New-York tribune., 1896-11-15

Tho Tsaritza who Is a skilled typewriter. ordered
n machine In Paris with all up-to-date improve
nen,s the tvpe-bars OF which are TO he or god ana
tho frame inaid with pearls Her MaJestys iaVor'e
gems Her royal grandmamma does not share In
,b,a taste. IN fact, she oathes typewriter docu-
,s She has given orders that no such docu-
or,s shall IN future be laid before her. and none
ru NJ course be sent out by her officials that are
sunposed to emanate from the Sovereign All inc
sentiment and impressiveness evaporate from q
document or letter produced by machine' ana this
,s the chief reason why the Queen has set her race
oga,rsr the typewrltten papers. For purely busi-
noss letters the typewriter is all very well. but II
certainly does not seem TO accord with the eternal
fitness OF things 10 ,nuR out and the Queen will
tolerate nothing that In any way tenos SO 10 lessen
the dignity OF the great ONCE wnich sne hous
Tho Archduke Ludwig Salvador OF Austria car
rios his love OF travelling incognito rather far He
has been staying at Ragusa on board his yacht.
Every morning a gentleman OF about forty years.
and two sailors regularly went on shore and MADE
their purchases In the town. the gentleman al
vavs sitting on the box next TO the driver. One
dav the dockmaster or some other official. went
m hoard In order pay his respects to the Prince
whom he had heard was on board He met him on
deck and asked for the captain II am the cap
them th.. said he had heard there an Archduke
on board. TO whom he wanted 10 pay ms respec.s;
"You are mistaken said the Prince on BOARD
here we are all equal" upon hearing which the
dockmaster retired
Tho sturdiness OF the North and its rather grim
.e,,vill ,s admirably illustrated by two York
shire anecdotes A landlord Of very old family
nronosed TO make an alteration In one Of his ten
ants farm buildings which the tenant declined to
permit whereupon the landlord remarked very
mildly that. after all. the building was his own.
Thereupon the tenant rejoned: Nay, my fore
father went to the Crusades with your forefather.
and YOU shant touch stone OF IT. Again.
daughter OF one OF the leading citizens OF a fOrk-
shire town limited TO her fathers gardener tnat
house to the purposes OF Winery, whereupon she
was told TO let her father know he may Just choose
betwixt me and grapes VI course 'he p''
posal was abandoned.
Here Is a story told by a relative Of Lady Lang
ford. tho original Of Lady Kew In Thackeray's
..Newcomes": Lady Langford had only once seen
her cousin. Lord Langford. when ne came to visit
her rrandmother and the next day the old lady
told her she was to marry him. Very well. grand
mamma but when? I never In my life heard
such an imperllnen question said the grand
mother what is win Il Gr him yoq
tell you. However. whenever you hear me order
six oTs to ,a the nd aa a so It you
Burns Sterling kindness Of heart was shown in
his manner Of discharging the not always kindly
duties OF exciseman. one clear moonlight morn
Ing he was awakened by the clang Of horses at
gallop. He started up looked out at the window.
and to his wife who asked eagerly what It was.
he whispered: IT'S the noise Of smugglers. Jean.
said And so would" he answered, 80 l would
readily were It VIII Gunnion or Edgar Wright;
farss far sno de His vile drew him
stories could be told. For all that. Burns was an
active and honest public servant