The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-31

most winning face: she is very
bright in repartee, and her goodness is
a household word.
When the foods were in France an
attache of the French embassy was
telling the Princess the story of the
dreadful suffering that had come to
the poor by the rising of the waters.
son. said the Princess, eff we
could only do something for them -
tsBut you have already contributed, I"
said the courtier.
eyes, 1 KNOW said Margherita,
'sbut should like to do more-there,
take this bracelet unclasping a
gemmed circlet from her arm, stake
this and send it to the sufferers.
''Your Royal Highness is too good, :"
said the courtier, takirg the bracelet,
nevertheless. The goodness Of the
Princess became contagious, and each
one who heard the story followed her
example in making some gift then and
there. This gentleman gave his dia-
mond.set watch guard. that one his
ring, some fair DANES unclasped their
necklaces, others their bracelets, and
some contributed that greatest of all
feminine treasures priceless lace
handkerchief little bit of gOssamer,
worth q hundred times it's weight in
gold.
Thus the poor, half-drowned peas
ants in France were relieved through
a noble impulse on the part Of the
Princess Margherita; and the gift was
still greater because it came from the
heart. This story is current in Italy,
and quite in keeping with the charac-
ter Of the Princess.
A great deal of comment has been
made in Italy, about the Kings init
macy with Myers, the circus manager.
Myers, you know, is the man who sent
GratiOt Washburne, son of our Minis
ter to Paris, to New York to hire a
bareback rider. Well those who knew
Myers, we're surprised that he should
have selected such all agent, but those
who knew 'sGrat,'' as he was familiar
ly called in Paris, were not in the
least astonished at his accepting such
a position.
Myers is the Barnum of Europe.
He has travelling circus that far sur
passes any other similar show on the
Continent. Less than a year ago I
met this man in Vienna, and, without
the least reserve he entered upon the
subject Of his intamacy with the
King.
s:Why," said he. ''the King would
come and take tickets at my show if I
asked him to-
This, we rather doubted and told
him so; to which Mr.. Myers replied:
swell, I don't mean exactly that;
but then he'd do anything in reason.
Why that time my lions died in Berlin,
and knew the Emperor was coming
to see the show, telegraphed to the
King, knowing he had just received a
valuable lot as a present, and told him
I must either borrow, buy or steal
them. BY the next conveyance they
came on to me, and were as fine ami
mails as the Berliners ever saw
sit is a good thing to be on such
terms with royalty,'' said.
eyes, lie answered, SIT lis a good
thing when King is such a magnifi-
cent fellow as Victor Emanuel. But
then he never makes allowance for
very hard work, but wherever / am,
no matter how long day have had,
l must go and sit with the King after
the show is over, and smoke and talk
till two OF three o'clock in the morn
ing. The king never tires of talking.
He has an iron constitution, and is as
good a Judge Of horsetiesh as there is
in the world. He knows every point
of an animal, and it is this knowledge
and this taste that make his cavalry so
fine.'
Then Mr.. Myers showed me the pres
ent he had lately received from the
King-a magnificent gold watch and
chain. On the back of the watch was
the monogram V. E. in diamonds, ru-
bies, and emeralds, and the royal
crown. Around the rim was the in
scription, "To James w. Myers from
Victor Emanuel, King of ITALY," To
the chain was attached locket which
contained all admirable enamelled
miniature of the King, and the locket,
as well as the watch, was set in jewels.
Well, a King has a right to choose
his friends, and Victor Emanuel could
hardly have found aman whose tastes
were more congenial to his own than
those of Mr.. Myers. He is most Ell.
pertaining talker, and from his broad
and peculiar travelling experiences
has rich fund of anecdote at his COM
mand. The two men are evidently on
very close terms of intimacy, and an
Italian remarked to me the other day,
''Why should it not be so? The King
gives us the most government for the
least money, and Myers the biggest
show. It is as essential that we should
be amused as be governed