .., , . ..,,,,,,,
Sn... Is a lass quite to Iny nanio,, ,.. '
atnee Spring has bloSSoined fait,
The 'violet .a3 the Only kind
Of 'bloOMer she will wear,
-
• •
• CA.TCHING BEARS.
In Scandinavia brown bears for' ex-
hibition purposes, are procured by the
.
though cruel
natives in an ingenious .
manner. Knowing the fondness the
,
animal has for hone.i,y, the, peasants se-
let t wherein a bees' nest is sit-
ca tree
iiated., and drive sharp -pointed iron
spikes into the trunk..These so lac-
crate the animal's feet when it at-
tempts to climb- after the coveted. dain-
ty that. it is rendered lame and falls
eat-
an easy* prey to the' hunter conceal-
ed in a neighbouring thicket.. 'A simi-
leit•device is adoptedwith the telegraph
Poles, which • the bears are fond of,
. .
climbing, probably under the delusion
that the- him:fining noise made by the
wires is the buzzing of bees.
. •
SHARK‘ . BAY.
• ' 9 IN MANILA'
..
Acoording to a gentleman who re-
• •"Yes,
Spanish
sided at Manila for years, theB
- . .e
ittle choice so far as their
sailors had. 1 , „ , . ..
liVes were concerned., between going
down with their shias and. trying to
• .
senna ashore,. This is clue to the fact
,
that the waters .of the ba. ' are., he
'11 ,d •th "Tho Waters
says, a e we, sharks... _
f the bay swarm with- these fierce
0 , - d I ' .
creatureea he says, an curing my
f r ears' stay at Manila, more than
. OU ., years'
or victim of accident fell
'3" Ervilt them, I have even heard, ef
a prey et . ,
11 i • 1
thein a.ttacking men in sma soats, and
., 'reported that on one oecasion
14' NY" ' .
a ' II 1
a man was seized by. one and pu ec.
from a skiff. For this reason Many peo-
rii• did •.t ve t out ' tbe b
- e . on • e ay
•
A llno . , al, ure • , . ,
boats." 1
ln. -ma , e
-7,-----•=--
C • . 1 A
S TOR im
Por Infants ana Ohild.ren.
mttfa„.
seen; In on
a saa to 4372. °soy
i til - a..4,4, mappoL
• of
LORD WOLS . .
, ELEY'S ADVICE
• r---1
A Mistake to Invade Cuba With itruomin,o,
' ' Volunteers. '
A desnalch, from. Londbn says :-Lor,
,,, ,, -
wolseleY• the eonsmander-in. 0
the British army, in conversation wit:
an American on Tuesday,' said: -"Th
'
United. States would make a mistak
in 'attempting to invetae Cuba.. wit
.voltinteers arho are not • fully drille
and. diaciplined. If that was delta, ta
United States might expect heavy re
Verses when those troops encountere
the trained Spanish troops on land • 1
would be a grave ' error to iindereSti
mate the ,saretigth of the advereanes c
the American. troops. It Weill& ettitS
me regret toeSee the. Americans
tempOrarily beaten, es ell etiy.' sympo
thies are with the:m. • , a• •
"It• I.S fortunate for the'VnitedState
that this war is '11.0t• 'With' it first-clas ,
power, for it is evident that in . sae.
, ' a '
an encounter they would 'be ba I,
beaten at tha' beginning, although;
believe the Ancenearie areable to ilea
any nation in the long run."'
•
.• TOE .B0011 ' ATITIJOR. ' ,
. The Poor Anthor--,Visitor, at Home
for Aged and, Indigent Literary. Work-
.
or - n who i , , ,beach.
s A aar that 'venerable arid
meek' looking 'old ' mon? ' a •• , .
The Warder -Oh; lee.s. tbe of
"Push 1 or the Pathway to Fame and
Fortune .s, ,, s , • ..
• . .
. , -......--,
,
REASON 17011,,•Doqw, ;
,, ,,,
Eillainge-e." Ehowledge ie power," you
eeete... , , . ,• , ,,,
1now.
'not ensure of that,
M:y knoWledge at tho fadt that you oWo
. .
,u.u, $10 is. thoroughly grotinded, but, I
doe't seem, to have the 'Amer' to get
1.,,•
L '
. ....- ,
P EMAITYRE ANNOUNOrMENE
• A '' . ' h '. -
What a prettzi Sailor Suit your lit-
Ile Willie' has, Mro. Sliinsoli, And, Wil s
. • ,
lie, Where shall you wear it '. • •
I , thin:k tildP.atita iiit'endll 'tlk take; me
on Yeller; ,yaCht,
'
old -lash.
alit('
to rake
• '
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.
I I ez,
04,1;
14ta.9,
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When you
10heksagar-poatedl
pieces., are
.
and easit
of 116(;sis
til) to date
•Scife; tertale
&egotists,
Tile only
0 . ri
. '
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