The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1880-03-27


91AHdR HR kiib n ~ oa11ls.
II the empress Of Austria. says .
Dublin correspondent. doesn't give
The coroner for the county Meath,
or the'odeer in the same grim line
Of business for the codhty Of Kill
dare. some work 10 do, Il will
surprise many people. II
is IN even chance which corouer
shall have tho first death. for her
majesty since she came to ireland
como weeks ago has been hunting
alternately In both counties, lead
ing the hunt always at . break
neck pace. The wonder to the city
people, whose personal experiences
Of tie " pig skin " ere Of the mild
est aid most limited character, is
how o. earth this gentle lady Il
able physically, to keep Up such .
rapid round u hcadlons racing.
Actually, her majesty, when IL Ire.
land. spends about three.fourths
Of her time II the saddle. Ont oi
countyo Of Galway, where the sport.
Ing squires seldom think Of any,
thing but sieeple- chasing over tho
country, in scarlet cdats aud top,
boots, af,er the historic pack Of
hounds known a. " Tho Blasers,"
there 10 nothing like II. On Sun
tlays and holidays. when tho eoun-
tsy hounds arc sleeping in the ken.
ncl, the empress improvises april
vatc chase over tho grounds attach
cd to her residence at Summer
Hill. She cannot get ON without
. daily burst Of riding. 1t 10 oil
very Auo sport for the empress,
who may be said to 1.-Two and have
her being on horseback but what
. time Of Il some Of her household
must havo during these Irish hunt.
Ing tripsl There's pour Prince
lsichlsnstein, who ls brought out
every day ITO enjoy the delights
of tho chase." liz looks about %
habpy At The end Of : weeks hard
hun Ting - ! puppy With its tail
newly dockcd. llis imperial high
moss was very near providing : job
for tho coroner for lhe county of
Meath The olhrr day. Willie en-.
joying the delights Of tho chasc, he
slct with what hOrsc mon call y
:. tremendous cropper thai ! to
say, tie prince, when chGrynS
full speed at : siif fence, over
which his iiS;A rial mistress had,
~ tsaal, lei tho wy IL flying
fashion, suddenly vacated the sad
die aad went sprswliny along
ocverul feet Of Irish Ssrlh. Il took
him soiMe ti'nc TO pick himself ~,
aud when liu was ovcrhaulcd by
his surgeon, whom the einprcss has
ihoughtfNlly attached 10 her hunt
lug establishment, It was found
thst though he wasn't broken any
whcfr, he was 20 bruised and
blackuno,l that bed, bleeding, and
bandayes wero tho poor princo's
portion Tor so,hs days. Thsu her
mAjes,y's personal attendant, .
Hungarian, who Il bound 10 fol-
low her whore eyer sho voes on
horseback, got such . general
smAsl,lng sll over that no l. now
lying np for repairs q Summer
llIll house, 20 that her misjesty's
surgeon has no slmecure. On The
very first day after her arrival IN
Ireland the empress and her horse
he'd q bad tumble. Her mnjesty
jumped 10 her feet like sn acfoba,j
sho camo W smiling but muddy,
for she had been spun Into tho
dank drain Of . "doublc ditch. "
Her stecd, howcvgr, lay where he
FELL, and II was found that the
poor brute had sustained such In.
jurles, external and internal, that
his hunting days arc at au end.
Give mo another horse ~ cried
the empress, who, fortunately, had
nowounds to be bound up; they got
her another horse, and away she
went, flying over the stone walls
and big embellishments, until she
came up with tho hounds; then
she led tho way, aud ~ usual, was
ono Of tho few who saw the finish.
Tho llartlcsl-ridiuy hunting men
w have are ''nowhcre" !" when
this migty huutress IL inthe Held.
Some Irish ladies, trying to follow
tho Austrian queen, havo perform
cd curious feais Of iumbling. One
Of them was brought home 10 the
paternal residence the other day
With her Icy fractured.
The famine record Il something
awful to contemplate ireland,
seven hundred thousand suffering;
Biasil, four hundred aud fifty
thousand suffering; Persia, more
than one million suffering, and
Turkistsn and Armenia ono mil
ltnm s.Nnsa