Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-07-26


pended owing W, financial embarrassments.
The fact is. a warning that ought not to be dis
regarded. Universities, SO called. which are
In fact nothing but boarding schools, are SCAT
tered all over the land. Western towns, es
pecially, seem to have mania for establishing
universities just as they have for opera houses,
and with no better hope of supporting the one
than the other. They aEe comparatively use
less in an educational point of view, aud near
ly always impecUpious in financial. II would
be part of wisdom TO make those which we
haVe better, rather than to. start new one ey-
cry time Q town is started i.t u
Yale and Harvard will haye 10 settle vex.
ed question by "long pull and strong pull
The reierse iu the late University bout race
has published card tvieghing against the
stupidity of those who located "the finish OF
the course, and puts the matter in such case
that The Yale crew cannot in honor refuse to-
notice it. He says, Had the line been located
properly. .at right angles with the course of the
boats. the result Of tue races would haze been
entirely different, aud tlAe race decided on the
merits of the crews instead OF chance in the
position of crossing lines no two points of
which were equi-disant from the start" IIar-
ward at 6rst intended challenging Yale. but on
second thought preferred to submit quietly
aud leave the matter wholly TO Yalos sense OF
honor. r4. ., tf.
We copy From the Chicago Tribune the fob.
lowing graphic account of the bearing and
treatment Of their distinguished guest by the
sppbs Of Engsnd 1t IS not little curious,
how tax human weakness is capable of debase-.
ment, when popularity seems to lie in that di.
reciiun. The article will repay pcrusal
THE SHAH AND THE SNOBS
| To Judge from the EUu.ine accounts Of the
correspondents there has never before been
such display of toadim and snOhbery on
| the occasion Of the reception OF the king OF
! Kings" who rules over small bachuS of
degraded people and devoles the revenues
OF Tue State To the purchase Of jewely
| and concubines for himself. London seems 10
have run wild oyeI the occasion, and the mod
el Queen and the whole machinery of State
appear TO have been given up TO the entertain
ment Of u disgusting savage 1t was Tor this,
sort Of i2Alividnal that hundreds of thousands
| oi dollars have been spent by the State, and
thai British DabUbs have yied with each 9TH
er in their balls, banquets, aad entertainments.
| III kere have bSen naval reviews and Operatic
shows Members o Parliament huye mainly
spent their time in standing Oh gin.seebter
| barrels to catch glimpse af this big Oriental
| tiger. The speculators in opera tickets sold
out al prices ranging AS high as $3.50 on the
night of the Shah's visit. a sort OF cOnserva-
| tory attached TO the Royal Operu House,
was fitted up with about I,lOl seals, and the
great and independent Briops paid us hAsA
| as SAl a seat to catch glimpse oi the bejcw-
,led aud bcdZcncd Persian and taking their
seals at O'Clock in the afternoon waiting
for his appearance till alter in the evening.
Al the State ball given in his honor, fabulous
prices were pilld for ad2ission tickcls 10 the
a0or where these people had the rare privilege
OF appearing before his regal Persian eyes In
the same position as the dancng.slaves of his
own hnrem. The SUM of e5 per head was
paid Tor the privilege of bp0king on from the
MusigiAns gallery. The streets were crowded
and snobdom held undispuled possession OF
the metropolis. The newspaper Jenkinses
were in ailVDdaRce, and, when they eOuldn''
interview the Shah, made the best OF the mat
ter by engaging the confidence of the Shah's
servants. .... ..
This exaggerated condition of National
toodism, in which, FROM all accounts, the peo
pie oi both high and low degree shared, wus
called out by miserable ds6Gstche, who anus
ed himselfprncipnlly by estimating the at
fractions Ol ihe women pGesepled TO him al
o9ering rs high as 100000 apiece ftT those
who happened to strike his Gahcy. Will the
, favored English ladies WHO had this higl
price placed upon thtin attractions regard th'
offer rs II new "calchy" The Shah also con
sIituted himself an impromptu member OF lh'
State Council, and adyised the Prince .
Wales To cut the Duke oi CunbrdgUs heat
off, as he was growing dangerously rich ant
powerful, just us he had recommcn lid tht
Emperor William "to get rid of that old Au
, gusIus."
For the rest he spent, his time in disappoint
inc those who hud invited him Ia their hons
rs or making his appearance al a late hou
, AT dinner alter M bad declined the invitation
. Then hr sat DOWN and spat out the yipnds OF
I tho carpet when they did not please him, anC
got drunk on champagne. The whole Ritis
nation seem TO have pPostfated tlienas Ives be
fore this disgusting Oriental brutes aad, In dO
ing so, deserve to carry off the palm of toad
yism which has heretofore been supposed b.
Engishmen 10 belong 10 America.
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