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Show ROUND ABOUT THE THRONES. Queen Victoria travels on a pass, and yet every trip she makes to fealmoral costs the English government $5,000 to defray the railroad expenses. The Empress Frederick is writing the life of her late husband, and it is announced an-nounced that tho present emperor 1b giving giv-ing her all the help in his power. The Duke of Clarence and Avondale has just presented to tho Zoological gar-dons gar-dons the two lions which have boen sont to him from the Kallywar district in India. In-dia. In accordance with a curious Austrian custom one of Archduchess Valerie's wedding wed-ding gifts has been a collection of articles of clothing worn by her in her days of babyhood. ba-byhood. Lady Edith Ward, who is reported to be betrothed to Count Herbert Bismarck, Bis-marck, is a tall and very stylish young woman. She is very highly educated if not especially pretty. Prince George's full name is George Frederick Ernest Albert. Ho is the second sec-ond son of the Prince and Princess of Wales and is 25 years old, He resembles resem-bles his father in looks and manners. Mr. Stambouloff, the premier and practical rnler of Bulgaria, is about 46 years old. Ho is short, rather stout, and with his round face, black mustache and small gray eyes somewhat resembles a Chinaman. The es-empress of France, Eugenie, is still a dignified and most graceful woman. The outline of her shoulders and poise of her head are still beautiful. Her eyebrows are dark, but her hair is unowy white. The Duke of Fife Is one of the shrewdest shrewd-est of business men. All his investments turn out well He took some founders' shares in a London trust company not long ago at $150 each and they are now worth $4,500 each. The ex-Empress Eugenie presented a touching gift to the Empress Frederick. It is a gold medallion of great artistio beauty, bearing her coat-of-arms as Countess of Montijo, richly set with turquoises, tur-quoises, rubies and emeralds. It contains con-tains a lock of the giver's hair. |