The Red Cloud chief., 1877-06-14

ciusivsly Charles the Filth. thas In
Preach be has . form 10 himself shared
with him BY no other Emperor or King.
but only BY . single Pope. The
Emperor who 70 mos: famous for the
Golden Bull II Charles Quatre." the
Emperor VINO b most famous for the
Pragmatic Sanction II Charles Six;
but their more famous namesake who
comes between them 10 Charles Quint"
balanced by the no less renowned Pom
TIL -Sixte- Quint" The two most IA
nous EmperoD Of the name have. in
short, had the one his surname, the
other his number, tackled on TO his
name, and It only needs one step fur
Their TO write -~Charlesquint" to match
-Charlemagne." The number in this
case, though it ID mere number and
in itself simply records the fact that
four Emperofs before him had borne
the same name, Ii in effect . surname.
Charles the Fifth stands out a . de-
scription with q meaning. But many
people might have to stop and think
who Charles the Fourth. Charles the
Sixth and Charles the Seventh we're;
and Charles the First, Charles the Sec.
ond, and Charles the Third are 30 uni
versally spoken Of by surnameso or nick.
names that no one would know with
out q moments thought who vas meant
by either Of those numerals.
Charles the Twelfth again is almost
as famous a Charles the Fifth, and his
name Is doubtless familiar to many who
would have to guess that there must
have been q Charles the Eleventh, and
that there may have been q Thirteenth,
Fourteenth and Fifteenth. But among
the Swedish Kings the process Of guess
ing backwards would be little danger
GUS. It is safe to guess q Charles the
Eleventh, . Charles the Tenth, a Charles
the Eighth and q Charles the Seventh.
But he who shall rashly 60 en- to guess
a Charles the Sixth, still more he who
shall dream Of q northern "Charles-
Quint," will find himself plunged in q
quagmire Of difficulties and complica-
lions. In any ordinary list Of Kings Of
Sweden the Charleses begin with Charles
the Seventh. This fact would exactly
suit MI. Smith. 1t must have been more
than an unconscious homage which
should start . man after this mystical
fashion with the sacred and sabbatical
number; but it is q grave fact that
Charles the Twelfth only by a reckon.
ing of Charleses the first Of whom is
PLACED at some unfixed date between
the year of the world 2O45 and the year
of the world 27O4. Between those dates
and before Odin. reigned Charles the I.
In one famous legend the first Karl,
together with the first Smith, were both
called into being by a special exercise
of the creative power of Odln; but here
Odin himself is less ancient than Karl.
Our English fashion has rather gone
the other way; we have dropped our
royal reckoning Of kings whom we
might fairly have counted. The first
Edward after the Conquest was in his
own days called Edward the Fourth ;
and the first Charles Stewart might with
more reason have been called Charles
the Second, on the strength of Ceorl
King Of the West Saxons, than the real
Charles the Sixth of Sweden was called
Charles the Twelfth on the strength of
six doubtful or imaginary Karls, one of
whom came before Odin.
Frederick the Second again is an
Emperor who stands out by his number
quite as distinctly as if he had any de-
scriptive surname. He was indeed
"Stupor Mundi," as Otto the Third had
been "Mirabile Mundi"; but the name
has not stuck to him as the red beard
Of his grandfather had stuck to him in
all tongues. Still there is all the differ
ence in the world between Frederick
the Second and Frederick the Third.
This last Emperor the world seems
pretty well agreed to set down as No. 3.
though there is sometimes q certain
wish in Austrian quarters to make him
No. 4 on the strength of that Frederick
of Austria who disputed the crown with
Lewis of Bavaria. The Ottos again are
always counted from the first Saxon
King of the name, though there were
not wanting BONE who were anxious to
reckon Otto the Great as ~Otho the
Second" on the strength Of Marcus Sal
vius Ohio. Such q way of reckoning
might have given MI. Smith further
ground for musing. But the gap which
this reckoning makes between the first
and the second Ohio is only q few Gen.
turies wider than the gap which sspa-
rates the first and second Tiberius.
This last reckoning again can hardly
be justified, for the Emperor whe is
commonly called Claudius was just Is
much Tiherius as his uncle. and We
dare say that we might find others if we
were to look through all the Imperial
But the names and numbers which
would specially commend to Mr..
Smiths care are those of the Philips,
whether of Macedonia, France, or Spain.
Nobody doubts for q moment who is
meant if We speak of Philip the Second;
it is he of Spain and nobody else. The
French Philips are 80 we'll provided
for by nicknames that We almost forget