“I am the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg.” “May the——!” cried the farmer, laughing; and turning to the second gentleman, he asked “and who are you?” “I,” replied he, “am the King of Saxony!” “Why, this is getting better,” cried the amused farmer. Finally he turned to the third gunner with: “Well, and who are you?” “I am William, Emperor of Germany!” “Well, this beats all!” said the countryman, partly amused, partly indignant, “but I should certainly not have thought that such old dignified gentlemen would find pleasure in fooling the likes of me! So that you may know who is driving you, I’ll introduce myself: I, I am the Shah of Persia!” The shouts of laughter at this sally made the gentlemen forget their fatigue. The Day’s Expenses While Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria was on his last visit to Emperor William at the shooting-lodge, Letzlingen, the two, with four other royal gunners, were playing a game of billiards at fifty pfennig, about eleven cents, each. The Emperor won, and soon after retired, but returned again to give some directions about the next day’s hunt. The gentlemen were still playing. “What is this game you are playing?” asked the Emperor. “Oh, a child’s game, your Majesty, called ‘_Meine Tante, deine Tante_,’ my aunt, your aunt, or ‘_Naschi-Waschi_.’” “I can play that,” said the Emperor, and staked the thaler he had just won, and won another. Smiling, the Emperor put the money in his vest pocket when one of the gentlemen remarked: “Your Majesty might try it again,” but he replied, “No, thank you, this just covers to-day’s expenses,” and retired again. Contents of the Drawer While visiting the Victoria-Bazaar, the Emperor asked one of the ladies, just to please her, to explain the construction of the sewing-machine to him and the Empress, who was with him. After other questions he asked for what the little drawer was used. “To keep the small utensils belonging to the machine in,” answered the young lady, somewhat embarrassed. The Emperor expected that she would pull the little drawer out, but when she did not do so, he concluded correctly, that the contents were not as they should be. With a gay “With your permission?” he pulled the drawer out and saw an appetizing sandwich reposing there. Smilingly the Emperor asked the young lady: “Does this utensil belong to the machine too?” Quickly the lady replied: “Yes, your Majesty, to the machine of the human body.” Greatly pleased with this witty remark, the Emperor turned to the Empress, saying: “This proves that sewing-machines do not dull the working of the brain.” That Was Different After Emperor William had recovered from a severe illness in the spring of 1885, his physicians would not give their consent to his attending the coming manœuvres on horseback. They feared the great exertion would be too much for the aged monarch, who was then eighty-eight years old, and proposed that he should review them in a carriage.