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Mules for Lord Roberts.

1t is announced t hat the British War
Office has decided to order the shipment
from New Orleans of a fourth batch of 1O,-
600 mules and large number of horses for
tine service OF the British rmy in South
Africa: hat Of the American mules already
sent there many thousands have become
panic stricken iii recent military move
ments and have escaped or been rendered
useless. and that Gen. RobertS's advance
has been postponed until he can obtain
enough mVeS fer the transportation Of his
supplies and horses for reGlOuntS. In view of
the anricipatei arre business To be done in
New Orleans this Summer. the Illinois
Central Railroad has begun the erection
of additional Stock-yafos, pens and stations
there
The Custom House statistics show the
shipment - date Of 20.9O9 mules from
New Orleans OF total value of 81 .979 S15,
and Of .522 horses Of a value Of S1jI.312.
the mules averaging $50 each, and the
horses S102. The shipments are now he
ing made at the rate of about / 900 month,
or a cargo every week. The shipment of
mules to South Africa and other transport
duty has resulted in the withdrawal from
the regular service of New Orleans of no
fewer than 80 ships, crippling to some
extent the regular commercial lines of
importation and expectation, but this loss
has been more than made good by the
great increase gwen 10 tie morse ana NIUE
trade as well as the shipment of hay. food
and other supplies to South Africa. Previ-
oU5 10 The recent shipment 10 South Africa,
no horses had been exported to foreign
ports through New Orleans.
While uothu" official has been stated as
ta these purchases. from the opinions eX-
pressed Of the officers making the ship
me'Js, it is believed that the horse and
ruic export business; will lie kept up all
Summer. and that Tie shipment Will eX-
seed the 1C,GCO expected.
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peculiar tropical disease in which the entire
alimcntary canal is iEilamed. The adobe
itch" is Il very disaGre2ab!a disDrC!e- and
easy to acquire if attention to personal
cleanliness be neglected. but never proves
fatal.
DEATHS DURING DECEMBER.
The total deaths in Manila for Il single
month, December, the last one tabulated
by the Departments de Sanidad,' We're
1,162, 62 being Chinese; Cos were those OF
adults and 5J4 children. OF these 40
We're attributed to ber-ber. 66 to bronchitis,
Commissions" 254. tuberculosis 50. gaStrits
t2, intestinal catarrh 20. cntero-colitiS 10.
dySentery %, meningitis -, tetauuS Is
heart disease is, consumption IS; the
remainder not being tabuIate,i.
Under the management of Asst Surg.
Gen. Greenlief. with efficient medical and
sanitary corps. and with five military
hospitals and one private institutiO4. i'm
addition TO those ut San LaZaro the pr5vis-
ions for staying disease and Improving
health here in Manila would seem 10 be
quite ample.
The military hospitals include the FIRST
Reserve. Second Reserve, Third Reserve.
Corregidor, located Oh the Island Of that
name, and Santa Mesa, recently construct
ed at a cost of over 500, 900, which occupies
nearly 30 acres Of land on an elevated
plateau above the city. on the PaSg.
My own personal experience with the
hospitals here has been limited to two.
San Juan de Dios. Il private institution here
in the Walled City, in charge of DR.. Mayse.
a skillful English physician, where | had
occasion TO take a patient suffering from
nervous dyspepsia, and the First Reserve,
to which the same patient was subsequently
Ii. c. KIRK.
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THE DEATH OF CID EELLY.
A Cavalry Horse that vas the Last surviv-
or of the Custer E3a:sacre.
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81. Louis GIoJc-DemocrGf.

The death in Cheyenne. Wyo.. Of Billy.
the old cavalry horse. ard the only sur
vivor Of the Custer massacre. closes the
last chapter in the story of the gallant
fight Of Gen. Custer and his brave band
on the little Big Horn in 1876. Found
wandering around on the battlefield, badly
wounded and shifting at the dead bodies
Of the victims Of Sitting Bulls hOrdeS in
an effort TO find his master. Billy was taken
in charge by an officer in Gen. Renos
command. At first the animal recovered
slowly, and for Il time it was thought he
would have to be shot. Medicine and kind
treatment had the desired effect. however,
and ina few months Billy was himself again
Mai Thomas +. Talbot saw Billy and took
a great fancy to him. and after much
persuasion Q.-M.-Serg't Ross. of Fort
Russell, consented to sell the faithful old
fellow. and the Major became his new
master.
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southeast or north. goof deposits Of red
copper are found. | am Informed that
gold. silver and lead al-o abound in these
regions. brIt as Yet the white Traveller has
seen little OF them.
KING SOLOMON'S MINES.
! have seen quantities of fine gold from
the katanga country. aud by reports
would not be surprised if it could be proven
to be the mines OF Solomon, whence was
obtained the gold OF Ophir. Two expe-
ditions have tried to open up these mines.
but by reason OF too much brandy and
wine have failed.
| believe, with my knowledge of mineral
ogy and experience in various branches,
that / could locate and show 10 the world
the proofs by the Bible that these are the
identical mines where Solomon got his gold
for the temple; and also that Solomon, in
all his wisdom, had little or no-real idea of
the vastness Of the hidden wealth awaiting
Gods will in these remote regions. One
to be really successful in this must have
had experience in tropical countries, must
know how TO live there, and in a temperate
manner, too, and must also know how to
handle these people and TO remain master
of the situation That country can then be
opened up and that gold secured. | do not
doubt but this region is far richer than our
klondyke, and by native reports, which ]
could only get in a most confidential man.
ner, the natives know Of its wealth and its
whereabouts, and can and DO get itand send
it away long distances TO sell it, as they are
afraid that if a traitorous white man comes
in they will lie driven from their country,
their homes stolen, aHd all laid waste.
There are only few white men who
have any idea at present of the real condi-
uon OF affairs, and it would be, even TO me,
a long. tedious task to get in full posses
sion Of these facts. DR.. Livingston, with
all his tact in his early days, tried hard
on his last trip 10 get the key to this situ-
alton. and this was his mission when he
died. but ii was not so reported. II one
expects TO gain this great country Of
wealth, ne must know what he is doing
or stay away, or go and die, as did Liv-
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GEN. LEONARD WOOD,

No Doubt he owes his present position
as Major-Cereral and Governor of Cuba
largely to Theodore Roosevelt now Gov
ernor Of New York. When this energetic
gentleman insisted upon leaving the NAVY
Department to take care OF it's II. so far as
he was concerned, and resigned in order to
raise the famous regiment of Rough Rid
erS, he asked the President to make DIR.
Le- nard Wood his Colonel A week at
Santiago Sulficed TO make Roosevelt Colo
mel and Wood a Brigadier-G eneral. Then
followed his administration of the pest-hole
which the SpaniardS left at Santiago. and
his fame was firmly grounded The pho
tograph shown above was taken during q
visit to " ashIngton some weeks ago. lust as
he was III the act of mounting the east
steps OF the War Department building.
Gen. Wood is considered a Nice-Presiden-
tial possibility. He is Republican.
Below We have a picture of the sturdy
farmer Senator from Minnesota. the Hon.
knute Nelson, and his daUghte- Senator
Nelson has had q long career in Washing
ton. where he was for years a member of the
House OF Representatives. He is man of
sound common sense and broad views
He has not always been Soidly in line with
his party. being the only Republican who
voted for the Mills Tariff Bill, away back
III the days when there was constant
struggle in Congress between the protection
idea and the tariff for revenue only
scheme. Senator Nelson was q soldier in
I and served all through the war of the re-
nnesota after his return from the field and
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talking Of the past weeks trials, and
also OF those for the next week. Several
slave children who had no parents were at
the station, and one officer was wondering
what was best to do with them. Lieut..
Lemarinel suggested placing them in
charge of some of the women of the station
who would rear them kindly. ] thought
that perhaps now was another chance for
me, as on leaving Leo Mrs. Gleichman had
asked me to get for her any children that
found who needed home, so she could
place them in her school. AS the matter
was being talked of / told CommisSaire
Iemarinel of the request. He seemed
pleased, and told me as he did not know
her he would prefer to put those who had
no homes into my hands as my own. and
could place them in her school. He also
said that this would be seen TO next morn
ing at roll-call.
held services in Yansi language; also
in Fiot. then in English, as there were
many West Coast men there who were
members of the Church Of England in the
Kameroons District. We had busy day
Commissaire Lemarind gave me d lot of
curios, and in fact we had good time and
retired late, as We were all in fine story
telling trim.
AT LUSAMBU.
On the following morning business be
gan early, and breakfast was ready, at
sharp, so We all partook Of such meal of
vegetables and native products as we sell
dom found away from delightful Sasambur.
Breakfast over, We went out to begin the
ordeal of week of I'VE knew not what"
Out on the bank of the river and in front
OF the beautiful Vineclad station WAS ar
rayed long line of double-rank uniformed
soldiers, with their officers, all in place and
looking well and neat.
We marched down the line Of perhaps
700 or 500. each one prepared for three
days travel and awaiting the final order
TO go into battle a few hours mp river. As
soon as inspection was over each company
was detailed 10 its work for the week. Soon
all soldiers were gone, and vet a long line
OF station employees were in line, the lower
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BwEoiBA MISSION


inTston, Capt. Ha. and long string of
good men Oi education and worth.
am gOld that there is little line gold in
the streams 10 pilot the 2colo@iSt, but the
bonanZas are in the sidehlls, ike threads
and thin plates in quartz ore. Very little
Is found in nuggets. and natives told me
confidentially that the deeper they went
the better was the quality; but they dare
not take IL out, as the white man would
drive them out Of their country. ] have
also seen few samples Of red gold coming
from near here, but never had an oppor-
tunity TO learn anything about il, as the
natives Of that small section consider it red
copper. There is also a location near here
where copper is taken out.
RICH IN MINERALS.
1t is my opinion that as soon as white
men can go in there and live. this country
will be developed into the richest mineral
region on earth. ] also believe that the
Boer people are trying hard to locate this
spot: They are on the south watershed of
il. The secret might be BETRAYED by a ma
tive and the gold located, but should an
army Try to get into this region, they would
have hard time of it, and | doubt their
finding these closely-guarded treasures.
There are, also, gold deposits on the north
watersheds, of which ] will speak later.
To the west and near Lusambu is a very
large town, known as PaIamantumba.
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end Of which was mostly women and chil-
drcn. Each little squad seemed 10 have. a
leader who stood oUt i'm front and acted as
commander Each lot was given "A work.
Some We're sent by canal TO get long
thatching grass TO cover houses; others
were sent 10 the fields To cultivate crops,
and still others into the forests TO cut down
large timber, square it in logs, then TO rip
1t into boards with pit saws. Finally all
were dispatched to work of some kind, ex-
cept a few women and some IL. or 20 chill
dren.
ORPHAN CHILDREN.
/ noticed that the Governor was very
careful in selecting and separating the little
ones, which We're from three TO u years of
age, and when done he had 10 out to one
side. Then calling me to his side, he said:
Capt. Camp, ii now gives me great pleas
Ilre TO give into your kind care these 10
children. ] do not know that one of them
has parent or friend living. They were
brought here and to the neghboring towns
as slaves, and ransoned them, and now
want you 10 take them as your own and
try to raise them to be good men and wo-
men,"
] thanked him most kindly, and shook
hands and said good-by. We went on
board and gave the usual station salute
and took our departure for Leo and had
fair run, with only a few small trials, ar
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- " II zBZApiz(t q MUi0l2alY
! - s.zltT 81: in AFRICA.
Carrying Tie Gospel and Civilization to Congo Land
riving at Leo II days later, ready for a rest,
but all we'll
HORRORS OF SLAVE TRADE.

HORRORS OF SLAVE TRADE.
a long time after This, when the children
Were no longer afraid OF white folks eat
ing them. they began 10 tell their stories of
how they had been abused. Two little
girls. M0omtGI and NWang. told me that
they had Ecen stolen from among their
people and were, with Il large line OF otEer
slaves. driven from the watershed of the
ZambcSi. over hills and down the north
river 10 Lusambu. At times, when the lit
lie ones became Wearied. they were fastened
by ropes around their neckS into Il long
lire of slaves, with which they either had
To keep up or they were Ichcadcd by an
cXccUtioncr who was always with the car
AVIAN. He would come TO where the poor.
tired child was. and with one blow OF his
knife would sever the head flom The body
above the rope, so as 10 save umtying and
refaStening it. The little Eory would either
be left beside the road OF cut into pieces and
divided among the slaves, to lie boiled for
Their next meal.
These poor little ones. of whom | got
several, would often repeat their stories and
mention the names Of their friends who
had been killed this way, and would also
often say that they mad expected 10 lie the
next. However, they lived 10 become bright
little minlStering angels 10 others who were
still! in heathcu darkness. They would Of
tea travel long distances to tell gospel sto-
rieS to other beuight@d people. After
some four Wears with the Mission, Moomba
die Of sleeping sickness. at Stanley Pool.
! am told tnas near LuiSam.u there are
good iron mines, and q few Gays travel
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u. s. Grant Circle, Indiana.

Mrs. r. f, Hollis, Corresponding Sccrc-
tary, Washington, Ind, writes: "U. S.
Grant Circle, 10, was organized about three
years ago. 1t is thriving little Circle.
and we are growing in numbers each meet
ing. We have a well-filled treasury
Death visited the Circle recently and took
from our midst one loved sister, Mrs. Sudie
=. Dowden, charter member and Past
President, who, at the time of her death,
was Department Librarian. She will be
sadly missed by us all, as she was always
at her post, ever ready and willing to per-
form her part"
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Billy was about 81 years oil at the time
of his death. and stood II hands hi@h. y
beautiful light bay, with long name and
four whit feet. he was magnificent
specimen of horse flesh. He WAS bred in
old Kentucky. and while full of life until
stricken down by the illness that resulted
in death. he was ever gentle. and was never
known to act up He attracted attention
wherever he went, not because of his history
especially. but because Of his magnificent
carriage and statel, stride Even i'll late
years, when Mai. Talbot participated in a
parade billy was always given Il position
at the head Of the column. and made the
best app-arlu"a ni ;,il tIa horses iii line.
During the early days ut Cheyenne's
history. Mai. l'alo0tt was engaged i'll
hunting criminals. and always rode his
faithful staci. Being fleet OF foot and
with great endurance powers. the animal
was very valuable ~ tn" chase after ham
dts. On several of these occasions, when
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son also had military as
pirationS, and for a short
time occupied a staff posi-
ton in the Spanish-Ame,-
lean War; but this contest
did not last long enough
to make room for many
ambitions.
The FGraker5 occupy u
leading place in Washing
ton society now. living i'll
Il splendid mansion in the
Northwest quarter of the
city, the abode of pr tty
much all swelldom.
To the right of the pic
turc of the Forakers We
present a characteristic
portrait of the man who
drew the long blue ribbon
in the Spanish-American
War. Before the Span
iards blew up tine Maine
he was simply a Surgeon
in the Regular Army. 1t
is true that he should
have had a pretty large
share Of the credit for the
capture of Geronimo and
his band of Apachcs. some
Il or 10 years ago; but for
some reason his exploit
was kept rather in the
background, and few peo-
pie know that he actually
went single handed into
the Apache camp after
they had been chased by
the troouS for months
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GLIMPsEs OF WASHINGTON LIFE.

We take another glimpse this week of outdoor life at
the Capital of the Nation by of the snap shot
The first the left gentlemen stepping
at lively pace, and they Senator Foraker, Ohio.
and his son.
Senator Foraker was of the young soldiers in the
war OF the rebellion and TO the rank OF Captain His
SENATOR FORAKER AND son.
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Most Superb Day Train in the World.

The "Royal Limited" leaves Baltimore
& Ohio r. II. Station, New Jersey Avenue
and G Street, daily, 3 p. NJ, arrives New
car service.
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The remainder Cf my Journey up the
Sankru River was without event of par
ticu'ar interest. Upon arriving at Lu-
sambu l found 10 all intemts and pur-
poses an American in command. You
may well imagine my surprise when Lieut.
Paul Lemarincl salutcd me. and said in a
proud tone. as L stepped off my steamer
and took him by the hand, - Captain. |
am glad to welcome You to Lusamhu. and
also to see our dear old flag floating from
a steamer in Central Africa
This was another surprise 10 me. as he
said "our flag" What did this mean. a
Belgian officer claiming Uncle Sans
flag as his? At dinner lie tol! his story.
saying that at an early day his parents
had moved 10 Iowa. where he was born.
At an early age lie was returned 10 Bel
gium for better schooling Nevertheless,
he declared, he was an American, and
proud of it.
Most of his time he was in the service
of Belgium. He is now Comnissarie of
this District. which is about equal 10 Gov
ernor of u State i'll Uncle SANS domain.
While at the breakfast table at this
station several OF tie L:eutcnant5 were
The National tribune., 1900-04-19
By J. II. CAMP.
Copyright by THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, 1900.
SYNOPSIS.

The author joined one of The earlier ex-
petitions of the American Baptist Mission
Union TO the Congo. and was placed in
command of the Steamer Henry Reed.
The opening of the present chapter finds
him on the Sankuru River en- route to
LuSambu
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IF Nou Go 40 Paris, Take Money.

"The city swarms with American
type writer's, clerks, interpreters,
guides, governesses-all of whom
were led hither by the ambition to
see the Exposition and pay for tn
work." says Vance Thompson, in his
Paris letter to the Saturday Evening
Post. might sum it all up by say
ing: "Don't come to Faris without
money, and, unless you are expert in
travel. dc. nos Try to play it off your
own bat.'n
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n -
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One of the fourteen survivors of
the first Republican national conven-
ton, held in 1856, EX-GOVERNOR Sid
ney Etheridge, Of Ohio, declined in
an open letter the invitation of Mark
HANNA to attend the Philadelphia
convention. He gave the following
as his reasons for not wishing to visit
tile convention
1.-The Philadelphia convention OF
1856 was made up OF men who had
convictions 81 political rights and
duty and the courage of them. And
they came together for conference
and comparison OF views, to the end
that by wise and tolerant concert Of
political effort the welfare of the peo-
pile might be promoted and the great
cause Of haman liberty advanced.
The Philadelphia convention of 1900,
has for its sole work to ratify and
register a political rescript set forth
by one man, having Tor its purpose to
pe~rpethate in power an administra-
ton which has wholly disregarded
The interests of the masses"
This letter, OF course, was not
read to the convention, and it is
quite safe to say Mark Hanna was
responsible for suippressing it. Hanna
does not like for any one, especially
an old fellow who is not 'sup to date
TO tell him how to secure sswise and
tolerant concert Of political effort"
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More Pointed than Polite.

The Daily Item the only Republic
can daily newspaper in.the State re-
marks: 1.-THE Republican Idea still
calls all Republicans in Louisiana
either fools or cowards-except him
self, and that is about the only idea
the idea has ON anything.
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=. E="-"- + T.
Another Daniel Come to Judgment

This time it il Brother Gueydaair,
of the Gueydah News. lie thinks
the Democratic party has gone astray
after Billy Bfyan's win io'the wisp-
16 to I demand, ana will soon be
laundering around In the marshes
and bogholes Of defeat. Be this as
it may, time alone d tell. One
thing, however, u certain. II Is to
! was fight III 1896, it is right now.
The assembled representatives of the
Democracy OF this great Union, CALI
ed from every State and Territory,
have solemnly set the seal Of their
approval upon "the utoplan fallacy"
as our brother is delighted to term it
and hence it becomes a bsnnet of
Democratic faith, just as much as
protection is a Republican creed. 1t
is incontestably true that a question
of great public concern can never be
settled until it is settled in the right
way. Just so it is with the silver
Question. It is par; of the Constitu-
ton, and it was at the instance OF the
ctedit c,ass-the fnances-the money
changers and coupon clippers that
the Republican helots in congress
struck down silver and denied it ac-
cess to the mfints at the established
ratio.
No, Br other, there mey be as you
say .snot one financier in a million Of
voters but among that million there
arc q few, at least, who can see, to
who se' interest it is to have the coun-
try run on a gold standard and they
know, moreover, that the howl about
a fifty cent dollar is on d par with
that other Republican lie-The for
eigner pays Tie duty"
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Book of 100
Pages
80 FlAE
Gov. TAYLoR,s LOVE LETTERS.

GOV. TAYLoR'S LOVE LETTERS,
Thirteen in number, are considered his
best work that has ever come from the
gifted pen. They are full of wit and hui
NOR. sentiment and pathos: Instructive
and amusing. They prodace laughter and
tears. They are addressed to: Uncle
SAM Politicians" Boys.n Girls
Bachelors .Drnmmers-' = "Fishernien.,,
.'Fiddl.rs.v "Mothe.-in-Law." "Cardi..
dates" Sweethearts,n ..Sportmen," and
'.Teachers.u The book also contains sew
eral of Gov. TayIor's noted speeches.
Post paid, Is conts.
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70 The Public /!
] have onened q
), skamifh e. General Repair

Ess askssnith 80 General Repair
shop at Brookshier's old stand adioin-
ing the Leblanc gin and hope By good
work and fair dealing to merlik q share
of yoar patronage.
HORSE sHoElNG A SPECIALITY
a. Il. MASFILLD g SONS.
Abbeville. Ia. Jany. =, 1897.
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are practically annihilased
by the ocean cables ana
land telegraph systems
which now belt the cir