Deseret Evening News | 1901-10-15 | Page 4 | New York Evening Sun

New York Evening Sun Not only was wits Ameer Am er Abdurrahman Chan Ithan of or Afghanistan a good fighter a 11 i statesman and a n wily dip but he was Vila one of ot the tIre few tel real cat literary men among sovereigns Ills Autobiography hy showed him to toc be c the possessor of ot unusual gifts And the he fact tact that his was In tho the unpleasant position of being a It buffer state tato between England and Russia with all that that Involved did not prevent him from enjoying the seren sereno Ity ty of or mind that is necessary for tor or the social octal philosopher One of ot the most In interesting things written by tho the Ameer was vas the tho letter of ot Instruction to his son recently published in which the young youn ter ster was told how to behave when he be visited sited England Ingland l and other barbarous places This document proved roved 11 that the Asiatic potentate united many of the tho thoa accomplishments a of ot Lord Chesterfield to o some of ot the virtues of at our own Den Ben Denjamin jamin Franklin