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Show Ambassador Bearded Czar. Sir Jeiome Howes, Queen Kllza both's ambassador to Ivan tho Terrible, Terri-ble, czar or Russia, in 1S83, had an exeitlng time. Ivan had killed his own son a few jears earlier In a fit of passion, and was no easy character to ileal with. Tho czar saw fit to die-parage die-parage the Kngllsh queen, whom, ho declared, "ho did not reckon to be his fellow," there being those who wore her betters, nowes could not stand this sort of thing, and plucklly asserted as-serted that his princess was as gnvit as any In Christendom. "What! As great ns the emperor of Germany?" demanded Ivan. "Why," answered Howes, with n fine assumption of scoin, "such Is the greatness of tho queen, my mistress, that the king her father had not long slnco tho empoior In his pay In his wars against France." Tho csrar was at first more furious than over, but In tlmo ho took Howe3 Into bis favor. |