WIND AND SNOW. A SEVERE BLIZZARD IN THE NORTH- WEST. LOSS OF LIFE IN WYOMING AND IN TIE NORTH-WEST TERRITORY. CneyenNse Wy., Jan, 14. —Twelve to 18 inches of snow have fallen in the western end of the Territory. The gunow has crusted and, with the freezing of the water holes, cattle, sheep and horses are perishing all over the range. An owner yesterday received word from tis ranch in that section that scarcely an animal that could not be fed would survive. Horses have worn their hoofs to the quick irying to beat through the crusted spow. Cattle helpless, game has been driven ITO tte mountmns, and antelope have been killed with'n the city limits of Evans ton, while the stock has drifted to the vullway., Saturday and Sunday was intensely cold, and two men were fro- zen to death. ST. PAUL, Mien. Jan, 14, —A genu- ine bligzard, the frst of the season, raged over the Northwest the whole of Sunday and part of ye sterday knock- ing out telegraph wires, delaying all trains and retarding the operations ol Joggers in the pineries. Despatches frown the principal points in the Da- kotas. Montana and as far west as Spokane Falls, Washington, are to the effect that on the average the snow fell about ten inches on the level and drifted badly, owing to the strong winds, approaching a hurricane, which prevailed. <1. PAUL, Minn., Jan, 14.—Severe weather is reported generally through out the Northwest. A blizzard 18 raging at Deardsley, Mion. the drifts being piled 20 feet high. A piercing wind accompanies the storm. Trains and wagon traffic isat a standstill, The first great storm of the season ha- struck Grand Rapids, extending all over the Upper Mississippi region. At New Salem the very alr was darkened by falling snow sud pedes- trian could not see their hands io front of them. At Wabash, thirteen inches of snow has fallen. The highways are serivusly blockaded and trains are behind time. From Neche, N D,, comes a report of a veritable blizzard which raged for 35 hours, rendering all travel impossible through the heavy drifts, Rock SeniNags, Wyo. Jan. 14.— Willistu MeEdwards, a promioen businss man of this place, went Int the mountains bunting on Sunday morning with a companion, A Snow storm came up and the weather turnes bitterly cold. Both men becawe greatly exhausted. McEdwards’s companio: was compelled to leave him, and mad. his way to Rock Springs, reachins there badly frozen, A searching party went out after McEdwards, who wa: found 80 badly frozen that he died be fore he could be brought to the city. Prraspuga, Jan. 14.—The severe wind-storm of yesterday and last nigh played havoc with the oll interests inp this section of the State. Great pum- bers of derricks were destroyed, and in some sections the loss has been so great that all work on driliiog wells has been suspended, owing to the loas of derricks, The wretched condition of the roads makes it almost i1mpossi- ble to get lumber to wells to repah the damage done by the storm, and operations are practically suspended. OLxEy, Ill | Jan. 14.—At the village of Machburg, Sunday night, tte ¢j- clone overturned dwelling houses, barp and cut-building and wrought grea damage. The family of Philip Nichol son were seated around the fire wheu the storm came up, The house was completely destroyed and Mrs, Nichol son iostantly killed, and th daughter, Miss Auna Seriously injured, Aaron McWilliams ano family of seven were all caught under the rubbish of their house, and two children sustained serious hi jury The Msthodist Episcopal Church aud parsonage were destroyed. Qualls and other fowls were found d.ad, stnppeo of their feathers, and many large irees uprooted, lying along the path of the storm, which was about 50 rods wide. Ausrenpadm, N. Y., Jan, 14 —A cyclone raged in the Mohawk Valley nearly all of last nigh, and the wind blew at the 1ate of 70 miles an hour The telegraph and telephone wires were prostra’ed, and considerable dam- age is reported done to farm buildings, Many chimneys, fences and tress were blown down. At Albany DBush a farmer Is reported to have been fatally injured by being struck by bricks from a falling chimney, which had bees blown from a house NEWS OF THE WEEK, — Henry and Martin Remus, section hands on the Penosylvama Rallroad. were run down ty a light locomotive on the evening of the 12th near Wheeler Station, Indiana, snl were instantly killed. Two freight trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad were in coillsion on the morning of the 13th at Linden, between Elizabeth and Rah- way, New Jersey, and both locomo- tives and a number of cars were de- molished. The engineers and firemen escaped injury by Jumplog. A freight train on the Pennsylvania Rallway, was derailed near Iselin, belcw Rab- way, Ou the morning of the 13th, and the cars were piled up on oue another. Engineer Blerman fell under the en- gine and was seriously injured. -«The strike in the nail factory of the Brooke Iron Co, at Bicrdsboro, Peuna,. ited on the 14th in a vie- tory for wen, aod 250 men go back to work, the firm agreeing to restore the 10 per cent. red made four and a half mon compa} has voluntarily Inercased its puddier’s wages to $3.75 per ton, —Three young children of Carl Ro galinski, of Erle, Penna., were suffo- cated by the burning of their home on the evening of the 14th, during the ab- senoe of their parents, The fire was caused by the net of a drunken brother : ‘s, in laying his lighted pipe in a bed. The drunken wan escaped, —Misses Lou Asbury and Lizzie Bowles, William Rose and Daniel As- bury, were drowned on the 12th, while boating in a lake abont fourteen miles from Canni, lilinols, —J. H. Murphy, a homesteader near Filaviean. torty wiles from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, was frozen to death on the 12th, He Is supposed to have been drunk. —The boiler of a steam shovel used by the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Com- pany in excavating at Fallston, Penna,, burst on the afternoon of the 15th, iu- juring 14 wen, one of whom, Wesley Francis, of Pittsburg, died on the way to the hospital, Fifteen men Were on the afternoon of the 15th, overcome by wus in the 1luosae Tunnel, and several narrowly escaped death. It is thoueht wll will recover, The damp weather seems to affect the circulation of air in the tunnel, making It dangerous for workmen to remain inside, ~The three Cronin convicts, Burke, Coughlin and O'Sullivan, were assluned to work in the penitentiary at Joliet, illinois, on the 15th, Burke was sent to the cooper shop, Coughlin to the stone cutters’ shop and O'Sullivan to the shioe shop. — Physicians sent mto the mountain district along Cheat river, West Vir ginia, report that two epilemlics are prevallipg—diphthera and the more dreaded “‘biacktongue.” The latter has broken out in the last two weeks and about 30 deaths have occurred Many children are suffering from diph therla, and families attacked by Lhe disease are in want. The county has erected a temporary hospital, and a large force of physicians and nurses are in attendance. —At a meeting of the striking workmen in Woburn, Mass, on the evening of the 10th, Grand Muster Workman Moreland announced that the strike-lock-out in the leather Indus- try was practically ended, and the men were ordered back to work, Doth sides have agieed to submit the matter to the State Board of Arbitration, ~The temperature ranged trom 22 to 80 degrees below zero in Washing ton county, Maine, on the moruiag of he 10th. — An explosion of natural gas oc- curred at the Lucy Furnace, neal Pittsturg, on the loth, and Thomas Welsh was kitled aud five other work- pen fatally burned. —The Health Department In SL Paul, Mipueso'a, on the 16th, sent au juspector to a farm on the outskirts ol he city, where he discovered In one pen 05 vogs infected with cholera, and several carcasses (hat were b log dressed for market, Tuirty diseased sarcasses had been disposed of oun the 14.h. and others were on thelr way to Paul. The luspector condemned the whole outfls, seized the infecied meat 10 trausit, and the County Al- toruey will take steps to bave Lhe guilty parcies lndicted by the Grand Jury. — Four men were killed and several others badly injured by the premature explosion of » blast al & camp, Dear Johnson City, Tennessee, on the morn- ing of the lth, —Mre, James McNeil, three of her children at their homms in Falrbault. Minn., on the 16th, two ratally. She then made ano!her child ake carboiic acid and took a dose ber- wif, but at last accounts boih were still alive. The woman said she had no hope of ge. limg well, Jr., shot Three hundred persons at Carmi [ilinois, have been obliged to leave heir homes on account of a sudden rise in the Littles Wabash river, The river 1s out of its buwks, and the uorthern part of the town Is flooded to a dep h of 20 feet in some places and from 75 to 100 houses are submerged, 51st CONSEL38.~~First Session SENATE, In the U. 8, Senate on the 13th, bills were reported and placed on the calen- dar providing for the erection In Washivgton of a Ulronze statue of Clhirtstopher Columbus; appropriating 51.500,000 for a public building mm Si "aul, and to prevent the latroduction of contagious diseases from one Slale to another, Mr Frye introduced a bill (agreed upon by the varfous maritime easgues of the United States) to piace the American merchant iaring en gaged in the foreign trade on an equal- ity with those of other nations, A message was received from the House announcing its action on the death of Judge Kelley, and, after adopling an appropriate resolution, the Senate, as a mark of respect, adjourned. 1a the United States Senate on the 14th, the Sherman blll to declare trus's unlawful was reported and placed on the calendar, Pils were also reported appropriating $250 000 for a public vallding at Allegheny, Penna , and 50.000 for a public building at Beaver Fall, Peuna. Mr. George offered a resolution instructing the Finance Commities to report a bill reducing the penal bonds required of manufacturers of cigars in all cases, or j(at least) where the manufacture is carried on by the manual labor of the manufacturer, He read a letter fionu some cigar makers in Berks county, Pa., asking him to urge that change of law, as it bore very bard on them and helped to erowd them out of business all for the benefit of the large manufacturers, The resolution and letter were referred, Resolutions heretofore of offered by Mr. Call In relstioo to alleged unlawful selections of jand In Florida were taken up and dis- cussed by Messrs. Call and Plumb. After an executive session the Senate adjourned, In the U. 8, Senate on the 104th, Mr, Sherman introduced a bill, wich was referred, to provide for a perma. pent national bank eirculation, He also, from the Committee on Forel n Relations, reported a concurrent reso- lution, which was placed on the calen- dar, providing for arbitration for the settlement of national disputes, Mr, Morgan's resolution recognizing the Republic of Brazil was taken up, and supported by Mr. Turple at some length, It then went over. After an executive session Lhe Senate adjourned. In the Upited States Senate on the 16th, Mr. Hale, from tbe Census Com- mittee, reported adversely the bill re- quiring the Superintendent of the Cen- sus to ascertaln the mortgages on farms. At Mr, Hale's request it was placed on the calendar. Mr, Morrill, irom the Finance Committee, reported a coneurrent resolution requesting the Secretary of the Treasury not to make a new lerse of the Alaska fur seal islands, and to postpone all action in relation thereto until after the 20th of February next, Tre resolution Wis agreed to. bills were reporied and placed on the calendar, to revise the salaries of inspectors of steam vessels, and to provide for the removal ol Geronlmo's band of Indians to Fort Sill, In the Indian Tenitory. The credentials of Wilbur F. Sapders and Thomas CO. Brower as Senators-elect from Montana were presented, and re- ferred to the Committee on Privileges and El :ctions After an execulive session the Senate adjourned. HOUSE. In the House on the 13th, a number of Lis were introduced and referred under the call of States, among them the following: By Mr, Clunie, to pro- Libit the carrying of Chipese Into (he United States; by Mr. Fithian, of 111. nots, directing the Ways and Means (Hmm'iles to report a separate bill placing lumber, salt, jute, hemp, Wa nila and sisal grass on the free list; by Mr. Struble, for the admission of Idaho and Wyoming into the Union; by Mr. Anderson, of Kaisas, to declare the duties, enforce the obligations and regulate the service of ramiroad com- panies as enrriers of ioter-Slale com- merce; by Mr, O'Donnell, of Michigan, granting pensions Lo Army vurses; by Mr. Delano, of New York, fixing the duty on hops, hop auxiliaries and hop substitutes; by Mr. Baker, of New York, extending the suffrage Lo wow- en; by Mr, Stewart, of Georgia, 10 amend the naturalization lawe, Ad- journad, In the House on the 14th, Mr, Mc Kiley, from the Ways and Means Committee, reported the Custo.us Ad- ministration bill, and it was ordered to be printed and recommitted, Me Bingham, of Pennsylvauia, introduced several bills, which were referred, | spong them these: To provide for | ocean mall services; to classify salanes | in the railway ma'l service, and to pro- vide a pastal stamp redemption card. The Sileott report was taken tp and d'scussed, pending which the House | adjourned. In the House on sideration of the report commities on was resumed, and was laken on a Hemphill permi in the Court of Clalros, This was —yens, 136; pays, 138 —and = motion to reconsider was isi! on the tabe, A | vote was then taken on the majority bill, appropriating $75 000 to refund | members their lest salaries, It was | defeated—yeas, 120; nays, 142 A motion to reconsider, and a wolion to jay that motion on the table, were en- | tered, pending which the House ad- journed, In the House on the 16th, a resolu- tion was adopted ecalilng on the Secre- tary of State for copies of the existiog customs duties of Germany, Austria ind Franee, and also Information as to the policy of those countries in regard | to drawbicks and bounti«s on Sugar Mr. O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, presented | resolutions of the Phiiadelphia Mari. time Exchange favoring the passage of | the bill to transfer the Revenue Ma- | rine Bureau to the Navy Department. Bills were introduced by Mr. Lacey, of lowa, 'o amend the election laws, | and by Mr. Dorsey, of Nebraska, to | provide a permanent national bauk eir- | culation. Adjourned. | the 15th, the con of after debate a vole | substitute by Mr. | a THE GRIPPE. BeApixg, Pa, Jan 15. — Physicians | here report that the continued warm | weather is causing a gradual increare in the number of grip cases in this vicinity. In Reading the increase has teen rapid and the dociors say tht where there are two cases discharged at cured they receive five new ones, in the country districts the reports aie | the same, Every small community Las 100 or more cases and in’ some neigh! bothoods not a family has escaped, | I'he estimate is that there are in Rad. | ing to-day 5000 to 7500 cases and within | the (ast two weeks not a day has | passed but there have been one «(r more deaths from pulmonary trouble | directly attributed to grip, Cricaco, Jan, 15,—<The Tribune of to-day says: Names of victims of the grippe continue to b3 sent to the Health Office, and, whi'e the offirials there try to balittie the danger by put- ving on an air of incredulity, the cov stant stream of people with applications for burial permits gives the lle to ther asseriion that all is well and that the reports of deaths from Influenza are greatly exaggerated, Not only are the deaths multiply ing every hour, but the reports of the public schools are appal- ling. The death permits now number over 100 per day. Eleven deaths wi hin the past twenty-four hours are to be attributed directly to the grip, or its immediate complications, CLEVELAND, Jan, 15, —There have been 1L7 deaths since last Saturday, an unprecedented death rate at this season of the yeur. Twenty-two deaths are due to pneumonia and 11 to eonsump- tion, aud these can undoubtedly be traced to la grippe, a 5 AY ~A slight earthquake shock was feit in Columbia, South Carolina, at 6.40 on the evening of the 15th. ~The Bank of South Dakota, at Madison, has made an assignment, with assets at $150,000 and liabilities not stated, the assignee reporting the books tobe ina bad shape. As a result of this assignment, the La Dalle Ranch Hore Importing Company on the 11th. The assets are stated to be $150,000 and the liabilities about $60,- ~The electric light has penetrated to the most northerly town in Europe. Hammerfest, Nor 5 be lighted by electricity al a ng, # The Lighthouse, Rh ifted on the island cliff fa Iantern fronts the sea, And sendetii forth a fine, straight ray Of ad zzling light to Me A slender line of shimmery shine Acruss night's mystery. It is the path set for my eyes To travel tothe High’ And warm thelr darkness in the blaze, And be made g ad and bright, None other may eateh just that ray, Or have the self same s ght, Ana yet, a hundred other eyes Bent aon that central blaze Find each its s parate i118 Hae of guiding « 3 And all eves mest in concord sweet By all these differing ways Ko volee shall say; “The lig All other eyes are dim?” No band the glory hold or hide Whiteh streams to ocean's rim None claim or seize oue ray as his More than belongs to him O Hakt of Truth, which lghteneth all, And shineth all abroad Whit favored son! or souls shall say, “Mine is the only road.” : Each hath his owt, to him made known, And all lead up to God. shining path, is mine, a ke (JENNA'S PRESCRIPTION. AVI AN ORIENTAL STORY. The {ime when the famous physician Avicenna was in the zenith of his fame, there lived haughty monarch named Ghizni, who expected obedience all. As he physicians 6 very Mahmoud prompt was could of from his BO unwell, and not cure him speedily as he desired, he scut an im- perions letter to the Sultan of Kharism, Avie pair to him without delay. f HERE H ordered which he who was a m an independent spirit, and somewhst spoiled by the praises and favors he had received, took offence of Mahmoud’s gO, at the peremplory t refused of ae letter, and to whereupon the Sultan moud’s anger, entreated the physician to comply. He promised he would, and accordingly; but in- fled to the where a prince of a sel on ng stead of 5 journey going to (Ghizni, he apital of Georgia, generous spirit ruled at the time, named Cabous Here he obtained lodgings, me and soon found he had been he wa Allah 1 FICCINA, Willi im sGIne Gay. ’ BA » be seat to all the princes of weompanied by sinning doctor m 3 kings, and give r as sich if Lie over ah ol prirmits at any Court theirs, One these letters and p was handed 5, who, b not to Cabo GWever, for some 1 AUBwWEr: S000 ng to the likeness, ail about it tion spread from the poor, whom he cured gratis, to the wealthy burgesses and merchants, and by them It was of the court officials. poised io ‘ho ears A cirenmstance about this time ocour- mend. He caused the letter to be brought instantly, and, having studied it well, awaited, with the impatience of an oriental sovereign, for the footstep ol the famous doctor. When Avicenna appeared, he made thie usual salasm, and then stoad erect, with his hands folded on his breast, awaiting further orders. ‘It is the very man,’ said Cubons to hunsclf, ‘If he says, my brother Mahm mad might well desire his Now, if he cures my nephew, I will say pothing: but if he fails, I shall feel bound to send him to Ghizni The fellows, learned they be, must not set princes at But we wil is as clever as fame porvices, “6 however . ' SEG, defiance. These thoughts flashed through the which Avicenna stood in the presence Lis heart was disquieted within him, last, aud would be speedily puaished for offending a tyrant He relieved, when Cabons began to was much therefore, converse with him, and in the most winning mannor, on the healing art. In this displayed no little learning, for it was a favourite study of his, an 1 had he 1 ot been a ruler, he might have been an or- nament of the medical profess the Sultan Wn. Ca- bors described the symptoms of the ine. valid, to all mos which Avicenna gave | t absorbing attention, whilst : now and then he put a question, whici pleased tue the Sultan; for it showe dat sr A0CLOT i to have gr ation, but not org fun ional, Ald, 3 But le: me see the pat Avicenna was © VY A ph its parterre birds on rapt res yout I again The sick man tarn on Avicenna, and Dad the which he auswered pognito and gave him the opportunity hew, He had no pain, the most searching examination of his body were pining away. by the chiefs of the faculty But yet he drooped, and it was evide BONO Worm Or OLOEer was secre ty prey- ing on his vitals, him to take any interest in life thought by many he was languishing under the influence of a malignant spell. Witcheraft, in th coun ry, was held to be a potent real wee days and in that ity. as they supposed, cursed the young man, and the Sultan was almost as ill as his nephew from sheer vexation. Ons morning, Cabons and Vizier were conversing about Prince's condition, the latter as said, whom the most told. Some of his cures, if truly re- as if he had no desire to profit by the new physician's skill ‘I will leave vou together,’ said Ca- bous, after a time had been oo- short these preliminaries; and, having spoken a few cheery words, he morning, and left him to the tender r.ercies of his new doctor. Now, Avicenna was, without of his ag Aristotle 1m eighty v a He spher, divine, dispu learned man and He left behind b rmation. philos was poet, orator, selronomer, lit sminny paiiiician, hand grammarian. Laying his gently on the sick and arrested his attention. of stars and sys- r { 8 steadfast regularity of perfect health; but, when he suddenly changed his rent began to leap and bound. ‘It is enough,’ smd the subtle doctor to him- I see what you are driving at,’ re- plied the Sultan. ‘But would yon have me call in a nameless quack? How can he do any good where our greatest phy- sicians are utterly at fault? Besides, we should give those worthy men mor- tal offence.’ ‘Your Highness must please your. what I shonld do if it were my nephew or son. This is not a nameless man, for his name is known in every house, nor is he a quack doctor. I have seen some of those he has cured, end my own physicien, who went with me, was obliged to say all had been dome most skilinlly. the power he has in ministering to minds diseased. Besides, as to the Court doctors Here the Sultan broke in with, ‘Well, Vizier, the lad is worse to-day than I have ever seen him, and if he does not got 1elief soon, he will die. Lot us have this wonderful doctor in at once, and of evil comes of it you know who will have to bear the blame.’ ‘If he does no good, your Highness, 1 fool sure he will do no harm. On my head be the wrath of the Court doctors. they can't cure the Prince, let them give way to one who oan,’ As the result of this conversation, Avicenna was commanded to appear at the Pulace. While he was being sent for, the Sultan suddsaly recollected the letter and the erayon portrait he had received two full years ago from Mah. with hin. The young man is desper- ately in love. But with whom?” When Avicenna went outof the room be found the Sultan waiting impatient- He told lnm he believed he had discovered the cause malady, bat he would see him again on the morrow. He did not disclose the secret, but assured the Saltan the dis. order was curable, and he would now go home aud prepare some medicine, This, we may be sure, was of the most harmless description. No medicine ean cure love sickness but the possession of the person loved. When Avicenna saw the Prince om La following day, he desired the Cham- the interview, The Saltan was much surprised at this request—in { ot conld not fathom it at all; but, having placed the matter in the doctor's hands, he bade the Chamberlain attend, though in a rather irritable voice, as if he were somowhat offended at Avicenna's choice of a oolleague, Bat the astute doctor was about fo prove himself a great strategist. When the Chamberlain ap- the Prince's hand was lying in that of the physician, and a genuine triondship secmed to have sprung up between them already. Tho sick man looked more cheerful than he had done for months. In fact, he was beginning to suspect his secret had passed into the kind doctor's keeping. After a fow Urillant obssrvations asleated from his inexhaastible budget, Avicenna suddenly began to praise the beauty of the palace, and spoke won- deringly of its exten’. I dare say,’ said he to the Chamber lain, ‘yon eannot carry all the thonsand and one apartments of this noble palace in year memory, can you?’ ‘Ot course I can,’ replied the Major- dome, somewhat haffed. What do you take me for? Have 1 not been here since the days of his Majesty's grand father? ‘Well, then,’ langhed the inquisitive doctor, *flet us hear something about the best of them.’ Upon this the Chamberlain, after the y ik fashion of the old housekeeper in some i English mansion, began a long each room he de- | seribed with some quaint anecdote, to connecting which Avicenna gave little heed, we i fear, rated His whole attention was concent on the Prince's tell-t.le { As the Chamberlain went gossipin he spoke of a room hung with pn se, Z On satin, which looked towards the sun- | rising. ‘Aba! said the doctor to him ‘the puiss beats quicker | has something to do with that amber ! boudoir. “Yi is hughly diverting, said Avicenna, wher sell, now, She or I'm an ignoramus, mr conversation, Mr, Chamberlain, the room of the chambers came to » halt; i to accompany you to such of the apart. ‘and I shall be pleased some day ments as are open to the public. Bome, I am aware, are inaccessible to the val gar gaze. Now, as U room hun atients with amber satin’ the 1 wt extiraoe to that am- ber satin room, I don’t know why, but pulse began to play the m dinary vagaries again ‘as hear more know the peautiful to t ’ I should ike names of those you abont it. ing isdies, no doubt, who live in that charming well deseribed. g too of one » ho mrimuent you have ) atte by 14 muca; 4 « PErhaps, De askin fi the luexperiencs itherto Deen a siranger to kangs s hat Fatims of ention,” re But the in- i's pulse seemed to think otherwise, vr it for it vof m plied the Chamberisin, val leaped and bounded in a strange way when Fatima's name was named, and = throbbed through the young man's stienuated f irame, passionate quiver The wily doctor had now fathomed the secret, There was no need for any more feeling the pulses, or hstening t« high-flown descriptions of other palace yet Avicenna folded the n's wrist his little fingers beauties: but | young m in and encouraged the garrulous Chamber : whilst he was orating the he could de for his paticot. “A 1d, straightforward policy,’ thought ‘will I will to the Sul shiatiaring CUA eT Ia best the eure « 10 00h B pian viee of Sar amd * ve the DOSS. an, cost me what and Le shall It NAY, TH will. est my remedy if he to thes when Avicenna made ir g report. Fi Cabons opened hs eves widest stretch, astonndi ir a long time be inerednions, but ox juiries he found there were us in his palace who professed to had their suspicions about the Prince and Fatima. She was indeed # but happy and forlorn, a sort of Cinderells, —the envy of her companions for hex beauty, and the sport of their pride for | her obsoure birth aud unfortunate con dition, an ill-used and ill-attired menial, | And yet the young man had, lize King | Cophetua, seen in that girl what be | gould not see in any other be ng in the wide world, he had seen a beaviy thal | ravished him, but which be had not dared to appropriate. The old Sultan was for some time rather vexel at the aMair, sud wished his nephew had fixed Lis affections on a more worthy partner; but when the beautiful slave was array- ed in her bridal attire, he thought hea | the loveliest woman he had ever seen, | and wondered he had not sooner noticed her surpassing grace. Indeed, the old man was so charmed hy the bride that her bridegroom felt almost jealous of his uncle, ‘Had I had ss good eyes as my he phew,’ laughed he to Avicenna, as be scattered a big handful of rice after the blushing couple, ‘I might have popped the question myself, and thea how would my nephew ever have got well in?’ » The doctor thought within k ‘Perhaps if you had done so she have murmured, “No, sir!” Bat he felt it was fo par} of a pradent man reply with thet sort of smile which, is the east or in the west, may mean any thing or nothing. bi PE Faaxuaxn Maw. was indignant and maki pers save miracle of loveliness, she was un
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