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20 A SAVAGE PEOPLE The Abyssinians Who Recently De- feated an Italian army. THEY MUTILATE DEAD AND WOUNDED General Dye Formerly of This City Relates His Experiences. RACE OF WARRIORS (Copyrighted, 1896, by Frank G. Carpenter.) E ENGLISH ARE I now preparing an ex- pedition against the natives of the Soudan and the fighting with the ermies of the Mahdi will be carried j,, on in all parts of Nu- bla. It may go as far jf as the borders of i// Abyssinia. If the Abyssinians’ should join with the Mahdi a great African war would be the resuit. Few people krow anything about the Aby: Binians. They are among the bravest sol- Siers of the world. They are the most cruel and the most bloodthirsty. The details of the massacre of the eleven thousand Italians have not been given to the public. They are ly too horrible to publish, and if they imilar te the cruelties committed dur- ing the Egyptian expedition against Abys- finia in 1875 they would not be fit for family During this expedition the Aby: sinians wiped out and almost utterly de- Btroyed two Egyptian arm! had the best of guns. They carried Krupp cannon and repeating rifles. They were ofli- cered by experienced American and Euro- pean generals still the Abyssinians beat them at every point, and finally drove them from the country. General William McE. Dye. I have learned much about this wonderful campaign thrcugh Gen. William McE. Dye, who is now the chief military adviser of the King of Corea. He was one of the officers in command of the army of the Khedive ha under Gen. C. P. Stone. He nian war and was i during one of the fights. In the ’s subordinate offic uld not walk on ac t he snatched his revolver and ran o s eight or ten yards into the mic is troops and threatened to shoot the officer if he would rot submit. After the close of the war Gen. Dye car city and subse- quently was police here. I wet him had a m during my firs! to after he arrived there at the merican officers who were to mies of the king. I visited during my stay in Corea, | and when I last saw him he had just been | counsel h the king as to how to put down ch brought about the Japanese war. Gen. Dye's s heen a story of adventure. lay when he graduated at West ntil now his almost every year has great Chi whole life i with war and fighting, but he ia the the @ spent in Ab; thrilling part ef it. He is, stasa girl. I have 0 me years azo he pl c , ia ished his ex- ameng the Abyssinians, but the own bravery in that war | however, th s Ab: ard perhaps the only estimate of th fighting people. The Abyssinians as Fighters. Gen. Dye says that the Abyssinians can raise an army of 300,000 men in a short time. He was told by one of the generals that the king could within a few days bring 2.00) cavalry and from 3,000 to 160,00 good infantry into battle. He had an army of 100,000 men in one of the bat- ties in which he fought the Egyptians, and a larze number of these were cavalry. The but the pons which they used at this time were largely spears, swords and clubs. They have a sword much like a scimeter. ars are long and tipped with stee! je of a sort of a buf- ete when green elds are very ut a rim of i strong, and it i bullet from a Remington rifle will not penetrate them at a distance of 150 yar The Abyssinians are very fine horsemen, and their cavalry move tapidiy. Their horses are of a mixed Arabian breed and have great powers of One ef the Natives. ance. ‘The warriors use very small . and about all of the foot that they the stirrup is the big toe. They are accustomed to the use of horses from their hunting. They attack rhinoceroses and elephants on horseback, and among the game which they endeavor to kill is the Abyssinian lion, which is found in many parts of their country. Abyssinian Cruelty. A great deal of stuff has been publishe during the past few weeks about Aby. sinian civilization. The truth is that the Abyssinians are almost as barbarous and fully as brutal as any people of Africa. They are more intelligent, perhaps, than some other nations, but they are the per- sonification of cruelty and brutality. The first great fight which the Egyptians had with the Abyssinians was with an army under Col. Arendrup. This man was 2 Danish lieutenant. He had come to Egypt and had been given charge of the army at Massoah, on the Red sea. From here he a marched with 2,500 men against the Abyssinian capital. His men were arm- ed with Remington rifles. They had two six-gun batteries. After a few | of the bodies were burned. » THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, days’ march from the sea they came to the mountains, and they got within ten hours’ of the king’s capital before they saw anything of their foes. At this point, however, tens of thousands of Abyssinians sprang out of the hills. They rode their horses right up to the cannon and cut the Egyptians down almost to a man. Of the 2,500 men 1,800 were massacred. Those who were wounded were brutally mutilated. sinians make a good deal of noise when they eat, and the bigger bite a man can take and the more noise he makes in chew- ing it, the more polite the man is thought to be. They are very fond of red pepper, and they sometimes eat pellets of raw meat, red pepper and onions. How the Abyssinianus Drens. The Abyssinians are very fine-look- Thelr bodies were not buried, and a|ing people. They are a mixed race, French consul who visited the battlefield a few days afterward tells how he saw the bones of 1,000 men piled up together in one place, and in another jackals, wolves and hyenas eating at the corpses. Aren- drup was killed. They Matilate the Dead. The horrors of an Abyssinian battlefield cannot be described. They mutilate the dead as well as the living, and their figh!- ing is accompanied by all sorts of unneces- sary cruelty. The scalping done by the In- dians is a refined and gentle custom in com- parison with that of the Abyssinians in their wars. They cut up different parts of the body and carry away pieces as trophies. Gen. Dye says that in going through the battlefield he saw one mass of mangled hu- man remeins. The bodies looked as though they had been chewed up by wild beasts. There were hundreds of heads, which had These armies | - Abyssinian Warriors. been cut off, and hundreds of naked and bleeding bodies, the faces of which were d! torted with pain and fear, and the eyes of which were protruding and glaring. Some ome had been clubbed and hacked with swords, and all were mutilated in such a way as cannot here be described. In this battle above -eferred to the Exyp- tlans lost between five and six thousand men, all of whom were well armed, and who had cannons to assist them in their ignal for the charge tne 2 right up to the batteries. They were armed with swords, pistols, guns and shields. ‘They jumped behind the rocks at the time of firing, and though an laces- sant fire of rocket, shell and shot was thrown at them, they came to the very jaws of the batteries and finally took them. How the Abyssininns Treat Their Prisoners. In this battle they killed one thousand men, wounded sixteen hundred and cap- tured as prisorers two thcusand one hun- dred and eighty-six. Of the two thousand prisoners, one thousard were massacred in cold blood the next day. Those who were saved belonged to their captors, and their fate was even worse than that of those who were killed. In the first place, the prison- ers were all stripped and then made to run along, nalhed, with their captors at the point of the lance. They were jabbed with the lances if they did not keep up, and some of those who escaped and got back to Gen. Dye’s camp came in bloody from head to foot. Many of them had been shot, th: cut, lanced and speared and speared again. Many had their hands cut off, and, in addi- tion to tl had scimeter cuts on their , shculders and necks. Some of the oners were bound hand and foot, after aving been stripped, and were kept for some tine without food or water and then aughter2d in cold blood. Often a victim was partly unbound and told to run for his life. He was pricked with the spear to hurry him on, and then shot down after he had gone but a few steps. How Some American Prisoners Were Treated. During this battle one cf the American surgeons who were connected with the khe- dive’s army was taken prisoner. This was Maj. Johnson of Tennessee. Gen. Dye had sent him from one part of the field to an- other with a message for Gen. Loring. His mule balked, and he had to get. off and make the trip on foot. He was pursued by an Abyssi who threw his spear thro r’s leg, and thus captured him. The Abyssinians at once stripped him to the skin. ‘They tied his arms behind hima ard made him walk for days thus, naked, with almost nothing to eat and drink, u- der a burning sun. The Abyssinians rode en horseback, but Maj. Johnson was drag- ged along on foot. When he fell behin-i they jabbed their spears into him to make him keep up. He did the best he could, for in all direttions he saw his friends forced by spears to flee for their lives and then shot down as they ran. At night he hal to sleep among the mountains with no cover- ing, and he almost perished from the cold. At one time he was seized by three blood- thirsty Abyssirians and taken off into the mountains. His guards sharpened their swords at every large rock by which they pessed, and gave him to understand that they intended to kill him. They had made all preparations for his murder when a horseman was seen coming afar off. It was a courler from the king, who ordered the men to bring back the captive. Maj. Johnson was then kept in the camp and watched over by Abyssinian boys, ‘ who threatened him with knives, and tortured him in other ways. The boys troubled him so that at last he could stand it no longer, and concluded to thrash them if he had to die for it. He gave one of them a good licking. His action Caught the attention of one of the chiefs, who took him to be his slave, and from this time he was well treated until peace was brought about and he was exchanged. The nervous wear and tear was such, however, that it almost killed him. They Eat Raw Meat. During this campaign Gen. Dye was asso- ciated for some time with Gen.Kirkham,who lad been an English officer connected with the Abyssinian king. He met a number of other Abyssinians, and he obtained some interesting stories about the people and their customs. Gen. Kirkham said that the Abyssinians were great gluttons, and he told how he had seen three Abyssinians devour fifteen pounds of meat at one sit- tirg. Kirkham said that after a feast the Abyssinians often throw themselves on their backs and permit their fellows to walk up and down on their abdomens. They are very fond of raw meat, and they Ike it when warm from the animal. The beef is usually slaughtered right where it is eaten, often at the door of the tent, and the guests at the table are fed with de- licious morsels of the smoking flesh. One of the greatest of Abyssinian travelers was James Bruce. He describes how he saw the Abyssinians cut steaks from a living cow. His story has been greatly doubted, but all travelers say that the Abyssinians are fond of raw flesh. Bruce tells how when travel- ing through the country he met three Abys- sinians driving a cow. Just as he passed them they threw the poor animal on’ the ground. One of them then sat upon her ueck, holding down her head by the horns. ‘The other twisted a halter about her fore teet, while the other cut a steak out of her rump. They cut out a piece bigger than two ordinary beefsteaks, first laying back the skin, and after the steaks were cut out, fastening the skin on again with two small skewers or pins. They plastered clay over the wound and then drove the cow onward to the camp, where they intended to eat it. Bruce describes a banquet of raw flesh, where the cows were cut up by inches out side the door, being cut in such a way as to keep the animals alive as long as possi- ble, the flesh being eaten as soon as it was taken-in. He telis how the Abyssinians eat raw meat. They cut it into long strips and then putting one end of the strip in their hs and holding the other in the left the man cuts off a bit of the meat with an upward blow of his scimeter. The Abys- | anything of a domestic nature. }men do not fight in battle, though they | $9 to, the fleld and take care of the wound- ; Who fell in love with him. | said to be a land of free love. Marriage sel- | dom lasts for any length of time. Couples | est and have, it is said, considerable Cau- casian blood. Some of them are as black as the blackest negro. Others are as bronzed as an American Indian. Their noses are straight, rather than thick. They have fine eyes and a proud, erect carriage. They are very hospitable, but they live very simply. They have practically no stores, and the business is chiefly done in the markets at the fairs, which are held from time to time in different parts of the country. There is very little farming. The women and children work the fields and tend to the herds and flocks. Every man has the right to as much land as he can pay taxes: upon, but one-fifth of all he Taises goes to the king and one-tenth to the governor. In some parts of Abyssinia salt is used as money, and salt and cotton are the chief commodities. The people dress, to a large extent, in cotton. They wear a sort of a toga about nine feet long and six feet wide, which they wrap about their bodies. These togas are home-made. In addition to them, the soldiers and rich peo- ple and chiefs wear close-fitting trouSers from the low waist to the middle thigh. The chief. also wears a sort of shirt of au- thority. This is of foreign make, though a lion’s skin sometimes takes the place of it. Abyssinian Women. The Abyssinian women are said to be very beautiful. They are of erent colors, some jet black, others copper-colored and others fair. They are roted fer their very pretty soft hands, which are so small that in general they will pass through the bracelets which fit their wrists. ‘They use mutton fat in the dressing of their hair, and sleep upon pillows, upon which they rest only the neck, much like the Japanese. The women do all the work ccnnected with the household and the men scorn to do The wo- They ere often given rge of the captives, and during Gen. Dye’s trip one of the dociors escaped through a woman Abyssinia is marry and separate at pleasure. Upon paration they divide the children. The eldest son gees to tne mother and the eld- daughter to the father. If there is but one daughter and all the rest sons, the father gets the girl, but if there is one son and all the rest daughters, the boy goes to the mother. Abyssinian Christians. The most of the Abyssinians are Chris- tians. They believe in the Bible, though not just as we do. I saw a number of them during my stay in Egypt anc I met quite a crowd of Abyssinian Christians at Je- Tusalem during an Easter week sev- eral years ago. These Abyssinians had come to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage. They wanted to worship in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. They were tall, fine looking men with regular fea- tures and with faces of a dead_ black. ‘Their complexion was not oily I'ke that of a negro, but it was of a rich dull black. There are a large number of priests in Abyssinia. ‘There are said to be at least twelve thou- sand moxks in the count These men have a great deal to do with the govern- ment. ‘The Abyssinians have no _liter- ature worth mentioning. They have neither painting, sculpture, nor archi- tecture. There is no fereign commerce, though thera are some imports, upon which the king collects an immense duty. A mule load of goods pay $5, a donkey load $2, and a porter’s load §1. Queer Surgical Methods. Gen. Dye saw something of Abyssinian surgery during his stay in the country. He says that when a limb Is broken in battle the Abyssinians pound that part of the limb below the break into a jelly. Some- times they pound it up as far as the next joint, and he says that in most of such Cases the men get well. They know noth- ing of ordinary amputation. While Dr. Johnson was in captivity he was asked to Abyssinian Eating Raw Meet. treat a seldier who had been wounded in the hand. He knew that if he touched the man and the man died he would be responsible, so he refused. A few days after this the man returned. His hand had been crushed with stones up to the wound, and to Dr. Johnson’s surprise, he was re- covering. During the baitle a number of Abyssinians were shot, and in some cases they extracted the bullets by placing a tube just large enough to cover the hole into which the bullet had gone and sucking it out with their mouths. The Rainy Season Coming On. The rainy season will soon be on in Abys- sinia. The country is, you know, very high. It may be called the Switzerland of Africa. It is made of broken plateaus, great ra- vines and narrew passes. It is generally healthy, but it lies so near the equator that it is very hot in the summer, and the lowlands of the country are full of miasma and fevers during the wet season. This season begins about the middle of June, and if the Italians should make war they will have to fight the climate as well as the people. At this time the winds from the Red sea bring heavy rains. The days are hot and the nights are cold. They will have to pass over the lowlands near the Red sea before they get to the mountains, and the broken nature of the country is such that it is doubtful whether the Aby: sinians can ever be conquered. There are, all told, about four million of them scattered over a territory four times as large as the state of New York. During the rainy season the ravines and gorges are filled with water. It will be almost impossible to carry heavy guns, and in addition to this the troops will have to fight with the lions and leopards and other wild animals which infest the unsettled parts of the country. FRANK G. CARPENTER. SS ae Reprinting Postal Cards. From the Chicago Record. A Dearborn street printer has a scheme for utilizing unused postal cards that have been printed on one or both sides. Nearly every business house has a stock of postal cards printed in certain forms, and very naturally many of these become out of date. Heretofore they have been consigned as worthless stock. é The Dearborn street printer takes the printed cards and covers over the printing on the back with a coating of ink, which is then gilded by means of “gold dust,” as it is called. The gilded surface is really better than that of black on a plain card. Even if the card has been addressed he can gild half of the front of the card. With a stock of many thousand old cards, each really worth one cent, the reprinting be- comes an object. The printer buys old cards or reprints them to order. How Chicago Says It. — From the Chicago Post. “It may be all right to name eastern clubs after a New York reformer,” exclaimed the patriotic westerner; “but I most emphatic- ally protest against such a practice in the west. If we must name our fashionable clubs after reformers, let’s display a littie local pride at any rate.” “What are you talking about?” “These Goff clubs.” It you smoke for pleasure use Sweet Moments cigarettes, - A superior article. UN DI JANOS, it The World’s Best Natural Aperient Water. 25 Years’ Success in U. S. Highest Reputation all Over the World. CAUTION: None genuine without the signature of the firm “Andreas Saxlehner,” On the Label. mh21-sat,26t Cao un a Ss a a sa OO a Sedetndetntngetetetece A WOMAN TRUNK PACK] A New York Professional and How She Does It. From the New York Times. ‘That Miss Seaman can pack trunks ts one of the pieces of information they give a. the bureau of information of the Wo- man’s Hxchange, 12 East 30th street, where they have a supply of all kinds of knowl- edge useful to women strangers or resi- dents of the city. “It 1s hard and exhausting work,” Miss Seaman says, ‘but there are no particular rules to lay down for it. If you made a rule after packing one trunk, you would be chliged to make it over again, for in the very next trunk packed the conditions would be so altered. “I pack the large and heavy articles at the bottom and the lighter ones at the top. The sleeves of the gowns are filled out with paper. They are not doubled with a crease at the side, in the case of the sleeves worn now. If the fullness is spread out flat they will stand considerable pres- sure without injury. “There is a layer of tissue paper placed between fine gowns, and sometimes with a satin skirt, I put a layer of paper between each lengthwise fold, as it is made. The plain skirts of today are not difficult to pack. In some trunks they need only be folded once, just below the belt, and in others half way down the skirt, leaving the skirt smooth at the bottom. “When I go to pack a trunk the things are generally ready for me in the room in which I am to work. I am frequently ask- ed if the trunks will hold everything that is laid out and I can usually form a very good idea. “The bodices of the gowns are frequently packed in the trays of the trunk, and I try to put the length of the bodice widthways of the tray. Sometimes I can get two or, three side by side in one trunk. Every- thing depends upon the style of the trunk and the material to be packed. The Owner Present. “The woman whose trunk I am packing is usually in the room when I am at work. and assists me by pointing out different garments which are soft or have had con- siderable wear, and which she is not par- ticular about. Those things are packed in anywhere, and the best space left for the fresher garments. Around the sides are packed smaller articles and undergarments, to keep everything firm. “I do not fill the shoes with paper, but many persons keep lasts in their shoes. I always wrap the shoes in paper and put them at the bottom of the trunk. Books or anything of that kind which may be de- faced by rubbing, I wrap in paper or in undergarments, just as it happens. “If a garment is trimmed with jet, it 1s necessary to place layers of paper to pre- vent the jet from making creases. “A jet bonnet, which is heavy, must be carefully packed, or It will tumble around and injure other hats and bonnets. I some- times pack two cr three of them in one hat box, using paper as {t fe necessary. I place the hats so that the feathers will not be breken or the flowers crushed. Papers sometimes have to be placed around and under the feathers. I have sewed and pin- ned the hats in place when I fourd it necessary. “I have packed tete-a-tete sets and bric- a-brac when people were going out of town for the summer. I have always been for- tunate in having things go through all right, with one exception. Then there were a great many breakable articles and not enough other things to pack them in. I told the woman so while I was packing. I believe one small article was broken. “Persons preparing to go from the city to the country often take with them a number of pillows and cushions, which makes it easy to pack breakable articles. A down quilt is delightful for that. It is impossible to break anything placed be- tween its folds. “I have never packed jewels or anything that amounted to anything in that line. People having valuable jewels often carry them about their persons, never in their trunks.” ——_-+ ; A Summer Song. Ab! whither, sweet one, art thou fled— ‘My heart of May? In vaio pursuing I am led A weury way. The brook is dry; its silver throat Rills song no more; And not @ linnet lifts its pote Along the shore. Wilt thou return? I ask the night, I ask the morn. ‘The doubt that wounds the old delight Is like the thorn, O come! I lean my eager ear For laughter’s ring; Bring buck the love-light cool and clear— Bring back my Spring! LINTON SCOLLARD. Mythology That Didn’t Fit. From the Bloomington Eye. The unmusical manager who protested when he found a performer in his orches- tra holding his bow during a rest, saying to him, “I don’t pay you to rest!” was the same one who, on another occasion, was superintending the arrangement of some performers who were representing allegori- cal characters. “Here in front,” said the author of the Pplece which was to be given, “we will put the nine muses.” 5 “Nine muses!" exclaimed the manager, contemptuously. ‘Nine muses would look well in that great space, wouldn’t they? we will have thirty-six muses.” ————_+-e-— To ’Ear ’Im ’Oller. From Pick-Me-Up. 3 The head master of a Leicester board school was startirg out the other morning to go to his occupation, when he saw two tiny toddlers coming toward him. One of them stopped him and ‘said: “Please, sir; Bill and Jack can’t go to school this morn- ing, because they’re going to. have a tooth out.” Failing to see why both should go to have one tooth out, the master sald: “But what’s Bill (the elder of the two) go- ing for?” “Please, sir, Bill’s going to have his tooth cut.” ‘Then what's Jack (the lit- tle one) going for?” ‘“Pléase, sir, "e's goin’ to ear ’im ’oller,” was the reply. ’ MONEY IN OSTRICHES. An Experiment to Be Made in Florida to Raise These Birds. From the Jacksonville Citizen, “It occurred to me many years ago,” said Mr. H. J. Tiffin, “that if ostrich farming could be successfully carried on in Call- fornia, the same might be done here, espe- cially if it were simply a question of cli- matic adaptability, for the climate of east Florida is-more similar to that of South Africa, the habitat of the bird, than is that of California. I have closely watched the progress of these latter farms, becom- ing more interested yearly, so that last fall, when, in Atlanta, I had an opportunity to purchase some ostriches, I secured two, male and female, and brought them to my Indian river place on Merritt Island, which is about latitude 28. These birds ‘did so well, seeming so perfectly at home ‘and well adapted to the conditions, that I went back to Atlanta and bought the lot, fifteen in all, some of them very large and val- uable, and I now have them ail at home. Most of them were raised on a Los Ang form, but a few are native African birds. “The value cf an ostrich in South Africa is about $500. I bought mine for little more than $100 apiece, so that I may be said to have made quite a bargain. The bi! seem to be perfectly at home, and feed upon the grass which grows plentifully upon my place. I also give them large avantities of corn and other grain, and oc- casionally try them with a little meat of some ki of which they eat sparingly, for the ostrich is a strictly gramnivorous fee- er. When I first brought them down th ate little, and I concluded I must give them an appetizer, which f did, each one, in the shape of a good-sized asafoetida pill. Since that time they have eaien ravenously. “Ostriches are ke quails, in that they pair off, and need a run to themselves, sep- arated from other pairs. At present mine are all together, as 1 have not had time to arrange their quarters. In Africa on the large farms a pair has about forty acres torun in. I shall give mine only about two acres, which may be small for them ct first, but to which I am sure they will readily adapt themselves in time. My birds have already begun laying. I have gather- ed about six eggs, and the season is just beginning. Fifty eggs are laid during the Season, one laying season to the year. The average weight of an ostrich egg is thirt four ounces, some, cf course, much larger, and it has the appearance of a ball of ivory, The sheil is thin and delicate, and smashes easily if dropped when containing the yolk, but if the yolk is removed the shell is as durable as china, and is largely used among natives as @ drinking cup. “Ancients used them commonly, and the femous draught of the pearl dissolved in Vinegar is pposed to have been taken from an ostri the egg Curing the day, the male at night. This seems to be nature, but most ostrich farmers now use incubators, especially as the male bird manifests an ‘unaccountable grudge against the young one, and kills it if possible. I shall introduce the incubator when I begin raising birds. Ostrich eggs sell for $20 apiece, so fifty eggs a year makes a bird very profitable aside from the plumes, which bring in about $600 per year. ahe finest feathers grow under the wings. Those of the male are usually black, and are the finest of all; the female plumes are lighter in color, and permit dyeing. Tail and breast feathers are also valuable. ‘The firest feathers produced by the ostrich are the three plumcs used as a head dress by the ladies of the court of St. James, ani those who are presented to the queen. Cer- tein feathers ere in demand for this, the finest on the bird, and they. brin 4 course, the highest prices. ae coe JIM McCUB AND THE RAM. He Masqucraded as a Woman, With Unpleasant Results, From the San Francisco Post. Jim McCue, rancher, politician, philoso- pher and horse doctor, walked on the ferry beat with a crutch the other day. He also had one arm in a sling and his head band- aged. “What's the matter, Jim?” inquired two or three acquaintances. ~ “I'll bet any man in the crowd $20 he can butt harder and longer than any ram or billygoat in the state,” responded Jim, scmewhat irreverenily. “But I guess I’ve brcke him of it.” >) “You look as if you had been broken some yourself,” suggested one. “Well, to tell the truth, I did get jammea around a Httle. I've been breaking a ram of the butting habit. This ram was raised @ pet, and that’s what makes him so sassy. He knows who to tackle, too. He won't touch a man, because he knows he'd get a fence rail frazzled out over his head; but a woman he will butt clear over into the next pasture, “The other morning this ram jolted a lady iriend of mine clear across a field and through a picket fence, and I thought it was about time to cure him of the habit. I put on an old calico dress, tled on an old sunbonnet, and, concealing a sledge ham- mer under my apron, sauntered down through the field. The minute the ram saw me he dropped all the business he had on hand and came over to have some fun with me. He squared off, shook his head and made a run for me. When I stepped to one side to get a good swing at him with the sledge hammer the blamed cld dress tripped me and I fell down. I started to get up, but that ram was behind me, and I turned two somersaults before I hit the ground again. T didn’t stand any chance at all. He just kept lifting me till he got me over against the fence, and then he lit into me. He jammed me down against the fence, then backed off and hit me another crack, and then another and another, till I thought he'd broken every rib in my body. Finally he jammed me clear through under the botttom rail, and.I managed to crawl to the house. “But I got even this morning. I had the hired men take a green oak log, dress it up in women’s clothes and set it to swinging from a limb. That buck lost a horn the first time he hit it, and it wasn’t long till the second went the same way. When IL left him he was meeting it half way every time jt swung back at him, and I wouldn't wonder if he is worn down pretty close to the tai] by this time.” h egg. The female sits on, | ing Friday morning. | to Nomini Creck and St. Clenwnt's Ba SUMMER RESORTS. ATLANTIO CITY, N. 3. ———— BOARD AT PRIVATE OOTTAGE—APRIL AN $ furnace heat; bath; hot and cold water, 0. Box 254, Atlantic mb27-3t* clty, $1.50 to $2.00 per de: pai Tansee” Mes. HY. MOYER. HOTEL MT. VERNON, PACIFIC AVE., NEAR beach; first-class in every particular; steam hea elec, bells, Entire rear facing ocean. ‘$1.50 to $2.50 r 2ay- Send for pamphlet. JAS. S. MOON, Prop. HOTEL EDISON. Michigan ave., near Beach Elevator. Steam Heat, Send for circular. fel-156t J. C. COPEL: a . HADDON HALL, Atlantic Gity. N. "J. On the ocean trout. Has enlarged to more than its icrmer capacity. Will hereafter remain open throzghout the year. Complete and modern in every detail. Ioonis en sulte—baths attached. LLEDS & LIPPINOOTT. mh. THE STANLEY, OCEAN END SOUTH CAROLINA ave.—Service and appointments complete. . Baths, electric befls; excellent cuisine. * mb19-26¢_ 3A ATLANTIC CITY COTTAGES FOR T IMMER fecson fn ‘all locations, renting from §250. to $1,500. Fine cottages in Chelsea, on St. Charles Mace and-near the light house. Write or call oa EVINE & WOOTTO! Real Estate and Law J. mih23-m, was 2 Y, N.J., leuin heat through- ator to street level. F 200. Illustrated boukl . GF. OUP FOR SALE—A MNETY-ROOM HOTEL IN ATi tle Cit furnished; lot 50x175;_ price, cash, Address SHINN '& RIS- ‘ity, N. J. mh26-eo%t NDALE. ifle avenue, above Kentucky. Central and near beach.’ Heated. All conveniences. mhz1-tu,th,s12t Mrs. RL OH. FOR SALE OR REN’ houses, cottages; bargains beach fronts; choice bul advancing; list 21 he. cor. H CUTTAGE, ave., Atlantic City, N.J. $14 Ler week. “All con A mh Bt HAWTHORN INN, S._ VII the beach, modern conveniences, steam heat; perfect ts. Mis. H.W. RICHMOND, KENTUC end, Atlantic City, N. J.—Steam beat, sun par- lors, elevator, &. ’ For terms and other informa- tion address. fel3-cott AY OD MINUT su Most desirable to nished; by ing roo own April 1, Rudolf, Atlantic City, N. J.5 tir J. W. CALLAWAY. AND GOTT. ATLANTIC CL @_ave., 100 yanls of beach; This handsome and home-like house shiy equipped for fort and con- mn ure from ice guod. AK, n end of Kentucky ave. _ Telephone 3 ELL. WERST: AT BRIGANTINE. shle: D. A. PARROTT, Supt. Box 253, Aulantic SEASHORE COTTAGE Apply mb14-26t—P. for illustrated. p: THE ALBEMARLE, close to AUlautic City, NJ. Soath Virginia ave Reach. Loe central ani . fect'y arranged and appointed. Tistrated Booklet mailed with rates, (fe20-T8t) i Greatly im Steam beet; sun 3 elevator; every convenience. JAS. & GEO. BEW. Seaside House. A refurnished throughout. Open all Elevator, Sea water baths in house, cuAS. E _ EA FONTAINE, y ENGLAND, Ocean end So. Carolina ave Aliantic City, N. J. Open all the year. Steam bat. Sup parler. TabY-S2t BRYAN & WiLLIAMS. Atiantic City, > Al HOTEL BRYN MAWh, w York ave. aud Beach, Atiantic City, can view. 3.0. KEFPER, , KENTUCKY 100 feet’ from. the ocean bells; steam heat; L. V. electric $8 to $14 week. THE DEL CORONADO, 0 per das; mwh2-tf Qcern ard Virginia ave. Heated throughout. Every convenience. -62t Special spring rates. : Pe DOUGHTY. THE WALDORF, 0c Bean heat, p finprevements, fect sanitary arrangements; ali Kentucky a’ S » pewly fi haif a square from the Brighton Cusine Inchté first-class. M. H, RAND. S, HOTE! Beach. BOSCOBEL, KENTUCKY AVE., NEAR SEACH, Atlant: City, eam heat; electric bei ‘Terms to $3.00 per day. 5) TAIT fe utie City, N. J. Sea water baths. = Mlustrated booklet ca application. fe8-104t E_KOBERTS' SONS. HOTEL DEN ATLANTIC CITY, NJ. 250 rooms. fe6-78t “__SUSEPH 1, BORTON. CHESTER INN, ATLANTIC CIT York ave., near beach; mew ho steam beat; rates reasonable, D. fel 3m IRWOOD, OCEAN ENT) KENTUCKY AVE Atlantic City, N. J. Oper all the year; steam heat; terms” reasonable. fel-3m F. ALSFELT. NIs. PENNUURST, mn ave., Atlantic City. Fle- steam heat; sun parlor, JAMES HOOD «Atlantic City, is With all the conveniences of a first-class, quiet hotel. steam heat, open grate ma baths, dc. Table unex Open all the year. Address’ Dr.WM. H. H. BULL a23-tf MISCELLANEOUS, TION! OCEAN CITY, MD. ges for rent, beach front; secure the best. Also furnished’ cottaze rt, RL. For plens and information an EBORAH L: HILTON, with John EF. W man, cor. 14th and G be mw. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. E. S. RANDALL PULOMAC RIV LINE— Stecmer Hurry Randall leaves River View Wharf, 7th street, Sunday, Tuesday and ‘Thursday, at 7 a.m., landing at ali wharves as far down as Mad- dox creek, Va., including Cuapel Point and onial we Mo: about § p.m.; Wed- nesdays ond Fridays about 3:30 p.m. Passenger uc~ commodatio.s first-class" Freight’ received until hour of sailing. Telepboue 1765. F. A. REED & CO. E.'S. RANDALL, ‘Agents, Alexandria — Proprietor and Manager. GEO. O. CARPINTER, Gen. Agt, Washington, EMS STEAMBOAT CO. HED ule.—Steamer Will leave Stephenso Wharf, foot 7th si, every Sunday at 4. p.m. Baltimore and rivér landings. strictly first-class. Freight received for landings on Satur: must be p riven on Baltimore fre: sT RO. Agents, Otic, 910 Pa. ave. Teleph de2ltt for Accommod:tions Rate “LID.” ANDINGS, Ferry Wharf. On_ Mondays, uesdays and Saturdays a: 7 a.m.; Mondays Zor river landings to St. Clement Ba; airives Tuesday afternoon. Wednesdays for river lendings to Brcten’s Bay and Nomini Creek; thence to Piney Point, St. George's, Smith’s Creek, Coan and Yeocomico rivers; ceturning, leaves Creek Thursday afternoo.a for river landings, arriv- Saturdays 3 returnin; arrives Sunday afternoon. In effect Nov. 4, 189 See schedule. C. W. RIDLEY, Gen. Man. nol-tf 1 i “IF LIGHT, Hair on the Race, ©, Bot%. tory; if strong,by electricity,permanently. 20 cxperlence, Devtaatologist 12 Woodhury.127_W N.Y. Send stamp for book on Fac! N END NEW YORK AVE. | river | | Sw Breton's Bay and Nomini Creek; returning, | omint | for river iandings | ‘Biemishes. | P5235 Sua RAILROADS. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.” Schedule in effect March 15, 1896. Leave Washington from station corner of New Jcrsey avenue and € st. For Chicage and Northwest, Vestibuled Limited trains, 11:30 am. 8:05 p.m. For Cincinnati, &t. Louis and Indianapolis, Vest! buled Limited, 3:45 p.m.; express, 12:15 night. For Pittsburg and Cleveland, express daily, 11:3 a.m. and 8:40 pm. : For Lexington and Staunton, 11:30 a.m. For Winchester and way Stations, 15:30 p.m. For Luray, Natural Bridge, Moahoke, ‘Kuoxvttle Chattanooga, Memphis and New Orleans, 9:10 P.M. Sally: Skeping Cars throus ray, 3:45 p.m. daily. For Bultinore, * 3 KAS, ‘30, x80, aud’ x12:01 night. 9:00, "x10:00 $1:15, $4:30, thersburg and m., 12:50, 3: 37:05, 11:20 pam. “Sundeys, 9:00 a.m., 1:15, 05, an. uington Junction and was points, °9:00 3 i: trains stopping at prin 45:30 oR NEW ¥ ELPHIA. cipal stations ROYAL BLU LINE iTLADI All trains Mlominat For East, Cary, m5 jeeping Dining ny . Dining Car), ing Car), “01 night, Sleeping Car open for jassengert 10:00 P.M). Buffer Par rson all day train For 10:00 a m., toon, Sun. Except Sunday. “Dail §Sunday only. xExpress e called for ed from on ivania Av ‘treet, and at De "LL. Gen. Pass. ger. Union t offives, 6 + CHESAPEAKE AND ObIO RAILWAY. THROUGH THE GRANDEST SCENERY IN AMERICA. ALL TRAINS VESTIBULED, ELECTRIC LIGHTED. STEAM HEATED. ALL MEALS SERVED IN DINING JARS. 5TA- TION SIXTH AND B STREETS. Schedule in effect ‘ovember 17, 1898. Vol. VAIL —Circinnati apd St. Louis Spee clal— Solid train for Cinciruali, Puliiaan sleepers duwati, aud St. Louis without Park Dail Pull to Cincinnati, Loulsvile without change. Pull- to Virginia Hot Springs, | without ps Sleepers Cin- g, Saturdays. T SUNDAY kM For Goi —Via Richmond ay. Reservations and tickets at Chesup %, 513 und 1421 Pennsylvania av the station. R. 3028 General SNSYLVANIA| RAIL) Station corner of Gth and P. streets, In offect January 6. 1896. 10°30 A.M. VENASYLV AMA LA MALiD. Sleeping, Dining, Swobing and ubserss Marrisburg to ¢ . Cincit nati, Indianapolis, 7 Butlet Parlor te Cleveland i TERN EXPRESS. Pullman i and Dining Cai ~ Louis, and Sleep Car Harrisburg’ to € PACIFIC -Paliman Sleep nandaigua, Rochester and +. except, Sunday. or Williamsport, wils daily, except Washingtéu to. Saspen we Car ie, Cenanlaigua, a Felis daily, Skceping Car Wash- 15 and 4:20 Od ALM. F P.M. daily, and $:20 PM Atlantic Coast Line. sonville and St. Express tor Richy Line, 4:80 A. Auanta, 8:40 P AM. w for Jack- week Atianti daily. s, corner I5th station, 6th and B sts. for the checking of bal hotels and residences. 8. M. PREVOST, * General Manager. 409 nd G sts. und at Where onders can be left ination from 3. R. Woop, General Passenger Agent. SOUTHERN RAILW: (Piedmont Air Line.) 8:00 A.M. Menasas at Lynch ahd with Jifton Forge aN Datly—The UNITE Pallinan Buffet Sic acksony ile, eeper fi sper New York to New ng at Atiauta with mS 5 Vestibuled Day . Wash= ustine, and Dining Car, Silisbury Tampa and Augus jugton to St to St. ings, N.C.; Nes New York % Montgomery. a ington to Atinta. Southern Reilway 0 consboro to Montgomery RAINS BETW WASHINGTON AND ROT HILL keeve Waslington 9:01 A.M. P.M. Cally. except for Round Hii for’ Leesburg,” and 6:25 corning nerive at AM. ana PM AM. daily.except §: AM. daily, except ‘Through trains f ton, 6:42, AM Car ¢ 2 aily and 4:13 M. Sundays and 9:40 10:00 A.M. daily |. daily from ing Car reservation and information joes, SUL ad 1200 Pomesylvania ave- pnsylvania Railroad Passenger Sta- farnished at ot , ard a? T W, H. GREEN, General Snporintendent. 3M. CU ‘Traffic Manager. W. A. TURK. General Passenger Agent. aT L. &§ BROWN, Gen. Act. Pass. Dept. Beas — = MEDICAL MANLY VIGOR AND NERVE POWER RF by using a bottle or two of Dr. Broth F vigorating cordial. 1! eis no remedy equal te Used 60 years in this city. “a Bs. nt Im* Dr. Leatherman, SPECIALIST, 602 F ST. \.W. Treats NERVOUS, BLOOD, INEY and ig | diseases, Tre: HYDROCELE, VARICOCELE STRICTURE modern surgical methods Oonsul- tation free. jours, 9 to 12 a.m, 2 to 5 = ‘uesday, Thursday and Saturday bights, 7 e days, 4 to 6. mh2-Im* ena “MANICURE. MADAME PAYN, HIGH-CLASS MANICURE AND CHIROPODIST, QFFICE AND RESIDENCE, 703 15th St. 2, ays, 9 a.m to 1 p.m. mh7-4d at having superfi.ous hairs, warts, Ladies tit rete Gocnts = can bave them forever removed by electricity at w2 F aw. __mah6-Lin® Baidness— Falling Hair, Dandruff, “r’ | Facial Blemishes and Skin Diseases promptly amd DR. J. SEMMES, roanently cured. i 704 isth st., near 7