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Africa, being an Africander. He has spent
his life there. having Travelled all over the
continent and had many thrilling expert
ences in wild countries and among savage
people. He is known in South Africa as
frondersman and has thorough acquaint-
ance with the tribes of the interior. He
speaks the Zulu. Namaqua and Dutch
languages. but was educated in England
and has a ready command of good forceftl
English. To Star reporter Mr. Erant
gave an account of the Matabili and the
present difficulties. which is of especial H.
terest, as It presents the questions involved
In a new light.
The Matabili." said Mr.. Brant '.are a
tribe Of warlike Kafirs who were originally
Zulus with all the fighting characteristics
OF that nation). formed into a powerful
kingdom about the beginning OF this CEN
tury by the great Zulu CHIEF Chaka In
ISIS Chaka was killed by his brother, Din
gaan, who succeeded him, and dming his
reign in Zululand proved himself one of the
most bloodthirsty savages that ever reig-
ed over the kaIirs in that country. The
Transvaal and Orange Free State Beers
celebrate the downfall of Dingaan as e
national day OF rejoicing, which Is called
Dinga&ns Day" Dingaan having been
defeated in 1870 by the Dutch and English
settlers in Natal, was deposed in favor of
his brother Panda- In 1873 PanGa died and
was succeeded by his son, CetyG..yo, the.
hero or the Zulu war. who was in like man.
ner defeated by the British troops at the
battle of Clindi, Zululand
The object in giving these items of Zulu
history is to show the exact origin of the
Mataoin as a nation. who speak the Zulu
language and carry out all the customs
and traditions Of the Zulu nation, with the
exception OF the military organization into
which they are classified. After the defeat
ana deposlng of DinSaan. the section of
the then Zulu nation now known as the
Matabih fed into the highlands Of the
IransVaal, where they lived and fought
the Beers OF that country for a number OF
years Another section of the then Zulu
nation, now known as the Swazis, fed into
what IS now called Swaziland, situated
on the southeast coast OF Africa where
been in many Of the recent wars in Africa
strictly loyal 10 the imperial British GOV
eminent They are considered by the Trans
Naai Boers as 4 bugbear TO the interests
OF that country.
The Invasion of NashonnInnd
The Matabili subsequently crossed the
IlInpopo liver On TO the borders of Bechu-
anaiand. and after much fighting a treaty
was arranged between the MatabiH and
the Beers that the Linlpopo river should
De regarded as the northwestern boundary
OF the Transv&al; that the Beers should
not attempt to cross to the north over This
river; that the whole Of the northern fer
ritoEy from the margin OF the Limpopo to
the Z2IlCezl was to be REGARDED by the
Beers as Mata5iE territory During this
period The Matabif dispatched e1voTs and
t0leS rom the LimpopO to the north on
a accommodating expedition OF the whole
o. that country, through Mashonaland to
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nerves of rich and poor are stretched to
their utmost. A level head and a steady
hand are greater necessities now than Sill
yer and gold. and the question OF how our
great men keep them is more interesting
to he masses than the discussions of Con-
gress. l am surprised to find how promi-
nent men have to fight for steady brains
Half of the members OF Congress have shat
tered nervous systems and there are num-
Der of leading Senators who are fighting
the arch fled of insomnia nigh. after nisat.
Abe Hewitfs Fight for Sleep.
Perhaps the worst sleeper who eve- came
to Washington was Abram s. Hewitt. He
had suit with a baker i'm the next block,
whose dog barked at the moon at midnight.
and he went almost wild over 4 cock that
crowed near him in the early morning. He
kept house here for a time and had beds in
half a dozen different rooms. He would
change about from one room to the other
in his efforts for sleep, and when in New
York he would so about from house to
house for the same purpose. During part
of his congressional career he boarded at
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to the south of the Zambezi river, known
as Mashonaland and Matabililand which
had been proclaimed British territory on
the strength of the fraudulent concession
referred to. 1t was alleged among other
things that a satisfactory understanding
had been come to with King LobenguIa
The public was asked to subscribe to the
shares of this COMPANY, not because the
company had bona fde and 1egitima te
right in the concession but because they
had an ornamental board of directors as
follows:
Chairman. the Duke Of Abercorn. X G. .
deputy chairman, the Duke of Fife married
to Queen Nictoria's daughter). Directors,
Lord Clifford, VIC, Alfred Belt. Albert Cry,
Cecil ]. Rhodes George Cawston and Sir
Horace Farduhar. bart.
"A pioneer force under Col Pennefather
vas dispatched from Kimberly diamond
fields, South Africa. on September II. 1890.
which reached the vicinity of Mount Hamp-
den and there established fort called Fort
salisbury. the present so-called capital of
Mashonaland.
British Diplomacy.
During the whole of this time King Lo-
bengUla and the Matabili nation protested
against the outrageous proceedings and the
encroachments on their country by the CON-
cessioners. The Matabili king sent two en-
voys to London. where they were allowed
the privilege of looking at her most gracious
majesty, the queen. They delivered the mes
sage from the MatabiH nation, protesting
against the proceedings of 1.-THE British
south AREA Company and pointed cut
10 LORD salisbury and her majesty's re-
sponslole ministers that the concession
given to Mr.. Rudd and his conferees was
merely Tor the purposes of working for
minerals IN certain localities defined in the
Mashonaland concession The agreement
or concession. was produced by the prime
minister Of England and the enyovs pointed
out TO him that the words in the concession
stating that the country had been coded in
consideration of the rental and the nsvrnent
or certain arms and ammunition was a dia-
bohcai forgery; but they received no re-
dress. Ihey were coaxed and were taken
about ana made much of by the English
arfstocracy connected with the board of di
rectors and were assured that evervtbiny
would be all right; that the British govern,
ment would be responsible; that the corr
pany was nominally under a royal charter
and that they would be responsible to her
majeSty's government for the fulaIIment ~
the agreement, or concession They were
instructed to convey to King LobengrIa ber
majestys most cordial wishes and that she
would protect and defend the Matahiu no
While the ENJOYS were negotiating in Eng.
land The British South Africa Comptnv.
took forcible military possession of Mata-
billiard, establishing a government slper
vsed by an administrator with courts
magistrates and commissioners for the va
rious districts into which they had divided
the country under the royal charter They
also published a pamphlet setting forth
Mining regulations No. / of 1890 in Sec
ton Of which they had the following stip-
ulation:
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sidered very fast in those days. but Bon
nec went on buying from year to year I'M
til one day he paid $4,000 for the mare Po-
cahontas, which was the highest price up
to that time ever paid for a horse. Poca-
hontas went in 2:17, and a year later Bon
ner gave S40,0 900 more for Dexter. He after
ward paid the same amount to Wander
bilt for Maud s., and it is said that the
price he paid Stanford for Sunol was more
than a hundred thousand dollars All to-
gether he has spent in the neighborhood of
half million of dollars for horses and his
chief pleasure in his old age is said to be
driving. John Rockefeller gets much of
his rest from his horses. He keeps a good
stud and he used to get up at ) am and
speed his team for an hour before break
fast. The late millionaire Congressman
Scott of Pennsylvania eased his brain with
horse breeding and Don Cameron woos the
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god of health by taking long horseback
rides into the country.


rides into the country.
Rest From Card Playing.
A number Of our statesmen get their rest
from cards. Secretary Carlisle plays poker
nearly every evening and the financial
problems of the treasury fly away before
the excitement which comes from a game or
penny ante. John Sherman eases his mind
with a game of whist and Garfield, when
ne was troubled with insomnia, used to get
up ana play solitaire in his night shirt
Carlisle, 1 am told, plays solitaire during
some or his hardest work Wolcott Don
cameron and Secretary Gresham lose Them
serves In poker, and nearly all of the south
ern statesmen are addicted to this game
Henry Clay is said to have been the best
seVen-up player in the state of Kentucky
ana when he was making the treaty OF
onent ne relieved his mind by winning all
sorts or bets from Albert Gallatin Powell
clayton OF Arkansas is very fond of poker
ana the good Deacon Smith of the Cincin-
nau Commercial Gazette is said TO take his
rest through cards President Cleveland
during his stay i'm Buffalo was an exnert
at penuchle and / venture TO say that he
ana Postmaster General Bissell have a
quiet game after cabinet affairs are over.
Nearly all Of the Supreme Court justices
play whist, and Gray of Massachusetts Sc
said to be the ablest whist PLAYER in WASH
lngton Harrison was a good whist PLAYER
ana Secretary Foster could play almost any
sort OF caros and play them well.
Billiards and Brains.
Billiards is one Of the best games for
boiled brains. John Quincy Adams found
this out years ago. and he bought the first
billiard table that ever went into the White
House. There is billiard table in the
Executive Mansion today, and it is said
that President Cleveland handles the cue
for an hour at a time after he has been
worried to death by ofice-seekers. Presi-
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NEW STYLES IN SHIRTS.
They Are Now Made to Put on Like a
Cont.
From the Clothier and Furn,sher.


From the Ciothier and Furnisher.
The most striking piece Of news is that
some of the fine furnishers are making
underwear to order. The opeu-front under
shirt, that goes on like the coat shirt is
made in three lengths of sleeves; to the
biceps, over the elbows and to the wrist
The word pants finds a place in the
new regime. Thus the misnomer drawers
is disposed of. Drawers being a shortened
edition of the old-time pantaloons, the alb
breviation Of the word pantaloons naturally
follows, and pants" is the result More
over. it finds suitable place for this de-
rided phrase, and removes it safely from
all future confounding with trousers I'm
der-trousers would never do! Pants 1t
is
The coat shirts are being more generally
worn. Those that button down the 'front.'
the only really feasible garment Of the
ilk a gentleman can get IN and out of re-
specially. There is an innovation in the
form of skirt that buttons around to the
right side, along the waist line under the
bosom, and down the side where the OPEN
ing occurs. This is easily Numbered and
easily ironed.
There are shirt waists made to or,ler, to
which the skirt Is buttoned on the inner
side, and the pants also attached to the
outer side waist buttons, the button holes
and buttons on both tallying. so that the
nang OF the trousers shall not be hapdi-
capped as with the present suspender at
tachment.
The made-to-order shirt waists were more
generally worn last summer than is gen.
orally known. With them the narrow
belts were utilized merely for ornateness
and bracing them around the waist; the
waist buttons kept the remiss trousers in
place. doing away with the suspenders. and
securing a finish which did not require the
VI a no orv,,ay
days
There is a custom clothier in New York
that makes the trousers fit about the waist
so that braces are not needed. He has
also taken orders for pants and understands
But the making Of undershirts upon the
new coat basis could be done by the fine
furnisher when the shirts are ordered, and
will add quite surplus to the aggregate
of sales
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cred by hunters and traders who IN years
afterward frequented that country.
Descriptive History of Newfoundland.
THE first point arrived at by tn, 'Matabiii
army was Tau. which is practically the
commencement of Mashonaland. This was
the beginning Of the end. because when tie
Mashonas, who were then a great and pow
erful nation. heard OF the advance of the
Matabili army, they assembled in great
force to resist any encroachments by the
Matabili on their territory. The Matabln
advanced with all their might and main
into Mashonaland. and here one of the
most bloodthirsty and savage battles &C.
CURED. which, If it could be properly re-
corded. would eclipse for gallantry and dar-
ing many of the famous battles fought by
European nations; for the Matabili on the
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PASSED HER LIFE AS A MAN.
johanna Jorgensen's Queer Career as
Soldier and Buxhman.
From the Westminster Gazette.

From the Westminster Gazette.
Australia is fertile in sensations. The
latest-a case of disguised sex-is that of
Private Jorgensen. late Of the Victorian
Rifles. Though passing Cor twenty years
under the name Of Jack JorSensen. her real
name was Johanna Marguerite Jorgensen.
Her career has been of a most extraordi-
nary character. When a pretty Girl Of SIX
teen. according TO her sisters account she
received a sad Disagreement by q Kick on
the nose and one of her eyes by a horse.
Jorgensen herself accounted for her de-
forInity by declaring that she received her
Injuries in the Schleswig- Holstein war; in
which she had fought On the side of Ger
many. She showed a medal which she had
received for service in the held. and
claimed TO have received special cornmen-
dation in connection with the wound she
sustained.
Whichever story be correct, IL is clear
she commenced her extraordinary career
OF masquerading as a man nearly a quar-
Ter or a century ago. and. under most un-
hkely circumstances. preserved the secret
OF her sex throughout shat period some
twenty years ago she appeared in the Rum
nymede district Of Victoria, dressed as n
bushman, and selected q block OF land
which she commenced 10 farm. She. how
ever, old not attend very ussiduouslv 10
ner country duties. but employed Inen 10
wandered about the col0lies deli, e-tng
tamohng lectures and CONTRASTING for an
insurance company. The after found n
difhcult TO get rid OF her until a threat az
medical examination induced her 10 rett-e
one OF her strangest excapades was 10
join the mounted rifles where her extraor-
binary appearance induced the Command
ing officer TO mistake her for a Chinaman-
She made good soldier. rode well. and
exhibited a knowledge OF military service
which was in keeping with her story. Sho
was feet inches in height, thick set and
strongly built, with a stubby mustache
She frequently rode through the streets OF
Melbourne, and on one occasion was se-
lected to form part OF the governors es-
cort, but the officer i'm command ordered
her TO stand out account of her ex-
traordinary appea -ance.
The better to sustain her character she
often made love TO girls. and once obtained
the consent OF a girls father TO marry her
She did not, howeve-, go quite so far as
another Victorian celebrity Of the same
kind named DE Lacy Evans, who worked
miner I'm the deep claims at Bendigo
for years without her sex being discovered,
and who was actually married three tinaea
in succession 10 as many women. Jorgen-
zen was taken i'll with rheumatism recent
anime her, though he prescribed for her.
On her death a post norton was made.
end the secret of her sex was discovered.
The affair has created an extraordinary
sensation in the colonies.
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the brink Of the Zambezi river. and after
the return of these spies with Information
that the country To the north on the high
watershed known as IasaJnaiand was 4
fertile and rich country. they prepared for
& great military campaign. The whole ma
tioa moved Al one mass, with cattle and all
trelr Deicn;SlnS5,and in their passage across
that terrible wilderness Of sandy prairies
ana deSCI2tion they fought their way
through Ill the tribes that were then To-
cated 20 The north in that country
II was q terrible scene OF murder and
biood5Aed; thousands upon thousands Of
q al bodies on the Tays.le marked the pro-
GrVsS OF the advancing Iat1bih nation.
Far away into tie wiiGs of howlinC DEATH
away rom The haunts of civilized man.
they slaughtered everything they came
across IN The shape OF humanity. capturing
the c.ttIe and women Of the i-.'eat ted tribes
that He'd before the advancing army Ike a
great cyclone In these days there was
absolutely no communication Whatsoever
with the interior part Of northern Bechuau-
al2nd or 7'i,h any OF the territories in the
native states leading up To the famous Fam
beZi river region. and therefore the con-
quest OF u Natabilt was not then Eener-
tliJ KNOWN, but was subsequently discoy-
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field of battle is the most daring and blood
thirsty warrior that can be met with in
southern Africa. The first Matabiii AiaSho na
war lasted two years at the expiration Of
which the Mashonas were entirely subdued
and the country was conquered by the Ma
tabih. who drove the Mashonas down into
the lowiands along the ZambeZi river val
leys, which country is now known as Ma
shonaland. The Mashonas eventually made
peace with the Matabili with the under
standing that they were to pay an annual
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eat at one sitting every canvas back YOU
Kill "All right" replied Vance and the
others, we will keep you to your bargain"
II will stick to my word" said Vest, and
the trio of United States Senators started
of. Well, the hunters had a streak of
luck. Howell Jackson proved himself
splendid shot, Vance knows how TO handle
gun and Beck killed his share. They
brought back hundred ducks, mostly
canvas backs, sixty snipe and two geese.
They put the canvas backs in a pile and
sent for Vest. His white hair stood on end
as he thought of the idea of eating 100 ducks
at one meal and his little fat round stonl-
ach percepubly shrank. He got out of the
matter by setting up champagne supper
to the crowd, and a part of this supper was
limited number OF the canvas backs
which the Senators killed. AS to the exact
number OF the ducks there is no certified
fact the number above given is on the au-
thority OF one Of the Senators who did the
shooting.
Senators with Fads.
A large number Of our public men find
their rest In a change of work. Some Of
them take no vacations to speak of and sell
dom go out of the city. Not a few have
fads by which to rest their brains. Senator
Davis gets his rest by reading the classics
and by throwing himself into French novels.
During the past campaign he read half
dozen biographical and historical works and
he is now re-reading his Virgil. one of his
most restful studies is Napoleon Bonaparte.
He buys all he can find concerning him and
he has more than COO volumes about the
great Napoleon. He believes in hot baths
before going TO bed as a good thing for
sleep. He SAYS that the best rest for an
overworked brain Is a change of intellectual
diet Allen G. Thurman read French novels
to rest his brain while he was in the Sen
ate and he varied this by working out
mathematical problems. Senator Hoar
rests himself by looking up questions Of
American history &C
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The Matuhilt Army.

The Matnbilt Army.
THE military classification of the Mata-
bill is somewhat different from that of the
Zulus. The Matabili have a regular perrna-
neEt military system. The whole of the
lighting forces Of the country are divided
into fifty military kraais. The regular num-
her of warriors in each of these krasls is
l,ooo, excluding old men, women and chill
dren. Each Of these kraals is commanded
by petty chief who receives his orders
direct from the king. They have a regular
system of drilling the men, SO that on the
field of battle they are quite proficient in
moving about these regiments in accord
ance with the plans previously arranged by
the king in council. The native law in Mat
abili land provides that no warrior or SOL
der can marry until he has first obtained
the kings permission through the petty
chief commanding his regiment. and no
such permission is at any time given by
the king until the warrior or soldier in
question has distinguished himself on the
field of battle. After big war it is invari-
ably the custom for the king to give per-
mission for a whole regiment to marry,
that Is providing that they have captured
a sufficient number of women and cattle
during the campaign, for which permits
sion the warriors always pay a tribute to
the king In cattle. The native law further
provides that the subject in Matabiiland
has actually no individuality; all and every
thlnS ne REPRESENTATIVES, land and cattle
belong to the king, and can be confisca ted
in the event of a msdemeanor or any Sc
rious crime on the part of the subject. The
MatablH as a nation regard the possession
OF wives and cattle as their wealth, and
although the native law is very stringent
and the subject has no individuality, vet
the desire for women and cattle is so great
among them that they are always ready
and eager for war. war to the MatabIli
is welcome news; it means women, cattle
and booty of every possible description.
AFTER they once get permission to marry
they are allowed to marry as many wives
as they like. The female children when of
age are sold for cattle by the parents in
accordance with the old Zulu system, and
the marriage system is precisely the same
as that of the Zulus,
THE actual fighting force Of the Matabili
nation as they exist at present is about
$4,000 strong. This represents regiments
properly organized according to the custom
and usage of the country. The Matabili
have in their possession about Is 900 guns
which are chiefly muzzle leaders and were
originally obtained at Kimberly diamond
fields in Griqualand West and from traders
in about 1871, ~. 10 and "A. They are usu-
ally good shots as they have been equipped
with these guns for about twenty years
and have had lots Of practice, as the coun-
try Is full OF game, and their chief voca ton
outside of the military requirements Is hunt
Ing. They have been the terror Of the sur
rounding tribes for a number of wears on
account Of the continual raids made by the
Matabili persistently on their opponents and
neighbors.'
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Beyond Hope.
From Puck.

From Puck
This" said the attendant, as he led the
way through the incurable ward, sis one
of the worst cases we have. He was once
a newspaper man."
But what is his hallucination?" asked
the visitor anxiousiy.
He thinks he has money" answered the
attendant sadly.
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lOBENGULA'S CAUSE.
The Matabili as Described by an
African Traveller.
RESISTING an ENGLISH FRAUD.
A Fighting Nation and Its Despotic
Ruler.
A RICH MINERAL LAND.

II E r E / S y o W
among the sojourners
in Washington a
man who has had a
most interesting ex-
perience in Africa.
and who has an init
mate knowledge Of
the Matabili a n i
their land ard the
causes that have led
to the war in that
country. He is Mr..
Francis Brant, who
was born in South
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How Our Great Statesmen Fight
These Demons.
SOME GET REST ON HORSEBACK.
The White House Billiard Table and
Statesmen With the Cue.
READING, WALKING, HUNTING
Written for The Evening Star.

lean brain Is boiling
today as it has sell
dom boiled before. FL
nancial troubles and
business worries are
blazing away under
the kettle, and the
demon of overwork
is stirring up the soup
with ghoulish glee.
The newspapers daily
record the suicides
and insanity of lead
ing men and the