Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-05-03

49,, bir fellows. and It looks
The' -',, sse them IN British uniform,
s.'----,, under the Union JACK. IAey
,--,..~-f5le in warfare. and can only
a-e Zen by being outnumOereu.
D. p,rba is now their commander.
jun .-.-,h with the British troops.
Ia'l -..s-a "dervishes" in blood just
b.. ,- They are considered great in
t ,rf they mus, be under a COM
bard as themselves or they
m.-.- away from all rank and rush
VIII .i~ cousins. the SOudanese, to
49, hem TO their homes, getting
trs deserts and marshes. Many
M i'm the conflict last week IN
'-.7 r.r months ago ali was quiet
.te Nile. The upper part Of 1t
a .l, IN Ire British and the friendly
49, Inc middle and lower part
... fs-rishes. Each avoided The
.-a, ,n0Usl the devil
o,-.' t1fsHICANS TALK.
-.- -.~a.e u trouble arose through
...,...gns visiting the Nile-tO be
.-..- -,s E1gush statesmen. Cairo
..r, place Of winter resort.
...-. With their Unborn sense Of
..r.al about the sold mines. in
r.s. il any were ,herea0outs, specu-
s about the presence OF diamond
-s informed the natives OF thelr
ga. They t0ld the kOrosko people
-..s.r.-,i - was that traffic with Ber-
t.-rsi been stopped so many years.
~r openly POKE OF the rlchneSS Oh
E.-Um and oeplored the ignorance
-..- lowed he Mandi to hold II with
r-t great horde OF Soudanese. But
- N.l.. IS aii powerful. lie Is SUI
rat-Il- Ills nag, the mania, Will
f r, enemy VINO venture unuer us
nils. Nonsense. was the American
.r "IcI can kill the Aahdi with
..r NaN'u guns.
That. SAYS The Englishman. was tho
,-as.ug m.a, with upper Africa.
The Esro-ans are slow TO think but
ST. .a deed. When the British talked
O. -r-ak.rg Nhlrtoum and establishing
O. direct railroad communication be
tween Cairo ana the BRUSH ooulh Al
ma Company. tley We're delighted.
r.ar activity was unparalleled. Iney
f-r I'd. country. They would not be
ecsa1el by the climate. They would
c he white troops through the tor
I'll days. Only let the British white
nan supply Che guns and 30 along. and
tr would take the country by the.
power NJ smoke and spear. Without
;-r e--ernesS the British could have
done o.
Bur -Ie Mahdi and King Menelik,
though far separated, were not idle.
The King and the Princess entertained
themselves one pleasant evening ex-
r- u-a-ng with dynamite bomb.
Wlsra they got their ammunition is
Il- known But any OF the countries
-la. haze the English would supply it.
R1nor has iJ that the Beers, through
'-e Germans, supplied Menelik with all
Us ammunition he wanted. There are
e-'Is' suns IN Central Africa now TO
.l. those 10000 troops Sir Hercules
thomson has sent Tor.
.1 warfare the DerVlSh Is as lnNin-
C'e as human flesh can be, With
matted hair and sailed body he Is a
e.'- ncarnate. HIS body Is picked
-.lm youth to endure the weather and
.le wars OF the country. lie has @
1l' tanned with acids and herbs and
'1us1ened with salt and vinegar. He
j. fend i'm human shape when bound
upon destruction. In leaping he can
the run of a horse. and
when attacking he can dance and jump
and fly over spaces that are supposed
vide enough to protect an army from
men that have only spears 10 fight with
The Dervish has ammunition now and
rifles, bur in the excess of warfare he