Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-08
KINGS AND QUEENS.

+ The king of Siam is thirty years old and has
thirty children.
/. Bulgaria has come to the conclusion that
Ferdinand Is worth two in the bush.
The king of Holland keeps fine portrait
Of MIR. J. L. Motley in his bedroom at the
hague.
The grand duke of Baden wishes TO take an
American tour, but his ministers oppose the
project.
Queen Isabella IS reported, is spite of vari-
Gus denials, to have been plotting to over.
throw the Spanish regency.
More than $4,000 has, it is stated, been
already collected for a present to Alexandra,
princess of Wales, for her silver wedding.
The emperor Of Brazil wears buckeye or
horse chestnut tied to his neck to keep off
evil spirits; and it has been great success.
King Albert of Saxpny has written to this
country for volumes on the American war
by living authors. His majesty is an author
ity on European military matters, having
greatly distinguished himself in the Franco
Prussan war. 'tg
"A Philadelphia shoe house recently re-
ceived an order for apslr of slippers from "a
member OF the Japanese royal family, tho
companied by a piece of paper on which was
traced the outline of the royal foot, with the
necessary measurements. 1t calls for No.
21I slipper. :"
1t has been generally reported that the
| crown prince of Germany has suffered good
deal of annoyance from his inability to smoke
his pipe. The fact is that "Unser Fritz" has
never been in this habit of using a pipe except
when hunting or campaigning. Cigarettes
and cigars have taken the place Of his pipe at
most times.
When the Emperor William celebrates his
ninety ty-frst birthday in March, every soldier
in the great German army will be presented
work is to be betrayed by public subscription
and the names of the subscribers will all be
presented, bound, to the emperor.
According to continental story the queen
of Spain has been investigating the mysteries
of "hypnotism." Alta seance, conducted in
narrated, a young lady, well known In
Madrid society, on being magnetized, late a
raw potato with great gusto," and did many
equally wonderful things.
The viceroy of India rules moro subjects
| than the emperor of Russia, the. president Of
the United States, and the president Of the
French republic, taken together? he has
more real opportunities of usefulness than
President Carnot or President Cleveland, and
his outward state and dignity in his demin-
himself.
The. princess of Wales is again suffering
from an attack Of deafness. She is now com
pelled TO use an ear trumpet, a necessity
which she very unwillingly submits to. The
king OF Greece, the princess Of Wales
brother, is troubled with a like deafness, al
though the kings case is worse. 1t has been
said of him that he could not hear cannon
roar without an ear trumpet.
In the days when kings and queens and
princes and princesses are writing books and
magazine articles with q surprising zest, it
might be expected that the fashion would ex-
tend to the islands of the sea. The "Mem-
oirs of an Arabian Princess" by Emily
Ruete, princess of Oman and Zanzibar, is a
book possessing the merit of a simple, hu-
morous style, fine bits of description and of
revealing new scenes, curious customs and
the social ethics of a Mohammedan country.
One question the princess asks which fur
nishes the key to her character, "Would il
| not be more humane to import female physi-
clans into Zanzibar instead of those horribly
demoralizinS spirltuous liquorss" The book
! is pleasing throughout and the princess re-
lates en- passant some of the meanness of the
English and German governments in the
island