The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-06-25
DIsRAELPs GAY YOUTH.

here. The Home Letters OF Lord bea-
consfeld'' written during his absence
on tour in 1SS0-S1, is the title OF the
volume. which is published by Murray,
Of London Some very CHARACTERISTIC
passages are found in the letters, and
as they have less of the affectation and
macassar oil favor which distinguish
the late prime minister's novels. while
showing q freshness his earliest writ
ines do not surpass, the volume will be
welcomed here. The well-known
weakness of the youth for an effective
rig-out is shown in. the following passa-
ges:
TELL my mother that, as it is the
fashion among the handles of this
place TGibraltar1-that is, the officers,
for there are no others-not to wear
waistcoats in the morning, her new
studs come into fine play. and main
tain nv reputation as being great
Judge of costume, to the admiration
and envy of many of the subalterns.
have also the fame of being the first
who ever passed the straits with two
canes-a morning and an evening cane
l change my cane as the gun fires.
Again: 1--WE have heard of the kings
death, which is the destruction of my
dress waistcoats. truly grieve." He
laments that ''his hair is coming OIL
iust at the moment it has attained the
highest perfection" He reJoices In
Andalusian dress, in what was sup
posed to be 1.-the costume of q Greek
pirate-a blood-red shirt, with silver
studs as big as shillings. an immense
scarf or girdle, full of pistols and dag
gers, red cap, red slippers, broad blue
Striped Jacket and trousers"
In Yanina his extraordinary costume
produced a great effect, but the little
Greek physician, who had passed a
year at Pisa in his youth, nearly
smoked me. 'Questo vestito Inglese o
di fantasiaP' he aptly remarked. I
oracularly replied, Inglese fantasia
co.
His servant leaves him, and this he
finds annoying, because this wonderful
retainer wore a Mameluke dress OF
crimson and gold, with white turban
thirty yards long and a saber glittering
like q rainbow: 81 must now, he
disconsolately observes, content my
shirt and slipperless- How are the
mighty fallen!' At Malta he wrote:
ITO govern men you must either ex-
eel them in their accomplishments or
despise them. Clay does one; do the
other-and we are both equally popu-
lar.
AFFECTION tells here even better than
wit. Yesterday, at the racket court,
sitting in the gallery among strangers,
the ball entered, and lightly struck me,
and fell at my feet. picked it up,
and observing q young ritleman Excess
siyely stiff, I humbly requested him to
forward its passage into the court, as l
really had never thrown a ball in my
life. This incident has been the gener-
Ell subject of conversation at all the
messes to-day"
How the future prime minister of En-
gland caroused with Turkish hey on
| the top of Mount Pindus is a story
worth repeating. The party was raw
enous, but, there being no interpreter,
knew not how to make their wants
known:
$50 we smoked. 1t is a great re-
source, but this wore out, and it was
SO ludicrous, smoking and looking at
each other, and dying to talk, and then
| exchanging pipes by way of compli-
ment, and then pressing our hand to
our heart by way of thanks. The bet
sat in q corner, l unfortunately next,
so / had the onus of mute attention;
| and Clay next to me, SO he and NJ.
I could at least have an occasional joke,
| though, of course, we were too well
bred to exceed an occasional and ire
| sistable observation. Clay wanted to
play ecarte, and with grave face, as
If we were at our deVotions, but just as
we were about commencing it occurred
to us that we had some brandy, and
that we would offer our host q glass,
as it might be a hint for what should
follow to so vehement a schnaps.
Mashallah? Had the effect only taken
place 1880 years ago, instead of in the
present age of skepticism, it would
have been instantly voted a first rate
miracle. Our mild friend smacked his
lips and instantly asked for another
cup; we drank it in coffee cups. BY
the time that Meredith had returned,
who had left the house on the pretense
| of shooting, Clay, our host, and my
self had dispatched bottle of brandy
| in quicker time and fairer proportions
than / ever did bottle of Burgundy,
and were extremely gay. Then he
would drink again with Meredith, and
ordered some figs, talking, l must tell
you, all the time, indulging in the most
! graee-pantomime, examining our pis-
] tolls, offering us his own golden ones
| for our inspection, and finally making
out Giovanni's Greek enough to misun-
derstand most ludicrously every obser-
| walton we communicated. But all was
| taken in good part, and never met
| such a Jolly fellow in the course of my
| life. In the meantime we were raven
/ ots, for the dry, round, unsugary fig
/ is q great Whether. At last we insisted
| on Giovanni's communicating our
| wants and asking for bread. The hey
gravely bowed and said: leave it to
me; take no thought" and nothing
/ more occurred. We prepared ourselves
for hungry dreams, when to our great
delight a most capital supper was
brought in, accompanied, to our great
horror, by-wine. We ate, we drank;
we ate with our fingers, we drank in q
L manner ] never recollect. The wine
| was not bad, but if it had been poison
] we must drink; it is such a compliment
for Moslem. We quaffed it in rivers.
The hey called for the brandy; he drank
| il all. The room turned round; the
] wild attendants who sat at our feet
seemed dancing in strange and fantas.
tic whirls; the hey shook hands with
me; he shouted English-I Greek,
Very good he had caught up from
rs. ''kalo, Kalo,' was my rejoinder.
He roared; smacked him on the back.
remember no more. In the middle Of
the night / awoke. found myself
sleeping on the divan; rolled up in it:
sacred carpet; the hey had wisely
/ reeled to the fire. The thirst fell
| was like that of Dives. All were sleep
ing except two, who kept up during
the night the great wood fire. l ROSE
lightly, stepping over my sleeping
companions, and the shining arms thai
here and there informed me that the
dark mass wrapped up in a capote was
human being. / found Abraham
bosom in fagon of water. / think
must have drank a gallon at tbs
dgaught- / looked at the wood fire
and thought of the blazing blocks in
the hall Of Brakeman, and asked my
self whether was indeed in the mount
ain fastness of an Albanian chief, and,
Struggling my shoulders. went to bed
end aWoke without a headache"
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