The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-06


mucn-deslreA body 10 tie Dsnea Hcu may see
the room In which he lived. the very bed upon
which he found sleep-"the balm OF hurt mlnds"-
the wooded shores In which he hid from pursuit.
another barn. where he threshed the corn Tor
trusty farmer Sven Efsson. VINO found him out, but
would never betray him all the same, and In which
honest sven,s descendants thrcsh corn to this
very day. You may also see monument not
many miles from here, which indicates that he was
once in extremity OF peril, and that another noble
woman wife to peasant LARSON, hid him In eel
lar and covered the trap with an ale tub, and 50
prevaricatcd on the subject that the pursuing
Dane took his departure and was satisfied. I have
not heard that he ever chopped down cherry tree
with Ratchet or shot an apple from the head OF
ms only son; but there is no ingenious Swedl sh
mind in all these pennsulas and archipelagoes who
does not believe he could have performed either
feat. But his labors came to just end. He over
threw the tyrannous Dane ana was chosen King
and reigned with renown, and his children and
children's children regned after him. until Water
loo times and thereaboats, when new race came
TO the throne. And this being the day on which
vasa was born into the world. Prince Of the
House OF Bernadotte elects that upon this day he
will accept the crown. 80 you have the two
ressons for this being Coronation Day--the May
season and the patriot anniversary But, N only
the sun would shinei M ips0rM ae a1
STOCKHOLM IN THE RAIN.
'If only the sun would shinei" thinks all Stock
holm; and yet It's ~, 600 people and thousands who
come as its guests mean to honor the day and dis,
datn the rain. One notes In the quiet. landlocked
harbor. their masts In the shadow Of the palace,
neet OF ships and boats dressed In nags-frOm
spar to spar fringe OF idly hanging flags OF all
nations, the heart-noving banner OF far America
among the number, Stripes and Stars In . soaked
condition. Booted men with spurs, their feathers
and braid just peepng out OF blue cloaks make their
appearance. Carriages-the heavy numbering car
riage ofSwedentumble along over the bridge to the
palace. and through the window pane we see some
high, select being in scarlet or blue with gold EN-.
brOidered hat. Now and then comes chariot
the windows OF which are smothered with a cloud
Of lace and silks. and white rufIied garments that
might be petticoats; and you know that. hidden
under that mass Of thread and bullion and fnery,
some noble lady lies buried and in an unseemy
manner holds aloft her train. Squads OF sodfery
are marching from nowhere to nowhere as they
always do on these occasions, with no definite
purpose but to march. Along the open spaces, in
the arches OF the bridges in the windows OF the
strange high, conicalroofed houses, crowds as
semble-the rain pouring, pouring, pouring but
no abatement of interest. no shrinking from the
showers, but thousands OF people, resolute to see
/. the King and Queen in all their glory and the
princes and nOblemen following after.
THE PROGRAMME.
II is set down that the ceremony shall be In the
"Great Church;" that the royal party shall leave
the palace at eleven precisely; that there shall be
two PROFESSIONS one enclosing the King, the other
the Queen, and that they shall walk on foot from
the palace to the church. To make the path easy
1Ofh ohnptf IAN oaf fdo
has been laid down IN the middle Of the street.
This pathway is covered with cloth. The distance
thus to be walked would Judge to be about as far
as rom Trinity church to the HERALD ofice, with
many turns in and out, in zigzag shape
THE FAMILY OF BERNADOTTK.
The man who is to be crowned to-day King o.
Sweden "as well as OF the GOths and the Van
das," and the woman. his wife, who Is to be
crowned Queen. are Oscar Frederick Bernad0tte,
and Sophia, princess Of Nassau. He Is q young
man-that Is to say, he was born in 1929. and Is
forty-four years OF age. His wife is seven years
younger. His brother was the late King and left
no child, but one daugher, who IL Crown Princess
OF Denmark. He Is grandson Of the famous Berna-
dotte Napoleon's Marshal. and greatgrandson Of
Bcrnadotte who lived an humble bridesmaids Life
in Pau, under the shadow Of the castle or Henry OF
Navarro. This famous Bernadotte, the grand
make war upon the coalition OF tyrants against
whom Danton was laundering. He joined the
French ranks with q musket and chanted the
'Marseillaise," like the rest OF them, and
probably had no shoes and very little to eat But
as this was an army in which every soldier was
said to carry field marshal's baton in his KNAPP
sack, and as in time 1t came to be commanded by
one Napoleon Bonaparte. Bernadotte attained
great honors He found the baton. He married
sister OF one OF Napoleon's ssters-in-law. He was
made prince, republican as he was. But he did
not continue well with Napoleon. Some say the
great Emperor was unjust to him and meanly de-
prived him OF his glory. At Wagram he displeased
the Emperor so much that he was censured by
name in general order OF the day. 1t happened
that . body OF Swedish prisoners came into his
hands. He was kind to them. The fame OF his
kindness spread through Sweden, and a. the king
then on the throne had no heir. Why who
should be his heir but Bernadotte He was prince
and q famous man Of war. Napoleon furiously
opposed his accepting Che dignity; but he accepted
1t, was elected Crown Prince, and became CON-
nander OF the Swedish armies When the coalt
ton against Napoleon was made he joined it, assur-
ance being given that he could retain his crown in
spite OF his fathers calling and be Sire, my bro
ther,n to heaven-anointed Georges and Alexan-
ders. In the overthrow OF his old chief he bore an
important part, and In 1878, when Napoleon was
chatting his bitter life away at St. Helena and quar-
relng with his keeper about his wine his title and
green cloth for his coats, Bernadotte assembled the
throne OF Gustavus Adolphus as Charles XIV, and
was acknowledged .Sire my brother" by the
crowned heads oil the Holy Alliance.
THE LATE KING AND HIS MISSION.
Bernadotte was In his nifty fifth year when he at
tanned this supreme, sublime feciIity, and his
renubican head was ssround lmpaled with Uiori-
Gus CROWN He reigned many years, and died a
very old man, even fourscore. He was good, SEN
sible king. So likewise his son, who, oddly enough.
married the daughter OF Eugene Beauharnais, son
OF Josephine and the adopted son OF Napoleon.