Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-31
DANGEROUS TOLAUGH
-OYAL ATTENDANTS MUST COM.
MAND THEIR FEATURES.
Officer Of the Gear Lost $4,000 a
Year and High Position ON Account
Of InOppOrtune Mirth-k aiser Also
IL TOuchy In This Regard.

lear anu hl8n A-Ostt1Ou On Account
Of Inopportune Mirth-K aiser Also
IL TOuchy In This Regard.
1t was awkward for the Cars conf
Dental adviser, Baron EnidofY. few
weeks ago. that he had not a quicker
control over his features, for laugh
ut the wrong moment lost him his high
position and $4,000 year.
While the royal suite was mt Com
piegne. soon after the arrival, the Gear
was tired, and a little irritable. by the
effects OF the long journey. While go
ing through the big library, which was
part Of the great apartments prepared
for him, he slipped on wolfskin mat
that lay on the highly polished floor.
made a wild attempt to save himself,
and clutched ut one Of his attendants.
He nearly brought himself and his
standby to the ground, but he just man
aged to avoid a fall. The spectacle was
rather ludicrous. especially In such a
stately parsonage; and when the rather
lrritated monarch turned round he
found his favOrite EnidOff INDUCING In
4 grin Of amusement which he could
not suppress.
The Gear, who detests levIty on state
occasions, spoke very sharply to the
culprit, who, next day. was dismissed
his post, and relegated to an assistant
secretaryship. with plenty of hard
work to do, and wherein he never sees
the Gear at all. Although wealthy and
of the Oldest nobility, the baron dared
not refuse the minor service. His for
mer stipend was $4,000 a year.
But the Kaiser, Oh the whole. Is the
most dangerous person to laugh at, or
before, and more than one person has
"done for" himself in this way. So did
the unfortunate Cough Milbanke find
1.-THE clever but blum Scottish colonial
administrator. 1t was he who used to
command the Sultan Abou Din's troops
and manage the Arabian fianances.
The Kaiser took him up, four years
ing use Of him in the new Expansion"
policy Of the German Empire, and had
decided to give him a fine position In
the East, to guard German interests in
China, at q princely remuneration, Of
course. The Kaiser sees to these things
himself, and anybody who becomes one
Of his right-hand men Is pretty well set
UP for life.
At one of the audiences given him
at Potsdam, Milbanke was giving the
Emperor the benefit Of his experience
and receiving his orders. when the Kai.
ser made rather absurd suggestion
as to eastern diplomacy. proposing to
win the confidence Of the Japanese and
Kurile Islanders with presents.
Milbanke. bursting into guffaw,
asked the Kaiser II he thought the
Japanese were Congo niggers, who
could be bought over with few glass
beads and flint lock gun? The Kaiser
froxe ut once, wished Milbanke good
night. and never reopened relations
with him.
The moral Ia, when you are chatting
with king don't forget he Is king.
and dig him In the ribs. A still more
amusing case of this kind was the mis-
take Of another Scottish administrator,
Duncan McVea. who was. next to Nc
Leayy Brown. Of COrea. the most fa-
nous Of wandering" governors. Scot
land. by the way. supplies 80 per cent
Of the worlds pioneer administrators.
as well as Its engineers.
McVea was dealing with that pleas
ant but touchy monarch. the King OF
Portugal, who had proposed to put the
rather shaky government Of the Cape
Verde Islands into his hands. to set
things going and pull the finances to-
gether. This would have been big
step, and meant some f25,0OO "A year to
the famous adventurer: but he had too
much Of what Scotchmen are supposed
to lack-sense Of humOr. At any RITE, II
was the ruin Of the finest prospect he
ever had.
The king became little excited and
irritatcd ut the various common sense
objections that McVea. knowing what
he was talking about. opposed to some
Of the monarchs plans. aud though the
king speaks admirable English as a
rule. when excited II becomes very
odd mixture indeed. This. finally, so
worked ON McVea's feelings that he
smiled audibly. with the result that he
was promptly ordered away, and the
Cape Verties still lack a Scottish gov.
ernor to look after their affairs.-I.on.
don Answers.
Dowry OF Brides.
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