The daily gazette., 1879-04-30
AUsTRO.HUNGARY's EMPEROR.
How the Emperor! Francis JOSEPH
Spends his Time.
From correspondents Of n. Y. Heard.

From correspondence OF N. Y. Heard.
The Emperor of Austria IL indefatig.-
able in his application to business. He il
lover Of literature, music and art. His
p-ivate library In that of a man of study
and man Of taste. In Vienna, SO hun
CRY after pleasure, he leads the existence
of conscientious functiOnary. He sell
dom goes TO the theatre, much as he
adores the opera; he only shows himself
ami brilliant assemblies. At the hour
when the Viennese life Ia beginning he
retires to rest, and at five O'Clock, iB
winter as In summer, this active, labor
iOus, ,vigilAnt Prince is invariably up and
about. After for his prayer the Emper-
or breakfasts on cup Of cafe du ldit
placed ON his desk ,aDd while reading his
dispatches and reports he smokes one of
those long "VirginIas." which are the
favorit- cigars Of the Viennese. At ele.
ven they bring him basin Of soup or q
glass of beer, and he continues at his
work until the dinner hour, when he MS.
ually dimes with his family. Enthusias-
tic sportsman as he Is, and devoted to
mountain scenery, he delights to hurry
away to his favorite hunting grounds n
the hills of the Saltzkammergat. He
leaves Vienna in the evening, like an
honest merchant who has finished his
business, he crosses the Traunsee in the
night, and arrives at Ischl at five in the
morning,
The flash Of chasseur's white plume
comes IN signt, ana monssnt after their
Majesties drive past you on their way
home in low, open carriage, drawn by
pair of grays. A tall, spare man Of
soldierly bearing, in the light blue uni
form of an Austrian general, who does
not look much over forty, though he is
vutif nd hut orn SaA
close to his head and turning an iron
gray; regulation military whiskers and
mustacbe; small, restless gray eyes, and
the blunt features and heavy lips which
distinguish the Hapsburg family. This
Is the man whom, thirty years ago, a
bloody revolution called to the throne of
Austria. That he has so long held in
check the clashing elements and bitter
jealousies of the half-doZen natiOnalities
which compose his dominions says much
for the patience, tact and dOgged spirit
of hard work which have carried him
through difficulties and dangers where a
man of more brilliant ability and impul-
sive character would have failed. He is
master of six European languages, and
wiEs the hearts of his subjects by ad-
dressing deputations from Hungary and
Bohemia, from Austrian Poland and
Croatia, each in their mother tongue. In
spite Of his almost proverbial misfortune
in war, he is personally very popular all
over the Empire.
At Ischl the Emperor rises with the
sun, and after cup of coffee aud a kip
fel, starts off in an old undress uniform
jacket and fOraging cap, with a thick
sti cK for o companion, on q solitary
hours ramble In the woods. Toward
eight the imperial courier arrives from
Vienna, and some time Is spent in at
tending to dispatches and papers of State
for Francis Joseph holds the strings of
,wo or three portfolios in his hsnds, and
is anything rather than q crowned pup
pet. Then if the weather be fine, he
breakfasts with the Empress and his
children in a pretty garden pavilion,
which commands magnificent views over
the valleys of the Ischl and TrauD. At
four he dimes, generally en- famille.-
Chamois hunting and deer stalking are
his chief outdoor amusements at Ischl.
A solitary hunting expedition, with no
companion but his favOrite Jager rifle
in hand, deep into the wooded noun
tains and solitary valleys which stretch
round he imperial dominion in every
direction, is to the EmperOr's taste
Dressed in the rough costume of the
T, rol, they will often make excursions
Of two or three days duration, staying
the night at some distant chalet, where
the only fare, but the game they bring
with them is goat cheese and milk,
with 'black. looking bread, the rank of
| their guest being sometimes quite un-
known to the peasants who give him
shelter.