Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-09-08
THE CARS PRIVATE LIFE.
Has Salary of 800, 900 and Has
to Wait Upon Him Servants to
the Number of 10000.

The car earns a bigger salary than
any other man In the world, for the pub
lie exchequer Of his country pays him
the sum of $4,S00,0O0 per annum for act
ihg as managing director of the Russian
empire, with its area of 5000 900 square
miles and its population of 10000, 900
persons. But, considering the crushing
weight Of care and responsibility which
he bears on his shoulders, writes George
Weise, In Success, his remuneration,
high as 1t is, does not appear excessive.
His salary is paid him in monthly in
stallnents of 100000 each, which are
sent to him by special messenger from
the treasury buildings in the form of a
check on the national bank of Russia,
just as an office clerk receiveshis month
ly wages; with the difference, however,
shat the ears talent and industry exer-
Use no influence on his payment. AT
She same time, he is expected to mSEh-
SAin a<certain standard of living which
re would be unable to do in the style
required ofshim II he did not possess a
private income three or four times as
big as bis official salary. He is the own
er Of oWsau10O estates, all of which sup
ply himNith private revenues, but he is
a. the possessor of 100 palaces and
d&Nses, 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 veritable
army Of over 10000 domestics, cooks,
pasRs, buffers, grooms, gardeners, and
so forth, is employed on his hundred or
more estates. He possesses over 40 resi-
dences which he has never seen, a score
of homes which he has viewed external
ly, but never inhabited, even for one
night, and another score in each of which
he has slept on only one occasion. His
private stables contain over 5000 horses
belonging to him, and the herds of cat
tie feeding on his own lands are esti-
mated to number over $4,000 head. His
wealth is enormous, yet there is no doubt
that he extracts very little pleasure out J
Of his life of perpetual toll and worry
He habitually rises at six and eats a
Enthusiastically English breakfast of |
ham and eggs, bread and butter with |
marmalade specially and privately pre-
pared for him, and tea. This predilec-
eon for English manners and customs is
common to both the car and the car
ina, for both like English fare best, pre-
Ter using English to their respective
mother tongues, and are agreed upon
he necessity Of educating their chill
dren according to English methods. I'm
after breakfast the czar be-
gins to smoke some Of the heaviest
brands Of Havana cigars, which he con- :
tinues to puff almost continuously till
bedtime, Notwithstanding the fact that
his doctors have warned him again and
again that excessive indulgence in this
habit is exposing him to the worst dan
gers of nicotine poisoning. BY seven
}clock In the morning he is at his desk,
an enormous heap of state docu-
nents sent to the palace for his inspec-
ion. The variety Of subjects with which
lie is called upon to deal is astonishing,
or he is not merely the emperor, but
Ilso the father of his people. No order
II instruction or communication of any
lind can. be dispatched from. any minis