The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-05-21
Princes of the Earth.

Emperor Alexander of Russia, like his father,
takes trouble badly. A correspondent who saw
him at ST. Petersburg some weeks ago writes:
"His cheeks are sunken and his eyes are dull;
his carriage has lost much of its firmness and
dignity; he is prematurely aged. This may ba
caused by hard work as much as by anxiety,
for be works now as hard as or perhaps harder
than any of his Ministers. Every morning ha
rises at seven, takes his walk on the Palace
Quay at eight and from that hour until nine at
night, with the exception of one hour for eating,
he is at work in his Chanoellere."
Victoria of England, Augusta of Germany,
and Marie of Russia, are presently to receive
from the American Women's Centennial Ex-
ecutive Committee elaborately bound copies Of
'The New Century for Womep," Reports Of
the Philanthropic and Charitable Institutions
of the World" "Worthy Women of our First
Century" and 'Final Reportiof the women's
Centennial Executive Committee" The books
are records Of women's work at the Centennial
aud are lnclosed in cases made of Florida red
cedar, lined with Vermont birds's-eye maple.
They are to be given in recognition and ac-
knowledgement of the courtesy bestowed by
those sovereigns upon the Womens Centen
nial Executive. Committee.
The little Prince of Italy is very amiable and
st9dious. His memory is good for he is an
adept in the practice of remembering stories
read to him in English by Mrs. Lee, the COVER
ness, which he repeats word for word to his
mother. As the little Prince had play.days
this winter in Rome it was thought desirable to
introduce the refining element, for, till then, no
captivating damsels had played with the Prince.
Mrs. Lee called his Royal Highness to her side,
bade all the other boys stand in q row, and
then harangued her little company on the duty
of giving up everything to their new playfel.
low, who was little GIRL and as such entitled
to every concession and every indulgence. The
little Prince listened with a very earnest face,
and when Mile. Margot Sonnino, the grand
daughter of Gen. Della Rocco, appeared she
found herself the pet and darling OF the party,
who We'd with each other in polite attentions.
Napoleon would not have any newspaper
correspondents loafng about his camp. In the
ninth volume of his correspondence, recently
published, is a letter addressed by him, early In
1874 to Gen. Savary, then Minister of Police.
''The newspapers" he wrote, 'are edited with,
out any intelligence. Is it rational in the pres
ent state of affairs to say that I had very few
men, that conquered because surprised the
enemy, and that we were one against three?
You must indeed have lost your heads in Paris
to say such things, when l am saying every
where that have 30O,0 900 men, when the enc
my believes it, and whenS it must be repeated
again and again. had formed bureau Tor
the direction of journals; does it never see
these articles? That is the way in which, with
few strokes of the pen, you destroy al the
good which results from victory!
1t is very common blunder to call the Presi'
dent of the French Republic Marshal dc Mac
Mahon. The prefix 'de" implies ateudal ten
ure from which the family name, coming alter