Show AN EMPERORS EQUAL kentuckian DID NOT BEFORE DOM PEDRO monarch Imm played Il sure at the of independence drank toast to stealth of the other emperor and od parted lr tel good friends friend the visit of prince henry recalls to a correspondent of the kansas hansas city star an incident which he relates as follows just after the close of the civil war dom pedro of brazil visited the united state one ot of the alices lie he was the mammoth cave in kentucky ICen tucky on ills hla arrival nt at cave city the nearest point on oil tho the railroad to the cave he stopped with ills hla suite at the hillige hotel and all sent hla his interpreter to get a conveyance to tike take the he baity to the cave the interpreter found all tile the public conveyances vey ances had bad almeady gone to the cave the landlois land loid told him the only suitable r conveyance in the vil lago age to jack thompson who was aas not in tile the habit of driving ills kentucky boises hoi sea and ills hla fine canopy topped seated rig for hii hid own family however 0 aiice pi ice was waa named that suite sued jack nid tho the party was soon under way anay to tho the cave rhe emperors emperor s party consisted of six persons after a pleasant ride of six miles the patty at a krove brove of maple trees where they stopped and alighted for of which a bountiful supply had been brought ono one ot of tho the party filled hlll d a i golden cup with mith one fine and handed it to dom pedro upon the taking the cup the tha party all removed their hats all copt jack dom pedio tailed the attention of tho the interpreter to the fact told him to say aay to tho the driver that ho he was nas the emperor of brazil find and that it was waa the custom that when the emperor drank all remove their hits the me message sage was conveyed onvey ed edthe the interpreter adding ion ou will III please your hat jack bod bodding jIng his lines in ono one hand sti I 1 up and replied sir say to bour our emperor that as an act of politeness I 1 i would atwould lecove my hat to the moat humble peasant in his country but as aa a command I 1 would not menlove it for no dam man mail on eaith I 1 am an all emperor the interpreter intel prefer told dom pedro in ills his on language precisely what jack had baldi said whereupon the emperor ordered another golden cup filled aiom tho the decanter and fancied it to his interpreter ter preter telling him to present it to the other emperor jack took it and dom pedro through hla his interpreter ter preter I 1 this Is the first time in life that I 1 have had the opportunity and pleasure of di Ii inking with an emperoti empe roi hero la Is to our health and long iong life during the rest of the vleit which was waa three days at the cave dom pe dro alro and jack and the interpreter were the best of friends the emperor never drinking without vit hout clinking cups with jack dom pedro paid all bills and at parting with jack thompson shook both hu his hands handa man many times |