There said to l>o 700,000 Italians
iu Brazil, of which more than half aro
settled in tho province of St. Paulo.
A correspondent of tho New York
World says that there is now a man in
ihe United States Senate who has
taken a prominent part in fifty-four
lynching*.
The steam railways are suffering
from tho competition of the trolley
roads, and now the cry is raised that
the trolleys aro lieiug painfully de
pleted of their trafiic by the bicycles.
Says the Chicago Dispatch: Unless
wo have mado a mistake in our count
Ihe fatalities thus far reported by tho
Spanish troops in Cuba number about
throe times tho total population of
tho island.
A plan is beiug discussed in New
York City to establish bachelor apart
ment houses in tho suburbs, whero a
half dozen men may enjoy tho com
forts of a rural home at small cost.
Au economist has figured out thnt four
men may live in fair stylo in this way
for $55 each per month, and that they
may even live comfortably for $35 a
month. The only troublo lies in
securing a good servant, but servants
are said to prefer a company of men
to a family, because there is less com
plaint and greater leisure.
Somo idea of the high value of real
estate on tho lower end of Manhattan
Island may be gained from a recent
sale, at which the southwest corner of
Liberty and Nassau street was sold
for $132 a square foot. This lot is
seventy-two feet six inches on Nassau
street by 112 feet seven inches on Lib
erty street, and the price paid was
$1,250,000. Upon it will be erected
a fifteen story ollico building, the front
of which will be largely glass and iron
in order to afford abundant light. It
would amaze any old-timer of the early
years of this century to seo the enor
mous development of lower New York
City and tho great increase in tho
price of real property. This riso iu
real estate values, which has been
greater in tho last twenty years than
for a half century before, furnishes
new proof of the sound business judg
ment of tho Astors, who have been
consistent purchasers of New York
property for throe generations.
The English statistician, Miehael G.
Malhnll, publishes in the North Amer
ican Review nn article on "The Power
nml Wealth of tho United States."
Mr. Mulhnll's conclusion in that if wo
take a survey of mankind in ancient
or modern times ns rognrds tho physi
cal, mechanical and intellectual foreo
of Nations, wo lind nothing to com
pare with the United States in this
present year of 1895, and that tho
United States possesses by far tho
greatest productive power in tho
world, lie asserts that tho absolute
effective force of tho American people
is now more than three times what it
was in 1800, and that the United States
possesses almost as much energy as
Great Rritain, Germany and Franca
collectively, and tho ratio falling to
each Americun is more than what two
Englishmen or Germans liavo at their
disposal. lie points out, by a careful
comparison between the conditions in
these different countries, that an ordi
nary farm hand in tho United States
raises as much grain as three in Eng
land, four in France, tivo in Germany
or six in Austria. One man in Amer
ica can produce as much Hour as will
food 250, whereas in Europo one man
feeds only thirty persons. Mr. Mul
liall calls special attention to the fact
that tho intellectual power of tho
great republic is in harmony with
tho industrial and meohanicul pro
gress, eighty-seven per cent, of tho
total population over eight years of
age being able to read and write. "It
mny bo fairly asserted," said he,
'That in tho history of tho human
race 110 Nation ever before possessed
41,000,000 instructed citizens." The
writer Bets forth in regard to the
growth of the wealth of tho United
(States that the nverago annual incre
ment from 1.821 to 1890 was 901 mill
iards of dollars, which sum is ono
milliard over tho total wealth of Great
Britain. In classifying tho whole
wealth of the Union under tho heads
of urban and rural, ho linds that rural
agricultural wealth has only quad
rupled in forty years, while urban
wealth has multiplied sixtcenfold. In
an important series of figures it is
shown that tho rise in wealth and tho
increase of wages came almost hand in
hand. In dealing with tho develop
mcnt of farm values Mr. Malhnll
makes tho following statement: "If
tho United States had 110 urban popu
lation or industries whatovor, tlio ad
vance of agricultural interest would
be enough to claim tho admiration of
mankind, for it has uo parallel in his
tory."
DOWN IN THE GR AS''
What tltil you get for tho stor
Down iu tho grass so low?
1 heard the rushing of many wind
Through a green world come and gu,
And the dream of a song iu a faint white
flower
Before it began to blow,
Anil this got I for tho stooping
Down iu tiie grass so low.
This much I got for the stooping
Down where the soft winda blow,
Tho feel of tho moist young green things
That feed on the sue ami dew,
And tho song thai I learned frem tho small,
white flower;
It siugoth lite wholo day through.
This muoh i gathered, a little young song
'that bloomed in (lie grass ami grew.
Anna If. llruncb, iu independent.
AN ANtiKlTor BLOOD.
v SIUST confess,
.... -oj I J sir, thnt tho Har
f, "f |I j ley street explo
-1 jJ 11 sion has all the
appearance of the
f|%A)_ Cannon street
nffnir. There is
jSki-p' 11 u doubt that
——- I our wires rit u
•' — just alongside
—-> where tho prin
cipal break i s
apparent, and tho general appearance
would lead one to believe that there
may have have been a constant leak
age. One house is only half damaged,
indeed, but I should sav it would bo
difficult for tho owners to prove to a
jury that electricity can escape up
ward as well as downward, and that
any day we may expect to see forked
lightning shoot out of tho oarth in
stead of from the skies."
' * I do wish you would confino your
self to facts and leave theories to ex
perts. Cau you discover whether
there was any report ?"
"No report has been made as yet,
sir."
"1 don't moan an official report. 1
mean was the explosion, or whatever
it was, accompanied liy any great
noise which might bo caused by
gas—"
"Or thunder —"
"Ob, hung your thunder theories!
Do stick to facts I"
"It is very difficult to stick to facts
for tho simple reason that people's
imagination runs away with them.
So mo say they heard a sound lilcea
clap of thunder; others say they heard
nothing, hut felt a terrible shaking
and were thrown down. I have seen
ail the witnesses available and taken
their statements, each of which is dia
metrically opposed. Infaet, the only
thing which is ccituiu is that there is
a deep fissure in tho street, and that
the horse and tho four-wheeler, which
stood at the door, have been blown to
atoms."
"Tins cabman, you say, cannot he
found?"
"Ho has not turned up yet, hut
whether ho was blown to pieces or
merely went for a drink at tho corner
public house, mid being frightened
ran away, is not known."
"Has tho number on tho cab been
taken?"
"It cannot be found."
"This is a mysterious affair, and it
seems to mo that it is a very serious
business for tlio Budget. In the first
place the Department is sure to bo
sued for heavy damages, aud after all
the expense wo were put to in sinking
the overhead wires below ground, ii
there is mi agitation wo may bo put to
further expenditure of restoring thorn
to their former position. You may
go now, Mr. Thompson, but let mo
impress upon you the importance of
keeping to facts and not allowing
your romantic imagination to run you
into theorizing."
The two speakers were tho Post
master-General and Mr. James Thomp
son, au energetic young man who had
for some time acted as his private
secretary. There was a third person
iu the room who so far had said noth
ing. 110 was tho Home Secretary,
who had corao to learn all his col
league, and his assistants, could
gather about tho recent alarming aud
unaccountable explosion iu Ilarlev
street.
"Is tlioro anything moro to he
learned?" said the Homo Secretary, as
the door shut behind tho young man,
and his retreating steps wero heard
dying away.
"It is difficult to say. Your detec
tives aro convinced, you tell me, tlmt
the mischief lias been caused by a
loakago of electricity of gas or a com
bination of both."
"And I must say I agree with
them."
"Naturally do you, hut I do not."
"That is equally natural on your
part ; but on what grounds do you
base your incredulity?"
"1 feel certain that there aro two
persons who could tell us all about tho
wholo affair."
"And they are?"
"The cabman for one."
"And the other?"
Somebody who lives, or who has
lived iu the street,"
"llavo you a clue?"
"I may have; aud, in spite of my
lecture to young Thompson about ro
mantic theorizing, 1 will tell yon a
story."
"Pray go on."
The Postmaster-General settled ltim
solf in his deep arm-chair and began:
"As X daresay, you know, several
years before I came iutu tho Cabinet I
held very much tho samo position
which young Thompson holds now as
my privato secretary, and a great por
tion of my time was spent at St. Mar
tin's lu Grand, and I was often do- 1
taiuod lute at the office. On one such I
occasion J had n very remarkable ad
venture. I was tired of sitting and
writing letters all day, aud although
tho streets were full of thin November
fog, I determined to walk instead of
driving home. I started in a north
westerly direction, as I thought, but
knowing little of tho neighborhood
and being somewhat confused by tho
mist, I saw after a time that I had lost
my way. There was not a cab to be
found, and so I had nothing to do hut
ask my way. This, too, was a diffi
culty, for thorewns nobody about-—or
seemed not to be. Before, however,
I hud gone many steps I walked into
a party of persons whieli the fog had
veiled from me. It consisted of five
persons, anillhcy were eagerly dismiss
ing something under tho street lamp
which stood in front of a dark aud ap
parently empty house. I raised my
liat and said: .
" 'Can you oblige me liy putting me
right for Oxford street?'
"Tho answer I got was:
" 'Pardon, Monsieur, mais jo no
parlo pas Anglais.'
"1 was about to repeat my question
in French, when one of the party, a
woman, stopped forward and said :
" 'lf you take tho third on the right
and tlio second on tho left aud koop
straight ou you will como to Oxford
street iu about five' minutes.'
' '.-ihe sjioke iu perfectly puro Eng
lish, nuil in a singularly low, sweet
voice, which I did not expect to find
associated with the dirty, unshaved
lookiug ruffians with big cravats, who
were her companions in this squalid
street.
"I raised my hat and thanked her
for tho information, aud, as she bowed
iu return, I could see that she wore a
beautiful and costly cape of sable tails,
and that her golden hair was beauti
fully dressed at the back.
"The woman's appearance and the
strange disparity of her companions,
interested mo strangely, and I kept
wondering all the way homo as to
what could have brought a person of
her obviously high class to such a
quarter on such an evening, and iu
the company of such ruffianly looking
scoundrels. It was this which made
ino count the lamp-posts to the corner
and then ask the first person I met
what was the name of the street. 1
was told it was called Little Martin's
streot.
YVork, however, drovo tho matter
out of uiv mind till I was attending n
foreign office reception a fciv mouths
later. It was just as cold and wet a
night as I ever remember in June, hut
tho reception rooms were crowded. I
was rather lute, and tho big staircase
was packed with exquisitely dressed
women, who wore ascending and de
scending to the cloak rooms in a
leisurely way, stopping lo chatter nt
every step. I was rather tired aud in
no great hurry to fuco the battalions,
preferring to await a lull and content
to watch the show. Amid tho babel of
lnauy tongues my car was suddenly
attracted by a soft voice which seemed
familiar to mo. it was obviously tbe
voice of a young woman, but I could
not locate it. I turned, and all I
hoard in reference to the question:
"'What is it like?'" was the an
swer :
" 'lt's a sable-tail nape.'"
There was nothing in the mere
words to mo then, for 1 had forgotten
all about the incident in Little Mar
tin's street eight mouths ugo. It was
tho voice which interested me and
puzzled mo to associate with nuy one
I knew. I determined, however, to
watob, and was soon rewarded by seo
iug a young man returning from the
cloak room with a handsome sable-tail
cape, which ho spread over tho
shoulders of a young girl who had her
hack to me. As sfio bent to have it
placed about her shoulders, I heard
tho sweet voice again.
" 'Thanks; yes, that's right!'"
"In a moment it all eamo back tome,
and I felt myself repeating tho words:
If you take the third ou tho right.
It was tho word 'right' that made the
connecting link. I looked again. The
girl had gold hair, and it was done in
precisely tho samo fashion as the coif
fure of tho lady 1 had met in tho No
vember fog. There was nothing much
in that, but the similarity of tho voice,
the sable-tail capeandtlie hair seemed
to mo something moro than a coinci
dence. But how, I wondered, could
tho companion of tho Solio French
roughs como to ho present at a F. O.
reception? If I had thought for a
year I could have arrived at no con
clusion, and I know it. At least, how
ever, I thought, I can see what she is
like. I pushed towards tlio door by
which si'i! must pass out, and present
ly I met her face to face. Thero was
no mistaking her. fiho was tho samo
woman, or her double ; but tho moro
I looked at her tho muru I doubted
my own senses. SUo had a i'nco like
an augo', with sweet blue eyes and
natural dark eyelashes, aud could not
bo moro than twenty-two, for the
bloom of youth was over her marble
skin, and even the raokctting of tho
•season had not taken tlio rosea out of
her young cheeks. Tho strange con
trast of tlio two senses fascinated mo,
ami I nm afraid I stared horribly."
"Did you find out to whom sku be
longed?''
"No ; thero was a continual shout
ing of 'Lady Soandso's carriage,'
'Lady Thisanthat's carriage,' '.Mr. No
body's carriage,' and when she slipped
out it was quite impossible to bay with
whom she went."
"Evidently, however, tho matter
did not rest there."
"No, or there would have been no
story."
"Then what did you do?"
The Postmaster-Ucnerul changed his
position aud hesitated boforo contiuu
iug.
"The whole business haunted mo,
and tho more I thought about it tho
moro it grow upon me. I determined
to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Accordingly, every day I made it my
business to walk down Little Martin
street on my way to tho office and up
again ou my way from the office, for
a strong presgntimcDt convinoed mo
that sooner or later I must run against
her. By degrees I got to know the
men J. had met her with by sight, and
a very pretty set they scorned to be.
The man to whom I had first spoken,
and whom I had heard warn her in
such a familiar way, was the regular
typo of a good-looking scoundrel, so
familiar on the Banl Cliche, the back
streets of the Batiguellcs and the other
low quarters of Paris. At last I met
her, that is to say I saw her cuter tho
dingy, lonely house before which I
had first encountered her and her
strango companions. The was no
longer any doubt in my mind. She
was tho same woman I had met at tho
F. O. I passed tho house once and
made sure she was not in tho base
ment or tho ground floor. Then, un
der tho preteuso of Booking lodgings,
I went all over tho shabby house op
posite, but could sec nothing from tho
windows. To allay suspicion, how
ever, I rented a room for a week, pay
ing a email deposit. Tho next day I
brought a box, and every afternoon
for a wholo week I watched for tho
golden head and slender, graceful
form. On tho Tuesday and Friday
ebc cam?. Ifor arrival was always
marked by the visit of tho man who
came after her and left first. From
this I concluded that it was sho who
rented tho room, and that they only
camo to see her on whatever their
business was. The meetings lasted
about an hour, and it became clear to
me, after tho first week that they did
not occupy a front room.
"I suppose, as a matter of fact, you
were spooney 011 her?"
"To lie frank with you, I was ter
ribly in lovo!"
"Well, go oil with your story."
"My next mo\o was to try aud get
rooms at tho back of tho house she
visited. This, after much trouble, 1
succeeded in doing, aud tho neighbor
hood boing built close together, I was
able to see all that took place through
the windows opposite, there being 110
more than about eight foot between
the backs of the wretched buildings.
On the following Tuesday J. was all ex
citement for her coming. At last she
came, and soon her strange com
panion arrived. 1 could see them at
tho second floor window every now
and then, but, not being on the same
level, I could not see what took place
between them. By the following Fri
day I had altered all that by an ar
rangement with my landlady, and
when they had assembled, I could see
thorn sitting around a table vigorously
discussing something. What their
business was I could not make cut,
but when the argument grew loudest
I saw tho good-looking scoundrel rise
and threaten to beat my angel across
the face with his ugly list. My blood
rushed to my face, and if his com
panions had not seized him in time I
believe I should shouted out to him
and then waited outside till I could
smash his wicked l'aco. I was now
more than over convinced that 1 was
right in supposing that this lovely
young girl was ia tho power of those
monsters, aud that she was an unwill
ing abettor to somo villainy i was cer
tain when I saw her, after llioy left,
burst into tears. My heart bled for
her, but I could do nothing, except
now to watch over her. At their next
meeting much tho same uctious took
place, the only exception being that
when they had left she sat down by
tho window and rather laboriously
wrote something with a typewriter.
Much tho same formula was gone
through on several occasions, and was
always followed by her spending about
an hour at tho typewriter, which she
managed slowly and with little skill.
I thought of many impracticable ways
for discovering her secret, but at last
I hit upon a plan which ultimately
succeeded. I bought a typewriter
myself, and started to master every
detail of its working. You see I con
ceived tho idea that, as she worked
slowly, and as I could sec precisely
how her fiugers moved, I should be
able, by repeating every action which
she made, to reproduco an exuet copy
of her manuscript."
"Very fiuo in theory, but, I sup
pose in practice it would not work?"
"I had many disastrous ad ventures
with it at first, but in tho end I ovor
oamo all difliculties."
"Aud discovered there was nothing
to find out but somo vulgar intrigue,
I suppose."
"On the contrary, I found sho was
tho agent of a small circle of very ad
vanced French Anarchists."
"Hn, ha! And this was your angel
—Azrael!"
| "Have patience. How sho got into !
tho power of these miscreants I never
could find out, but that she was a good
woman I can prove."
Tho Home Secretary smiled incredu
lously and said:
"I have no doubt you can to your
own satisfaction because you were in
lovo with her, but personally, after
sonic experience, I have no sympathy
with those Angels of Blood, as they
call themselves."
"Wait a moment! J. fouud that af
ter sending out tho orders of tho Cir
cle, as sho was compelled to do, she
sent an anonymous intimation of their
designs with rogard to explosions aud
outrages to the police."
"All! the same old story—shielded
herself by seliiug her associates. My
infatuated friend, they all do the same. I
If tho safety of this or any other i
country depended on the sagacity of
its police instead of 'from information
received,' Europe would not last a
week."
"Possibly, quite true, but in her
case she did not alone inform tho au
thorities, but she warned her associ
ates that their plans were known to
tho police, and it is she wo have to
thank for tho cessation of explosions
in public buildings."
"Yes, I admit that was rather fine."
said the Home Secretary; "an I how
did it all end?"
"In this way. Being in possession
of tho full names, addresses and plans
of thoso scoundrels, and being in tho
Postoflice, I took upon myself to sup
press tho letter of warniug seut to tho
Circle aud allowed those written to tho
police to bo delivered in the ordinary
way."
"And tho result?"
"Tho French felons wore arrested
red-handed and sent to penal servi
tude by a too lenient Judge."
"An excellent story, I admit; but
how do you connect it with tho Hur
ley street explosion?"
The IVstmuster-Gonerul roaclie 1
across tho table to a row of reference
books.
"in this way. Hero is the Rod
Book. Let us turn to Hurley street,
No. 217. As I thought. See, 217,
FitzMaurice, Sir William, M. D., F.
It. C. P., F. R. C. S."
"Yes, I know Billy FitzMaurice;
but how does ho come into it?"
"It was opposite his house that tho
explosion occurred."
"Well?"
"Now turn to tho 'Peerage.' Ilero
we arc—FitzMaurice, Sir William, M.
D., F. R. C. P., F. R. 0. S., Cr. 188>.
Third son of Adam FitzMaurice, Esq.,
of Margate, I. of Thauot, by Mary
Elizabeth, d. of Stephen Marshal',
Esq., of Bath; 1). 183'J, in. 1889 Mary,
d. of Sir James Mitchell."
"Why do you stop?"
"Because the Augel of Blood, as you
call her, was Miss Mary Mitchell."
"Great heavens I yon don't mean to
say so?"
Tho Postmaster-General shut tho
"Peerage" with a bang and nodded
his head, saying at tho same time :
"I do, and I also mean that tho
good-looking French scoundrel, Jean
Duinout, in whoso power she was, is
tho man whom you secretly liberated
three months ago."
"And you thiuk—"
"I think ho drove the cab."
"But he could not get a license."
"No number was fotin I on tho cab
and the cabman is missing."
Two days afterward Jean Dumout
was arrested for not reporting himself
to tho police, his tiekot-oMoavo was
canceled, and ho has gone back to
servo tho remainder of his fifteen
years in Portland. —London Pick-
Mo- Up.
Conquest ol the Northwes*.
In 1770, when independence was de
clared, tho United States included
only tho thirteen original States ou
tho seaboard. With tho exception of
a few hunters, thero were no white
men west of the Alleghany Mountains,
and there was not oven an American
hunter in the great country out of
which we have since ma le ill 5 States
of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Micnigau
and Wisconsin. All this region north
of tho Ohio River then formed a pirfc
of the Province of Quebec. It was a
wilderness of forest and prairie, teom
ing with game, and inhabited by
many warlike tribes of Indians.
Hero an.l thero through it wore
dotted quaint little towns of French
Creoles, the most important being
Detroit, Vinceunos on tho Wabash,
and ICaskaskia and Kahokia ou the
Illinois. These French villages were
ruled by British officer a commanding
small bodies of regular soldiers or
Tory rangers and Creole partisans.
The tow us were completely in tho
power of tho British Government;
none of tho Americau States had actual
possession of a foot of property m tho
North wester n To rr i t ory.
Tho Northwest was acquired at tho
tunc of tho Rovolutiou only by armed
conquest, aud if it had not been so
acquired, it woul I have rotuainol a
part of the British Dominion of Can
ada.
The man to whom this conquest wn i
duo was a famous backwoods leader, a
mighty hunter, a noted ludiau lighter
—George Rogers Clark. Ho was a
very strong man, with light hair and
blue eyes, of a goo I Virginian family,
who, early in his youth embarked ou
tho adventurous career of a backwoods
surveyor, exactly as Washington an 1
j so many other young Virginians of
spirit did at that period. He traveled
out to Kentucky soon after it was
| opened up by Boone, and lived there
for a year, either at the stations, or
camping by himself in the wools, sur
veying, hunting and making war
against tho Indians like any other sel
ler ; but all the while his miud was
bent on vaster schemes than were
dreamed of by the men around hiiu.
lie had his spies out ill the Northwest
ern Territory, an I bee uno convinced
that with a small force of resolute
backwoodsmen ha could conquer it
for the United St.it:;-. When lie went
back to Virginia Governor Patrick
Henry enter 3 I heartily into C ork's
schemes and gave liim authority to fit
out a force for his purpose. —St. Nich
olas.
Belgian's Lying Ilea'!?,
Mine Joniaux, tiia Belgian poison
er, has entered upon lier term of life
imprisonment of such a hideous form
that death must soon follow. They
put her in v. cell mlo which daylight
cannot penetrate, fcilio will never sec
a human bciug, never hear a kum-iu
voice again. They will push her food
in through u slit in the wail of her
cell. She will go mi l at the en 1 <>:
a few months if deat i does noc come
first. Even tho most, stupid and do
graded have rmoeumbe i to this horror
of living burial within two years.—
Ladies' Every Saturday.
An Ex:raur.Hilar/ SIVJJIH?.
One of the most extraordinary
swindles ou record has been uucarthe I
in Russia. A rascal has been selling
tho peasant:; cheap tickets to the
planet Jupiter, where he assured them
of free laud and a living without work.
I a packing up to leave the peasants
threw away their value lim igcs of tho
saint", in in ; swindler assured them j
that the saints all lived in Jupiter, uu I j
there would be met face to face. j
Now Orleans Picayune
I FALL OF KHAItTOUN.
TEN YEARS SINCECHINESE GOR
DON WAS KILLED.
A Krnvc and Romantic Figure ill
Which Heroism und Religion Held
tin Kqual Share Monument to Gor
don in Trafalgar Square, Loudon.
His Life ill China.
lii these prosaic days we are wont to
think that bravery, heroism and de
votion to an ideal are 110 longer to be
met with. Such indeed is often the
case, but still our modern life lias pro
bleed some characters fully as chivalrio
as any warrior of tlio middle ages and
has furnished incidents more dramatic
than those of any other century. So
recently as ten years ago was brought
to sin end the life of Gen. Gordon, than
whom no man more brave, more cour
ageous and more admirable lias ever
been seen. Ten years ago tho city of
PALACE AT KII AUTO I'M.
Khartoum fell, and in the ensuing mas
sacre was put out that noble and beau
tiful life.
Charles George Gordon was born in
England in IS3O of well-to-do parents.
His father was a soldier and one of a
family of soldiers; his mother is said
to have been a woman of humorous
and cheerful disposition, which traits
she certainly transmitted to her son.
Gordon followed in his father's steps
and received a military training. Not
much is known of his school days and
we are told that lie never displayed
more than the average talent. His first
military service was in the Crimean
war, in which he served with great
courage and received rather a severe
wound at Scbastopol.
lie was next dispatched to China on
an expedition sent out by England and
he remained there some years. It was
at this time that Gordon began to come
prominently forward in his profession.
China was then engaged in trying to
put down the Tal Ping rebellion which
threatened the national life. lie threw
himself heart and soul into tho Chinese
cause and was in
r ' 1803 appointed by
the Emperor com
(l hiander-in-chief of
the army. For two
1 years he was en
ft i Gtfed in vigorous
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found his efforts
f\crowlled with sue-
Ulld thc rL ' l)o1 -
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c.kx. goicdon. The delighted Em
peror conferred on him high military
lank and invested him with tho yellow
jacket and the peacock's feather—the
mightiest in honors in the imperial gift.
It was from these circumstances that
lie was nick-named "Chinese" Gordon,
a title which he became known by
much more than by his own name.
Tlio next important event in Gordon's
life was an expedition to Central Africa
under tlio Egyptian Government. Gor
don's life in Africa was most interest
ing. His bravery and courage made
such an impression on the natives that
they regarded liini rather as some god
than as a man; Ids constant effort to put
down the slave trade excited their
keenest admiration and the deep relig
ious motives of tlio man, which were
the mainsprings of his whole life, im
pressed tlio Africans even more than
his military genius. Gordon was made
pasha by the Khedive and a few years
later England made him governor gen
eral of the Soudan. During his term of
service he continued his warfare
against tlio slave trade, ho effected
many reforms in the way of lightening
extortionate taxes and dismissing un
just otllciais and, finally, he put down
several formidable rebellious. His
reputation among the natives for jus
tice and courage increased and when,
MONUMENT TO GOIWON IN LONDON.
in ISSO, lie finally resigned his post
and returned to England ho left be
hind liini lamentations, grief and tears.
After Gordon's departure affairs in
the Soudan got Into an alarming condi
tion. Tlio gaining control of the Sue?.
Canal by English capitalists had given
England a hold in Egypt and had nat
urally led to a sort of protectorate.
Such a state of affairs was all well
enough in a state of peace, but now
that disturbances were arising En
gland's position became one of great re- 1
sponsibiiity. This disturbing factor
was Maliomct Ahmed, the Mnluli,
whom we know as the False Prophet.
This man went throughout the Soudan
proclaiming himself as the chosen of
God, the promised deliverer of Islam,
who was to free Mohammedans from
the rule of unbelievers whether Egyp
tians or English. The Arabs flocked in
swarms to this man, swore allegiance
to him and joined the army which lie
was raising against his enemies. l!y
1883 the Maluli's forces had gained for
midable proportions. One by one the
strongholds of the Khedive fell into
their hands, as did many held by tlio
English. At last Gen. llicks was sent
against the Mahdi with a strong regi
ment The followers of the False
Prophet surprised them and a horrible
massacre followed which scarcely any
Englishman survived. Gen. Baker,
who was marching to Hicks' assistance,
was next attacked, three-quarters of
ids men were slain and lie himself nar
rowly escaped to a gunboat, whence lie
made ids way to England.
When tills news reached England it
caused the greatest possible consterna
tion. The Government saw its bravest
troops slain, its best commanders cut
down and knew that unless something
were done to hinder the Maluli's vic
torious advance the country must lose
all hold in the Soudan. There was just
one man to whom the Government
could turn; this was Gordon; on ids
shouders must rest the whole responsi
bility of maintaining England's glory.
Gordon accepted the mission, and in
January, 188-1, went to Egypt and leis
urely proceeded to Khartoum, the chief
city in the Soudan, lie was received
with loud acclaims, the people crowding
about and proclaiming him as their
savior and deliverer. lie proceeded to
take command of the city and to bring
something lil-e order out of the con
fused affairs of the people.
The Mahdi, meanwhile continued ids
onward course and made for Khar
toum. Before he knew it Gordon found
himself shut up in the city which the
Mahdi now besieged. Encouraged by
Gordon the city made a noble resist
ance, but soon the people were reduced
to a most desperate condition. Famine
broke out; sickness followed in its train
and Gordon saw himself in desperate
straits. lie sent appeals, pitiful in
their distress, to the home Government
praying for relief; but statesmen and
ministers delayed and disputed, and it
\ias not till the last of the year that
help was sent him. Gen. James Stew
art and a force came near Khartoum
early in 1885, but only to meet the ene
my in desperate conflict, in which Stew
art was killed and 12 per cent, of his
men slain or rendered incapable of
fighting.
Khartoum had fallen the day beforo
their advent, as reports months after
ward showed. Gordon had attempted
to dislodge the Mahdi and failed. Then
came the news of the approach of the
reserves and the Mahdi determined to
storm the city before their arrival. A
colleague of Gordon's, Ferig Pasha,
wanted him to give up the place; Gor
don became very angry and a violent
discussion ensued. Meanwhile the dis
tress in the city increased and Gordon
was at ids jvit's end what to do. The
suffering, the doubt and the difficulties
of that strong soul can be better imag
ined than described; the hope of rescue,
the heart-sick feeling of despair weto
nil his.
Sir Charles Wilson and Lord Charles
Beresford next attempted Gordon's res
cue. They approached by water and
reached Khartoum on the 28th. Gui
don's flag was no longer to lie seen, and
so they turned back without finding
out definitely what the condition of tho
city was.
But it could not last. A few days later
and tlie Mahdi overpowered the small
force of defenders and entered the city.
A terrible massacre was at once inaug
urated and thousands perished. In tho
general slaughter Gordon was killed,
though how is not known to this day.
The accounts are most conflicting and
ail that is certain is his death. Even
that was doubted for many months,
and it was long thought lie might pos
sibly have survived. Perhaps tills
strange and mysterious end is of a piece
with the mystical character of the man
which almost raises him out of tho
ranks of ordinary mortals to some
higher plane, making him to resemble
Galahad or Bayard or Arthur.
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lengthen by bias folds, overlapping, or
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Upon full dross hosiery grand opera
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used upon Sunday alone are nil Inter
esting phase of tho fashion. Those are,
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and other sacred music.