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prepared for his travels, taking with him the 
most beautiful of his .jewels, the most favored 
of hts wives and the most wise and observing 
of his courtiers and counselors. The Itrsi por¬ 
tion of his journey lay through the great mili¬ 
tary empires of Russia and Germany, He soon 
found it was host for him to sdiid liis wives Imek 
to Teheran. Accustomed to the twilight of the 
seraglio, they were dazzled by the glare of West¬ 
ern civilization; they would fain go wherever 
their lord and master went, and so it was 
deemed politic to send them back to the laud 
of otto of roses. The next territory which the 
Shah entered was Belgium, a lit stepping-stone, 
bv reason of its fertility and industry, for the 
the people. In the first place, a plurality of 
wives necessitates a plurality of households, for 
as the Eastern poet, Sadek, says: 
" Two Kings cannot rest hi One kingdom,*’ 
and much less van two wives lie expected to 
“rest” in one house. Thus it is ouly the rich 
that can afford such a luxury. Then again, peo¬ 
ple are apt to think that a wife in the East is a 
mere slave. So she muybctotheShali-in-Shah, 
or to a bad-tempered Aga; but there is only 
one Shah and few Agios, ami for the rest, if 
there lie n slave in the household, ten to one it 
is the husband. The wife is most stringently 
protected by both law and custom. The law 
both parties. As in weddings nearer homo, re¬ 
freshments form no mean part of the enter¬ 
tainment, coffee, cakes, and substantial meat 
dishes floating in the grease that, like the Tur¬ 
comans, the Persians delight in. being served 
up to the guests; while the ceremony usually 
concludes with a grand display of somewhat 
primitive but noisy fireworks, discharged as the 
bridegroom meets bis better hair on her way to 
her future home. 
THE SHAH OF PERSIA 
The Asiatic kingdom of Persia and Its ruler 
has suddenly attracted uncommon and univer¬ 
sal attention from the fact that the Shah has 
been making a tour of Eur >pc to see with his 
own eyes the results of Western civilization. 
Russia, Germany, England and Franco have 
each given him magnificent receptions, spend¬ 
ing millions of dollars for his entertainment. 
Accustomed to Ori¬ 
ental lu xury and bur- . ___ 
baric splendor, he 
has seen sights In 
Europe far surpass¬ 
ing the most bril¬ 
liant dreams of the 
Arabian Nights. 
Whether he has been , 
duly impressed or 
not, remains to be 
seen. It is said that 
when an Eastern 
Prince visits the ’ .4j 
of Nad i it Bus n. The 
present Snali is the 
gland's India forces, 
but was defeated by 
Generals Octram 
and Havelock. He 
signed a treaty of 
peace with England 
In 1857 r 
In personal appear¬ 
ance the Shah is of 
middle hlght, with a 
bright and intelli¬ 
gent though Orlen- ■ - - 
tally-grave face, 
which Is ornamented 
with a heavy, black moustache. Like all Per¬ 
sians, he is a perfect horseman, but has a good 
carriage when on foot, A great many queer 
PRINCE ADALBERT OF PRUSSIA 
This genial and intelligent, prince died on the 
6th of .June, at Carlsbad, In Bohemia. He was 
a cousin of the pres- 
-—- ent Emperor of Prus¬ 
sia and grandson of 
tho late King. Ho 
was born in 1811, en¬ 
tering the army at an 
early ago. Possessed 
of a great taste for 
traveling, in the 
v course of a few years 
he made tho tour of 
Holland, England, 
Scotland, Russia, 
||k Turkey, Greece, tho 
||1|\ Ionian Islands, 
I|||k Spain, Hilly and Bra- 
llllll^v zll. On his return he 
published an intor- 
ostlng account of his 
observations. Ho was 
made Admiral in 
18)8. In lBSu.hemade 
||||jym|m|ra|\ a trip along the coast 
of Morocco, and 
was 
wounded In an en¬ 
gagement with the 
pirates. Prince 
Adalbert did much 
to create a navy for 
Prussia. In personal 
appearance ho was 
below tin* medium 
stature and careless 
in hts dress. He 
loved to walk the 
Streets of Berlin in a 
short jacket, and 
loose, sailor penta¬ 
gons. lie had a 
keen, deep-sot. eye; 
was sharp - wltted, 
full of entertaining 
anecdotes. In 1851 
married TnRRESiA 
El 88I.RU, sister of 
the celebrated Fan- 
ivy Elrst.br, the 
Austrian ballet girl. 
She was made Bar¬ 
oness von Barium 
by -Wilhelm iv. 
The fruit of this 
union was one son, 
who died at. an early 
age from a fever con¬ 
tracted in Egypt. 
M. LOUIS VIETEL 
r President of the Na- 
France, died on the 
6th of June, in Paris. 
Hts was born in 1802, 
was a tnomber of the 
institute of France, 
an editor, an Mi or and 
statesman. Flo wrote 
tion of 1830 he was at 
the head of affairs. 
' Ills critical articles 
were mostly on 
Archeology. 
He was very hos¬ 
tile to Republican¬ 
ism, and after the 
cotip d'etat retired to 
private life. He be- 
camo one of the 
leading conserva¬ 
tives In the present 
National Assembly. 
He possessed great 
versatility, and was eminent in many walks in 
life —a trait which appears characteristic of 
THE SET _A_H 
wonderful Island, Great Britain, which the Shan 
desired to see, above all other cou ntrles, because 
it. was the birthplace of most of the marvels 
which specially distinguish the West from the 
East. Nothing In recent English history has 
exceeded the magnificence of the reception 
given to the Shah. The whole nation has been 
mad over him for a month. The Shah visited 
Paris, and Is now supposed to be on his way 
home. 
protects her dower, which must be restored to 
her should she be divorced, and gives complete 
command over it while married. She has abso¬ 
lute power over her children; sho is most read¬ 
ily supported hy her relatives in the slightest 
grievance against her husband; has what visit¬ 
ors she likes; visits when and where she like-, 
the presence of the husband In both cases being 
reckoned an unpardonable intrusion; while at 
homo in the harem ehe Is supreme sovereign, 
few husbands daringto dispute her power. One 
wife like this is reckoned amply sufficient by 
most men, save perhaps for the Irishman’s rea¬ 
son, that when there were two they would fight 
each other and leave him In peace. 
Again, marriages arc almost always organized 
and conducted by the women. The prelimin¬ 
aries are usually settled by the mothers of the 
couple, who take some time to arrange the 
dowry of tho bride, &e. When the marriage 
does come off, it is a most gorgeous and expen¬ 
sive affair, often entailing Immense expense ou 
PERSIAN WIVES. 
Though Mahomet permitted four wives to 
his followers, and set the example of polygamy 
by obtaining a special dispensation from Heaven 
for nine for himself, comparatively few Per¬ 
sians avail themselves Of the privilege. We are 
too apt to take our ideas of internal Eastern 
life from the households of the wealthy and 
great, who, in so despotic a country, live far 
different lives from the mass ancl generality of 
