Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08
nAnou NAppARA."

.uc and Destgne" Aor Carcul9tlOn
E%rroughout the Orient
,.au persons are probably aware that
~. has its Punch, or %satirical news
.sar, respecting which 1have obtained
curious particulars. Its name in
u.bic is A5ou Naddara, which may be
larnreted As meaning THE man with
'I Nine spectacles." The individual
sionitied exists in the person
~ Italian named Sanua, who
in Paris. where he prints his Jour-
~ Arabic and French for surrepti-
a 81 :. distribution in Egypt and all 9TH
'c nmo1ntries in which the former Lam
8 ae is spoken-indeed, in India and
Il. o,her part of the world where its
ps,ents may be of sufficient interest
be translated.
The print had a curiously character
(ic bcginning. NJ. Sanua. who was
..,cher of Arabic and Italian in the
L%ools of Cairo. wrote, in 1876, some
mnlc comedies in Arabic for the
Em,I.emcnt of the poorest classes, and
h,ained the permission of the then
Fhpdjyc, Ismail Pasha, to establish a
nall open-air theater in the gardens
\ rsbekieh. Innocent rs the satircs
ore at first, they Dol became tho
koans of drawing attention to tho
N,ses committed by the governing
asses, and especially to the oppres-
IN and extortion practiced upon the
oor Arabs. Fortune smiled upon the
E%cenjous playwright, and he invested
y bulk Of his profits in inn
rowing his theater, hoping there
/ to secure a better audi
pce than that for which his comedies
ere written. Unfortunately for him.
h. authorities did not appreciate what
was doing for their convenience, or,
cssibly, they objected to paying for
ATS at a theater where their actions
ore somewhat too freely discussed.
q doubt the shafts of the writer flew
ONE. The highly popular place of
nusement was soon closed by public
shortly, and there was an end of tho
beatrical speculation-but not bv any
cans of NJ. Sanua.
The stage, humble as it was. had
ade him known. to fame, and he was
i slow in taking advantage of the
W of the tide. He took the name
|bch his humble patrons had be-
owed upon him, ''Thc Man With the
Iue spectacles." and used it as the
lie of q weekly journal, which he inn
pliately founded, and which was not
rcer than a sheet of foolscap. Its
EQUATION ran up to fifty thousand
kpn after it was started, revealing the
kistence of what might we'll have been
bubtcd to exist-namely, public
biinion, and that against tho ruler of
rpt and his counselors. There was
III too great scope for the detcctor
abuses. The question of the sup
cs>ion of the noxious little sheet was
OUGHT before the authorities, who,
wever, at first decided to let it alone.
ier would it have been to cease to
card it as dangerous to public tran
llity, for the abuses to which Abou
Eidara directed attention were too
,orious to be denied. Some highly
Eced officials, however, felt them
Ives %aggrieved, and a decree for the
preston of the Journal was issued
(r it had been in existence for q
vye-month.
Even after the PRONUNCIATION of the
iero suppression, however, NJ. Sanua
ecised his ingenuity to evadc it.
brtng no less than six other ncwspa-
rs, one after the other. with fresh
i>, but with a similar obicct-the
lection and bringing to light of
uses in the administration. All his
Forts, nevertheless, were vain. and he
M>elf, as well as his journals, was
ni>hed from the land of the Pharaohs.
then threw himself upon the hospi-
Pity Of France, and Immediately
ought out -4tou N0dda7G in q more
Fulent form. Not only did he attack
emisloings of officials, but lie de-
Runccd the then Khedivc Ismail and
his works in the most violent terms,
hking odious comparisons between
Pl and his disinherited brother, the
Pied Hahn. NJ. Sanua now added
mt to his attacks by availing himself
the French talent for caricaturc. He
We pen and ink cartoons of the sub
Es Of his diatribes. These were far
hind the brilliant drawings published
his London confrere; hut, being a
Selt,y in Egypt. whittier the journal
ind its way under cover, they formed
attraction to natives and foreigners
Ike. 1t continued to be printed in
iii Arabic and French.
.'"'u Nuddora still appears. but, in
hs.equence of the bad state of affairs.
circulation has dwind!cd down To
w; Its contents are eagerly read
pua IN many a village of Egypt. Its
asS feature, however, at present is
extremely hostile tone which it is
oNt.ng toward England. The
FEATURES as well as the let
Psess are devoted partly tc
F"Gi-worship and partly TO ad'
yAahy the substitution of Prince
ain 'n' the present Khedive. III
= number Achmet Mohammed is de-
slng General Hicks by sheer force
"Eave onslaught. while in another
IT, A''laar" is introducing to the
,'aa a host of despoiled Egyptians,
~ Aock to him with their grievances
+ ans' their English %oppressors
Eah' bakri Bey is depicted rising, at
"1iuet OF the chief of the Alcxan.
\ a. ponce, to drink a toast to the de
vance Of the country on the da,
sra ,he foreigner shall have disap'
meo from the land. An unfortu
sIonp OF British officers, all pos
nus me traditional long whisker!