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Show MARCHAND AND KITCHENER. The Meeting at Fashoda Described By the French Officer. In the Figaro of August 26, Colonel Mprchand for the first time gives a d3' tailed account of the Incidents attending hl3 meeting with Lord Kltchenw at Fashoda in the autumn of 1808. Some of the dervishes repulsed In an assault upo nthe French post retired, to Khartum which they entered the same day as Kitchener took the town, and were captured by his troops. These men informed the Sirdar of the presence of a European mission at Fashoda, and taking the letters "B. S." on the bullets lodged In the dervishes' boats for Brussels he believed that the white men were Belgians. As a matter of fact, these letters signified the French arsenal of Bourges. Some time after communication wa established between the British ana Colonel (then captain) Marchand' force, and at length a flotilla of ten steamers filled with Egyptian troops appeared before Fashoda and a British officer (Lord Edward Cecil) landed and invited Colonel- Marchand to pay a visit to the General In com- "As you wish, General.' "'Then.' Bald he, suddenly returning to his most gonial mood, 'let us nave a whiskey and soda.' "So we drank a whiskey and soda together, Kitchener questioning mo on my expedition, I interrogating him on his Omdurman victory. left for tho Some moments later 1 fort. Kitchener came and returned gave him champagne and my visit. ne told me news of France." At this interview, Colonel March and learned of the fall of the Fren Ministry, and with it of M. Hanota. the Foreign Minister who had di Patched him on his mission. Loru Kitchener and Lord Edward Ceci. tound some difloulty In giving the details for which Colonel Marchand eagerly Inquired, and, confessing his inability to explain the Dreyfus case to a man who bad never heard of it. .he former promised to send some 1 Then he had the French papers . Khedive's flag hoisted over the and returned wun his troop3 to Khartum. In a subsequent Interview Colonel Marchand explains why he thought ue had a good chance of successfully resisting the British force. mand. "It is true." he says, "that I had Proceeding to the Sirdar's steamer. ISO Sudanese riflemen, and two Colonel Marchand found him standing only but we were covered by store '.ns, on the bridge, and after salutes had i walls over sixteen feet thick and clay been exchanged Lord' Kitchener came in an Inaccessible position. and lay forward with outstretched hand, and, who Those attempted to land on the begging him to be seated, congratuwhich lined the lated him on his achievement. "Then trencherous "sudd" "would have bec-he Miik." adds, a In French, with speaking slowly down by the hundreds, and. as strong English accent," continues snot tcr the future, that was far more menCalonel Marchand, "he said: ' '"Major, f am the Sirdar of the acing for Lord Ketchener ihan lor ' Egyptian army, commanding In the Oi6 The Colonel declares that not only name of Ilia Highness the Khedive, he Sudanese, but many Egyptian ofand of the Sublime Porte.M have come offer-e- l to regain possession of the territory ficers In Lord Kitchener's army him their services, believing that belonging to His Highness the Khe t;!s troops were the advance guard of dive." French force which was coming to "'General,' I replied, 'I am Captain London Daily Marchand, of the French army. I have literate the country. Mail. come here by order of the French government." Getting Acquainted at Home. "'There Is no English General here, A fellow who bad got Into the young Major. I am Sirdar of the Egyptian habit of spending all bis evenings away army. I act solely for His Highness home was brought to his senses the Khedive and the Sublime Porte, trom who are reconquering their doralfl-ions- . ai the following way: One afternoon his father came to him I have come to plant the Egypand and asked him it he had any en tian flag here.' the evening. The young "General, Egypt, has abandoned gagement lor these territories and renounced Hs man bad not. Well. Id like to have you go sovereign rights over them. France somewhere with me." sever recognized this renunciation. The young man himself tells whai "What are your plans, Major?" '"I am waiting Instructions from say nappened All right,' I said. 'Where shall I government. General." RO? af'"You do not wish to withdraw He suggested the Columbia ILutl, ter your mag.:4.flcent explorations? orat 7:30, and I was there. When he ap- "No, General; I am waiting for he said he wanted me t call ders.' w on a lady. 'One I knew quite him ith "It is a long time sine you had 1 waa a young man,' be exwhen well news from France.' "A few months. General. My orders plained. "We went out and started straight are to wait here.' at for home. "Major, I will place my boats She is staying at our house, be Eu to your dUnosal for you to return aid. rope by the Nile.' I thousrht it strange that he '"General I thank you, but I cannot 1 have made the appointment for should orders await accept jour offer Hotel under those Columbia tV? from my government.' since Mantes, but I said nothing. "Many events have happened Intro Well, we went In, and t you started.' to my due all formality with duced "Whatever nay have happened. accusnot and sister. is which mother General, France, The situation struck me as funny, tomed' to abanaon her officers, will and I started to laugh, but the laugh ttn l me orders.' the -- I must &t. None of the three even At A Hi Highness plaat mid. My mother and sister shook Khedive's flag at Fashs'la, Major.' with mc and my mother said "I em ready to hoist it myself. Genremembered me as a boy. but eral, orr the village.' nadn't seen much of me lately. Then Over the fort, Major.' for r invited me to be seated. That I cannot permit. General, ai- It wasn't a bit funny then, tl e flag of France flies there.' dith nigh I can laugh over it now. I tat "vAnd upp"lng my Instructions own. and be told me one or two rect me to hoist His Highness' flag we ,vtr,trs of mr boyhood, at which ever the fort 7 we four Then resista!l laughed fr a little. j hmild be bound to offer wneu i do- Genital.' H,yed sames for a while, cam ttice. a;au. v ttr.d I wae Invited to "'Are you aware, Major, that this war between I went tirstai" feeling pretty email. nay produce " .tid doing ft great deal of thinking Trance anl Fn el an IT without reply," continues I And then?" ftked bis companwn. my Kitch"General Msrtl.aad. Colcnr-.Tt,.n i made on my mind that ana woman He had grown ener tona frrra his "a. ,rnther was an Interesting iT1,m mjr et"s ,,D I too Rt my ulster a bright girl. tale. i ijo7 flotilla, his at large fflanre r rin to call aain. cultivate ft rat to Intend were and together where the men tt'.i company, tno-islnaianauo.. of at to the acquaintance. ,vif toward tor., o'it turned N"r WS. tnl. Tie i he wv.i h bayonets gUamcd. 21 n: of this inspection the fh Payne Whitney Is tarely tt,rry ars of 8 2. According to ft former c;t.'ral raised his arm with a then vesel. his -iabove or.fur0 r."M awciate of his father. tk fort. our toward Lis'tcnd fall William C. Whitney a man mto lc tin? be raid iowly: Vtpw him lUirnately for many years an abiding aversion to h son h p pT'r-.nrj, Major' can relation ar.d never will bo a "Mirtary supremacy. ' aUihe1 tgv.re In the pit or on the ontr 1" ' by fighting fionr of the Kxchange, but will follow Tot) are right. Msjir, but t mast Vander-Lilt- s toist tie Kledlve's flag . . . You do more in th? fwtsteps of the In hubanding their Investment tr l wih 11 oa the frt?' It cot can be. General; plant "it Rural postmen In England hereafabove the rV.'ae.' '"I think. Major, that oir official to ter win handle parcels not exceeding eleven pounds in weight. tervlew Is at an end now' vtl-age- - u jic-are-d cir-um- wi -- twl - d inir to - n'A "t - y- -- lo Oer.-cral- com-rnandlr.- TtDAM'S BEAUTIFUL Business. The following story Is being told ol the 'adventures of a well known business man with a shrewd book acjau The victim was visited at h'ia office by the book agent, who offered him a set of books describing, with al.uring IlluserHomes of trations, ica." The business man liked tirem. "All right," he said, 'Til take a s.l. Leave them with me, and I'll take them out to my wife at Pleasantville Ho Knew His ' DAUGHTER. Kitchen Kink. Ie water used wth the yolks f eggs will make an ecielet usore tw Tradition that Hat Long Been Fa miliar to the Arabs. aer. We had visited the mounds of old The gummed flaps of unueed eare Jericho, Ellsha'8 Fountain and other lopes furnish handy stripe to merit points of interest," said the Rev. C. D. lelly, Jam. etc., plainly. W. Brower, of Bloomfleld, N. J., reDon't risk spoiling a ean of ohoiee, cently. In discussing his trip to the for the cost f a new rabbet fruit Holy Land, "and were waiting in the for the top of the fruit Jar. band courtyard of the Gilgal House for the cream If is keDt near the ice it ca call to luncheon. S6veral dogs of the be kept sweet longer if a tablespeenfu neighborhood placed themselves much in evidence in their desire for food, "Ch," said the agent, "I am going In cooking gooseberries a pieoe of our excellent io Pleasantville myself this afternoon. and someone asked used to a.l baking soda the size of a pea, Ar.d will leave them at your house it manager, Rolla Floyd, known ma will a of tart the fruit, Palestine tourists, the Arabic word with quart wish." of amount sugar jou terially reduce the The business man declined the offer, for dog. After replying to his ques to sweeten. required to a story, familiar however, and the book agent departed tioner he related To prevent the jam 6tieking te the and devoutly be Arabs everywhere with the sum in p.iyment for the bok kettle when cooking pour a few drops lieved. lucked In his pocketbook. of olive oil In the kettle and rub "Adam and Eve had a beautiful over the bottom with a bit ot cTeaa Later in the afternoon the business man. arriving at his home with the daughter much sought after by suitors tissue paper. "Beautiful Homes" under his arm, saw So persistent were three of them in beans, onions, turnips, Carrots, the book agent disappearing across a asking her hand from the parents that cabbage and cauliflower are improve she was promised to each of thera In in flavor by parboiling, draining tee nearby field. "I just paid him for that set of books turn. When an appointed day ar- water off and putting to cook In fresh you ordered at the oiflce," announced rived the first came after his bride water. and carried her away. iced tea. his wife; "I like thera so much." For sweetening "You did, eh!" shouted the business "Some days after the next came, ac- many cafes now serve a syrup made man. And seeing his son coming up cording to promise, and. it is needless by melting granulated sugar in hot Uid istrcet near the departing agent, he to say, to the great perplexity of the water and cooled rather than the sugcalled to i.im, excitcdiy: "Hy. Jahu, parents. They had promised their ar which often does not melt. What could catch that fellow!" If you would avoid germs In tke daughter to him also. The son turned and ran after the they do? 'Walt a little,' they said. kitchen, insist upon having the sink Alstrainer washed daily with a stilf sa.esrawi, who stopped and turned as As a devout prayer was offered to Ue came i'p. lah for help the family "donkey came brush, and thoroughly dried, prefera''Ch," he exclaimed, "you've caught In sight and Allah, in answer to tba bly In the sunshine. eggs very rue just in time. I suppose your fathBy chopping pleading, changed the donkey into a er wants that set of books he ordered. fair maiden. She was presented to fine and adding three olives (chopp 1 have them right here under my arm the suitor, who, satisfied, took her ed) to every egg, moistening with was going to leave them at the away with him. melted butter and seasoned to taste a desirable filling for sandwiches is house." He handed over the set to "Not long afterward the third e the young man. "Will you pay me pectant bridegroom appeared, asklns quickly prepared. The housekeeper on the farm will row? I'm taking the 6 o'clock tram for the daughter. To him also a back to town" and pocketing the bill promise bad been given. 'Walt a lit find It economy to buy a large piece which the sun handed him he made off tie.' said Adam, and again, in dismay of cheese at a time, brushing It over to Allah waa called upon. Then the houo with a thin film of ftesh butter toward the railroad station. then and soft cut fresh, parts Good day," he called back over his doK suddenly ran into the room, and keen the Allah the Merciful changed the dog wrapping it in oiled paper. The Pil shoulder. "I hope your father will like the into such a bourl as was suitable to grim. A "Bt-autif- ." hard-boile- books." Harper's Weekly. e brousht to his third would-bThe New Figure. law. He gazed with admiration for A new took and figure is promised! Battel the first time on his bride is here. And this is the war it still, her to his home. the Eve coming woman will look: She will plann "After a time Adam and In the waist. s small you ean how small but be e,l a visit to their daughter;. . . fhAA her belt with yeur two almost span mo a us could tney ten ner Thev came to the home of one cf hands. In the old Southern deya the mammies used to boast of the them, and after the usual salutations darky had been paid a suitable moment was slender waists of their young charges. and tbie found for them to ask the. son how te She will be wise in the hips, well a developmeans that she will be liked his wife. Is She's a most excellent wife. In ed Touns woman. The girl who Just and down, shaped deed, and I am satisfied, as a rule, straight up when she becomes like a shoestring, will not be the are e 1 Long Living. About three years ago there appeared in the pages of an English medical contemporary a 6hort notice of tho death of Mrs. Hanbury, of Richmond, Surrey, at the venerable age of 104 u 1 years and 4 months. The publication cf that article had the desirable effect of eliciting from Mr. T. E. Young one of the highest authorities on this sub ject a communication which appeared In the following issue, in which be in formed his readers that since the pub book on tho lication of b'.s In obtained had subject (in 1S99), he exist of the evidence controvertible er.ee of twenty two other cases. And. Indeed, all the evidence now before the scUtitlfic world goes to show that the ppan of average human life is lengthening: so that we may hug ourselves with the consoling consideration in this een tury of hurry and worry universally prevailing and everywhere Increasing. The additional physical comforts, the sanitary improvements, and the almost uriversa! diffusion of some of the fundamental maxims of hygelne. have hitherto more than compensated for the excess of wesr and tear produced by the Increased velocity which is now so necessary In the race for material success; and for the complicated consequences f the increased competition which the growing population elevation of the standard of skilled labor, mental as well as physical, have created in every profession ar.d cccnpit'n of life. According!. U y would appr-- r that the ground is of feet sliding from beneath the the ignoble army o pessimist. Aner . days but there and hard to control stubborn very nmi sflucals like a donkey. -Ah. said Adam and Eve aside nint Hamah. Bint Hamah, daughter of a donkey.' So having made their visit thev raised on. "At the next home they arranged a similar Interview apart with the busl anrt for thev knew not whetner the wife was their real or the manufacu ured dauKhter. "How do you get along with your wifeT "Excellently, excellently, most cf the time.' be tnswercd, 'but iberft are davs when she acts querly. She next very aiiRry. and growls and snaps lo a most dlnrraceful way "Ah.' safi uaui and Eve to eaci other. 'Hint el Klcp. Bint elkler. f .nichter of a dec.' To the third borne the parents mails their way, and again whea chance offered they asked about the if The husband was enthuiiast.c bi Khe Is of lovely disposition, obedient. said, 'always amiable, kind, carrying out my slightest wish, and faithful beyond compare. '"Ah. exclaimed the happy parents, ami, the Bint Bint style. The Paris dressmakers also bint that the bustle is not far off. The object of the wide blps and the bustle s to make the waist look slender. Woman Is getting tired of the long front point. The new woaaan will be full In the bust, and she will also be bigher In the bust. The old, low busted figure seems to be getting out of popularity. The full bust was the vogue whoa Reynolds painted his pictures, and is still the style la the studios where wo man's form is painted as It should be. More than all these things, however. the tidings that it will be fashion a-The little, ilia, able lo be stout. who banted woman", awake laid worried and nights try-and ng to loe flesh, will be driven out by he healthier, heavier sister, vho weighs all she ought to weigh and who Is willing that the whole worll hauld know it The new figure then, as It is prom ised to a waiting world, calls for a woman with a small waist with full hips, a woman of well rounded bust nd cood nroDortions It calls for a nvmmetrtcal woman, well developed, lean Medicine. for a perfect woman cf the Junoesque height and weight, but not as pr<Jiy of Adam.' Mark Twain and the ofa. as Mllo. Boston Herald. And to this day. when the Arabs modeled One day, a few years ago, Mark woman, screaming Tw.in called at E. W. Kemble'e hear a scolding smile and say, 'Blr.t A "$herlock Holmes" Sermon. studio lo see about some drawings the with anger, they In opening a Free Church bazar at el Klep. ahe Is the daughter of the artist waa ir.aking to illustrate one U 85r Arthur Oonan lyle Hlndhead. While the obedient, aweettem .to.? the humorist's books, according to t'je a friend of every relig to be claimed wife is characterix-etended toward ethi which ion todv Saturday Evening PosL Not findinj pored, the daughter of as 'Bint Mr. Kenible In, the visitor, while await-lcal improvement or the spiritual ad a name of warmest pralsa. hi return, essayed a nap on a quear Auam.' vancement of the human race, ne o!d sc fa In one corner, a piece of furnirceoEnized that every religion wa aa The Inference. ture picked up at an auction, of strU-Jnr'toward the Diviae. aud Ttal.tl tlifTch, of Chicago, waa rid'ng aspiration artlnic arr"arance ut about a an aeency In teaching waa each thai street car end rose lo surIn comparison with c.irforlab for sleeping purpjmrs a a In a crowdedseat to a of life. the orjret his lady. Before she rai.toad car eaL end. tra preat points of ritual or 'log-rr.a young man plumed hln e d it take nni returned Mr. Kemble When were fmall If the world was to !f into 1L The rabbi looked at hlta f A& the tried caSerhad f'r.d that his be in any way improved, sufferers te Rilence. f'ipsr'iPtefl disturbed. he was somewhat be comforted, and the poor lo ie "What's the matter?" demanlc-- the . Mr. Clemens, te sal J Tm ed thep furh work was equally wef eh plarin st me for? man. "What find Ih didn't Ty, "that you ceme. be it done by Unitarian. TriniJor-as If yeh'd iik t- - eat me. Yh He on." to lour re vrry espy tarian or any other earnest man wha -I m forb!dden to eat you," an- I was oa wnlle it," t "I r'i.m try that believed what he said. The d the rabbi. "I am a Jew "New honestly en flist--c iv I found t "but rr! rnpJ J'srk; scheme benefiting from the bazar York Tribune. on. swear a?s to wo'ild help to arrest the migration frrm the country to the town and From u.Aie by t. Pome rf the Inhabitants of Cam rrake the country life more agreeable we learn that th9 temper to Bchmetjew the are trusting bridge. England, hr providing more Intellectnal ema 'ire of an insect may b varle 4 an to a then protect London News. presence tf goat ployment their homes from the Infection of within wide Uraits without doin harm to the InaecL The undertaker. small-pox- . well-know- n and-gradua- l gra4-tia!l- el-A- i. long-drawn-o- d iai-i?ht- low-voice- d d n y - a . d afr-id- pp-I-re- Re-hesrs- et 1 |
