The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-06-29
TIE ezlR's PRIVATE LEE.
Ne Has Thirty thousand Servants,
and Earns a Salary OF 81,
900, 900 q Year.

any other man In the world, for the
pablo exchequer of his country pays
him the sum Of 81, 8o6,0W per annum
!. for acting as managing director OF
ths Russian Empire, with its area OF
eight million square miles and its pop
Ulation OF one hundred and thirty mil7
3iOn persons But, considering the
crushing weight ct care and respolsi-
biiity which he bears on his shoulders,
his remnnesaJior, high as is is, does
not appear excessive. His salary IS
spsid him IN monthly installments Of
EoE.r hundred thousand dollars each.
which are sent 20 him by q special
messenger from Che treasury buildings
IA the form Of check on the National
Bank of Russia, Just as an Office CLERK
receives his monthly wages; with the
diGssence, however, that the Cars
Salent and industry exercise no lnt1u-
ence on his payment. At the same
time, heis expected so maintain GER
ssain standard of living which heNould
be unable to do, IN Che style required
Of him If he did not possess private
iacDme three or four times rs big as
his Official salary. He is the owner
OF over one hundred estates, all OF
Hhch supply him with private rege-
nues, but he is also the possessor Of
enc hundred palaces and castles
which have to be maintained IN irl-
psrial style at s great expense TO their
eWner. He has more servants than
any one else il the world, for q veri-
table army OF OYER thirty thousand
gaornsstics, cooks, pages, butlers,
groons, gardeners, and so forth is:
employed on his hundred or more es-
Eates. He possesses over forty resi-
17s1ces which he has never seen q
score Of homes which he has viewed
externally, bat never isaabited, even
frr one night and. another score IN
zach Of which he has slept on only
sas occasion. His private stables
ccnsain over I've thousand horses be-
longing 10 him and the herds OF cattle
feeding on his own lands are estimated
Is number over ffty thousand head.
His wealth is enormous, yet There is
no doubt that he extracts very little
piessure ont Of his life OF perpetual
E0l and worry.
BE habIsnaIy rises at six, and eats
d characteristically English breakfast
s0s ham snd eggs, bread and butter
Hi ssh aarmalade specially and private
prepared for him. and tea. This
nredi Election for English manners and
customs is common TO both the Gear
and fAe g;zarira for both like English
fafe best, prefer using Engjsh to
their respective mother tongues, and
are agreed upon the necessity OF edu-
catiug their childre according to q
Enghsh methods. Immediately after
,oxeagfass the Gar begins to smoke
surns Of the heaviest brands of Havana
cigars which he continues to pef al
most continuously till bedtime. rot
Eithstanding the fact chat his doctors
have warned him again and again
seat excessive indn nIgance "a this habit
is exposing him to the worst dangers
OF nicotine poisoning By seven
O'Clock IN TIE morning he as at his /
desk, perusiEg an enormous heap OF
state documents sent TO the palace for
lis inspection. The variety OF SUBJ
seess with which be is called upon to
deal is astonishing, for be is not mere
III the emperor, but. also the father of
HIS people. No crderscf Instruction
or Communication of any kind can be, !
dispatched from any ministry or state
offcs in ST. Petersburg to local or
subordinate authorities unless it bears
the signature of the Czar, indicating
MS assent ard approval Every com
nnunieation sent from, The ministry of
war to the representative officers cons
xaaading several hundred garrisors
throughont, the Russian Empirs. every
dispasch sent to the captains of Rus
sian warships all over the world and
every, circular issned by the ministry
of TIE interior to the police and to all
varieties Of local authorities have to
hear the Czar'sown signature. George