Show ABOUT ROYALTY KUNG cainas chinas minister of foreign affairs is au opium fiend whose indulgence dul gence lias made him a physical wreck TUB grand duchess of besses baby brings up the number of queen victorias direct descendants to a round throe score and lea is ute her general good to the fact that alio has never been a victim of insomnia she always eats a light supper before retiring and sleeps soundly for seven hours MURAT who has just committed suicide knew how to lead a cotillion his grandfather the great murat knew how to lead a cavalry charge vanity is more often inherited than valor THE shah of persia contemplates paying visit to europe lie will start in may and go by way of st petersburg where lie will take the opportunity port unity of calling on emperor nicholas II 11 afterwards proceeding to berlin and paris THE emblems of royalty of th e queen of madagascar consist of four scarlet umbrellas which are held over lier majesty when she sits in her palanquin of state this latter a present oddly enough from the late emperor of the french EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH of austria says le figaro intends to change the order of succession established by the pragmatic sanction of 1723 by which maria theresa became queen and to have the crown transferred to his only grandson the child of his youngest daughter valerie and archduke francis salvator |