Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-12-15
sHEPHERDsTOWN W. VA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15 1904
The Cars Private Life.

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salary than any other man in the
world, for the public eIchequeI of his
country pays rim the sum Of$4 ,8OO,-
900 per snnum for acting as mhnsg-
ing director of the Russian empire,
with it's area of 8, 100000 square miles
and its population Of ISO,o00,OOO
persons.
But, considering the crushing
weight Of care and responsibility which
he bear. on his shoulders, his rsmun-
Grafton, high as it is, does not appear
e1cessivs: His salary is paid him IN
monthly insJsllmeu.s Of $40O, 900 each.
which are sent to him by a special
messenger from the treasury buildings
in the form Of check on the national
bank Of Russia, just as an Office clerk
receives his monthly wages with the
difference, however. that the Cars
talent and industry exercise no diff
ference on his payment.
At the same time, he is expected to
maintain a certain standard of living
which he would be unable to do IN
the style required Of him ifhS did not
possess private income of thr" or
four times as big as his official salary.
He is the owner of over 100 estates,
all of which supply him with private
revenues, but he is also the possessor
OF 100 palaces and castles, which have
to be maintained in imperial style at
a great expense to their owner.
He has more servants than any one
else in the world, for a verltIble army
Of over $4,000 douestics, cooks, pages,
buffers, grooms, gardeners and so forth
is employed on his hundred or more
estates. He possesses over 40 r'slden-
ces which he has never seen, score
of homes which he has viewed e1tsr-
nally, but never inhabited, even for
one night, and another score in each
of which he has slept on only one Oc-
casion.
His private stables contain over o.
900 horses belonging to him, and the
herds of cattle feeding Oh his own
lands are estimated to number over
$4,000 head. His wealth is enormous,
yet there is no doubt that he extracts
very little pleasure out of his life OF
perpetual toll and worry.
He habitually rises at 6, and eatII
Enthusiastically English breakfast
of ham aud eggs, bread and butter,
with marmAlade especially and pri-
vately prepared for him, and tea.
This predileotion for English manners
and customs iG common to both the
Czar and the Czarinl, for both like
English fare best, prefer using En-
glish to their respective mother
tongues, and are agreed upon the ne
cessity of educating their children &C.
cording to English methods.
Immediately after breakfast the
Gear begins to smoke some of the
heaviest brands OF Havana cigars,
which be continues to puff almost ccn-
tinuously till bedtime, notwith,tsnd.
ing the fact that his doctors have
warned him again and again that s1-
cessive indulgence in this habit is eI-
posing him to the worst dangers Of
nicotine poisoning. BY 7 o'clock in
the morning he is at his desk, peru'-
ing an enormous heap of state docu-
mSnts sent to the palace for his In
spection.
The variety of subjects with which
he is called upon to deal is astonish-
ing, for he is not merely the emperor,
but also the father Of his people. No
order or instruction or communication
Of any kind can be dispatched from
any ministry or state Office in st. Pc
tersburg to local or subordinate au-
thorities unless it bears the signature
of the Car, indicating his assent and
approval.
Every communication sent from the
ministry of war to the representative
officers commanding several hundred
garrisons throughout the Russian en-
pire, every dispatch sent to the cap
tains of Russian warshipE all over the
world and every circular issued BY
the ministry of the interior to the
police and to all varieties Of local au-
thoritiss have to bear the Cars own
signature.