Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-02-05

Count de Ssmelies Who kss - re-
turned to Europe from : Isng ans senl-
fuI journey ii the inseri0s oi Al M
dsrweni. according 10 his own cant.
some uncommonIy dishxreeah| kpe-
sieness during kis soioafp ~ shs fs
Of The Niger. Amohe other i se
enfs narsaied IN BIS accoanl
~ that Of his enterfai.
nDnarch of lbe MidRi u u
e7si,sI shom be had been washed By
lbst sDsereign's neiehboTs.
By 10 means expectant Of . e6sdial
welcome, bot resolved to Wait MigiIand
at any risk, the count crossed the fr0n-
tiers Of that State. and demanded an an
dience Of its king. This request was
granted and be was usbered into the
presence OF bis majesty, who, before re-
turning his courteous salulaaions, or. in-
deed, taking any Aotiee OF him, caused
one hundred full-grown men, collected
at court for that purpose, TO be decspi-
tated, and then condescendedt to inves-
tigaie their remains with bis own royal
hands and eyes, in order 10 discover
whether or not. on the whole, the
omens dedncible from them were auspi-
cious 10 his reception Of the intrusive
stranger. -
Fortunately for De Semelle, most of
the bodily evidence thus collected
proved favorable TO him; whereupon
the careful monarch greeted him with
genial cordlality and made him pre-
sent of twenty ''ministering angels" on
the spot. The bodies Of the colored
gentlemen which had been consulted
with respect to the counts admission
10 court were cut up into small portions
and distributed among the inhabitants
Of the capital for culinary purposes.
De Semelle, who bad the honor of sup
ping with the king the same evening,
was called upon 10 partake Of the morn
ing's sacrifice. This summons was adj
dressed 10 him in so emphatic manner
that he did not think fit to decline the
horrible invitation.
A less ghastly entertainment awaited
him in the empire Of Lokogda. although
has reception there by the supreme To-
cal authorities was also Of somewhat
startling character. When introduced
to the presence of the sultan be polite
Iy offered to the latter certain presents
OF gay cotton goods he had brought with
him for that purpose, whereupon his
majesty fell into violent passion and
roared out : 81 am great suitsn. not
dog! I don't want your paltry pres
ents! But give me brandy or rum OF
-" The rest Of the imperial re-
marks we're couched in terms too vigor-
Gus for reproduction here.
Count de Semelle thought bis last
hour was come; but. summonIng up
courage, he charged his interpreter to
tell the irate sultan that he (Semelle,) }
was Frencbman, who feared neither
poison, nor FIRE; and, what was more,
that, during all has travels, he had new
er before come across so unmiligsted
ruiian as the imperial ruler Of Lokogda.
This bold utterance exercised tram
QUILTING effect upon the suI.an's out
ragged feelings, and his majesty subse-
quently deigned to accept a flask of Hol-
lands from his audacious visitoF-and
TO empty il at a draughti Shortly af-
ter he had swallowed this potent potion
he subsided into q condition Of quiet
ecstscy, in which the count left him.
II appears that the iovial sultan's
stesdiast addiction to strong liquor has
considerably weakened bis prestige with
his own subjects, who govern the conn-
try by sort of parliament, over which
ne nominally presides. But bis ma
jesty's IrrepresSibIe consiviality has in
iec,ed the Legislature, which-so Count
de Semelle siates--transacts public bus-
mess from misty morn to dewy eve
over the lowing bowl.--Lond0a TeIe-
graph.