Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-19

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TIE FICERoY OF EGYpT.-ln the palaces OF
the V,ceroy, or Khedive, as: he is now called,
are seen the signs of Eastern luxury and the
material civilization of France; dehcately carved
and glded chairs, covered with finest SILK; SOFT
tapcstried divans running around the walls,
beds of solid silver covered with gitterlng sat
in, costing as much as 5000 each; long East,
ern pipes with mouth pieces of fllghtest colored
amber set with diamonds and precious stones
some Of them valued at $50, 900 apiece; gold
trays plates and gobIets of gold, trimmed with
gems-even diamonds; silver basins to wash
the hands in before repast; low, round silver
tables, foot high for dining; magnificent
cushions to recline on in smoking eating; little
coffee cups Of sold clusters of diamonds, rubles,
or emeralds; hundreds of slaves in each estab-
lishment, eunchs, waiting women IN flowing
costumes; immense rooms decorated IN white
and gold, azure and silver, rose and hy; floors
of inlaid marble, porphyry, and alabaster; con-
stanty playing fountains, whose trlckllpg
sounds fall SO agreeably on the ear In a warm
country: masses of gorgeouslv framed mirrors.
One sees iu all this that the French upholsterer
has been at work trying his best to blend Paris
and Cairo. In the East where everything IN the
household is low and flowing, the assimilation
has been difficult, in spite of which the French
artist has achieved certain measure OF success
This is yicerega! magni6cence within. With
ont, again, is seen the French superstructure
over the Oriental foundation, by which this
ruler is governed n all his tastes. There is a
French theatre aud company OIL French coined
ians, who play the style of comedy usually IN
vogue at the Varieties on the Boulevard Mont
martre In his theatre are two loges grlllees
for his four wives. where they keep the visor
of the box up and look through its latticed
mask, like Gagged birds. The place is much
fr,ouented by the higher officers of the court,
who are usually we'll up in the French language
The ruler has forty gray Percheron horses, sent
to him from France, where they were collected
for him by one Of the strikers of the coup
etat, we'll known for his horse procliVltes.-
On the Shubra which is the Tour du Lac or
the Central Park at Cairo, some of these horses
may be seen almost any afternoon, under the
saddle. or hitched to calashes, broug hams. or
other vehicles common TO the BolS de BOu.
logne, and occasionally four of them to chara
banc, with positions in crimson satin, trlnged
with gold, preceded by a French ,outrder.,-
There is a race course, constructed after the
French pattern, in which the so-caled reform
ers take lively interest II the khedive gave
the mas: e. caviare in establishing the theatre,
he presented them with plat ID making home
institution of tie circus. The spaneled tunl-
bier, the bare-taced woman going through
balloon hoops on horseback, the fierce savage
whirlipg his war club on the naked steed, the
cunning juggler keeping aloft his knives and
oranges, the grimacng man in white and red
playing tricks on the ringmaster-these things
are dear to the Egyptian heart, and men and wo-
men, spell bound, watch the performance from
the g,and entry to The riding of the tricky mule
''THe Eqypttaus at Home, IN august Gatd,cy.
SPECIFIES TILL THE MOMENT OF DEATH
A mute boy, fourteen years of age, was the he
ro OF the following story which IS told by the
Mauch Chunk Democrat III was engaged
in pushing coarse coal into the teeth OF the
breaker, and by some ni>step one foot went
with the coal and was caught by the teeth aud
suddenly drawn and crushed with the coal, un-
til his body filled the mouth or opening aboVeA
the revolving iron breaker, and thus stopped
the revolution of the machinery. His cries
brought many to his relief 10 few moments
but there was no way to get him out but to
send to the machine shop for men and tools to
take the machinery apart and allow the coal
and the teeth to fall away from the mangled
leg. The poor boy suffered the torments OF
death for nearly two hours before ne was re-
iieved, and then it was asccrtalned that most
of his foot had been entirely torn away. lie
only survived about half an hour after he was
taken out and carried home. The most remark
able. thing connected with this sad affair was
the fact that the boy, although mute and
speechless for life, actually begged of those
l. nd
God to spare his life as fuently and distinctly
as could any boy.
THE CERBERUs OF INTERIOR AFRICA.-One
of the most extraordinary facts revealed to US
by DIR. Livingstone explorations 10 Africa Is
that the high table land of the interior, with
its rich agricultural resources, its noble nora,
its fine temperature, broad inland seas. and IN
cxhaustble stores of mineral wealth, is render
ed all but inpenetrable to civilized man, GER
tainly beyond all reach of colonization, by one OF
theapparently most insignificant OF causes ny.
This terrible insect is little brown, yellow
striped fly, called the tsetze, scarcely larger
than our common household pests. but whose
sting is absolutely fatal So deadly is its poison
that it is said three or four flies will kill the
largest OK. Soon after the bite, which gives
little or no pain, staggering blindness comes on;
the body swells to an enormous size; the coat
turns rough, and in a few hours follow convul-
sion and death And yet this deadly poison,
uuder the effect of which the horse aud OK, the
sheep and the dog, fall as if plague. stricken, is
perfectly harmless to man, to wild animals, to
the pig, mule, ass, and goat. Here is an
achievement of science that would bring glory to
the diScoverer-the discovery of some anndote
to the sting of this venomous fly, which would
open the treasures of Central Africa to the use
of the world. .-NeU York World.
THE LIBRARY OF THE LOUVRE --Ihe de-
structon OF the Library of the Louvre was per
haps one of the greatest losses sustained by
Paris and the world during the bloody days OF
the Commune Paris in few years will be as
beautiful as ever; the column Vendome Will
rise auain in eli its heantv and grandeur, but