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cracking Of he dry and burning

cracking Of he dry and burning
grass. ~
Already the fugitiycs had been pes
7ceived by the Matabele, who were try
ing ito cut their off from the river
Away went the horses like grey.
hounds in the race that was to TURF
the scale Of life or death. They round
ed the fankers Of the enemy an6,
stretched away for the river. Il
Some time afterward two very tired
horses and two more than tired men
staggered and splashed across the
drift" and turned their noses toward
Mangwe. Away back to the north a
thick, black smoke was rolling over
the Matoppo hills like a funeral pail.
The morning after the return Of the
two men from their perilous expedi-
ton Capt. Van Kooyer, a noted hunter
and trader, induced an Indiana lamel
Sanguluba to visit the M1imo's cave
and let him know what was there.
This man returned a few days later,
and said that he had entered the cave.
did you find a gnd?" asked Van
ROOyen.
No, replied Sanguluba Il found q
dead man. nne of his ears was eaten
away. He was not god New
York Herald
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The Camera in Surveying

An account was recently given of the
use of the camera for surveying pur-
poses by the survey department of the
Canadian government. The method in
question was introduced in 1888 with
a view to reduce the cost Of the or
binary methods Of survey, which be-
came excessive in the Rocky noun
tain district. In that year $50 square
miles were surveyed by photography,
and this amount steadily increased I'M
til in 1891 and 1892 double this guam
tity was dealt with, the cost of survey
being but 81 shillings per square mile
The method depends upon the fact
that a camera with suitable lens
gives a true perspective. Then having
a plan and elevation of any structure,
it is possible to construct geometrically
a perspective view, and conversely
from perspective views it is possible
to pass by geometrical construction to
the plan and elevation. Only a small
party, consisting Of the topographer,
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600 yards Of NJ limos cave, they found
tbeil. way blocked by large party
OF warriors sitting III the shadow Of
some rocks. Il
Most men would have given up the
expetl at this point but both
! Burnham and Armstrong We're made
of sterner stuff. They knew that an
Indaba or council was in progress. and
that the Matabele was not likely to
stir for some time,
Once more they slowly retreated.
and, after making short circuit,
they wheeled and started again for
The summit, fully ealizing that, llnless
they could get at the cave at once the
opportunity would be lost forever. At
any title the WOE zen might notify the
/ Matabele Of the presence Of the two
men.
Burnham and Arm. strong now ap-
preached the three kopjes from the
east instead Of from the south. as they
Lad originally intended They saw
from the clump of bushes where they
mad tied their horses that the face Of
the center kopje was covered with
bushes and snail trees, which; practi.
cally concealed it's precipitous aatnre.
They also saw that at the foot Of the
western kopje that was a large kraal
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stop to guess. His rifle pitched like.
lightning to his shoulder and The dark
ness was lanced with f1atne
Then M'limo, the Matabele god,
threw his arm aloft and with never a
groan fell prone on his face dead.
Echoes which had slept for centuries
were Weakened from their hoary lairs
and went rioting and believing.
abroad in the hills. Out Of the cav
ern, pell-meH, came the two men,
scralnbling wildly for the base Of the.
hill where their horses were tied.
Armstrong, making sudden de-
tour, set fire to the big kraal, which
contained about 200 huts In the
meantime Burnham had secured the
horses and had led them to Arm
strong. The Matabele had been
aroused by the rifle shot, but as yet
they had been unable to locate il. The
smoke or the burning village gave
them q rallying point. They came
swarming out Ike bees from q hive
The air was filed with the shouts Of
men, the screams Of women and the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-24
BACKwooDs SURGERY y
Treating a Dislocntion With a Pull
ley and Steam Engine.

Treating q DislOcntiOn With q Pull
ley and Steam Engine.
Probably as queer a piece Of back
woods surgery as has been described"
says a frequenter Of the negiOr, twas
that performed by a Moosehead lake
guide known as old Sabattus, some
twenty years ago. The man was not
an Indian as the nickname implies, but
a Yankee, one Of those rough fellows
formerly characteristic of that locality.
This guide was left on lake steam
boat at one Of the far up landings
while the engineer went ashore with
the company. A man named Meservey
came aboard, and in fooling around
the boat managed to tumble. down into
the fire pit. and put his shoulder out of
joint.
Here was dilemma. The other
members of the party would not be
back for half an hour, and the injured
man was in great pain. The guide
was a man of expedients. He got a
rope and tied his patient securely to a
post. Then he tied another rope around
the mans wrist and hitched the loose
end Of it to a pulley Of the engine He
managed somehow to turn on steam
and the pulley began to wind up the
rope. It drew the arm out tight in
beautiful shape and presently the joint
snapped back into it's socket. Then
sSabattus' jumped around to shut off
steam while the pulley kept on wind
ing. Holy Moses!' gasped the guide
excitedly, how does it go? I don't
know where tbs. I can't stop the
blanked thing and the pulley was
meanwhile slowly but surely pulling
Meservey to pieces. His eyes were
sticking out of their sockets and he
screamed and gasped for breath.
"Sabattus danced around like a wild
man. not knowing what to do, when
he happened to spy a Ratchet lying
near, and, jumping for that, he cut the
rope and saved a dreadful catastrophe.
This was done juse as the party Of
city folks who had gone ashore came
rushing back on to the boat alarmed
by Meservey's screams. 1t was some
years afterWard, z says the nara tor,
that was present when loteof sum
mer company arrived at Greenville.
Sabattus was there, too, and presently
a distinguished looking man, one Of
the newcomers, went up to him and
said, with a meaning smile, care not
you the man that practices surgery by
steam?' and Sabattus had to admit
that he was that same feller.' Lew
iston Ole Journal
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of conical h,1ts, where the Impis were
''dCctored'' before going to war. This
complicated matters still further Be
tween them and the fo.t of the hill,
about 100 yards away. was an open
space of grass which they ,aust cross.
Now for it!' said Burnham Arm
strong smiled grimly. Both men
frightened their belts and prepared for
that last dash. Around then, at the
foot OF the kopjes. were probably d
thousand Of as cruel barbarians as
Africa can boast
According to the programme of the
two desperate men not shot was to
be fired. 1t was 10 be a seizure. If
not a seizure, the knife II not the
knife, as a last resort. the rifle.
Pausing to take a long brea til, the
two men, crouching low, ran swiftly
out in the tall grass Of the open space
stumbling here and there over the
hidden powders, but keeping ever in
a dilsct line for the summit Just be-
yond the open glade they came upon a
steep path which somewhat reseinbled
a rude staircase. 1t was fortunately
invisible froms below, and Durham
and Armstrong passed rapidly and
noiselessly along the ascent.
At the very su unit We're two huge
blocks upheaved by some prehistoric
earthquake. They leaned together in
the shape of All SAP tent. forming an
opening about four feet in height and
trehdilg downward. The mon were
ON their hands and knees now. They
crawled cautiously across the last in
tervening boWlder light up to the dark
and foul-sinelling entrance to the
MlimO's cave.
Then together, like two great cats,
they dropped softly into the darkness.
The rocky aisle, a few PAGES in adj
vance, turned sharply to the left. They
cautiously peer,ed around the meek
The killing of the Black God.
There in the semi darkness sat
N'dubi, the M'lilno of the Matabele,
gaunt and savage, crouched like a spi-
der in a noisome web.
Suddenly he began an incarnation.
The half-muttered words Of the chant
resembled the mindless rawlings Of a
hasheesh dream. With every sway of
his body forward, his gree-grees and
arnlets of dead mems bones sounding
like the angry warning Of a attle-
sDake.
Before he had finished the chant he
sprang to his feet, tall and bony and
with blazing eyes. Be had seen in the
gloom the white faces OF Burnham
and Armstrong. There was no oppor
tunity for seizure. The long, dusky
:rm OF the Matabele god described a
swift swoop toward the wall of the
cave. In doing this he half-turned lis
back. Was it assegai. gun or spear?
Burnham did not know. lie did not
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aims, became incorporated into the
Matabele faith.
The priests who prophesied for
M'limo, became respected factors in
tribal war. Whenever the Matabele
would see a shooting star 'Lov' they
would say, ''the god is travelling. He
went in that direction"
Asked where the god lives, one would
point to the east, another TO the west,
and dozen others in as many different
directions. One would, say, II have
seen him here on the mountain top"
Another would cry, II have beheld him
at the setting Of the sun, by the great
rock In the valley"
line priests OF Mlimo who were wont
to communicate with him in certain
localities were called Islosana, and
were greater in power than the war
-chisef of the tribe. In old times both
Moselekatze and Lo Bengula, his son,
used to send black oxen to M'limo to
procure rain in times Of drouth.
It was in 1893 that the power of
M'limo began to be felt in the hostile
actions Of Lo Bengula. At that time
the god was supposed to live in cave
In the Matoppe Hills, in Mangwe pass.
An attempt on the part Of English
scouts to find him failed utterly.
After the death Of Lo Bengula moth
ing more was heard Of the M'limo for
almost two years. "The god had gone
into temporary retirement, but would
eventually come forth and wreak a
terrible revenge was the explanation
of the high priest.
The name Of the high priest was
N'dubi. It was through him that the
commands Of M'limo were given. He
was at the head Of an extensive priest
hood confined to his own family and
relatives. There was very little jeal-
ousy or friction, therefore, in the car
rying out Of the mandates Of the
Mlimo, and when at last it was stated
that the god would once more resume
sway there was great rejoicing among
the Matabele.
This was last February The return
OF the god was to be signaled by a
great dance in the Mangwe Hills. The
Matabele gathered from near and far,
all fastening to the big kraal at the
foot of the Matoppd Kepjes. Soon
after sunset the tom-toms began to
sound, and hundreds Of black and pow
erful looking warriors came pouring
down past the kraal gates in COM
panies, dancing in grotesque fashion
and making the most unearthly and
aWeinspiring noises.
AS they poured into the circle of
huts some of them growled like wild
beasts. Others chanted id low, rolling
monotones. ALI of them kept up rat
tling tattoo on their shields Of rhinoc-
eros hide. When all were gathered in
a great semicircle about large fire,
still keeping up monotonous chant, a
tall warrior suddenly rushed out into
the middle Of the open space and be
gan a heroic panttsmime. H.
He leaped high in the air with q
violent thrust of his assegal that would
have driven the weapon through an
OK. Next he would crouch as though
creeping upon an enemy. and end 1t
all with a swift whirl that would have
done credit to a dervish. One by one
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Emu OF THE MATA-.
Bella GOD.
I'm American Scout and His Com
IN DaniOn Save Many Lives

An American Scout and His Com
panion Save Many Lives.
Almost every fine evening in Picca-
dilly or on the Row in London you may
see a tall, slight, middle-aged man with
gaunt, weather-beaten cheeks, a sun
burned mustache, quiet eyes, as sharp
as scimetar, and a SLOUGH hat. An
American of course.
Promenaders stop to look at the
outre figure in the SLOUGH hat. Fash
ionable men tooling along the drive
i way gaze at him with interest. Pretty
women level upon him their lorgnettes
and their languid glances.
1t is Durham, the American scout;
Durham, the killer of N'dubi; the
M'limo Of the Matabele
A murderer? No; an executioner.
The saver Of hundreds of lives through
the taking Of one.
Burnham is coming to America He
has shaken from his feet, for a time,
the sands Of the Zambesi, and the dust
Of the wild aroos, and in the land Of
his birth he will take his ease until
sent for again by Cecil Rhodes, the au-
tocrat of South Africa
A Cruel Life, m Ignob1e Death
This is the story Of the life and death
of N'dubi, the M'limo of the Malta
bele-the story Of a cruel and merciless
life and Of an ignoble death. 1t is IA
miliar to residents Of South Africa and
of England. It is now told in this
country, in it's completeness, for the
first time.
When Moselegatze broke away from
the Zulus long ago, and trelked north
ward into the unknown, he brought
with him into the land Of the Makala-
kas all the old Zulu traditions and SUI
perstitions. He brought with him also
instincts as cruel as those Of Hanno Of
Carthage. Blood was his benson. He
raided, slaughtered and killed. His
band Of outcast Zulus became known
as the Matabele-the blood drinkers
Tribe after tribe was conquered and
subjugated.
Among the tribes overridden were
the Makalakas.
Let him alone" said they, "the
curse Of Mlimo the god Of the mount
aims, will come upon him.
Then Moselekatze, the great chief,
fell Ill.
1T is the M'limo," said the Makalaka.
1T is the M'limo," echoed the Mata-
belle.
Sacrifices were offered up in propiti-
alton, and thus the Makalaka supersti-
tion Of Mlimo, the god Of the mount
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his assistant and a packer and laborer.
are required in the field, and the
amount of ground covered is very
great. Thus the 500 square miles sur
#yeyed in 1892 only required slxty-one
working days in the field, an important
matter, since the heavy SHOWS in the
Rockies greatly reduce the time dur
ing which it is possible to work. On
the return of the party home the pack
Photographer and his assistant proceed
ed to- plot their maps from their sur
veys, the contours in this case being
put in at 1OO-feet intervals, the ground
being very precipitous. The scale used
was 1-2OO,OO GIT inches per mile);
finally it was reduced one half by the
government Railway Review.
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Gar A1exander,s Little joke.

E Czar AAc4AHUers Llttle Joke.
#F Mr.. w. s. Harwood contributes to
st. Nicholas sketch Of Joseph Fran
els, the inventor of the life boat, ME-.
HarWood says
sIIe had been received one day by
the car at dinner. The car was foEsf
OF witnessing experiments with new
inventions, and Mr.. Francis was asked
out into a room opening from cons,
sservatory. where ar inventor of soil;e
new tangled force pump was going to
give an exhibition. After they had
seen the pu1np the car took hold of
the nozzle of the pipe and turned it III
the direction of the ladies' of the
court, who were in the conservatory
Ntnkin.. at Mr.. Francis; the car. in.
mischief, gave theIIl slight sprink.
ing begging pardon afterWard for his
awkWardness.
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Not Posted.

The difference between horse and
q wheel is that you always have the
latter under perfect control .
Indeed! guess you've never been
thrown BY your bike - Ph Philadelphia
North American. s
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Among our Cotton q

Liverpool spot market unchanged. FIJI
lure contracts declined SO TO 4 points.
closing quiet and steady.
Bar silver 81 5-lj-deciincd l-1G.
Console, lO9 5-16-declincd K.
New York future market declined o in
II points, closing steady: sales. a2G non
bales; May. 7.33@T.34; August, 7.37m73S.
October. 7.l2m7.l4. ~
New Orleans future contracts declined
s TO . points, closing steady: sales. IS. $40
bales. '''V
Receipts at New Orleans TO-DAY or,
estimated at from 1900 to / SOo i, ,os
against 1851 last year. II G.542 In 1891 :
Receipts at United States ports vester-
day were 1852 bales. against l6 IsS 49,.
last year, and 7.73S bales in 1894.
Receipts at bombay. India, for tho
past week were $1,000 bales. aga,ns,
80, 600 bales last year.
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Concert and sumner.

y meeting of the Directors of the y. NJ.
c. y. was held yesterday at $50 p. m.
at which the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President.
W. w. Vicar; First Vice President, s.
l.. Foster; Second Vice President, Alfred
Gay; Third Vice President. T.. j.
Whitchurst; Recording Secretary. c. c.
Copper; Treasurer. w. II. Barnard.
Mr.. Vicar made touching reference to
the death of Mr.. w. ID. Voorhees,, and
was followed by several members of the
board, who paid highest tribute TO the
memory of the deceased director and
former general secretary of the associa
non ana appropriate action was taken
10 express to the bercavcd family the
sympathy of the association. and IN,
otiicia! representation at the funeral
to-day.
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The civil Service iISt.

me list OF persons eligible, to appo:n
nieht III the Norfolk post-omce. uude,
me CIVIL Service rules. is growing small
Two or those eligible for carriers posi-.
t,ois and SIN for c~lerkships having beer
dropped from the lis, bv tho ana -,
limitation. This leaves the el;sihlo IL,
as follows: clcrks-Miss Bessie 10,
Jones Of Norfolk; Horace l.. TiIghman
OF norfolk: II. w. Barnard, of Berkjrv,
-. Il. samuel. of Norfolk; Herber, X
Davis, Of Norfolk. -
Unless previously appointed the In #
three VIII he dropped by limitation ney,
July; mere is no one on the carriers
ei'sipie iSt al this time, except those
employed as substitutes.
The pext examination takes n,,co or
the ilrSt Saturday in June. Application
may be sent in at any time.
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RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
COUGHING the Death OF MIR, w. n.
Voorhees,.

me following resolutions were adont-
eu by the Young Mems Christian Assoc
ciation last night, touching the death 81
Mr.. Voorhees,: h VI
Whereas, Our Heavenly Father has
III ms all wise province taken from ON
,nidSl our friend and brother, William
ID. voorhees,, late general secretary and
at the time of his death n mnnhnr of
the Board of Directors. we. while how.
my III submission to the decree. unite
with his family In grief for his loss
anu we record by these resolutions our
feelings OF admiration for the sterling
rats of his character. and Of the loss
Tor nm which has resulted from close
association during the years he has lived
ana labored In our midst.
Coming here a strange he for six
years devoted his energies with all the
zeal or his nature to the advancement
Oh thls association. and In season and
out OF season labored for the spiritual
ana temporal welfare of the young men
of this city.
During this period nom ever appealed
IN vain TO him for help ympathy
III sickness or in health. and he pointed
many to that road he has SO soon been
called TO tread to that everlasting rest
mat reniaineth to the. pcople OF God.
After Il life of great devotion to duty,
young In years. but ripe I'm Christian eX-
perience, he has gone 10 that rest, fol-
lowed by the sympathy and tears OF all
those who knew him best.
Profoundly believing thai he has pass
ed from the trials OF this life to a. tri-
umphant and blissful reward. we yet
extend to his wife and family our sin
cerest sympathy in their bereavement,
and direct that n copy Of these resoiu-
tions be sent to them. and also pub
lishcd In the daily papers of Noroflk.
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Browning or Capt. white.

ihe announcement of the drowniog of
SSSapt. VIM. White, of this civ hoe "
mace In The V~irginian. CAPTAIN viii
was drowned Tuesday night. Five tnye
consisting of forty-three barges ;nit H.
az Brideport, Conn, for shelter 'c,'.
urge = Nile is owned by Chappell Bros,
- parted Its hawser shortly after mid.
White and a deckhand. renlizin. I,Ipt
me vessel would go down. tried To es'
cape in q yawl. The deckhand reacha|
boat all right, but the Captain iost
ms balance n was beyond reach am
crowned. The unfortunate man wa,
ABOUT As years old and unmarriea
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Concert in surfnIh-

The concert and supper al Salem Ran
t!it Church last night was IL grand suc-
cess. ~ large crowd attended, and were
well entertained. The programme was
as follows:
9oio ............... Miss jamie Taylor
Accompaniment by Miss Taylor.
Little Miss Oracle Bell.
+. j. .Antelotti.
a." MINUTES win ...Mr. j. j. O'Keefe
Mr.. G. VI. Loughlin.
Cierman recitation .......
c. IL. Boush.
iNcci'utlon --
John Fletcher.
The supper will be given again To-
niSht. When the Frances Barnes Us. of
this city will give the concert.