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four dsys bjr etr-amehlp anil rail
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stones throw of where whole trllei ara
rolng naked, and near the alto of what not
"nt since waa one of the slave centers of
Africa, the English have built up a. school
hlch la turning out native learners and
Jdges, loTfrnment clerks and bookkeepers,
nechsnlcs of all aorta, and within certain
iirrflts civil engineers. It haa already
erected several acre of coltrgn buildings
rid It baa large dormltortea. well. equipped
class rooma, a library, a museum, and
also one of the moat remarkable research
laboratories of the world.
la) Homer of Seaeral Gerdea.
t I refer to Gordon college, which waa
funded Juat after the battle of Omdur
.nan and named In honor of the great gen
eral who waa killed In eight of where It
sow stands. The suggestion waa that of
lord Kitchener, and the money waa volun
tarily contributed by the people of Eng
land. The amount raised waa 1700.000, and
to this has been added the munificent gift
of Mr. Henry S. Wellcome, an American,
' who baa eatabllahed the famous Wellcome
, laboratory as a part of the InatltuMon.
-, It. waa through a note of Introduction
from Sir Francis Reginald Wlngate, the
governor general of the Soudan, to Dr.
J a me Currio, the president of the college,
that 1 waa taken through It and given an
lnalght into Its workings and possibilities.
The Institution stands on the banks of the
Blue Nile at the southern erid of Khar
tum, between the British barracka and
the palace of the alrdar. It la a handsome
Structure of dark red brick of Moorish
architecture, tjnnlng around three sides
Of a square, with the front facing the
river. . At the back are beautiful gardens
and at the rear of them a sort of experi
mental plantation, where Dr. Currls is
testing whether tea and certain other
shrubs can be successfully grown.
The college building la of two stories with
a tower over the center. About . the Inside
run wide corridors or galleries which are
Separated from the gardens by great col
umns, furnishing cloisters up and down
which the long gowned turbaned students
walk between their hours of reflection and
study. In a wing at the left of the en
trance are the laboratorlea, museum and
libraries, and In the front and in the wing
at the right are the great classrooms which
were filled with students during my stay
College el Afrtcaas.
After chatting for a time with Dr. Carrie
about the college we took a walk through
ft, visiting the various rooms. . It haa now
something over 300 students, ranging In age
from ten to eighteen or over. The students
some from all parts of the Soudan and
they are of all colore, from facea as white
as our own to the deepest and . shineat of
Store black. Many of them have their faces
seared with gashes and - scars - denoting
tha tribe to which they belong, and could
we read the marks we should find their
homes are located In all parts of tha
regions tapped by the Blue and White Nllea.
X saw some who came from tha province of
tha Bahr el Ghasal. away up on the edge
of tha Congo Free state. Others were from
village In Faahoda. near tha river Sobat.
end others from the borders of Abvsslnla
ad from tha regions along the Red sea.
There are quite a number who are the sons
of the richer chiefs of Kordofan and Dar
Tkr. and not a few from Dongola and Ber
ber. Some of the boys were dressed in the
fern caps and gowns of Egypt and others
wore the white turbans and long robes of
the people of central Africa. Among them
were Coptlo and Mohammedan Egyptians,
law Bedouins and here and there a negro.
Many of the students have features like
ers. ; Their noses are straight, their Hps
thin and their hair not kinky, although
they are black. Such boys are not negroes.
They are tbe . descendants of people from
Arabia, and their ancestors had reached a
high degree of civilisation during- the
Middle ages when tha Arabic schools and
universities were noted over the world.
Fr the Soas af Sheika.
The college' here la divided Into three de
partments. The' first hi for the sons of
Sheika and Is devoted to tha training of
teachers for tha Mohammedan schools and
of Judges and other officials for the Mo
hammedan courU. Tbe British are govern
ing the Soudan As far aa possible through
tha natives. They respect the native re
ligions and tha native language and there
fore the instruction In this part of the
College ta altogether In Arabic The stu
dents are taught tha Koran and, the Ko
ranlo law; they write all their exercises in
Arable, take dictation In Arable and ara
well founded ln the Mohammedan religion
and especially aa It bears upon the gov
ernment ef the people. They are fine look
lag fellows, dressed almost uniformly In
tarbans and gowns, and they have the aris
tocratic bearing which shows them to be
tha sons of chiefs.
. After Oaveraaaeat Jeha.
Tha second department of the college is
CUed by those who hope to get minor ap
palntiocots under the government or by
general education to fit themselves for
tuslrtets and private cltixenshlp. In this
tflepartmant both English and Arabia are
taught- Many of the boys are young. In
title class roqm I found a score of brown
lind black-faced pupils lesmlng to write
ICngllsh and none of thsm waa over 11
rear a of age. The most, of the boys wore
l.'ea caps and black gowns. They stood up
iu I entered. In company with the president
of the eollege, and then roae to their feet
again as we left. In this college surveying
la taught. .1 was shown some excellent
mechanical drawings and some plane
worked up from field notes. These were,
of course. In the higher classes. The ed
ucation Is thorough and a boy can ret a
training that will fit him for almoat any
branch of Ufa or far any profession which
can be carried on In the Soudan.
I was especially Intereated In tbe manual
training school, which Is well equipped
with blacksmith and carpenter shops. I
found a score or so of young Arabs mak
ing various things of wrought Iron. They
were .turning out fencea and ornamental
Iron gates. In the carpenter shops they
were iaklng library caaea ami other fur
niture and learning about house building
and finishing. There are also machfne
siiops where the students work at lathea;
and altogether tha institution has a well
equipped outfit for manual training. Every
workshop Is under the charge of a, Eng
llah professor, who Is a practical mechanic,
and the boys are given such Instruction
tt,at they ran as soon as they are grad
uated uu rtaces on the plantatlona of the
Soudan. Indeed, the demand for such tevrk
la far in excess of the supply.
They Ks-ed chael Teachera.
As tt is now ths natives of the Boudaa are
fl'.lterete. The raahdl and the khalifa dl
eouraged learning of all klada, because
they knew that '.he educated people would
discredit the djet tinea they tajight gnd
upon which their government was founded.
Tbe khalifa ordered that all books should
be destroyed. He bad aa schools worthy
f the name, and as It is not one Souda
le la a hundred can read and write. Tha
eJKclU aay tt la useless Vt poet up gov
British Are Educating the
ment proclamations unWs they station a
man beside earn one to reed It out to the
pssters-by. At the same time the natives
respect learning;. They think that anything
written must be true, and swindlers some
times go about and extort money by show
Ing documents which they claim are orders
to pay Issued by the government.
(on mo a ftrhonU Betas; ri.
The British are doing all they can ta
change these conditions. They are trying
to educate the people, and are gradually
eatabllahlng higher primary schools. There
are four schools of this kind one in Khar
tum, one In Suakln. one In Haifa and one
In Omdurman. In all these schools the
language taught la Arabic, and the children
are trained along Mohammedan lines.
I went through the schools of Omdurman
the other day. In addition to the higher
primary schools there are seventy or eighty
others, and they have altogether about l,0O
pupils. The most of the schools are con
nected with the mosques, and they teach
little more than reading and writing. Tha
other schools give 'the rudiments of an
education along western lines, and the
higher primary schools teach English,
mathtmatlcs, drawing and other branches
as well.
I went through a higher primary school
with the Egyptian governor of Omdur
man. It consisted of many one-story build
ings running around a walled Inclosure.
Each building Is a schoolroom. The boys
study at desks Just like those used by our
schoolboys at home, and they have the
modern appliances. The students are' of
all ages, from boys of 6 learning to resd
to young men of W or ready to graduate.
I heard some of the latter recite In Eng
lish, and they acemed to me quite aa brljrht
aa cur boys at home. In one room I
beard the recitation of a scene from 'Wil
liam Tell," where Gessler makes the 8wlsa
bero shoot the apple from the boy's head.
Four black boys took part In the dia
logue. They declaimed In English, and
although they had an Arabic accent they
recited with wonderful feeling and with a
full appreciation of the sentiment Involved
In the story. In another building I met
some of the sons of the sheiks and photo
graphed them out In the open. The pupils
cf all the schoos are polite, and ' their
natural ability Is far ubove that of the
Choice Selections From the
A Little Shop glga.'
MAN from London paaaed In front
A
of an Irishman's shop In New
Tork City ana read and reread
the , mysterious sign that . was
suspended from the walL" It
read: "Englishmen Will Please
Not Stand Over This Grating While Talk
ing. The more the Londoner read the sign the
more he was mystified.
Finally he summoned up his courage and
entered the shop.
"Good afternoon." he greeted politely.
"Could you tell me why you have that sign
out there which reads: 'Englishmen Will
Please Not Stand Over This GraUng While
Talkingr " ,
"I can, sir," replied the'shopkee'per. " '
"And why. my good roanf . .
"Well, you see. If they stood there 'tatk
lnr they would drop Ihotr Vs arid the
porter .would have to lose time going down
In the basement looking for thum."
And the man from London walked away
after remarking that. America .was a
"bloomln" " queer country. .
Fellewer of Ananias.
There hsd been a fight on a street Car In
the wee sma' hours, when graves do not
stand tenantless, at least In St. Louis, but
when parties of revelers homeward, wend
their way from the suburbs- The next
morning two blue-clad - servants of the
United Railways company, the same num
ber of policemen, and a crowd of able
witnesses lined up before Judge Tracey.
One loquacious colored gentleman gave
his testimony, which was so obviously In
opposition to the facta In the case that
the intervention of the Judge seemed neces
sary. . , .
"Have you read the Bible." asked the
Judge. . . , '
"Tea, sir," briskly responded tbe witness
"I have been a student of the holy scrip
tures ever since I was a child."
"Did you ever read In the Bible of a
character named AnanlaaT"
"Tea, air. and I have been, trying to follow
him and Imitate his example for nigh onto
twenty years." rejoined the witness.
"That will do," said the Judge. "V-ti
may step down. Jt svtms t me that HO
and costs will about fit this case."
The witness Ic-ft the chair, won3rlng
what the people were ail laughing abo-it
Outside the court room light was shed on
the personality of the scripture character
whom be had been modestly following. A
colored clergymen did the lltiht shedding
act, and the witness hastened back to cor
rect what he called "the mletakevof an
Impresaion." But the 'court hail already ad
journed. SL Louis Globe-Democrat.
Those CaitleaiaMt Truth.
Senor Enrique Creel, the Maxican in.
bavaador, said at a dlnnsr in Washington,
apropos of unpleasant truths:
"Why ahould we ever tell emT They
Georg-e ZiegieF and
FA1IILT aftor President Roose- 7.l1r r ainttnn - v.. ... -l.i,.
FAMILY aftor President Roose
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velt's own heart Is that of Mr.
snd Mrs. George Zlegler of
Wagner, Neb., who recently cel
ebrated tha fiftieth anniversary
,of their wedding. They have
ten children
Ave boys and five girls, all, of
whom are living, thirty. seven grand clnl
dren, of whom, thirty-two are living, and
four gre.t-gTandchlldren, all of whom are
living.
Mr. Zelgler w?s bom In Haines town
ship. CenUr' count. Pennsylvania. March
. lt. of German parentage. . He grew up
on the farm and teceived the common ed
ucation alfordd by the schools of ths day.
He began teaching a country school at
the are of IS and continued in this profes
sion five years. Then be learned the trade
of plasterer. . . .
Mrs. Zelgler was a native of Juniata
county. Pennsylvania. ' He maiden name
was Hannah Elisabeth HausThawont and
she was ths dsughter of Leflerd and Bar
b.ra llaughawont Mr. 'and Mrs. Zelgler
were married October ti, 1857. Their tea
children are as follows: ' Mrs. . Alice A.
I'louck cf Monchova, O., who haa five
living children; Herbert S. Zelgler of Mount
Clare, Neb., who haa nine living children j
Mrs. Laura L McHoes of Durand, I1L,
who has wren children and four grand
children; a married daughter. Mary, liv
ing at Orajigevllla. Ill,, has one child; a
married daughter. Elsie, living at Callaway,
Keb.. has suven children; El E. Zelgler of
Waa-ner. Nth.; Harold Ii. Zelgler of Rock
Grow. I1L, baa two children; William E,
Salter and Winona B. Zeigler are Bring
at bom and the - youngest. - Percy - Ci
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IN THE MACHINE SHOP AT GORDON
African-natives who !l'e further south.
romnaea mr Aaaerioaai
Returning to the Gordon college, one of
the most Interesting Institutions connected
with it is the Wellcome laboratory. .This
are always' unnecessary, and how they
wound! "
"I have heard of an American countess or
duchess I forget which who ssld to her
noble husband fondly:'. ' ' '
" 'YoU were embarrassed when yotj pro
posed, to me.' Percival, 'were you nofr
- " 'Yes,' the1 man answered, 'I owed 80,
000.' "The Reader. . , ; j
Wm Financier. !
There Is A young' fellow in Pittsburg who
will undoubtedly , "get along." although,. as
yet, he has not succeeded in amassing vsst
wealth; In "fact; ' he"'recelvee' a' weekly
wage of Jtf. He Is, however, an extremely
rood looking and entertaining young .man,
and not long ago succeeded In making suoh
an Impression upon tKe' daughter of a' well-to-do
manufacturer that.lt was decided be
tween them that he "should ask ".papa."
This he proceeded to, do, .'and,, to his sur
prise, was received ndt unkindly.
"WeS, let's see. my boy." the old man
remarked, pushing, up ,hls glasses. . '.'What
Is your annual Income?".
"Well, sir, I should estimate It at 12,000."
the young man replied. , , .
, '."Well, not so bad. ; not , so bad," the' old
man said. ."Thst added, to her Interest at
4 per cent on . the $M,000 I have alwtyw
said I would settle upon Mary i at her mar
riage would give you HOOO. :You should be
able to get along.",
VWell. sir, to tell the truth." the young
man Interrupted.. "I took the liberty of fig
uring that interest Into' my estimate." '
Harper's Weekly. ' ' ,
Embroidery for, George.
Kid McCoy-or Norman Selby, to give
the noted ex-puglllst his right , name
bought tha other day a $300,000 office build
ing In New York. . , j d , , ,
To a reporter who -congratulated him
upon his opulence Mr., 8tlby said: .. - .
is pleasanter td bo weil-to-do than to
be hard up. I, thank goodness, am not
like the young man out In St, Joseph whom
I heard about the' other day. He and his
sweetheart certaJnly have poor prospects.
"A friend of mine . called on this St.
Joseph fellow's sweetheart one night, and
found her embroidering. '
" "Oh. I say,' my, friend exclaimed, "what
exquisite embroidery,, don't you know. It
is a little case for Jewels. Isn't Itf
" 'Welt, no," said the young woman; but.
you see, Oeorjre, poor darling, has nothing
to keep his pawn tickets In.' " 8t. Louis
Republic ' " . ' .
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Waalda't Give tt Cp.
- John C. Bell, district attorney of Phila
delphia, and Justice John- P. F.'lkln of the
supreme court - of - Pennsylvania were
schoolmates., and the district attorney tellv
this tsle about the Justice:--
"John was a stubborn youth, and the
teacher had all ktnda of trouble with him.'
1 remember he insisted upon saying 'have
went,' and to correct hlra the teachor com
P.yrzeL!rrw,na'emJ,T-
r.y Zelgler waa a member of Company
to the MPhliim iA"nV d ryod
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was founded and ..Is supported by Mr.
Henry 8. Wellcome, a ' wealthy Fhiladel-
pnian, who Is one of the well .known firm
of Burroughs A Wellcome, manufacturing
chemists and druggists ' of - London. This
firm has made a special study of tropical
pelled htm to remain after school one day
and write 'have gone' 300 times.
"After' scribbling' 'have gone', until his
hand ached John appended this note to
the bottom of the sheet of paper: 'I have
done my work and have went home. J.
P. E." "Women's ' Home 'Companion.
"What It Was." '
Young Bertie courted pretty . Ann, and
asked her for bis wife.
: Said she: "I love no other man. so will
be yours for life!" "
Then gently round her taper waist his
arm In rapture went, and on those ruby
lips so chaste the first long kisses spent.
;What is ItT" erled he In Joy. "that
draws this heart to mlneT What makes
those cheeks so blight and coy those eyes
like stars to shine T What is It proves the
world so fair when 'thy sweet form is nigh
that permeates the ambient air,' the trees,
the flowers, the sky? Oh,' say, what is it
that enthralls the kiss I hold so dear?" -
She gently on . his bosom falls.- "It's
onions, love, I fear!" -Answers. .
. Keeae's Flaaaclal . Jest.
James R. Keens told thin story illustra
tive of "high finance'! at the . Waldorf the
other night: -.. .
A Kentucky darky negotiated a loan of
flQtfrom a local banker, pledging his mule
and cart , as security. , . . . '
" "Money is pretty tight," explained the
banker, "and I shall have to charge you
12.60 for the use of the HO for a month."
' The darky consented, signed the papers,
and half an hour later was found by a
friend standing In the road scratching his
wool with one hand and looking ruefully
at $7.60 In his other. . '
"Wat's da matter. Sam r asked ' his
friend. '
"Oh, dere ain't not hi n' de matter,' 'cept I
knows I'se right Dat bank man' he 'done
charge me $2.50 for $10 for a month. I'se
right. Suh, fo' If I had a ast fo'' de ten
fo' foah months I wouldn't a got nbthln'."
Philadelphia Record. '-
Sherataa a Haasy Maa. -
When General Sherman heard that he
was considered aa a possible candidate for
the presidency, cays Carl Schurs In the
November McClure'a, he burst Into a tem
per. "Whdt?" said he. "Do you think I
am a daraned fool? I - am a nappy' man
now." . -
When he called himself a "happy man"
there was a tone of Just exultation in his
word'i. He waa Indeed a happy man. He
had won great renown as a soldier and aa
Immense popularity all ovsr tbe northern
country. This , he knew, ; and he thor-'
oughly relished tt. All sorts of societies
and public organisations had made him
their honorary member, and he appeared
among them as often as he could.- When
ever he entered a theater, which he did
very often, the orchestra would Btriks up
"'Marching Through Georgia," tbe whole
audience would rise and clap their bands.
His Idea
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Z'r ta th cW11 Wr'
enlisting September . 186$, In Company D,
i51" "tfment Pennsylvania volunteer In-
faotry, and served with that oompany tia-
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diseases snd tropical medicines, and a part
of Its business is to sunnlr mlnnlnnnrinr
and exploring parties. It has furnished
Honry-M. Stanley and others, with medical
outfits for travel throughout the world. It
was' probably through the study of such
Story Teller's Pack
sometimes even singing the tune, and his
rugged face would fairly glow and beam
with pleasure. Every social circle greeted
hlra ii a most welcome guest, and at re
ceptions and evening parties ' and other
gatherings the "pretty girls" would come
up and kiss, him and how he did enjoy all
tblai
' ' 1 ' A-l.
There recently 'entered the offices of the
CTVir Service commission at Washington
a -dash in young darky of perhaps twenty
years of age. who announced to the offi
cial 'who received him' that he desired
to "get papers for an examination."
' "From what " state are. your was - tbe
question put. , ' .
TAeT negro drew himself up proudly. "I
am from the first state In the Union, air,"
be'-- replied. ' '
"New York?" - . .....
"No, sir; 'Alabama," ' '
"But," protested the ' official, - with a
smile. "Alabama Is not tha first state -la
tha Union."
"Alphabetically speaking, sir; alphabeti
cally', speaking," said the negro. Harper
Weekly. .
. Sane Naaae, Different Maa.
Governor Hughes, at a dinner in New
York, talked about disorderly political
meetings..
-"A friend of mine,", he said, "was once
a good deal . annoyed while addressing a
meeting by a man in tbe front row, who
bowled like a dog. At every telling point
In- my friend's argument this man would
emit. frightful howls and spoil the effect.
"My friend asked the name of the man
and -waa told that It . waa . Harry - Loff.'
Then he said In a loud voice:
"'Mr. Loff, It. Is plain that our friend
Goldsmith had you In mind when he said:
"'."The watchdog's voloe that bayed In
., the whispering wind, .
And, the loud Loff that spoke the vacant
" . - mind." ...
"He said that, did be?' cried Loff,
furiously, and ha turned and struck a
little fat man behind him a bard blow
over, tbe head.
."It was only after a five minutes'
scrimmage . and much profane abuse that
Mr.-, Loff was . convinced that the Gold
tnlth referred to was the long dead poet,
and not the little fat man of the same ,
name." New York Times.
.Had Their Wits with Them.
These boys and girls, though they leave
their hills behind them and their hearts
maybe also, bring with them not merely
their, wits, but also their wit One of
these boys, Michael CRourke, found him
self condemned to ssrveica under a very
Ill-tempered master, Shan Lonergan, for
a half year, from May Day to holiday
(1st of November)."
"Aoh!" the Irascible Shan once said .to
Michael aa be scolded him "Ooh, you're
a dlvll's own boyl"
"Yes, God help me, I am." poor Michael
of a Happy Family
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- the expiration of his enltatment Mr.
and Mrs. Zelgler moved from Pennsyba-
nla to Stephenson county. Illinois. In
April.' UCa, From there tfear moved ' ta
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matters that Mr. Wellcome became Inter
ested In the Soudan and In Its development
alorg health and other lines, and waa
thereby Induced to furnish, equip and sue
tain this great laboratory. The objecta of
the Institution are to promote the study
of tropical diseases snj efpeclally diseases
Of man and beast peculiar to the Soudan,
and also to render assistance to the health
officers of the civil and military hospltala.
The laboratorlea are carrying on experi
mental Investigations as to the poisons
aed by the natrvea, as to tbe chemical
and bacteriological condition of the waters
and also as to everything regarding food
stuffs and sanitary Improvements. Thoy
are testing, and assaying the various min
er a ta and are looking up all matters re
lating to tha ' Industrial . development of
the country.
The main offices of the laboratory are in
tbe college, but Ita explorers are sent out
In every direction and they are making all
aorta of Investigations. They are looking
Into the mosquitoes of the country, are
Investigating the taetse fly and other pests,
and among othar trlngs are studying the
sleeping sickness, , horrible disease which
Is communicated by a fly and which has
killed .Its thousands throughout central
Africa. They have to do with the boll wee
vil and other lnaecta which ruin, the crops,
and they are aiding the citncer reaearch
fund and the Carnegie Institution In its In
vestigations. I have met a number of
the scientists connected with this Institu
tion and I find them able men. They tell
tne that the Soudan has almost every nox
ious Insect and pent known to man and
beast, It has worms and evils which affect
the cotton crop, and It hps mosquitoes
which carry malaria and which would carry
yellow fever If they were once Inotnilaled
by feeding upon a yellow fever patient,
Indeed, the stegomyla or yellow fever moa
qulto swarms here, and If one of them
ahould be Inoculated with yellow fever
germa It might start an endless chain of
disease which could hardly be broken.
One of the most Interesting men I have
met In Khart'im la a young American
chemist who haa charge of the Industrial
investigation of the Wellcome labora
tory. This; Is Dr. William Beam, formerly
of Fenntylvsnla: He Is now msklng a
study of the various grains of the Soudan,
sighed, "but thanks be to the Lord only
till holiday."
It was either Michael or another equally
caustlo boy, who said. When his mistress
tendered him his tea to a dilapidated bowl
In the presence, of company, at the same
time apologising for the appearance of the
bowL i .
"You see. Michael. I make my owa of
you." ,
"Yea. ma'am, X ; see that, and I'd be
mightily obliged to you If for the time to
come you'd make a cthrangor of ma."
Semas McManui.
A Blaff Old Sailor.
CapUln Watt, who commands tha liner
Lusltanla. la. needless to say, an excep
tionally . able navigator. He Is not. per
haps, quite so well known as some Atlantia
captains who have won popularity among
passengers, for ' Captain Watt maintains
that tbe captain's place la en the bridge,
not in tha salon, and he believes that be
best serves their Interests by Insuring the
safety of passengers rather than by look
ing after their entertainment A story Is
told of Captain Watt, who was being piled
with ail sorts or questions regarding the
ship's passage by a too Inquisitive pas
senger. "How far are we off land this
morning, captain?" he Inquired. "Three
miles that is all," replied the captain.
"But I can't see It" put In the persistent
passenger. "Because you are looking the
wrong way. You must look down there,"
and ha pointed significantly to the water.
Work Fit for Isaday.
A stickler for the good, old ways, which
we all admit to be the best, dropped In
from church to see a writer. '
To the great 'surprise and horror of the
Sunday visitor, tbe writer was at work.
The cheery click, click of tbe typewriter
sounded from her den.
"Oh, my dear girl!" exclaimed tha
shocked caller; "you have not so far for
gotten your early training as to be com
posing on Sunday V
"Oh. my dear, only Jokes and they ara
all Jokes on religious subjects." BL Louis
Republic.
Married-by Tywovrrltter.
Fingering out their marriage vows on
the keyboard of a typewriter, Carrie
Lemke of Cando, N. D., and Chris D.
Anderson of Willow City, N. D., both deaf
and dumb, were made husband and wife
at Minneapolis, In what was probably the
moat unique marriage ceremony ever per
formed in Minnesota. The service took
place In the Minneapolis court house and
waa performed by W. B. Bates, court
commissioner. Mr. Bates placed a large
sheet of paper ; In his typewriter, wrote
the first question and asked the groom to
read It and write tha answer, then wrote
the questions far the bride, bad her read
them and write the answers.
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Nuckolls county. Neb.. In May. 18S1 They
bomesteaded In Custer county. Neb.. In
November. 14,' and have resided on this
boasasUad of I2 acres -since April, 1K&
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as well as of Its minerals and precious
stones, from tlis standpoint of the develop- '
ment of its resources. He tells me that the
Soudan will some day export grain to
Arabia and the other countries about, snd
that it will in the future be kiiuMn as a
land of com, wheal and cotton.
' Ho tella me thai one of the principal
money crops of this psrt of the world is
gum arable. Ws know this gum chlelly In
connection with muclliise, but It Is also
widely used In the arts. It Is employed for
making water colors and certain kinds of
Inka and aJao In dying and finishing- silks
and other fabrics. 5om of the Utler
grades are used in confectionary and tha
pearly teclh of many an American blle
has risen and fallen in the chewing of this
exudation of the treee of the Soudan. The
gum comes from the scacla tree and is
aid to be due to a microbe which feeds
Upon the sap and causes the gum to exude
on the bark In the form of tears. When
tho bark is cut or partially atrlppcd tlm
gum ooxes out. It Is collected by the na
tive women and packed up and shipped to
Omdurman for sale and export. During my
visit to the markets of that city I saw
great plies of gum which hsd been brought
In there to be sent down the Nile or over '
the railroad to the Red sea. There were
hundreds of tona of It lying out in the open,
and I was told that within a few weeka It
would all be on Ita way to Europe or tha
United Elates.
Story ( Chine Garden.
Just bsck of the palace In Khartum, and
I not far fr.om the college named after hlm,
ta a bronxe statue of General Charles
George Gordon. In It the great hero Is
represented sitting upon a camel, which
alands on a high pedestal of stone. Tha
genorul haa merely a stick In his right
hand, and he is looking boldly and fear
lessly out In the direction of the desert. I
have been told that he seldom carried more
than a stick and that although his whole
life waa fuU of danger, be never showed
fear.
In talking about this, the other night
with the 'sirdar or commander-ln-chlof of
the Egyptian army he told me an Incident
Illustrative of Gordon's bravery. We were
standing on the portico which extends out
from the second story of the palace, form
ing the porta cochere, when he said:
"It waa Juat about here that General i
Gordon had his residence, it waa a rough
building, with windows looking out over '
the Nilo and with the front windows In
plain view of the little Island of Tutt, which
we are now looking at over there. Dur
ing tbe war with the mahdl the enemy
bad a camp on that Island and they fre-
quently shot aoross the river at the palace.
General Grdon kept a diary, and It waa- i
his "custom or an evening to sit In his room.
back of where we now stand, and write.
The dervishes saw his light and shot at It
again and again. When the natives at j
Khartum heard of this they became much
alarmed. They feared that Gordon would
be killed, and as he was their only hope, 1
they sent In a remonstrance, begging him . I
to either do his writing at tho back of
tbe house or to hide his light by a screen, '
In reply General Gordon Invited the dele-
gation to coma to the front of his palace
for hie answer. When they appeared they
found every front window biasing, and aaw '
General Gordon go from window to win- '
dow and stand at each for a moment mak
ing himself as the delegation thought a !
fair mark for the dervishes. After that ",
he same out and standing In the full of ''
tha light said: ''
'Gentlemen, there Is an old story told
of how the Lord made mankind. When
He did His work He had before Him two
great piles of material. One of these
was composed of the clay of which man ' '
la. made, and the other of the fear which
often makes hlra less than a man. As) "
the Lord worked Me took up a handful
of clay and shaped It Into a human form
and then sprinkled it over with a tnxndful
frora the pile of fear; and so He went on
making man after man, until at last Ha
took up the stuff of which He made me. - -There
wss plenty of clay and of It Ha
produced the, body which you see before
you. He then looked about for fear,
with which to sprinkle the mass; but at .
that moment the pile of fear had all been
used up and there was none to put Into
me. The result Is I do not know what
fear Is."
"General Gordon's bravery." continued
the Sirdar, "was far beyond that of oths
of the world's heroes. He fought hero
until the last and when the Arabs Anally
overcame his troops and entered his pal- ' -ace
he sternly demanded of them where
their master was. They replied by plung
ing their spears Into his body; and as ha
fell, they dragged Mm down the steps and '
there cut off bis head to be sent to tha
mahdl. His bodyk waa left to the mercy
of the fanatics, and they rushed forward
by the thousands to dip their swords and t
spears In his blood. They fairly cut tha ,
body to p ieces, and tbe blood, which had
stained the steps and walls of tha palace,
remained there until the khalifa decided
to make that place a dwelling for his
harem and had It washed away.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
LIVING LUXURIOUSLY
Colonel and Mrs. Rawdon Crawley (nee
Sharp) came close to solving the problem
hew to exist luxuriously on a nonexistent
income, but even the author of "Vanity
Fair" found It Impossible to evolve a happy
ending. In fiction and In fact many fam
ilies have endeavored to follow this occu
pation. Mary Wllklns Freeman In "Ths
Debtor" haa shown what may be done In
small towns, while those pettlcoated Ca
Uostros, Mrs. - Chadwick and Mme. Hum.
bert, have bustled Imagination to keep pact
with reality.
If the MoCraekea family, now In the Bal
timore city Jail, prove to be the McCartong.
aforetime of Rlttenhouae Square. Phlladub
phla, and of Providence, R. I., another In
foresting case will be added. Although tha
family cash assets appear to have been
leas than a dollar, their trunks contained
garments whosa cost was estimated at bo
tween 13,000 and 15,000. With these as as
sets, ths family was about to move on New1
York, having rented a house to begin op
erations. While It may seem Incredible that any
business man would trust Individuals of
whom be knew nothing, experience demon
tratea the contrary. Families presenting
aa appearance of prosperity find no dlf
floulty In procuring1 credit from butcher,
grocer or landlord, or for that matter auto,
mobile manufacturers, and though their
mode of life Is necessarily nomadic, the ex
Istenoa la pleasant to Individuals not too
sensitive.
In part the dealer Is to blame. Fearful of
losing an apparently desirable customer, ho
Is anxious to extend credit; between tho
tnaa who purchases for cash snd he wha
buys on credit the latter often receives tha
greater consideration. While a recent stat
ute in this state permits a levy upon that
portion of debtor's Income which exceed
RJ a week when the Judgment has bean
obtained "for necessaries sold." the remedy
Is of no utility In cases of veteran "pro
fessionals," and tha merchant often finds
hi Mlf tempted to recoup his losses by
overcharging- his sh customersNew
Tork World.
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