Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1878 — Mehemet’s Ali’s Death. [ARTICLE]

Mehemet’s Ali’s Death.

Later advices from Constantinople give further details of the circumstances attending the death of Mehemet Ali Pasha. It seems that at Gusinje, Plava and Kolasin, even before the arrival of Mehemet Ali, complete anarchy had gained the upper hand, and upon his arrival in Jokovo he found the greatest excitement prevailing among the inhabitants. He was violently upbraided with having come to Albania to hand over the land to the Servians. The agitation went on increasing, finding vent especially in the vehement abuse of Abdullah Pasha, Mehemet Ali’s Adjutant. The house selected by Mehemet Ali for his lodging was fired by the Albanians of Jokovo and Ipek. Then the fight began between the incendiaries and Mehemet Ali’s escort, in which twenty men of the latter fell. Toward evening, though the intervention of some Ulemas, the conflict was appeased, the insurgents promising to observe a peaceful attitude. About 6 o’clock in the evening, however, 'in Jokovo, where Mehemet Ali still remained, the struggle broke out afresh, resulting in the death of Abdullah Pasha, with several officers of the escort, and the house in which they took refuge was fired. Mehemet Ali succeeded in escaping from the burning building and in concealing himself in a shed close by, but his hidingplace was soon discovered, and he was mercilessly put to death.

It is not generally known that the Chinese make very fine razors, and that for a long period no European shaving knife could compare with theirs in keenness and durability. A fine edge is a necessity with them, /since they regularly shave their heads—carefully omitting the pigtail—without using soap or any other emollient. They only moisten the scalp with a little warm water,