Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-19
PETS OF ROYAL PERSONS.
Their Friend ship is Disinterestee and They Reveal No Secrets.
 From the Toronto Globe

From the Toronto Globe
 The sovereign in Europe who stands mos: in need of a friend and companion whose fidelity and loyalty are above all sus- picion is the unfortunate czar, who, like his predecess on the throne of Peter the Great, has 80 often found himself deceived and betrayed by just those of his courtiers, his officials and even his relatives upon whom he had bestowed the grestest amount of kindness. Under these circumstances 1t is not astonishing that be should place his principal reliance on superb and huge Danish dog with short, mouse-colored hair and quite as big ss young donkey. The dog, a gift of his father-in law, King Christian of Denmark, is the successor of similar hound which lost its life in the terrible railroad accident at Borki, when the imperial train was entirely destroyed, the czsr and the czsrina escaping sll injury (savs the shock to their nsrves) in the most miraculous manner. Alexsnder's present dog is not oaly by his side when he walks out, asleep beside his bed at night, but Is also always present when he grants audi ences, sniffitng st strangers in an inqutriuR and sometimes suspicious manner, which Is nos without exercising a certain infiu- ence upon the treatment accorded by the czsr to his visitor.
 All of royalty's pets are not, however, of such aristocratic birth and impeding ap- pesrance as the czar's dog. King George of Greece, for instance, is invariably ac- companied wherever he goes by little mongrel cur, to which he Is deeply attached, and of which be came to be the owner in a rather curi0us way. He was at some man. nvres number of years ago, standing amid his staff on the top of hill watching the movements of the troops,- when sud denly the little dog made its appearance, no one kuev whence, and stationed itself at the kings feet. All attempts to dislodge 1t were fruitless, and 1t remained there un- til the end ot the review. When the king walked to his carriage the little dog trotted in front of him as proud as Punch, with his tail eIect, and, before any one could in- terfere, scrambled into the carriage. Ar rived at the pslsce, he darted in first and insisted on remaining with the king. Ills majesty, who Is slightly superstition, de- | clared that the dogs psreistency was good omen, and at any rate he had one faithful friend. Since that day the dog has slept | in the kings bedroom and has scarcely ev- CT left him. IL is & most supercilious little | fellow, and never takes notice of any one ! save his majesty, whom it seems te idol ize.
 may sdd that M. Tricoupis, who may | be regarded as the foremost statesmen in | King Georges dominions. and who had re- | pestedly held ths office of premier, Is simi- | lary distinguished for the store set by him | on canine friendship. One day when he was crossing from the Pumus to Conatanti- \ nople on board an English steamer his dog fell overheard. Tricoupis, who was not in \ the office at the time and stranger to the | captain, entreated the latter to stop the
 vessel in oIder that he might rescue the | hound.
 Impossible" replied the Eug!ishmsn
 "My orders are very strict. l dare moi
 stop even were it man instead of & dog
 drowning"
 "Goodw laconicalIy answered the Greek
 and at the same time he spraDg over the
 ships side and swam toward his dog, al
 though sharks abound in those waters
 The St qusl may be guessed. The Eaglist l captain could rot resist such a spectacle oi
 pluck, and in spite of his strict orders tc
 the contrary hs stoPpsd the ship and saved
 both man and 3og.
 Far more dainty and sris;ocrstic In sp pesrsnce than the king of Greeee's cur fl the ruler of Bnlgsria's Pomersnisn SpItz presented to him by Queen Victoria on tn, | occasion of his visit 10 BslmoTsl coupl, | of years SEQ. The animal is one of tn, l progeny of the queens partit ular favorite
 "Msrco," whose picture, standing on he
 majesty's breakfast table, was exhibited 6
 the royal academy last spring and is repro
 duced in a recent number of ths London | Graphic. Prince Ferdinaud's dog seem
 to have inherited all the impudence of hi illustrious parent at Windsor, and Is cor dially hated by the members of the house hold of the Prince, who spells him tremen dously, laughing at all his various prank and mischievousness, no matter how dis
 agreeable or offensive they may bs to tnos
 present. Indeed, should not st all be as tonished to hear of his death by poison , his assassination being far more probsbl
 than that of his royal master, notwitt | standing all assertions to the contrary The present Pontif has no predilectio 5 | for animal friends, differing therein froI . | many of his predecessors, notably froI z Pope Plus VII :, whose littlefterrfer Misel
 played an important part la the relation |. | of His Holiness with the first Napoleon : ! Miseri did not attempt to conceal his sent 5 ments of hatred toward the French eu
 peror, and each time that the latter visite i l Fontainblesu for the purpose of conferriu . with the Holy Father, it was wont to sns | at the silk stocking that encased the imp s rial egs Napoleon did not like dos
 and got sc exssperated one day by Miseri !, antics that he besought his Holiness to sen 5 the creature out of the room, a request a which the pope paid no attention. IT
 next interview that took place betwet
 Plus and the emperor commenced badl
 The emperor, who was in sn irritable fran
 of mind, began by remarking: q had b
 sought your Holiness to spare me this al d agreeable meeting with your dog" As ( ,e previous occasion, the pops turned D deaf ear to this remark. The discussiS | thereupon assumed an angry tona, aI
 Napoleon, being like all Italians very ar ,e mated in his gesticulations, led the lit dog to believe that his venerable mast D. was in danger of psrsonel violence. Flyil
 at the emperor, he dug his sharp little tee E through the silk stockings into the leg P the emperor, who, wild with rage, ,se!z I'd | k- animal by the neck and swung it throu,
 the window into the court yard, hundr at feet below. The p7pe was 90 much overcor at with excitement at the sight that he faiI