Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-18
PsHA:
TAe Potentate OF Nastiness.

shrek of IL locomotive engine; when the
electromagnetic wire Is strlns from
pillar to arch amongst the rims of old
Thehes; when steamboats, roll the waters
which conceal the chariots and long
buried armor of Pharaoh and his hosts,
and when the Holy Sepulchre itself is
invaded and taken" with photograph
machine, Kings and princes come TO
find that the omnipresent newspaper in
.eryiewer knows AS little distinction Of
person as Death itself. and that the d.
vinity which doth hedge a king is an
attribute AS unknown to the modern
journalist As the mselstrom of tradition
is to the modern navigator. or TIE uni
corn of old fables 70 the latter-day
student of natural history. Which
predatory remarks bring US fairly up to
the facts and deductions herewith re-
produced from the New York Tribune of
July 3:
In spit. of the glitter OF those won
derful diamonds, and the glories of that
blazing surtout. We suspect that the
visit Of the Shah to Europe has dispel-
led the last lingering belief III the tab
uious m,sni.icence of E ,>tern monarch
les. The Shah OF Persia was one of the
most interesting uf the two or three
Oriental rulers OF whom the Test of
mankind knew little or nothing. The
Mikado Is no longer n mystery The
Sultan excitss neither curiosity nor awe.
The spleudors OF India are stories OF
the past China is getting common.
ami the Son of Haven is only boy.
But the Shah has been shrouded tor
ages in "a golden vail of romance. Trav-
elers have learned little about him; his
subjects have rarely been seen iu Eu-
rope; secluded from the outer world. he
has reisned i'll unapproachable majesty
over country whose very name Is elo-
qnent to Western ears with tales of
wonder and enchantm-nt and the luxu-
RANT fancies of the Eastern poets.
The glamour is all dispelled. Nasser-
ed-Din has journeyed across the territory
of the Feringees with his enormous
retinue. scattering larSesses worthy of
the Commander of the Faithful in the
ARABIAN Knights" and spending the
revenues of an Empire in the diversions
of a pleasure trip; and what tawdry
fort of Shah he turns out to be.
Wherever he goes, his hosts are glad TO
get rid of him. He IS vulgar he i,
coarse: he is dirty: he is rude. If he Is
lodged in N palace, one trembles for the
pictures and resigns the carpets forever.
His high-born cour,i-rs amuse them
selves cutting the flowers ont of the
tapestry. and the heads ont of the ROYAL
family portraits. If he proposes to pro-
long his visit. the honor Is DECLINED. and
Car and X .iser and Queen show like
alicriry in passing HIM over the border.
He is hidden to il banquet. and after he
has once sent Il refusal. he changes his
royal mind. rises from his bed, and pre-
SCENTS himself at the door of his distract
ed host, when the meats are all cold and
broken. and the guests have gone home.
He keeps AN emperor waiting for hours.
ant insnlts every lady of the court who
is not handsome-for even cOurt-la,iies
are som ttimes ugly. He advises X user
Wilhelm tn hang that old woman Au-
gu>ta.'' He he,iaubs the gowns of the
royal ladies who sit beside him ut din
ner He throws his food on the floor if
he does not like it, and he splits ON the
audience when he goes to the opera. OF
some other incidents of bis tour perhaps
1t Is as well not to speak; may be the
stories are not true.
The material wonders of the Orient"
are not the only Oriental productions
which have paled before the accrnins
disenchantnents of the latter half of
the Nineteenth Century. Certain stub
born and tyrannical supersiitions which
got an origin thereabout, some fables
which have long been quoted az facts,
and some traditions which have for Sew
efal centuries been swallowed at one un-
considered gulp down the Threats of I'M
resisting generations have also become
subject to u very sure and progressive
spirit of investi CATION and philosophic
iishtenmeut. If this comm. into
Earope will only act as an assisting
force in aid of the better thinkers of the
age, his Nastiness will have proven not
An entirely worthless instrument in
promoting the Cause Of popular eniight-
eminent.