Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-18

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rARIYLE's SrUDY-A contributor to the
InIependent gives the following sketchy ac-
,onut of Thomas Carlyle's study:
Entering his study, you find nothing in the
,,.,. where YOU expected it. Don Quixote,
with all its wndmills, mixed up with Doctor
lick On the Sacraments, Mark Twain Jump,
Inv Frog. and Carnoch on the Attributes
p.ssinr across the room, you stumble against
III, manuscript of his last lecture, or you put
vour foot in piece Of pie that has fallen OFT
ibe end of the writing table You mistake his
.,sav on the 'Copernican System, for blottlng-
napcr. Many Of his best books are bereit OF
the binding, and in attempting to replace the
ruyers Hulibras' gets the covers that belong
+, Barnes on The Acts Of the Apostles. An
,srthouuke in the room would be more apt to
IMPROVE than unsette. There are marks Where
the iukS,and became unstable, and made
handwriting on the wall that even l'aDlel could
not have interpreted II, some fatal day, the
wife or housekeeper come IN while the occu-
rant is absent to clear up, Il damage Is uohc
that takes weeks to repair FOR many days
che question Is: w here are my peuS no
iiss the concordance? What OH earth has be-
.U;ne of the dictionary? Where is the paper
,,utterr Work is impeded patience lost, en-
rarrmcnts are broken, because it was not un-
I.r>,ood that the study is 4 part Of the stu
d,llt lite, and that you might rs we'll try to
change the knuckles to the inside Of the hand.
or >ct the ewes in the middle of the forehead,
a> to make the man of whom we speak keep
his pen. un the rack, or his books Oft the floor,
or the bot,iug-pape sraig ght in the portfolio.
The studio is a part of the mental develop
mcnt. Do not blame man for the style OF his
literary alarments, any more than you would
for the color of his hairor the shape of his nose.
lfflobbes carry his study with him and his pen
and his nk-horn in the top of his cane, so let
him carry them If Lamartinc can best com
pose while walking his park, paper and pencil
in hand so let him ramble. If Robert Hall
thinks easiest when lying fiat on his back, let
him be PROSTATE. If Samasius writes best
surrounded by children let loose on him the
whole nursery Do not criticise Charles Dick
ems because he threw all his study windows
vide open and the shades up. 1t may fade
the carpets, but it will pour sunshine into the
hearts of million readers. IfThomas Carlyle
chose to call around an ink-spattered table
Goethe and Schiller and Jean Paul Friedrich
Richter, and dissect the shams Of the world with
aplain goose quill, so be it. The horns on an
OK head are not more certainly part Of the
ox than Thomas Carlyle study and all its APP
Eolntments are part ct Thomas Carlyle. Ihe
gaZclc will have soft fur, and the lion shag-
y hide, and the sanctum sdnctorunl is the
student cutice''
How WOMAN ARE EDUCATED IN ALGERIA.
Lieutenant Colonel Fereker's Scenes in the
Sunny South, just publishedin London, gives
The following account of female education in
Algeria:
Before leaving | determined upon seeing
more of the town aud its charming enVirons,
and the next day accompanied Madame c., the
llndlady of the hotel, some young French
ladies' with their mother, and others, attended
hy Il ncgress as guide to see most interest
my school for native Moorish girls, kept by
Madame Luce, in which they are taught all
kinds of nccdlcwork and solid requirements con-
lucivc to making them useful members Of So
clety, instead of the hel pless drones they be-
come under their own system OF rearing, which
simply turns them out utilities without mind
Or soul in fact, mere drudges to attend upon
man or minister to his sensual appetitcs. Ac
cording to the preiudices Of the Mussulman
race, woman is a thing, an object piece of
furniture which one possesses, but which should
have no power to think or act" Hence her
PIoluunu lSuolallcc anu plullhCallou. w licn
boy is born the Arabs and Moors say, 1T is
ablcssiug from God, but girl is pronounced
"A curse. AS soon as the younger children in
Madame Luce $ school saw us men approaching
they all wrapped up their faces or turned to-
ward the wall, but the growa-up girls had more
,ellsr, and looked at the members Of the other
.rS as unconcernedly as any good Christian.
One grown-up girl, who was very good looking,
spoke to ne quite freely in French about the
beautiful embroidery she was engaged upon,
aud Oh other topics, yet without the slightest
vrwardness She evidently had been indoc-
!H1atcd with the purest aud noblest sentiments,
aud one could not refrain from sorrow to think
That such an admirable young creature should
Ir Sent back among her own people to share
tlelr degradation and depravity Her education
Was It l blessing or a curse? Often has the
Ni!e reflection passed through my mind at
1olnc when have witnessed the high class of
Instruction given to girls whose lot in lite would
Lever enable them to turn such requirements
@aceount ,..
WI heua Moorish girl comes into the world
Vic lnvarable receives the name Of Fatima,
alter the daughter of the Prophet, but after
u eeht days her regular name is given her at u
E,eilemonlal fete, and this is generally either
HHE9As, Bedra Djohar, Fatima, Halima, Haoura,
HH"edoudla, khreira, Meriem, Mimi, Noun,
noa ,Sahs Yamina, Zina, or Zohra. She. is
St'Vlght up without care or affection, her mother
"S9MGlng her over to the charge of a negress,
4 asa her father hardly knowing Of her existence
,aNW when he receives her price OF her wedding
.Ea .vtIon as soon as she reaches her ninth or
-, ACTRESSES IN DULUTH.-A correspondent
"A lhe NeWark,(N r A1rartisor has Journey
81 S1% s.;, the zenith City of the Unsalted seas,
W.M progressive citizens designate Duluth,
.tI ~Ia, aud writes as follows of what he found
a. -, 'le dining room is large, we'll arranged,
a attended by very dressy and attractive
Snta: Sya.as waiter girls, who display their agile
!sIs; SJtsS IN the latest eastern fashionsw.not
osra osHSns the enormous head-gear. They
b r,D" s,'s about the tables with dignity and ele
~ :Js eS SShleh puts to shame any idea of g me-
Oaee. With them the vocation seems q