There is good news from the Soudan.

After the British had taken the town of Abu Hamed, about which we told
you a short while since, they continued to advance up the Nile toward
the next important town that lay in their route to Khartoum.

This town was Berber.

It was expected that the Mahdists would make a fierce resistance at this
place, and the British troops were prepared for severe fighting.

What was their surprise on reaching Berber to find that the Mahdists
had fled before them, and were encamped at the city of Matammeh, where
they intended to make a stand against the invading army.

Berber had been left in the hands of a few Soudanese who were friendly
to the English, and willingly permitted them to take possession of the
town.

This city is only about two hundred miles from Khartoum, and no place of
importance now lies in the way of the British advance on Khartoum, the
Mahdist stronghold.

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A very interesting movement is on foot to secure the return of the Jews
to Palestine.

We are all familiar with the beautiful story of Moses, and how he led