The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-15

being fond of study and investigation. He
has composed poetry, talent he lnhsrhs
from his granada Their, Feth Alec shah, and
has written several volunes-of travel, IN
Guiding one upon the antiquities he has Wis
tied in Persia He also gives personal
supervision to the editing of the court jour
nal He has great tact, while Is consult
tional diffidence tends to abate the dict l.
torial manner so common with men OF his
station.
To these Qualities must be added a pleas
ant wit and a thoroughly good heart. In
deed, it might be said that the trait
which most distinguishes Nasr-ed-ll Deem
Shah from many oriental and some Euro
pean monarchs and des DOTS Is the aniabllity
of his d sposition. The crlelties of tine
early part OF his reign were the result of
education and environment. He is by
nature clement ana humane, little dis
posed to exercise the extremes of power,
and unlike most autocrats, grows moro,
rather than less humane with increasing
age.
II should he remembered that the swift
justice common in the east Is sometimes alb
solutely essential 10 the preservation q
order in such q community, ami does not
necessarily imply truculent DISPOSE ion.
1t is less cruel than conSignlng thousands of
men and women to a helpless doom IN the
dungeon of Siberia. These observations
regarding the character OF Nasr- Deem
Shah are not the result OF haSty obSerya-
ton, but are drawn from somewhat !ntl-
mate knowledge of the facts. greater, per
haps, than that of some who have dis
courSed on that sovereign and his country
THE MoNARCH's DRESS.
To those who imagine the shah to be
habited in turban and flowing robes, like
other orientals, it may be of interest to
know that whether at court or on his travels
his dress differs but little from that of u
European military officer. The costume Is
simple as to color, deps ding for ITS splen-
dor upo1 state occasions on the large dla-
monds which serve as buttons, and literary
form the epaulets. The head-covering,
which is never removed during the day, Is,
however, essentially Persian, being slightly
conical, and made of a stuff initiating very
fine black lambsXin.
When the camp remains some days IN
one spot the bigi officers of the court some
times amuse themselves with assisting the
cook in the cuisine much as our own people
are wont when going out for sail, all then
taking hand IN preparing the choWder; or
grand hunt Is arranged and the game
keepers and falconers assemble in number
and style that reminds one of the hunting
pageants of past ages. Persia abounds in
game both large aud small, partridges,
pheasants. hares, gazelles, hex, panthers
and tigers being abundant. with few lions
in southern Persia. The shah is an enthu-
siastic sportsman, like many of his prede-
cessors, daring and good at the rifle. After
the chase is over, while the impression is
yet vivid, he has sometsmes sketched some
of the scenes of the day, both with pen and
pencil, while reposlng In his tented pavil-
ion.
These details of the life of one of the
ablest and most prominent sovereIgns OF
the day are not unimportan1, FIR they rep
resent scenes such as were seen in former
days in Europe; scenes gradually becomir &
more rare even in Asia and des;ined en-
tirely to cease and disappear during the
life of some of those now living SO rapidly
are the changes of the age in the Orient as
well as i'll Europe.