The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-06-10
KETCHI1M AIRAS COUNTY IDAHO SATURDAY, JUNE TO- 1893

used to partake largely; his whole
life there was of the same innocuous
and unpretending description Of his
favorite beverage. When he arrived,
year after year, he used to seize his
modest valise and, disdaining all
help, walk away to the hotel by
himself, to commence the usual
"cure" in the quietest way.
The Emperor of Austria is a high
liver and pays unusual attention to
the demands of the palate, and as
the empress is reputed to be the
very best royal housekeeper in Eu-
rope, his watts are we'll supplied.
He is said to have a special aftec-
ton for Spanish wines.
The Prince of Wales prefers
Bass ale, but he is a first-class con-
noisseur in all wines of choice vint-
age, especially the dry brands OF
champagne. Among all the fast
livers Of the Marlborough house
set, not one has stronger head or
can drink him first to bed. He can
rise quite fresh in the morning after
seance at wine and cards that
leaves his less well-seasoned COM
panions with buzzing heads and
routed appetites. He is a rare judge
of wine and pays high prices for
good brands. He lately boug ght
some 1853 Chateau Yquem at IS
francs bottle.
The Marquis of Salisbury is very
abstemious. At luncheon or dinner
he seldom takes any liquor, and
when he does it is usually but 9
glass of red white wine. Mr.. Glad
stone likes claret and port, used
sparingly. His fondness for tea is
we'll known, and this he can only
take when it is made by Mrs. Glad
stone. AS vocal lubricant he uses
a preparation made of sherry and
the yolk of an egg.
Leo XIII is most frugal in the
matter of eating and drinking, al
though he is by no means bigotee
abstainer. His breakfast consists
of a cup of goats milk with dash
of coffee in it. At his dinner HI
consumes basin of broth and on
plate of roast or broiled meat, fol
] lowed by an orange-the latter a
all seasons of the year. For sup
per he takes second basin of brotl
and a boiled egg. Of wine his holi
ness drinks sparingly and alway
Boardeau, supplied by some piou'
people of the Gironde district, VIII
send him annually a barrel Of %
liters, which suffice for his needs
The Vatican cellars, however, ar
richly stored, notably with famou
Rhenish vintages of 1912 and Span
ish wines of 1882, together wit
cognacs, the origin of which is los
! in the mists of antiquity.
, Henry Irving is fonder OF clare
, than of any other wine, preferenc
which was also shared by the lat
Mr.. Parnell.
!, Lord Randolph Churchill-Brar
dy and water.
MIR. Balfour-Port.
Count Tolstoi-Tea.
, Mark Twain finds that wine clog
) his pen, but that two glasses
champagne prove an excellent stin
y ulus to his tongue.
As stimulant coffee has nevt
a been very popular in Englant
E Young, the poet, was very fond of
r till, finding it injured his nerves, t
! intimated his intention of abstain
/ ing from it. His grandson aske
q the reason. The doctor answered
:. "It keeps me awake at night; lean
q sleep for it." "Then / beg you, 81
not to leave it off, otherwise yo
: will give us more Night Thoughts.
!. The French find in coffee a mo
a efficacious remedy for the temp
8 rary torpor of the mind, which r
e suits from the process of digestion
f It was Balzac's sole stimulant. II
. first as we'll as his last story vi
| written under the inspiration
r black coffee. When friends visitt
him he offered them wine, but nev
It touched it himself.