, 1880-01-24

them --rxpcctoratcd by Nasr-csl-din Himself,
from tic security q III; reserved box
p1casantnesscs at the time, 50 strong was the
hope that the Reuter- convention was serious,
W1scn It became painfully evident ihnt the
whole business - svas q hinge Oriental 1oke,--
and that Civilization wns to be kept waitlnE
a Iittle longer fur adnittancc to the fatf
Persian land of promise, we Europeans Ent
ittlreasonably Indignant al! ut ONCE, The fiat
tti!Impiai cnuree from the Russian frontier
to Windsor, md back again, was changed to
snrcnst!c criticism md abuse. Nothing, was
70 stupid ansl odfous as th|s Sinh; Inothtng
having been lie mast tumble aud dcludeti,
were now, Of course, bftterest IN lecrying
hW. There Is small room for touhting thaE
II Na:s.etl1l1n had vcntnrcd down Cheapstte
Of ora 't @ sGfe 9a; 9n he would I'D pave anDss nfsn
f!ike the ~ com1aonest nH II Lord: Mayor of
1nnton. rather fancy fasr-ed-din,
whn has something Ct the serpent's
,ss wisaom ~ honE' nat much M Of the harmless
agreeable tn cxprct in England; for. when
for the second time he cane tn Europe, he
stutflously. avolietl crossing the Stralts Of
Dover, and contentsd his zen! for inquiry
Continent.
Ws saw = coed deaf Of him in Paris dur
Ing the Exhibition; H. was slipposed TO be
here inrog; put have not forgotten that his
ordinary mortals IN Republican France.
WhGrcver he went, he found polite scrgcnts-
dc-y!Ilc 10 clear Tic. way for him; and he
lived quite as luxnrtonsly rs any soverels1
Hotel. Nasr-ed:sl1,, did not entirely neglect
to t1ke note Of the things aud persons he met
on his travels. 1Ie had already given the
world ONE volume Of hts, ilInstrs9us history
bary II Iisy X Msestys s tic sa Of fsa Psrsia Dur
been Transmitted! from tic original Persian,
sefvY as lsuel as possiSs Sf the native ilavoT, M
by Albert IIautum ,Seh!mdler and Baron
Louis dc Norman. His AinJesty's OBSERVE
tions Of men and lnlanners cannot consci-
fnosym ax t It es aa sssSsS s a ,pa partsnd f hnt
fill one Important object Of o bnok. Il few
specimens Of his jottings In France may be
OF Interest to many Of lny. readers. Let us
see wl,at nnr eminent author has 70 say Of
mention of the eisctric light in the neighbor:
hood Of the Grand Hotel:
"A Russian engineer, named ,YablotchkoG
this this, Is MonsIenr r; APPLE gYn'blotehkoit
wonderful lamp. lighted BY electricity, WHICH
Petersburg Itself, or at other European
Cities It IS not yet in use. There are
Ing the streets. and turning night Into
S Wien i n' is siH aist. oS ill., isht @ ps''ss Is as
strong as at ths morning. dawn, perhaps
BY sds vii The eiec.ricai aiaps reIniml one one
Of the candle which tho fool lighted In broad
daylight Il reference to verse from sadl's
The Erand Hotel Is !maginattvely described
n fjnp 1oH hipf, huttItun 3ptfh Mt Ina et
Ills Majesty presently continues: :" In the
streets Of thls town one hears nothing but
the 1rambllng of lnnumerabln wheels; the
INC like t0nnlamtedt' the :racklng Of the
coaclsnen's whips; md the blare Of tic trtlm-
| pets BY which the omnibus-conductors warn
The rsopls not TO to get i9 a, The waK i Is really
city: the little children eyc, behave them
| selves properly, No one speaks loudly, md
one rarely. sees two CHILDREN quarreling to
and, head doin,1,, walks along, polite to
OF the Paris coachmen he further OBJ
serves, With singular sagaclty: The
seen a conchman TINT keeps awake
when not actually moving. Whenever his
master, or the person who has hired. the We
@s @ .ems sass ds into s1s shSp eIs 6r te af 3uil @ to
tie coachman Immediately, and on hts sent
falls asleep, and sleeps on until Ills innstcr
comes out agnln. Every coaohulRn has q
6sE' 'ssRsde II III c 1s aseep ss before no
IIere now Is a short account of solr&c at
Queen 1sabelfa's: I'm the evening We were
invited TO dine at the, Basil!sk Palace lstc],
aaq 9e q III 2nsS" &as saM Mua s'a II
! Mlllk, Nfzcr Aga. Persian Minister Mt Paris.