The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-01
DANGERS OF LAUGHING.
unatances in which Untimely Mirth
Brought Down Its own
Punishment.

It wac awkward for the cars con-
fidential adviser, Baron Enidoff, few
weeks ago, that he had not a quicker
control over his features, for laugh
at the wrong moment lost him his
high position and 6 $4,000 year, says
London Answers.
While the royal suite was at Com
piegne. soon after the arrival, the
car was tired, and little irritable
by the effects of the long journey.
While going through the big library
which was part of the great apart
ments prepared for him, he slipped
on a wolfskin mat that lay on the
highly polished floor, made wild at
tempt to save himself, and clutched
at one of his attendants.
He nearly brought himself and ms
standby to the ground, but ne just
managed to avoid fall. The spec
tacle was rather ludicrous, especial-
ly in such stately parsonage; ana
when the rather irritated monarch
turned round he found his favorite
Enidoff indulging in grin OF amuse-
ment, which he could not suppress.
The car, who detests levity on state
occasions, spoke very sharply to the
culprit, 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 car at all. Although
wealthy and of the Oldest nobility
the baron dared not refuse the minor
service. His former stipend was 6 H.
600 year.
But the kaiser, on the whole, is the
most dangerous person to laugh al,
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 blum
Scottish colonial administrator. II
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
F., ago, as guest, with view to max
ing use of him in the new "expan
sion" policy of the German empire
and had decided to give him fine Pc
| sition in the east, to guard Germai
| interests in China, at princely re
F! muneration, of course. The kalse'
sees to these things himself, and any
body who becomes one of his right
hand men is pretty well set up 10
life.
4 At one of the audiences given hin
at Potsdam. Milbanke was giving tn
emperor the benefit of his expert
ence. and receiving his orders, whel
the kaiser made rather absurd sug
gestion as to eastern diplomacy, pre-
posing to win the confidence OF tn
Japanese and Kurile islanders wit
presents.
Milbanke, bursting into a gutrav
asked the kaiser if he thought tn
Japanese were Congo niggers, VIII
could be bought over with few glas
beads and fint-lock gun? IN
kaiser froze at once, wished Mi
banke good night, and never reopene
relations with him.
The moral is, when you are cha
ting with a king don't forget he
a king, and dig him in the ribs.
still more amusing case of this kin
was the mistake of another Scottis
administrator, Duncan McVea, WI
was, next to McLeayy Brown,
Corea. the most famous of "wande
ing" governors. Scotland, by II
way, supplies so per cent. OF u
worlds pioneer administrators,
well as its engineers.
!. Mcvea was dealing with that plea
ant but touchy monarch, the king
\ Portugal, who had proposed to p
b the rather shaky government Of 4
q Cane Verde islands into his hands,
B set things going and pull the fina
9 ces together. This would have be-
q o big step. and meant some $3.50
q a wear to the famous adventurer; b
n he had too much of what Scotchm
Y are supposed to lack-sense OF b
3 NOR. At any rate, it was the ru
y of the finest prospect he ever had.
The king became little excit
Y and irritated at the various comma
B sense objections that McVea, kno
g ing what he was talking about,
nosed to some of the monarch's plal
z and though the king speaks admiral
b English as rule, when excited
2 becomes a very odd mixture inde'
D This. finally so worked on McVe
z feelings that he smiled audibly vi
s the result that he was promptly
g dered away, and the Cape Verdes 9
lack Scottish governor TO look 81
their affairs.