Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-02-17
AN EXPLORERS W4Ims.
SIR Richard Burton's Many Peculiar
Likes and Dlsltkrs.

Sir Richard Burton. the eastern ex-
plorer. was man who had WAYS Of
his own. According TO his widow he
spoke tWenty-nine languages and
never passed day without reading at
least one OF them 10 keep his knowl-
edge fresh. says the l0uth's CoaDuu-
ion. He was loved and trusted uv
servants, children and animals A
British sailor was put into prison at
Trieste where Burton was CONSUL
The next day Sir Richard received a
very dirty-lOUking note. addressed on
the outside to "The Council" The
seal was Jacks dirty thumb. Inside
was: "Burtiu, am hin trobel Kun
and let me haout. Tim Tuouncer. f"
The consul was delighted and prompt
" secured the mans release. His
tastes were simple, as is pro badly true
of most men who have been great
! travellers.
His wife used to busy herself, Mar
i tha-llke, making his room comfortable.
but if she put anything pretty into it.
! it was at once put out Into the passage.
He liked large, plain. deal tables and
plenty Of them; one for each niece of
work on which he happened to be en-
gagged. For a pen-wiper he tied a red
/ baudanna TO the table leg His chairs.
too were hard, and he slept on a small
iron bedstead, with an iron-wovo mat
uess and no sheets, but plenty Of
white, soft blankets.
He would never have blinds or shut
,ers drawn, as he wanted the last of
twilight and the first CLEANS of dawn.
He would bring in single wild flower
and put !, in a vase. but if some one
brought a bouquet of garden or hot
sbouse flowers, no found a way to get
I rid of it,
He had nice ear for music, bat
Slowed only the minor kew. He would
20 to an opera to hear a new prima
Edonna, but he could not abide anna
Eieur music, and If anybody proposed
music ofun evening, and girl rot 40
aud nervously warbled q ballad about
banks and butterflies, he used TO put
bis hand to his stomach and walk out
I0t he room.
He loved his old clothes, especially
|his boots, Of which he sometimes had
l. hundred pairs in the house. Once
|he lost "a teucing-shoe and went to his
|ooot-maker to get him to replace it.
mo" said that worthy, but ! will
|make YOU pair
That did not suit Sir Richard and,
D. his wife says, he carried that shoe
IL over the world. and every boot
|maker he saw he asked to make him
the mate to it; but not one of them
Fever would. For eighteen years he
|dd this. There is a superstition
[among such people, it appears, that if
l. man makes an odd shoe he will die.
h For food the traveller liked common
&,bings, but was fond of French cook
Eng. French cooking, English mate
&als and a good cellar" he used to
Ny, ought to keep any man alive for
hundred years" Wherever he went
be was accustomed to eat the native
Eshes. Dried Goldfish and sauerkraut
&sore two OF his delicacies.
/ One thing he could not bear and
hat was honey. He could hardly sit
the room with it, though it might
IN some secret drawer or cupboard.
r. OWNED its presence as some per-
oas divine the presence OF a cat.
sometimes after dinner his wife
Eould say to him; "What made you
ook so uncomfortable"
4 There was honey in the ROOM he
ii ould answer, "and knew they would
lna was mad if asked to have it
n emoFeI; but | felt quite faint.