The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-03-13
DANCERS OF LAUGHING.
Instances In which TnfImely Mirth
Dx0aGht Down it, own
Punfshment-

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control over his features, for q laugh
al the wrong moment lost him his
high position and { 1900 year says
Lonson answers
While the royal suite was at Com
piegue. soon after the arrival. the
ear was tired. and a little irritable,
bv the effects Of the long journey.
While going through the big library,
which was part Of the great apart
Inents prepared for him, he slipped
on a wolfskin mat that lay on the
highly polished floor, made wild at
tempt 10 save himself. and ciutched
al one OF his attendants.
lie nearly brought himself and his
standby 10 the ground. but he just
managed to avoid a fall The spec
tacle was rather lndicrous, especial
N in such a stately pers0nage; and
when the rather irrifated monarch
turned round ne found his fayorite
I.nidoff iDdulging in a grin Of amuse-
n.eut. which he could not suppress.
The car, who detests levity on state
occasions. spoke very sharply TO the
culprii, who. next day. was dismissed
his post. and relegated TO an assist
ant secretaryship. with plenty of hard
work TO do, and wherein he never
sees the ear ct all. Although
wealthy and of the oldest nobility,
the baron dared not refuse the minor
service. His former stipend was r.
600 year.
But the kaiser, on the whole, j. the
most dangerous person 10 laugh at,
or before. and more than one person
has done for" himself in this way.
So did the unfortunate Cough Mil
banke find 1.-THE clever but bluff
Scottish colonial administrators IL
was he who used to command the sui
tan Abou Din's troops and manage
the Arabian finances.
The kaiser took him up. four years
ago, as a guest, with a view 10 MAX
ing use of him in the new ~expan-
sion" policy Of the German empire,
and had decided TO give him fine po-
sition in the east. 10 guard German
interests in China. at a princely re-
muneration. Of course. The kaLssr
sees to these things himself. and any
body who becomes one of his right
hand men IS pretty well set up for
life.
Al one of the audiences given him
at Potsdam. Milbanke was giving the
emperor the benefit OF his expert
ence. and receiving his orders, when
the kaiser made rather absurd sug-
gestion as TO eastern diplomacy, pro-
posing to win the confidence OF the
japanese and Kurile islanders with
presents.
Milbanke. bursting into a guffaw,
asked the kaiser il he thought the
japanese were Congo niggers, who
could be bought over with a few glass
beads and a fiint-lock gun? The
kaiser froze at once, wished Mil
banke good night, and never reopened
relations with him.
The moral is, when you are chat
ting with a king don't forget he is
a king, and dig him in the ribs. A
still more amusing case of this kind
was the mistake OF another Scottish
administrator, Duncan McNea, who
was. next to McLeavy Brown, of
Corea, the most famous Of wander
ing" governors. Scotland. by the
way. supplies 50 per cent. Of the
worlds pioneer administrators, as
well as its engineers.
McNea was dealing with that pleas
ant but touchy monarch, the king OF
Portugal, who had proposed 10 put
the rather shaky government Of the
Cape Verde islands into his hands, 10
set things going and pull the finan-
ces together. This would have been
a big step. and meant some $4,000
a year TO the famous adventurer; but
he had too much of what Scotchmen
are supposed to lack-scnse Of hui
NOR At any rate, it was the ruin
Of the finest prospect he ever had
The king became q little excited
and irritated az the various common
sense objections that NcNea, know
ing what he was talking about, OPP
posed 70 some Of the mOrarch's plans
and though the king speaks admirable
English as q rule. when excited Il
becomes a very odd mixture indeed.
This. finally so worked on McNea'a
feelings that he smiled audibly with
the result that he was promptly or
dered away. and the Cape Nerdes still
lack a Scottish governor to look after
their affairs.
Mushroom BordeIafse.