Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-20
a HUMAN TIGER.
-. Nice Party who Once Ruled the
Delta on the Nile.

Of the cruelty of the Turkish guam
aaa Defterdar Bey, who married a
Ssncbter of Mohammed Ali, numerous
arecdotes are related in Egypt, SAYS
the \. Y. Ledger.
This savage, when governor Of the
lolita uiuued himself on the simplicity
an8 primitiveness of his manners and
b;s entire freedom from European hab-
;ts aud notions. During the period of
bis command in the upper country a
soldier robbed a poor woman of lit
tle milk. The woman. not foreSeeing
The result, laid her complaint before
the bey, who demanded her to poiut
ont the culprit. This being done. the
soldier was ordered to be laid upon
me ground and his body ripped open.
The milk being found in his stomach,
the bey paid the complainant, and said:
The robber has been punished; but
had he been discovered to be innocent
the same punishment would have
awaited you.
II was the custom of this barbarian.
who always moved surrounded bv the
Terror of arms, to ride abroad accom-
panied by number of mamelukes Cor
domestic slaveS), each OF whom car
ried a thousand sequins in his girdle,
that. should he be compelled to flr.
which, considering his decided HOSTILE
~ 10 the paSha was by no means i'm
probable, he might still be provided
with money for his immediate use.
During the Syrian campaign six of
these Young men, dreadiug the effects
of bis ferocjty, examples of which they
daily beheld, made their escape, and
took refuge in Ibraham's camp. Being
discovered. however, they were imme-
diately apprehended and conveyed
back to Cairo. Here they were COM
mauded to appear before their inexor-
able lord in the great hall of the pal
ace, where they found him encircled
by number of blacks, armed with
drawn swords. They were not long
in learning their fate. He command
ed them to take every man Il saber
and attack each other in his presence.
until five of their number should fall,
promising life and thousand sequins
l0 the victor. The mamelukes obeved;
ranged themselves three and three. and.
having been trained to the use Of
arms, and uniting skill with courage.
fought desperately shedding their
blood like water, while the Defterdar
sat calmly on his divau enjoying the
spectacle. At length after "a long and
sauguinary struggle, one only remain
ed the victor over his unhappy COM
panious. Exhausted ana bleeding in
every limb, he raised his eyes toward
his master to receive the promised re-
ward. but at that moment the bey gave
the ned to one of the black slaves who
stood behind the victim aud the head
of the nameluke Immediately rolled
along the floor.
On another occasion. two of his mil
itary slaves, quareIing, drew their
swords in his presence; at which his
anger being kinded, he commanded
their heads to he struck off The
mameIuEes, however. mindful of the
fate of their companions, resolved to
sell their lives dearly. drew their pis-
tolls, and, aiming at the head of the
tyraut were about to rid the world of
such monster, when the interposi-
tiou of other of his slaves enabled bin
to ESCAPE INTO the harem. Reckless
aud desperate, knowing escape impos-
SibIe, the mameIukeS now Joined by
several others, who all had wrongs aud
insults TO revenge, pursued and be-
sleged him in his private apartments,
where but fci the speedy arrival of
party of soldiers from the citadel he
would nave paid the forfeit of his in-
Vulnerable barbarites and crimes
With this assistance he succeeded in
repeIIug the assailanls, who, in their
turn we're shut up and besieged in
one of the turrets of the palace form
ing tue powder magazine. Here they
held out during several days, fighting
desperately, but at length finding
their numbers decreased, and being
entirely destitute of provisions, they
SET lire to the powder and blew them
selves up with the tower in which they