Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-06-02
NATURAL HISTORY.
ManAers and Customs OF European Royai-
ties as They AreENot.

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ties as They Are-Not.
The pomp and ceremony which servo
IA a barrier between kings, princes and
grand ~duchesses, and Americans ~
b common or garden kind, rende
1t difficult for the latter to study the
manners and habits of the earth,s ex-
alted, exceptnt very long range, and Tit
We're not for the information offered us
by h makers of cigarette pictures, the
artists who design museum posters and
other persons possessed of accurate in
formation, it would be impossible to
give a satisfactory account of their
various modes of life.
But, thanks to the great American
taste for advertising, says the Cincin-
natl Gazette, he who runs may read the
story of the daily actions OF EnEland's
queen and Russia's car, not to mention
other ~personages OF almost equal inn
p%ortance.
From the trusty sources indicated
above, one learns that Queen Victoria
has in the evening of life developed mn
extraordinary fondness for various
branches of prepared food, many of
which are of American manufacture.
In the morning she makes careful use
OF Apples soap, preparatory to partak-
Ing a cup Of Steppe's cocoa At lunch
con h tops with Skimplc's canned
corn beef, and nj dinner she will have
no dessert but Rags prepared blanc
mango. So particular is her majesty in
regard to her favorite articles of food
that every package, can and bottle
must be adorned with the name of It's
maker in letters large enough to be
easily read by the group of princes.
princes, mobiles and courtiers who stand
at n respectful distance whenever row
atty partakes of any proprietary article
of food.
The prince of Wales has also been
noted for many years for his fondness
for extensively advertised toilet prep
arations and costly brands of cigarettes
and champagnes. Whenever there APP
pears on the market q new Turkish
cigarette with a gilt mouthpiece, and
costing a little mere than ap imported
cigar, we may be sure that his ROYAL
highncss will contrivc. to purchase ut
least one, box of the largest size, no
matter what economy he may be com
PEELED to practice in other ways to
make up for it, and smokes the cica.-
cites with much ostentation on Oh,
terrace in front of Windsor castle or
some other equally conspicuous place.
On such occasions the prince usually
wears n red uniform and is attended by
several regiments of lancers.
The late car OF Russin having been
brought up from his childhood on n
simple diet of caviare tnllow CANDLE.
vodka, v tea, bears grease, md
other products of his nativc country.
never distinguished himself as n con
sumner OF prepared food and drink. He
was better ltnovn-thnt is to The fire.
qucntcrs of dime museums--as amiphtv
hunter OF freaks, and up to tho day of
ms death he was regarded as one Of the
most distinguishcdan erudite connois-
seurs OF human monstrosities in nil
Europe.
According to the unimpeachnble tes-
timony Of the superb works of art
which lure the humble amusement
seeker intot the temples which are given
over to the worship Of the eccentric
and the deformed, his imperial mai
csty assisted at tho capture of several
of the best known freaks of eastern
Europe, and was always ready to ac-
cord special audiences to those taken
in remote portions of his empire. The
dog-faced lady, for example, was
dragged from her cave in the Balkan
mountains by n detachment of the i'm
perial guard, commanded by his mai.
esty in person, and IL was the same
enlightened sovereign who captured
the turtle boy, who summing himself
on q bit of sandy beach on the Caspian
see.
When prevented by officers of state
from enjoying the excitement Of the
freak chase, his majesty always made
1t q point to give special receptions at
the winter palace to such curiosities ms
were found in his realm, all of which
were instantly brought to st. Peters,
burg that they might receive this
special mark of the imperial favor. at
these receptions there was always n
museum artist in attendance in order
that an accurate representation of the
scene might be placed before the Amer
lean public, and It is through the mag
nilcent oil paintings Tins obtained that
we know of the fo,dncss of Prince
~Gortchakof, M, de Giers, Prince his.
marck and other eminent statesmen
for the society OF human monstrosities
destined for the American museum
platform.