Christian herald and signs of our times . 253 hastening to thesupport of theC o m m issionerunder Theymet the force atThobal, whereLieut. Grant hadentrenched him-self in an oldmud fort. Therea desperate fightensued in whichthe insurgents,though outnum-b e r i n g troopsnearly twenty toone, were utter-ly routed andtheir leaderkilled. The State ofManipore, whichwill now proba-bly be annexedto British India,contains about250,000 inhabi-tants. It is athriving prov-ince, the peoplebeing noted fortheir skill asweavers, sadd-lers and metalworkers. Theyalso breed a fa-mous ki
Christian herald and signs of our times . 253 hastening to thesupport of theC o m m issionerunder Theymet the force atThobal, whereLieut. Grant hadentrenched him-self in an oldmud fort. Therea desperate fightensued in whichthe insurgents,though outnum-b e r i n g troopsnearly twenty toone, were utter-ly routed andtheir leaderkilled. The State ofManipore, whichwill now proba-bly be annexedto British India,contains about250,000 inhabi-tants. It is athriving prov-ince, the peoplebeing noted fortheir skill asweavers, sadd-lers and metalworkers. Theyalso breed a fa-mous kind of ponies which command high prices in themarkets of India. The accompanying illustra-tion,which represents three types of Manipuris,is taken from a photograph secured by a presscorrespondent. R O MA. A NEW SERIAL STORY, Written expressly /or The. Christian Herald Br JENNIE FOWLER WILLING. Author of Diamond Dust, Chaff and Wheat. From Fifteento Twenty-five, The Potential Woman, & early {Continuedfrom fage N old, slipshod brother,in a long, grey gown,led the party through aside door, and down aflight of rough steps tothe Catacombs, aftergiving each a lightedpiece of candle-wickdipped in tallow orwax. The burial-placesChristians, remarked Mrs. Gor- of the don. Really, I cannot imagine anything moreintensely interesting. Many a time I have pict-ured to myself the little procession of early6aints who have gone down into the heart of theearth, as it were, to lay away their dead. Theymust have gone down these very steps, steepand narrow as they are. Yes, said Carolyn, and three or fourflights below these. The Catacombs are five6tones deep, you know, in some places. It musthave seemed frightful to leave ones friendsaway down here. No, said Margaret. You must not forgetthat their hope of the resurrection was like thebrightest noon compared with the midnightgloom that their former pagan notions threwabout death. Dont you see you read always alonghere that they rest in
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