Idaho Semi Weekly World

The following details as regards the gastronomic tastes of the reigning sovereigns are published in an evening paper in Paris:

Napoleon III.—Abstemious, cautious; never making the slightest remark to the servants. Moderate drinker, but great smoker. Du reste, the Emperor's kind and considerate manner to every member of his household however humble his position, is worthy of imitation.

Queen Victoria.—Abstemious, Puseyite, liking beef and pastry.

Alexander II.—Hearty eater, connoisseur in wine, preferring Champagne and Burgundy, and fond of game.

His Prussian Majesty.—Good drinker (Rhederor, &c.). beef, mutton, biscuits and sweet things. A pleasant and unaffected host.

His Majesty of Austria.—Silent at table, eats dark meat, especially mutton and game, and drinks the national wines of Hungary and Bordeaux.

Victor Emmanuel.—Mighty hunter, capital appetite, eats only white meat and small game. Kills wild boar, but never eats their meat; drinks the Cote d'Or wines.

Isabella of Spain.—Great appetite; prefers veal and white meats; drinks Spanish wines and Bordeaux.

The Sultan.—Partisan of strong meats, of rice, of pastry, of Eastern fruit, and of Burgundy.

His Dutch Majesty has the finest cellar in Europe; fond of fish and especially salmon. His neighbor of Belgium eats very little, and always small game, and drinks sparingly of Bordeaux.

The ex-King of Hanover lives on the Bohemian pheasant, the woodcock of Galicia, and smoked ham of Styria, and drinks Moselle and the Rhine wine.

King Louis of Portugal is the smallest eater in Europe.