The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-09-30
An Egyptian Funeral.


to the Khedivial family. for whom great
sympathy is felt by all classes. This
young Prince, only son of the late Said
Pasha, was married in 1915 to the Prin-
cess Eetma. daughter of the Khedive.
and it was an exceptional instance of
marriage for affection. He was Muscir
Marshal and Minister of the Marine
and II member of the Privy Council
but having been great sufferer for
many months, has been unable to take
an active part in the details of his de-
partment for some time. The funeral
OF the deceased Prince took place on
Saturday, the Sth inst From daylight
crowds OF natives made their way to the
Mosque of Nebi-Danel. near the family
palace by the Mahmoudie Canal. At II
\. NJ. a guard of cavalry escorted Il large
number of buflaloes to the place of
burial, and these, according to the Mus
snlman custom, were sacrificed. and the
flesh given to the poor. Next came
thirty camels, laden with bread. dates
and small money, all of which was dis
tributed to the crowd. A few minutes
later came procession of the munich
pal guard, followed by squadron Of
lancers, with their lances in their belts
and two regiments of infantry, with
their arms reversed. The rear of the
procession was brought up by boys
from the naval and military establish
ments. His Highness Tuefk Pasha,
eldest son of the Khedive, was present
as chief mourner. accompanied by
Cherif Pasha, Minister of Foreign At
fairs, the Governor of Alexandria. and
numerous officials, by the consular
body, and by an immense number of
bankers, merchants, and inhabitants of
Alexandria and Cairo. A detachment
of marines mounted guard, and their
band, having no duties to perform. car
red silver trays filled with perfume.
Servants and officers of the Princes
household bore the decorations of the
Prince on cushions OF velvet and gold.
The coffin, of the simplest possible kind,
but covered with priceless white and
gold cashmere, was carried by soldiers
and marines, and deposited in the tomb
where the Princes father, Said Pasha,
was buried About eighty thousand
people were present in the neighbor-
hood of the grave. The city of Alex
andria was quite deserted, all the
natives, and many European establish
ments being closed. Never has there
been seen there such spontaneous and
sincere manifestation of respect and
sympathy"
A 100000 HORSE. Smuggler, the
great trotter and winner of the Cleve-
land races, recently, was orig inally from
Franklin county, being raised by Mr..
Morgan, of Jackson township, about six
miles from this city. Mr. Morgan came
to this county from Virginia just before
the war, bringing the dam and sire OF
Smuggler with him. When Smugglel
was two years old, Mr.. Morgan re-
moved to Kansas. There being a race
course close to the residence of Mr..
Morgan. he was put on the track more
for pastime than anything else. Colonel
Tuft, a noted hOrseman, saw the horse
work, and was of the opinion that there
was bottom " to him. Smuggler was
originally PAGER, but. under the eff
cient management of q trainer, he soon
developed as n trotter. Tuft took the
horse to New York with the understand
ing that he should receive half of the
sum he could dispose of him for Colo
mel Russell, the present owner. agreed
to pay $40, 900 for the animal, provided
he could show 2:25 gait. Upon trial,
the horse got down to 2:23, and the sale
was effected. Colonel Russell now re-
sides at the Home Farm, in Massachu-
sets, and only last week refused 500,
600 for the horse. The present driver
is the man who handled him in Kansas,
Colonel Russell sending to that State,
and engaging him for the express pur-
pose of driver. (O.) State
Journal.
He WAS A WIDowER.-T cars were
running through deep cut, whose
rocky walls re-echoed the noise of the
train with startling effect. A pale, de-
jected looking man sat by an open win
dow, through which came the deafening
roar. A lady Oh the next seat expressed
her dislike of the noise in such terms
that gentleman requested the pale
man to lower his window. This the
pale man refused to do, and sat drink
ing in the confusion of sounds with an
expression of great satisfaction. As
soon as the cars stopped the passengers
expressed their contempt OF the pale
man for his rudeness. The pale man
stood up in his seat and said:
Gentlemen, don't want you to
think me hog, but I've been married
for eleven years, and last week my wife
died. I've lived terribly lonesome
life since then, until l heard the noise
of the cars coming through that cut,
and you've no idea how it brought back
old times, and revived me-"