Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-29

left ear, to guard him against those de-
mons SO familiar to the Arabian Nights,
the ginn. Els birth has relieved
his mother Of the fear of the re-
proach of barrenness, and secured
her against the danger of divorce. As
he grows older he is INDUCED by his par
ents, but taught no less that disobedience
to them is one OF the seven deadly sins
and ranks with murder, idolatry and usu-
ry In the morning he greets his father
with kiss and stands with his left hand
covered by his right to receive his or
ders. He waits upon him and his guests
Ct meals, a custom which he continues
even when grown up. In order to avoid
the evil eye (that strange dedication of en-
WI he is not tricked out in inery. but re-
mains in the unwashed and ragged liberty
Of ganin. At an early age he is taught
to say: Il testify that there is no deity
but God. and testify that Mohsmmed is
GODS apostle" With spirit not wholly
alien to our own, he is then taught to hate
the Christians and all other sects. Mohan-
medah as well, hat Offer from
his teachers. he next learns to
recite OF CHAT al or a
part of the kar-an, and learns
the simple rules Of arithmetic. As he chants
the Eur an he keeps time with his head or
his body, swaying backwards and for
wards. AS an exception, he is laugh: the
art of writing by e weigher IN the market.
As he is to devote himself to religion lie
now enters the great mosque El-Azhar. An
orthodox Muslin, or Sunnee he looks with
deepes. contempt on those dogs and sons
Of dogs the Persians and other Shee' all.
His faith has two laws. There is NO deity
but GOD, and MohammeG IS his apostle.
The further believes that 1.-The
Lord Jesus Christ, ION whom be peace was
born of pure virgin, without other father
than God, and is the Messiah, and the word
of God which he transmitted into Mary.
and spirit proceeding from him,
Though not the son Of God, and that
Christ will return, establish the Muslin
religion, kill Antichrist, and proclaim the
last day. He learns to believe also il an
gels, and in the good and evil spirits (the
demons of Socrates), Immortality. Heaven
and He'll, and the bridge
Es-Sirat, extending over hell.
finer than hair and sharper than the edge
of sword, over which all must pass and
from which naturally the wicked fall. The
chosen OF elect only are admitted to para
disc. Women are also admitted tho with
e natural reluctance1 and if good enough
are allowed to join the minimum seventy
two wives OF the elect. Plates of gold.
rich silks, and the forbidden wine.
besides the hours reward the faithful.
Among the Turks (M-. Lane does not
speak of It as fancy Of the Arabs it is
believed that IN heaven there are turkeys
and other game flying convenient to ones
call, which are roasted on one side and
boiled on the other.
He learns also the duties OF prayer,
aims giving, fasting and pilgrimage.
Our hero has now reached an age when
it would be disreputahle to remain ur-
married, the more so as
he is shereef, OF descendant
of the prophet. His mother employs
broker, who gives him an account of a
as graceful as a gaelic, and her almond
shaped eyes, even if unadorned with kohl.
would melt his heart. The dowe.y is after
some debate fixed a. ten purses (about
$3.50. He sends the bride rich presents of
fruit and sweetmeats. At length the bride
&c hp-cp1f lad &n hn 81 hoip bry, ~
with laterns. Rich presents OF coffee, wax
candles and lambs are given the happy
pair.
He has prudently asked his mother to
live with him and she has consented.
For month the couple live happily to-
gether-but one day the mother sees the
vain wife slip aside her Barko or veil be-
fore handsome Frank. The husband on
hearing this exclaims to his wife: Thou
art trebly divorcedr' Ee returns her her
dowery, and foreswears women. But hope
triumphs over experience. He remembers
pretty cousin. with whom he has played
in childhood, and thinks that the tie of
blood will make the feebler tie of law Sc
cure He marries her and finds her SO
good and true that he soon makes up The
complement of Lawful! wives By espousing
three more wealthy .naidens. He is now
contented, and does not envy the rich Os-
manlee his eunuchs or white slaves. One
days description of his life is typical of
all He dresses himself before daybreak.
While saying his prayers one of his wives
prepares for him cup of coffee. After a
breakfast of bread and clouted cream
he fills his shibuk with tobacco. sips his
cup of coffee and meditates on the chance
and change of human affairs. Re then
calls slave to run before him, mounts
his ass, and rides to booth to buy pair
of elegant yellow morocco slippers for his
latest wife. Having selected them with
care he buys for himself new green tur-
ban, color that belts descendant of the
prophet, and then drops in to ask friend
to dinner. Returning home
as the weather is raw
he orders some charcoal to be placed i'll the
chatting dish and be lighted. At dinner
his friend admires his new tray. and as
they are drinking their sherbet of violet
flowers, inquiries of him what new scheme
he has heard the unbeieving dogs of Eng
tichuor hat n,2ar. ,-a xl,,o