The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-27
THE i: CARS PRIVATE LIFE.

Has ! Salary Of "a, soc, 900 and Has
I: to Wait Upon Him Servants to-
the Number Of $4,000.
,&S II, ~: - - $500 ~ r; ~ ~ Y
: The car earns a bigger salary than
any other man in the world, for the pub
lie lexchequer of his country pays him
the sum of $4,000 900 per annum for act
ing as managing director Of the Russian
empire, with it's area of 5000, 900, square
miles and its population of 130, 000, 900
persons. But, considering the crushing
weight of care and responsibility which
ne bears on his shoulders, writes George
Weise, in Success, his remuneration,
high ais it is, does not appear excessive.
His. salary is paid him in monthly in
stallments 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 receives his month
~ wages; with the difference, however,
that the cars talent and industry exer-
else no influence on his payment At
the same time, els expected to main
tain certain standard of living which
he would be unable to do in the style
required of him if he, did not possess a
private income three or four times as
big as his official salary. He is the own
er OF over 100 estates, all of which sup
ply him with private revenues, but he is
also the possessor of 100 palaces and
castles, which have to be maintained in
imperial style at great expense to their
owner. He has more servants than any,
one else in the world, for veritable
army of over 10000 domestics. cooks.
pages, 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
~, 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 SO, 900 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 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-
ton for English manners and customs is
common to both the car and the car
ina, for both like English fare best, pre-
fer using English to their respective
mother tongues, and are agreed upon
the necessity of educating their chill
dren according to English methods I'M
mediately after breakfast the car be-
gins to smoke some of the heaviest
brands of Havana cigars, which he con-
tlnues 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
o'clock in the morning he is at his desk,
perasing an enormous heap of state docu-
ments sent to the palace for his inspec-
ton. The variety of subjects with which
he is called upon to deal is astonishing,
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 minis
try or state Office in St. Petersburg to
local or subordinate authorities unless
it bears the signature of the car. indi-
eating his assent and approval Every
communication sent from the ministry
of war to the representative officers COM
handing several hundred garrisons
throughout the Russian empire, every
dispatch sent to the captains OF the Rus
sian warships all over the world and
every circular issued by the ministry of
the interior to the police and to all varie-
ties of local authorities have to bear the
cars own signature.