The biggest of the 260 cats-exhibited at the Crystal Palace Cat Shaw.w.ei2hed_2olb_ _ and was named " The Claimant." Nine millions of ball cartridges for the HenryfMartini rifle have been ordered at Woolwich, presumably for use against the Ashantees. The Bonny takes out with her a stock of . Hale's rockets, the same which produced su< h a salutary effect on < the Abyssinians. When they have sprea d fire and fright in their course, they conclude with the explosion of a shell, which in crowds can be very destructive. . The Shah of Persia had a narrow escape while on his journey from the Black Sea to Teheran. A band of fifty brigands, weir armed and onhorseback, having suddenly surprised the Royal party from a wood, summoned his Majesty to surrender. Naarel-Din did not indeed fight, but he ran away, and, thanks to his horse, . supposed to be the famous Pink Tail, got clear off. The Cossacks, however, covered his retreat, and ultimately put the brigands to flight.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1690, 3 January 1874, Page 3
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