Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1902-06-19

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the operatiel Singing of the United
States.
KING WHO IS A DEMOCRAT, AND
MS PARLIAMENT.
Through the courtesy Of Hon. Chas.
S. Francis, the American minister to
Greece, we attended a sitting Of the
Greek Parliament and saw the King,
the Queen and the royal family. The
King is genuine Democrat He has
small patience with the snobbery
which usually surrounds court and,
unlike most European courts, there is
no scandal attaching 70 his. He is a
fine looking old gentleman and has re-
gained the popularity which he lost
before the unfortunate campaign with
Turkey because he did not yield i'm
medlately to the insane demand Of the
populace for war. The royal family
use the English language in their
home. The sons are great, strapping
youngsters, more like American col
lege boys than princes Of the blood
royal. The King always knows where
they are at night and keeps close
fatherly oversight. 1t is a rare and
unexpected pleasure TO find foreign
king who is as good as an American
| father.
The Greek Parliament is a lively as
semblage. Every member is an orator.
Even the backwoods congressman,
dressed In the old-tlme Greek or AL
banian costume, which resembles
nothing so much as that which we
have heard said is worn by ballet girls,
makes rousing speech upon small
provocation.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EGGS IN
THIRTY DAYS
We want no fatted calf killed when
we come home. We prefer "hog and
|hominy." The bill Of fare throughout
the Leyant copsists Of veal, mutton,
fowl. The order may vary sometimes,
being served chicken, kid, calf, but
the ingredients are identical. AS fol
eating thirty quails III thirty days we
cannot say, but thirty chickens can be
disposed Of during tllis time or less.
And eggs are everywhere; for breakfast
OF course, coffee and eggs; for lunch,
eggs floating In the soup; for dinner,
eggs in the vegetables for supper, eggs
and coffee. 1t must be eternal Easter
10 this eastern land We are conf
dent that the Kodaker, who is the
authority Of the expedition upon
things eatable and drinkable, a sort Of
official faster he may be called, will
not dare to look a hen in the face when
he turns to the other Athens and when
he hears rooster crow he will faint
away. No calf, fatted or otherwise,
for us, no prodigal son diet, but rather
the bill of fare enjoyed by the un-
pleasantly virtuous elder brother who
was never given as much as kid that
he might have high old time with
his friends. AS for US We will stick te
bacon and greens. Weare Christians
We eat pig.
CUSTOM HOUSES AND BAcKsHEEsH-
If free trade was not already in the
personal political platform Of the Mis-
souri, pilgrims it would be promptly
placed there after our experiences with
custom house officials. Whenever
one goes as far as across lots In Mis-
sour a this foreign region he runs up
aga, { a custom house. He must
open is baggage, luggage it is called
over herewith the delightful consis
tency Of the English language the plu
raj Of bag is not baggage but luggage
When the lug-bag-gage is opened the
customs official usually fumbles up the
contents in such a fashion that II
takes a half hour to restore them to
condition where they can be again
locked up. In the meantime he ex'
tends his hand for backsheesh which
he gets or raises trouble. Kodak films
are his pet aversion and 1t requires al
the explanation which the Kodakel
can make, speaking with his head and
hands to convince him that the limo
cent little cans do not contain poison
or tobacco-two altogether similar ar
ticles upon which is almost prohibit
ory duty. With good fortune which
many travellers do not share we suf'
fered no serious inconvenience and had
nothing confscated until we arrived al
Constantiuople. But that experience
deserves a separate paragraph.
THE MEXICO LEDGER IS coNFIscATET
by THE SULTAN.
Wheu the Missourians, upon the
Italian steamer, Euterpe, steamed
through the Dardanelles, into thu
Bosporus and landed at the harbor o.
Constantinople they did not suspect
that they carried reasonable litera
ture into the Turkish territory. But
they dld-at least the Scribe did. HI
had preserved an issue OF the Mexico
| mo. J LEDGER and also a copy of al
address delivered by w. b. stephens
at Cripple Creek, COL, upon the sub
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