The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29

come, I can't bear the sight of HINT
and she'll get right up and go into the
other room, and say, Why, how do you'll
do? am very glad to see you!" There}
is good deal of that sort of thing in the
world. / remember, too, I was talkingl
with man one day and an acquaintance,
of his came in, and he jumped up att
once and shook him by the hand-why
1 thought he was going to shake his ,
hand out of joint, he shook SO hard
and he seemed so glad to see him and
wanted him to stay, but the man was ind
great hurry and could not stay, and
he coaxed and urged him to stay, but
the man said no, he would come another
time; and after that man went out my
companion turned to me and said 1
"Well, he is an awful bore, and I'm glad
he's gone" Well, l began to feel l was
bore, too, and I got out as quick as l
could.
IN EGFPTI4N PRINCESS COURT.
Hon. John NJ. Francis writes from
Egypt to his paper, the Troy Times, an
entertaining account of his visit to the
Princess Manzoor, the eldest daughter of
the khedive, and the only wife of Pasha
Manzoor. She occupies one of the many
fine palaces belonging to the khedive.
AS the princess speaks French very well,
occasionally Americans, sojourning at
Cairo, who may desire to see an Egyptian
princess, ask to be presented to her.
Visitors are met at the gate inside the
palace walls by four slave girls, fine
looking young Circassian girls beauti-
fully attired in gay colored silk dresses
with long trains, jaunty silk turbans,
satin shoes of gay colors, and rich jew
elry. There the visitors are received by
two Nubian men attired in rich broad
cloth, and four more Circassian slave
girls, equally we'll attired as the first,
who lead the way up a wide marble
staircase into large, richly-furnished
waiting-room, where they are received
by the princess lady of honor and offered
richly-jeweled chibouks and coffee la
Turk, in cup-holders of gold, studded
with diamonds. Then half-doZen more
pretty slaves, gayly dressed and richly
ieweled, conduct the visitors through
several beautiful apartments, followed by
the train of girls, and at last reach the door
of the grand salem, where the princess,
surrounded by bevy of still more beau
tiful and elegantly-dressed slaves, meets
them and leads the way to large and
luxurious divan. Immediately the in
evitablc chibouks are again brought,
while the princess enjoys hers amazingly.
The tobacco was SO highly perfumed that
its natural odor was entirely disguised
and one realized only most delightful
fragrance. Again coffee was served
after which the princess had recourse te
a jeweled cigarette box, from which she
took out richly jeweled cigarette-holder
and appeared quite as familiar with
cigarettes as with the chibouk. One O
the many beautiful gilt ornaments upor
little table near the divan was in TIE
! shape of tree, from which issued dainty
little cigarettes. This salon was magnifi
) cent in its furniture and mirrors, its flo
raj and ornamental decorations. Afte
an hour of pleasant chat, the princess
taking her visitors by the hand, led then
! into her little ,boudoir, which was gen
, of beauty, with its many mirrors ant
gilded furniture of antique forms, GOV
, cred with richly-embroidered Persial
Z cashmere, mixed with crimson velvet
and baskets, mounds and festoons 9
f beautiful flowers of French manufacture
All of the decorations in the place ar
Z artificial work manufactured in Paris
a The princess study-roorn is anothe
t bijou of an apartment. In one corner c
| the room was large salver of gold an
, silver, upon which was bowl of sam
s metals-the princess wash-basin, as sh
t told us; near at hand was the towel {
white silk, embroidered with gold an
silver thread, and the Bohemian glas
vase of perfumed water, which she COZ
sidered an essential accompaniment. 1
this room were some beautiful ornament
in alabaster and in gold and silvel
There we're twenty-five slave-girls in a
:. tendance during the visit, all of whor
were richly attired and jeweled. TIL
g princess has fifty slave-girls at her con
n mand