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The Oregon Scout. VOL. III. UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, FJEBKUARY 2(5, 1SS7. NO. 35. THE OREGON SCOUT. An Independent weekly Journal, Issued every Saturday by JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers and Proprietors. A. K. Jowes, 1 Editor, f J I). CnAN-cr.v, ( Foreman. rates of subscription: One copy, ono your H Ml " Six months 1 00 - " Three months 73 Invariably cm-h tn advance. If by any chauco subtortptions are not pnld till end ot i ear. two dollar will bo churned. lUtos of advertising made known on appli cation. Correspondence from all parts of the county solicited. Address all communications to A. K. Jones, Editor Oregon Scout, Union, Or. Lodge Directory. GltAND RO.VDK VAI.I KV I.ODGK, No. 56. A. F. and A. M. Meets on tho second and fourth Saturdays of each month. W.T. WRIGHT, W. M. A. LEW, Secretary. Uniov Lodoe. No. 39. 1. 0. O. F. ItPfrular meetings on FrldRyevenlutrs of each week nt tbelr hall In I'nlon. All brethren in koo1 standing are invited to attend. Ily order of the lodjfi-. G. A. 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Jnotwht Unullr esllfd s Mlttw. the Isklncpl wntch. tn inuy tntnrr. it only a prcieit for drlnlt Iur. fcut llfrre frmi ir. I.. .U s'linulaoifcaMi Mttfl rtdoui in tn mu. i.. in infini to in J-Jili. It III not fill laiurinailt'Ji. II1-3.W DACI lv oil lay litte iruSg f i dtiorUrreU iwuL SPRING BLOSSUM&S'S: Sjirillg Bl0SS0inkidneVconip;a"te . ,iTll - -frivr uiay Sirinir Blossom j TUK KIIKDIVKOF EGYPT An Oriental Potentate Who Kas Been a Conppicnous Fail ure as a Diplomate. i Queer Oompouiul of .Kuavo ami Fool His Sympathy with the Arabi Movement. Ilia Trentmeat ot Gordon. Of all living potentutos, eortahily llio most mitligtiiliuil is His Highness rewlik l'nciiii, khudivoof Egypt, writes an Alexander correspondent of The New York Tribune. Unliko his father, there is nothing regal or imposing about him, and when I used to see him s.tthig on the divan nearest to the win dow nt tho palace of Abileen, his short legs unable to reach the ground and his fat little body swaying backward and forward in huge delight :it (he per petration of one of his exceedingly Teeblo jokes, it required all the feelings Df etiquette engendered by diplomatic training to prevent my poking him in the ribs and shipping him on tho back. The son of a common full an slave oc cupying a menial positon in tho kho rfrival household, who had momentari ly captivated and subsequently dis trusted old Ismail Pasha, Tow fix has lit tle rcseniblenco of his half-brothers, sons of legitimate wives, who all of them give one I lie impress on of being gentlemen to tho very tips of their lin gers. Moreover, while the latter was educated at great expense in London, Paris, and Herliu, Tewlik, owing to his father's antipathy, grow up in obscuri ty without ever going abroad, and it is to this fact that many of tho defects ot his character may be traced. A big oted Mohammedan, his religious views uutcmpcrcd by any travel in Europe, lie fortunately lacks the personal cour age to become a fanatic, and when it is borne in mind that according to tho Ivorau no believer is bound to keep faith with a Christum, it will readily bu understood what a difficult man he is to ical with. Tho lirst tinio I met him was in tho spring of 1879 at a dinner-party given by his father, the Khedive Ismail. 1 li'ad arrived rather early, and was standing in the reception hall, at tho top of the stairs, talking with Ismail, when the grand master of tho ceremo nies announced "Lo Prince Hontier." Immediately afterward an insignificant-looking man, with a kind of hunt ed look about his ees. shullled up to his father, humbly kissed the hem of his coat, and then, with his hand cross ed on his breast, retired to a distant corner of tho room, followed bv tho contemptuous glance of the old khed ive, who, witliout returning a single word of greeting to his son. wont on talking with me. Kobodv tit that tinio could foresee that Isnia l's deposition was so near, and consequently I was one of the very few who considered it worth llieir wii le to showam courtesy to the young prince. During the foi- , lowing weeks J. saw a good deal of liini I both olliciallv nnd socially, ;md I used to be considcrahh amused to remark how at balls and receptions he would wander through the rooms talking w th the Europeans in the most contemptu ous wav about the natives, and with the latter in an equally disagreeable manner about tho former, utterly obliv ious of the fact that natives and Eu ropeans subsequently compared notes on the subject. (ificd with the innate oriental tato for intrigue, nio.t of 'IVw lik's attempts at diplomacy have been marked by s.milar childishness. One can not, however, blame him for the timid, hunted look about his c)es, for his life, ospetiallv during tho last few months preced ng his father's deposi tion, was in great danger. 1 Imvo often wondered why Khodivu Ismail did not give vent to his hatred by putting him out of the way as he did his powerful finance minister, Satlyk Pasha, two years previously. The latter, after sup ping w.th his sovereign ono night, dis appeared mysteriously, and was een no more in this world, leaving abso lutely no traco except a semicircular (car on tho left hand of a hand some young chamberlain, who is reported to have had it bitten through whilst iu tho act of strangling the minister. It may be of interest to add that tho whole of tho vanished minister's vast wealth was confiscated liy his sovereign, and that tho hand bome chamberlain holds tho rank of mmister of finance in the present Egyptian cabinet. When I next saw Tewiik it was in the autumn of 188ii. II s father was in oxile, his brothers banished, and the battle of Tel-ul-Kebir had been fought. Willi reference to tho latter, my personal acquaintance witli Arabi and much discussion on tho subject with both natives and Europe ans convince mo that tho Arabi move ment wits distinctly promoted nnd con nived at in its earlier stages by Towlik, and that ho only withdrew therefrom when ho saw tho hopelessness of tho cause. Tho true ol ject of Arabi's in surrection appears to have been out rely lost sight of. It was a distinct move ment of Mohammedans against Christ inns, whom Arabi prom sod to drivo out of the country. It must bo bortm in mind that, as tiitiry is forbidden by tho Koran, all tho money-lenders and blood-suckers in Kg pt aro eithor Christians or Jews, and that, owmg to tlu ir inability to pay tho heavy taxes, the stnrv ng peasantry havo been obliged to morg.tgo all their land, llcuco a war agamst tlto Christian, which by driving them tint of the country would thereby liquidate all debts and mortgage, was exceedingly popular with the natives and thorough ly in accord with the imurmit feel ings of the bigoted khcdive. His .m pathy with Arabi is proved by tho fact that "all of his closer confidant s and ad herents, and all tho relatives of his wife, openly joined in the movement up to the arrival af the British troops in Kgypl. Arabi, a mere fellah, was but the ligurchcad, ifnd, taking into consideration the incredibly servile nature of tho race, would never have dared to go so far had he not been as sured of the ctVcndina's secret sym pathy notwithstanding his official disap proval. Without venturing to assert that all the charges of eomplic ty which Lord Randolph Churchill made against Tewlik are exact in every detail (h1 has hitherto declined to withdraw them), undoubtedly they are not entire ly groundless. It" is tins official loyal ty coupled with private treachery, this insane desire to be all things to all men, which causes Tewlik to be ab solutely without a single devoted friend, either native or European. In December, 1S8I5. (Jen. Gordon had just been most bitterly attacking him in the London press, describing him as a eonteniptablo and unreliable coward. Handing mo the newspaper (if I re member rightly it was The Pull Mull Uuzctlc) the khcdive brokoout into the bitterest abuse against Gordon, calling him a madman, an ungrateful liar, etc. What was therefore my astonishment to learn tho next morning that he had just eabletl to London earnestly re questing tho English government to lend him Gordon, as being the only man who could pacify tho Soudan. Of ficially proclaiming the abandonment of his African provinces ami dismissing his nrnne minister, thut most honest of .Turks, old Cherif Pasha, because ho would not consent thereto, he never ceased to rail at the measure and to ox press his provato disapproval thereof. Gordon reached Oairo on his wav to Khartoum on the '2'M of .January, 1SS1. In tho morning ho saw tho khcdive at great length and received the fullest powers from him as governor general of tho Soudan. The same night after accompanying the general to the depot ami seeing him start with his scanty luggage, his extraordinary accoutre ment, and his ten thousand cigarettes on the journey southward from which ho never returned, 1 went to see Tewfik, and as I entered the room per ceived, greatly to his disgust, Zebehr Pasha. Gordon's bitterest enemy, being smuggled out of the audienco cham ber. Zebehr's favorite son had been put to death by Gordon, and this king of slave-traders had sworn by all that was holy to be revenged on him. Tho old man's iullueiiee iu the African provinces, his connection with the great Sonoussi brotherhood (to which Tewlik is likewise secretly affiliated), and the fact that although resid'ng at Cairo he was the prime mover of tho Soudan insurteetiou, subsequently be came so clear that the English govern ment were forced to m'..o him and to ship him oil" to Gibraltar, where he still remains iu prison. Poor Tewlik! " I always think that his father was right when ho remarked to mo about his son that "lie had neither heart nor head." Not content with having an olfieial agent in England when tho liberals were in power, he was continually sending over secret emissaries, generally blunt tools, to intrigue with the conservatives, ami of course as soon as Lord Salisbury as sumed the reins of government he at temped the same little game with the liberals. Needless to add, the English min stor plenipotentiary iu Egypt was fully aware of all th.s, and nothing was more amusing than to watch Tewfik eagerly and uublnshingly swearing by tho" beard and other por tions of the prophet's sacred person that ho had never sent. an hotly to Eng land, and then to watch the queer, skeptical smile of Sir Evelyn Ifaring, who had the proofs to tho contrary in his pocket. Tewfik thereupon, with the object of changing this disagreea ble topio of conversation, and of turn ing it into channels which ho thought would bo moro agreeable to the Eng lish diplomate, would launch out into tho most bitter abuse of the French and of llioir representative. Half an hour later would find the khcdive com plaining to the French plenipotentiary of Sir Evelyn Haring's rudeness ami of the intolerable conduct of tho English in Fgypt. During tho course of the (lay ho" would seek to ingratiate him self with the German minister by attacking tho French colony, and with the Russian representative "by abusing the hitter's Gorman colleague, leaving them all subsequently to compare notes, llieu in the evening, when Hie audiences were at an end. ho would gather around him his native cromos and begin to curso all around ami in the most iud scrlmiuato manner "those unclean dogs of Christians, whoso mothers' graves may tho.pigs defllol" Tho query will naturally ar'so, Why if thus convinced of his disloyalty does England insist iu ma titaiuiug him on the throne. Tho rea-on is not far to seek. Towlik's intrigues are so shallow, so childish, can be oo easily counter acted and fathomed, that he is simply invaluablo in the role of tho dummy native ruler whom tho English require for tho:r purpoies. Were either Ills father to bo restored or his brothers appointed iu lus place, ono would havo to count with fur cleverer ami hence more dangerous men. whoso intrigues would be of much moro serious conse quences. No oriental tan exist without intrigue, but all are not as simple as Tewfik. who has tho habit of htulling all k nds of conhd nt al letters und se cret pa.-crs nto his coat pockets; I where they aro In duo courso found by his private valet, an apparently illiter ate e-privato of ono of tho regiments of the army of occupation. The valet, who has a patriotic weakness for whis ky, generally spo-ids his spare evenings with a glorious old tippler and Scotch dentist; and it is astonishing to see tho amount of attention which the teeth of the Kuglish envoy appears to require. Tho extravagance of his father and the unfortunate consequences thereof h ive had the result of driving Tewlik into the other extreme, and, although enormously wealthy through his wife, he is incredibly avaricious and mean in money matters, a most unoriental failing, which has given rise to innu merable stories and characteristic anec dotes. While ingratiating himself with the moral sovereigns of Kuropo by publishing the fact that lie has only one legitimate wife, lie do.-s not think it necessary to inform them of the number of his concubines, some of whom belonged to his father, And whilst publicly deprecating slavery ho secretly encourages it, protecting the slave-traders, who find their best clients tit the palace. lieforo concluding it may be stated in palliation of tho khedive'systotnatio unreliability and untruthfulness that tho moral atmosphere of Cairo and Alexandria is hardly calculated to exercise a healthy influence on a sim ple mind. There is a large European colon- in Egypt, the composition of which is. to say the least, shady. Tho men are either adventurers of tho worst kind from every quarter ot tho globe, or elso gentlemen by birth form erly occupying excellent positions who have been" guilty of tho infraction of some social law. Whenever a woll known "society man" suddenly disap pears in consequence of having been discovered cheating; at cards, or some kindred oll'ense, ono may count on his turning up at Cairo. It is about, as safe playing cards there as on a Mis sissippi "steamer in days gone by. Tho ladies are mostly those who would not bo received by society in Europe. In fact, there is hardly a man or woman there who has not some curious past history. Nor are tho khedive's native advisers much better, for every Egyp tian statesman and cabinet minister of tho present day, with the single excep tion of Cherif Pasha, bogan life in tho unspeakably immoral harom of Khe dive Abbas.'who reigned iu 1850. It is hardly a matter of surprise that men who began their career in debauchery should bo dclic.ont in the fundamental principles of honor and integrity. Drawing a Dentist's Eyo-Tccth. "You believe in tho Ilible, do you not?" asked a man with yellow hair of a Lincoln-street dentist. "Certainly," replied tho tooth car penter, fastening his forceps on a stom ach tooth of his questioner. "Helievo Cain killed Abel?" "Yes." "Relievo the injunction, 'Honor thy father and thy mother.' " Of course." "And the story about Jonah and tho whale?" Eh. eh." Relievo tho Hiblo right through, eh?" "Yes. sir." "Ami their is nothing thr.t would in duce you to go against tho grain of a single seutencoi' "No, sir. I am a firm believer in the IS hie, and try to practice what it preaches. "Good. You think it's all right to take a life for a life?" "The Lord thought so; that's good onoiigh for mo." "And an ovo for an oyoP" "At all t ines." "And a tooth for a tooth?" "You bet, overy time." "Well, just pull those two rows ant) L'ivo me a sot of false leeth In ex- j change."- I hicurjo Herald. Tho Distance of the Horizon. What Is the distance of tho horizon from tho sea-shore? Owing to tho curv ature of the earth's surface the distance between a spectator on the sea-shore and tho dip of the horizon becomes greater according to the height of the spectator above tho level of tho sea. J lie rule for measuring this distance is as follows: To the height of tho eyo iu feet add half the height, and extract the square root of the sum, the result being the distance iu statute miles. Hence. if tho spectator's eyo were six foot above the level of the sea, the dlslaiico would bo three miles; if his oo were ton feet above the level of the sea the distanco would be nearly four miles, and so on for any he'ght above tho sea level. Chi cago Tribune. A Question of Economy. "Got married, Chnrlie, get married. One uover knows how cheaply ho can livo with a good economical wife until he trios it. Why, when I was married I couldn't even support my sol f, while now" "Woll" "Now my wife supports me. It is cheaper for me than being single." Chicago Humbler. Palmistry ft not such s new craze; wo have known men to lt around a talilu for hours try hi;; to find out about encli other's liuniln. HotLn Commtre il 21ulU.it. "CoiiMiinntlou ai-ekcrn" 1$ what they call the poor, trxllliu tovteU youths who will not wear uvtrnais even la mu coldest xcatuer. Aea York JIM and ICtprttu MARQUIS OF ROVAGNASCA. Career of tlio ltnllnn Xoblemnn 'Vli Died lteccutly In Now Yorlc. Tho body of Uobcrto Prati, marquiu of Hovagnasca, lay in a room in tho ten ement house No. f82 East Eighty-second street. lie died late Wednesday night altera remarkable and romantic carcor. Ho was born in Alessanda di Eggitto, a city of Piedinonte, in 182.3. His father was the Marquis Ettorre Ptati and his mother the Marchioness Tcrcso Maz zooelii. Doth belonged to ancient and noble families of Piedinonte, and tho. young Hoberto was born iu his father's nncostrial castlo of Rovagnsisea. At an early age he ontored the military academy at Turin. Heforo he was 20 years old he was graduated ami com missioned a second lieutenant in tho army of Victor Emmanuel, then tho young, gallant, and ambitious king of Sardinia. Tho struggle which was consummated atSolferlno and Magenta for the unification of Italy was just then beginning, and young Prati warmly espousud tho cause of Italian liberty and of the king of Sardinia. In tho wars of 18-18 and 1849 he greatly dis tinguished himself, and in 1852 was' made an oflleor of the Royal carabin iori. In recognition of his servieo ho w:us givon a medal of gold for valor and raised to the rank of captain. In 18fil lie was assigned to duty on the stall' of the king ami made a major. Meantime Prati had married, and a6 tho court of Victor Emmanuel no ono was so lavish in expenditure or gavo such magnificent entertainments as tho young marquis and marchioness of Itov'agnasca. Soon the court gossips began to talk of tho groat favor with which tho king regarded the beautiful marchioness. The rumors reached tho cars of Prati, and the result was that lie separated from his wife. Hut just tit this time there appeared at tho court of the king the beautiful and fascina ting Countess Millillores. She was Rountess not only of a hundred llowcrs but of a hundred hearts, and among those who fell before hor charms was Victor Emmanuel. Prati was then in tho prime of early manhood, a gallant officer, expert swordsman, and of most charming personal maiiuors. He was over six feet tall, and his form was de veloped by every kind of military and manly exercise. Tho countess was moro attracted by tho gallant youngj marquis than by tho plain-visaged king, in spite of tho glamour of royal ty which encompassed the latter. This was iu 1851), when that war had begun ivhlch made Victor Emmanuel king of Italy. Tho king at that tinio was loath to loso the service of such an olliecr as tho marquis, but even tho splendor of that, crown which was just beyond tho point of his sword could not blind his eyes to jealousy, and an imprudent re mark of Prati's hastened the catas trophe. Ho was summoned to tho presence of tho minister of war and .nforincd that tho king would g vo him i pension of $60 a month if liu would ;x lo himself. If he refuse;! he would Do ill a dungeon in twent y-four hours. IVati had no alternative. Ho resigned. hn commission on the spot and broko liia sword. Then ho eanio to this country, hoping ;o find hero a chance to create for linn lolf a now caiver He had but l ttlo nonoy left of his inheritance, ant! this be soon spent In trying to carry out. tho same gorgeous style of living to wnieh ho had bo. -a accustomed in Ital. The pension promised him by the King was regularly paid, ami Prati was obi god to accept it it', order fo keep himself ilivo. Ho started a fencing-school, but failed to make it a success. His wifo lied in Italy, ami the battles of Solfer ino and Magenta placed the crown of Italy on the head of Victor Emmanuel. IVati after several attempts to make a iving oy giving lessons in Italian ana French, got a position as doputy mar ihal ami interpreter in the minor's of- lilco iu this city. Victor Emmanuel ivas married to the Countess Mellillores 3ii his deathbed, and on the accession f Umberto the pension which had been paid to Prati was slopped. Prati lost lis pos. lion In the tumor s ollico, and for tho last few years of his life earned t scanty subsistence by giving lessons ji Froncli ami Italian. After tho death of his wifo, twenty roars ago, Prati married Harriot Mo- Qunde, of Orange, N. J. She dietl lbout seven years ago. Ily her ho had ;hroo children, two daughters and a ion, all of whom survive him. In all sis misfortunes the Marquis Uovngnosca boro himself like a gentleman and kept the last the bearing and tl iportiuont which hail made him so prominent a Jguru at the court of Victor Eniinauuol intl on tno Held of battle. Not long ago King Umberto, hearing that tho marquis was iu needy o rciunstanccs, lent him $000. To-day the body of tho lntorltiuate man will bo takon to Ur- mgo and laid beside tho remains of his iccoud wifo. New York World. Tho Calmest Liar iu Creation. Tho calmest liar in creation Is a little Jwonty-Hvo-ccut thermometer on a frig il morning. Iu its deliberate way of idling an Incredible story it beats tho weather plnlosophor who roiuembers :1m cold winter of 1810. No one will oolieve it except Its owner, but tho fldol- .ty with wh cli ho stands by his ther mometer, when comparing notes with lis neighbors, is beautiful to observe. Cincinnati Commercial, A New York t nun who Inuislntd btmiolf Uilfphouo hits been seat to an liuuno njjluia. X mail with such a "sound" luinlnatlov aiuldn't bo expected tq usiTeta sotuij udud AVrrktoiw JltrdJ.