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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-05

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recommend it as superior to any prescription
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III So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn NJ l.
The herald., 1896-10-11

How about the vice presidency?"
asked the News man.
"Sewall will win, but Hobart will be
ahead of Watson. The latter will be
far in the rear" replied madam.
HAS Bryan any chance to carry New
York state?"
His chances of doing so are very
good"
"Will Mckinley carry Ohio?" was the
next question.
At the answer one Republican report
er turned pale and nearly fell from his
chair. Clear and stern came the reply:
mo, sir; he will not
NEBRASKA SURE.
"Hows Nebraska going?"
"For Bryan sure"
"Will Sewall carry Maine?"
"He will not"
HAS Bryan any chance to carry any
of the New England states?"
"He will carry several Of them, but
cannot name them"
A look of Mortified amazement fitted
across the face of the sensitive scribe,
and he placed his hand upon his vest,
as if in pain. Restlessly the interlocu-
tor pursued his course.
"Will any national disaster follow the
election of Bryan?"
None. Times will improve"
"Will there be any election riots?"
Eyes; either few daye before or a
few days after the election there will
be a big riot in or near Washington, but
I cannot name it. I.see the city before
me, but I cannot recognize it. 1t may
be either Baltimore or Philadelphia.
Then the boys braced up and sorrow
fully wended their way homeward, while
from out the distance came the hoarse
call of night bird replying, it seemed,
to the mental query: 'Is there no
chance of Republican success?" In the
nn'c ny,rir1 1rIyc,
raven, "Nevermore, nevermore." Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
The herald., 1896-10-11
AN ECONOMIST OF NATURE.

A traveller passing through Kansas a
short while ago stopped at settlers
cabin near the western part of the state
line. The owner, a tall, lank farmer,
with stub of beard and sharp blue
eyes, slawly hoisted his booted leg off a,
rail fence and slouched up to the stran-
ger.
How yer be, stranger? Coin fer ter
stop long in these parts?"
"Oh, no, only very short time"
That's lucky fer you, stranger, cause
there's goin' to be a little blow here
shortly, and it mightn't be safe fer We to
be round. I've just been er-fixin' up the
chicks over yonder."
why, what funny looking chickens!
Somebody's plucked half their feathers
off!
Somebody? Say. stranger, be yer Sok-
in? Cause it's safer fer ye if I knows
what yer mean. Them air plucked chicks
is what the last blow did"
What! A cyclone plucked half the
feathers out?"
yep, that's it; and, stranger I've got
'em tied to that fence er-waitin fer the
next blow, which is due here purity nigh
bout now. Yer see. when it comes, it will
take the other half off and save pluckin'
There's lot ter do hereabouts, stranger,
sides pluckin' chicks. ."-Editor's Draw
er in Harper's Magazine for October.
The herald., 1896-10-11
HUMOR AS IT FLIES IN TEXAS.

Every one knows that Phil Sheridan
said of Texas-"If I owned Texas and
hell I'd rent Texas and live In hell
Possibly out of respect for so great a
man the Texans answer was suppress
ed, but 1t was good, just the same. He
said with great promptness: We'll,
gin'rl, yer know cuss alters will take
up fer the place he cum from"
The Texan has a strong sense Of
humor, and 1t manifests itself in other
ways than repartee. The legislator who
proposed that all trains running into
Texas should be detained for ten min
utes at the state line and required to
whistle three times in acknowledgment
of the sovereignty of the state, didn't
expect to be taken seriously. He
wasn't but his colleagues thought it
would be such good joke on the rail-
roads that they made the suggestion
a law, and for a time religiously en-
forced it.
The Texas women have their share of
humor, and they can be sarcastic, too,
as the following conversation between
the daughter of Texas congressman
and New Yorker at a Washington ball
testifies:
You are from Texas?" the New
Yorker said. in very much the same tone
that he would have used had he asked If
she were from Hawaii or some other re-
mote place.
Yes" she said, smiling sweetly.
Lots of cowboys out there" he said
like man who knew
Yes" she said, doubtfully.
you've seen some, of course?"
"Oh yes" this in a tone of conviction.
In what part of the state?" he went
"Oh, didn't see any cowboys in Tex
as. The ones I saw were on Broadway.
New York. New York Evening Sun.
The herald., 1896-10-11

Outwardly he is not pleasant to look
upon. His face shows the ravages of
smallpox, his eyes are bulging and the
eyelids droop. He Is almost as dark as
a negro, and is unable to read or write.
Osman Digna is as shrewd as his mas
ter, but not as cruel He Is now about
60. His remote ancestors were on one
side Turks, who came into Upper Egypt
from Constantinople 300 years ago,
but through intermarriage with natives
Of the half savage region in the Eastern
Soudan the Turkish strain has been al
most lost in that of the Hadendowas.
tribe neither Arabic nor Abyssinian.
but having some of the characteristics
of both. The name of the tribe means
"the chief people," and it is one of the
ruling tribes in the country lying be-
tween the Nubian desert on the north
and Abyssinia on the south, the east
ern boundary being the Red sea, the
western the Blue Nile.
Osman was born in Tokar, town
about 100 miles south of Suakin. He is
tall, gaunt, rather inclined to stoop, and
lacking the erect, graceful bearing OF
the Arabs. His skin is chocolate color,
his forehead is full and high, and his
nose prominent. His hair is shaggy and
crimpy, and his bead long and now
quite gray. He has firm lips, not too
thick, and his eyes are dark and melan-
choly in expression.
He began life as a dealer in fruits.
feathers and other merchandise of an
ordinary sort. He managed to put mo,l-
ey by, and little by little made ventures.
until he had arrived at the dignity of an
influential Arab trader. Thereafter his
fortunes rapidly increased, thanks to
his enterprises in kidnapping slaves in
the region around Albert Nyanza. In
the rising of the Mahdi he saw his op-
portunity. In 1883, while buying mer-
chandise in the Soudan, he visited the
prophet, professed conversion to his
cause, and received q commission to
rouse the faithful in the Eastern Sou
dan to join in the holy war.
Returning to his own country, he
soon attracted thousands to the stand
ard of Ell Mahdi. His eloquent appeals
and his piety reused his followers to
fanatical frenzy, which made them Ut
terly reckless Of life and a terribly for
tian troops that did battle with them.
Nothing daunted them. Nothing ever
drove them from the field. Death alone
vanquished them. Before fight Os-
man used to appear before his troops ar
rayed in sheik's loose robe, on which
was braided, in yellow and green, words
from the Koran, and as they rushed up
on the enemy ne prayed aloud to Allah
to send the souls Of the infidels to per-
dition.
He was the most formidable general
in the war of 1883, and the successes Ct
the Mahdi's forces were due to him more
than to any other leader. He Is good
deal of sham, but in carrying OH a war,
or crushing a rebellion, he Is not to be
sneezed at He has practically lived in
the saddle for fourteen years. He is an
impassioned orator, and just before O
battle he addresses his soldiers, work.
Ing them up to the point of frenzy.
nt1 hn ENyxrr to-,
should be full of interest. and II the
English succeed In crushing Abdullah
and Osman the whole world will be the
The herald., 1896-10-11

country runs along the Nile In a south
ern direction for 1900 miles. East and
west the Khalifa's land is about $50 miles
wide. running from the western limits
of Kordofan to Abyssinia in the ea%..
Omdurman is situated half way between
Dongola on the north and the southern
boundary of -Lado. To reach Omdur-
man is will require many months of
weary travel even, If the invaders are
not hampered by Osman Digna and
hordes of dervishes. That the English
will be hampered is a certainty. For the
first time they are now really in the ene-
mys country ,adn the highly praised
valor of the dervishes will now be put to
the test.
Omdurman, where the Khalifa lives,
has a peculiar history. 1t was built al
most in a day and has many fine struc-
lures, the most notable being the tomb
of the Mahdi and the palace of the Kha-
lifa. Abdullah is fanatic of the black
est stripe and when he became ruler his
first step was to blot out every vestigC
and recollection of Egyptian rule in the
land. Many of the ancient cities were
destroyed and new cities erected from
the ruins, a few hundred yards away. A
year after the Mahdi's death the Khalifa
gave orders for every one to move out
Of Khartoum within three days. On the
morning Of the fourth dayigreat hordes
of men set at work tearing down the
buildings adm obliterating every mark
Of the great city. The work was thor
oughly done. AS fast as a house was
torn down the pieces were taken across
the river adm a new house erected. In
a few days the new city, Omdurman,
was as great as Khartoum had been.
The khalifa is only As years old, and
while great soldier during the lifetime
of the Mahdi, he is now a gross volup-
tuary, spending most of his time with his
numerous wives. He has grown fat
and is disinclined for outdoor work, but
is more cruel and shrewder than ever.
The herald., 1896-10-11

British empire. 1t will be no light task
and may require years of fighting, but
this will be no novelty for England. 1t
took her more than three quarters Of a
century of fighting to complete the con-
quest of India, and while the known
riches of the Soudap. do not compare with
those of India the region is worth the
struggle.
Dongola is now in possession of the
English, and the invading forces have
the Mahdists on the run. This marks
the first chapter of the fall of Kahlifa
and Osman Digna, two of the most
unique and terrible characters the
world over. A century, or two hence,
when people read Of the careers of these
men, they will probably regard the
close of the nineteenth century as bar
barous age for permitting such prodig-
ious rascals to survive.
OF the two, the bigger rascal is the
Khalifa. In a measure he Is not unlike
the Sultan of Turkey. He has urged
the massacre of tens of thousands of
his subjects simply because he regarded
them as obstacles to his continuance
as the Mahdi's successor. The Mahdi
died on June 22 1885, after three years
of power, and Abdullah, as the chief OF
the Kahlifa, was appointed to succeed
him. Abdullah was the Mahdi's choice
for the throne, and he was nominated
for the place just before the Mahdi died.
The word of the Mahdi was law, but the
choice was not an agreeable one, and
almost ended in internline strife, which
would have disrupted the strongest ma
ton on the face of the globe.
THE BAGGARA TRIBE
The opposition was due to the fact
that Abduliah was the chief of the Bag
garas, the most tyrannical murderous
and fearful tribe in the Soudan. The
elevation of Abdullah meant supreme
power for his immediate followers, the
Baggaras. The two other leading
tribes. the Danaglas and Joalins, knew
that the Baggaras would show them
small mercy, and the past eleven years
has proven tho truth Of this prediction.
The Danagla is the native tribe of the
Dongola region and the Joalin tribe be-
longs to the neighboring country, while
the Baggaras are interlopers. Prior to
the accession Of Abdullah the Danaglas
and Joalins were the rulers. Now they
are the ruled, the Baggaras having the
whip hand. During his reign of eleven
years three-fifths of the population of
the Soudan have perished by war and
famine, much of the misfortune being
due to Abdullah. In times of famine he
has given permission to the Baggaras
to plunder the other tribes. and the Bag
garas were fat and strnng, wanting
ands and the living ground up the bones
of the dead to make kind of flour for
bread.
CITY OF OMDURMAN
The center Of this strife is Omdurman,
where the Khalifa lives. This is city
Of 10000 inhabitants, Immediately
across the river Nile from the ruins of
Khartoum. Omdurman will probably
be the next objective point of the invad-
ing army, and the Journey will be long
one.
Dongola, the place just captured.
Rarks the northern boundary of the
xhalifa's domains. From Dongola his
The herald., 1896-10-11

The route chosen is the old Santa Fe and
Albuquerque trail trayeled SO extensively
sase S ee dEeaso HEHa sesesrs s M making pa s
Springfield st. Louis, Arkansas. Indian
the Mojave desert along the Atlantic and
Pacific railway, Los Angeles, CAL Mr..
Reed will take two wagons and five horses
geies, and and the their owl owner, thinks they will,
they will have left 5000 miles Of zig-zag
road behind them The larger wagon ,es or
high above the floor, inside measurement.
1t is covered with No. s duck canvas and Is
perfectly weather tight. A window
lures. Into this wagon will be loaded all
the bedding. furniture and heavy canvas.
Mr.. Reed will take three tents with him
use. and tent for the horses II feet square.
His armory will consist of winchester
rifle, two Colts navy revolvers, western ter,
piscatorial outfit will consist OF four bam-
boo poles, a magazine of hooks, reels. frogs,
spoons and finny decoys and enough fish
line to thread all the telegraph wires be
tween San Francisco and New York. Mrs;
Reed will take her. sewing, machine and
writing, desk with, her. and the children
while away the time when fishing becomes
wearisome and the ,grasshopper becomes
burden Sport and haca K, vii smnr
is proud of the fact that he IS an adult
Gordon setter. Jack weighs 12S pounds
and was born six months ago. He looks
like big. overgrown. ungainly boy and
has difficulty in closing his lips when in
company. This is because his father and
mother were mastiffs and never taught
him the stall-fed mannerisms of polite So
ciety.
"Yes.iI am going to make the old '49er
trip" said Mr.. Reed last night to- re-
porter for the Chronicle, land will have
everything packed ready to go ip a, few
days. I am only waiting now to sell out
nv barber shop. I ran a barber sshop at
,6O10 Stony Island avenue during the fair
and long confinement has ruined my realth
Ny doctor says this trim will be just the
thing and restore it. The change In eli
mate will be gradual, and hunting and fish
ing on the way will support me. l think
I shall take some BARRIERS supplies along
with me and sell to the trade enroute. 7
suppose 1 have everything in my' two
shall have to dispense with roof gardens
and brass bands. In 1876 made an over
land trip from Cheyenne to Deadwood
and have spent four years on the plains.
I have given up trying to become rich and
will now devote mvself to the task OF re-
covering my health and the pleasures of
travelling"
In addition to the SCHOONER Mr.. Reed
will take a small delivery wagon in which
he will carry & =" tents and necessary cook
ing utensils.--Chicago Chronicle.
The herald., 1896-10-11
EngIand's Success in Soudan
Will Terminate His Career
AN EMINENT OLD RASCAL
He and Osman Digna Will Be Crushed by
the Next Move
The Invading Forces Marching on On
durman-Osman Digna's Native
Shrewdness-An Able General

Two notable and disturbing figures
will be obliterated by the now assured
success of the Anglo-Egyptian army in
the work of reclaiming to civilization the
100000 square miles and the unknown
millions of Inhabitants composing the
great Egyptian Soudan. These men
are Abdullah ct Taishi, Khalifa. sue
cessor of the Mahdi, and Osman Digna,
the leading military spirit of the NAH
dist army.
When England first began the Soudan
campaign it was believed that her pur-
pose was merely to drive the Mahdists
out Of Dongola and reclaim the dis
trict which had been wrested from her
by the fall of Khartoum and General
Gordon's murder. But now it seems
that the whole Of the vast Soudan IS to
be brought under the iron hand Of the
The herald., 1896-10-11
PROPHECY
BY the "Witch of Salem"-Her Predic
tions, 'Tis said, Never. Go Wrong

At midnight last night Nine. Milmoth,
the Witch of Salem, predicted that Will
liam J. Bryan would be the next presi-
dent of the United States. For six
teen years the madam has predicted the
result Of the presidential elections sew
eral weeks, sometimes months, before
polling day. Not once, according to
newspaper clippings, has he failed to
choose the winner She predicted Gar
fields assassination some time before
it occurred. At City Point, South Bos-
ton, July 21, 1884, in the presence of Il, 900
people, she predicted Cleveland's cleo
ton. In 1888 she told Of Harrison's sue
cess, and in 1892 prophesied Growers
second term. Last night In the presence
Of group of reporters at 222 Oliver
street, she predicted Bryan's election, so
Mark Hanna and the rest of the Repub-
lican campaigners had as well throw up
the sponge.
THE ORACLE HATH SPOKEN
And she speaketh not with a crooked
tongue. Interrogated, the madam pass
ed her hand over her eyes, contracted
her brow and with mighty mental ef-
fort proceeded thusly: Yes, Mr.. Bryan
will win, but the election will be close.
Mr.. Mckinley cannot win, but even If he
did, his time in the presidential chair
would be short. He has not long to live.
The herald., 1896-10-11
TO COME OVERLAND TO CALIFORNIA
Eugene w. Reed Fitting Out n Prairie
Schooner for the Trip

in dry dock a prodigious prairie schooner.
Under this schooner lie two big dogs,
Sport and Jack who are detailed to see
near by are not pilfered by some impe-
cunious rascal before Eugene w. Reed,
owner of these properties, leaves for CAL
Reed is a barber by trade, but too close con-
finement with alums, cosmetics and lath-
cred stubble has resulted in a loss of health
Accordingly he will temporarily abandon
his trade and with his wife and five chill
dren take the '49er overland route to Cal
lorna Reed w hint Ia Ia Wfe s Or an% ec Mr Ar
thur, Donald, Robert and Raymond Reed,
the children, whose ages vary from 10 to
5, will make themselves useful generally.
The herald., 1896-10-11

The young woman had a remarkably
good voice. One comic opera manager
who was watching the performance, re-
marked approvingly to another:
'She took that high note splendidly"
Yes" was the reply "She would be
a success in this business if she could
only kick as high as she can sing
Washington Evening Star.
The herald., 1896-10-11
OFFICES.

In one of the Armour shops at the stock
yards, an Australian ballot stood 675 for
Bryan and % for Mckinley. In another
vote was Bryan, 2S7: Mckinley, II.
A recent poll of Illinois made by the
Tribune, through its correspondents, show
ed that Bryan would carry the state by 50,-
900. This report was suppressed by the
Tribune after it had been made at great
expense.
The herald., 1896-10-11
PRINTERS FOR BRYAN.

While the five big morning daiies of
Chicago are engaged in an attempt to show
that organized labor is opposed to Bryan, a
poll taken a week ago of the printers and
pressmen of these same gold standard or
gans shows the following astounding re-
ults:
The herald., 1896-10-11
MAIN STREET SAVINGS BANK

Junction of Main, Spring and Temple ste.
(Temple Block). Los Angeles.
Officers and directors: r. Z. BuQue.
President; ]. N. Van Nuys, Vice President:
Kaspare Kohn, H. W. OMelveny, ]. q.
Lankershtm,. o. 7. johnson. Abs Haas, N,
G. Kerckhoff. n > = *
Money loaned on real estate.
Five per cent interest paid On teg0 lenonn1D
The herald., 1896-10-11
+ OS ANGELES SAVINGS BANK.
2S0 N. Main ST.

w. NJ Caswell, Cashier.
Directors-I. w. Hellman. J. L. Platter.
II. w. Hellman. !. w. Hellman. Jr. w.
M. Caswell.
Interest paid on deposits. Money to loan
on drst-class real estate.
The herald., 1896-10-11

OFFICERS
J. +. SARTORI........... ..Presi ten.
MAURICE S. HELLMAN.. Vice-PresideLt
w, d. LCNGYEAR...... Cashier
Five per cent interest paid on ting, pei
evenings from. , toS ot
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cECUpITY SAVINGS BANK
Northeast Corner rlain and Second Streets

DIRECTORS
II. W. Eellman j. T. Sartori w. L. Graves,
II. j. Fleishman. G. A. Shaw, II. o. John
son. J."H. Shankland. J. a. Graves, M. l..
Fleming. NJ. S. Hellman, w. D. Longyear
cent on ordinary deposits. Open Saturday
lock, to receive deposits.
The herald., 1896-10-11

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
FARMERS MERCHANTS BANK OF LOS ANGELES, CAL
Cpitp o S750J)
% Gash RIEsgcf9W W. T. u PERiXt "
The oasis., 1896-04-11
An Affidavit.

This is to certify that on May lIth, l walked to Melick's drug store on a pair of crutches and bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm for in- fammatory rheumatism which had crippled me up. After using three bottles I am completely cured. can cheerfuliy recommend it-Charles Fl. Wetzel, Sunbury, Pa.
 Sworn and subscribed to before me on August 10, 1891 Walter Shipman, J. r. For sale at 50 cents per bottle ny Chenoweth X Mix.
The oasis., 1896-04-11

Saturday, April II, ISo6.
c1rx AND COUNTY.

The United States court of private land claims was to convene at Tucson Monday of the present week, but on Friday last an order was received by Marshal Meade from Chief Justice Reed, directing the adjournment.
 In the case of Villalobos, to whom the Tucson council refused license to sell liquor, and who did so without a license, Judge Rouse has decided that the council has no right of dis crimination, but must sell to all who apply.
 The Citizen says: Mir. C. A. Thorne has struck it rich in his Edna mine in the Sierritas. He has uncovered ledge seven feet wide of sand carbon ates and chloride of silver. The whole ledge will average sl00 or more. In sinking shaft the ore had been left to one side and was accidentally broken into. The shaft is twenty-two feet deep.
 Tucson Star: An experiment has been made in brick manufacture which proves that better brick can be obtained here than has ever before been made in Arizona. The fault does not lie so much with the clay as with defective processes. A kiln just opened whose product is to be used in the new cathedral discloses first grade brick. It is of proper color and hardness and rings like bell. An ex- pertinent will shortly be made in the manufacture of pressed brick. Work oD the cathedral walls will be com menced tomorrow.
 At meeting of the stockholders of the Tucson Canal company last Friday it was decided to begin immediately to ascertain the feasibility of the com pany's project for the diversion of water from the Santa Cruz. Prelimin- ary work on survey may be commenced today and certainly not later than the first of next week. There is really no doubt of the practicability of the pro- ject as that has already been proved by the Allison Bros. canal. The Tue son Canal company of course designs to direct much larger volume of water. It is believed to lie in practi- cally limitless quantities under the sands of the Santa Cruz.
 A Mexican was in Tucson last Fri day with lion skin which is suspected of being ringer" He said the lion was killed fifteen days ago near Super visor Vails ranch in the Catalinas The slaughter was accomplished he said by him aided by two dogs and a cobble stone. There was a trouble some lion in that locality and MT. Vail and his neighbors offered slO for it's skin. He is not sure though that this particular skin belonged to that particular lion. More than a month ago skin was brought in by Mexican whose story of the killing of the lion was precisely like the narrative of the claimant of the reward offered by the Vail syndicate.
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The oasis., 1896-04-11
A Group of Lead and
 Silver Mines

4. group Of eleven mines situated within e radius of r., miles. Distance from railroad miles. Good wagon road to alt the mines Width Of veins from 5 to feet. Low aver age assays sil gold and silver and 20 per cent lead. FluN ore high percentage of Iron over silica, Lead in forms of cerusitc and carbonate, requiring no roasting. All the ledges have work on same from s0 to 8O feet deep but still require development work tO put said mines n working order. Water in sufficient quantity for twenty ton shelter which can be put In center of group. Wood abundant. Capital required s50000 gold Terms fair and reasonable.