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GOSSIP FROM ABROAD.
Booord of the Restless Rambles
of Europe’s Royalty.
Attacked by “Wander-Fever."
Bpme the Focus of Attention. 1
Jmberto and Margherita—A Modern
Niche's Eovinps and Raving*.
HVIn-n )dinx» «- r, ‘ b'dWing, •Itrn.viwn
Juive Hoinethiiiß to <l<>. Schiller in hi* ‘
••.Xi nlcii.” A Gorman contemporary ’><
of the opinion Unit tihc good !*»t. W :
lie were atill living, might s|,| ‘ reiison
f,.r changing thin famous saying into the .
following: ‘‘When royalty is roaming. '
(newspaper num have someibiiig to any. [
'llio fact is that, the periodicals of L*
rope are c rowded with reports on the
rumblings of potentates and prince*. '1 ht.
wander-fever, as the Germans call it. [
seems to Diave Hi-ixed upon the ruler* of
toe Old World. At their head IViMnm i
11. surnnmed the “Kelso Kaiser" by his
own subjects is constantly on the road
and on ours is the age of rapid transit
it appears but porper that the acknow- ,
lodged chief of modern royalty should I
be denominated the Travel Emperor.
Rome. the mother of empires, has just
been the focus of attraction. Mauv I
times in the course of her history, em
bracing nearly 2,650 years, royal repub- |
licnn and imperial Rome has harbored
'within her walls kings and embassies '
from all parts of tJn’ eastern hernia- :
phero. However distant the. land that
had resounded with the footsteps of het I
legions or heard the rushing of its etv !
gles’ wings to Rome it would send its
tributes, hostages, legations and lords
to do homage to the Eternal City which '
once held the whole wortd in secular sub j
m*'ion, and io this day luus not yet
yielded up an iota of her alleged spirit '
mil sovereignty over the nations of, the]
earth. Adulterous and blood-stained
were many, if not most of her nuptials i
by which she wedded to herself in fore'- |
able union the people for which the if i
resistible charmer after the manner of.
Deianoira, but with forethought, reserved
her Nessus-garment.
This tame it was the silver wedding
of the ruler of imodern Italy that ajs- j
M inbled scores of foreign royalties lit
■modern Rouie. The Sun has . ailed at
teut.iou Io the historical j'eurimseepees
which these visits of Europe’s princes ;
Te.-all. especially that of the German
Kaiser, King Humbert 1. L’mberto in
Italian, and. by bis full name, Rainer
Karl Emanuel .loliann Maria I'erdinuud
Eugene, born <»u the 14tih of ALUrch
IS-11, in Turin. succeeded his lather.
Victor Emanuel. on the 9th of January,
IS7B. His mother was Mary Adelaide,
an Austrian archdm boss. At his bi*t.li
it he kingdom of I'nited Italy did not yet
exist and Ills father was simply a crown
prince of Savoy. \\ heu Humbert
isyicfhed Ibis' twenty year the
union of Italy was accomplished, pair- j
tmlly .as a result ot the Franeo-Germiun
war. As Victor Emanuel’s successor,
Humbert 1 now rules over a country of
110,700 square iniles and over thirty
millions of subjects. His army; whose
lielace Strength is 276.000. in case oil
war may h' increased to 2.850.000 men.
The tleet numbers 360 vessels .among
which the Italia liutl Hepatite are consul
cred the strongest, armored shins at
present existing, and which to man Italv j
enn furnish 70.00“ marines. Ou the 22d
of April, 18(18, the king marri.xl his enu
-fin. Margherita, the daughter of the
late Duke Ferdinand of Genoa mid the
I'rim-ess Elizabeth of Saxony. His
son. Victor Emanuel, the crown prince. I
oho bears the rille of Prinee of Naples,
was burn on the 11th of November. 186.1.
Huth king and queen, the latter born
on the 20th of November. IS.il, are ol
German descent on their mothers and
g; and niot'.lier's side. Humbert is a sin
cere friend to the German emperor whom -
he visited in 1889 with the crown prinee, ,
and whose steadfast ally ho remains.
At the present occasion t.he conjugal
Te'ations of the royal couple were of
course, also the subject of court and
newspaper gossip. I hey are not of the .
best, as it'would appear from the gen
eral i‘e|s>rt. As “the son of his father j
the Ita.ians love and pardon their king. ■
Victor Emanuel, by his frequent amor I
Oils escapades set his successor a. bad
example. Queen Margherita is not only
<1 handsome, but highly educated woman
become utterly worn out. Fortunately.:
she has resolutely resisted tempatioiis
and a virtuous and forgiving eonsori.. i
'die king, however, is said to be lack
ing both in faith and respect. Gm- of
bis mislrossec. a dutehoss. he imide a
Indy of the Queen’s court, and only the
latter’s threat that she would sue for
divorce banished the former from Romo.
It is rumored that the queen repeatedly,
for whole days and weeks, kept, away
from the court and nil reunions on ae
eouuit of the king's armours. Humbert
is. nevertheless, very popular with the
Trasses ;I S a brave solqier, bcause ot
his affability and especially by reason oi
liis charity, of which be gave such h .
noble example during the cholera epidem
ic at Naples in 1886. during the earth
quakes nt. Gasamiceioli and Rome aim
•on the occasion of other calamities. But
Queen Margherita is adored by the whole
p.eople, without distinction of rank or
party.
This reminds one of another imperial
couple whose domestic relations, for
similar reasons, have always been, tar
from pleasant. Eutely Emperor I ran
ds Joseph, of Austria-Hungary, went to
Switzerland to persuade his spouse to
imturn to Vienna with him. but his mis
sion was unsuecesst ul. She refused to
accompany him. She will continue her
restless travelling up and down Europe
probably for the rest of her life, and
it is doubtful whether she will ever
agn>in set. foot in Vienna, except to pay
tin occasional hurried visit to the vault
wherein rests the remains of her suicide
s >n. The Empress suffers terribly from
insomnia. During her stay in Switzer
land she walked n.t least twenty miles
ju the hope of tiring herself into sleep
lint in vain. She obtains upon an aver-
e. onlv three hours of broken sleep
nightly.‘and it is feared that she will
to use opiate, and if she continues firm
in this wise and courageous course phy
sicians are not without hope that in a
few months she will be restored 1 to
ln'a lt!h.
The Seeolo, of Milan. Italy, recently
gave interesting details concerning the
sickness of the Austrian Empress. Be
sides her insomnia and unceasing rest
lessness that, causes her to roam over
half the globe, a correspondent of this
paper mentions her unconquerable liking
f. r shopping. Wherever she stops on
her travels she will visit all the princi
pal stores and purchase all sorts of bric
a-brac, antiquities, laces, toilet, articles,
lectures, statues, dress goods, furniture.
1 <-oks and whatever attracts her fancy.
She hardly ever leaves her hotel except
to go shopping.
If sb.e would take along all her pur
elm ses, she would require separate trains
and this is the system applied to regu
late to some extent her eccentric ex
travagance. All goods she buys are
nt onee shipped either to Vienna or to
her beautiful villa, "Achilleion, ’ on the
Island of Corfu. Not for a moment
is she left alone: one lady of her court.
]ier intimate friend and guardian, al
ways accompanies her on her pedes
trian tours: nor is she ever seen with
out her tutor, Professor Barker, who
teache* hen' modern Greek sud is her
gntitest favorite. He is her losepern
ble comiianlon on her mountain trip*
ami promenade*. A hatxlsonie. beardlea*
n.ml eh-gunt young lutu, he look* more
like an actor than a pedagogue. To
explain this atrange relation it i» said
that he i» not only a scholar and expert
linguixt, bun also a very skilful upecial
ist for mirvoua disensea. He is a native
of Athens. This is given a# the reason
for his being attached to her HliitO, so
that "he may be under hh uninterrupted
aurveilln nee and treat meat. N> other
person is known to have more personal
influence over the erratic Empress than
this young physician, whom she willing
ly obeys.
As to the nbove-mentiom'd sudden
visit of Francis Joseph to Switzerland
it is rumored that it became necessary
liecnuse the Empress wanted to commit
suicide by throwing herself from a rock
in the Alps, since she bidieved her hus
band to have died. When she saw
him she Is'cnme visibly calmer, begged!
him not to leave her again, but refused
to follow him to the capital. The Em
peror tried to persuade his wife to go toj
Corfu, where he promised to visit her:
mid stay with her for a month. 'I he
Empress declined to return to Achil-j
leion on the plea tluit Athauas, the,
famous Macedonian brigand, had re-1
solved to invade her castle with hi«;
band in order to kidnap her and to
hold her for an immense ransom. As
a rule Elizabeth is reported to be eom
parntively quiet ami communicative dur
ing daytime, but. with the approach of
night her nervous malady overcomes her.
Then the unfortunate Empress will
fireak forth in heartrendering lamenta
tions over the loss of her beloved son,
Crown I’rinee Rudolf, and in memory,
of tiho 'terrible tragedy of Miwermg.
Several persons idwnvs surround the
disconsolate mother in these hours of
grief to prevent her from laying hands
on herself and to buni.sh her thoughts
of death and dire reminiscence*.
How different mro the sentiments
n wakened in remembrance of another
royal traveller recently n visitor to Flor
ence. the City of Flowers! An Empress
and Queen, .'die, t<s», has experienced
the truth that thrones and palaces are
not exempted from human sorrows and
sighs: but how calm iund sweet appears
her life’s course at the side of the un
happy Elizabeth, of Austria, whose wail
ing for the loss of her offspring recalls
to the mind of a German poet the fate
of Niobe, Hie dtyighter of Tantalus. Miss
Jcaunle Wiustdfi, in her recent letter
publishisl in The Sun. discloses part.,
of the peaceful and smiling vistas that)
surrounded Victoria. England’s Queen,
and Empress of India, in the \ illii Pal
mieri. tin- chosen Florentine nb<sle of
the British Sovereign. The Florence
Gazette, in a. recant issue, gave the
history and description of this attrac
tive residence and its environs.
Its first, name was happy enough. Schi
fanoja, or ’'biinish care. ’ Formerly in
the possession of the Fini and then of
the Toloiuei family, it passed in 1454 in
into the hands of the Palmieri, from
whom it received its present, designation.
Now it. is owned by the Dowager Count
ess of Crawford and Balcarres, who
lent it to the Queen. But a short mile
from Florenoe. on the lower slope of the
Fiesolean Hills, built on terraced
grounds, with its statutes and vases,
park, archways and stately steps, from
which there is a lovely glimpse over the
beautiful town, it merits the name of
■'Signorille." When the weather was flue
the Queen breakfasted on a magnificent
marble balcony, looking down on the
fair City of Flowers from under the
drooping branches of the weeping wil
lows. In the charming grounds, backed
by the stis'p hillside, which is planted
with trees of every clime, stands an
ancient chapel, a sextagon surmounted
by n dome, while in the castle itself
there is u private sanctuary for Protes
tant service. The noble courtyard, with
its fountain and the loggia leading on
to the terraces, was built by Palmeiro
Palmieri in the latter half of the sev
enthteeinth century. The library, once
the armory, opens on the court-yard to
the right, and opposite is the theatre
room, with a highly ornniuentad balcony
for the orchestra. It was Tiere, no doubt,
that the Earl of Cowper gave that festa.
mentioned in many memoirs of that
time. when Handel’s “Alexander's
Feast” was performed. “The music was
followed by a ball, which was more to
the taste of the Florentine ladies.” re
marks one of the guests in his journal.
A marble bust of her Majesty, given to
T.ady Cratvford as a memento of the
Queen's late visit, stands in this room,
which is used by the gentlemen in wait
ing. Ou the first floor, at the southwest
corner, is the sitting-room occupied by
the Queen.
A poetical legend derives the name
of Palmieri from a favorite young cup
bearer of Emperor Otho 1. It runs thus:
When Hie Emperor had defeated Ber
enger IV, Pope Agabetus H sent him a
palm branch with a long message of
congratulation. Otho gave the branch
to his young favorite to carry before
him so that all the world should see how
the Pope had honored him. The youth
came to be called “il palmiere” (the
palm bearer) and adopted the appelation
as his name. Afterwards the Emperor
gave him a castle and his grandson,
being handsome and of noble mein, won
the heart of the only daughter of a rich
noble, one Patino the Lord of Rasoio.
Thus the Palmieri became, according to
the old legend, very powerful and pos
sessed of much wealth.
In the last century Villa Palmieri was
‘the scene of splendid entertainments
given by the Earl of Cowper. The King
of Sweden, during his sojourn at Flor
ence as Count Haga, was a frequent
guest, so was the Grand Duke of Tus- )
cany, am admirer of the young and pret- |
ty Eady Cowper, who was rival for the )
palm of beauty with the Countess of
Albany. Though eccentric. Lord Cowper
was a patron of men of letters, and had
tin especial admiration for Machiavelli,
to whose monument in Santa Croce he
gave large sums. He also contributed
toward the publishing of a complete
edition of his works. Horace Walpole
sneers at the English Earl's title of
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire,
which in 1778 ho received from Emper
or Joseph of Austria. Walpole speaks of
him as "an Englishman who has never
seen his earldom, who takes root and
boars fruit in Florence, is proud of a
pinchbeck principality in a third country,
and as great a curiosity as any in the
Tuscan collection.”
Villa Palmieri lias always been iden
tified with the abode of the ftiree youths
and seven maidens in Boccaccio's De
cameron. Baldelli in his “Life of Boc
caccio” tells us tha.t_.he owned a small
villa near Majano. 'and adds: “From
the poetical picture he gives of the first
halting place of the gay company we
recognize Poggio Gherardo: by the de
scription of the sumptuous palace which
they afterwards selected in order not to
lie ‘ annoyed by tiresome visitors, the
! beautiful Villa Palmieri.’’ After describ
) ing in the introduction to the Decameron
' the first “palace of the hill,” two short
miles from Florence and a certain dis
! tance from any road, Boccaccio says
I that:
“The Queen, accompanied and follow
| cd by her ladies and the three youths,
I to the song of perhaps twenty nightin
! gales mid other birds, slowly walked to
ward the west by an unfrequented lane
1 full of green herbs and flowers, which
were all beginning to open with the ris
ing sun. She had led them to a most
beautiful and magnificent palace sit
uated on a small hill somewhat above
the plain. Into this they entered and
; went all over it. and seeing the large
halls, the cleanly and well-decorated
bedrooms, furnished and stocked with
) all belongs to a bedroom, they praised
! them highly and esteemed their owner to
)be rich and powerful. Then descending
and seeing the vast and pleasant court
yard of the palace, the cellars stored
with excellent wines and the many
springs of very cold water, they com
-1 mended it yet more. Then, desirous of
repose, they sea,t<>d themselves in a log
gia which commanded the court-yard,
Tftti AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, MAY 3, 1893.
1 and the coirrteoua steward 'came nnd re
ceived them and broujtbt dainty sweet
meats and good wine for their refresh
i ment.”
In 1824 Miss Mars Farhill bought
Villa Palmieri from the executors of the
last of the Palmieri. Rhe bequeathed it
. to the Grand. Duchess Marie Antoinette
•of Tuscany, from whom the late Earl
'of Crawford and Balcarres purchased
it iu 1874.
The “Queen of the English, adds 'Die
Florentino Gazette, is very popular
among the common people in Florence.
They cannot quite underKtaind the Indian
a 1.11-ndanta, and call them princes,•won
dering why they accompany Queen Vic
toria. Her pet donkey, which drags the
low chaise about the grounds of the villa,
' is also n mutter of great surprise among
| the pisiple. That a queen, who of course
■ is rich, should prefer a donkey to n fine
• horse seems to them very extraordinary,
i Neyertheless they all have a hearty ben
-1 venutu ii Firenza for the royal visitor
I from Inghilterra,
From n German paper it is learned
that the pris-rnstination of the marriage
of Prince Gisirge of England to Princess
Mary, his late brother's betrothed, gives
rise to many conjecture* and rumors.
There is one very curious explanation
current in foreign paper*. According to
this Prince George, two years before the
Duke of Clarence’s death, when the Fea
sibility of himself eventually becoming
heir prewumptive was not thought of,
was morganatically married to a lady
who is not of royal blood. He is unwij
ling to separate from her. and advisers
are not. wanting who declare that the
king of England is not bound to marry a
princess of a reigning house. Queen
Elizabeth was the daughter of a citizen
mother. If Prince George should die
without issue, Princess Louise, the wife
of tie duke of Fife, would lie the next
heir to t.he throne. Her husband dis's
not belong to a reigning family. Would
their children be deprived of the right
of snicessioii? Some affirm it. others
deny it. In the former ease thi-mlleged
marriage of Prince George would be no
obstacle to his ascending the throne of
Great Britain.
Not even the rulers of the far east
sis-in to be free of the wandering fever i
The news that a numlier of Indian
icrinces intend visiting the World’s Fair
is followisl by the announcement that
Nasr-Eddiu. the Hihah of Persia, is get
ting ready for another junketing trip
among the infidels. This at leairt is the
ri'jexei of The Novoje-Vremja. of St.
Petersburg. Extensive preparations are
being made at the court off Teheran. The
shah, it is learned, will <tom the Cau
c-issus to visit several towns in South
Russia. 1 ' and then to travel byway of
Warsaw to Wiattern Europe. Assuming
the strictest incognito be will only be
accampanii<l by an adjutant, four cour
tiers and bis court marshal, M. d’Ariene,
a Frenidiman.
Another report asserts that, the em
peror of Japan has resolved to visit Eu
rope next summer. His tour would un
doubtedly be an interesting novelty. The
mikado is an accomplished gentleman,
well educated, fond of public display,
and a passionate uportsman. Proud of)
his army, which was organized and)
drilled by Gorman and French officers, as ,
well as of his navy, which has been
under the care of English marine offi
cer*. he would, of course, bo honored by
great military reviews and naval maneu
vers on the part great; European powers,
althoug-li Japanese papers assert his
tour will be especially undertaken for the
the sake of study nnd obtaining personal
information concerning the rulers and
nations of the west <ind north.
•
Duke Ernst Guenther, of Schleswig-
Holstein. brother of Empress Victoria
Augusta, will go to Chicago in May. I
where lie is to represent the emperor at
the World’s Fair. He expects to remain
six weeks in the United States.
The Berlin 'l’nggebhitt publishes the
following letter, written by Mr. Poult
ney Bigelow to a friend in that city: “A
Leipsic publisher. Herr <’. F. Muller, has
brought out a German translation of my
work. ‘The German Emperor and His
Eastern Neighbors.’ I consider it a com
pliment. but I do most positively object
to his having added on the fly leaf a
printed notice with the words: ‘At the
request of the emperor’—which are a
great surprise to me. The emperor was
not even aware of the existence of my
book until I sent him A copy; nor has he
ever in the least endeavored to influence
me in any way. If he has honored me
with his friendship until now it is bt>-
cause I have never asked a favor of him
and flint there then' is absolutely none
I should wish to accept. The above no
tice. therefore, tends to deprive me of
what, is dearest to me—my freedom of
judgment. Hence I hereby request you
to make this publicly known.”
Os the late Queen Olga, of Wnrtem
berg. The Si'colo. of Milan, tolls the fol
lowing romantic story: Olga Nicola
jowna. the Russian grand duchess, w.aij
n lady of dazzling beauty when, in 1846,
she married the king of Wurtemberg.
She was. in fact, eonsiden'd to be the |
handsomest woman in Europe. Her
marriage was preceded by a strange
romance. Prince Bariatinsky, and offi
cer of the Imperial Guards at St. Peters
burg. had conceived a desperate passion
for the princess, which the latter re
sponded. The lovers had already laid
their plans for a flight and a secret mar
riage in Germany, when one day_ Baria
tinsky tbreov himself at the czar’s feet,
confessing his love and assuring his sov
ereign that his conscience _ would
not permit him to deceive Iris
master or disgrace the imperial fam
ily. The emperor, touched by the offi
cer's faithfulness and confidence, at onee
made him field marshal and governor of
the Caucasus, thus exiling him from the
court and separating him from the Prin
cess Olga. Twelve years ago he died
in an imperial castle near Warsaw, un
married. He was wont, to say: “For a
common mortal who has had the happi
ness to love an imperial princess and be
loved bv her. there exists no ether wo
man on’earth.” The cutting of the qanal
of Corinth will soon be completed. On
the sth of May. the birthday of King
George of Greece, it will be opened. The
emperor of Austria and other sovereigns
are expected to be present. The work
was begun three and a half years ago.
—Baltimore Sun.
“SOMEBODY HAS TO DIE.”
Last Monday the citizens of Denmark,
S. C.. to the number of 500. indulged in
the luxury of cold blooded brutal mur
der. They took a negro named John
Peterson, strung him up and filled his
body with bullets. John Peterson's crime
was his color. Some one of his color
had committed an assault on a. white
girl. That is an offence which is apt
to excite in any community the worst
passions. In southern communities,
where there is a large negro population
not yet fully emerged from Jlie brutal
and degraded condition which is the nat
ural inheritance of ages of slavery and
wrong, this crime, or any attempt to per
petuate it, rouses the entire white pop
ulation -to a pitch of frenzy bordering on
insanity—a madness Grat nothing but
the shedding of blood can assuage. It
will not wait for the slow process of
law. nor for the proofs of guilt, which
in all civilized countries are required to
be indubitable before the extreme pen
alty is administered which bars all ap
peal and can never be revoked. It does
not always, or even often, content itself
with the swift taking off of the offender,
but laps witli brutal satisfaction the
fiendish delight of seeing its victim die
by slow torture with all the aceompa-
ailment* of ingenious barbarity. That
500 citizens of any community should
rise up and kill out of hand without trial
any ono man of any color for any of
fence does not seem to it* to betoken an
ewoinraging eocinl condition.
In this cjisi' the citizen* of Denmark
hud not the palllntloq for their crime that
their victim was guilty <»f the offence
cilia rgcl. On the contrary he wns
plainly, nnd by the best testimony pos
sible, entirely innocent. The girl whom
he wns chargixi with assn lilting exoner
ated him. “I don't know him," she said,
when r'onfroutixl with him. “He don't
look like him at all; he don’t talk like
the man; he is the same color; that is
all." To the question repeated wtii-tlier
: he "looked like the right man." she an
iswerisl with an tinquiilifiixl "no," nnd with
equal jiositive-ness addl'd that she should
know the man who assnulled her if she
saw him. That would seem to be
enough to satisfy the angriest of mobs
as to the innocence of John Peterson, It
was apparently conclusive. But lie was!
“of the same color.” So when the mob
were told the result of the examination,
one of them simply said, “Some one has
to die,” nnd then they took John Peter-*,
son out. and strung him up. nnd fired his j
poor black body full of bullets. There
was the end of John Peterson. Put to I
death with cold blooded cruelty, not be-1
cause he had done anything that de
served it, but because he was of “the
sn.me color” with some one who had. and
"someliody had to die.” And a coroner’s
.jury, taking up the forms of law which
bad lieen so cruelly dsiiinl the dead man,
l"oko| at the work of tin- Uvwbreaken,
and said on their oaths that John Pe
terson “came to his death by hanging
and shot wounds al the bunds of alxiut
500 citizens who intended to inflict the
punishment of death upon him” for
having committed an assault. Grim trav
esty of law and justice!
And the 500 citizen*, having sateil
their rage, are no doubt proud of having
vindicated by law the violation of it.
nnd of having administered a lesson am!
a warning Io negroes who lire ti'mpted;
to commit crime by killing tin innocent
negro who wgs “of the same color” with:
a criminnl 'because “some one had to bi
killed.” It is to the credit of such news
papers ns Tin' Charleston News and
Courier and The Atlanta Constitution that
they denounce in the most imqiialifiisl
terms the savagery and barbarity of the
Denrfrark 560. It is not likely that any
one of the murderers will ever be
brought to justice or suffer the loss of
a moment’s liberty for this brutal crime.
But is is quite possible that if such
journals ns those we have named, and
others rejiresenting the intelligence and '
hiimajiity of the southern people, hold .
them up to public execration us cold
blooded murderers, who kill without
provocation for the sake of killing, the
li«*on may not be lost on other commu
nities. —N< .v York Tribune.
PLUCK OF HOHENZOLLDRNS.
One need not hark back to Carlyle's
original Conrad, the seeker of his fortune
who tramped down from the ancestral
eliffcastle on his way to take service un
der Barbarossa. Before and since the
“Grosse Kurfurst” there has been no
Hohenzollern who has not been a brave
man. He himself was the hero of Fehrbel
lin. His son, the first King of the line,
Carlyle's “Expensive Herr,” was “valiant :
in action” during the third war of Louis
XIV. The rugged Frederick William,
fattier of Frederick the Great, had his own
tough piece of war against the volcanic
Charles XII. of Sweden, and did a stout
stroke of hard fighting at Malplaquet.
Os Fritz himself the world has full note.
Bad, sensual, debauched Hohenzollern as
was his" successor Frederick the Fat, he
hail fought stoutly In hl* youth under his
illustrious uncle. His son, Frederick Wil
liam 111., overthrown by Napoleon, who
called him a “Corporal,” did good soldierly
work iu the “War of Liberation.” His
eldest sou, Frederick William IV.. the
vague, benevolent dreamer whom Punch
used to call “King Cliquot," aud who
died of softening of the brain, even he,
as a lad had distinguished himself in the
"War of Liberation,” and in the fighting
during the subsequent advance on Paris.
As for grand old William 1., the real
maker of the German Empire on the quid
fault per alium, fault per se axiom, he
died a veteran of many wars. He was not
seventeen when he won the Iron Cross by
a service of conspicuous gallantry under
heavy fire. He took his chances in the
bullet fire at Koniggratz aud again oh the
afternoon of Gravelotte. Not a Hehenzol
lern of them all but shared as became
their race in the dangers of the great war
of 1870-71—even Prince George, the music
composer, the only non-soldicr of the fam-
Uv. took the field; William's noble sun.
whose premature death neither Germany
nor England has yet ceased to deplore,
took the lead of one army; Ids nephew,
Prince Frederick Charles, a groat com
mander and a brilliant soldier, was the
leader of another. One of his brothers,
Prince Albert the elder, made the cam
paign as cavalry chief, whose son, Prince
Albert, junior, now a veteran tlelil mar
shal, commanded a brigade of guard cav
alry with a skill and daring not wholly
devoid of recklessness. Another brother
I’rinee Charles, the father of ( the “Red
Prince,” made the campaign with the
royal headquarters. Prinee Adalbert, a
cousin of the soverign aud head ot the
Prussian Navy, had his horse shot un
der him on the battlefield of Gravelotte.—
Archibald Forbess in the Contemporary
Revb?w.
IN A SLEEPING CAR.
If you travel In "sleepers" fortify your
self against that modern fungus—the wom
an who absorbs the toilet room. She is
übiquitous and her kind will be aboard
in great numbers. Put comb, brush, tooth
brush. band mirrow, button hook, hairpins,
whisk broom, towel, soap, powder, cold
cream and a small bottle of rose water,
one-third of it glycerine. In your hand
satchel, along with your wrapper. The
rose water and glycerine will keep your
skin fresh and clean, and In your berth
you may make a presentable toilet before
venturing to the toilet room—perchance to
find it barricaded by this “awful woman."
The day has passed when a woman in a
sleeper in the early morning hours was a
fright to behold, thanks to the pretty neg
ligees, wrappers, dressing jackets and pet
ticoats and increased comforts in arrange
ment of sleepers, the modern woman may
preserve even there her bourdoir. Silks
are so eheap and negligees so easily made
at home or to be had at the shops, that
every woman should possess a wash or
India silk wrapper or a French flannel
jacket. The silk takes up little space in
the satchel, and when the journey is ended
it serves for the bed-room. In your berth
remove your dress skirt and your bodice,
loosen your garters and the band of your
undeclothing, and slip on the wrapper or
jacket, and comfort is yours, while, in
case of accident or emergency, you will
not be unpresentable. It is never safe
to remove the underclothing and don a
night dress in a sleeping car.—Boston
Globe.
MVRDER AND ST'TCIDE.
St. Augustine, Tex.. Anril 30. —John
Halton was found dead in his
house, eleven miles from town hav
ing been shot to death. His wife and
seven children are missing. He has
been insane for a number of years and
it is supposed he butchered his whole
family, secreting their bodies, then com
mitting suiede.
Waste no money. Buy Salvation Oil, the
only good liuliaeut. It kills all pain.
GEN. RUTLEDGE
PASSES AWAY.
Ho Was a Gentleman of the Old
School.
His Career Was that of a True
Confederate Soldier.
The funeral Services Will Occur in
Charleston Today.
Charleston, S. C., April 30.—(Special, r
The news of the death of Gen. B.
11. Rutledge, which occiirrml today, al
though not unexpected, has caused pro
found sorrow throughout this city and
state, for in his life was blended the
character and industry of the old as j
well us the new Carolina. Bearing a
name which appears in the earliest rec
ords of the establishment of the state,
iu whose councils, as well as that of the
continental congress, none stood higher
in the estimation of the patriots of
those eventful days, the sterling quali
ties which have so signally marked a
life spent in the service of two distinct
eras of his country would seem a na
tional result of antecedents so illus
trious
Distinguished by that suavity of man
ner which characterized the old school
of South Carolina gentlemen, Gen. Rut
ledge was not laggard in making the
’best of the storm and wreck, out of)
vdiich, Ijke so many others, he had to
begin a fresh start iu the race of life |
after the war. And in this part of his '
career quite as conspicuously as amid
the tuore x active .scenes of sodier life, |
did his energy, honesty aud fidelity of |
performance prove him to be a man of
no ordinary mould.
Vivacuous and impulsive, chivalrous
and generous, he represented a genera
tion that attained manhood, when the,
fierce competition engendered by ncces-1
sity did not exjst, aud when the badge
of gentility was not so freely bartered,
by candidates for political aud proles-1
sional honors as has grown to be the |
practice under the rule of those "hoi
now so largely shape the legislation of |
the country.
The grandson of Chancellor Rutled,-.e
wns born iu Sumter county over sixtj
years ago. Having been prepared tor
l-ollegu, nt the well known Mendenhall
school, in Now York, be discharged
the varied duties duties of his course,
as a student at Yale with great credit |
and profit, (as his success at the bar:
.subsequently proved), and after gradua
tion selected Cbairleston as the field,
of bis professional operations. On the
approach of hostilities, he left hi- seat
in the secession convention and enlisted,
with the Charleston Light Dragoons,
and was afterward colonel of the;
Fourth regiment. His career during the I
war was that of a true Confederate
and His name would have been recorded
as one of the brigadier generals
trad the struggle not. terminated as quick
as it did. Returning to Charleston, he
r.-opened his office in 1866 under the
firm name of Rutledge A Young and
served in several sessions of the Legis
lature with great benefit to the state
in whose service he was subsequently
appointed a brigadier and major general
successively, having volunteered ‘»s ser
vices in the troublous tunes of 1 i '•
In 1886 Major B. H. Rutlodge, Jr.,
having been admitted to the bar. Gen. :
Rutledge withdrew from the firm otj
Rutledge & Young and entered into
partnership with bis son. Bmce then]
and until the time of h;s death this,
firm has been enjoying a lucrative bus.-
ness, Gen. Rutltdge bejug generally
coneeiled. to be one of the ablest equity ,
lawyera the state has ever produced.
Gen. Rutledge's first practice betore the
war was with the firm ot M lialey A .
Rittledge. Early in life he married the
daughter of the late Oliver 11. Middle-1
ton and b.-sides his wife loaves a
ter and three sous, Mayor B. IL kut
ledge and Oliver and Edward Rutledgi.
The funeral services will take place
tomorrow at St. I’hillip's church.
HERR HANAUEB DEAD.
Berlin, April 30.-Herr Hauauer, im
perial secretary of the Department of
; Justice, is dead.
LORD DERAMOTtE.
Paris, -April 30.-Lord IK-ramore died
here today.
SENATOR MORTEFAART DEAD.
Paris. April 30.-Senator Morteuat
died today. “•
WASH IN GTON'S IN A L'GUR ATIOX.
The 104th Anniversary was Celebrated
Yesterday*
New York. Avril 30.—The one hun
dred aud fourth anuiversnrv of the in-
I nugurarion of George YVashington as
President of the United States was cele
brated today in a more elaborate man
ner than similar celebrations havy been
iu recent years. Under t.bo wmmaud of
Captain John G. Norr.inn. several mili
tary and civic organizations assembled
in front of the sub-treasnrv. marched up
Broadway, thence to Vesev street, aud
through the side entrance to St. I auls
into church. The chair used by M ash
ington had been loaned for the occasion
bv E. B. Southwick, and stood upon the
altar decorated with the national flag.
Rev. AV. N. Geer preached the sermon,
and was assisted in a special service by
Rev. Morgan Dix-
NOT GUILTY.
Athens. Go., April 30.—(Special.)-The
verdict of the jury in the Cadle murder
C . ISO Is not guilty, and now W. P. Briggs,
Henry and Allie Beusse are free men.
While there was some doubt as to the
innocence of the Reusses, there was never
knv doubt as to Briggs <being not guilty.
He h“ld a responsible position with the
Seaboard Air Line Railway and is known
as a thorough railroad man.
terrific” wind storm.
Wheeling, W. Va., April 30.—A terrific
electrical ami rainstorm with heavy wind
today visited this vicinity. The city is in
total darkness owing to the damage done
the elwtfrc light wires. A large new
tbree-story building was blown down uml
many chimneys In South Wheeling and
•Benwood tyere demollshed-
EARTHQI AKE IN SERVIA.
Vienna, April 30.—Negotiano, a Servian
city near the Danube, wns shaken by an
earthquake today. Much damage was done
to buildings.
BROWN'S IRON BITTERS
cures Dyspepsia, In
i’ 1 cresticn & Det>i ity <
CATHEDRAL ROBBED.
And 875,000 Worth of Valuables Carrla/
Away.
City of M 'Mco, April 30.—The Catho
lic church awthoritie* here today re»
coived a letter from the priest at Aeape
tlalimiciui in the state of Puebla giving
further particulars of the robbery of
the magnificent cathedral in that city.
The robbery is one of the heaviest and
most dastardly ever committed iu Mexi
co. The church contained ornament*
nnd valuables to the amount of $75,000
and everything was taken by the van
dals from the altar, among the articles
stolen being a large sacred goblet of
solid gold. It wns the most ancient of
all the valuables of the church and date*
back more than 300 years. It is adorn
ed with d’amond* and n great many
other fine stones. It is believed the rob
bers made their escape to this city, but
it is not thought they will try to dispose
of the stolen articles in Mexico, buY will
take them to the United States or some
other country.
Do not let your dealer palm off on you
any new remedy for coils. Insist on hav
ing Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup.
CUBAN REVOLUTIONISTS.
They Number 300 —The Governor General
< ensured.
Madrid. April 30.—Advices from Havana
are to the effect that the insurgents in
eastern Cuba number 300. The governor
will ask for funds for a campaign against
them but not for reinforcements. The
Cuban deputies support the government ns
does also the Conservative party. Publle
opinion li re censures the governor for
having ar 'wed the Cuban government to
be surprls I by the outbreak and believe
tha; sb I I iho revolt spread he will be
supersede 1 by General Martinez Campes.
At n meeting this evening the .-abim-t ap
proved the resolution authorizing the gov
ernor ut Cuba to draw upon the royal
treasury for ‘<-:y amount require! fur
military supplies. War ships and troops
are bi-lil re.i l> to be sent to Cuba at a
moment’s notice.
FOR NERVOUS DEBILITY.
Us - Horsford’s A Id Phosphate
Dr. H. T. Turner, Kasson, Minn, says:
“I have found ft very beneficial In ner
vous debility, from any cause, nnd for In
digestion.’ ’
ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN BANK FAILS
Although It Had Iteccndy Declared a
Dividend of 10 Per Cent.
T.ond >n. April 30. —A dispuiitch from
Melbourne announces the failure of the
National bank of Australia. The bank
has same 150 branches in Australia and
agencies in most of the large cities of
the United Kingdom, continent and the
I'nited States. The authorized capital
of the bank is £2.000,000, subscribed
capital £1.250,000, paid up capital £l,-
000,000. reserve fund £670.000. reseVve
liabilities of shareholders. £1,500.000.
Its assets are now estimated at £lO.-
600,000. its liabilities in colonics only
at £7,500.000. The cause of the failure
was the heavy run on the bank and all
its branches. Since April 10. more than
£6,500*000 have been withdrawn from
deposit. At an official meeting on last
Thursday a dividend of 10 per cent,
payable May 3, was declared.
THE ONLY ONE EVER PRINTED.
Can You Find the Word.
There is a 3-inch display advertisement in
this paper this week, which has no two
wordsalike except ono word. The same is
true of each new one appearing each week,
from the Dr. Harter Medicine Company.
This house places a “Cresent” on everything
they make and publish. Look for it, send
them the name of the word, and they will
return you Book, Beautiful Lithographs or
Samples free.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Birmingham, Ala., April 27. —At Pratt
City last night widow Fate and three
daughters were in a room together dur
ing the thunderstorm. Mrs.' Fate went
to an open window to close when there
was a blinding flash of lightning and she
fell back dead with her neck broken.
The others in the room were badly
shocked but recovered.
WILL ESCORT MISS DAVIS.
Richmond, Y r a., April 27.—J. Ttiylor
Ellyson, president of the Jefferson Davis
Monument Association will go to New
York and escort. Miss Winnie Davis to
New Orleans and back here on the oc
casion of the removal of the remains
of her father to this city for reinterment
next month. It is not thought that Mrs.
Davis will be able to i-ome here on ac
count of ill health.
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