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TYPICAL LFELLAF4IN

he had unequaled opportunity to study the people and the resources of the New Egypt that has just been won from the followers of the mahdi.
 On being questioned regarding the nature of the country and it's probable future, Col Prout replied by giving most interesting and comprehensive description of the new Egypt, which we give to our readers almost in his own words.
 The large population of Egypt proper is concentrated in the Delta-the eoun- try between Cairo and the Mediterra- mean, extending a short way up the Nile This is the most fertile spot on earth and should be considered apart from the rest of Egypt.
 The Delta is not all overfowed by the Nile in Thigh tide," as is popularly sup posed. The spreading out of the Nile waters is very thoroughly controlled by a system of dykes-or leyees as we call them along the Mississippi. The wa
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STORIES OF RELIEF.
Two Letters to Mrs. Pinkham.

Mrs. JOHN WILLIAMS, Englishtown, N. J., writes;
 DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:--I cannot be- gin to tell you how I suffered before taking your remedies. l was so weak that 1 could hardly walk across the floor without falling. I had womb trouble and such a bearing feeling also suffered with my back and limbs, pain in womb, inflammation of the bladder, piles and indigestion. Before I had taken one bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound felt great deal better, and after taking two and one- half bottles and half a box of your Liver Pills I was cured. If more would take your medicine they would Dot have to suffer so mach"
 Mrs. JOSEPH PETERSON, 513 East St., Warren, Pa, writes:
 ''DEAR Mas. PINKHAM:-I have suf- fered with womb trouble over fifteen years. had inflammation, enlarge ment and displacement of the womb. 1 had the backache constantly, also headache. and was so dizzy. I had uSdIb blOuD4eS u scGlued slS blouBh huy heart was in my throat at times chols- ing me. I could not walk around and I could not lie down, for then my heart would beat so fast I would feel as though I was smothering. I had to sit up in bed nightsin order to breathe. I was so weak conld not do any thing.
 sI have now taken several bot ties of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. and used three pack ages of Sanative Wash, and can say I am perfectly cured. do not think could have lived long if Mrs. Pink hams medicine had not helped me. "
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ter which at high tide is above the level of the adjacent land is controlled by an elaborate system of canals and ditehes. All through the season of cultivation as the level of the Nile falls this water Is raised by the peasants hands. Man has probably never instituted sys- tenn of labor that involved a greater waste of energy than this Egyptian ir- rigation. From it the primitive condi- ton of the people may be surmised. The fellahin (plural for felIah or peas ant) have had all their vitality squeezed out by generations of task masters in the form of conquerors or native chiefs But we have at the Delta all the elements for great prosperity industrious, thrifty people, good eli mate and extraordinarily rich land.
 Up to the present the fellahin have been so badly governed that they never accumulated savings or had any ini-
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HoRRID SIDE OF WAR.
yerribIe scenes NVitnessedbya n ilaree Iona Doctor on a Philip
 pine Transport.

A Barcelona doctor who visited q Philippine transport describes its hor- TOTS as follows:
 These poor soldiers, not one of whom was past his first youth, were i'll most terrible condition, mere skeletons GOV cred with yellow skin like leather and scored with deep wrinkles. Their glassy eyes were sunk in their sockets and trimmed with black. The wounded, cov- cred with excrement, were bowling with pain, for their sores had not been dressed and were infested with feas and worms.
 l entered the room pointed out to me by the doctor who accompanied me, and there came to the most terrible corner of this floating lazaretto. Sixteen sol diers were on the point of death. Here dead body lay on it's back, one eye wide open, the other almost shut, while the bottom of the face was covered with thick foam. There was another young soldier, eaten up by consumption, stretched beside. the corpse He was looking at it quietly with certain stoicaI calm, and he lay without move ment as if he already belonged to the Kingdom of shadows.
 Another soldier, on the contrary, whose lower jaw had been carried away by d bullet, was hiding his face in tie sheets so that he might not see the dead man. But, in spite of his terror, and as if moved by an irresistible force, la1 T, covering, slightly raise his head and look sideways at his dead comrade; his face took on a look Of horror which l cannot describe and then he would hide himself again under the eoyerlet.
 The others paid no attention to the dead man. The extent of their suffer ings made them indifferent to what happened around them. A young sol dier, his face looking pathetieally like that of pale young girl, was shrieking aloud for some one to come and finish him. Another. quite as young, was call ing on his mothers name with tears and hysterical sobs. 70, mother!" he screamed. don't leave me in my trouble. Take ne with you to Heaven. 1 cannot bear it any longer. 0, Godt It is burning me up Mother, mother, save mel" Another. with horrible oaths, groaned and swore that he had in lis stomach viper which was eating into his bowels Above him another young soldier was sobbing so piteonsly that to hear him was enough to eurdle ones blood. Two dying men near him were inhaling ether to help their breathing, and at the bottom of this den there rolled and shook on his mat. tress a living being so burned up with fever that he looked like madman- London Chronicle.
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too, but they fade early like all ori= cnta1 beauties, but that doesn't matter so much. as one rarely sees more than their eyes and the lower part of the brow in public. Their ordinary gown is blue cotton affair, and the veil is black. The women with the most money--as in some other countries dress the best, and such felIahin women are fond of doing themselves up in q great bundle of black silk until they are q shapeless mass, in which condi- ton they waddle about the streets.
 The Delta is only a small part of the New Egypt. Proceeding up the Nile from lower Egypt we get new set of conditions. For many hundreds of
 niles-until we nearly reach Khartoum the Nile flows through deserts of
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with that of the wretehes who were under the mahdi's rule until Kitchener entered Khartoum.
 One national improvement which will add greatly to the wealth of the coun- try will be the use of machinery for lifting water for irrigation and another will be the development of a system of roads that will admit the passage of wheeled vehicles wider than bicycles. The enlargement of the network of railroads in the Delta will also be a long stride towards the prosperity of the feilah. Already the effects of Eng fish control have been felt benefcially along all these lines,
 X generation of the system of "cor- vee9 which existed along the Nile was alone sufficient to paralyze the ener- gtes of race. It has been going on for centuries, The pashas have taken
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He. .G0es t0 SchO0I.

"Our boy was absolutely helpless. His lower limbs were paralyzed, and when we his hips. Finally we let the doctor go as he did not seem to help our son and %e nearly gave up hope. Finally my mother who lives in Canada wrote advising the use of Dr. Vii lliams' Pink Pills for Pale People and bought some.
 This was when our boy had been on the streteher for an entire year. In six week. after taking the pills we noted signs of vi tality in his legs, and in four months he wat able to go to school.
 Tt is two years since he took the first oi the pills and he is at school now just as hap py and well as any of the other children. il was nothing else in the world that saved thu boy than Dr. Williams, Pink Pills.n
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While the United States has been en- oaged in securing Spanish colonies for tbe use of the Anglo-Saxon race, Eng ,and has added a new country to the civilized world.
 The battle of 0mdurman was the final performance in the emancipation from a hundred centuries of barbarism of some 7,00o.00o Arabs of the upper Nile It opened up to commerce. and Ierelopment the most fertile land on tbe giobe-the fields that the Nile foods. No American, living or dead, has known this wonderful land as Col. + c. Prout, now editor of the Railway Gazette. Few people are aware of the fact that an American commanded the khediye's forces in the soudan. Col. Prout served the RbediYe for nearly five years. beginning as an engineer, and during that time
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the story of resistance of Macdonald'a Egyptian brigade to the attacks of the deiviaiIes will come to be considered one of the admirable and most signif- cant stories in military history.
 The fellahin women impress one ia vorablB by their digniiied bearing and fine carriage-the result Of the ancient practice of carrying bundles on the head. They are quite good-looking,
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FATHERS STORY.

From the Evening Crescent, Appleton, Wis A remarkable cure from disease which has generally wrecked the lives of children and left them in condition to which deatI itself would be preferred has attracted { great amount of attention among the resi dents of the west end of Appleton
 The case is that of little Willard Creech, son of Richard D. Creeeh, a well known employe of one of the large paper mills in the Fox River Valley. The lad was attacked by spinal disease and his parents had given up all hope of his ever being we'll agai1 when, as by miracle, he was healed and if now in school as happy as any of his mates.
 Mir Creeeh, the father of the boy, who resides at l062 Second Street, Appleton. Wisconsin, told the following story:
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The loss of Cuba means to Spain the loss the very sustenance of the nation. Area her tax ridden people are crying for bfes In the same way the loss of your once V orous appetite means poverty and staryatA to your body. If any reader of this paI wishes to be as hungry again as when cifa can recommend Hostettefs Stomach | ters. IL cures indigestion, dyspepsia q constitution.
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tiative to do more than feed them selves. Now their conditions are changed as completely and suddenly as they could in a dream. The English administration lifts the crushing bur den of taxes and the fellahin may cul- uvate their little holdings of land and lay by money and educate their chil- aren just us any model farmers do ln
 The freest of lands. That the people or the Deltas are capable of doing all this
 as shown by comparing their condition
 'n the noFthern part of the country
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man beings has let it's love of gayety
 die out because for thousand years there has been no opportunity to exer-
 But their courage has not forsaken them. though, indeed, it has been dor mant as long as the gayety. The fel- lahin were tin1id and very poor soldiers until recently, but the English officers and sergeants have inspired them with in themselves and they be- haved splendidly in the great fights at 0mdurInan. Col Prout thinks that
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 Small FuulfnI.

First fheater-Goer Mrs. De Style. ' went on the stage, after a divorce scanl has failed Co make expenses.
 Second -Gsoer-Well. it wa. much of q scandal anyhow N. Y. Weel
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Almost any man who has kept house for % years can go mp in the attic and see things that cost him $l 1000, and that he couldn't get Sl0 bill for now.-SomervilleJ Journal.
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In warning there is strength. Lew N lace.
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For days she lowered at deaths door; but now the fever had turned at last. You will recover!' exclaimed the physician, joyously. A shade of anxiety swept across her wasted features. "Wil my hair grow in curly?' she demanded. An, how pitifuly confound cd is science before the really important se erets of the future! Detroit Journal.
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A mule, kick, man sick. St. Jacoba cured the bruises.
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Jamaica, with it's ginger, might become de sirable territory if this country ever gets cramped Philadelphia Times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-27

back in office under Mayor Van Wyck ana foi-
lowing their old methods. Mr.. johnson also
points out that the greater part OF the sum
which the Commissioners Of Accounts COM
plain because he did not secure for the city was
uncollcctiblc, owing 10 the fact that FORMER
Tammany administrations had failed 10 90
their duty. and he says that In making COM
promises and reductions Of old bills he was
merely cleaning up n legacy Of fraud and in
competence.
In face Of such charges as these. that the
present conduct of the Water Bureau Is fraudu-
lent extravagant and inefficient. 1t Is difficult
to see how the Mayor can avoid turning the
ligh, on his own administration. He cannot
treat Mr. JOhnsons assertions as mere general
oppostiOn faultfnding He started out 10 dis
cover flaws in the work Of Mayor Strong
Water Register and dragged him into the pub
lie gaze and pointed to him as an incompetent
and untr,lsworthy administrator. That person
not only defends himself, but makes positive
statements and quotes figures to show that
Mayor Van Wyck's own subordinntes are cheat
ing the city. His charges coll for an answer,
and until the Mayor is prepared to clear his
own administration from stain he will do well
to restrain his mud throwers In their lnexpert
attempts to befoul his predecessor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-27
MUSIC.
M. JEAN DE REszKE's RETURN.

Romeo ct Juliettc" was performed at the Net
ropolitan Opera House lat night. not so much. We
fancy. because OF the managers conviction tn 1t
the public was langushing for another representa-
ton Of Oounod's opera. from an impression that
the same public had q desire 10 hear NJ. Jean do
Reszke, and a management that makes few mis-
takes was not mistaken this occasion. But
neither the public disappointed Its eager
attested In the expression or joyousness
which rivalled that Of the opening evening X
was a gratifying thing 70 hear NJ De Reszke again.
and just Joyous to hear Nine. Sembr.ch In tho
part Of Jullette-a woman who. knowing her lines,
the hurdy- gUrdy list, yet has brains enough. art
enough. and heart enough to make music like
Gounod's instinct with life and emotion. In many
respects she made the people who listened TO her
understand that the line Of divergence between
that in which she has achieved her great and de-
served renown and that which Mr.. Grau 10
depending for the financial success II not nall 30
broad as gone shortsghed people think
As for NJ De Reszke. what shall be said? To at
hyperboie He sang like the most perfect singer.
and for that he was acclaimed scarcely singer
before him. He put a warmth and a passion into
his voice that none OF his associates here or
abroad can equal. Therefore we heard Romeo
such as only New-York and London can hear under
the most auspicious circumstances; and why shouid
such record not suffice? The world Is small. as
we hear but there IL only one New-York, one
London and one opera company with Jean 90
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-27
PERSONAL.

Giordano the italian composer whose REDO
ra" has j,ist been produced intends to make an
opera out OF one Of Gerhart Hauptmanns plays
Solitary People" The preparation OF the nIIan
will be assigned to the Venetian poet Co''a"'''
who wrote the book OF Fedora
The Washington correspondent Of The Chicago
Record" says: There have been dozen oc-
currences since the Merrimac ahair "hio"
might have made Lieutenant Hobson oe
PENDANT In court martial proceedings put sec
rotary Long and other OF his superior OH
GERS have overlooked in him what any other
officer in the Navy would be held responsible Tor
He has been sent to the Philippine Islands to raise
the Spanish ships that Dewey sunk In the narpor
Of Manila because the Secretary Of the Navy did
not know what ese to do with him. lie IS so Or
ratio as TO be worthless for the ordinary duties OF
an officer on board a man-of-war. and his origi-
pality and egotism make him the object OF con-
slant surveillance In the Construction Bureau.
Hobson never did anything In the way the same
thing IS done by other people Hs mind; as %en
his methods is decldeay e abiity t auI there
is OF his courage his ideas are frequently impTac
t tsns A ~h has a.
solutely no sense OF fear. ana mot not so dim
cult for him as It would have been for man WI nn
a keencr apprehension OF danger ana I'S co7e
quences.
The late j. II. Wilder Of Newton Mass pe
oueathed $4,000 TO the American College lot u'','
at constant,nople and the sane sum to the Koo-
ert College for American men In the same Guy
Professor Henry c. Mercer, OF the FrahKhi III
sttute Of Philadelphia, says that whhe '.'''"s
orro ,,r,a ago IN the County Galway, Ireland
ne came across an old cathedral on when was
a tablet with an inscription in the original Cei'is
Translated It meant: ION this spot James Lync"
Mount Stephen hanged his own SON. Inc niS'oi.
of tho tablet as told by Professor Mercei, 10 from
Nount -Stonhen's son while on Vo!dsy ,.,,aa
Spain ouarrelled with fellowpassenger ana KI na
him Mount Stephen was the L9uh'y IT.; Su son was
IN Tho trial at which he presided MS 81" Tbs
found guilty and sentenced tG be hss no
youns n @ound 70 execute the sentence. ana tns
S Sather was compelled to uphold the majesty Vi
the law himself
Tho statue of John McDonough' the 'ou'"
the New orleans public scho9l s's''"'' w."
veileI in that city Thursday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-27

II Mayor Van Wyck Is wise he will call IN MS
commissioners of Accounts. For some time
thcv have been engaged I'm scattering mud
aimed at the officials of the Strong administra-
tion. but their missiles have invariably gone
wrong and bcspattcrcd 'Tammany Hall. few
DAYS ago these industrious hunters for mares
nosts nnoarthcd n fearful scandal in the street
vaults but all the good IL did them was 10
bring TO public notice the great reform wrought
bv Deputy Commissioner Wilds under Mayor
Strong both in raising the price and in collect
ing thousands of dollars for vault permits when
that source of revenue had been practically
neglected by previous Tammany officials. Find
ing the vaults an Improbable stOrehonsc Of
political capital. the Commissioners turned their
attention TO the former Water Register. charged
that he had not properly collected the water
taxes due rhc city and framed n report on him
showing an apparent. though not real. shortage
I'm his accounts Of the great sum Of $40. But
that was not the total rrsult of their labors.
They also succeeded in drawing forth from
Columbus O. Johnson. the ex-Water Register,
letter to Mayor Van Wyck which brings
forward some facts which can hardly be agree
able to Tammany.
Mr.. Johnson says that when he became Water
only from sixteen TO twenty-five meters n day.
lie himself on investigation found that he could
read fifty, and discharged the indolent inspec
TORS. Through the rest OF his term the inspec
tors averaged over fifty readings n day. and
while the amount Of work In that department
increased over 1913 per cent the expense re-
duced more than ~ per cent. and remained so
until Tammanys advent once more to office. II
ord for In
Mayor Gllroy its men managed to draw almost
twice as much money Mayor Strong's suhor
dinates did for doing less than half the work
Mr. Johnson reports that the entire expense OF
the Bureau was reduced over 30 per cent by
him. In 1895. the first year Of the Strong ad-
minstrntion the receipts Of the Water Bureau
| were $4,000 more than in 1894, the last year
Of Tammany rule; In 1896 they were 100000
more than In 1894. and in 1897 SCI 900 more
than in 1894, while the annual expenses in each
| OF those years were $4,000 less than In 1894
Then Tammany came back into office. and Mr.
Johnson charges that already the receipts hav We
fallen Off many thousands of dollars from those
of last year. while the business of the city has
grown that in the first nine months under
Mayor Van Wyck the income should have been
at least S15O.OOO more than in the same period
the year before. This loss from Tammany
maadmnstration he estimates as already
amounting TO 100000.
How this loss comes about he explains
When he took Office he found that employees Of
the Bureau were accustomed TO break the seals
and tampcr with the meters 80 that large con
sumers paid only n fraction Of their true bills
70 the city. but paid the inspectors for classifying
the meters Mr.. johnson discharged these men
and broke up the practice. but he says they are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-27

eral Otis is making none. That Is exactly right
There has been lot Of wild talk about prom
Uses that have been made by some one OF
other to some one eise. Well. II John Sm''h,
OF Smithville. has made promises OF any kind
to Lopez Lalapaloosa. Of Palawan. we 90 not
see that 1t greatly concerns the Government OF
the United States. No man has made any
promises to the FiliplnOs who was authorized
20 do so. or whom any sane man could suspect
OF being thus authorized. The first American
who took charge OF things at Manila was George
Dewey. and he made no fool promises his
business was TO smash the Spanish meet ho'
to dicker with Filipino chiefs. and we nave
heard no limitations that he failed to at'ehn
TO his business. Next came General Merritt
and we have his word n soldiers word tnat
he made no promises Of a compromising KIND
And we have his assurance. besides the dc
tates of common sense, that his successor. Gen
eral Otis. is making none. No; This Na'loh Is
clean.handed in the Philippine business. ana
in the persons Of It's representatives there par
tIcularly clear.headed; and we fancy II VIII get
on with the business all right