The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-13

II luck in its embrace at last enfold us,
Filling us full Of glory or Of gold DUST,
So that the worlds respect we can command
SIR
That's bonanza.
DANCING DERViSHES.
Concerning the Mahometan Dervishes
of the present day it is said that their
ceremonies of worship are eminenth
heather; the humanizing influence OF
Mahonet has not grown upon them SUI
ticiently to change their customs ia that
respect, A correspondent writing from
Alriers describes one of their meetings
i'm that city at which he with others had
the felicity OF being present. "A very
tall fellow, with very wild eyes, and a
long mustache, took his place in the
center; and, following his guidance, a
dozen or more took up the tambours and
began playing on them. Tue overture
lasted about ten minutes; commencing
very slowly, and gradually qulckenlng,
until, before they ceased, they seemed 10
have worked themselves into 2 Tenzy
their wild eyes glared fercely, their
breathing became quick, their bodies
swayed Violently, and their arms and
heads flew about with wonderful rapid
ity; meanwhile they were continually
exchanging tamboIrs by throwing them
at each other, sometimes from one side
of the court to the other. Toward the
close there was low rumbling around
the place, as of a growing storm; but at
last they ceased with grand flourish,
leaving the players very much EXHAUST
ed, and everybody very much excited,
ourselves included
Opposite to US, sitting on the ground,
was very large and powerful Bedouln,
heavily clad in coarse robes, and crowned
with a gay parti-colored turban. We
had noticed something very peculiar IN
his actions; he appeared to DE very sus.
ceptible to the iDtlu ,nces Of passion, and
seemed to be more intensely interested
than the others i'll the music ana sing
ing, Suddenly. in the midst OF the sing
ing. and high above the din, there rose a
most deafening shout, and this burly tel
low leaped to mis- feet. dashed into the
omen SPACE in the center, and began 1
ride and very violent dance, one
movement. being 70 jump straight Up ant
down, with his neck timber, leaving his
head. with it's abundance of long hair, to
Ay about at random, beating, in turn
uDon his chest, shoulders and back
Two old men, who seemed to Oil
c;ate as masters of ceremonies, ap
nroa ched him, and, without attemptln!
| 10 hinder his movements, gradually re
lieyed him of his turban ana other su
| perfluous clothing. When the music be
came the fas stest,it seemed as II MS Duri.
frame would fall to pieces, SO ylolen
ware his motions. AtLer time the mu
:;c ceased suddenly, and he fell o
tnm6led on his hands and knees, his Ion
hair falling over his purpled face an
neck. and commenced to. crow like
cock' and made all.sorts of insane noise
in imitation of both bird and beast
iumping now and then with an anSr
snarl. ike dog, at some poor fellow
who jumped back atfrighted. One oil tn
Gid men endeavored to quiet him b
batting him OH the head. but ne was al
swered by bites and growls.
THE MONSTER,
/ for such he was grown, evidently crave
for something. Presently he was hande
little iron shovel heated red hot at tn
scoop. This seemed to be what
wanted, for he seized il tiercely, AM
Humping to his ieet, hoWled, and roare
and danced, wilder than before, meal
while pounding the poor shovel with n
:, fsts. and head, and feet, in a most sa
ape manner; then, with fearful yell
eXultation, lie put it on the ground al
, Jumped on it; then stood on it,, bar
: looted OF course, until the air grew TO-
with the sickenlng fumes of burnli
: flesh, and lie was almost enveloped
The smoke; then he grasped the 5000
!, still almost red with heat, between
! teeth, and ran around the circle thrus
ing the handle into the faces OF the OF
, ers, seemingly defyiny them 10 lake no
! OF it. One OF the ola men Hnally tooK
. away. giving him instead lighted tore
y with a goodly fame; this he held to b
. arms. and neck, and checks long enoul
to cook the fcsh brown, and ended
!, thrusting the fame into his mouth al
: holding It there for fully minute, 1t
: ing still lighted wnen he took 1t out.
= But still he was dissatisfied; still
howled and roared; he was next hand
a large prickley pear, or cactus lei
. green with gall and coated with needl
!, ike a porcupine. He ate half OF tn
with great relish; the other half bel
. passed around among US. We secured
small piece as a sample OF Arab iood.
i, The other Arabs meanwhile had n
been idle, for the court had been 1uli
a noises OF all kinds; each one seemed
4 duty bound TO either groan or groWi,,
. do something to make the scene more
II
a live. many were making great deal
: noise, while few were hopping arouI
kissing the others, and hQwiing. Befo
!. the big Bedouin tell down from exhat
= ton. Which he afterwards did, he W
Il Joined one by one, by others, all OF wht
Il prefaced their appearances by lo
: shrieks and long jumps into the cent
n of the court; always fully habited, I
masters of the ceremonies in each ca
relieving them of their extra clothing.
+ one graylleaded, fne-iooking old She
!. varied his performance BY eating
4 goodly supply of nails, broken glass, a
!. stones. l do not know where he
a them but he ate far more than mou
a full, and did not spit them out again,
n dakced afterwards as violently rs
J. OF the others.
= At one lime there were about doz
dancing together; sometimes they to
turns at running around the circle, 90
!. one ending in something similar 70
. negro breakdown. This perfOrmai
: continued for perhaps half-hour, a
grew very monotonous; the monoto