The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-02-01
THE ENIPEHOR'S ACTIVITY.
How He Sat Horse for Hours at tho
Last Review.

How He Sat q Horse for Hours at tho
Last Review.
A letter from Nuremburg, of late
date, telling Of the imperial review held
at Riesa, between Chemnits and Berlin,
in tie fall, says:
The emnertr. with his family and
suite, and the king OF Saxony and suite,
together with representatives Of the roy
al families Of England, Austria, Russia
and Italy, were present, when the i'm.
mense' throng beheld the stalwart form
ofan old man, with white hair and white
whiskers, riding toward the head of the
line, controlling with one hand prond
and spirited black horse, and grasping
his sword with the other; giving orders
to his aids and making suggestions to his
generals; moving about with the activity
of a man of 20, and displaying not only
wonderful tact in the management oft
soldiers. but admirable horsemanship
and GOODNESS, -when the thousands rec
ognizcd the well-known face and form
of the well-beloved emperor of Germany
at the age of IS, doing all this, the en-
thusiasn began to border on the insane
For four long honrs the emperor sat
in his saddle, directing the troops here,
correcting them there, and watching
their movements with keen eye every.
where. At his age-and but few attain
his age at all-ordinary men are either
buried in Or are sinking into second
childhood. ''sans sight, sans teeth, sans
everything" but there were few more
active men on the parade field than VIII.
liam was that day.
Tho on<b,o;o q n, uu;& !, 1,,1,;ol, 1,So co,,
"Unser Fritz" was received was only a
trifle less hearty than that which greet
ed the aged emperor. Fritz" is him
self an old man in years now, and
grandfather, but as young looking
grandfather as l ever beheld. He is,
like his father, tall, well-built, muscu-
lar. soldier.like man, with a pleasant,
even benevolent face, and bright and
cheerful eye. He rode by his father during
the day, and the two made a handsome
picture as they gallopcd over the plain.
The enthusiastic cheering broke out
afresh when the daughter Of Queen Vic
toria, the crown princess of Germany,
mounted upon white horse, rode by at
the head and in command of a detacll-
ment of troops. She is AZ years Of age,
a grandmother, and as full of life as
girl OF Is. In every review held during
the autumn enc TOOK All active part, be.
ing in the saddle at Breslau with her i'm.
perial father-jn-law for over five hours
She has the bearing of princess, and no
matter how It may shock my democratic
American readers, must say there is
something in the appearance of the i'm.
perial family of Germany-I don't pre-.
tend to know or to say what itis-which
raises them above the level of ordinary
people. --.
1t is sheer nonsense to say that the
people of Germany are not pleased with
the present order of things. Why, ii
was only three months ago that the
workingmen of Dresden gave the EN-.
peror one Of the grandest ovations be
ever had. They took the horses from
his carriage, shouldered the vehicle and
bore it through the streets, while 500 600
people yelled and cheered for William,
until exhaustion compelled them to keep
quiet. This was in the capital city of the
Kingdom which, in the last, ha, been
less friendly than any Of the others tc
Prussia, and where evidence o fdisloyaltv
would be most likely to appear, ifany dis.
loyalty existed. When the workingmen,
30 called, are satisfied in any country,
with any form 2, Of sfgovernment, whatmore