The Benton weekly record., 1882-11-02

art. The task was no easy one, for Ka
Rentz years ago, before she reached tt
: adlpose period Of German Womanhooi
could clear a seyen-foot bar on her EngIis
hunter even in the narrow limits Of tn
SaWdust ring. But the empress had th
nerve to try anything that any other Wo
man 1ad ever done III the saddle, and sh
commanded, Of course, tile best horseflesl
+ i'll the world, and she is to-day acknowl
edged to be the best gentleman rider, 0
her sex.
\ The Empress Elizabeth is the younges
woman Of her years in Europe. With til,
honors OF grandmother, she has reached
the time when the national tendency tx
make flesh assert itself, and as a matter o1
comfort 10 herself and her hors es she re.
| guIarly trains for the hunting season. She
has been passing the later summer at her
chateau IT Ischl, and her regime there
WAS suggestive Of the professional athlets.
| Up at 6; two hours of hard work in free
/ gymnastics or fencing: a cold shower and
a plain breakfast, followed by three hours
| in the saddle OF on foot. The reduction
III weight not showing itself to the desir-
took 10 the professionals last resort Of
sweating, and continuous run Of two
hours a day. On going to Godolio she had
1t pack OF slow beagles sent down, and pro-
poses to follow them onfoot after. the Hun
garian hares, which are, however, neither
SO swift nor so long~Winded as their British
relatives. With the coming of the first
frosts the imperial Diana will get ont her
ttorseS and hounds with the full detern1i~
i}Ation OF beating the record, and rs the
deer aid foxes on her estate have been
carefully preserved for some years she
will probably succeed.
An UNHAPPY QUEEN.
The most extraordinary glimpses we get
OF the unhappy married life of the Prin-
cess Caroline, says Belgravia, are to be
found i'll the diary kept by Lady Charlotte
Bury and published anonymously in 1888.
This diary has furnished the chief materi-
al for all the works which have been writ
ten upon the time OF George ". On one
occasion, says the writer, she dincd al
when "the princess gave a |
long, detailed account Of her marriage and |
the circumstances which brought it about.
L, you know, was the yictiGa Of Mammon;
lhe Prince Of Wales debts must be paid,
and poor little is person was the pretensc.
Parliament would vote supplies for the
heir apparent's marriage; the king would |
help his little help. A Protestant princess
must be found; they fixed upon the
3rince's cousin. IA tell you Gods truth
afayorfre expressioul, l always hated it;
SUI TO objiSe my .father-anyti1ing. But
he first moment l saw my f1ttatr and Lady
Jersey together knew how it all was.
nd | said to myself; oh, very WELL, I
ook my p0Ttje-and SO itWould have been
t--<but Oh mine God y she added, throw
ng Up her head, 1 could be the slave of a
nan love, but 10 one who | love not, +
nd who did not love me-impossible-
est dattre chose. One Of the civil things
lis royal highness did just at first was to
ind fault with my shoes, and, as I was
cry young, and Lively in those days, I
oId hm 70 make me Q better pair and /
ring them to me. brought letters from
| the princes and princesses to him from
Il the petty courts, and tossed them to F.,
i'm and said: There, that's to prove I'm :
OF imposJorn !" On another occasion. /
7teTihg to her wretched marriage day, {
1e princess said: stJudge what it was to +
ave drunken husband on ones wedding t
az, and one who passed the greatest part Q
his bridaInigilt under the CRATE, where Il
e fell, and where I left him. IF ANYBODY +
Y TO me at this moment, will you pass I
our life over again or be killed. I would | +
loose death, for you know, a little sooner +
I later, we must all die; but to live a life :
Wretchedness twice oyer-oh! mine q
Cd, no ~ ::
a SELF MADE WOMAN Il
MRS. Malvina NJ. Seabra, who died at Il
y residence in Oswego, n. Y, last week, \
ter long and painful illness. was are "
arkable woman. Her maiden name was Il
can. She was the daughter of /: farmer d
moderate circumstances, and was born a
Fablus, Onondaga county, in 1919. Her 8;
lucational advantages were limited, and q
hen years old her mother died, and she 4
ent to live with an aunt at Weedsport. Il
ayuga county. She lived there until she o
as Z years old, when she went to New q
OK 70 stay with some Cayuga county Y
eople. Here she met a young man nam &c