The Warwickshire Herald. — 1893-10-12 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

STORY OF SOUDAN SLAVERY.  , We have a terrible story of the slave trade in the Soudan—sent by Father Ohrwald,T to the Anti! Slavery Society. slaves undar the Malan, says Gm Father, suffer far more than they did under the Egyptian Government, for then tiny had abuadance of food, whilst now they not only die from hunger, Out the cruelty exercised towards them is immensely increased. They are hired out to perform every kind of labour, the payment for which goes entirely to the wasters, the slash a themselves p.ceiving only a handful of dhurra Who the Matadi had taken Khartoum he ma!r, war no the negroes and the free tribes of Arabs,and (mot ured thousands of slaves, who were sent to Omdurman. Front Abyssihia he obtained large quantities of female slavt s, who were sold at low prices in the marketplace and distributed over the provinces conquered by the fdalidi. The Soudanests, who are for the most part very poor, are induced to acquiesce in the rule of the present Gaveriineot by the facilities given them for acquiring slaves, who art, forced to work for the profit of their mast, rs, and themselves receive only sufficient food to maintain life. Slavery in ;ha S.,udan has attained the height of , cruelty, nor could human strength sustain more hardships than are borne by these miserable beings. Those who cannot be f mployed in the towns are I sent out into the country to collect wood for foal or grass for fodder' and this heavy work under a burning sun so reduces their strength tli t they can scarcely carry the heavy loads over the intervening distance ietweeit tile villages and tha towns. Almost naked and hall-starved their skin becomes as sees, less and hard as the bark of a free, and they would prefer oil to soften their elan to fool often. The female slaves are even worse off than the male, as after their return from work they have to grind dhurra and prepare the meals. The men have a chance of becoming soldims and sacrificing their lives for the despot, and this they consider preferable to the grinding daily Ist-our enacted by their masters. Those women 1•111 have been favoured by nature with a pleasing person are exempt from many oh the trials of their less favoured sistere, hut, on t e other Iland, they are subjoct to the st-ns and caprict a of the lawful wives of their n7reters-, Vim frequently exercise towards them the most refined cruelty. Slaves seldom attempt to escape, as the-masters hunt out the deserters with the tenacity of bloodhounds.  Let us hope that the staterner:t tat high heels are coming into fashion again i tv,il of any serious foundation. The high heel is little short of an abomination, and, besides being terribly uncomfortable, gives the unfortunate wearer an unsteady, toppling gait %%Inch is anything but graceful. To condemn a young girl to high heels from youth is to go a long way towards deforming her feet, and partially laming her for life.—Lady. The threat Eastern Railway Company have now about 20 engines fitted up wills reservoirs for petroleum, which will in future be used as fuel instead of coal. If the experiment succeeds from an economical point of view, it will be extended. In the meantime, on tio,lol of the suburban lines, the Company are indepe: lent of coal.  _ liachelev, a young .ountryman living near Havre, was n.adli in love with Millie. Duhatm.l, aged 20, the fair daughter of a tanner at Danheuf-Serville. He sought her hand in marriage, but her father refused his consent, whereupon Bacheley took up a loaded fowling-piece, went to the farmer's house, and shot Mdlle. Duhamel dead. The murderer then tried to find the farmer in order to kill him also, but he was arrested by the lencamp gendarmes before he could carry out his sini,ster intention.  -11 y the way, Bishop, why is it that you always address your congregation as 'Brethren,' aod never mention tLis women in your sermons nn "WhY my dear rn vialn, the one embraces the other. "Oh, but, Bishop, not in church!" tth isou An accommodating menial.— r as come is hen I rang ?" said a Tex 1017 't4t seals rim% Ma' i Ida Snowball. dsgficause 1 hearfil the ;I' L't'll • - - Hereafter, when you dsn t , " • Yes m. bell you ir.ust come and tell me so! didn't