| Show jhb CZARS PRIVATE UVE the czar earns a bigger salary than any other man 13 the world writes george belso in success for the put of his connary paya him abc sum of per annum tor acting as managing of the russian empire with its area of 8 square and Us population of persons Ws salary is paid him in monthly installments of each which are sent to him by a special messenger from tue treasury in the form of a check on the national hank of russia jus as an office clerk receives his monthly wages with the difference however that the azars czars talent and industry exercise no influence on his payments ac the same time ho Is expected to maintain a certain standard of living which he would he unable to do in the t le required it he did not possess a private income three or tour times as big as his official salary he the owner of over estates esi ates all ct which supply him with private revenues but be Is also the possessor of palaces and castles which have 10 be maintained in imperial style at a great expense to their otner he has more servants than any one else lu the world tor a veritable army of over domestico domestics cooks pages butlers grooms gardeners and so finh Is employed in his hundred or more estates he possesses over forty residences arkich he has never seen a score of homes which he has viewed externally but never inhabited even for one night and another score in each 0 velch he has slept on only one mccaa ion his private stables contala over 5 horses belonging to bani and tha herds ot feeding on bis own land aie estimated to number over nead ha habitually rises at 6 and eats a characteristically english breakfast 0 ham and eggs bread and bitter anif ag yg marmalade specially and privately prepared for him and tea immediately after breakfast the czar begins to ex oke some of the brands ot havana cigars which he B puff almost continuously till bed time notwithstanding the fact thai bis doc ja lors have warned him again and again 3 that excessive indulgence in this habit j 13 exposing him to tho worst danger of nicot ln poisoning i |
