St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-06
FOREIGN FOLK.

Ex-Queen Isabellai of Spain is taking
beauty baths at SchinZnach, where an
tIques are renovated,an time-worn flesh
tlntS are restored.
Jean lngelOw is now a gray-haired
little old woman of sixty-three years.
She is kind friend of the pour, and at
regular intervals gives them what she
calls copyright dinners" from the pro-
ceeds of her books.
The stables at Marlborough house are
very extensive, and contain big string
of saddle and carriage horses, of which
the Prince of Wales is a good Judge.
The cost of running the stable depart
ment of the establishment is $50, 900 a
year.
The Queen of the Belgians has made
herself seriously ill by eating too freely
of watermelOns. 1t does not always
follow that the head that wears
crown has more wisdom in it than there
is in the kinky-cOvered Uranium of
hungry colored wench who has the free
run of melon patch.
The shah of Persia has recently be-
come so unpopular with his subjects
that they are said to be ripe for revolt.
Nasr-ud-Din has never been much
liked by the people, and his latest action
i'll endeavOring to make a minister of
cOmpanied him Oh his tour of Western
Europe has raised din to which even
the royal ears are not deaf.
Senior Glycerlo, in a recent speech
in the Brazilian senate, resented a
slight cast upon the exiled Dom Pedro,
reminding his hearers that the latter
was never a tyrant, but an honest man,
and the best ruler Brazil ever had; and
the speech, the account states. was
loudly applauded. This. if the knowl
edge reaches him, should prove of some
comfort to the eX-emperor, whose physi-
clans are said to doubt that he will ever
be able to leave Vichy.
President Theirs, like President
Greyy. was of an exceedingly economi-
cal turn of mind, and the most incred-
IDLE stories are related of the parsimony
OF Nine. THEIRS, who, although pos
sessed of enormous wealth, was wont,
while mistress of the executive man
sion, to haggle in person with the deal
erS regarding the disposal of the old
empty bottles. In Crews time the
servants were in the habit Of placing
plates in the cloak rooms and of openly
soliciting the presidents guests for tips
at all official balls and receptions.
Gen. Tscheng ki-TOng, the secretary
of the Chinese embassy at Paris, vino
was recently recalled to his country on
account of his dishonest financial opera
tions. is now in Toxic. The report that
the diplomat was to be beheaded has
proved untrue. He hopes. indeed, to
repay the large sums of money which
he received under false pretenses, as he
has wealthy friends and relations. His
French wife is now in Shanghai, where
she supports herself by painting on
china. She has one son. The general,
it is said. has two Chinese wives also.
At the Austrian court the custom of
''perquisites'' is still in full force, and it
is difficult for anybody who has not
seen with his own eyes how things go
there realize what the servants per
Qulsites" really mean. Some of them
are entitled to claim all the old bottles
of wine which have been uncorked but
not enptied; others, those which
have been brought up from the cellar
but left untouched: while the wine
that remains in the glasses after the
guests have risen from dinner is rehot-
tiled carefully and sold by the footmen.
The court servants make open traffic of
the imperial Ieavings.
Right royalty is President Carnot
spending his salary and allowances,
amounting to $780, 00, which he receives
annually for his services as the
CHER magistrate OF the French
republic. Unlike his predecessor.
NJ. Greyy. who made point
nf saving every centime that he could.
NJ. and Nine. CarnOt appear to regard
their official income as destined to be
spent entirely in official representation.
Their names figure prominently on
every charitable subscription list. and
their entertainments are on a scale that
can only be compared with that of Mar
shal Mae Mabon, who sacrificed half of
his private fortune. i'll addition to his
salary. in maintaining tile dignity OF
his lofty Office.