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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-14
Details of the Recent Fight Near suakim.

Details of the Recent Fight Near Suakim.
SUAKIM, Feb. 13-Small parties of hostile
Arabs have reappeared and are menacing the
garrison. A spy has returned from Hesheim, a
place where accommodating party of Hussars
and Egyptians attacked on the 3rd inst
The Hussars got as far as Handoub without op-
position; but, having another way out
burned a native village without reason. They
were attacked ON their return from Hesheim,
which is about three miles from Handoub The
attacking party lay in ambush, and the Arab fire
was so terrible that the Hussars could
not face it, and saved themselves from
annihilation by retreating at full gallop
in a circle to Suakim Eight Hussars and thr ee
Egyptians were lost Col Freemantle, COM
manding at Suakim, in reporting the incident,
stated that the officer in command of the Hus
sars had exceeded his authority in ordering the
burning of the Arab village. Spies were imme
diateiy sent out to ascertain the fate of the
missing troopers. The spy who returned could
learn nothing. but he found in the desert, near
the scene of the fight, several articles of cloth
ing which evidently belonged to the missing
men. The spy fetched these articles to Suakim
all are pierced, as if by spears. The spy reports
that he found the enemy encamped at Hesheim.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-14

ITO Nnr Eddin. at Berber:

know that have appointed as my secret
agents, A. in Korosko. G. in Wady Halfa S. in
Assouan, and A. in Merawi. Thou canst there
fore, have full trust in their information, for
they are godly men, and hate the soldiers of the
Epplieh Ouaan
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-14
Ell Mahdrs Recent Proclamations.


Late English papers state that the Arabian
organ, Ell Nusret, publishes the three following
letters from Ell Mahdi:
ITO My Lieutenant, the Ameer Eur Angara at
Shehdy:
"God be with thee! My agent at Dongola in
forms me of the arrival there of the first English
troops which the Grand Vizier Gladstone has
placed at the Khedive's disposal so that they
should reconquer the Soudan. Mark my orders
and carry them out Gather all my troops
around thee and go to Berber. There. are 2 100
men there under command of Nur Eddin. Thou
wilt thus be at the head of 5000 warriors
Thou wilt await the English with this
army, and if possible attack them on
Mount Hammond, to the north of Ber-
ber. Before the battle let our brothers know
that the whole camp of the Christians will be
given to them. Send the heads of the Christian
generals to Osman Digma in order that he NAV
show them to his army and incte the latter to
fresh combats Obey thy prophet"
''To the Apple OF Mine Eye, the Generalissmo Osman
Digma:
'Why cost thou send me no news of Suakm2
How long wilt thou let the Christians hold itl
How can cast my glance toward Arabia and
expect aid thence when cannot approach the
seal Thou, who art my right hand, delay not to
open me a road to the sea-"
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24

cF- Proof u Labor hanS4 10 30 hal
from SsS AAHkiAs. At this .aas
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24
NOTICE

Land Otcs at Las Cruces, p. NJ, Decsn.
te :3rd 1854.
Notice /. hereby given that the folloEin'
D tmc ~issttler has Gled aotice oc mis- iltentlc
10 make maj proof in support % his CLAN
nd '11t ssIi proof will be nate before JuGg
~, on January Both. 1888, viz:
J.I ~ MA PAp}LLt, on homestead No. T.
for the n G = 4 " a and lot ., sac3 ! twp
Is lie names tnc following witHeaSes t
Ar vo mis- continuous resiirRre upOr. sui
.'9 on O? said lAnu. viz Jotus L IorrA..Jos
Ch4v-l Y MpntoT2. Juan Dsit4Er.a, JcIl y
AZ ava. Of Lincoln Co. n n.
Is 10 NR MCCr-. R~v;sis-
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If want address cards. cal

If you want address cards, cal
ing cards. or any kind of business,
cards, envelopes, neatly printed
letter heads, statements, notes or
any kinds OF blanks, call ON US,
we'll do it. Job work done neatly,
quickly, and in a manner to suit
all. Do you want posters, dodg-
ers, handbills, programs, or, in
fact. anything that can br done
with type and ink, if you call on
US We will do it for you, tor
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24

hereby designate ths LINcoLS CDUST
LEADER, retely sewIpsper published I
White Osks, New Mexico, as publisllr
nearest said claim. and direct that the fol
going notice be published therein for IT,
period Of ten consecutive weeks.
4 JOHN K NCFI{ Eegi1ter.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24

One OF the latest receipts i: If
you step on a dudes foot you IRE
very likely to make calls foot
Jelly.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24
MINING sHARPs.
Western story Tellers That Assayers
Have.to. DEAL With Two Big Liars

er's office once in u while" q down
town assayer said incidentally in a
talk about mining property, ''but
think the two biggest liars l have
ever seen. came into my office last
summer, not together, thank good
ness, for if they had | would have
kicked them out for supposing that
| might be NJ eternal fool. In
stead. | listened to each, and then
gave them a piece OF my min!
The first was about forty'tve years
OF age, sharp-teatured, long hair
ed, and with the appearance of a
Western miner. He c~arclessly IN
wound a newspaper from n lumpo of
silver ore, and asked in Il business
like way to have it assaycd. |
picked up the lump and said oft
hand There's no need of having
that assayed. It's scvcnty-fve per
cent. silver at first glance Aud it
was. 1t was about as rich II spcci-
meu as | had seen in some time.
1t was worth at least $4,000 n
ton
But | want it assayed,' he
said. I've got a drift Of ore like
that six feet wide, and | want to
sell it. | don't want to lie about
1t, and want to know just what it
is worth
That's my business, and, of
course, | knocked off a piece of the
lump. ! charged him more than |
would anybody else, because ]
knew he intended to swindle some
body. ground the piece of ore
INTO dust, and put in a bottle. Then
| took u little and assayed it. 1t
turned out just what | thought ii
would. As usual | made record OF
the assay, and waited for the man
to return.
about four days after the assay
four or five respectable old gen
tlcmen came into the office togeth-
or, and one of them unwrapped a
piece of ore and said : will you
please assay this tor usa We are
thinking of b wing a silver mine,
and this is some of the ore. What
do you think it is worth
Il looked at it closely and dis
covered that it was from the lump
nv Western man had brought
in"
Excuse me, but have sssayed
this IRE within five days, | said.
"'I-e-e-s,' tue spokesman oftlc
party said, hesltatinsly. We M
derttand that it has been assayet,
but we the lgi!t it would DO satcl
TO have it assayed for lis particular
ly. How much did you make it
out to be worth "
Twelve or fifteen thousand
dollars II tom | sal !, not wish.
ing to be too irticuIar at first. j
will see
''Wnile | was looking over my
recor'i book | noticed the gentle }
men looking knowingly at one at
other.
1T was $lS,C0J,' remarked
turning toward them. 1t didn'
1t didn't startle them the lcas,
bit.
That's pretty rich, isn'titN
"'Decidcdly 80. Where's the
mineF
"'In Colorado. We have adrill
there six feet vide"
"'In Colorado = exclaimed
That ere rever las seen Colorado
That ore is from some MexicAr
mine
II knew what ! was talking
about when | sand that, because ]
can pick out Colorado ore tron
tw" Thousand specimens. | can
pick ont orc from the ComstocL
lode anywhere You put it. After
getting a few more particulars
about the man who wanted to sci.
the mine, | said {: Gentlemen, |
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he ore is all ike that, said.

80 -
true specimen, and, besides, it is
not from Colorado. It's a rich
find from sone old mine down in
Mexico
They looked rather glum and
went out. ! really pitied them
The next day the Western man
came in to see me. | gave it to
him hot. Look here / said, we
have just about enough of such fel-
lows as YOU around here. When
YOU come on here to sell a mine,
don't try to palm of Mexican r
for Colorado ore. Take my advice
and don't show that lump to any
miner, because he'll know it in a
minute. Now skip
Il have never seen the old gen
tlcmen since. ! guess they found
somebody who told them the truth
KS | did.
''1he other chap wns n short,
dumpv fellow. He wanted to have
everything very secret. lie had a
piece of ore that | knew was MeXi-
can. and it was a long time before
| could get anything out of him.
At length he said / am Il com
mercial traveller, and while | was
In Mexico this summer | struck an
old trail over the mountains, that
l thought would take me by Il
short cut to where / ted to 20.
| took it, but it was the toughest
ground l ever struck. About
noon | was almost overcome, and
| dropped off my mule near a
shady place to catch a nap and
rest. My mule, that was wander
ing about, awoke me after awhile
by nearly stepping on me-. In
pulling my blanket off that served
.us a pillow, l noticed that the rock
sparkled. 1t struck me all at once
that it was silver, and | looked
around to see if there weie any
other rocks like that. | don't
know whether you'll believe it,
but a short distance off the trail
the ground was covered with
l picked up about twenty
pounds and packed them on my
mule and started for the nearest
settlement. l didn't say any
thing to anybody in that neighbor-
and | didn't dare to have
he ore assayed until | got to FL
Paso. But l inquired about the
price of land, and found l coull
buy til at piece of ground for about
$l5. O0). I've come ON here to
raise til at and then start a NINE.
What do you think the ore is
worth {"
II took the fellow all in and
said Ibid you pick this off the
ground p
"'C%ertainly,' he replied.
''Was it in this condition.
"'Of course lie answered, al
l could see he was begin
Ming to get frightened.
Then You are the biggest liar ]
Y ever seen l said, very decid
eddy.
The fellow wr,el, and | con
tinued a; You COAT know anything
about ore and yon cont know any
about Mexican land. Thi,
ore came from some mine NOR
than twenty feet under ground,
and it isn't c airy to buy Mex
can land before starring a min
You tell your story well. but You'll.
have hard work to find nuyDoly
who will give you SIS, 0oo t" pay
for Mexican land. Get out
There's a great difference, you
know, in the appearance of ore
that hrs lain on the surface any
length of time and that Of ore Just
dug from under ground. The hitter
is more crystalized, for II partic-
ular. The surface pickings are
what we call the results Of q blow
IN
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24

lie isa great man who cas sacri
ice everythiI & and say nothing.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-09-11
Asphaltum.

A correspondent says he never looks
at an asphalt pavement or rolls along
over its smooth surface in . carriage
without thinking Of the curiou us island
and the still more singular place from
which the material is procured. In
about tho center of the island of rrini-
dad, dot in the Caribbean Sea, Just
of the coast of Venezuela, there is An
asphalt lake. It is said to cover about
100 acres. and is apparently inexhaust-
ible. 1t is black. sandy substance,
and 10 believed to be crude rotten Pc
troleum. A singular feature of the
substance is that, although about 5O,-
600 tons are taken out Of this lake an
nually, it constantly fills up. 20 that
there Is no lessening of the supply.
This singular lake Of paving material
d owned by the Venezuelan Govern
ment, but il leased to . company in
Washington They have fieet of
schooners running to Trinidad. and.
having monopoly Of the business,
they import vast quantities Of the ma-
teEiaA-Ckiee Hessl6
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-09-11
ROMANCE OF A ROSE.

A Very Curious Tale of the Discovery Of
a Popular English Rose.
Mr.. Daniel Grimond, of Little Chel-
sea. nurseryman. was on journey of
business in the county of Norfolk, ex-
actly ITO years ago, when riding very
leisureIy along the road he perceived
a rose of great whiteness in mill. He
alighted. and on close inspection dis
covered it to be Provence rose. He
sought an interview with the inmate
of the mill. who was an elderly woman,
and begged flower, which was in
stantly given to him. The old lady
must no doubt have been considerably
surprised at being in turn presented
with guinea. I'm cutting off the
flower so runs the tale, which has
been recorded by the late Mr.. Henry
Smaller, of Batersea Fields, .'Mr. Girl
mond cut three buds. and on arriving
at the nearest inn he packed up the
flower and sent it directly to Chelsea"
addressed to his foreman. who was no
other than the father of the same Mr..
Smaller who now relates the story.
Two of the buds grew, and in the fol-
lowing autumn the florist went down
to Norfolk again. and bought the
whole stock for five guineas. The fore
man was then allowed to propagate it.
and for doing SO was paid 5s. plant
for three years. At the expiration of
that time the plants were sold out at a
guinea apiece. the foreman's share of
the profits amounting to f300. Not
the least pleasant part of this pleasant
little romance of rose" is the fact
that the old lady who had been the un-
conscious discoverer of grand secret
in horticulture was gratified by receiv-
ing out of the proceeds of the under
taking handsome present, consisting
of silver tankard and plate to the
value of EGO. London Globe.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-09-11
A SlAvER'S RUSE.

How . Spanish Vessel, Laden With Slave,
Escaped tho Vigilance OF . British
Cruiser.
A good story is told of the flagship
Winchester. think-going out OF
S;mon's Bay bound to the Mauritius,
when off Cape Hangklip. late one after
noon. very rakish. suspicious-looking
.raft was sighted. carrying an unusual
lumber of stay-sa Is and studding-sai,s,
who. upon seeing the man-of-war,
lo.sted Spanish colors and her number
Marryatt's code. and requested to be
reported. She passed quite close, and
was apparently passenger ship OF
about 500 tons burden. for as she
neared them about a dozen ladies, In
very smart bonnets. wells and parasols,
were Observed to come on deck and
wave their handkerchiefs with every
demonstration of cordially to the Of
ticers of the flagship She seemed to
have also a large crew. and was
very clean and smart Susp;c on
was quite disarmed. and she was
logged as passenger ship from
Manila to Cadiz. The Admiral was alone
in his opinion that all was not right,
remarking that the ladies waved their
pocket-handkerchief uncommonly long
and vigorously to mere passing ship;
he also thought the handkerchiefs I'M.
usually large, and further, he men,
toned that as she passed, he was look
ing out of the door in the stern gallery,
and faint curious Whit came down on
the wind, reminding him of something
long past. He could not remember for
the moment what it did remind, but il
suddenly occurred to him several hours
after that the faint passing odor, as the
strange ship swept by. recalled the
smell of slaveship which he had navi-
gated into port years before. And he
was right. This same vessel was taken
off the Havana, on her subsequent vow
age, and proved to have been Span
ish ship from Fernando Veloso River.
in the Mozambique Channel, full Of
slaves for Cuba Her captain ex-
planned with delighted pride his meet
ing with the flagship off the Cape. and
how, seeing large man-of-war bear
ing down upon him with the certainty
of capture, and no hope of escape
should the ships character be known.
he adopted the clever expedient. doubt
less not for the first time. OF dressing
up number of their men in women's
attire. ruse that was in this instance
entirely successful. the Ycos
Round
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-09-11
PlTH AND POINT.

An engraver recently made this
mistake: MIR. and Mrs. - respect
fully request your presents at the mar
rage of their daughter.
The world now makes use of 6S..
900 miles of submarine cables. mostly
for the purpose of advertising travel
| ing actresses and announcing the deaths
of people nobody overheard of.-Lot0eI.
Citizen.
jerks: do you think Miss Labelie
is pretty?" Minks: mo. she is not
pretty?" II must confess think her
beautiful" "Well. | did. too, but l
asked my wife and she sa d was mis-
taken. Philadelphia Call.
Employer to Clerk.-.I don't OBJ
ject to your going to funeral once in .
VIII lie; but 1 think you might bring me
home fish or two" Sunblush on the
end of the clerks nose extends rapidly
to his ears.-Rorbury Adrocate.
"A gentleman came home in the
''wee sma' hours ayant the twal. at
the South End. recently, and was sur
prised to find his wife clad in black.
..Why are YOU wearing these mourning
garments?" he sad. somewhat un-
steadily. For my late husband" was
the significant reply. He has been in
the house at ten ever since.-Boston
Budget.
Woman is rapidly trenching upon
the domain of man. and the time will
no doubt soon come when she will
have monopolized all the trades, pro-
fessions and occupations. When that
happy day comes. man W II occupy the
proud position of the Indian brave,
and have nothing to do but look hand
some and keep the women at work.
The lot of the coming man will be a
happy one.-Chicdgo Inter-Ocean.
1t was at ball. and the subject
under discussion was vanity. A lady
maintained that men were also given
somewhat to vanity. 1.-The men are
ten times more vain than the ladies'"
she remarked. That's impossible"
SAID several gentlemen. The subject
changed, and a few minutes later the
lady remarked: 1.-The handsomest man
in the room has spot on his white
vest" whereupon every gentleman
within hearing glanced down with q
scared expression of countenance at
his yest-1cras Siftinqs.
Mans troubles:
Man that is married to woman Is Of many
days and full of trouble.
In the morning he draws his salary, and In
the evening.
Behold, 1t is gone,
1t Is q tale that Is told;
1t Is vanished, and no man knows whittier II
goeth.
He riseth up clothed in the chilly garments
OF the night
And seeketh the somnolent paregoric.
Where to soothe his infant posterity.
He cometh as q horse or OK,
And draweth the chariot of his offspring,
He spendeth the shekels In the purchase of
fine linen
To cover the bosom of his family;
Yet himself is seen ut the gates Of the city
With one suspender.
Yea, he Is altogether wretched.
-44rcdnuns Journal
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-09-11
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
THE LITTLE MAN.

Two wee ones in the rosy throng
The village street adorniDg,
Close, hand i'm hand, they trudged along
To school, nor missed n morning.
The others smiled to see them there
That lassie and her brother
And called the prim, old-fashioned pair
The father" and the mother"
He helped her DER the crossings wide;
Her books and slate he carried:
And when the school was out, with pride
To take her home he tarried-
All! but the sight to me was dear.
So trusting, she. so tender!
He Was her little cavalier,
Her watchful, brave defender.
"My little man." said, one day,
'Who is the best and sweetest
The incest girl In SCHOOL, And. pray,
Who do you think the neatest!'
Upon the wee one at his side
He smiled, and fondly kissed her:
Then answered, with a flush of pride:
"Oh, you must mean my sister,.
-GcorUe C0gper. In Golden Days.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-09-11

Coke ordered Smith into an adjoining
room. where he caused him to wash
the blood from his face and hands,
and then escorted him down the stairs
and out by a rear passage and door.
As Smith took his departure he swore
that he never would again darken tho
lawyers door. He declared that he
had been led into trap; that an am
buscade had been prepared for him;
that Coke had concealed Jones in the
closet with malice aforethought, and
that he had designedly been led into
abusing him. This had been done that
at the proper moment Jones might
dart out and assault him. He had
heretofore thought pretty well of Coke,
but this treacherous affair ended their
friendship forever. forever. sir"' 1t is
the '.last feather
Smith being dism ssed, the lawyer
returned to Jones and set him to wash
ing away all removable traces of the
combat When about to escort him
down stairs, Coke turned and said:
MIR. Jones. before you 60 I'll trouble
you for the five dollars l have won OF
YOU"
"You will? You have the cheek to
ask it? Mr.. Littleton Coke. you'll never
see the color of five dollars from mel
But that you have the brass of the
devil you would not mention it after
humbugging me into that closet-ass
that 1was.-and then bringing in Smith
to villify and assassinate me. You will
probably hear from me in an action for
conspiracy. rejoice that got in that
singer on your nose. Never speak to
me again, sir, on any occasion" and
Jones departed in towering rage.
swell. well!" cried Littleton Coke.
when left alone, as he surveyed the
wreck of his Office and inspected his
nose in the fragment of a mirror that
still remained attached to its frame
''Well. have settled the pair of them.
but must confess that my plan for
suppressing bores has turned out an
expensive and painful one. shall
have a nose on me like a prize potato.
and my office looks as if it had been
the scene of the latest exploit of the
dynamiters. 1t has been expensive,
but. thank God. the job is done! I've
settled two of the biggest bores on the
Pacific coast-have dropped them both
at one shotr' Virginia City (Ner.,f
Cor. NJ y Sun.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-09-11
A SLOW BOY.

The German BOY who Did Not Absorb
Intelligence Satisfactorily.
The German school-teacher is very
poorly paid for his wearysome work Of
imparting wisdom to his pupils. d
many of his pupils are like the one de-
scribed in the following dialogue.
The boy found it difficult to under
stand simple arithmetic:
Teacher-.'Suppose. Fritz. you have
stocking on one foot, and you put
another stocking on the other foot"
FRITZ never wear no stockings. -
\ Teacher-''Suppose your father has
; one pig in . pen. and he buys another
pig. and puts it in the pen. how many
pigs will there be in the penn"
Fritz-'.Dad don't keep no pigs"
The teacher blew heavy sigh from
his tired lips, wiped the perspiration
from his scholastic brow, and went at
it again with renewed courage.
Suppose. Fritz, you have one jacket.
and at Christmas your father makes
you . present of another Jacket, how
many jackets will you have thenP'
Fritz-..He amt that kind of faith.
81. He never give me nothin' for Christ
mas"
Suppose your mother gives you ono
apple, and you have one already. what
will you have then?"
Fritz-"Stomachache. Our apples
are cookin' apples"
The teacher was not the man to be
discouraged by tribes. He began to
suspect that Fritz was not well up in
arithmetic. but he resolved to make
one moro effort. so he said:
Fritz. if . poor little beggar boy
has cake. and you give him one more
cake, how many will he havep''
fritz-'I dunno, I eat my own
cake&,
Then the teacher told the children to
90 out and play.-Texas Sittinqs.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-09-11
DUST AND ASHES.

She practicod on him all her wiies
Till In loves silken net she caught him,
And showered on him her sweetest smiles
When to herfeet she captive brought him.
But when he pleaded with the maid
To be regarded as her lover,
She sighed q little, blushed, and said:
please wait until the summers over"
And then began loves golden dream,
To every picnic, every dance he
Took her, and bought her lemon cream
And other things that maidens fancy.
At beach hotels with her he hoped,
For she was quite an ardent dancer:
At length the youth the question popped,
And waited 70: the maiden's answer.
II drew the sweetness from his life,
Il burned and scorched him like blister;
Twas this: "I can not be your wife,
But will be to you a sister"
Boston Courier.