The Benton weekly record., 1880-09-17

1shmael Is most striking living example
of tho yicissitudes of fortune and the trials
| of q too.much married man. Only two
! short years ago he was tl,e almost absolute
!; ruler over the land of the Pharaohs. The
| whole rich valley of the Nile was his with
IFS five million inhabitants, to be cultivated
aud worked and taxed at his own will aud
for bis sole benefit He was reputed 10 be
the richest potentate in the world, or at
least as enjoying the biggest annual reyen-
tue Of any Of those fellows who, either by
inheritance or good luck, become rulers
over nations. He owned thirty five or forty
grand palaces, gorgeouslY furnished. He
carried on vast internal improvements
making the people do al the work ard pay
all the incidental expenses. He was able
| toprovide maXniGcently for bis numerous
and complicated family, as we'll as for his
uncles and His cousins and his aunta Be
sides he had east stores of gold and silver
being one Of the faithful followers Of the
Prophet. he eas entitled to Bnt the e1-
Khedive got 10 living TOO fast mud ran ID
debt TO France and England and Hollgnd.
And when these people found out that
Ishmael couldn't pay his debts, Or vouldn't,
they forced him 10 abd,cate, and his sue
cessor in Office also requested him politely
to leave the country and take up his per
manent residence abroad. The eg. IKhedive
was permitted to take with him into exile
bis brigade Of wives, or as many thereofas
he might deem essential to his future peace
of mind, and thus was The beginning Of the
present troubles that beset him. He was
very moderate for an ex Khcdive and took
only one ship load with him 10 Italy. Near
Naples he sought that quiet and peace
which the vorld cannot give, but which TOO
much wives may take away. The young
and loTeliest Of his domestic flock, feeling
themselves relieved from the restraint of
6ahommedan rule and the fear Of the sack,
fell into ways of flirting With Italian caval-
iers as naturally as . duck takes % swim
ming. They met froza these gentlemen
cordial response, and as a consequence the
poor ex-Khediye would every day or two
find atroll call that wife or two we're miss
ing, and that, too, from the choicest and
best stock. He appealed to the Italian Gov
eminent 70 have bis property returned 10
him, and also fof protection against future
aggressions against his hareul- Owing 10
the limited police force Of the kingdom, Or
perhaps for some moral cause, the Govern
ment declined 70 render the required SER
rico. Ishmael therefore freighted d ship
with the balance. of his wives ard sailed for
The more genial climate Of Turker. Butt
what with domestic trouble and foreign
complications, the sultan has his hands full /
aud refused to- let him land his women on |
Tnrkish soil. The ex.roral tramp. with his
cargo Of domestic bliss, after sailing the /
seas over, aas compelled 70 Fetarn to Na.
pies. Here hia perple1fties became fearful. |
By The Laws Of Italy he can neither divorce /
nor drown any OF lis surplus wives, md it {
i obnoxious q At the principles Of bis re-.
liggioa and All the teachings of hik HIi4fa 10
have the loxeliest of them jumping ont of'
windows moonlight nights into The arms Of
auoFoas iH6dels. Ne IS ina terralsIe quan.
aaFs Il has evidently not heard of Salt
Lake city thai home resi-. end safety for
these Whoae tastes lead hem into eseessisel