The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-07-06
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the esars Sessasi eAseMesed the birth
s,sSs death in the usual wsys ~hsr Mi
essy wss delivered at three O'clock of a
Vigorous snans> who died at Eve" The
Hpesa Of Madrid lately reported that
the Town Council es Seville. having had
sn Interview with Alfonso MI, Kissed
the feet Of his majesty and wiehdrew."
1t is not te BE- snppossi tl,st the council
o.s actually went down on all fours and
OF the Escurisl. but sought to introduce
simple manners in a country where even
their tattered NANTES and address one
another as 'sSenor Cabellero." He one
day told a mulsteer. with whom he had
stopped to talk on country road under
q broilins sun, to put ON his hat; forget
ting that by the fact Of ordering SUBJ
lect to cover himself in royal presence
he created him grandee. Marshall
Prim, who was standing by, hastily
knocked the nuleteer's head-dress out
of his hand and set his foot upon it, at
the same time offering the man some
gold; but the muleteer. who was mortal
" offended, spurned the money and q
few days later, when frim was assassin
atd, rumor was circulated tina: the
mortified lndieidual who had narrowly
missed becoming grandee was an ac-
cessory to the crime. On another oc-
casion King Amadeo inconsiderately adj
dressed groom Of his in the second
person singular as tn. Happily the man
was an italian for. as court chamber
lain presented. to his Majesty; q Spaniard
spoken to with his familiarity might
haye claimedHhat the monarch had dub.
bed him cousin-that is, had ennobled
him. Another thing that the much
worried Italian Prince had to learn was
that Spanish King must not sign any
letter to subject with any friendly or
complimentary formula, but must simply
write 70 ell Rey CT the King.")
Etiquette is the code of rules by
which great people keep. lesser, ones in
proper respect. Prince Bismarck, when
a boy, was rebuked by his father for
speaking of the king as Fritz" "Learn
to speak reverently of his majesty, said
the old squire of Varzin, "and you will
grow accustomed to think of him with
veneration." Young Bismarck laid the
advice to heart, and to this day the
great chancellor always lowers his tone
and assumes grave worshipful look
when he alludes to the kaiser. Ifa mes
sage is brought to him from the emper-
or by word of month or in writing, he
stands up to receive it. When a we'd
ding takes place at the Russian court, it
is the practice of the state dignitaries to
form candle PROFESSIONALISM is to say
that ministers, chamberlains, high stew
ards, take each silver candlestick with
q lighted taper in their hands, and con-
duct the bride and bridegroom round
the ba!lroom;- where guests are assem-
bled, and thence Into the-throne rooli,-
where the pair do homage to the sover-
eign. At the first royal wedding which
occurred alter the Chancellor had been
promoted to the dignity of Prince and
AAISAucsS, bioludICk IalloQ 10 appear In
the candle procession, and Court gossips
quickly concluded that he now thought
himself too great man to take part in
the semi ceremony. The truth
was. however, that the Chancellor had
been seized with a sudden attack of
govt; and at the next wedding he was
careful to silence all crapers by carving
his candle bravely like other Ministers.
Prince Gortchakof was always equally
careful to observe the minutest points of
etiquette in relation to the late car and
the Imperial family. Lord Duferin,
asking him whether the Emperor's cold
was better, was rather startled to hear
him answer in reverent voice, with
his head bent and his eyes half closed,
Ellis Majesty is deigned to feel a. little
better this morning" The Duke de
Morny- said OF Gortachakoff, that he
seemed to purr when he talked of any
creature at court; "even of the Grand
Duchess 'Olga's monkey" But possibly
this imperturdble obsequiousness is an
preciated by the rulers of this earth. for
Gortchakof remained Prime Minister
throughout the whole of the Emperor's
reign.-Chambers' Journal.