THE CZAR AS A HUSBAND.
Whatever may be the feelings of Austrian politicians towards the Czar of Russia, the Austrian ladies m high circles, according to a story m the Wiener Allgeme: O6 Zeitung, are enraptured with him, be caose he is the rnoiel of what a husband ought to be On the 26th November the Czarina celebrated her birthday— the fortieth. The Czar made the feit memorable by presenting to hia wife a necklace composed of forty em?rales. In order to collect forty Bton:a of blameless perfection and sufficient size, Russian agents had been engaged for nine montliß m travelling to all tho great European cities m search of enceraldß Ihe Czar'fl purpose hai to be kept a profound secret, since, if it had been known that so great a potentate was m want of bo many emeralds the price would havo risen to a prodigious height. "The Czarina,' says the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Vienna paper, " although she possesses a more splendid collection of jewels than any other European (sovereign, was co delighted at this unexpected addition to them, that Bhe danced round the saloon like a child, with the necklece io her hand.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1776, 25 February 1888, Page 3
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197THE CZAR AS A HUSBAND. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1776, 25 February 1888, Page 3
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