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Twrt inmates of the Ex-Khetflre'u Harem
Hlopc Willi Italian.
Knla letter: Evervbodv knows that
his Highness Ismail Pasha, "the late
TvliPulivo of Eervut. has been living here
since his dethronement, having bought
one of the most beautiful palaces in
Italy, but Yery few know anything of his
harem, which now ami then causes no
little amonnt of scandal by throwing off
the Oriental yoke ami adopting -Lmroooan
habits with a vengeance.
When the Khedive tirst landed hero
from.' his famous yaoht Mahronssa he
brought with him only seventy-throe
wives, concubines, and Circassian slaves.
or a little less than one-fifth of his Cairo
harem, and upon finding that he could
not keep even such a remnant of former
greatness in proper seclusion he sent
forty-seven to Constantinople. The Sul
tan, however, refused to allow these
ladies to land uiou Turkish soil, and
they were ordered to proceed to Egypt,
where the new Khedive would not recog
nize them. Many Mohammedans blamed
the Caliph for his harshness in refusing
Moslem women asylum, but he had very
good reasons for acting thus, as accord
ing to Turkish religious law a man must
Lave access to his wife wherever silo may
be, and if the Khedive's wives were once
allowed to remain in Turkey the Khedive
himself would have followed them, know
iwjr that the law would protect him, even
against the Saltan's wishes, and nothing
- was more dangerous than to permit lsh
rnail Pasha to live in Constantinople, as
his intrigue knew no bounds, and having
an immense fortune at his disposal he
becomes really dangerous. These
women, who had been brought up in the
greatest .luxury and idleness, finding
that Tewfik Pasha neglected them, gave
way to dissipation and immorality un
known even amongst the Turks.
The Khedive's Naples harem thus re
duced to twenty six members was or
ganized on the old Cairo plan. The
palace wasj divided into separato quar
ters for men (Selainlik) and separate
qnarters for women (Harem), the latter
being surrounded by a high wall which,
being built ciose to the apartments, pre
vents the inmates from looking out and
the curious Italian loungers from look
ing in. When the ladies drive ut they
occupy seats in carriages the windows of
which are stained glass, preventing any
body from seeing them, although they
can easily see all that is without. For
fnrther security a eunnchsits on the box
by the coachman, and two or more of the
same species follow the vehicle, and the
dark, ominous faces of these men are to
be seen gnardiug-the harem gales "igjij
uud day, smoking cigafeiie3TiuTrtSi1fing
in
their efleminate voices.
Only a few of the many Arab servants
who accompanied the Khedive still re
main hero with him, the majority having
returned to Egypt, not being able to get
acclimatized to Italian weather and
Giaour habits. There places have been
filled by European men and women, and
the Viceroy's palace is now full of Chris
tian grooms, coachmen, butlers, cooks,
housemaids, and other servants, who
have had anything but a beneficial effect
upon the members of the harem. The
ladies commenced showing signs of civ
ilization by lowering the windows of
their carriages whenever the attention of
the accompanying eunuchs was drawn
elsewhere, uncovering their faces, dress
ing in a semi European style, and flirt
ing with the only too willing Italians.
Their next step was to commence learn
ing the native langvage, music and danc
ing, for which mistresses were engaged,
and from these they evidently acquired
other knowledge besides, as the Princess
Haity had not many months ago gave un
mistakable proof of her complete civili
zation by eloping with the brother of her
music mistress. This young lady is not
more than 18 years old, although she has
been an inmate of the Viceroy's harem
for three years. When it first wa3 an
nounced that the Princess had taken
French leave of the harem the Neapoli
tans could hardly believe it, but when it
became known that the Khedive had ap
plied to the local anthoritives for their
assistance in regaining possession of the
lady, no doubt remained of the fact, and
Sig. Nipote was looked upon as the hap
piest dog in Italy. The Neapolitans felt
pleased that one of their fellow-citizens
should have bearded the oldTurk, and
such a fuss was made over it that within
a few hours the scandal was known all
over Europeand even beyond the seas.
It was admitted that the wives and
other women of Ishmail Pasha's harem
were exceedingly beautiful, and the Ne
apolitans, encouraged by the elopement
laid siege to the palace in earnest, but
without success, as the ladies were strict
ly guarded and ceased from that time to
drive out, and, although rumors have
often been afloat since then of little in
trigues and escapades, nothing of a ser
ious nature has been made public. Last
Monday, however, tho Khedive's attor
ney applied to the legal magistrates for a
warrant for the arrest of Sigaor Giovan
ni Permi, a wealthy jeweler of this city,
for violently assaulting and threatenieg
to murder Salih Aga, one of the Vice
regal eunuchs. In the course of tho
afternoon it became known that the favor
ite Circassian slave of Ishmail Pasha,
named Elma Giulu (apple-blosom) ,had
eloped, and that Signor Peroni had se
verely chastised the eunuch Salih Aga
for attempting to stop the couple from
leaving the palace. The Italian gentle
man was not to bo found, but dav before
yesterday he went to the Police Court
in the Strada San Marco, and constituted
himself a prisoner, after which ho was
liberated on bail, and yesterday after
noon the case was tried, resulting in Sig
nor Peroui being fined 50 lire, or $10.
From what transpired in court and from
what I have gafci ered from other sources
the facts of this case are as follows:
Previous to the first elopement from
the harem, when the ladies used to drive
into town to do their shopping, 'Apple
Blossom" had visited the shop, of Signor
Paroni. They became enamored at first
sight, and the Circassian beauty paid
the jeweler many visits under the pre
tense of buying trinkets or having them
repaired. Even at that time they were
preparing for an elopement, bnt the dis
appearance of the Princess Hiaty put a
stop to their plans, as the ladies of the
harem were kept securely under lock
and key, and not allowed to leave the
palace under any consideration. Matters
were left in abeyance for some time,
when the lovers continued to correspond
throngh an Italian lady who gave lessons
to some of the harcm inmates. A great
deal of jealousy exists between the many
wives of Ishmail Pasha, and it appears
that one of these discovered that 'Apple
Blossom" was carrying on a clandestine
correspondence, and informed the Khe
dive, who set spies to watch her, which
resulted in several letters being found,
upon which the teacher was dismissed
and "Apple -Blossom" ordered to
hold herself in readiness to
depart for Egypt by the Khe
dive's yacht, which was to have sailed
the last week. The young lady found
means of conveying this disagreeable
news to her lover, who determined upon
carrying her off before she would be sent
on board the yacht. Disguised as a
groom, he jised to visit an Italian house
maid in the palace, and through her he
made all the arrangoments for the elope
ment. On Sunday afternoon the ladj
dressed in the housemaid s clothes, de
scended to the yard where she was met
by the psendo groom, and putting her
arm through his, the two advanced to
ward the gate before which Salih Agra,
tne eunuch, was seated, smoking a nar-
gilleh. The keen eye of the eunuch at
once saw through ithe disguise, and
jumping up, he seized the shrieking
woman, whom, however, he was soon
forced to abandon I by Sign or Peroni.
While the two men were at close onar-
ers, an accomplice of the Italian's
named Roimoddi, presented himself at
the gate, and according to a pre arranged
plan, "Apple Blossom followed this
gentleman to a carozzu, which drove off
at full sjeed.
iphoriMiis fr in the Quartets
De aanger sober when 'tie Shanghai
crow. j v
De pig ain't much on 'rifmetic, but he
knows de uigiies way to de branch.
Heap o' good folks Igits sassy in cat
fish time. j
De wns thing 'bout chills is ciat too
many .folks k no wAyBr-Ut cure VAn.
Better not try to out-inmp a'flyin'-
sqn'el.
You can't clam to Heab6n by dechu'eh
steeple. j
Settin on a hornit is a poo' way to git
'ligion.
A man stan's a chance to ketch a 'pos
sum while he's eoon-huntin.
De rabbit's mighty sorry for de neigh
bors when de turnup crap fail.
Nex' week is gin'ully gwine to be
mighty busy time.
De lead steer gits do mos' whippin'.
De Juno-apple tree is mighty oasy to
clam at de right time p' year.
Old times was too good to be true.
When all de halfrbushels gits de same
size, you may look out for de Milleni
cum. You can't tell de weight ob a cotton
bale by lookin at it. j
If eb'ry corn-stalk had a big ear,
'twould nt be no nubbins for de ca'fs.
Folks ought to talk 'bout de neighbors
like de tombstones.
You can't sell kerrysene ile to a light-nin'-bug.
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De morkin'-bird don't 'stnrb hisse'f
'bout de price o'musicL
De old cow dat jumps de draw-bars too
much is practersin' for de tan yard.
Don't 'buse de jay-bird's chune, long
as he don't brag on it.j
A mule ain't plum broke tell he's been
dead a whole day. . i
Somehow, it pears like de -'possum-dorg
ought to vote.
Las' year's sins wau't killed by de
fro.' j
Folks lub to run down dis 'ear's crap.
Old hen can't keep fum telliu' .whar
her nes' is. j
Old Satan nebber likes to miss a camp
meetin'. N j
'Tain't no nse o tryin' to make your
se'l too comfertubble in dis wul'; you got
to change cars at de grabo-3'ard.
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Expensive Posies. llacquenainot roses
that sell for ten cents in June now cost
2 and 2 50, and many are cold at this
rate, they being bronght from New York
and Philadelphia and ordered by tele
graph when wanted. In a greenhouse
of these roses, measuring 100 feet by 30
feet, the first crop only was recently sold
in Paterson, N. J., for $10,000. As these
flowers have to le frozen before they
will bloom, and bear flowers ordinarily
in June only, a late fall carried the bear
ing of flowers in greenliouses over into
early spring, and hence the high price.
As a sample of high priced flowers, a
florist of Union Hill, N. J., recently of
fered a nurseryman in England $2000
for a single rose-bush, iand was refused,
the price being fixed at 1000. Erastus
Corning has several small orchids in his
greenliouses at Albany that cost ovorSlOOO
each. In this city on Christmas lay,
the common lilacs thatj are seen so plen
tifully blooming in this vicinity in the
spring, were sold for $2 a single spray,
and a good niauy sprayi were sold at
that. As an instance of extravagance in
flowers at Whitehall there was a recep
tion on Chrissmas day, and there was
wanted for it some lilies of the valley and
a new variety of sunflower called the Os
car Wilde sunflower. These were ordered
by telegraph from Philadelphia and cost
for a btiuch of lilies as largo as a man's
two fists, $12, and for j the sunflowers,
SU for two.Troy Telegram
GrmrAl Sherman's San.
Mr. Thomas E. Sherman, Bon of Gen
eral Wm. T; Sherman, lectured last
night at Loyola College before an intelli
gent audience, on The Inquisition."
Mr. Sherman is preparing for, the priest
hood at Woodstock College, and intends
to become a Jesuit. Among his hearers
were his mother, his sister Ilachel, Mr.
A. W. Thackara of Philadelphia, his
brother-in-law, and many of the Catholic
clergy of the city. The speaker dis
played a thorough knowledge of his sub
ject, and for over an hour commanded
the closest attention of the audience. He:
had an easy delivery aud a pleasant ad
dress. His lecture last night was his
first." tfnd ha displayed much natural
power.
Mr. Sherman gave a sketch of the In
quisition, or the Court of Inquiry, es
tablished by the Catholic Church in
Spain in the thirteenth century, for the
siiDwressiou of heresies. The Courts of
Inquiry were composed of clerics and
laymen, whose duty it was to try offenses
against the laws of the charch. The
principal offenders were the Albigenses
and. Manicheans. The latter sectaries
believed in two principles of good and
evil of equal power and sovereignty;
hence, they worshiped Lucifer as well as
the Lord, and yielded themselves to the
most loathsome excesses. These heret
ical teachings were undermining the
church, morality and social order. To
arrest tho evil tho church instituted the
Inquisition, and the third Council of
La tern issued a decree authorizing the
clergy to assemble all the people within
their districts, and, after preaching a ser
mon to them, to explain the powers of
the priesthood. The faithful wore or
dered to confess within an allotted time
if they held heretical principles.Jor knew
others who did. All who failed to obey
this precept were called to account.
The lecturer exemplified tho right of
the clmrch to act in this manner by a
parable, in which he portrayed a beauti
ful mansion ornamented with all that was
precious iu the sight of man. This sub
lime structure had a dark, damp and dis
mal cellar, in which some of the family
persisted in living, while tho others re
sided above. In course of time those in
the cellar became sick and bred conta-
gious diseases, wnicn tnreatenea tne
lives of the upper. residents. The obnox-
ious creatures, to ootam Jignt, picneu
holes in tho wall, which threaten to
crumble the mansion. The people above,
to save themselves, cast out their breth
ren below. So it was with the Catholic
Church. It had instituted the Inquisi
tion to prevent the spread of heretical
disease.- In America, where there is so
much said of the court of .inquiry, the
Puritans of New England burned people
at the stake and indulged in other horri
ble butcheries, which the Inquisition did
not.
The Catholic churoti did not sanction
all the acts committed in that lime, nor
did the Inquisition order the executions.
It simply tried the offenders, and de
livered them to the civil authorities with
tLeir verdict. Every government has
the right to defend itself. In this coun
try the Inquisition should not be judged
according to our views and beliefs,which
are entirely different from those held in
the thirteenth century. We should look
at things as'they existed, and not as they
are uow. Preseott, the accepted author
ity on the Inqaisition, followed Liorente,
who was an apostate priest, expelled
from Spain because of his immorality
and crimes. To revenge himself and
bring the Spanish Government into dis
reunte. he wrote his history of the In
rfnisition. and fabricated things which
have since been disproved by many,
Gibbon among tho number. Baltimore
Sun.
lulling Palm?.
A paragraph is going the rounds to the
effect that "shopkeepers complain of
well-dressed people who purloin from
the couuters, and whom they dare not
arrest." A salesman in a big up-town
dry goods store, to whom the statement
was shown, shook his head very decid
edlv. "I don't think." he said, "there
would be any souoamishnes.s in this es
tablishment about arresting a thief, no
matter how well he might be dressed
And I tell you it takes a sharp lookout to
catch them. Of course, we have detec
tives, both male and female, and floor
walkers who are supposed to nave eves
in the backs of their heads, and the
clerks keep the best lookout they can,
but for all that the thieves get away with
a good many things, especially io the
holiday season, when wo are all so busy
and the throng of shop-goers so great.
You would be astonished to see how
easily a woman can find her pocket when
she wants to slip into it some little thing
that she happens to fancy. When, a
woman nips a pair of gloves or a piece
of lace, or some little thing like that, her
hand will dart into that mysteriously
elusive pocket and out again like a flash.
Then their large circulars and muffs
afford them chances to get away with
things, and the opportunities aro im
Jiroyed to such an extent that tho store
keepers get fairly wild sometimos. It is
true that in some cases they do not
bother to have shoplifters arrested,
simply because of tho excitement that
might be caused and the inevitable loss
of time and annoyance of prosecution.
But yon find that the majority of
shopkeepers are opposed to such lenity as
a matter of principle. I'm sure, how
ever, that I cannot imagine why any
body shonld be afraid to. catch a thief
and at least get his goods back. I have
heard it said said that one sharp chap on
Sixth avenue makes quito a good thing
out of weli-dressed thieves by catching
and then compromising with them. A
woman who is fairly and fquarely
caught, and sees the dock of a police
court and newspaper paragraphs and a
prison all before her, will pay well to
be let go."
"Dare not arrest! Well, I don't know
about that," said a storekeeper in one of
the avenue stores. "But it certainly is
the. fact that sometimes women are al
lowed to carry off without interference
small articles that they have nioDed
from our counters. If yon will examine
you will find that in such cases the neo-
pie so favored are persons who have
running accounts with the stores where
they perpetrate these little robberies,
and that the storekeeper calmly puts the
purloined. articles into the bill, which is
an tue more sure to be paid promptly
for having them there. A few years ago
there was quite an excitement about
kleptomania, which was an inspiration
of the doctors to account for stealing on
the part of well-to-do people. I had a
case several years ago in which a rich
woman used to steal at certain times.and
could not help doing so. . Her husband
knew it, and by arrangement with me
privately paid for all she took. She was
clumsy in her thefts, was always seen at
them, and I don't think I lost a dollar
by them, thanks to the husband, so I
never told her that I knew anything
about them, nor did my clerks. I should
. jp 1
say irom iny experience tnat the num
ber of thefts known to storekeepers in
which the stolen articles are not returned
or paid for is exceedingly small." f N.Y.
Sun.
Uow Would You Like It J
Young man! How would you like it
if you had to stay in the house nine days
in the week and hear nothing but dis
sertations on shirt buttons and historical
reminiscences about busted suspender
buttons?
How would you like it if every time
your wife saved a few dollars she would
eomo home at 19 o'clock in tho morning
with her back teeth afloat, and pulled
every" door-bell in the neighborhood out
by the roots-
How would vou like it if you met her
on the street with her hat cocked on tho
back of her head, while she was doing
her utmost to make sausage-meat of
every ash-barrel on the sidewalk?
now would you like it if she stood on
the street corners, or in front of theaters
on matinee day and winked at all the
fellows as they came out?
How would you like it if she chucked
the handsome waiters nnder the chin
and called them "dear?"
How would yon like it if she went out
to the club every night and came home
with her breath smelling like a decayed
skunk?
How would yon like it if you bad to
have all the children of the household
attend to all their wants, and then re
ceive only looks blacker than a ton of
coal for your pains?
How would you like it if you had to
live all your life with such an amalga
mated brute as yourself?
Young man, do you ever stop and
think that your wife has a tender, loving
heart right under the left wing of her
corset that must have been terribly ten
der and loving and brave to have said
'Yes when the minister asked the fatal
conundrum?
Drop it, young man, or one of those
days that tender, loving, brave heart
will break, and then you 11 have, to take
the children and go live with your
mother-in-law.
Then God help you!
We're safe. We have neither mother-
in-law nor children.
The
Dauger
of Cold Drinks.
There is a practice, says tho London
Lancet, against which many persons
need to be put on their guard namely,
drinking cold watery beverages in cold
weather. Cold driuks are depressing in
their influence, and the result of taking
such draughts when performing more
than common feats of strength and en
durance, particularly in middle age and
advanced life, is to lower the tone of the
nerve centres at a time when it is most
desirable that they should be in excep
tionally good working order, so that they
may retain tho vitality necessary to meet
unusual need. So far as we are aware,
the physiological effect "of iced potations
taken hastily when putting forth special
strength and making a peculiarly large
demand on the vital feroe of the nervous
system, is either not understood or is
forgotten. For the sake- of the many
zealous statesmen and politicians who do
not seem to have given the need of spec
ial precautions in this particular a single
thought, it is desirable to point out that
tho worst illness may, and do, proceed
apparently from insignificant causes.
This is one of the petty causes which
may lead to sad results.
Uncle Tom Iu the South.
A theatrical company playing Uncle
Tom's Cabin is going through the South,
and bloodhounds are introduced in the
chase of Eliza, the fugitive slave. The
play does not seem to excite much ani
mosity among the people, but the dogs
are objected to. In Norfolk the feeling
ran so high that the canino feature was
omitted from tho performance. The
hounds used for the purpose of tracing
runaway slaves wore not bloodhounds.
according to the assertion of several old
Virginians, but were common hounds.
trained to follow anthing, even a wagon.
They were not used for hunting, but
were kept only for the tracing fugitive
slaves. They were- harmless, as far as
biting was concerned. A South Carolina
man, who formerly owned a thousand
negroes, declares that no genniue blood
hound was ever seen in that State.
A drunken man fell over a cliff thirty
feet high at Salem, Alabama, alighting
on his head, but escaped without serious
injury.
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In the course of a conversation with
Miss Emily Faithful, recently, a repor
tor asjeed tier 11 the ladies in England
generally took as much interest in pub
lie matters as do the ladies here.
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she replied;
"yet, since the establish-
Hnent of the
school beards in England.
tne ladies have begun to take considera
ble interest in such matters and have
been able to do some very excellent and
enective work.
"Are ladies eligible-to positions in the
Doards?"
"Yes, they are elected by public vote.
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xne scnooi uoaras are composed 01 men
and women subjected in the respective
districts and there are usually more men
than women in them; most of the boards
have at least one or two ladymembeis.
Hie ladies are particularly valuable in
this sphere, as they are able to deal
more directly and intimately with girls
schools than boards composed entirely of
men could do.
"Have you ever served in one of
them?" I .
"No; I was proposed as a member of
the first London school board, but was
oblige 1 to decline the honor, as I saw it'
would be impossible to combine that
"When did ladies first become eligible
for election?
"When the boards were first insti
tuted, a few years ago. Before the school
boards were established the schools were
under the direction of the clergymen of
the Church of England of the respective
parishes, and Dissenters, Soman Cathol
ics and 'others not in accord' with the
Established Church, but who neverthe
less paid taxes and hod children to edu
cate, had no voice in the administration
of tho schools whatever. A strong feel
ing upon the subject resulted in the
establishment of the school boards, and
these bodies, composed of persons
elected in the various districts, examine
the schools from time to time and keep a
general oversight of them. But I be
lieve yon. have almost similar boards
here. When our bpards were contem
plated the Government considered that
the experience of women would be in
valuable in relation to the girls' schools.
Mr. Forster, as a member of the Govern
ernment at that time, strongly advocated
these boards with the joint influence of
women and men, and the London rate
payers indorsed his sentiment by return
ing a, woman at the first election at the
head of the poll for the whole board."
"Are tl tore 'many ladies in England in
terested in the management of eharities
and charitable enterprises as there are
lhere that is, in proportion to the popu
lation?" "Yes. I think there are; and to my
mind charitable work seems to be truly a
work for women. A right administration
in such things I believe to be the proper
work for women at leisure, who are not
obliged to work for their own subsis
tence." "Does English 'society recogniza wo
men who are obliged to work for a liv
ing?". .!
"Yes, thoso engaged in the higher pur
suits of life, as arts, authorship, music,
the drama, and tho like, though, of
course, 'society no more recognizes
women who devote their time to
mechanical or .common industrial
work than it recognizes men who
work in the same fields. England is es
sontially an aristocratic country, and
trade is considered beneath the dignity
of the upper classes. To bo a 'gentle
man' in England, a man must belong to
the aristocracy, or be engaged in one of
the learned professions, or have a place
in the army. Fortunately, however.
tnese considerations cannot remain for a
long time. The better judgment which
is coming in will incline to reward peo
ple more for what they are than for
what their families have been . or what
their pursuits may be. At the present
time many of the best families themselves
are engaged in business, and that fact of
itself will remove considerable of the
stigma from the 'trades people."
"What is the feeling in regard to pub
lie singers and actresses in England?"
"Both are welcomed, honored, even
sought after in the beat society, provided
ineir record, u what 8 lady's ought to be.
That is just the same as it is here.
Within, the past few years a great change
has come over the feeling of the people
with regard to the drama, and, provided
its representatives are persons of charac
ter, tuey take the same standing as repre
sentatives of the other arts."
"Are mere many lady lecturers in
England?"
"No, there are very few; not nearly so
many as there are here.
"Do you devote much of your time to
lecturing?"
"inuring tne winter 1 deliver a num
ber of lectures at various literary and
philosophical institutions. In Great
Britain I have been favored with invita
tions to lecture from institutions where
women have never lectured before, but I
hope I have opened the way for other
ladies to follow. The Glasgow Athen
aeum was one of the places where I was
the first lady lecturer."
; Old Ilickory's Wire.
, When Gen. Jackson was a candidate
for the Presidency, in 1828, not only did
the party opposed him abuse him for his
public acts, which, if unconstitutional or
violent, were a legitimate subject for
reprobation, but they defamed the char
acter of his wife. On one occasion a
newspaper published in Nashville was
placed upon the General's table, ne
glanced over it, and his eyes fell upon
an article in which the character of Mrs.
Jackson was violently assailed. So soon
as he uad read it he sent for his trusty
Id eexvaut, Dnnwoodie.
9l!ss FmllT Faith nil on the Ladle
England and the Lulled States.
"Saddle my horse," said he to him, in
a whisper, "and put my holsters on
him."
Mrs. Jackson watched him, and though
she heard not a word she faw mischief
in his eyes. The General went out after
a few moments, when she took np tho
paper and understood everything. She
ran one to the south gate of the Hermit
age, by which the General would have
to pass. She had not been there more
than a few seconds before the Gn ral
rode up with tho countenance of a mad
man. Sho placed herself before the
horse, and cried out:
"Oh. General, dont go to Nashville!
Let that poor editor live."
"Let me alone," he replied; "how
came yon to know what I was going
for?"
She'answered: "I saw it in the rmner
after you went out; pat np your horse
and go back.
He replied furiously; "But I will ero
get out of my way."
instead of this sho grasped the bridle
with both hands.
He cried to her: "I sav let cro my
horse! The villain who reviles my wife"
shall not live."
She grasped the reins the tighter and
began to expostulate with him, saying
that she was the one. who ought to be
angry, but that she forgave her perse
cutors from the bottom of her heart, and
prayed for them that he hhould for
give if he hoped to be forgiven. At last,-
by reasoning, her entreaties and her
tears, she so worked upon her husband
that he seemed mollified to a certain ox-'
tent. She wound ud bv savins::
"No, General, you shall not take the
life of my reviler you dare not dd"it;
for it is written. 'Vengeance is mine. I
will repay, saith the Lord! "
The iron nerved hero gavo way be
fore the pleading of his beloved wife.and
replied:
"I yield to you: but had it not been .
for you and the words of the Almiffhtv.
the wretch should not have lived an
hour."
PEARLS FOR THE Pi IK OSES.
A Manitoba man advertises: "Wife
wanted Must not be over 25; good
cook, good housekeeper, and able to
milk four cows. If lady means business
send photo.'
Life must be a perfect desert to the
women of Salt Lake. What can thev
talk abont? Theres absolutely nothing
a man of that city can do that is scandal
ous. An article in an exchange is lradd:
,"Kiasfld by-hr IftrttowM.-- Ski tula'
tades will occur, and there should be
some remedy devised to prevent their
recurrence. 1
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"I am trying to break mvaelf of slanc
phrases," said the Centralville girl, "and
have been for some time: but. actuallv.
I used the word 'racket to-dav before I
thought, and I m so ashamed of my
self. You won't drive it awav. will
you?" w "
A Boston woman received a telegram,
and her face blanched and . her hand
trembled as she held the unopened en
velope before her. Giving it to her
daughter, she said: "Read it." The
girl obeyed. "Papa has broken his leg
and gone to the hospital," she said. The
mother's face brightened. "Thank
heaven it is no worse," she said; "I
feared he might be going to bring some
body to dinner."".
A bachelor- and a spinster who had
been schoolmates in youth, and were
about the same age, met in after years,
and the lady chancing to remark that,
"men live a great deal faster than women"
the bachelor replied: "Yes, Maria; for
the last time we met we were each twenty-four
years old; now I'm over forty,
and I hear yon haven't, reached thirty
yet." They never met again.
A gentleman whd had been in town
just three days, but who had been pay
ing attention to a prominent belle,
wanted to propose, but was afraid lie
would be too hasty. ne delicately
broached the subject as follows: "If I
were to speak to you of marriage, after
having made your acquaintance only
three days ago, what would you say to
it? "Well, I should say never put off
till to-morrow that which you should
have done day before yesterday.'
Clara had been practicing on one piece
for at least a month, until mamma de
clared her perfect. When she was asked
to play for the company, soon after, of
course she had to be pressed a little be
fore going to the piano, and of couro,
after playing her piece, she had to excuse
herself, because nshe didn't read mnsic
very fast and had never tried it before;
but she wasn't a bit pleased when Pro
fessor Fugue remarked in a sympathetic
way: "So I perceive."
A gentleman at the theater sits behind
a lady who wears a very large hat. "Ex
cuse me, madam, bnt Unless you -remove
your hat, I can see absolutely nothing."
Lady ignores him. . ''Excuse mo, madam,
but unless you remove your hat, some
thing unpleasant will happen." Lady
ignores him again. Gentleman puts on
his own hat. Loud cries from the audi
ence: "Take off that hat 1 Take off that
hat!" Lady thinks they mean her hat,
and removes it. "Ttyank you. madam."
There is deep significance in silence.
Were a man forced for a length of tlina
but to hold his peace, it were in most
cases an incalculable benefit to his in
sight. Thought works in silence, so
does virtue. What folly would one
avoid did the tongue be quiet till the
mind had finished and was calling for
utterance. Thomas Carlyle.
John Bright will deliver his rectorial
address to the students of Glasgow Uni-
vetCty on March 12th, aud on the fol
lowing eveneng address a imblio meetin
in .that city. ,
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