The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-03-17
THE kHEDiVIA.


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The foremost wife of the late khedive
cf Egypt, formally known as the
E.trdN!l, Is worthy of considerable
'tiee. ;ls being in advance both of her
1acc a.lN her period, says the Cincin-
natl i.aquircr Her royal husband did
MT by any means neglect his Earcm,
lat moro than any sovereign of his class
h@ elevated her above the common
t.ronH Up to 1887 she had never seen
lain save the lshedivc, and the first
tn It he did see, save him, was q pho
t. T.: her. She was pretty, and she
wanted the world to know it. A little
l!t@r~-iu 1SS0-an American lady, who
had some considerable reputation as an
artist, was employed to paint her por-
.ralt. 1t Is from this picture that current
presentations of her face mostly come.
Shc inaGc and insisted upon some start
ling departures from the habits of her
race, and yet they did not go SO very
far. She never received with her
royal husband. When he gave q ball
she could only look through the lat
tlca. Eut she gave audience constantly
t. wola2n, talking French only and
cxnibtinT both charming manners and
/. hi rbt mind. In 1889 she was de-
s2ri1nl by one who saw her as thirty
enc years Old and complaining that she
w. letting fat and very old "a
po.nH' '-ran"tc face, still lovely enough
j. u eli. ;htly heavy way, with liquid
own eyes, Il pretty, pouting mouth
and ~ dimple in the chin--unmis-
tat.ahly, however, n double chin
"Onc sometimes met her with the whole
narcrl driving in close carriages out to
the desert. To contemplate the monu-
mental pyramids and to guess at the
riddle of the sphinx? Dear, MOI To
sit and cat bonbons, each out of her
embroidered bag The portrait can be
scen in Cairo-''a rich, warm color
scheme of golden browns in the fur
edged velvet robe, with yellow lace in
side; pearls in the dark, braided hair;
Il face that not infrequcntly suggests
the houri of the Koran, and hand
which, though delicatcly formed seems
more that OF baby than an empress"
An Historic Horses HooE
A very interesting relic has fallen
into the possession of the well-lnowr
Birmingham physician, Sir James Saw.
yer says London Tid-Bits It is one OF
the hoofs of the identical horse that
Lord Cardigan rode in the charge of the
light brigade. Lady Sawyer's father
who was Lincolnshire rector, received
this precious relic of the historic
charge from Lord Cardigan, and il
bears an inscription to this effect The
four hoofs are now disposed Of a:
follows: The prince of Wales, ar
honorary colonel of the Tenth hussars
has one; another belongs to the officers
of that famous regiment, and it i;
brought out at mess on state occasions
the countess of Cardigan owns a third
third, and the last. which is the off hint
hoof, graces the sideboard of Sir Jnme
Sawyer. 1t is beautifully mounted il
j silver and is naturally highly priced b,
its owner.
81 kissing Away n Church Debt.
II "You may kiss me for twenty-fiv
cents" was the legend borne on 81
~ cards suspended by six strings tic
around the necks of six pretty girls Q
u church fair at Burns, Mich, one nigh
lately. When the curtain was draw
displaying the aggregation of temptin
sweetness within the reach of all wh
n possessed the necessary quarter, thcr
was u temporary, painful, blushin
4 pause broken soon by resoundin
v smacks' g'ggling and the jingle of coli
q The show lasted only few minutes
owing to the objections of some of til
matrons present, but the church del
was wiped out.