The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01

risen and fallen in the chewing of this
emulation of the trees OF the Sudan.
and is said to be due to a microbe
which feeds upon the sap and causes
the gum to exude on the bark In the
form of tears. When the bark is cut
out. 1t is collected by the native wo-
men and packed ups and shipped to
Omdurman for sale and export. Dur
ing my visit to the markets ofltliat city
l saw great piles of gum which had
been brought in there to be sent down
the Nile or over the railroad to the
Red Sea. There We're hundreds OF tons
of 1t lying out In the open. and was
all be on its way to Europe or the
United States.
The story OF Chiacse Gordon.
Just back OF the palace in Ilhartum.
ter him. is a bronze statue of General
Charles George Gordon. In 1t the great
hero is represented. sitting upon a
camel which stands on a.high pedestal
stick In his right hand, and he is look
ing boldly and fearlessly out In the di--
rectlon Of the desert. i have Ecen told
stick and that although his whole life
was full OF danger. he never showed
fear
In talking about this the other night
Of Il the II Egyptian army. he told me an.
bravery. We were standing on the
portico which extends out from the
second story Of the palace. forming the
said:
at was Just about here that General
Gordon had his residence. 1t was Il
out over the Nile and with the front
windows in plain. view of the little
island OF Tuti,. which we are now look
ing at over there. During the war
on that island, and they frequently
General Gordon kept diarw and Il
was his custom Of an evening to sit In
and write. The deryishes saw. his light
and shot at it again and again. When
the natives at khartum heard of this
they became much l',l alarmed q. They feared
that Gordon would be killed, and as
he was their only hope they sent in a
remonstrnnce begging him to either do
his writing at the back OF the house
hide hide hs Eh * screen nyite
delegation to come to the front OF his
palace for his answer When they APP
peared they found every. front window
from window to window and stand at
each for moment making himself, as
the. delegation thought. q fair, mark
for the dervtshes. After that he came
OUT uHti IS SAdilulHS ~ slue sluil u 5tHe
Hight, said:
"Gentlemen. there IS an old story
told OF how tho Lord made mankind.
When HeRdid His work He had before
Him two great piles OF material One
Of these was composed Of the clay of
which man Is made, and the other OF
the fear which often makes hin, less
than u man. AS the Lord worked. He
took up8n handful of clay and shaped
lit into human form and then sprink-
led itaover witha handful from the pile
man after man. until at last He took
up the stuff OF which He made me.
There was plenty Of clay and of It He
produced the body which you SEQ be-4
fore. YOU; He then looked about for
but ut that moment the pile of fear
Ind all been used up and there was
none to put into me- The result Is i
do not know what fear ts,'
ucd the sirdar, ''was far beyond that
Of others of the worlds heroes, FIe
fought here until tho last and when
the Arabs finally ,overcame his troops
and entered his palace, he starnly de-
manded or them where their master
spears into hls body; ana as lie fell;
they dragged him down the steps and
there cut off his head to be sent to the
Mahdi His body was left to tho mercy
of the fanatics, and they rusnod for-
swords and spenrs in his blood. They
fairly cut the body to pieces, and the
blood, which had stained the steps and
walls Of the palace, remained there
until the khalifa decided to make that
place q dwelling for his harem and
Ind II washed away s AZ
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