New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-05
RELICS FROM THE SOUDAY.
CURIOUS AND INTERESTING THINGS
BROUGHT TO ENGLAND.
From The London Mail.

A collection Of relics of the late Soudan CAM
pagn was added yesterday % the mgseun q the
The addition is temporary, the relics being lent
by Officers ana regiments INTO wnose e, pSS.s.sssicn
were picked up on the feld Of Qmdyrmsn eon.
spicuous relic is the slashed khaki tunc which
brought out Of the charge OF the. 2st Lancers
There is no need 10 read the story or that fe-and-
death struggle to realize how near death Lieutensa,
Brinton rode
Leaving out couple Of brass cannon. each with
. S'S q 81 ~ Rs msH be &
a dozen fimsy flags and black banner" a bundle
chain armor and some bits Of the MahdPs tomb
value goes, the sword presented by the city TO he
srdar' which will be added in day two. would
probably outweigh the lot
But what a story Is suggested by these remnants
OF ruthless m9dern sayagery ana medlsva ehiyal-
az ri Sbeid is recalled by Worn brass sed.Sunn
scratched in many rough-and-tumble encounter,
,ha %ns s. ar a seS IT, sf
has been badly pounded The Other gun Krupp
enhSss ATab Paeh army Tn:
ssmpagn Which 9s s s way TO Ss
tifully worked jibba as the Dervshs cotton over
air Is called taken from the body Of shekh
killed at Firkeh In the Dongoa exped no, Of iss
OF terra Gotta and electric blue.
Close BY Is one Of n pair Of war drums seized by
the 18th Soudanes. Battalion OF the Egyptian Army
when at ToskI in 1850. the redoubtable Emir Wad
el N.ejumi was overtbrown It's frame Is Of bat.
Hrefher pombeya : intact and produces jas NJ
that dull booming sound which Slain describes as
forever greeting his cars during his long captivity.
A couple OF Dervish shields. OF tough hide show
how primitive were the weapons Of defence which
faced the British advance. The spears are neat
enough I'm their way. with heads varying In SHAPE
from thnt OF the slender British lance 10 the
palm leaf" which IL eight inches across at its
greatest width The spear taken from the Emr
akh Osman, who was with Mahmoud at the At
cara is ten and a half feet long from the poln.
tho ond Of the stick. and IL sample OF the
Baggara horsemans outht. The weapons al seem
puny things. compared with the heavier spears
used by barbarians more advanced in the arts OF
warfare than the ragged savages who fought tw
the Mahdi and suffered under Khalfa AbdullaM
their cleanliness and neatness. Most Of them were
picked UP from those snow drifts which covered
tho field after OndurmaD. They are unspotted,
and bear testimony TO Dervish or Briush laundry
votiona book thirty years old. containing extracts
from prayers written in Arabic II came out Of
the 2lst Lancers charge on the end OF British
spear, OF a couple OF Dervish cavalry caps one
resembles In shape the winged helmet Of a Morse
viking. but is made OF cloth Wnile the other 9
striped affair resembles the headgear Of old
Engah Jester.
green standard similar TO the BLACK flag" around
durham. Macdonald's soudanese brigade ea5tureS
presented Il to Lieutenant Colonel Finn. who Ike
Macdonald himself. bears the distinction OF having
risen from the ranks.
But perhaps the most interesting relic is the
metal top Of the Mahdrs tomb. battered and
knocked off by fragments OF the shells which tho
dropped into the town. 1t was erected when tno
Khalifa at the height Of HIS power When Il
swept away. The tomb OF the Faithful now helps
to furnish a peep-show for Londoners.