Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-01
ROYALTY.

queen Elizabethl0f Roumanla IL intensely
musical, fond Of ddnSiug and has written a
ballet.
Kaiser Frederick SAID, in accepting honor
airy membership in tho Academy of Legal
Sciences, at Madrid: 'gThc first task of the
legislator is to procure equal right for ALL"
Prince Alfred Bell, son Of King Bell, Of
Cameroons, has learned the trades of lock-
smith, joiner, and ship-builder, and is now
studying and working in the machine shops
of the North German Lloyds at Bremen
haven. $40
The car, according to Vanity Fair, is in
sane and requires the constant services Of a
guardian.
h emperor of Brazil did not find time to
call upon the pope during his stay in Rome, a
circumstance that gave rise to considerable
comment.
Prince Ferdinand, in a speech at a banquet
in the hall of the Sobranie at Tirnova re-
GENTLY, said: "Here in this building l swore
to lead Bulgaria to the goal marked out for
her in history. now repeat that OATH"
Queen Louise, of Sweden, Is threatened
with a return of the cancerous trouble which
nearly took her life a year ago.
Queen Natalie takes such pride in her black,
glossy hair that rather than hide it she wears
it in an old-fashioned waterfall hanging down
her back,
Lord Stanley, of Preston, Lord Lans-
downe's successor as governor general of
Canada, leaves England on June 4, for the
Dominion.
Isabella, eX-queen of the Spaniards, when
she appears abroad wears a costume very
much The same as that of a nun.
The officers of the Bordeaux garrison
lately gave Nine. Carnot a handsome fan,
and the president has sent them in return
three splendid bronze groups which cost
$1,000.
The empress of Japan is taking lessons on
the piano. The Mickado's ffty-seven physi-
clans are giving him every attention.
The late Admiral Sir William Hewett was
in 1862 one of the most successful blockade
runners of the war. Sir William commanded
the Lillian, a paddle-wheel steamer of I'M
mense speed, and managed to elude the
| vigilance of the federal blockade squadron
on several trips between Wilmington, N. c.,
and Nassau, N. p. The Lillian was, however,
at length captured, and Hewett languished In
a dungeon for many months.
Sir Provo Willis, the senior admiral of the
British navy, is 100 years old.
The sultan, contrary to Turkish custom,
went into mourning with his whole court for
Emperor William.
The Empress Eugene will spend the sum-
mer at Osborne cottage, placed at her dis
posal by Queen Victoria.
A new plot against King Milan of Servia,
comes to light nearly every day. He should
have sent his hostile wife a handsome spring
bonnet.
Count Tolstoi is the title and name of two
| distinguished Russians, and it is well to
know that fact in view of suspicious of at
tempted violence to one of them The con-
fusion between Count L. N. Tolstoi, the nov
elist and philantrophist, and his cousin,
Count Tolstoi, the, bigoted and narrow
minded minister of education, is very COM
monty made. TIL lame of Tolstoi is found
more than once in the history Of Russian lit
erature.
The duke of Saxe-C oburg-G otha has given
the duke of Edinburg Rosenan castle, four
miles north of Coburg, surrounded by fine
forests and commanding charming views.
Lord Augustus LOTUS, at one time the
British ambassador at Vienna, presides over
the bookkeeping department of Lady LOT
tus' millinery store.
Lady Paget, formerly Miss Minnie Stevens,
daughter of Mrs. Paran Stevens, is one of
the handsomest women in London, with a
peculiarly graceful figure, a fresh complex
and an ability to manage spirited horses.
Queen Olga of Greece is practical, dresses
plainly, aud goes in for domestic economy,
etc, even making her own bonnets, it is said.
Dagnar of Russia, the princess of Wales
sister is said to be politically smart, though
not intellectual otherwise. Like all her sis
tiers she is clever with her needle, as they
had to make their owl clothes before their
father got to be king.