The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-08-10

o'c4 tuIhS elcc VI
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 few sous. The photograph,
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 q frst-class sensation. Our
royal visitors have 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 a grand
dinner by one of the cabinet min
listers. His Imperial ITignoss is un-
derstood to be very healthy diner,
and the nae'aaa was Of the most Law
ish and r6cherchee description
When everything was ready the
distinguished Persian squared him
self for the task before him, and
amazed the company with the ra-
pidlty with which the different
dishes of the feast disappeared be-
meath his imperial jacket. Oyster
Pates, calYes' head jelly, troubles,
mushrooms fried in oil, pates de foie
grds, picked lampries, with noun
tain Of Persian eonsetves, 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 libations Of Sher-
bet, alternated with the most de-
liciouS rum punch. At last he es-
pied bottle of Batty's pickles, and
this was the rock on which he split.
lie had not oat himself on the out
side of more than q halt-dozen gear
kins, FIVE Or six onions and a little
nip Of cauIiilower, when lie began
to feel serious misgiyiugs that some
thing was wrong, and soon it be-
came manifest that there was q
troubled commotion in the region of
the Imperial epigastrum. 1t was
three o'clock i'll the morning and un-
fortunately not a physician could be
found. The whole palace was in a
state OF excitement and alarm, for
in another half hour, unless some
thing was done, Persia might be
mourning for her Shah and all of
the Prime ministers be doomed to
the H&ri Kari. An old lady who
was present and whose experience,
no doubt, qualified her Judgment,
suggested an emetic and mus
tard plaster which, being applied to
the part most affected, soon brought
the Imperial sufferer relief. De-
lighted aud amazed at his mirac-
ulous cure, he inquired for the in
ventor Of the marvellous compound
and 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 has
been royalty endorsed for century.
Lucky Keen! Immediately, it is
said, that the Shah ordered a hun
dred cases and insisted on every
one Of his ministers putting q plas-
ter on his stomach to see how good
it felt. 1t is said that every one of
his Imperial subjects will be pre-
sented with a mustard plaster, and
an Imperial decree viii make it the
standing medicine of the Empire.
The order of the Medji is sure to
follow, and in the meantime the ex-
citement has reached the restaur-
ants: Keen's mustard, Keen's
mustard meets you everywhere;
blazing pIaycards proclaim its vir-
tues. 1t is not only an admirable
addition to roast beef, but it is in
valuable for any kind Of salad. Il
preserves you against theinclemency
of the weather, and it wards off
attacks of incipient cholera. AS I
said before, lucky Keen to have a
Shah! Lucky Shah to have Keen!
'sVive lie Shah, vige Keen! Vive
Keen, viye lie SHAH
Truly Yours, 3.