Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-02-01
TIE hXED/VE s BEA IT.
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down one of the strangcst avenue
under the sun. The Shoobra roa
leads from Cairo to the village @
Shoubri., about four miles distant
1t is as straight as an arrow
and is bound e d b
sycamore, fig and acacia trees
The dense boughs are interlocket
above it. Palaces and villas ar.
scattered here ard there, and upor
f each side you look off upon grea
meadows dotted with ibises anc
spriEkled with palms, and see il
the horizon the summit ofthe pyra
mids. All that is lovely and un-
lovely in Cairo finds its way 10 the
| Shoobra the beauties and the
beasts, the princes, the beggars, the
idols OF the harem, donkey boys,
foreigners, camel trains and the
odds and ends Of humanity. You
drive up one side of the way and
down the other, og!ing and being
oglcd to your hearts content. The
fat gentleman in European costume.
with Il tarboosh and half dozen
mounted attendants, is tie Khe>
dive. In that close carriage under
the protection of Il cunuch on a
splendid horse are two of his favor
lte wives, Inilk-white Clrcassian
beauties, with their taces swathed
in snowy folds of ganze; the exquis
lte carlnine lips, even the faint rose
tint OF the cheek, are visible through
this coquettiah mask higher archcd
eyebrows and eyes as black AS
night, arc busy with the world
they know SO little of. Lovely
beyond description are these slaves,
but spite Of this dazzling lovelincss
you can see that i: is chiefly arti-I
ticial. The eyebrows are painted i
the eyelids are tipped with hohaI,
and dark line extending from the
outer corners of the eyes make
them look much larger than they |
are. That white skin is softcned |
and made winter with powder the
flush OF the check and glow of the
lips have been heightened for the
occasion, and all that gauze thai
covers the forehead like a tu,ban.
and the lower part Of the face like
II transparent mask, adds immense
ly to the briliancy of the feminine
charms. White camel's hair shawls,
covered with rich gold embroidery,
lemon co.ored kids, Parlsian fan,
the light of the harcm is suffered to
blaze upon the world for IA breii
nour, but she must stop within her
prison like Il gorgeous tropical!
plant under z lass, or that light VIII
ne put out. Two, three and halt
lozcn carriages, and some OF them
having three or four yelled beauties
in them, wheel slowly by; a eunuch
10 each, and a brutal looking thing
It is; and ther you have some of
he most favored of the wives AT
.he mercy of your eyes. You ma,
ook as earnestly as you choose and
Won will not outstare them smile
1Ten, anG the chances are that they
will hide a smile in their fans. Va
hahonet! is your harem stored
with f1eshp0ts such us these Look
we'll, for yon cannot iook long; the
'arrlage rolls away, you are dazed
Oh a moment, bnt for moment
1nly, for in the muffled rumble OF
hose wheels you arc delivered from
he stare of splendid eyes.-Egvp
ian Cor. San Francisco Chronicle
DESTROYING THE CATERPILLARs.-
Don't let the catelpillars live in vour
orchard. Their nests are an eyesore
Ind seriously Injure the trees they in
est. Just at the time when the trees
iced its foliage to promote its health,
growth and life, the worms cone forth
md generally strip it. Then nature
RES to repair the injury by clothing il
il new dress ; but time is required t.
this, and in the meantime
he ordinary and natural process of
torlng up material 70 preserve its Wig
II has been interfered with. 1t is an
Fldence OF shlttlessnesS to permit this I
ort of thing to so on, and il is mex I
usable. The worms hibernate ant. 90 i
trough their transformations, com
lg forth perfect insects-images or
uttertiies-and each female laying ;
OF eggs. and thus increasing
Enormously in numbers the following /
ear.
The nest of the caterpillars may be :
asIly seen and the whole of them de-
.royed. This is done by fixing a swab :
ipped in gas tar and fastened on tie
no OF pole long enough to reach the
ests. Gas tar is an effectua! remedy.
kills every worm it touches. Be I
lre and touch every worm Western
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