Show TOMMY ATKINS IN IX ZULULAND I. I England I Is rarely without a war WR Piping times time o of peace ace ae are In tho the manufacture Ive Interruptions of or careers anti and ant besides the grand work vork of extending the empire could coull not be prosecuted without the tue strong arm aria of Tommy Tomm Atkins and his hiM imis mes So that the redcoat is s somewhere abroad In lit the world with wih hl hH his sword much all th the time gun Iret pretty mich al JUst now nos' it I Is IJ A native chief of or that that district has thrown oft off or th he the yoke of foreign rule ruIe and gone to tovar towar war var with wih the tho power lower 1 r which has since II 1887 exercised control And an armed force o of British soldiers has las been sent ent there hero to put down don the rebellion These forces Corces have not met with that signal success which looks well veil wel when rePorted reported re- re ported In th the London p papers pcr and the tho eople eople at home are complaining althe at al atthe Ineffectiveness the the he of commanders and are wild for COl sending reInforce reInforce- ments ments-a ments a a thing which seems olt able For the pre present ent the Zulus Zulu have havea a good deal the best of or the tIme argument The They know leo their country as ns the tIre ling flog Ish Ish do oil not riot They rhey are arc well wel armed and andt it I t I Is believed are arc commanded b by men mon who vimo Cormer formerly fought the English In Inthe tho the armies of ot the fibers Boers Zululand 1 lie lies cast cust of nr Oom Paul Krugels former South African republic le lie lic Ic Is along the east cast coast const and ane has hns for or years het been 1000 n governed go as aM a province prow pro ince of ot Natal atal Itself an interior outpost out out- rJ roost post t of the British h Empire eau of or theIr heir condition and anti nature far tr su superior ou- ou 1 to the ordinary African savages es Cs 5 the Zulus have been given ghen at least leasta a u semi Independence and ald a political co condition amounting almost to autonom auton auton- om omy They are really w welt well 1 advanced In tho the arts of civilization The he Im Immediate un- un mediate neighborhood of ot the coa coast t is unhealthy hut htmL the Interior I In high and healthy The soil sol Is cr very fertile und and cotton fuga sugar hor Ivory and amid rhinoceros I os us and anul llin horn j are arc produced for or export x port Like most of tho the east tast coast COtt S S 5 5 I t II tort itro urL no umu good Ji hors onI and there towns of note in Iii tutu tho In In- In al' al uru aue but two lO IN f lute tenor But the Zulus are aro alo fV savage PO fighters light fight Ight- Ight ors ers aIS splendid fellows physically And while there can cnn be he but one termination termination tion don of If their struggle with wih Great Cicat Britain It 1 is very certain that the end enil Int will wi be he purchased at the th expense of or much sacrifice of money money anti and tho tIme 11 lives of or many Tomm Tommys |