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FAMOUS GENERAL, CONQUEROR
OF OMDURMAN.
file rerotnllly I.Ik Xoxf All of
Britain' Urcitcat (leucrnU, He 1 a
Fraduet of IrelandHigh Honors nt
th Age of 81.
IK HO RATIO
Ueibort Kltchonor,
tho Blrdar of tho
Egyptian army and
tho now hero of
tho Sudan, 13 a
young man being
but 47 for tho
high placo ho lmi
won by merit In
tho military ser
vice of bis country.
England's greatest
Like all of
CeneralB ho is an Irishman, and at 20
was a lieutenant, Uy 188S ho had been
advanced to tho rank of colonel. Ho
pent eight years surveying In tho
Holy Land, during which ho picked
up a very fair knowlodgo of colloquial
Arabic This, together with his knowl
edge of tho natlvo character, went far
toward his success In the Sudan.
When Kitchener went to Egypt ns
no of tho ofllcora appointed to asslnt
Sir Evolyn Wood In tho formation of
an Egyptian army most of tho work
fell to his lot owing to his familiarity
with tho fellaheen. Ho donned tho
uniform of a private and mixed frcoly
with them. Ho found them treated
llko brutes, underfed, uncarcd for,
their religion Insulted, and In other
ways abused. Ilia first caro was to
chango all this. Ho abolished tho
flogging loan, gave thorn good food and
beds, paid them promptly and fully,
and guaranteed them tho full exorclso
f tholr rollglon.
This treatment had its effects. In
a short time tho eamo port of men who
under Hicks Pasha tamely submitted
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their necks to or fled in fear from tho
word ot the dorvlshos were changed
Into brave, strong warriors, ready to
Cght fearlessly and willing to place
Implicit confidence In their leaders. It
was this at onco humano and shrewd
management of the Egyptians that
enabled tho sirdar to lead them vic
toriously against tho mahdlsts nil
along the Nllo to the triumph at Om
durman and tho taking of Fashoda.
General Kltchonor, at an extraordinar
ily early ago, has attained to htnon
rare In tho British army.
In 1878 Kitchener was sent to Cyprua
to organize the land courts of tho Isl
and, and In a short tlmo ho had map
ped overy cranny ot tho land. But de
spite his civil servlco Kltcboner's mil
itary ardor did not abate a Jot As
long ago as 18SS ho led nn expedition
of 500 British and somo Sudaneso and
a few bashl-bazouks to check Osman
Digna, and very nearly succeeded In
capturing that fiery lcador. In tho
lamu year, after recovering from tho
wounds ho had received, ho took part
In the attack on tho dervishes besieg
ing Euaklm, commanding", brlgado
consisting ot tho Ninth, nth nnd
Twelfth Sudaneso batta..6nn. This
brigade carried the trenches of tho
Arabs by storm. He has been in sev
eral actions In tho Sudan, and always
successful and brave.
An adequate etory ot tho sirdar's
life would read llko one ot Scott's ro
mances ot tho east His wanderings
in Palestine tho Sudan, Erzoroum,
Africa and elsewhere have been filled
with thrilling oplsodes. Ho has been
shot at by Bedouins, alraoBt murdcrod
in Palestine, nearly hanged for being
spy. but his delight has been to
penotrato dens ot villainy to find out
at all hazardn tho mysteries ot tho
Orient for himself. He has disguised
himself a ncoro of times, and has
thrown dlco with death to further somo
military plan of hla own.
CASTINO OUT DEVILS.
Man Doe a Thriving Hailneo In a
KnglUli Village.
Somersetshire Is probably the most
superstitious county In England. A
case Just heard by tho Wolls magis
trates affords an amazing Insight Into
tho kingly power wielded by tho witch
doctor, male or female, In tho woat
country villages, says tho Birmingham
Po'rt. A Mr. Hlnckburn of Mortlake
seems to havo launched n crujad.0
against this survival of the dark ages.
During a sojourn In Wolls he visited
tho witch doctor, Chambers, alias El
liott, tho result of which was a prose
cution ondlug In a committal for two
months for Imposing on Mr. Black
"burn by "eubtlo craft." The pollen dis
covered that hundreds of pcoplo from
all parts of tho country wrote to or
visited Chambers for tho purposo of
having "devils cast out" of either sick
children or their cattlo. Tho witch's
fco was 10s Gd., and It was Bhown that
tho slmplo country pcoplo paid almost
worship to tholr witch, always address
ing him as "sir," and Implicitly fol
lowing his quaint directions. Among
tho letters was ono from a farmer,
thanking tho witch for curing his
cows and maro, which had been ill
from the ovll wishes of an onemy. An
other letter naked "how to make love,"
another If the wrltor was llkoly soon
to become a widow. Another indicat
ed that a clergyman had boon writing
for Illumination on the black magic
art Prisoner pretended to consult nn
Instrument and several odd volumes In
cipher, and said he effected his cures
by burning various drugs at midnight.
A curious fact wrb that, though tho
police havo vainly endeavored for
years to get a conviction, tho man has
all tho tlmo obtained his drugs of an
aldorman of the city who la a chem
ist. AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
Tho condition of affairs in China Is
critical. There havo been repeated ro
porta that the young emperor had com
mlttod sulcldo, or had bets murdered
but theso have been officially denied.
Six ot tho emperor's advisers who rec
ommended reforms have boen put to
doath by order ot tho dowagor empress.
Reactionary tendencies have shown
themselves among the people as well
as In tho palace, and there havo been
outbreaks of mob violence at Peking,
dliectcd against foreigners. Marine
havo been landed to protect tho Brit
ish, German and Russian embassies,
and tho cruiser Baltimore and the gun
boat Petrel have been sent from Man
DOWAGER EMPRESS.
11a to TIcn-Tsln to guard Amorlcan In
terests. Tlen-Tsln is the nearest
point to Peking accessible to war ships.
tkjmeltilnff of an Arm.
"Tr.ud I don't like that Charlie
L .vna; ho tried to put his arm around
mo tour times last night. Dolly My,
w'aat a long arm he must have I
Bteol Uied In Pent nud dime.
Mora stcol Is used in tho manufac
turo of pens than In all the sword sad
gun factfcrlca in the world.
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RUEUS W. PECKHAWT.
HE READ THR DECISION IN
GREAT RAILROAD CASE.
ft Mill Not, However, no Much Damage
to the Companlra they Will Simply
8eck LegUtAtlon Moro BatUfnctur to
Their Interest.
USTICE Itufus W.
Peckhnm, who read
tho decision of tho
United States Su
premo court by
which tho Joint
Trafllc association
Is declared Illegal,
is n rcmarhnblo
Jurist in moro
vsaya than one. Ho
wns born In Alba
i7,N. Y., and his father for many years
vas ono of New York's mot cralnont
Jurists, and tho lives of fnthcr and son
wcro parallel up to tho tlmo of tho cl
dor Pcckham's death. Both becamo
Justices of tho state supremo court and
both wcro given Beats on tho bench of
the court of appeals of Now York. Tho
older Packham lost his llfo In 1873 In
tho wreck of tha Btcamshln City of
Havre, which was sunk by collision at
bco. Justice Peckhnm at 21 becamo a
Dractlclnc lawyer and before his work
as a Judge was begun ho was given the
benefit of long residence, travol and
study In Europe. Ho Is ono of tho
most logical, forceful and cloar writ
ers on tho supremo bench. Tho deci
sion road by Justlca Pockham will bo
wide-spreading In Its effects. It will
have tho effect of dissolving all of the
traffic associations that havo for their
objoct tho malntcnanco of Btablo rates.
Tho Joint Trnfflc association was not
Intended aB a trust It was organised
on lines laid down by eminent lawyers
so as to conform to tho law, and was
for tho solo purposo of maintaining
stable rates. Instead of being a re
straint to trade. It wns n uoucflt to
trade. A Btablo rato Is always moro
to tho advantago of tho Bhlpplug pub
lic than nn unstable one. A mnn wno
can buy his stock when a certain rate
Is charged, and who knows that tho
rate will remain tho same to IiIb com
petitors, Is safe, whllo If tho rato Is
.unstablo and his competitor happens
to ship when tho rato Is low, ho can
undersell him.
Tho cud of this thing will bo that
the railroads will havo to Join togethor
and try to havo congress pass an act
that will allow oomo pooling plan thnt
will do away with rato wars, which aro
equally harmful to both railroad and
shipper. For tho present tho roads
will havo to do Just what tho receivers
of tho Wisconsin Central havo been
iolng keep out of tho associations.
The decision hns not been condemn
ed by railroad men. They will at onco
JUETIOE PECKHAM.
seek legislation more satisfactory to
their interests. Nearly all railroad
manager disliked the old plan.
Making- It Worth While.
An Irishman, walking ovor a side
walk, in counting some money accl
dently dropped a nickel, which rolled
down a crack between two of tho
boards. Tho Irlehman was much put
out by the loss, trifling though It was,
nnd continued on his way swearing
Audibly. Early the next day a friend,
whllo walking by the spot, discovered
the Irishman in tho act of dcllberatoly
dropping a dollar down the same crack
through which he had lost his nickel.
The friend was, ot course, much as
tonished at what he saw, and, desir
ing to learn why Pat should dollbor
atoly, to all appearances, throw away
monoy, Inquired bis reasons, and was
fairly taken off his feet by tho fol
lowing lucid (?) explanation. "It was
this way," said Pat "It's yesterday
that I was for passln' thla way when
I lost a nickel down that hole. Now,
I reckoned that It wasn't worth mo
while to pull up that sidewalk for a
nickel, but last night a schema struck
me, and I am dropping down tho dol
lar to make It worth mo whllo."
Canmltles of tha War.
Tho war department has prepared a
statement ot casualties in the army
during tho war with Spain, and since
the cessation of hostilities. Between
May 1 and September 20, Inclusive,
there were 280 officers and men killed
In battle, 65 dlod of wounds and 2,GG5
died ot disease. Tho mortality was
2,910 out.of a total force of 27i,717, or
a little more than 1 per cent Tho navy
department reports that 17 sailors
killed and 07 wounded constitute
tho total loss in tho navy.
A Champion.
Mrs. Ipaley "They say your hus
band Is one of tho boat golf-players In
this town." Mrs. Wnnston "Oh, yes,
bo la a thorough master ot it Why,
be can actually talk tho language In
hla stops." Chicago News.
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WANTS $0,000 FOR LOST HAIR.
Two lawsuits havo resulted from the
cutting of Uttlo Knthorlno Joyco'a hair
ono against tho person dlreotly re
sponsible for tho work, tho other
against tho person In whoso custody
tho child had been placed and who did
not provont tho mutilation, Bays the
New York Herald. Knthorlno had vory
long hnlr when oho left her homo last
May and Mrs. Dora Mitchell. Sho had
scarcely enough to reach hor noclt
when she roturncd. Her mother, Mrs.
Anna Joyce, wept over tho long braid
that tho Uttlo girl had brought home,
and then consulted her lawyer, who
told hor that sho could reeovor heavy
dnmnges from thoso who vioru respon
sible Suit was then begun In tho Su
premo court against Mrs. Joaophtno H.
Ualley of nuffalo for $5,000. Tho com
plaint recites that: "On Juno 10, 1898,
tho dofondaut caused tho Infant to bo
net upon forcibly with u sharp Instru
ment and without cause or provocation
or tho consent of plnlntlff, r.nld Infant
wns wrongfully mnrred, cut, maimed,
wounded, dlsflgured and deprived of
tho hair of her head, which, beforo said
nssault.mcasurcd nt least twenty-soven
Inches In length, and wns of unusually
full and luxurious growth, leaving but
seven Inches, and mado porsonal recog
nition of tho child difficult and trouble
some. Tho Infant Buffers from nerv
ous prostration as a result of tho as
sault, necessitating outlay and expense
for medical treatment and roodlclno."
Mrs. Jnyco complains that Bho, as
well as tho child, had nervous prostra
tion as tho result ot tho halr-cuttlng
Many years must clnpso beforo the
child's hnlr grows twenty Inches. Mrs.
Balloy In hor answer denied thnt there
bad been any assault or that tho child
KATHERINB JOYCH.
had Buffered In any way. Sho desires
to havo tho ault remood from Now
York to Erlo county for trial, claiming
thnt all tho witnesses aro in Buffalo.
Mrs. Bailey swears that tho complaint
Is falso nnd malicious and that tho suit
Is wrongfully brought In ordor to ox
tort money. Kathorlno'o hair, sho do
claros, was cut In tho usual manner,
"for the protection of her hoalth, clean
lluoos, comfort nnd porsonal appear
anco, at her wish and request, and with
tho consent of her custodian and tho
person legally In charge of her in loc?
parentis."
A Narrow Kicapp.
In his book, "Tho Crimea of 1851,"
8Ir Evelyn Wood, V. C, relates tho fol
lowing anecdote: "I was making for
a place whero tho parapet had been
worn down by mon running ovor it. in
order to avoid tho exortlon of mount
ing up oven four feet, when a youug
soldier passed ma on my left sldo, and,
doubtless, not noticing I was wounded,
knocked my arm heavily, saying, 'Move
on, sir, please.' As ho passod over the
parapet with hla rlflo at tho trail, 1
caught it by tho small of tho butt to
pull mysolt up. Ho turned round an
grily, asking, 'What aro you doing?'
And whllo hla faco was bent on mln,
a roundshot, passing my car, strucK
him full between tho shoulders, and I
steppod over his body, bo exhausted as
to bo etrangoly Indifferent to tho pres
ervation of my own life, saved by the
soldier having Joatlod mo out ot my
turn at tho gap."
FAMOUS BRITISH BEAUTY.
Lady Alice Montagu, tho English
beauty who will spend tho winter In
Now York, is one of the twin daugh
ters of tho beautiful Consuolo, Duchess
of Manchester. She wae the most ad
mired ot all the belles of tho past Lon
don season, and Is exquisitely pretty.
Her mother, Consuelo, Is of Spanish
American descent, and as a young
woman was a gorgeous boauty. Sho
was greatly ndmlrcd by tho Into hoad
of tho house ot Vnndorbllt, who named
the present young Ducucm of Marl
borough In hor honor. Tho lant two
dukes of Manchester Introduced for
LADY MONTAGU,
olgn blood into tho lino of Montagu.
Tho grandmother ot tho present duke
and his slater Is a Hanoverian, She is
now tho Duchces of Devonshlro, and
Is granddaughter of tho famous Von
Alten, who fought with Wellington la
the peninsula and at Waterloo.
How Iain ilon I.It.
There aro, according to the latest re
turns, at present In London 37,000 poo
plo living flvo In one room; 17,000 peo
ple living six In ono room; (5,000 pooplo
living seven In one room; 1,800 peopl
living eight In ono room; 33,000 peo
ple living eight In two rooms, and la,
000 people living nlno in two rooms.
HUNTING THE TIGER.
THRILLING YARNS FROM THR
EAST INDIES.
Where Crnlnrt Esttanrillnar; Came
Into Day Under Certain Condition-,
It'a Safe to Walk Illiht Into the Amu
of a llagtnir roe.
T waa hot, and tho
fellows wcro a bit
tired ot pool, but
being guest-night
nt tho mess ot tho
gallant Royal Tip
porary Fuslllors, It
was ntlll too early
to break up. So
an adjournment to
KjowHt hi iat
teurV'lAP M' tho veranda, with a
fresh relay of
whiskies nnd sodas, was voted, and tho
conversation turned on tigers nnd
sport, ns it often doos In tho Eant.
When tho writer Joined tho llstonors,
Harvey, of tho Gunners, was holding
forth, as follows:
"My quccrcut ndvonturo with a Ugor
happened yearn ago when I wns qulto
a griffin, tho youngest of a party under
tho direction of Major B , a noted
fihlknrco (guide), whom wo oboyed im
plicitly, and whom wo oxpocted to
show us no end ot tlgors. I had boon
out with him tlmo nftor tlmo without
seeing one. At Inst, however, tho day
came. I was posted on n shady trco.
The branches near mo sorvod an a gun
rnck, nnd ns, putting rlflo to ahouldor,
I sighted right nnd left, through in
terlacing boughs nnd leavos, every ave
nuo ot npproach,' I felt mysolt moat
favorably Bltuntcd. Tho beat began,
and at lnet I nay my first tlgor. In
stead of passing within any ot my
ranges I hnd marked out tor hltn, ho
quietly trotted under my troo nnd lay
down at Its foot. Swinging round
hastily Into an attltudo not previously
rehearsed, in tho txcltmcnt ot tho
mom on t I overbalanced, and, my rlflo
going off, (descended In a heap on tho
top ot tho tlgor. Luckily for mo, the
report of tho Hhonttng-lron, and tho
vision of n dark hody In tho air, fright-
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ened htm so much, ho was oft at a
gallop at the moment I crashed down
upon him. A bruised shoulder and
damagod rlflo were tho only reminis
cences ot that adventure. Of course,
I got horribly chaffed about It"
"I was once pretty clone to a tlgor
under different clroumstancos," said
another man. "It was In this way. I
got a shot at him from a tree, and tolt
euro I hit him, ob ho bounded Into n
thicket from whloh I did not soo him
emerge I pointod out the spot to my
men, but after oxplorlng, throwing
Btones, and loosing oft guns, they told
me I was mistaken; the tiger had got
off and wns miles away. After somo
time I was obliged to accept this con
clusion, and, getting out of my trco.J
prepared to depart An impulse to iook
for myself led me- to tho bush into
which I bad seen tho beast spring. As
I rounded it, a suddon roar rondo my
heart stand still. Thero was tho tiger
on hla hind legs, with hla fore paws in
the air, so ono sees a lion In a horaldlo
coat of arms, only a tow foot from
me. I thought my last hour had como.
I had nothing In my hand btt a stick,
having given up my rlflo to my shik
aree to carry. Stepping back Instinc
tively, I gazed upon him terror-struck,
expecting be would be on mo In a sec
ond, It seemed an ago before my hand
renched a rlflo nnd pulled the trlggor.
We found afterwards that my first
bullet had paralyzed his spine, which
alonn prevented his springing on mo.
Had he been ablo to drag his hind
legs two or throe yards, I should sure
Jy have been dono for." "For nerve
combined with prudenco, I know u
story which some of you may think
worth hearing," said a volco from a
long arm-chair. "Don't suppose any
Of you ever henrd of M , ono of the
beet shots I ever came across. UscJi
to fchoot snipe from either ehoulitr.
Novor scomod to miss. I had better
give it you In his own worda an far a
I can romember.
"'I hnto going after tlgor with
mnrrled mnn' this Is how ho began--
.! t'll toll on., wtit. Than Waa
i.uu in ii.. juil .. nioio ..
fellow called Crnnloy wns alwaya both-
orlng mo to show him a tlgor. "I hvw
been twelve years In Indln," ho said, W
"and nover set eyes on ono." Bo Iff
took him with mo. Tho bent wns to
skirt at tho finish a natural parapet
ot rock nnd boulder about 300 yards
long, running north nnd south. To
give Crnnloy first shot I posted him
noar tho northern end ot tho parapet
clono to a narrow silt In It through
which ho could (Ira nt anything with
perfect safety. I told him to wait till
tho tlgor was broadsldo on, and tlioa
to flro. It his shot fallad, tha beast
would conio down to mo nt tho south
ern end of tho parnpot. Well, on came
tho bentora and whon I Judged from
their shouts that thoy were well past
Cranlay's post, nnd no shot rang out.
I naturally concluded thoro was no
tiger.
" 'After I hnd waited a Uttlo longor.
thla conclusion wns bo certain that X
wont round my end of tho parapet to
tho othor Aldo to meet tho beaters and
make Inquiries. Just ns I turned the
corner, what should I see, about 60
yards to my front, but n tiger? I
pulled up with a Jerk, my heart in mf
mouth, and wo Blood looking at each
othor whllo ho slowly wavod his tall.
I covered him with the rlKo, nnd felt
my llfo doponded on his dropping to a
slnglo shot My aim was too unsteady
to lot mo draw tho trlggor, bo I low
ered tho weapon nud stared spell
bound nt tho cnomy. Agnln I raised it
only to lowor tho rlflo ns boforo. My
hand ehook; I dared not flro. A third
tlmo I drow a head on that magnificent
head betweou tho tcrrlblo eyes; but. It
was no ubo I hnd not tho pluck to
shoot Then to my astonishment and
Immonso relief tho big bruto, blinking
Intlly, turned round and moved slowly
toward the beaters, who by tills time
wcro within 1C0 yards of him. In an
Inotnnt I wan back round tho corner
ot my parapet, nnd on tho right aide
ns the beaters turning tho tlgor sent
ON THIS TOP Otf THE TlOKR.
him on again, past my entrance, to
meet the fate ho ought to havo expert
encod at tho hands of Cranley. Talk
of funk I have never boon In auch
a funic boforo or since as I was whea,
gluod to tho ground, I faced that tiger
and dared not Are.'
" 'Funk you call It It seems to me
to have boon most wondorful presence
of mind,' was my reply; 'the natural
Impulse waa to flro and bo killed. Bat
how about Cranloy?'
" 'Ills explanation was weak but hon
est Whon tho tiger passod within a
few feet of bis poat,, ho was so Im
pressed by thoughts of his wife and
children, that ho laid down hla rifle
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