The Globe-republican., 1896-04-30

socialist editor re-
oofed to the act as an attempt on the
life of the emperor's bowwow." This
made William very mad.
Now the editor is accused Of "lese
majestic" This is the legal name for
insult to majesty" and an action for
high treason will follow. In Germany
and Prussia lately actions of this kind
have been as thick as flies in a beer sa-
loon on summer day. The Vorwaerts
newspaper. which printed the libelous
article. Immediately lost the service Of
two Of its editions for alleged lese ma
ieste, and third will soon keep them
company at making tin pals and
mouse-traps, IL previous actions of the
same nature count for anything. 1t is
very injudicious for German editor to
write even line or word that by any
stretch of the Imagination may be con-
strued as libel upon the kaiser's ma
iesty.
During 1876 the prosecutions for lese
majestic were 1S1 in number: in 1877 200
poor fellows were sent to Jail for speak
ing in uncomplimentary language of
the crown. In 1873, when the anti-so-
cialist laws. since abolished. were
enacted. 1894 Germans paid the penalty
of free speech, receiving sentences of
from six months to three years impris-
onment.
The kaiser's greyhounds are beauties
and would be rize-winners at any dog
show. There are five young hounds
who were born to Castor, the father and
Luna, the mother. Castor is owned
by the duke of Schleswig- Holstein, the
kaiser's brother-in-law.
biologists are not agreed as to the or
iginal home of the Russian greyhound.
The density and length of his coat, his
ability to endure almost any degree
of frost and his habit of constantly
keeping open his mouth, as if uncom-
Portable because of the heat, seem to in
dictate that his ancestors came from a
northern climate. Some writer's call
him 1.-The Siberian greyhound" though
none of the species has ever been found
in Siberia or any even resembling him.
The greyhounds in Siberia are all Per-
sian greyhounds, differing in many re-
spects.
In Russia the greyhound of the Castor
and Luna race is called Barzoi and is
used in hunting wolves. He is very
brave and strong and will attack the
fiercest wolf wherever found.
The head of the perfect Russian grey
hound consists merely of bone and hide;
if there Is a minimum of flesh it spoils
its beauty. The longer and more
pointed the muzzle the more highly do
connoisseurs regard him. The size of
the head is well proportional to the
body. The teeth are extremely strong
and the dog has large, dark, mogul eyes.
The nose is black. The ears are very
small. standing upright as long as the
dog is young; after the second year they
lie close to the side of the head. As
aristocrats are judged by the smallness
of their feet, so are these aristocrats of
the dog world judged by their tiny ears.
which are always we'll covered with
hair.
The tail is very long. A perfect Rus
sian greyhound with clear pedigree
has q soft, silky coat of slightly wavy
hair. II his coat is hard and the hair
straight it is sign that he has been
cross-hred.
The kaiser is disappointed because
Castor and Luna have not given him a
puppy with a silver-gray coat. Silver
Fays are regarded the ne plus ultra of
canine faultlessness by dog sports ON
the continent.
Luna and her puppies have beauti-
ful home in the wing of the kaiser's new
stables at the Neues PalaiA but are al
lowed to roam about the castle. parks
and gardens. The dog shot at by the
unknown miscreant had probably
escaped into the street at one Of the
gates OF Sans-Souci castle.