FOREIGN GOSSIP.
An elcphnnt died In Bombay lnte
ly who hnd lived to bo 300 years old.
A young womnn nt Ostcnd, Bel
gium, Is said to tivko a sea bath every
day in thoycar, remaining' in tho water
about fifteen minutes.
Li Hi, the presont King of Corea,
belongs to a family which has hold tho ,
Corean throne since 1392. During that :
THE RUSSIAN POLICE.
The Almost Unlimited rielil Occupied hj
Its Ilepresentntlves.
Thoro Is probably no country in tho
world whero tho public power occupies
a wider fiold. plays a more important
part, or touches tho prlvnto personal
life of the citizen at more points than
it does in Russia. In a country llko
Knglnnd or tho United States, where
tho peoplo are tho governing power,
HABITS OF ROOKS.
SOLITARY AS A
tlmo twcnty-nlno Kings have reigned, ! , funcUon8 of tho"1)0ilco p. 'simple
nnu tlio power of eacn lias been more
despotic than that of tho Czur of Rus
sia. Tho Czar is said to wear always a
ring in which is otnbeddcd a pieco of
tho truo cross that was given to an an
cestor of tho Czar by a Popo long ngo.
Tho Czar Is said to bo superstitious
about this ring, and once, when he
had started upon a long journey and
had forgotten it, ho had his train held
while a messongcr wont back upon a
Iocomotivo and fotched it.
At Russian places of amusomont
tho ladles wear fur caps and big fur
collars Instead of tho hats and bonnots
worn in othor countries. An observer
says: "Somo of them havo such won
derful comploxions that ono might
well say tho effect of their faces above
tho whlto fur is that of roses in snow.1
Among tho hereditary jowols be
longing to Duko of Cumberland aro
Queen Chnrlotto's pearls, valued at
$750,000. about which, for twenty
years, Queen Victoria and tho Han
evorian King quarreled with ran
jcstorlul dignity. The Queen main
tained they belonged by right to En
gland. Tho King insisted they should
havo been sent to Hanover in 1837, on
tho death of William IV. The othor
Jowols belonging to tho Duko aro
valued at $2,000,000. His gold and
silver plato weighs twelve tons.
DRAWING-ROOM SECRETS.
An Kngllsh r.mly Who Drill lehiitant-s
fur tin! Onsen's ICix cptlons.
Next to tho Queen as a model of
court carriago stands tho Duchess of
Tcck. Mrs. It told mo all this in n
soft, motherly way. Then she sudden
ly turned practical, and fixed her oyos
keenly and crltlcnlly and said: "But
come, tako your hat oil and wo will
havo a lesson. Placo this on your
hond." oho handed mo a disk of
wood about tho sizo of a tea-plato
"Thoro, put that on your head. This
ribbon prevents its falling olT. Now
walk up to me!" said madamo. "Koop
your head dp. Don't walk," sho cried.
"You musn't vonturo to walk. Your
foot must slldo over tho floor. Hold
your shoulders up. Keop your chin
high. Now try again!"
I wouldn't bo a maiden of tho Sunny
South. W o aro told that tho cause of
their oreot bearing is long practice
with a wntor-pltohor on tholr bonds
A platter of wood convinced mo that
tho maidens of tho Sunny South de
serve all tho orect carriago thoy can
got, Havo you evor trlod to walk with
your head up with a bit of wood bal
ancing on tho top of your skull? I
tried again. "You must not lift your
toes." I did so and balanced tho piece
of wood with oaso.
"Now, I will bo tho Quoon pro torn.
Glide up to mo." Sho rotlrod to tho
end of tho room. "'You must rogulato
your stops and count two botwooneaeh
fctop forward. Tako anothor stop, and
then curtsoy."
I oboyed. It was a very unstoady
ono. "Try again, and go down very
slowly. Slowor, slower," sho said,
Btrotchlng out hor hand, which I
kissed. "You mustn't try to grab tho
Queen's hand. You must sweep your
hand round so" and she mudon grace
ful curve lu tho air "and be careful
your noso doesn't touch tho Queen's
hand. Any time enn bo given to tho
curtsey to tho Quoon. Then you must
curtsoy to each mombor of tho royal
family. Tho Kmpross Frederick may
bo next tho Quoon. Make a deep
curtsey to hor, and a shorter ono to
each of tho othors according to tholr
dlstanco from tho Queen. Tho regula
tion uumbor of curtseys is six. That is
what I train my pupils for. Having
finlsliod saluting each member of tho
royal family you back out swiftly still
wnii a gliding motion, to allow tho
othor ladles to como up. This back
lag out Is really a succession of curt-
oys with ilrst tho right foot and thou
iuu mit mot jorwaru. ion icicle your
itirts away all tho time.
"1 seo all my pupils in tholr full
dress," Hald Madame, "to give them
tho finishing directions. I keop trains
noro lour yards long for practice Los
sons aro almost required If you go to
tho HUito ball. Debutantes aro ofton
Invited. Tho only formnllty to bo ro
mombored lu tho drawing-room is tho
modo of carrying your ticket. This
must bo carried in tho loft hand, with
your right-hand glovo between tho
fourth and little linger. Ladlos aro
also permitted to carry handkerchiefs,
but it Is not advisable You glvo up
your ticket, as tho Lord Chamberlain
announces your name, and then you
advance up tho room to tho Quoon."
"Do you get muny American
pllsP" I asked.
"Yos, I had aovoral last yoar, Thoy
woro very agreeable young ladles, too.
fiomo Kngllsh people think that Amorl
hii women aro too go-ahead to bo na
decorous as good tasto demands. Hut
I can not say that. I think Americans,
rlth till tholr curiosity and their road
Sows to plunge Into any conversation,
are animated not so much by a dottlru
to bo forward lu evidence as by a llvo
Jlor Intelligence and animation than
tho Kngllsh. I havo hnd some Kngllsh
kelrosses to teach; and oh! thoy aro so
stupid when thoy como fresh from the
wuutvy to make tholr llrst iippcurauco
ki socloty," Pull Mall Garotte
and clearly defined, and aro limited,
for tho most part, to tho prevention or
the detection of crime, and tho main
tenance of order in public places. In
Russia, however, whero tho pcoploaro
not tho govornlng power, but hold to
that power tho relation of an infant
ward to a guardian, tho police occupy
a v ,-ry different and much moro impor
tant position.
Tho theory upon which the Govern
ment of Russia proceeds is that tho
citizen not only Is Incapable of taking
part In tho management of tho affairs
of his country, his provlnco or his dis
trict, but Is incompetent to manago
oven tho affairs of his own household;
and that, from tho time when ho leaves
his cradlo and begins tho strugglo of
life down to tho tlmo when his weary
gray head is finally laid undor tho sod,
ho must bo guided, directed, instruct
ed, restrained, repressed, regulated,
fenced in, fenced out, braced up, kept
down, and mado to do gonornlly what
somebody olso thinks Is best for him.
Tho natural outcome of this pntornnl
theory of government is tho concentra
tion of all admlnlstratlvo authority In
the hands of a fow high officials.
j and nn enormous extension of tho po-
lico power. Mattors that In othor
countries aro loft to tho discretion of
tho Individual cltlzon, or to tho judg
mont of a small group of citizens, aro
regulated in Russia by tho Mlnistor of
tho Interior through tho imperial po
lice. If you aro a Russian, and wish
to establish a nowspapor, you must
ask tho permission of tho Minister of
tho Interior. If you wish to opon a
Sunday-school, or any othor sort of
school, whother in n neglected slum of
St. Petersburg or in a nativo vlllago In
Kamchatka, you must ask tho permis
sion of tho Minister of Public Instruc
tion. If you wish to glvo a concert or
to got up tableaux for tho benefit of an
orphan asylum, you must ask permis
sion of tho nearest represent
ative of tho Mlnistor of tho
Interior, 'then submit your pro
gramme of oxorclsos to a censor for
approval or rovlsion, and finally hand
over tho procoeds of tho ontortalnmcnt
to the police, to bo embezzled or given
to tho orphan asylum, as it may hap
pen. If you wish to sell nowspnpors
on tho street, you must got permission,
be registered In tho books of tho polico,
and wear u numbered brass plato as
big as a saucer around your neck. If
you wish to opon a drug-storo, a prlnt-Ing-olllco,
a photograph-gallery or a
book-store, you must get permission.
If you aro a photographer and de
sire to change tho location of your
placo of business, you must got per
mission. If you aro a student and cro
to a public library to consult Lvoll's
IIott to Kep tliu Orreilr Writs Awny
from it Certain Locality.
! in tno autumn when tho nuts aro
ripe tho rook Is busy. Walnuts aro
his especial favorites. You will not
seo n bird near tho place until thoy are
ready for thrashing down; but when
that time has come a solitary pioneer
will appear first, high up, inspecting
tho tree or trees. Iho next day ho will
bo joined by ono or two moro. After
wheeling about and over tho placo thoy
will settle and oxamlno tho stato of tho
crop. If tho outer rind Is loosened
from tho shell of (he nut, a problem
soon solved by tho blrd3 biting n piece
off, they will fly away and glvo Infor
matlon to tho rest that luxuries aro to
bo had. Then u number come, nip
ping tho nuts off in tho most wholesalo
manner and flying off with them. In tho
first fiold or meadow thoy dine; with a
dig or two of tho powerful bill thoy
split off tho outer covering, and
then with ono moro dig opon tho nut
nnd eat tho contents. They aro quick
ly back for moro. "HI! Gip! Rooks!"
cries a mnn's voice, and a fino old dog
dashes over tho lawn a dozen times a
day, barking his loudest to scare them
off, for if left to themselves thoy will
clear tho heaviest crop from tho trees
in a very short tlmo. It is no uso
thinking of shooting thorn; you mny
point a stick at thorn and ilourish it
about as much as you llko, and it will
i i f j i j .
hoi uisuiro mom in mo least. A gun
Is a dillorent matter; only let them
catch sight of ono, and instead of com
mitting tholr robbories in an opon and
dollberato manner, as is tholr usunl
way, they will clatttor into tho trees
llko hawks whon thoy got a chanco, nip
off tho nuts and lly away. Tho only
effectual plan Is to trap ono. I once
saw tho experiment tried. Ono of
them hopped Into a common trap, set
openly. only so secured that
tho bird could not fly off with It
I Hiding himself in troublo tho rook
yollcd out his noto of alarm. Up tho
others cluttered, cawing their loudest
and dropping somo of tholr plunder
All their menus round about camo to
see what was tho matter and to join In
tho uproar. Plying found and dashing
down to him as though to got him out,
n.. n a i .
nnu nmung mis no uso, moy were
frightened out of their wits by their
comrade's frantic shouts, and thoy
mounted high up in tho air. cawing
tholr loudest. Whon tho captive had
his neck twisted, and ho was sprcad-
eagieu out on a suck tor las compan
ions' inspection, tho business was set
tled; not a singlo rook has been near
tho placo from that tlmo. I have
ofton proved tho fact that shooting
somo doos not affect tho rest in tho
least: but trapping ono upsets tho
wholo rookery for a long tlmo. Whon
that calamity has onco taken placo it
is put down in tholr notebook, and no
matter what may bo tho attractions of
tho locality, it is shunned with tho
groatost caution. Tho Cornhill Maga-zino.
nu
"Principles of Geology" or Spencor's
"Social Statics," you will find that
you can not even look at such danger
ous and incendiary volumes without
special permission. If you are a phy
sician, you must got permission boforo
you can practice, and thou, if you do
not wish to respond to calls in tho
night, you must havo permission to re
fuse to go; furthermore If you wish
to prescribe what aro known in Rus
sia as "powerfully-acting" medicines,
you must have special permission, or
the druggist will not daro to fill your
prescriptions. If you aro a peasant
and wish to build a bath-housoon your
promises, you must got permis
sion. If you wish to thresh out
your grain In tho evening by
candle-light, yo;i must got permission
or brlbo tho police, If you wish to go
more than fifteen miles away from
your homo, you must get permission.
If you aro a foreign travolor you must
get permission to come Into tho Um
pire, permission to go out of It, per
mission to stay In It longer than six
months, and must notify the polico
ovory tlmo you change your boarding'
placo. In short, you can not llvo,
move or have your being lu tho Russian
Linplro without permission. Goorgo
ivoniiau, lu Century.
1 ho latest story of Bismnrok do-
scribes how ho called on tho Kniporor
the othor day, and while waiting In
tho anto-room hoard voices In the Im
perial nursery, and wont In. Ho found
tho little Crown Prince grinding away
ata barrel organ, while the two young
er Princes woro trying to danco.
"Please, Princo Bismarck, como and
danco with mo," said ono of tho young
sters. "No, I am too old; I really can
not danco," said tho old gentleman,
"but if tho Crown Princo will danco I
will grind the organ for you nil."
When tho Kmporor opoued tho door
the Cliaucelor of tho Gorman Kmplro
was found grinding away in a high
state of pleasure and perspiration.
Tho moral of the anecdote was drawn
by His Majesty, who said that, not
content with making threo generations
of lloheuzollerns danco to his nine.
Bismarck has already begun with tho
fourth.
FASHIONABLE WOMEN.
According to recent statistics.
published In tho Honolulu Almanac
tuul Directory, tho population of tho
Hawaiian kingdom Is made up, in
round numbers, of 18.000 Chinese
2.000 white natives, 2,000 Americans,
1,300 British, 1.000 Germans, D,600
Portuguese, 2,000 of othor foreign na
tionalities, and 41,000 Hawullans aud
half -castes.
One Who Claims to Know Talks Ahouttho
I.ltoraturn Allected IlyThein.
"What do fashlonablo womon rend?"
I might answer "ovory thing" covers
a largo fiold In a gonoral way, and I
prefer to deal with particularities just
now. 1 havo boon told moro than
onco that tho readers employed by
publishing houses to road the MSS. of
novols aro almost invariably women,
and young women between tho agos of
twenty and twenty-five Tho reason
glvon for this is that, as the majority
of novel readors are young women,
a young woman Is considered the host
judge in this matter. This may bo truo
or not, but it Is truo that a groat many
elderly womon dovoto a largo portion
of tholr tlmo to reading novels. Thoy
aro too old for much social lllo, and
therefore havo plonty of tlmo to dovoto
to reading, and thoy soom to havo a
fancy for tho lightest kind of novols.
Ono elderly, crlpplod lady whom 1 onco
nnu tno pleasure oi Knowing, took a
great delight in books that told of
murders aud tho pursuit of tho crimi
nals by detectives. Sho declared that
she knew tho Bible and prayer-book by
heart, for sho had read them dally
through a long life, and sho road nov
els because sho enjoyed them.
Coming down to tho youngor wom
on, there aro many fashlonablo mar
ried women whose spoclal pleasure is
reading history and biography. I know
sovoral women who appoar to pass tho
grantor part of tholr llvos In socloty,
nnd yot thoy find tlmo to read tho best
novols of tho day, tho biographies,
memoirs and books of corre
spondence that aro bolug con
stantly brought out, and tho many vol
umos of poems. French novols aro
much read by the womon who habitu
ally study tho language during tho
winter season aud tako an annual trip
abroad in tho summor; but I find that
tho French novel is often laid aside for
tho study of some of tho French classio
writers. A fow ambitious debutantes
make an attempt to keep up with ono
or two studies nnd do a Uttlo solid
reading, but boforo tho season is well
under way their engagements aro so
numerous that tho attempt falls
through, and if any time at all is de
voted to books it Is to tho latest society
novel. Tho oldor girl, howovor, tho
girl of a fow soasous, finds tlmo to
take up a language, nnd If she Is in
earnest sho accomplishes a good deal
of heavy reading. N. Y. Star.
Including policemen, post-ofllco
officials, market men and women, care
takers, hospital nurses and nowspapor
writers aud printers, It Is estimated
that fully 103.000 of the Inhabitants of
Loudon aro night workers.
The llnril Lines Mnrronndltic
linperor of China.
As yet tho doi.igs of the Chinese
havo no particular interest outside
their own country. Tho mnrriage of
tho Kmporor Is a strong proof that
this Is tho case. An Imperial alliance
of tho same kind in tho West would
havo sont a flutter through every court
in Kuropo. No Chancelor or Premier
will disturb himself about tho rank or
tho relations of the lady who becomes
tho Kmprcss of Chlnn. In the
Flowery Land Itself tho choos
ing of an Imperial bride" has no
political interest; sho comes from
no royal house; princely or even blue
blood is not a necessary qualification
She has to bo selected from tho "Eight
Banners," a phrase which expresses
the Manchu army of Pekln. Wo should
call them the "guards." for thev are
tho personal defenders of the Emperor.
Up till lately tho Emperor of China
only knew of tho Western nations as
"foreign devils." nnd tho small states
such as tho Corea, which aro in con
tact with China go under the name of
tho "tribute-bearins' nations." Ambas
sadors from these states present tribute
as feudatories, and in doing so nppenr
before tho Emperor on their stomachs,
knocking their heads on tho ground
a ceremony known ns the "knw.
tow." The Sou of Heaven could
not condescend to aak for a companion
to tho "Dragon Throne" from
nny of tho rulers of these insignificant
countries. It is tho Dowager Empress
who chooses tho lndy who becomes
her successor. The Dowager Empress
in the presont case is not tho mother
of tho Emperor; sho is the mother of
the late Emperor Tung-chih. During
his minority sho and the Empress o7
Ilicn-fung net?d as Regents; on Tuiif-
chih's death In 1875, when tho present
Emperor, then a moro child, was ap
pointed to tho throne, tho two ladies
again took charge of tho government
as Regents. In 1881 tho other
Empress died. Sho was known as
tho "Eastorn Empress," and tho
"Western Empress" continued tho re
gency. Un his marriage the Emperor
assumes full powers and the Rosront
retires into private life
Tho presont .hmporor was born in
1871; he is tho son of Princo Chun,
ono or the brothers of tho Enmornr
Hion-Fung. Ho is thus a full cousin
to tho lato Emperor Tung-Chih. who
died in 1875. Tho latter died child
less, thus causing a break in tho direct
succession of tho Ta-Ching, or "Great
Pure Dynasty." Tung-Chih left a will
appointing the present Emperor to
succeod him on tho throne. His name
boforo becoming Kmporor was Tsal
tien; but on becoming Emperor of
China a now name is always as
summed, aud tho now ruler will bo
known as Kwanrr-su.
n Inheritance
Vast as may bo
of China, many as
millions ho rules ovor, this young man
of oighteon must, at least for somo
yoars to como, count for littlo in tho
national policy. Documonts will bo
placod before him. and ho with the
Dragon Pencil" will sign them. As
Kmporor ho becomos a priest, and will
havo now to officiate in tho imperinl
temples, tho great colobration being
that at tho templo of Heaven. At tho
Confuclal temple ho has to address the
literati; and an important dutv in
Chinese eyes is that of visiting tho
tombs of tho dynasty, whoro ho offers
sacrifice and worships his ancestors.
Thoso tombs aro somo dlstanco to the
northwest of Pekln and havo
to bo visited onco a year by
tho roigning Kmporor. If an
Kmporor of China should chanco
to havo natural abilities, ho labor
under tho groatost disadvantages in
their dovolopmont. Kvorv action of
his lifts is affected by the otlquetto of
an elaborate coromonlal; tho two hun
dred volumos and tho "officials who in
quire into Heaven" who intorprot their
meaning must swaddlo up his whole
oxlstonco as If ho woro a mummv. Ho
has none of tho ordinary Intercourse
which othor mortals havo with tholr
fellow-creatures. All who approach
him havo to do so knocking their
bonds on the ground; on his exalted
throno ho is cut off from all thoso in
fluences which would and do improve
tho heart aud mind. His position can
nut oo uouor expressed man by re
peating what tho Chlnoso thomsolvos
say: "Ho Is as solltnry ns a god."
London News.
GOD. SIR JULIAN PAUNCtFOTb.
the loans I qn,. inn- A,fi the .Vr ltrltlih Minis
ter to the United State.
There aro fow moro cosmopolitan
men in the British Government service
than Sir Julian Pnuncefoto, the ncwly
nppolnted Knvoy of tho Kngllsh Gov
ernment to tho United States. He was
born at Munich, was educated at Paris,
Geneva and at Marlborough College.
In England; has acted as Attorney
General at Hong Kong nnd ns Chief
Justlco of the West India Islands, nnd
is now about to crown his erratic but
successful career by becoming the
Envoy Kxtraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of Queen Victoria to
tho United States. Though far from a
brilliant man, and even reputed as
somewhat slow and ponderous, yet he
has the advantage of being a particu
larly safe man one, In fact, who will
duly weigh the pros and cons of every
matter, even tho most trivial, before
coining to a decision ns to what
particular course to pursue. If nny
thing, lie is too cautious, the effect,
perhaps, of a legal training which
enabled him to devlso a codo of civil
procedure for the colony of Hong Kong
and subsequently for tho Leeward Is!
inds.
In 1874, after having been knighted
by the Queen, ho was appointed As
3istant Legal Under-Secretary of State
to tho Colonial Department. He, how
ever, did not succeed in getting on
very well with tho Permanent Under-
Secretary. Sir Robert Herbert, who
complained that tho excessive caution
exorcised by his lejjal assistant de
layed business. In fact. Sir Robert
used ovory menns In his power to shunt
Sir Julian from tho Colonial Olllce
But the Pauuccfotes havo considerable
staying powers, and not oven the offer
of the lucrative Chief-Justiceship of
Ceylon could induco him to forgo the
sweets of a fat oillco in Knglnnd.
At length, however. Sir Robert per
suaded the Earl of Derby, at that time
Secretary of Stato for Foreign Affairs,
that Sir Julian was tho very man of all
othors whose legal services would bo
of incalculable valuo to the Foreign
Olllce. Lord Derby accordingly of
fered tho newly-created Logal Under
Secretaryship of the Foreign Otllco tc
Sir Julian, and the department has
never had occasion to regret the bar
gain since. For, with all his littlo
faults of pomposity and self-consciousness,
tho newly-appointed Envoy to
tho United States is ono of tho most
eminent experts of international law
now alive
Sir Julian's favorite amusement is
fencing, and lid is almost as clever
with tho foils as in dealinir with in
tricate questions of international law.
Although far from rich and dependent
almost entirely on his official pay, yet
ho has always been renowned for his
kindly hospitality, especially to stran
gers. Sir Julian, besides being a
Knight Commander of tho Bath, is also
a grand Cross of tho Order of St.
Micliaol and St. George. Lady Pnunce
foto was a Miss Cubott by birth and is
descended from tho famous Lord Mayor
of that name. Sho is very popular, as
is also hor protty daughter.
On tho whole, both tho now British
Minister and his family aro likely to
bo quito ns popular nt Washington as
were tho Thorntons, especially If Sii
Julian can manago to lay aside a littlo
of tho pomposity which hides a verv
warm and kindly heart. N. Y. World.
MORGANATIC MARRIAGES.
which means
of Glory. "
tho Empire
mny uo the
BATHING IN ALASKA.
A venerable, white-haired clorgy-
man of Philadelphia has recontly beau
much gratified at recolvlng sovoral re
quests from ladles for a lock of his
hair. But tho othor day his wife re
ceived u noto that put a different light
on tho subject. It ran as follows
"My Doar Mrs. X. Won't you please
ask your good husband to send mo just
a littlo lock of his hair. Wo havo nil
boon taking lossons In making hair
flowers. So many of tho other girls
asked him and ho sent it to them, but
I thought I would rather ask you to
got It for mo. Now, won't you please
do this for mo, it is so hard to cot
whlto hair for llllles of tho valloy."
A lady who llvos near Lngranero.
Go., ordered hor servant girl to lire up
the stove preparatory to baking somo
potatoes, blio did as sho was dlrcctod,
but whon the stovo door was opened
tho house cat was found baked to a
turn.
Tho regulation professional carb
of tho English physicians and surgeons
Is tho high hat black in winter, drab
or whlto lu summor and always u dark
frock or morning coat.
Processes That Aro Derhledly DUucrre
ulile to tho Uninitiated.
Every Russian trading post, accord
ing to Mr. Dall, has a bath-house, and
once a week all the people avail them
selves of Its privileges. Tho apparatus
is simple, not to say primitive, but the
uiothod is what might bo called heroic,
especially the dressing in a room where
tho tomperature is below zero. A rude
arch of looso stones is built, and more
stones piled over it, so that a fire made
beneath the arch can penetrate between
them.
There Is no chimney, but a trap-door
in the roof. A large cask full of water
heated for tho purpose, and another of
cold water, generally with ico floating
in it, nnd a succession of bonches, ono
abovo tho other, comploto tho equip
ment. Whon tho stones are thoroughly
heated, and the smoko has all passed
out, nil coals aro removed and tho trap
door is shut; any smoke or coals re
maining will make tho eyos smart and
tho bath very uncomfortable. Each ono
leaves his clothing in an outer room,
and on entering wets his head and
throws hot wator on the heated stones
until as much steam is produced as he
can bear. Then ho mounts as high on
tho bonchos as he finds comfortable
and tho porsplration issues from ovory
pore Next ho takes a sort of broom
or bunch of dried mint or birch twigs,
with tho leaves still on them, which Is
prepared at tho proper season nnd
called mccntk: With this ho thrashes ;
himself till all Impurities aro thor- i
oughly loosoned from tho skin, und
finishes with a wash-off in hot wator
and soap. Then takincr a kantaa. or
wooden dish, full ot Ice-cold wator, ho
dashes it ovor himself, and rushes out
Into the dressing-room.
This last process is disagreeable to
tho uninitiated, but is absolutely neces
sary to prevent taking coid. I havo
known cases of acuto rheumatism
brought on by omitting it. Tho dressing-room
Is spread with straw, and al
ways communicates with tho outer air.
The temperature is often many doirroe
bolow zero, but such Is the activity of
tho circulation that ono drossoa In per
fect comfort notwithstanding. A warm
drosslng-room would bo Insupportable
Youth's Companion.
They Are 1'errprtly ltepectuli!r, Itut Con
ler No ltlirliti on the Wl c.
Morganatic marriages are but littla
understood cither in tho United States
or in England. By somo thoy are re
garded as a kind of semi-legalized con
cubinage; by others thoy aro believed
to confer tho full rights nnd privileges
of an ordinary marriage. Even tho
origin of tho word morganatic is un
known. Its most likely derivation,
however, Is from tho Scandinavian
verb "morgjan."to "shorten or limit."
Implying that the rights of tho inferior
of tho two contracting parties aro
limited, and do not extend to
tho full condition of the other's
rank. Thus a morganatic wife
has no right either to her husband's
title or fortune. He is not permitted to
chargo the family domain with a llfo
interest in her behalf. She is deprived
from the appanage ordinarily reserved
for the wife of her husband's family,
and if lie dies without specially pro
viding for her and h?r children out of
his saviuge or private and unentailed
fortune, both sho and her offspring aro
left penniless. Moreover, although tho
position of a morganatic wife is regard
ed as perfectly respectable, yet hor hus
band is at liberty during her lifotimo
and without obtaining any separation or
divorce, to contract another marriage
with a Princess of his own rank.
Among the numerous instances there
of may bo cited that of Princo Chris
tian of Sehleswig-Holsteln, who at tho
time when he married Princess Helena
of Great Britain, and became the son-in-law
of Queen Victoria, was known
to possess n morganatic wife and a
numerous family of morganatic chil
dren, who lived In a small provincial
town near Frankfort-on-thc-Main. An
other case Wits that of the Due do
Berry, at one time the heir presump
tive to tho throno of France, who al
though morganatically married to an
English woman, Miss Lydia Thomp
son, was forced by reason of state to
become the husband of a Princess of
the royal house of Naples.
Notwithstanding these drawbacks,
the sister of the present Duke of Rich
mond and Gordon, the most haughty
and powerful peer of Great Britain, did
not con&ider it beneath her dignity to
beconi'? tho morganatic wife of Princo
Edward of Saxe-Weimar, a cousin of
tho reigning Grand Duke of one of the
smallest of tho potty German States.
She is entitled to appear at court both
at home and abroad, not as a Princess
of Saxe-Weimar. but only its n Countess
of Dornburg. Another member of tho
same house. Prince Gustavo of Saxe
Weimar. is married to a Dalmatian
"diva" of "cafe chantant" fame, who,
on the day of her wedding, received tho
title of Baroness Neupurg. In
tho same way Prince Victor of
Hohenlohe, who does not even
belong to a reigning dynasty, but
only to a mediatized family, and
who holds the rank of Admiral in the
English Navy. i& married morganatical
ly to a Miss Seymour, who is known as
tho Countess of Gleichon. Ono of
the sons of this union, a young Count
Victor (.ileiohon, was recently in New
York.
The only American girls who havo
contracted morganatic alliances aro
Miss Lea, of Now York, now tho
Countess of Waldorsee, but who on
her marriage with the late Princo
1? 1 I -I- f r. , t . .
rrvuerieK ui acnieswig-iioistoln re
ceived from tho Kmp?ror of Austria
the title of Princess of Norr, and Miss
Elise Ilensler, of Boston, an actress,
who, on becoming in 18G9 the wife- of
tho lato King Consort of Portugal,
was created Countess of Edla.
Among the sovereigns who havo con
tracted morganatic marriages aro tho
late King Victor Emmanuol of Italy,
who gave his loft hand at the altar to
tho notorious Rosina. subsequently
created Countess of Miratiori; the Into
Czar, who married tho Princess Dol
gorouki nnd conferred upon her at tho
time the title of Princess Turioffsky;
tho lato King of Portugal, whose namo
has already been mentioned above,
and the reigning Grand Duko of Saxo
Meiningen, who is married to an act
ress of tho name of Helono Franz,
created Baroness Ilnldburg. The lato
Frederick William III. of Prussia con
ferred tho title of Princess Liognitz on
tho Countoss of Harrack whoa iio con
tracted a morganatic marriage with
her, and tho lato Queen Christina of
Spain elevated a simple soldier of
humble origin into a Duko of Rianceros
when sho married him in 1850. Brus
sels Cor. N. Y. Tribune
Charms agninst almost any of tho
Ills and accidents of lifo can bo ob
tained in Burmah, of tho Buddhist
priests, for a trilling consideration. In
this respect tho priests constitute n
sort of "travelers' accident insuranco
company." Ono of them will furnish
a charm warrantod to protect tho wear
er against being shot, for two or threo
dollars. Ono of those charms, obtained
by an Kngllsh officer, consisted of a
small image of a god, not much larger
than n pea, carved on ivory. In ordor
to make the charm efficacious against
sword wounds, a modicino mado by tho
priest, to bo paid for extra, had to bo
eaten.
Her Majesty receives as Quoon an
annual salary, termed tho Civil List,
of $1,1125,000; as Duchoss of Laucastor
she draws annually $205,000, and u
pension of $1,015 "in llou of prlsago
and butlorago on wines Imported Into
the duchy," whatever that mny moan.
This gum of $2,000,000 odd Is almost
all clear profit. Hor Majesty does not
von havo to bo charitable out of hor
own pookot, fo Parliament grauU
very yuir nn. "t7-000 f-yr-iynl yharl
tfos iu'3 V ---r
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