The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-08-14
No. 33.

p1ul1iO V1C11 AS1uVy itVV1O 1O1GAO1o .
with the most coquettish Of airs, and
end all of sudden making the air
tremble with a magnificent burst Of
song, which rises, swells and
thrills till the vast hall, from one
end to the other, seems alive with
singing birds. While the exhibi-
ton of machinery is exceedingly
grand and instructive, there is no
magnificent engine that overtops
all others as the Corliss engine ex-
ceeded everything else Of the kind
in the city Of Philadelphia two
years ago. Many Of the printing
presses on exhibition are miracles
of genius throwing off from their
lightning cylinders from twelve
thousand to twenty-five thousand
impressions an hour.
The telephone has found it's way
here, and now any countryman can
carry one home in his pocket for a
few sous, The phonograph, too,
has arrived, and in short we are up
in all the latest improvements.
Things are getting dull ; it's a
week since we have had anything
like frst-class sensation. Our roy
al visitors have mostly left US and
even our Shah has gone. What
shall we do without our Shah :?
Apropos, there is an amusing little
story that has just got out which
tells how fortunes are suddenly
won in Paris. During the recent
visit of the Shah of Persia he was
invited to grand dinner by one Of
the cabinet ministers. His In
perial Highness is understood to be
a very healthy diner, and the
menu was of the most lavish and
recherche description. When every
thing was ready the distinguished
Persian squared himself for the
task before him, and amazed the
company with the rapidity with
which the different dishes Of the
feast disappeared beneath his i'm
perial jacket. Oyster pates, calves
bead jelly, troufles, mushrooms
fried in oil, pates de tole gras,
picked lampries, with a mountain
of Persian conserves, provided for
the occasion, one after another
vanished in rapid succession, and it
is reported that the royal follower
of Zroraster moistened the imperial
clay with frequent ibations Of
Sherbet, alternated with the most
delicious rum punch. At last he
espied a bottle If Batty's pickles,
and this was the rock on which he
split. He had not put himself on
the outside of more than a half
dozen gherkins, five or six onions
and a little nip of caulifower, when
he began to feel serious misgiVing
that something was wrong, and
soon it became manifest that there
was a troubled commotion in the re-
gion Of the Imperial epigastrum.
It was three o'clock in the morning
and unfortunately not a physician
could be found. The whole palace
was in a dreadful state of excite
ment and alarm, for in another
half hour, unless something was
done, Persia might be mourning for
her Shah and all of the Prime Min
listers be doomed to the Hari Kari.
An cid lady who was present and
whose experience, no doubt, quail
fed her judgment, suggested an
emetic and a mustard, plaster which,
being applied to the part most af-
fected, soon brought theImperial suf-
ferer relief. Delighted and amazed
at his miraculous cure, he inquired
for the inventor of the marvellous
compound End was informed that it
was made by Keen, the celebrated
mustard manufacturer OF London,
whose house has been established
there over hundred years, and
who have been royalty endorsed for
a century. Lucky Keen! Imme-
,liately, it is said, that The Shah
ordered a hundred cases and insist
ed on every one of his ministers
putting a plaster or his stomach
to see how good it felt 1t is said
that every one Of his Imperial sub
jects will be presented with mus
tard plaster, and an Imperial de-
cree will make it the standing med
icine of the Empire. The order OF
the Medii is sure to follow, andzin
the meantime the excitement has