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 ^^smp II iSBwmtaamtiaii ^^^^^^^ tbiili the noogft, Atea, u ig Stl » other William P,^ J ' orinaoiiti ihape (4« lohal Nail,' ce. it ii^^ remdtowmhi ^gi«tB winy of oharge^JMl P»per for^l laterial of ^1 has eerbdtf|l ti in the Initel the China 8|^ I i long, bnJlt 1^ arches 8eyeii|| ia seventy Bventy-fire fsa| j a that nutqun timer wiitesXl hartnacy detail, tie nearly diid a half, and b» le tozie efOieb n both the ]!•• Dispensatoriis, iiad been hoTir f of the Ide cf weeks. It v» ral days, and it from the t» ht it shovid not i the hope that The bird went I was shot, DMC IS idibt. wn, is ronniM ench quarter d dly of the good Palace was the of Waters, and ads of peopls 3ar to see hun. it a few nights I were present, hoae were pn^ lads. ne aged 14 and il the other daj with sharp foila seconds on the nanner, and it of a Borgeon to Unlike most ay take place b vaulted in seven One boy was the other widsr Neurologist Dr. instance of ths rain excitement wardins; off di- -ingthe week of 1849, the rava- to that event over 200 a day OOO, almost en- and invigor- that week to yatems of the altation insep* w^sity thrown n for repairii^ re establishing business." )ok on the S^oo- Every village] ling like great »ning the own* Bat when » I extra pigeons frightens the lot understand id swoop down ioQB;js. Other j imotion, joiB nan sees theie j whole of 0* into the hoafe» luts them aess if it w^ le same thii^ caught in Vt\ ectly well, b** j slat the teaf ibor." asoal naialM"i orld. heir conso*** Victoria, Mil Lois of Po**' en of PtfA mani, Pii*U, n Pedro 11^ ang LonhD* other lit ^^ Grown "P^^'i )ake of J^ )r, and »ss of and doctor, W^l atMv ;h repot erienee, af pnoMr' ing __i,-ve disposftion in nartared ' 'T^ B^eraUy «isiM mboot w»ter "â- '«1heft ofc*tUe.^he unwritten Tthi deiert forbid, any «»^lem«iti I °r\YB wells, which are oomnson to '" Rot two parties arrive at the same t a well which is insnfl^aent for ' A dispute ari.es M to P^Mdenee; come to blows and a man i» faUed. murderer flees to his tmbe and sends *ff r the r^'^e of blood; for the aveng. f blood as practised by the ancient ^ww8 exists in fuU force except that .e are no "cities of refuge." If the y of the dead rei ose compensation, • begins, ana It may huit for years, "nurder by one side demandiag re- Zim by tb» o*^®"' ^®"' ' " ^^^ in when peace prevails in the desert, Itwa parties meet, both halt and send a man or two to reconnoiter and as- aln if *«*â- Â« ** ^^ between them. hen a caravan arrives unexpectedly hs I neighborhood of a Bedouin camp, the kt impnlse of the natives is to vanish Itantly, especially if soldiers are seen II ng the new- comers. The sheep and Its driven off by the women and chil- 1 disappear in a twinkling beyond the iX ridge. Having no other encom- lace than a few skins and gourds, their rations are exceedingly prompt and by. The tents and other b^gsge are led upon camels, andl|^ a few min- ts a. whole encampment disappeais. let this precaution is taken, one or two â-ºn return, and when they have ascer- aed the peaceful Intentions of the lancers, the others approach to trade to learn news, of which they are very bedy. [bey are all Mohammedans, but their ie of life prevents their giving much lention to the minor practices of their \a\on. Their women are much more J than those who live iu settled habi- iioDB.and in some of the tribes this free- carried to the most extreme euse, while in others great strictness Cvails. The customs of marriage and force differ but little from those pre- llini? in all Moslem countries. The douins always go bare-headed, ev3n in fiercest heat of summer, and, strange say, some tribes, like the Beggaras, Lve their heads. The Ababdebs twist ^ir hair into plaits the s'za of a quUl, rn straight hack from front te while the Bishareens comb all the |r from the forehead to the crown of I head straight up to the height of five |iix inches, the rest hanging in braids 1 to the shoulders. They ater their heads with suet and camel's |ow, or any other grease they can pro- letting It trickle down upon their ked breasts and shod Jers. The tribes distinguished also by the form and [itioQ of gashes cut in the cheeks in in- cy. The Beggaras who inhabit them Kordofan, near the Nile, are warlike, and when beyond the ^h of Egyptian garrisons are addicted |)rigandage. They possess great num- uf splendid oxeii, mounted upon Ich both men and wofflen, ricing (8, and all armed with four or five es, come in hundreds to the market Obdid, The great sheikhs of all I tribes usually wear the turbans and ring robes of the E^ptians, but the kmon people are satisfied with a few h of cotton around the waint, and I upon their feet. fhe Bedouins have a strong feeling of uual dignity, and are quick to resent lis. Duels of a peculiar kind are not Dn.nifon, always supervised by the »rs oi ihe tribe, who sever psrmit ie to a fatal termination. jieiimea tile two adversaries, separat- ty two parallel ropes about a yard rt, are armed with courbashes (a fear- |whip, ma^ of ihippopoti^us liide, ch brings the blood'^with every cut), they" are ei^uraged t6 slash eacii(^ sri tfntil their wram is cooled. In serious casea the combatants are ed flit on the ground, face to face, [as c.ose as they can get. One sinsrle le 1b given to the one who wins^ the I cut, after which he passes it to his sary, who strikes the second blow, 1 80 on alternately. They are forbid- to strike at a vital part, and while are slashing each other's arms, legs, and ahonlders, â€" not without a of chivalrous courtesy, the judges M combat watch each stroke that is and when in their opinion enough has been shed, they rise and separ- phe adversaries, who proclaim them- satisfieJ, and return quietly to tents to have their wounds bed. I brief sketch of the foremost Bedouin kh of the Soudan will illustrate the icter of those tribes. M .hammed ^nn Khalifa the great chief of the Mehs and Bi%hareens, Is the patri- }\ yet almost absolute ruler of over i*y. thousand paople. His ancttstors I princes for gtjnerationa pprbaps be- |t :e days of the Prophet. Hri ia now sixfy years of age, nearly six f*«et and of dignifitd presence. His 3 dark chrK5olat:e. He has excel- ireatures, lrge black eyes, curved |iae nose, thin lips, and a fine beard. txtremely wealthy in silver and i-weJs and precious arms, camels, ..and slaves. The Khedive re- "im to reside on the banks of the J- here he possesses a princely es- rt ucb alluvial lands, at El Hoar, I " per. He is held responsible for Ecm^y of trade and travel through â- em deserts, and receiv*^ a large y npon the moneys paid hia people 1 i/" '"®"» and camel-drivers; 13 one of the privileges claimed by lirinn.°° ?*?,-not ©veu goveniment as an army to their of w vwB, wma M wama t bi^» nttam awl £r«ii'fit large t«a«s fundi^ad for Ua "Mot. of hi. peofia, tit^ iliSji^ 40 £ mmlionage as diair ptinca^ Idariiw his hand and the hem of hie flarment« and rabmittiitg their raimior his dMtakm while ha, aeatad mider a tree or at hia tantdotffi, adndniatatad joatiae pcedsefy as the kings of Itrad an «if^wib«d as doing and no king or enpnor ooold have a nwre noUe and eommainding maa- ner. His father was the Sheikh ^vaUf When the Memlooki were extenbinatad by Mohammed All, in 18H, those that eseaped the massacre fled to the deserts, and £jtalif gave them refoge and hoapl- tality and when the dreaded Ibrahm Pasha followed in porsntti, Kcalif alone was bold enough to avew what he had done, and to Yindicate Ua eonrae. Soon i^:erward he was miurdeted by a Turkish governor, and vaa sueeeeded by Us bro- tiier Baraca. The htter waited for an opportunity, and retaliated by asMMuinat- iog the Turk, and some years later he wat murdered by the latter's relatives, h^^mmed Khalifa succeeded his uncle, and took up the avenging of blood, and the vendetta did not cease until one or two of the Turks had ben killed, and the rest fled the country. Whui, after seven months' wanderings through the eastern deserts, we reached the banks of the Nile, he gave a great feast at his resi- dence to the entire expedition. Many sheep were slaughtered and numberless fowls. The officers had their banquet apart, fifty or more dishes, in the Arab fashion, a sheep roasted whole crowning the feast. The soldiers, oamel-drivers, and servants all had theirs seated on the ground and attended by the sheikh's slaves. He, with a courtesy and grace that any prince might envy, oommencing with us, went from group to group, breaking bread and eating just one mouthful with each, accompanying the act with some graceful oriental compli- ment. He reminded me of Abraham, only he is a much more powerful sheikh than Abraham ever was. Ue has re- mained faithful in his aJlegiance to the Khedive, and he is the present Mndeer of Dongola, so often mentioned in the. dispatches. He has been made a pasha and decorated with the order of the Os- manieh, and is spoken of as the future Governor- General of the Soudan. His alliance is worth as much the British. When I was in the Soudan the Mabdi was in obscurity, secluded in a cave in the island of Aba, above Duem, trans- forming himself into a prophet by medi- tation, prayer, and pretended viaiona and revelations. What is most striking about him is his pertinacity and his power of holding his followers in spite of defeat. It ia nearly four years since he first raised the standard of revolt, and during that time he ^as suffered nine or ten ae- riocB dt feat" with barely an equal number of succesaea. After every defeat he has returned to the attack stronger than be- fore. Three times he was repulsed with heavy losses while beaifging El Obeid, but he finally captured it. H cks Paaha inflicted a terrible defeat upon him, but he subsequently destroyed Hicks Pasha and his entite army. It would be a dan- gerous mistake to sappoee that his power is broken. His inaction during the sum- mer is explained by the fact that his fol- lowers, many if whom live in Kordofan, had to go home to plant and secure the scanty crop of dokn (an inferior kind of doura which is the only grain that ma- tures during the brief rainy season from June 16th to September 16tb), on which their families depend for the next year. Like all cdmmanders of tarbarians, who have no regular C(^mmiesariat, he may have only a couple of thousand men with him to-day aiui itt}^ {^ thousand next month. It is certain that he had fully that number or more when he extermin- ated Hicks Pasha. If all the Bedouin tribes and the people from Kordofan to Dongola were to uni'e under his flag, he ciuld muster more than a hundred thou- sand men. But this is not to be expect- ed, and the British, profiting by the divi- sion existing among the tribes, may se- cure some more or less valuable allies whose fidelity will depend entirely npon success. But in any esse the Mahdl is not a ioe to be despised. El Obeid ia the present centre of his power. I was forced to remain there for six months, having been disabled in the dessrts by insolation produced by exces- sive heat, and I was transported back to Suakim in the winter, nearly a thousand miles across two deserts, in a litter swung between two camels but duiing my con- valescence I had t^me and cpportunitv to observe everythijng worthy of note in El Obeid. This city is about four hundred miles from the Nile, two hundred of which are through desola e a^moors. it is built on an imm^rnse plain, studded with enormous baobabs, which always grow singly one or two hundred yards apart. Ic is a place of fifteen or twenty thousand fathabitants, almost hidden in thickets of hegliksand mimosas, which give it a pleasiog appearanoe from a dis- tance. There are a few substantial, well- built houses belonging to Greek aad Egyptian merchants. The telegraph, on iron posts bnuu^^ht from Easlaud, con- necting it with Koartonm and Oiiiro, was completed while I was obere and before three days, saeh Mtha tivilising ii.flaenoe of commerce, the local traders were using it to ascertain the quoUtions if gum arable and oatrJch festhrirs atOiuro and Alexandria. Tue native dwellings a'-e generally circuhw, ♦leh an earthen waU four or five feet high, suttnounted with a conieal roof made i4 dekn italks m J«ni- mmbev af thaaa koHaa far ite gimv is aoBoaodad «iiJ a OMmi- badge. ^Thli anetbiina, ahaded^hf ]i^- uka» isoitoirpfaBitedaBavaga^b^ipKw dea. The a%ia «f the nafcivta aJMtaS around their dwelling atsnndowa, tha nen diattbg aad2fliokaiib tka vumm attending to household dn^ea, suod the children joying and roiHiiig about in pri- mitive ft ahMn e e V ia both vmkm waA. pistureiMiae. The maret'btEl Obdd is JieM daily oh a spsetoos iMjnwalnfKmli'ctf the Ghvemor's quartets â€" the main build- ing of which, now the MAdi'a reaidenoe, is three hmdrad ^t front with a bcge square tower in the centre. Some three or four thooaad paoiile oaa^'^^^S^ market ^m the 8urroiin^Rng'vilh^|ei. Cattle, horses, camels, sheep, grain, and the identical peanut of Virginia and Car- olina ue the staples of truia. Near biy are covered baziars containing European goods, and also Iwge warehouses full of 'gum arable, hides, and ostrich fea- thers. Itia very faitareating to watoh about sunset the groups returning from madkat. One sees hundreds of people olad in blue or whita cotton robes aad turbans, riding on donkeys men and women on camels' baok; Beggaras mounted on bullocks, with their hands full of lances Kaba- beesh and Hadendawa Bedouins sol- diers in white uniforms, recruited among the slaves from Central Afnca, taken from the traders in order to break up their traffic and drafted into the black Soudanese regiments. Mingled with all these are Greeks and Egyptiahs in their national costumes, Bashi-bazouks from Albania and Asia Minor, same on foot, others mounted on their Syrian horses, and Catholic priests and Sisters of Char- ity in their peculiar dress. Last, not least, hundreds of women venders of merissa (native beet), fruits, and vege- tables, with jars, hampers, and baskets piled up on their heads, in impossible structures, apparently defying all the laws of gravitation, yet held up by that astonishing gift of equilibrium common t» all African women. They go laugh- ing, chattong, running, leaping, without ever touching the burden with their hanas, and yet nothing falls to the ground. The crowd gradually disappear; the tropical moon rises above the horizon; the voice cf the muezzin calls the faith- ful to prayer and the drums and bugles of the garrison (all Central African ne- groes) perform very creditably the airs cf the French retreat. Then everything is quist for an hoar, after which the merry, sound of the darabukas and native flutes announce the fantasias, which follows the day's labors. This picture of El Obeid, the capital of Kordofan, would apply with slight variations to all Uie large towns i/f Egypt and the Soudan. One sight, however, I beheld there, the most peculiar and ghastly that ever shocked my senses. It was the buryiog- ground, situated almost within the town, and some six or eight acres in extent. The gravelly soil was literally covered with shreds of the white and blue cotton robes in which the dead are wrapped for burial. The graves, never more than two feet deep, are lightly covered with stones and thorns. Eyery night the hyenas "ceme in and dig up the bodies that have beqi burled during the day, leaving ex- posed to view the remnants of their feaat. 2j||^ imagination can realize the horror of this Golgotha It follows of course that the mortality is fearful. During the^ickly season (that of the rain) the d^hs average ten a day in a gandison of^Kwithousanw mfn, and the propor^oiTwas ^^arly as great among the population. It is appsrantly the purpose of the British Government to abandon the Soudan. But if the expedition to bring out Gordon and the garrisons meets with brilliant success, England may determine to occupy Khartoum permanently, as has been so ably and forcibly urged by Sir Samuel Baker. Otherwise, all that cjuntry will relapse into barbarism its vase trade will be lost to the world and to the comparitively strong and civilized government which enforced good order under lamail Pasha, will succeed anarchy and the redoobled horrors of unrestrained slave-hunting axA slave trading.â€" [R. E, Colston, in ue ' Century" for iUarch.] Pretty Macli tbe Same ThlnK After AIL " Father,*' he said, as he oame running in from school, ** did you ever drill an oU well and make |60,000 1" ' No, my son, I never did." " I wss in hopes that you had, for I wanted to brag to the boys." " Well, yon can tell 'em that' although I never drilled an oil well and made $60,- 000, an oil broker once drilled me and m»de 975,000. which Is abauti the same thing, I guass." ' All His Troubles Abead of Him Three year old to crying baby ' Y'a fink y'n 'ave yola of twubble, don't yon, baby " ** Hn-wahâ€" hu-wahâ€" hu-wsh f" replied the baby. ' Well, y'u dis wait till y'u dit bid 'nuff to dit a g j d 'pankin' mce, an' 'en y'u u'll know what tambUa ia." wAng them and their lar layMa, and quite rafn-j^roof. The London SporUmam, dl Feb. il« contained the following advertlMment **Waatedrâ€" A-enltnred goitleman, 0H»a- Ua of milking goata. A nnireni^ man preferred. AppiieaUoa, wuh tastimoBiala TJieaa i •• proffideno/, to ba â-  nrtfwml ato." CtafUM,aloaal wttalanhp tha P r o f Bas e r hsa andlaik Btatamaiit^ rose up By ^|j ff^i^^^» aaany vA'\f foiging tha nments, he. enlisted .th^ qnopatUes o^ Elder Autiadbnjr S^ift, leaaom Ch^oct Davii and Judge Out-Off Kemperbeny. He!hp|»b|lbl{B«j9aaileNtty Tcookini with the idan, and e^eti went so tar as to offer him a haw fl?ty«eat door-mab to join tha conap iiao^, bofr Biothar Tomp* kins was tonus hlna, and gave the whole When the meeting was called to nd«r the three oon^iiaton were in their seats, entirely wdiuspidous o£- the sand-club which was hanging over their heads, while the President, Sir Isaac Walpdla, Waydown Bebee, and others in tha ring, carried very serious oountenandea. The plot of the eonspiratora waa not yet fully r^pe.' Prof. Siuythe waa just settling himself do wn to sound Elder Toots in the matter, when Brother (Gardner and said' 'Eavy am de parent of half de wicked- ness in dis workl. One of de fust prin- ciples of human natur* am tob^;rudge some odder pusaon's good luck, but de minit common sense am ediad in fur con- sultation dis envy dlsappe ^jts â€" except in isolated cases. 'We enVy de rich, while it am p'raps our own fatdt entirely dat we am not classAd among 'em. **We envy talent, an' yet weam fo'oed to acknowledge to ourselves dat we frew away our oppoitunltiea. "Find me a man who am down on his f ellowman on gineralpridples an' I'll show }e a chap who orter be in State Prison by de same rule. *-Da Lawd put us heah fur each to make his own waj. .De field am world- wide, wid plenty of room fur all.. If one, by his applicashuu, perseverance integ- rity an' determination, towers above de one who waits fur luck an' feeds his soul on envy, any conspiracy to pull him down should be sot down on by all good men. Brudders Smythe, Swift an' Davis, I should like to see de three of you at de foot of de prand staircase. Dar am a leetle matter dat I wish to discuss in pri- vate." THET KKTIRI. Tha trio of conspirators were evidently greatly surprised at the request, but aus- peeted nothing and followed the Presi- dent down stain. As no one else was permitted to follow, it may never be known what happened on the landing. What the meeting heard may, however, throw some general light upon the sub- ject. 1. Yells of terror. 2. Sounds of heels striking the walls. 3. Sounds of cloth being ripped ' and torn, and boot-heels striking the fence on the other side of the alley. 4. Bump â€" kerchunk â€" thud â€" deep si- lence. 5. The echoes of the toe of a No. 13 boot striking against coat-tails. HI BEAPPBABa. Soon after these last mentioned sounds had died away Brother Gardner entered the room with a sweet smile on his face, and walked straight to his seat without a word- There was blood his left e^, the polish was worn off Ms riglrt loot^ and one end^^of his collar was nnbnttc ned, but this might have happened to anpman who had fallen downstairs. **Mi8ser President, slull I cross de Jbhree names off de book 1" asked the Sec- retary. 'Dd Cha'r reckons you may," was the answer, "an' we will now take up de reg- 'hir blU o* fare." USB HIM WBU. Giveadam Jonea presented the follow- ing card and asked for the endorsement of the club U. D. Peten Was bom and raised in the State of Ten- nessee, from which State he moved to Ohio, where he resided twelve jeaia. For the last twenty years he has hem a resi- dent of Canada in the lumbering district, but has resigned all business engage- ments, and idll devote his time and en- ergy in this service of Preparing the People to Meet Their God. Ha expbunad thai Mr. Petera had just started out on a lecturing tour which will include the whole world Ixif ore he knocks off, unleaa the walking becomes too bad. He knew him to be « man of great moral worth, and had beien authorized to pre- sent hu iiamb far membership. The application was referred to the usual committeer, and Brother Gardner in- dulged in the hope that Mr. Peters would meet with friends In every^ town he honor- ed with his presence. PABALTZBP. Prof. Sarsaparilla Hunter than offined the following reeolntlun "Resolved-HDat in die struggle be- tween England an' de Arabs, de sym- pathies of dis club go out .for de laj^ter." 'Toubifer dis, do you t!* queried the President as he looked from the pap«r to barsapaciUa and baeic **Yes,lah. ** Yon aympatUse wid da Arab, do yonf ••Yea,aah." "Any paracUar reasom.r* *: ** A wwejffstk l aa s o n aalu Anb li^U Bcothtr QirdBif imSsi 'Gfiv«iaiaa Jc wOl lake de Pimisasor to 4a tti'iobdabaflk Oi h» «Mek hiiek. If dat doaat affeel a aand bias to d«i idiot asflnai 1" TfaaProJhnor aolad likaaptwh^^had b aa n kn o cked down by a besek house, and after tha cabbing paoeeas above zaCacrad to had been eoaap l e t ad ha aaplsiaed *haik tha reaoIaikMt had beandzawnaphw « tin peddler, who had promised hiin a M«r tanpy to p rd e en t it. BOX SO VAB 19 HXaS» VBOM. L QoaunnniiBatlon from fltHtek esi tained the inquiry "Has any itiember of your .club b^aa fatally injured by thafe iendish invastion known as tha'Iorasdo- Ohiokanr **I hasn't haard of any stch oaaa," ob- served Brother Gardner. "Da tM^a- ohidken waa inwanfead cbsut two yeaza ago. When it fust oame out sebecal eaU d men who had failed to keep, posted pi^ed it off de roof for a pullet, an' war fooad dean near by, bat day were not measbars of dis dub. I has ineldentl/ learned dat chicken pot-pie has become a total stran- ger to mos' of you, an' I reckim dat i\ am just as well to keep on onltivatin' your tastes fur soup-bones an' neck-pieoea. We will now blow out de lamps, lock wf de stove an' ambulate to our respeetabla homes." Tlie Open Flre-Vlaee. The popular movement that favors a re- turn to the comforts of the roomy housea of the olden time has not only produced ample windows and airy halls, hoga man- tel-pieces, stately clocks and round tablea, but great chimneys and open fire-places, such as our grandfathers enjoyed on win- ter evenings when the forests rwe the only supply of fneL When coal began to be cheaper than wood, the open fire-place and great man- telptooea almost disappeared. It is now found that coal may so be used in open grates as to give to the room the old time eheerfulness and gloft. It has also been discovered of late that the same grate may be made to answer for two rooms, wiuout m extra supply of fuel. A prac- tical importer thus writes on the subject for his paper "I thiiUc the time is coming," said a builder, "when houses will be furnished with more grates and open fire-plaaes than- they are to-day. Of late yean everything has been running to hot-afar furnaces and steam-heating apparatus, and the system of warming fiats has been reduced t* a science. **But only those who have been brough up in the country can realize the charm of the big, wide firejdace, with ite crackl- ing back-logs and its bed of red-hot em- bers, that form themselves into so many fantastic shapes to fascinate the family gathered round. "Did you ever notice how earnestly people gaze into a good fire What do they see there, what thonghte does the fire suggest, than all who gather around it sooner or later fiid thtrmselves staring vacantly at it, oblivious to all surround- ingsf "What good cheer does It cast over the household to see the unsteady flicker of the fluue, and wateh the dandng sha- dows on the floor 1 Wh*t is more consol- ing than to blow out the lamp, or turn out the gas, and sit by the firelight alone, with one's heels perched upon the fecderl There's little of. that in the city, but I be- lieve there's going to be more of it â€" not open lire- places, but grates^ Away down )utl^.^ where they don'iT ntod mindi fire at any sesaon,^ a man has invented a grate that heats two rooms at once with one fire. It ought to have been done before, everybody will say, and many of us builders wonder why we didn't tUnk of Itiourselves. **Tae whole thing canalsts of setting a peculiarly constructed grate dear through the chlamey, so that the front is in one room and the bask in another. Of course, oae fire will heat bath raoms. Simple! And yet it has just baen patented. I'm afraid we are getting slow." The Mission of theHahdL The term "Bfahdi" is approximately transUted "Messiah." The Mahdi's Heaven-imposed mission ia neither na- tlcnal nor political, but religious. The territory which he claims and the people whose idlegtance he demands are limited solely by his geographical i^orance. Either he is the looked-for spiritual head of the whole world, who is to unite all nations under ah Idam purified of ite existing abuses, or he Is nothing. He Is Is either the Messiah which was to come or an impostor. Avoiding a moat exact parallel which might seem irreverent, an attempt to negotiate with such a leaider might be compared to an offer made by the Mohammedan leader to Peter the Hermit of the crowd of the Franks if he would refrain from pcosacating the Chrn- sadea. The Mahdi's aims, repeated in innu- merable prodamationi. are to drive those who refuse to recognize hia divine mission into the sea, to be proclaimed in the holy d^ of Mecca, and to destroy the' f «lse Caliphate 'at Stembonl. He is cqodly ' hostile to the Senouaal, the Sultan, iUrajU, and Mr. Biunt. His only adhermto are those who will take the sword and kiU ' all who refuse his faith throughout the world. He is the successor of numerous impostars who, not having the fortune to ba o^osed by British statesniiMi, have f^adtoadiieve fqadl {Hiestige. Defeat alone oaa deatcof that piastige. » ^^LMtuHttM