, 1879-05-20
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
A POPULAR KAISER.

toudnn Truth.
Francis .Ioseph carly established his rcptta.
t!on for personal courage. On june co. -1sia, ho
arrived before Kanb when tho assault Wns about
to confluence. Con. ncl,,ck Immediately nc-
costcd him with these words: "stro, va bnye
t1c,l,od IA .,tc n, ,ov, hv .,o-m Door IL
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a"o,ts .' ~ 'A'' i,.o uat na"uh l..n' , eu'',
''!e EMPEROR ~ VIII p'aco myae'1 o. 'hc hea,,
"Strc,n rcpl[cd Scl,ick, nth,s Ia thc frat time,
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pe'ictl 10 Follsfs anything 10 yotr Majesty; nut
II you Insist on onterlng 1snab. It ntist he with
the third bnttaiIon, by my AIDE" In tile italian
cnmratrn If tle snrIur tho Emncror lad 40
r".k1o .slr nv ,nse7 lila ,.-.or ,l,a, cIf .fnrs,1
ua,., ,sy onr" ] ,t t lin 1." n,,;,er orrns, "s wv
Apropos at ulcfluDGArian war, Francts Jo-
eopi ias been llcard to speak ycry bitterly
| ahout tho charge of iurrat1tu;le tower1s thc
C.." r,.,,.,.. s.,.t., ,a ~ srtss ,.sa..s.,.t
szas S'ano.a' , nn'en W. t,as 80 o,en nee" pfo.g1
| ngatnrt hltn' lie declares {whae Ii, In TRUTH
tlatcnt enough, tilnt Russian fclpEas forresl on
him IN 1910, md I,, such ns.,nur ~ to make It
% ftsr an aitront 70 oc resented .na hoo1, 'ot
which tn be thankful. VI eollrse tho acrrct OF
| the Russian Intervention. was Nicholas dread 1T
| the progress which was being made by tho prn-
,ar,. ,r,,,.t i. t,,o ,,..,,ro ~ thur. Iny. hon,
eaiy must III '.'e nature ot ,.i'ns". haVe oecn
| iollowcd ny a'l independent fo'ind' certain 1t
Is thai Francis Joseph Ia not tho man to forget
anbIccts thcro vos once scon a yerr to,,el,ur IN
'."'se'' n.y. .metg "as o"ss 80" es tuE ~
stance. ,.l, Inc EMPEROR was elSias % pno''c aoa,,
wh BE- dSss o. statsd II, gs1o t1 81
ss 4 sass s" !s,s es"s
1nuse was possiblc) ho snw a group Of vlenneac
who seemed In no hurry to stata their Rriey.
nttres. Approaching them. swell, mir friends"
Altf1. - Wl1nt flC rNtt want III ~ Nttj.
stiE, Majesty they rup1tctl; !" We nnly casne to
liaye flle lnpnjness Of seeing you" Then, not
to trcspass on tue Empcror,h time, They Envo
him round Of cheers and bowed themselves
out
His raInco is furnished In tho p!a!nest Btrlc,
md iadtcd the En,pcror's mode of lfo corrc-
Hponis, IN It's simplicity, with the dwelling hn
oeeuptts: In winter, as N SUMNER hts Majesty
rises ut q o'clock. Hts ,svotls,ns over {sor tho
Emperor Is d deyout Catholic) he breasfasta
very l,ghtly. Then, In co1npat1Y vlih citar ot
forr!fdabc dimensions, liz proceeds to III, po-
snorntn: he n steadily Nt work, refreshing. him
self about II o'c!ork witli basin OF so!ip Of, a
glass Of beer. lie dimes carly. n,il Is obYtou.lr
obligea to Keep carly ours. IN fact, M , abont t!.o
Emperor goes to bell. What Is most crct!itabIc
70 Fra''ris Joseph ~ this t1letftol Of regulating
his time is TINT he thereby !!ssa the pleasure of
fond q coulse te Is ob'!gea t9 ~ ncsusfos'nt-
| IL, but ho would like to be at the OpCra every
night llo Inns good car for in.lsc. ind dis
crfHlinati1g tasto IN .nrt. Ills rrivatc library
military htsturyl nnd thu ,unn Of culture Ut
general literature llt5 Knowledge is. however,
rather limited; though this remark would
hardly he made b. o. Gcrman ur
| Frencllman. The truth jy. TINT
franclss, Joseph Ia not sulliccntlY fund
Of the English to care much for their literature.
l'ntll ~ lS9 md ~ l8a9 Austria hoped against
hone that EnglAnd would help her. During the
| rfsttt f1f tnil 1f thnan ahOtt 4I,rR a
ellaisgc OF Government In England. In Tie for
mer year Conservatives were succeed By Lib
erals; IN tho latter. Liberals By Conservatives.
hut nc'tl!er Liberals nor Conservatives you'd you'd
It eatl SCARCELY be na.ter Of surprise II Francis
Joseph Is nut particularly enthusiastic in hs aa-
mtration Of the English.
Tile Empress, as eycry ono knows, Is quite Of
different opinion. The Emperar's marriage Will,
her. By thu way, took place IN Ibis wise: Tic
lnhy, daughter OF Maxi'nillan, Duke "in" "
basnr!a. wns originally destined for muel,
settled between the Courts Of Vienna mud Nit
.lic:l that lha Emperor should wed her elder
sister, the Princess 11ulenu (now Princess Of
! 'fhurn unl Tnyis). Unfortunately Tor fortunate
~, Frnncls Joseph, when on visit to his future
| fAtitr-lu- u-law, fell In love with the Princess
Elizabeth the first day to saw fIcr. Papa Max
shrugged h!a snouldess-asld tnudo the brst Ut
It Will thus b. perceived TINT IN snn,o matters
thu Emperor can have 4 will of his avn.
1lau Francis Joseph 0eeu in nn humber posi-
t!o1, than tln!t to which ho was born, hts pleas-
| inr figure, hia agreeable manHrs, and his IiIl-
mgroua Accomplishments would have made lin
dangerous woocr. But, perhaps thu u,a,,'s
yatcc Is the most characteristic thing abuut him.
1t bus singular ctarn',-soft. melodtoua. With
nntl.rnt tonu OF pashos, noticeable III the days
Of prosperity as OF adversely, for to become i'll
Etnpcror ut Is III no way ulatcl him. "Now,
Good-ny. my youth" wus Ills first exclamation
On learning tho news tt,at Ills uncle nnsi bis
f0t t,.,t 1f,t6 {p>tpfinH In nhHIpnfn IN in h1& fnvr