Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-24

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waving down over his shoulders. III,
brightness Of whose eyes can bu scoI
even through his spectaclcs, an.
an enormous amount of pla,
and humor, and fancy, lurking in til,
mobile, muscles OF the mouth. This i.
Mr.. Scud:,more, the Second Sccrctar,
Of the Post Office, the man who
induced the government to uuucrtuk,
the purchase of the telegraphs, ant
under whose direction they have bcel
marvcllorsly amplified anil improved
Il man of extraordinary powers of or
ganization and official aptitude, ioinct
with the plcasantest fancy and til.
brightest wit a man vino, in his earl,
days has written magazine papers ant
stories without end, who has contrib
uted some of the ncatcst and mos
humorous verses to be found in til.
pages of Punch, and who, with the OK
ception of Dickens, is the best altel
dinner orator ever heard in my life
The telegraph apparatus against which
be leans Is in
DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH TEMERAN
and already the Minister left by the
Shah in charge of his capital is reused
up-it is three O'Clock in the morning
with hlm-to read the address of con
graduation which the city is about t.
offer it's guest, and which has beel
sent nearly four thousand miles ove1
the wire. Near to Mr.. Scudamort
stands his chief, the Postmaster Gen
eral, Mr.. MaDsel1, man with soft
shaven face, stealthy glance and ;
general Jesuitical aspect, and near him
tall, pompous, bald-headed person,
"empty and tine," as Mr.. Browning
has it-consequcntial. fussy and insane
in the highest degree. This is Viscount
Sydney, the Lord Chamberlain, tho
man who ordered
THE BALLET GIRLS TO LENGTllEN TIiEIi
SKIRTS,
and who, in his character of censor OF
our plays, forbils "Patric" and only
just permits Frou- Frou," while lie
licenses the grossest indecensies of the
Palais Royal. He moves now, as ia
all the rest, at the sound of the blarc
N trumpets which announces the 40.
proach of the Shah. The Lord Mayor
and the Corporation have long since
hustled away to the ancient porch OF
the Hall to welcome their visitors, and
to the sound Of martial music the pro
cessiOn enters.
FIRST COMES THE SHAH,
leading tho Princess of Wales. 1 have
already described the Persian monarch
as saw him. at the Brussels Railway
station Oh the occasion ofhis departure,
and there is nothing to add to that de-
scription. He is still dressed in the
black tunic, this time covered with IL
dark green riband across his breast,
bordercd by rows of priceless jewels.
His bands OF diamonds he had left at
home, but retains his jewellcd scimeter
and his block pointed cap within::it. Oh
this occasion, the "Sea of Light" u
diamond which Mr.. Moses Isaacs would
exactly appreciate and envy. The sol.
emnity of his face is rather detracted
from by the pair of gold spectacles,
which gave him somewhat comic APP
pcarance; and by his side walks tile
Princess of Wales, perhaps, strictly
speaking, not The lovcliest, but with
her tall, graceful figure, her sweet,
earnest face ana her thoroughly high.
bred air, certainly the most attractive
woman III our land. She has her hair
rather tightly knotted in coronct on
the top of her head, thus, let us hope,
setting the fashion for lie abolition OF
those enormous, hideous chignons,
which so distigurc our English women,
and she is dressed in
THE QUIErEsr AND MOST PERFECT TASTE.
in blue and white satin, ornamentcd
with diamonds. Led 10y the Shah and
the Princess, the procession, composed
of royalties and other notabilities ad
vauces to the dais, and after the great
creatures have seated themselves on
their golden chairs, the one notable
and impossible to be avoided English
af1liction-thc presentation of an al
dress. The Corporation gathering
themselves in front Of their visitors.
a dried, withered up chip of little
man, who is Sir Thomas Chambers,
the Deputy Recorder of London, in
hard, grating voice proceeds to read
out a preposterous composition of COM
plimentary iargon. This is translated
by the interpreter into Persian aud re.
pliou to in Il few short and decisive
sentences by the Shah, which sentences
are again translated into English by
Sir Henry Rawlinson, of whom I have
already made mention. Then occurs
another never failing civic institution
on such occasions the presentation to
the visitor Of the freedom of the city, OF
which he will no doubt make great
deal OF Use. The casket in which this
document was enclosed was however
very handsome, being a huge gold box,
enamelled on all sides and supported
on each corner by i. kneeling camel.
THE FIRST QUADR1LLE.
Time was getting on, and if the King
OF Kings was to be introduced to any
more Of the customs Of the West, the
ceremony must begin ut once. So,
evidently, the Princess thought. After
a look around she gave the signal for
retiring to the body Of the hall, where,
after the Shah had taken up his posi-
ton, quadrillc was commenced,
the Prince and Princess of Wales,
the Lord and Lady Mayorcss,
the Czarowitch and the Princess
Dagmar and the Duke and Duchess of
Tecli being among the dancers. Settling
his spcctacles firmly on his nose, the
Eastern potcntatc rcclipcd comfortably
back on his seat aud watched the per-
formancc with half shut eyes. What,
wondered as gazcl Ut him, were his
thoughts as lie looked on it2 Did they
go back to his native land and the last
Terpsichorcan evolutions lie had wit
Messed there2
There the harcn,'s inmates smile,
Maids from the West with sun bright hair
And, from the gardens of the Nile,
Delicate as the roses there,
Daughters OF love from Cyprus rocks,
With parthlan diamonds i'll their locks,
Light Peri forms such as there arc
On the gold neatls of Candaiar,
And they before whose sleepy eyes,
In lllcir VII bright Katilall towers,
Sparkle such rainbow butterflies
That they might fancy the rich flowers
That round them III the sun lay sly,,iny
Then been by magic all set flvinS.
Or was he thinking that he had had
a very long tlay, that he was extremely
tired, and would like to 60 to bcdl
Probably the latter, for, after wit.
Messing one or two dances, the Shah
intinlatcd his desire for supper, and,
after taking very slight rciresiment,