The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15
THE CZARS PRIVATE LIT
Earns a Salary of $,4,8oo,ooO
a Year.
HAS 10000 SERVANTS.

thS S<dT as WdHdgIng DITeCtoT OF rne
Vast Russian Empire Receives
S4oo,ooo Every Month by Special
Messenger from the Treasury
Has 100 Palaces.
The czar earns a bigger salary than
any other man in the world, for the
public exchequer of his country pays
m the sun Of s4,S00,000 per annum
acting as managing director of the
1ssian empire, with its area of S,0O0,-
, square miles and its population of
100000 persons.
But, considering the crushing
'cight Of care and responsibility
'fhich he bears on his shoulders, his
remuneration, high as it is, does Ut
appear excessive. lis salary Is 7 lid
him in monthly installments OF $780,
e0C each, which are sent to him by
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 influence on his payment.
At the same time, he is expected to
maintain certain standard of living
which he would be unable to do in the
style required OF him If he did not pos-
sess a private income of three or IT
times as big as his official salary. He
is the owner OF over 100 estates, all
of which supply him with private rev.
enUes, 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 veritable army
Of over 10000 domestics, cooks, pages,
but ers, grooms, gardeners and SO
forth is employed on his hundred or
more estates. He possesses over 40
residences which he has never seen,
score of homes which he has viewed
externally but never inhabited, even
for one night, and another score in
each of which he has slept on only
aAe occasion.
His private stables contain over s.
600 horses belonging to him, and the
herds of cattle feeding on his own
knds are estimated to number over
$4,000 head. His wealth is enormous,
yst there is no doubt that he extracts
very little pleasure out of his life Of
nrpetual toll and worry.
He habitually rises at 6, and eats a
@Aaracteristically English breakfast of
lam and eggs, bread and butter with
armalade specially and privately
{. ared for him, and tea. This pre-
lection for English manners and GUS
dls is common to both the czar and
czarina, for both like English
re best. prefer using English to their
mpective mother tongues, and are
agreed upon the necessity of educat-
ing their children according to Eng
hsh methods.
Immediately after breakfast the
cZar begins TO smoke some of the
heaviest brands of Havana cigars,
which he continues to puff almost con-
tinuously till bedtime, notwithstand-
ing the fact that his doctors have
warned him again and again that ex-
cessive Indulgence in this habit is ex-
posing him to the worst dangers of
nicotine poisoning. BY I o'clock in
the morning he is at his desk, perus-
ing an enormous heap of state docu-
ments 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 once in St.
Petersburg to local or subordinate au-
thorities unless 1t bears the signature
Of the car. indicating his assent and
approval.
Every communication sent from
the ministry Of war to the representa-.
tive officers commanding several hun
dred garrisons throughout the Rus
sian empire, every dispatch sent to
the captains of Russian warships all
over the world and every circular is
sued by the ministry of the interior to
the police and to all varieties Of local
authorities have to bear the czar's
own signature.-Success.