Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-01
4 Strange Career.

4 Strange Career.
O,e # the Strangcst careers of modern times
l,. i,,,f terminated in the death OF Lady El
Lnbyrough at Damascus. Forty years ago she
,r,. one If the most uutcd women IN Europe,
.ri her residence in the East has long been u
",rr # Scandaluus romance. The daughter of
,b' a,e :Alural Sir Henry Dighy, beautiful,
w,,ty, and rich she married iu 1924 the Earl of
EG,ruburouyh who was atterward Governor
General Of ludia, and who ut that time Was one
ct the most brilliant men Of the day, She was
about scvettccn years OF age at the time OF
her marriage, and Peterborough, who was a
wlowcr, was thitty-tour They lived together
some six years, and her dissolute conduct was
cause of scandal for soue time previous
/, The catastrophe of her elupment with Prince
Felix Schwarzcuberg, celebrated roua, then
AUSTRIAN Muster 10 Loudon. The event caused
m iuueusc senation 10 the world of arlStucra-
cyand fashion Peterborough procured divorce
from Parliament, aud never malred again; but
his runaway wife soon separated trom
Srhwarzubcrr aud in 1882 married Baron Y en-
uycn Bayarian firing of him presently,
aud with her great wealth and personal tas-
cjnatiou> having little difficulty in procuring
divorces under the easy laws OF Germany, she
wa. married in succession to five other lndlvl-
Iual>; but a> none ut these unions met her eA-
urctatiunS they were all dissolved after a short
duraton In lSlS she Was living In atheus
with hrr eighth husband, Gree colonel,
Count Thco1ok but without waiting. to be-
come widow she had this marriage also dis
solved, aud set out for the LeVant. Durng a
tourney from Bryrout to Damascus she found
a new atiiui;y in the person of an Arab camel
driver. known as Sheikh Abdul, whom she
married alter the Arab fashion, and who was
The luh aud last Of her conjugal partners.
For whole year she accompanied him on his
iourucys between Bcyrout aud Babylon, faith
iulv fulfilling all the duties of IA canel drivers
wife, even to milking the camelS firing OF
this nomadic life, she built for herSclfa charni
ine palace in Damascus, where she has since
hyctl in her own sty lie, Il great object OF curl
uSity to all European travellers. Abdul, con-
tinulny III business as u camel driver, was al
Ways hospitality entertained by her whenever
he cane to the place. And now she is dead
having com mp!ct,d nearly thrce-score and ten
years leaving colossal fortune to her relatives
u the Dgby iamiy iu England, and Il memory
.! warning and Of shame.
STAGE THUNDER. Some fifty years ago one
Ice manager vi lhc Edinburgh Theatre, with
view ut I'M rowing the thunder Of his stage,
renIured upon return to the Ellzabethan
system OF representing storm. His enter-
prise was attended with results at once ludl-
crous and disastrous. lie placed ledgcS here
and there along the back Of his stage, and, OBJ.
'alnng parcel of niue pound cannon balls,
packed these in wheebarrow, which the car
l"ntel was instructed to wheel to and fro over
lcdges. The play was 'Lear," and the jotiug
q! the heavy barrow as it was trund.ed along
~ ~ boll tba
umh!lngS and rcverbei atlons thus produced,
r"ntcreited most effectively the ragiug of the
tempest in the third act Unfortunately, how
ever, while the king was Drawing in front Of
The scene the pitess storm. ut the back the
carpenter missed his footing, tripped over one
ot the lcages aud fell down, wheelbarrow,
cannon balls, and all. The stage being on de-
c.vity, the cannon balls came rolling rapidly
aud noisily down toward the front, gather
lug force as they advanced, and overcom-
lug the feeble resistance offered by the
scene, struck it down, passed over its PROSTATE
!'ru. and made their way toward the toOtllghtS
aud the fddlers, amid the amusement aud Won
't"r Of the audience and the amazemeDt and
alarm OF the Lear of the night As the nine
Founders advanced toward him, and rolled
about in al! directions, he was compelled to dis
.ay an activity in avoiding them siugularly
inappropriate to the age and condition of the
cna,actcr he was persouatng He was even
>Ht to resemble dancer achieving the terp-
,,arh"rcan feat known as the -horUplpe.
Presently, too, the musicians became alarmed
'"r The safety Of themselves and their instru
MMt> and deemed it advisable to scale the
>FAe partition which divided them from the
~ i9r the cannon balls were upon them,
& ,"1>''ng The lamps and falling heavily into the
4 "'H">ra Meanwhile, exposed to the full gaze
" "e house lay prone beside his barrow, the
l"'tV'nSr' the lnnoccnt provoker OF the storm
,'S ,, na4 been unable to aay or direct not at all
~ ' nG. ,t cSreed'uy yly frightened and bewllder
rrr .jn'I In'vI .h'S unucky experiment the mana
I,i,s ","'neu ."J his whecIbarrow and cannon
'!'I>' ana reverted to more received methods
- producing stage storms
,(;'.. i.il'';h BOY Idea or HoGs.-A hog is
%',S plg, but little pig amt a biz hog. There
,'.'r AlhIs OF hogs-whitc hogs, black hogs,
n 1"' 11 legged hogs The contrarlest hog is the
i'''A 'os' aud the meanest of all hogs is the 9
n;Scd ,sScd hog. lfyou want to drive hog any
n"'r': m': you W must drive en- the contrary way.
[r,r, : nAe woman IN that respect, you can
I,,. ; ;lH oettcr by coaXlug a. In other ways
,im ,io-> AIN like women, except daddy says,
n W.,,"I' ", arc never satisfied aud always a grunting.
en- 'a =" ~ wear earrings ln their ears hogs wear
,1,n ~" ~ lnelr nose. Daddy says that's so they
g Ir,i tSS l'SS H. Hogs Is very useful. A hogs
q a,,; I;a hoIIS water, and his tail makes uice
3 ,,->, >"e' but daddy says you can't make silk
q t<ai >i Out OF u hog $ ear. A hog has ten legs
81 F.l' I'S> that s and hind legs, that's 10.
"a he ',,., a, SI'l en- hams. Daddy likes ham best;
u u,sj : ne has had cold shoulder SO often he's
81 s1S3'N' s%,S,N' Some hogs is fat, and some isn't;
s. IN >T hog always has curly tail. Daddy says
p,',' ''r IN" eSl. to man name, more for or
M IA, ',n ",. '1an anything else Daddy's hog was
ES a 0n. on.e tut he amt now. Daddy had to tie
@ ,.rspst N his tail to keep hir from crawling
fA once >a a, me boards of the pen. He got out
E# iuJ~ l"A AMI came back with ever so many
S@ vel i",si Daddy says that was doing very
81 or, ,s wi don't believe it, else he'd let 'em
81 yy.s ,a'n like killing time, cause Daddy
81 N,,, me the badders to blow up for foot balls
b ri,b,nayy rib,ny hooked the biggest one to make a
Ia h,IIap', There must be , kinds of nightcaps
hi Nit taxes his ,,g, T TN