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Succession Sale.
GucceSSiOm Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA

STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SUCCESSION OF BEN A. CURTIS AND
COMMUNITY.
DARlSH COURT, PARISH OF LAFOUR
CHE, No NJ JProbatcs.-- virtue OF
an order OF sale to me directed in the above
entitled and numbered succession and COM
munity. will offer for sale, at public aue-
t,on, pursuant TO law, to the last and high
est bidder, at the Court House, in the town
of Thibodaux on
SATURDAY the 7h dag Of July 1877.
between the hours of II o'clock A. NJ, and
4oclock l.. NJ, the following described prop
erty, to-wit
IA certain lot of ground or town lot, ST
tllated III the town of Thlhodaux, being tie
Northern portion of lot No. lS7 on a plan Of
+. ID. Richardson surveyor, said Northern
portion having Il front Of iifty-five feet more
or less on jackson street by the depth there
to belonging, bounded East by jackson
street. North by lot No. lS5, West by the
old icrrebonne Road and South by the
South portion of said lot 1877, belonging to
Mrs. Pierre Lopez, with all the improve
'nenis thereon. acquired OF fThomas l.. VIM
der, by act of March ;.9th 1873.
y certain lot of ground or town lot,
situated IN the town of Thibodaux and Ces-
.snated as lot No l:5o on the plan of said
town bounded North by Crazy Street. South
by lot No. 1873, East by lot No. 1876 and West
by Bourbon street. Together with all the
buildings and improvements thereon aeuui-
red OF Gustave Schmidt by act under pri-
vate sigma ture of the 9th of February 1876.
Also one lot of household furniture and
Kitchen ustensils consisting of bedsteads
and bed'lings. tables, bureau, washstan,ls,
chairs, crockery and glassware, one stove,
ana ustensls, wash-tubs. trunks, one bug
gy and harness, &c. &c The movable to IL,
sold on the prinises situated in the town of
Thibodaux.
! Terms OF Sale Cash. to pay debts
WILLIAM WILTON, Sheriff.
Parish of Latourche, May 26tl, 1877.
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OFFICE COR. MARKET 6 PATRIOT SITS
THE NEW VESTyIENyS-
BY EDWARD LEAR


There lived an old man in the kingdom of
Tesse, -
Who invented a purely original dress
ANA when 1t was perfectly made and COM
plete.
He opened the door and walked into the
by way OF hat, he'd loaf of brown bread.
In the middle of which lie inserted his head
HIS SHIRT Was made up of no end of dead
mice,
The warmth of those skins VI as quite fluffv
aid nice
His drawers were of rabbit skins : 50
We're his shoes
His stocking were skins. but it is not
known whose;
His waistcoat and trousers were ,bad., of
pork chops
His buttons were iujubes and chocolate
drops;
border,
And gridle biscuits to keep it IN order
Ana ne wore over all, as II screen from bad
wether,
a cloak of green cabbage leaves stitched
all together.
lie walked short way, when he heard q
great noise
hOVS.-
Ana from every long street and dark lane
i'll the town
Beasts; brides and boyes in tumult rushed
down.
cloak;
Four apes seized his girdle, which vanished
like smoke;
Three kids ate up half his pancake coat.
anu 'ile TAILS were devoured by ancient
An army of dogs in twinkling tore up his
Fork Waistcoat and trousers to give to
/ their puppies;
Ana while they were growing and mum
| bling the chops
Ten boys prigged the jujubes and chocolate
lie tried to run back to his house, but in
70 For scores offat pigs came again and again =:
1hey rushed ont OF tue stables, and hove IL.
and doors, -
They tore off his stockings. his sboes and
And now from the house-tops with screech
lngs descend
Striped, spotted, white, black, and rrav
cats without end
They jumped on his shoulders and knock cd
oft his hat,
When the crows, ducks and hens made a
lnlnce-ineat of that;
ihey speedily flew at bis sleeve in trice
Ana utterly tore mp his shirt OF dead mice
lhey swallowed the last of his shirt with a
squall,
"hefcoh ne ran home with no eclothes on
Ahd ne SAID to himself as he bolted the
II VIII not wear similar dress any more
ANY more any more, any more, never more !
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Could any thing be heater than
the old darkey's reply to a beau
tltul young lady whom he offered
to lift over the gutter, and who
insisted that she was too heavy :
"Lor, missus," said he. ''I'se used
to lifting barrels of sugar.
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PoReVSRP(IEA$FE6{ES. SP(IEA 6{ES
Inc Greatest Medical Discovery since the
creation OF Man, or since the
Commencement of the
Christian Era.

lhere never has been q time when the
leaiing "f so many different diseases has
peeif caused by outward application as the
present it Is an undlsputcd fact that over
ii'lil OF the entire population of the globe
resort to the use OF ordinary plasters.
DR' MELVIN,s CApsICuM Porous PLAs-
TIERS are acknowledged by all who have
uStd 'hen, 10 act quicker than any other
piaStef they ever before tried and thar one
OF these pIasters will do more real service
IMAM Il hundred Of the ordinary kind. All
o'i!ef piastcrs are slow of action. and re-
Hhlfc 10 he worn continually to effect IA cure
| nu' WIN these 1t is entirely different: the
instant one is applied the patient will feel
its effect.
fhysleans i'll all ages have thoroughly
tested and well know the effect of Cansi
cum ana 1t has always been more or less
used as medical agent for an outward an
liicatlon; blt it is only of yer; recent date
,hat It's advantages in a porous plaster have
| heeh discovered Being, however, convinc-
| ei OF The wonderful cures effected by DR.
MELVIN CArsICuM PORoUs PLAsTERs, and
ther superiority over all other plasters,
they now actually prescribe them. in their
practice, for such diseases as rheumatism,
pam Ill the siie and back and all such ca
ses us have required the Use of plasters or
| imminent. After YOU have tried other plas-
! ANA YOU want a certain cure ask your drug
| 2lst for DIR. MELvIN's CApsIcUM Porous
lLasTER. You can hardly believe your own
convictions of its wonderful effects. Al
| though powerful and quick in its action,
You can rely on its safety for the most deli
| cate person to wear, rs it is free from lead
and other poisonous material commonly
used IN the manufacture of ordinary plas-
| tels One trial is a sufficient guarantee of
It's merits. and Que plaster will sell hun
| dreds to your friends
Ask your druggist for DR.. MELvIN's CAP.
! slCUM PoRous PLASTER, and take no other ::
or, on receipt of 25 cents for one, 81 for
1iVc, or >. for a dozen, they will be mailed
post paid. to any address in the United
| States or Canadas
| MANUFACTURED BY THE
NOVELTY PLASTER WORKS
HOWELL, Mass, u. =. A..
G.E. MITCHELL, Proprietor.
Manufacturers Of Plasters and Plaster CONF
poaads.
JOS. L. .TIIIBODEAUX, Agent.
mayi9.77Iy. Thibodaux, La
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VOL. XII.
RTSINESS CARDS.

ssELINEAU, MRS. E., Dry Goods.
A Fancy articles. dc, corner Market
and Louis streets,
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uCOIN. P. A., Family and Panta-
p lion Groceries, Main street, between
.Toeus and st. Philip streets.
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nADEAUX. J. Family and Ptanhtt,o'a
II Groceries, Main Street, corner Main
and Focus.
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JENA, C. Coffee House Keeper, Main
A st.. between jackson and st. Phi
Zip Streets
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,nLUM, S. Dry Goods aud Grocery, cor
* ner Main and jackson Streets.
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JACOB MYERS
RESTAURANT DIES QUATRE
SNTSONC

y 0AADOI ..
1HR. JOHN BOSI0, PkOPRIETAIRE
w du RESTAURANT DIES QUATRE-SAIsONsl
previent ses amis de "a willie ct de la cam
pagne, ansi que lie pnblic en- generate, gu i
a transtere son restaurant du No. E.S.S de
la rue de Chartres all No. HI de la meme
rue, pres de St-Lous. II profile de cette oe-
casion pour remercer lie public ct sollicite
Ell meme temps la continuation de son bien
velllaHt patronage. II informe Ell outre ses
amis quill Il DIES salons particulars au pre-
mier, ct DIES chambres meublees Il louer D Ia
semaine OH au mois. Les personnes dt "a
vile ct de la camPagne y trouveront tout le
comfort d6sirable.I e restaurant sera ouvert
jusqua minmt 6 few '75.(
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sI)ADEAUX, THOMAS, AHo'ney at Lar
b corner Main and Focus Streets, up
sstsirs.
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nLAKE., Z W., Attorney at La~,-ot-
ID fee Green Street,
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BLANCHARD, J. E., Surgeon Dentist.
ID office, corner Green and st. BrldS-
ct Streets.
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DODLEY, Wagons and Carts. Depot on
ID Levee Street near the 1hibodauX
Foundry. W. II. EAGAN. Agent.
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nILLIU, j. s., attorney at Ldw,-off;:e
b Corner st. Philip and Main streets
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HOME HOOK AND LADDER co.
II No |. Regular meetings on the
fourth Monday of each month Regular ex
ss s.eises ON Sunday preceding the fourth
Monday Of every Month.
offcers- X. X. Mcbride President j.
~ "ebre, Vice President; r. Frost, Fore
man l.. Aucoin LIST Asst. Foreman GID.
yuaiia, 2nd Asst. Foreman Ellis N.
nlaud. Ireasui er; Henry Riviere, Seore
~y Ed. Perrin, Asst Secretary; \.
noudreaux, Warden; II. Hatfman, Jr Ty-
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nOURON, A. Matchmaker and Gstn
ID smith, Dealer IN Jeaceir5, Firearms,
.sc. Main st. between st. Philip and
jackson streets
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sNELESTIN, JEAN, Baker, Main Street,
" corner Patriot.
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Il NOBLOCH A. F., Parish Judge, Of
fice at Court House.
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LING, DAVID Dry Goods, Shoes,
- - Boots, Hats, Caps &c. corner Main
snd Focus Streets.
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EBLANC, EMILE E. Recorder. Conrt
1LHouse, Thibodaux, La.
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AKIN j. MeAtanicat Engineer and
- maaafdctare,' of sa9ar Appera,us. and
oca,heiy.-Residence, jackson street.
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AkkiN. Mas j. Varieta store. Stores
~ Oils, Tn-vare. Nc-.Jackson street
opposite St-Bridget st.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-18
THE DOMINION yiNDERBILE
Sir Hugh Annn's Merchants Bank Loses
$4,000 OF Allan stocks.


The sensation OF the week has been the
decline in the Allan sto ks. Sir Hugh Allan X
the Vanderbilt # the Dominion n" Is worth
lot OF Millions has 4 fleet of some forty ocean
steamers. to say nothing of the iron clippers
that do most OF our carrying trad" is the Presi-
dent and backbone Of tho Merchants Bank,
with $1,000 900 capital. and all but a few odd
dollars unid w: is the President and backbone
Of the Montreal Telegraph Company. next Ia
the Western Union the b..sest corporation of
it, sort on the continent. He paid sls7 900 To
John \. Na"donali'S Cabinet, 90 the reports of
the period -aii, n tho price Of charter for the
Canada Pa,rfc viii IA involved the handling Of
s. 10 900. 600. il H. lt-hanI man in the North
ern Colonization Railroad and such schemes !;
President OF the biggest internal nuVl gatlon
The Merchants Bank is the apple Of his oye
He start 81 II some ilitn"n years ago Ia bu *
against the great Bank OF Montreal with its sl2,-
uO.uOu of gold capital. all but Sl2.uOO Of which
impulse and consequence that soon nnde il the
second financial institution in the country. The
when he trio 10 fnat n s2Onn .O00 loan for his
railroads in London. and found, t. his surprise
and Indignation. that his name Was not a spell
boon hammering down Of the stock. and last
Monday II suddenly dropped from los and
thereabouts y 20 AMI -. y meeiinF, OF
was speedily summoned. 20 which IL was shown
tunt, in 'luiing the s2lp.opO Of Detroit AMI
milwaukee, bonds taken ovor ai n" time OF TIE
thD bank hal lost about s7lu.OOu. In such "a
'7tSe the huldr-t remedy Mis- of course. the best.
an there Wa uo hes t.t44n about Nliius up the
of the bank which amounted to sometime; more
than 81 .lnO,u1n The cashier 81. genera! man g.
nG'r. a'h~ln la. who Is "a hr'ill"r- IN law Of
Sir Hugh Allan, 'f"r'd his r'si-nat ion.wNl'h II
was az first not Thought WIS., accept. hui to-day
II has boon l.ceptsd. AL the DIN T Allan stocks
and Ontario Navigation Is Il WI II q; Montreal
Telegraph. ono oi The Snundr~t of inv -tmrnt
stocks. has dropped oil "a couple OF points. and
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DECLINE or 4 FIMOUs SPORT.
Louisville the Highest Latitude In which Cock
Fighting sim Flourishcs.

4 veteran cock Fighter in n recent CONVEX
sntion with "a reporter. recalled with regret the
miles around would as-r mble 10 Win a con-
teet OF strength ami endurhn - between two
barn -ari rivals universal drunk wound
W. IA" Festivities. nnd ~ young man could hold
up his head who rnnle away without som" mark
tu show that he had taken part in the muscular
nniIsnmrnts con.Datrut b. tho cock fight The
veteran remembered how planters. merchants
politicians. high StHts dignigr,s. and oven
MN strs of the gospel were wont To unDend Ia
the influences II IN ornlihoug al tournament
Louisville IN now about the highest latitude in
winch the science fiOurlShrs. Ihere semi
weekly cock mains are fought under the rnan-
ng"m"nt. or ~ lo'Isi the protection and cneour-
ag"mrnt. Of many Of the most prominent
citizens Of the place. One old gentleman, worth
$500 ,Otn never misses n main, and the Prrsi-
dent of tn" = school Board IL among the most
regular attendants nt the cont sis. Rivalry
runs high; and large sums OF money chang"
hhnis on the result. NJ money is put up ON the
ground, but II a person goes hack on his bets
b" Is elected from tho place. and never permit
Game fowls are trained 10 a point approneh-
lnS perfection. This training il a delicate
business. and Tie profess ouals envelope ii in
AZ the iNSi"r . lSSihle. \ came rooster II put
through course IT training ~ elNhprat. ~
that given RAJ" horse. Whom n ;ht is mad"
up the trainer weighs hl~ bird and then pro-
rcrd~ t. reiucr him. This tx done by mi King
fnN Srgd in limited quantities with his duly
food. Then steps are tax n a. lin. his ribs and
in abundance. and to prevent the Il sh from boz
coming SOFT l"irhiurr "Nrr''l~rs IN" rooster two
tho air. TINS is called - dying the bird. and
two or three weeks of the training Will maxi"
the roo-trr'- muscles hard, AMI Put HIM into a
condition Ia endure almost any punishment,
II WINGS and legs become rs tough and elastic
~ rubber car springs, and an unframed game
or trained dunghill. ~ fowl without royal
blood IN cuntempluou>lY demon mated. stands
no more chance against him ia tina pit than a
IhW couhtrNnlah would against "a trained priH'
tighter in m" ring. Occasionally. however. they
strike a tnrar in dunghll. The rules of the
mann arc a. Wen dcuhod a. Those Of the prI
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100000 Claimed for Procuring Divorce


The suit Of George w. rylrr Va. Annie A.
Pratt 10 recover sl9,uOD. alleged t) be- duo for
services rendered rs attorney at law. was On
trial. to-day. before jury In the Fourth district
Court. Il Is all g"d hy the plant II that in De-
comher. 1874. he was employed by the delen liant
~, her attorney 10 pro 'urc for her u divorce
from her then husband. Judge q. &. Pratt. and
Ia sure Tor her the nne-half Of tho common
property, she proml, ln- 10 pay the plaintiff for
his services rs much Is TIA" Sam should be
rea, 'nahly woith Mr.. Tylcr for about sixteen
months. spent a graat portion Of his time in
ef'uing the Ohet- desired. In due time "a
divorce WAS procured, AMI the defendant r'-
criNrd over so 'ulJ H- her hI'' of the 'ulluon
properly. Tine services rendered boy Mr. rNlrr
Wcr'. reAsOnah.N worth sluV.OUO, and only 81 OuO
had been received, Mrs. Pratt refusing To- pay
any NOR"
In her answer the defendant denies that Mr.
TNigr dgv Ntrd the time SGT forth by hlm ia pro-
curin- The divorce Nnl property or ST. nj more
than half "a month in her service Sho further
denies that ANYTHING ne did secured her tho
port she rr'tN ~ of the common properly.
or that tho services rendered hy him On her ha-
half were worth moro thnn 81 pnp Mr. TYLER
had SIMPLY pr'ptrcd and hlcd tho Complaint
for Il divorce.
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Mr.. Moss ana nys. and our lady passenger,
with her family 81 children, hein- the only pas
done. we reported 10 an on ,crour readiness ipr
or hers. liy this time all Of the F,"rldh's ho4ts
were busy, rls ing nnok and lorth hetw,en the
prze' and herself, and little after Moss and
myself In company with the matr, found our
selves On the desh oi the priNAteer' Ne.wale
received ut tn gungway, where a crowd of sail
deck were our sailors and some fity
.ugr sarRncn in irons, chained lii
alive. hut orr-'fiDll.n anl dis IS nanacled-a
pert" d0N" in rnun- AR. SegHrnlHp was tho
hr-tt1 Do. -'1sl ami ir0ned then Moss and a
gunner hrld lmr Of brace. - ready To- b,
u kri On my WRISTS. when a cunln boy pushed
through me crowd and asked win Dfh"r any pas
srngrt, on mates came ia the last boat Tho
matter blnS explained, we were released aud
babe 10 ioll ~ the boy. H. con0ll fed us Ia tle
nttef pant If the deck and th.n'a. down a COM
paniuuW.iY tu Oh. ward room, wnl'h WAS d very
cuWlurahlr-luuNng apartment with on 'rrs'
siniot9pms OPENING INTO H. There at we'll
Who had BOARDED the Heur.,lal. llo saii:
Gentlemcn, have sent for ynl n inquire II
You have Lii Ia. You Will f.ke. your meals
III lne ~ 'og' ana sIcccp Wiln tDg m!!-llip-
Artausem ut. We can't promise YOU every
luxury, bui y.u shall fare ~ w'll rs we do. II
yOur N"S- hHl only had some iec, We would
have rou'i'l'r'i hrr valuable pri1e IA .WrYcr
Mf may 'Hi iNlt ana g., berg some utY. Iluilng
mn r"ini n'"nHllf we togk cur SHay7 Wih-
oN lullhni az d, iu infi9nN lrf"Y oi lln d"ll-
.s'lDs 5ur"D h'bltr Us. SoueWhrgcu NJ Florida
hAd rnltur.l a ',,rl with largo ronai;lll at
ol lrlllt-. nuns. 'uln'I mrais hl g. 81, tables
In short. the bill Of fare cuull..l u ln.l.'c o 3,
a. there WIS .otluns flr d, to complain oN
Th'rH wer" WINS amt lilnoir "a pa ns u
ghosts eony nleLtiy al hand, au the lrs' Of
Havana cigars viii IA, said Licut Rcd meyer
paid dmly n'N1inHlers thr{ sh"N i Alu.ir,
II them. every .mI lS' nln.ting IS would say,
Vel, you don ind US such t'lrbIe rttcs as
you th3ngNt-'ohe rgar, ttko s.cycral' max,
this before We had been ushcl Il S!uglp uugb-
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16
News and Other Items.

1t costs three times as much money to drag a
sleeping coach or drawing room car as it does
an ordinary passenger car.
The biggest steer and heifer in the country
belong 20 Mr.. Ayrault of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
These weigh $500 poundsiand $500 pounds re-
spectvely.
Pho Mono is reported to have recently said:
England. though Protestant, shows far more
respect toward Catholicism than ihany coun-
tries which call themselves Catholic"
Secretary Evarts will soon move his family to
Washington, aud will occupy the dwelling on
Capitol Hill there next to tue house of Asso-
ciate Justice Field.
Elder Evans, the leader of the Lebanon, IN.
Y Shakers, has started graveyard on new
plan. The graves are to be twenty feet apart,
with tree planted over each, so that in timo
there will be handsome grove.
Gounod has cabalistic prejudices. He refus-
ed 100000 francs for the rew opera, "Cinq-
Mars" and agreed to two payments, ont of
66,666 francs, the other So. 333 francs. Price Of
his prejudice, 20 cents.
congressman Abbott, Cbapiu, Tarbox,
Thompson and Warren shortly to be enter
tanned at dinner By the Boston Democracy.
Speaker Randall and Representatives Beebe
and Hurd are to be among the company.
Nj. Hardy, member of. the Ontario Paria-
ment for South Brant. has been appointed
Provincial Secretary in the Onlsrio govern
ment Mr. Crooks retains the office of Minister
OF Education, and MIR. Wood has been appoint.
ed Treasurer.
Capt. Boynton recently swan across the pas
sage between the Island of Capri and the Port
of Naples, the distance being about 80 kilome-
tres. He was on the way between sixteen and
seventeen hours, the wind and strong current
serving to detain him.
The Secretary of the Interior was authorized
By O law passed by the recent session to appoint
q commission Of three skilled entomoogists to
report upon the depredatione of the Rocky
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

All sorts of rumors are afloat from Con-
stantinople regarding the condition of the
Sultan. One story says he is sick; another,
that he is insane; another, that he has been
poisoned; and another, that he has made his
arrangements to fly, the Softas having de-
manded his deposition. 1t is also rumored
that Edhem Pasha, the Grand Vizier, who
succeeded Midhat Pasha, has resigned, and
it is also rumored that he has not resigned
and is stronger man than his predecessor.
The true rumors in this generous fight are
two-frst, that the Sultan is dangerously i'll
with brain disease, the result of life Of SEN
sual excesses, and the second, that Edhem
Pasha is unequal to his position, but no one
has yet appeared with either ability or cour-
age to take his place. In view of the alto
gether probable rumor based upon these 9th
ers that Turkey must soon have another Su.-
tan, it will be interesting to know that the
present Sultan has five brothers, besides the
ex-Sultan Murad. The next in order to the
succession is Mehemmed Rechat Effend, who
is in his 32d year. The Sultan also has seven
sisters, the eldest of whom is Sultana Fatime,
The elasticity of Turkish domestic relations
is shown by the fact that the fair Sultana
married her first husband, Ali Ghalib Pasha,
when she was but fourteen. At eighteen she
was widow, but her days of mourning were
few. Five months after her husbands death
she married Nouri Pasha.