Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-12-29

R %, 1870.
which was by no means the case.
When, therefore, while he was lying
off Copenhagen. an elegant little
stream yacht was put alongside the
Augusta, and lovely girl Of seven.
teen sprang on board, and running
np to him., placed her hand upon his
arm, saying in tho easiest and most
graceful English, u want 70 see ey-
erything. atuas this vsssel you must
show me every part Of IL, kom the
anchor TO she staddmg.bnilz,n ~
knew her 70 be > lady Of the highest
rank, though il was not until some
time afterward that he discovered
she was the Princes Dsgmar, the
eldest daughter Of the king Of Den
mark, tho sister Of the Princess Of
Wales, and nov tho vile of the
czarowitch and fntars empress oi
Russia.
While Investigating the minutest
details connected with the augusta,
1.-The Princess Da9puAr rcmarkcd to
Csptain Nnrtay, !. \ - are conning 10
dins with "a on sunday = and the
king. who lAd previously joined,
! Them, reiterated the commsnd, fos Il
| IL not the CUSTOM u crowned hs1ds
70 request, but % order, the pres
icnce 0t their guests. A., howsvSr.
not even the n0ss democratic miod
has any iuyincible objectiou 70 regal
eutertsinmsnts, the conadnanders of
thu Augusta and Miant onomi accons.
panied Mr.. Fox on tho following
Sunday TO . csuntry residsaoe Of
King Christians, where tho party
which sat down 20 dine was aboat
seventy in number, including the
lalics and children Of the royal
household. ts ssss. sss4
The king remarked 10 lis guests
that this was residence he had own
ed while 4 private gentleman, and he
was sure they would appreciate his
receiving them there = higher
compliment and : greater evidence
Of his friendship tor their country
than If he had treated them with
more ceremony. This country -housc'
was built Of white marble, with
Frcnch windows opening upon = YER
dant lawn. and in size and appoint
nents not much superior TO the
country residences Of some Of onr
merchant princes. After the pre-
liminary course had bcen dispatched.
His Majesty filed an immense COB
let, and, with grand sweep Of his
arm, designed . . sigaal to the band
stationed On tho lawn in full view of
tho .windOws, he proposed IT .c
United States OF Americar' Crasl,
went the instruments, Lat, TO the
horror OF all present, instead OF ponr-
ing forth, as had been intended. one
'.ot Columbia's national airs. they
struck up pondcrous melody OF
Scandinavia.
Tho king sail ''neyer void but
putting. down the glass, he strode
througa tho open xindow on 70 the
lawn, aud seixinG the band-lnas:er by
the collar, kioked him 1roand The -
closure three several times, ann, dis
missing him At last with 1iguf0us
shake, walkc.l quietly back to his
seat. As may be supposed, . sud-
den silence fell upon the assembled
company, the code Of etiquette fur
nishing no rule or precedent whereby
guests might guide themselves when
royal hosts kicked their band-,nas-
tcrs.- Our worthy representative
relied upon state Of mastcrly inac-
:.::v::y; and fortunately the dclin-
ouent leader soon scrambled to his
place and gave them full blast Of
democratic harmony.
It was noticeable At this table that
the most exquisite painted china re-
placed the vast masses Of gold and
silver plate upon which our country.
ren were regaled in England and
elsewhere. Immediately after cot.
fee was se ,ve.l, the Princess Dagmar
arose, and taking acr little brothers
and sisters by the hand, led them 70
.heir sleeping apartments, where she
personally auperiuteuded their dis
robing and retiring Tor the night. Il
is worthy Of rsnsark ta.e this young
lady was the governess OF the young
er child, en-, and that Queen Louisa
mentioned with evident pride that
amid all the festivities and gaystics
Of The court her eldest daughter
was cmincn,ly . dsmrstic charac-
ter. a
The Princess Dagmar was. in tact,
the central figure Of the DANISH royal
family. A most accomplished and
beautiful woman, she possessed also
that exquisite tact which enables ono
always to say the right thing in the
right place. At later perioi, when
her marriage had removed her to St.
Petersburg, onr fricn.ls Of the Aa.
gusta aud Miantonoml were again
presented to her, ami ehc received
them ~ old acquaintanccs. While
presenting Captain Murray with her
photograph, upon winch she had just
written her NAM, Give me yours"
said she, "for whi.c it shall be the oh
ject of my life to preserve the integ-'
rity Of my adopted country, | desire
to, remember every man who has
fought to preserve the unity Of hls
native land II From Oar Month.
" Gossip in the January usmLsr OF
Lippincott's Magazine.
Tho Financial Coadlilloa 81
France ~ ohc DeQemnsng
81 the PrCsenl Contcse.