A CAPTIVE PASHA.
TpiTvm.n Treatment of ah Ex
plorer by African Mahdists.
The Prisoner Was Loaded Down with
Chain Which He Was Compelled to
Wear for Eight Months Gen.
Gordon's Death.
" . I was kept for eight months in chains
by the mahdi. The chains were of the
thickness of my wrist, one round my
neck aud two about my arms and legs.
In addition to this, I was 9ed to a pole
like a dog1 or a bear. This treatment
' did not begin immediately upon my
capture. The mahdists never, of
coarse, treated me very cordially, but
considering their fanaticism toward all
unbelievers, I had really not very much
to complain of before I was cast into
' chains. To the mahdists, all non
mahdists are infidels, whether Moham
medan, Christian, Jews, or anything
else, and all infidels are de :med worthy
only to be slain. I was taken in the
mahdf s suite to Khartum, and when
- we arrived at the walls the mahdi
J T 1
don calling upon him to surrender.
Accordingly I wrote a letter in Ger
man, which no one in the mahdi's camp
could control in any way, and it was
duly dispatched. No answer, however,
was returned, and from that, as well
i as from other indications, the mahdi
m- concluded that I had not carried out
his wishes. Therefore he cast me into
chains.
. nor tne next eignt montns 1 was
very badly treated. The chains were
so heavy that I could scarcely rise up
at all. When we moved from place to
place I was put on to a donkey, and
two men walked by my side to
prop me up. The object of this was to
prevent my escaping1 into Khartum,
which they suspected I intended to da
When Khartum fell, the mahdists
found certain documents which they
considered incriminating, so they in
creased my irons and their severity
toward me. Within an hour of Gor-
don's death his - head was brought to
me in my prison wrapped up in a doth
which they unfolded before me. I had
no difficulty in recognizing it at once.
For some reason or other they had
t- taken it into their heads that I was
Gordons nephew,' and no "amount of
arguing could disabuse them of that
; notion. They thought they recognized
a likeness, and they kept repeating
that we both had fair hair and blue
eyes, as if that . were conclusive.
Alter au, one European seems very
like another to them, just as one negro
seems like another tons. I heard full
details of Gordon's death' afterward.
- wiuua ueieuueu juisriam as well as
f J 1 . M J 5 T-l .
' if was possible for him to do under the
circumstances. I think Gordon might
nave escaped from Khartum, had he
wished to do so, at the last moment.
He was killed on the top of the steps
of the palace during the first rush of
the invaders.. One of the- foremost
men plunged a spear into his bodv; he
was araggea aown the steps in a wild
tumult, and pierced through and
throuirh bv countless sneara. : '
For three months my diet consisted
only of various kirfds of corn, chiefly
T I ill ptt Ytrtr lppnnn1 hut In it. h.wl . n
cngestiDie. state. Alter ward x was
given beans and a kind of polenta.
They would no doubt have killed me.
but that they considered me too valua
ble a prisoner. I had been governor
general of the province of Darfur. and
: it added 'to their prestiee -to take me
about with them to make use of the
influence I possessed in the district.
I suffered a good deal in health during
my confinement, being attacked by
fever and - dysentery. No one made
any attempt at nursing me, or pro
vided me with any remedies. I had to
lie on the bare ground with a stone
for my pillow, and was afforded no
comfort or relaxation of any kind.
was released a couple of months or so
before the mahdi died, but the strictest
watch was kept over me. "
On tne death oi tne madbi 1 was
made one of the khalifa's bodyguard,
which meant that I was nracticallv nl
ways under ms eye. i usea generally
to be stationed outside his door, and
was liable to be called in to do his
bidding' at any moment. Of the
two, I preferred the mad hi to the
khalifa. Until he threw me into
chains, the mahdi was comparatively
amiable to me. He was a man of
some education, knew how to read and
4 write, and possessed an intimate ac
quaintance with the Mohammedan re
ligioD. The khalifa has not the reli
gious prestige of his pedecessor, and is
alienating-many of his supporters-by
an attempt to found a dynasty. This
he has no earthly right to do, either
by law or tradition. Before his son
could Bucceed him, other khalifas. - ap
pointed by the late mahdi would have
a prior claim. Very strict rules are in
Vorce against either drinking spir
fVaous liquors or smoking tobacco.
Nor do the mahdists use opium or
hash'ush for one reason, because they
are not-, procurable. Anyone caught
smoking tobacco is liable to a punish
ment of one hundred lashes, and the
confiscation of all his property. In
spite of that, there are still a good
many persons who venture to do it
secretly. All these regulations are
simply a cloak for the most monstrous
immorality. The khalifa has a harem
of four hundred or , five hundred
women, and devotes a large part of
his time to its amenities.
The khalifa maintains his influence
by tyranny and despotism, and the in
habitants other than his own tribe
look forward, anxiously, to the time
when Egypt will once again claim her
lost provinces. But that is not a
project to be undertaken too lightly,
and when we do set about it we must
be sure that we are able to carry it
out to a successful issue. Slatin Pasha,
in London Saturday Eeview.
Great w York Editor--"What
Joes this mean? Why was my editorial
en the decadence of journalism left
over?" Trembling Assistant "Please,
sir, so much room was taken -up by the
'How to Kat fornert Tieef Hash. sym
posium." Ciuoiiiiiati Enpiirer.
SNOW MADNESS.
Awful Effect of the Beautiful Upon Peo
ple Way Down Sooth.
Any person who haslived in countries
where snow is an ordinary circumstance
and condition of the winter season
must, if he had witnessed the extraordi
nary behavior of the people of New Or
leans in the snowstorm, have been
thoroughly astonished, says the New
Orleans Picayune.
The falling of the feathery flakes
seemed to have operated on the people
like wine, and from the highest to the
lowest, young and old, grave and gay,
the dignified and the comical, reveled
in the unwonted conditions and fell to
pelting each other with snowballs as if
they had been a gang of schoolboys.
The result of this midwinter mad
ness was that every person who passed
ilong the streets was unmercifully
pelted, and in many cases no considera
tion was shown to age, sex or condition.
There were men who were posted at
street corners with magazines of snow
balls ready to fall upon the unwary
passenger, whether on foot or in vehi
cles. Many of these balls had been dipped
in water and compressed until they
were solid lumps of ice, and when they
struck a victim about the head and face
inflicted severe injury. One gentleman
who was passing on Gravier street,
near the Citizens' bank, got a blow in
the eye which may cost his sight, and
many others were knocked down and
otherwise injured. Glasses in windows
of houses, of street cars and of private
carriages were broken by the volleys of
balls and nobody was safe from attack.
The people afflicted with this snow
madness, although many were respect
able citizens, did not seem to realize
that they were violating private rights ;
or disturbing the peace, or, if they did.
they were too intent on making the
most of an opportunity which occurs
only at long intervals to pelt all com
ers without fear of punishment', to
care.
In countries where snow is common,lirolicn hns strength, agility and
every winter there are ethics of snow
balling, just as well as of any other
sport or business. There the fun is
only indulged in between friends and
acquaintances who consent to li Denies (
taken, while to strike a stranger or an j
unwilling person with a snowball is as
much an assault as would be striking
with a stone. Of course some allow
ance must be made here for the ex
traordinary excitement caused by so
rare an occurrence as a snowfall, but
even the maddest of the revelers ought
to understand that a ball of ice or one
mixed with mud, lumps of coal and
oyster shells is capable of inflicting a
serious wound upon the head and face,
and the deliberate use of such missiles
is more like an act of malice than sport.
BANANAS IN A BLIZZARD.
Combination Which Excited the Rlalblll
' ttee of Some Mfreet Railway Men.
' Two Italians were trudging down the
street-car tracks under the $outh bide
elevated road in Chicago during the
blizzard the other day. Great clouds of
snow were swept by them by the wind,
so .that half the tune they were invisible
or "-only dimly outlined two block
away. -The tracks were covered faster
than, the sweepers, could clear . them
and the cars had a time of it in getting
along. Each Italian had a huge basket
of bananas on his head, protected from
the unfriendly - elements by a - piece of
oilcloth, and trudged along in the teeth
of the blast as serenely as if he were un
der the skies of Italy, and the howling
northwester was a summer zephyr from
summer seas.
An employe of .the street car compa
ny, a strapping trig fellow with seven
league boots on, faced about for a mo
ment to let his back stand the brunt of
the storm for awhile, and in doing so
caught sight of the two banana mer
chants. Immediately his half-frozen
features relaxed into a broad grin. and.
turning to the other men who were
at work with him. he shouted:
"Say, boys! look at them Eyetalians
with their banans. I guess we ain't
got no kick eomin. "
All the men joined in the laugh, and
after a few moments returned to their
work much relieved by this little di
version. Would Be More Land Than Water.
If old ocean's waters were lowered
three miles more than half its great
depth would be taken away. All the
jjltrtlb aris, SUVil a lilir .umuciiaucaiii
the Caribbean, and those of the China
coast, would vanish or be reduced to
small baisins inclosed within a rim
separating them from the shrunken
field of waters. The lands, after a sub
sidence of two miles, would rather ex
ceed the ocean in area; with a subsid
dence of three they would occupy more
than two-thirds of the earth's surface.
The seas which would remain would
- form, not a connected ocean of consid
erable size, but separate basins, the
largest gathered around the south pole.
A Spring; That Runs I'p Hill.
One of the few instances of a stream
running up hill can be found in White
county, Ga., says the. Cincinnati En
quirer. . Near the top of a mountain is
a spring, evidently a siphon, and the
water rushes from it with sufficient
force to carry it up the side of a very
steep hill for nearly half a mile. Reach
ing the crest, the water flows on to the
east, and eventually finds its way into
the Atlantic ocean. Of course, it
is of the same nature as a geyser, but
the spectacle of a stream of water
flowing up a steep incline can probably
be found nowhere else in the country,
and appears even more remarkable
than the geysers of the Yellowstone.
Pearls for the Poor.
By the will of the late Caroline,
duchess of Montrose, the amount
realized by the gem of her casket of
jewels the wonderful . neckl ace of
over three hundred pearls is to be
devoted to the relief of the East end
poor. As the necklace realized no less
than eleven thousand five hundred
pounds sterling I hope the money will
be wisely expended. One coiiici do a
great deal of good with eleven thou
sand five hundred pounds sterling, but
one could also dp a great deal of harm
with such a sum, and create quite a
small army of paupers with it.
PONY PENNING.
A Favorite Sport of the People of
Chlncoteaffue Island.
IIow Hundreds of the Little Animals Are
Rounded l-p and Captured by the
Hen and Boys A Gala
Occasion.
Chincoteague and Assateague have
had their hundredth annual pony pen
ning. Chincoteague is a small island
in the Allantic close to the shore of Ac
comack county, Va. Assateaue is a
long, narrow peninsula lying outside of
Chincoteague and protecting it from
the assaults of the Atlantic. Chin
coteague is a glittering little island,
brilliant with sand and salt water,
densely peopled, well wooded and
haunted by mocking birds. There is
neither poverty nor crime there, drunk
enness is almost unknown, and doors
are always unlocked. It is the boast
of Chincoteague that no slave ever lived
upon its soil, and that the island re
mained true to the union throughout
the war. There are no better sailors
anywhere than the people of Chin
coteague, and there are no stancher
little boats than the Chincoteague ca
noe with double leg-of-mutton sails.
Nobody knows positively the origin of
the Chincoteague ponies. It is only
known that they have roamed the
marshy pastures of the islands for at
toast a century, and there is a tradition
that the ancestors of the ponies came
n.shoie from a wrecked ship in the
eighteenth century. These, doubtless,
were full grown horses, and the Chin
coteague pony of to-day is a degener-
ate, through droughts in summer and j
exposure in the open pastures through
long winters. But degenerate as
he is, the Chincoteague pony is
a flue, hardy, and often beauti
ful animal, with strength out of
nronortion to his size. and. when well
.peed. He is from ten to twelve hands
high and from six to eight hundred
pounds in weight. From two hundred
and fifty to four hundred of these little
creatures roam the island pastures.
jhere are. perhaps, half as many on the
lower end of Assateague.
A stallion leads upon the pastures a
group of from ten to twenty-five marcs
aud colts. The leader is on the con
stant lookout for danecr. and at his
snort his whole polygamous family take
to their heels. The ponies are really
far from wild, and one may easily ap
proach within fifty or twenty yards of
a group at pasture. The older stallions
become fierce and quarrelsome, and
have to be removed from the pastures
from time to time, lest they should de
stroy one another or the younger staV
lions. They are all excellent swimmers
and when the pastures become bare on
Chincoteague they frequently swim to
the neighboring islets, where the salt
grass is still green. It is not uncoro
man to see from the top of Assateague
light a crroup of horses bathing in the
surf. The colts are born and nurtured
in the open pastures, and the annual
pony penning is for the double purpose
of branding these colts and selling
some of the older horses.
Pony-penning day is still a fete day
on Chincoteague. The pen for the
horses is built near the center of the
village, and on the morning of the
pony penning men and boys mounted
on swift and well-broken ponies ride
out to the pastures to drive in the wild
creatures. The groups of pomes are
slowly driven together on the pasture
and then started townward. As the
pen is neared the guards thicken, so
that the whole band is easily driven
into the mclosure. Branding irons are
heated; men with rope nooses on the
end of long poles leap into the pens.
The colts are thrown to the ground and
held there while the iron is applied,
The branding done, the auction fol
lows. Unbroken horses fetch from
twentv-five to forty dollars each. Oth
ers, broken to harness, fetch as high
as sixty dollars. ell-mntcheu pairs
sometimes fetch one hundred and fifty
dollars. The ponies have long lcen
the pets of children of well-to-do fain
Hies on the mainland, and of lute years
have been sold over large part of the
United States. They are lnrirer than
r Shetland ponies and more beautiful.
. Y. Press.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF GIRLS
How They May Be DUIInituUhrd by the
Young Men of the rrrlod.
It has occurred to me. says a writer
in London Truth, to compile a "Guide
to Girls," for the use of young men who
are beginners in society. To give some
idea of the scope of that work, I sub
mit the following extracts:
"Not exactly pretty, but such a good
daughter" Plain beyond description.
and as tenacious as a barnacle. To be
scrupulously avoided.
"Knows everyone and goes every
where. Middle-aged and unprepos
sessing; has been hawked about for
years. Not only knows everybody, but
knows more than they do themselves.
"So clever" Clear eyes, high fore
head, masterful. Talks pretentiously
upon pretentious subjects.
"Very artistic" Untidy, unwhole
some, unkempt; voice which sounds as
if it had come from her boots. Too much
"soul" and too much "body." To be
well shaken before taken.
"So good-natured" Chatters unceas
ingly: agrees with everybody. Looks
stupid and amiable, but is shrewd and
selfish.
-An neiress imperious and super
cilious; forehead generally shiny.
Needs a fortune and more to make her
not only presentable but bearable.
"Writes" Affects a far-away, preoc
cupied air; dresses curiously, and talks
riskily. Depreciates the work of
others, and by inference magnifies the
excellence of .her own. -Has nothing
more original in her than original sin
"Sings beautifully" Bursting with
trills and trolls; with the slightest en
couragement wouia set to singing,
even in the middle of a dinner. Hov
ers hungrily around the piano. To be
taken in homeopathic doses.
HIGH PRICES FOR HORSES.
The Horseless Ago Is Evidently Very Far
Dlstnnt Still.
When a puir of registered Hackney
mares sells in harness ut public auction
for 1,000 guineas it is somewhat diffi
cult to conjure up a vision of "the
horseless age." "The passing of the
horse" that phrase which now so
rhythmically glides from the daily
press is not without its real signifi
cance. It means that the horse is pass
ing old marks as to time on the track
and price in the market place. His
royal highness the prince of Wales
caused a selection of Hackney brood
marcs and fillies and hacks and harness
horses to be sold from his Bandring
ham stud July 11, and fifty-three head
made an average of $050. Thirty-one
Hackneys made an average of SC05 aud
twenty-two hacl s and harness horses
averaged $(5C0. Included in this last
average are the Hackney mares which
In harness brought $5,000. These were
the 4-year-olds Bay of Ancona (5,004),
by Aconeus 2d, and . Viola (0.27$), by
our own Cadet. The purchaser was Wil
liam Waldorf Astor. Red Ruin, hy
Cadet, and Kit-Cat, by Vigorous,
brought $1,750, the next highest priee
for a pair. Thoroughbred, Arab, Cleve
land Buy and Hackney stallions sired
the harness horses, and the Hackney
progeny led considerably in the sell
ing. Among the Hackney breeding
stock the highest price was 82,000 for
the Confidence marc Jessy, which fell to
Sir Walter Gil bey; but Cadeau. by
Cadet, was hard after this figure, with
a bid of 1 1,750 from Lord Durham.
Seven of the mares and fillies each
brought 11.000 or upward, while only
ten sold for less than (500. Col. North,
the "nitrate king," was the heaviest
purchaser, although Mr. Astor bought
five, including the highest-priced pair.
WEAPONS INDIANS FEAR.
They Don't IJke to Face Telescopic
Sights and Heavy Bullets.
"Indians sometimes face light fire
arms with great courage, but they fight
shy of the attentions of any weapon
that sends a large projectile," said Col.
F. A. Blake, who has had wide experi
ence on the western plains. "The rush
and scream of the heavy bullets fright
ens them, and they prefer to keep away
from their range. To that not unrea
sonable prejudice is due the fact that
the buffalo hunters of the early "70s,
who in following their business were
constantly exposed to the attacks of
hostile Indians, were molested com
paratively little by them. The long,
heavy rifle, with its telescopic sights
and the knowledge of the deadly cer
tainty of the buffalo hunter's aim, al
most invariably served to make the red
man keep his distance, and set him tem
porarily free from the notion of scalp
hunting.
"One buffalo hunter by the name of
M unlock, that I knew, was creeping
upon a herd on the Staked Plain when
he spied a band of Comanches riding
toward him. He instantly leveled his
gun upon them as a warning that they
should not approach too near. Check
ing his warriors, the chief of the hand
pointed with his hand to a buffalo in
the distant herd, then mentioned in the
Indian language that the hunter should
shoot it, Murdock fired as the chief in
dicated and the buffalo fell. The In
dians gave a loud 'How of approval,
waived their hands, turned their ponies
and swept on past the hunter, leaving
him to pursue his shooting of the buf
falo unmolested."
Lobsters Milked by Eela.
Capt, Asbury Adams, who has been
connected with the United States fish
commission for a numU-r of years, and
has had a large experience in hatching
oeep-sea fish at Ten Pound island and
Woods Hole, gave a talk on fish hatch
ing U-fore the Business Men's associa
tion the other evening, says a Glouces
ter (Mass.) dispatch to the Boston Her
ald, lie said t hat last year t he work of
hatching lobster rggx was lx'gun at Ten
Pound island, and one hundred million
young lobsters were hatched and
liberated. He said he had seen eels
suck eggs from lobsters in an aquarium
and he had lceoine convinced that the
greater part of lobster spawn is de
bt rbyed in this manner.
NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND
the bad habits and
early vices of young
men and their dis
astrous consequen
ces. Young" men
and old men, those
who suffer from
nervous debility and
exhaustion, the
wasting away of the
vital strength and
power from hidden
drains or intemper
ate habits can readi
ly find relief for body and mind by writing
the World's Dispensary Medical Associa
tion, of Buffalo, N. Y. They employ a full
staff of physicians and Specialists, who
treat at a distance by correspondence or at
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
of Buffalo, all this class of diseases. Those
who suffer from low spirits, irritable
temper, a " broken-down ", nervous sys
tem, and such distressing symptoms as
backache, dizziness, shooting pains in head
or chest and indigestion, sexual excesses
or abuses, all the result of exhausting dis
eases or drains upon the system, will find
a permanent cure after taking the special
prescriptions sent them from the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute. This associa
tion of medical men have prepared a book,
written in plain but chaste language, treat
ing of the nature, symptoms and curability,
by home treatment, of such diseases. The
World's Dispensary Medical Association,
Proprietors of the Invalids' Hotel and Sur
gical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., will, on re
ceipt of this notice, with 10 cents (in stamps
for postage) mail, sealed in plain envelope,
a copy of this useful book. It should be
read by every young man, parent and guar
dian in the land.
The Key to the Situation
if you suffer from Sick or Bil
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Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, or
any derangement of the stomach,
liver and bowels is Dr. Picrce'a
Pleasant Pellets. Mildly and
gentlv. but thoroughly and ef-
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find rpoiilnte th entire avRtpm
One little "Pellet" for a gentls laxative
three for a cathartic. They're purely vege
table and perfectly harmless : these tiuy,
angar-coaled granules of Dr. Pierce.
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OTHERS, Do You Know that Paregoric,
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1H Vera Know that opium and morphine are stupefying narcotic poisons?
Be Yon Know that in moat countries druggist are not permitted tosell narcotics
without labeling them poisons ?
Bo Yon Know that you should not permit any medicine to be gin your child
unless you or your phyxkian know of what it is composed t
TX Yen Know that Castoria is a purely vegetable preparation, and that a list of
its ingredients is pubiisncd with every bottle ?
IX Yon Know that Castoria is the prescription of the famous Dr. Samuel Pitcher.
That it has been in nse for nearly thirty years, and that more Castoria is now sold than
of all other remedies for children combined ?
Do Yon Know that the Patent Office Department of the United States. aad of
other countries, have issued exclusive right to Dr. Pitcher and his assigns to use the word
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To Yon Know that when poscessed of this perfect preparation, your children may
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