The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-22
A YOUR MEASURE
FOR SAFFRON TEA.
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ROYALTY rs EXPENSIVE.

- - GAPGNoive.
II Must Carry . Fat Pocketbook md Spend
with = Lavish Hand.
There have been times when q
court vas splendid and nearly starv.
ing and kings were magnificent who
could have understood the position
and felt the pride of the master oil
Ravenswood. But all that has passed
away probably forever. The prince
Of today who is to be magnificent at
all, who Is to be free in his move
ments to take trains when he likes,
to entertain like any other dignitary,
to show good horses and many OF
them, to keep servants sufficient to
secure that guests accustomed to lux
ury be not neglected. to travel when
he pleases, to patronize art, to en-
courage charity and to live when
necessary among equal princes, as
becomes the nation he represents,
must pay away money at every turn
and always be ready with more.
Everything costs, from the special
train which secures punctuality and
freedom from pressure, to tie rooms,
which loyal or hospitable crowding
render exceptionally dear. It is all
very well to speak Of good manage
ment, and of course there is such a
thing, and it is worth perhaps 80 per
cent Of additional income.
But no extent Of good manage
ment will reduce the cost Of any
kind of magnificence or do away
with the feeling Of the innkeeper who
charged q royal guest q franc apiece
for eggs, not because eggs were
scarce, but because kings were. We
have heard Of charges paid by an In
dian viceroy at q Paris hotel which
would have made Mr.. Vanderbilt
vince, and there snot an uneducated
man in any land who, if a prince dis
putes his charge. does not become q
republican.
Nor within limits is this feeling
altogether unreasonable, for the de-
mands Of princes, which are usually
only demands for freedom, upset the
usual routine, just as the queens
train, though her majesty asks only
. little extra security and some pri-
vacy, upsets the routine traffic on
the great railway by which she ira
wells. Moreover, though extravaganza
Is a vice, economy Is often q foible,
and one rather sympathizes with the
hint given by the noble who assisted
Louis Philippe in his search after a
lost sovereign by lighting . bank
note. State, in fact, in our day costs
money, and it Is as expensive to be a
prince, if you live like q prince, as to
be a spendthrift heir. London Spec
Through African Specialize
Mr.. Selous has contributed an i'm.
portant observation upon the feeling
OF the African tribes toward the Eu.
ropean races they come in contact
with-the Englishmen and the Portu.
guese. Probably it would not occur
to any one that the energetic, mas
terful, intelligent Briton ranked
lower in native estimation than the
efeminate, almost effete, Portu.
guese. Yet this Mr.. Selous declares
to be the cas- The native judges by
himself. He knows that IL he had
the command Of men and money. he
would eat and drink his full and
sleep most Of the time that he was
not eating.
The Portuguese, who does all this.
and Is carried about in q litter. an
pears to the African to be o man who
has reached the goal toward which
the Englishman u striving painfully
and Intellectually. Old Indians have
constantly mentioned that rulers like
Sir Charles Napier and Sir Charles
who were careless Of an
pearances, forfeited a great deal oil
the respect that was properly their
due. The theory has always been in.
telligible at least for o country OF old
like India, but one would
not have expected to find it repeated
Tor Aashonaland. Probably we ehall
continue none the less to consolidate
.mptres and make history in our
Bhirt sleeves. Gazette.
A Optical Advantage.
And % Jimpson read his poem TO
rou yesterday How did you en-
lure itf'
Il just fxed my glass eye on him
nd went to sleep with the other
HarlGm IL. !