The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-06-30

BILE presence.
Ii her story was true, her revenge was
complete and his punishment great. II
it was false, his fate was most cruel
Argonaut.
How to. Get ON at Court.
An old custom of the Spanish court re-
quires that when q baby is born in the
royal family it shall be officially an
nounced that q vigorous" infant has
come into the world. The queen of
Spain having become the 4pother of q
sickly child, which lived only two hours,
the court journal chronicled the birth
and death in the usual way: "Her
Majesty was delivered at three o'clock
of vigorous infant, who died at five. I"
The Epoca of Madrid lately reported that
the town council of Seville, having had
an interview with Alfonso XII, ''kissed
the feet of his majesty and withdrew" )"
It is not to be supposed that the coun-
cilors actually went down on all fours
and kissed the kings boots as if he were
the Pope; but etiquette demanded that
they should be said to have done so. be-
cause town council does not stand on
the same level of dignity as the Cortes,
whose members are supposed to kiss
hands when they take leave" The three
letters B. S. P. (beso sus pies), which
mean, ST kiss your feet" are still used
by gentlemen in Spain when signing let
ters addressed to ladies, and by subjects
to their king. The letters B. s. M.
(beso sus manos), which are used by
men writing to men, and by ladies to
ladies, would seem too cavalier .from q
gentleman to lady, and downright i'm
pertinence from subject to his sover-
eign.
One of the chief reasons of the Duke
d'Aosta's unpopularity during the brief
reign which he closed with voluntary
abdication, was, that he would take no
pains to study the complicated etiquette
of the Escurial, but sought to introduce
simple manners in a country where even
beggars drape themselves proudly in
their tattered mantles and address cne
another as tSenor Caballero." He one
day told muleteer, with whom he had
stopped to talk on country road under
broiling sun, to put on his hat; forget
ting that by the fact of ordering sub
iect to cover himself in royal presence,
he created him grandee. Marshal Prim,
who was standing by, hastily knocked
the muleteer'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 mortally
offended, spurned the money and few
days later, when Prim was assassinated,
rumor was circulated that the mortified
individual who had narrowly missed be-
coming a grandee was an accessory to
the crime. On another occasion King
| Amadeo inconsiderately addressed a
groom of his in the second person singu-
lar as stu" Happily the man was an
Italian; for, as a court chamberlain rep
| resented to his majesty, a Spaniard
spoken to with his familiarity might
| have claimed that the monarch had
dubbed him cousin-that is, had emo
bled him. Another thing that the much
worried italian prince had to learn was
! that Spanish king must not sign any
letter to a subject with any friendly OIL
Complimentary formula, but must simply
write 'Yo ell Rey" ("I the King.")
Etiquette is the code of rules by which
| great people keep lesser ones in proper
respect. Prince Bismarck, when boy
was rebuked by his father for speaking
of the king as ''Fritz." LEARN to speal
reverently of His Majesty" said the ole
squire of Varzin, land you will grow &C
customed to think of him with venera
ton" Young Bismarck laid the advic,
to heart, and to this day the great chan
cellor always lowers his tone and as
sumes a grave worshipful look when ht
alludes to the Kaiser. If a message il
brought to him from the emperor b,
word of mouth or in writing, he stand
up to receive it. When wedding takes
place at the Prussian court, it is tn
practice for the state dignitaries to form
candle procession-that is to say, tina
ministers, cham berlains, high stewards
take each a silver candlestick with
lighted taper in their bands, and conduc
the bride and bridegroom round the bal
room, where guests are assembled, an,
thence into the throne room, where tn
pair do homage to the sovereign. Atth
first royal wedding which occurred afte
the chancellor had been promoted to th
dignity of prince and highness, Bismarc
failed to appear in the candle procession
and court gossips quickly concluded tha
he now thought himself too great ma
to take part in a sentimental ceremony
The truth was, however, that the chan
cellor had been seized with sudde
!, attack of gout; and at the next weddin
he was careful to silence all carpers b
carrying his candle bravely like othe
ministers.
Prince Gortchakoff was always equal
careful to observe the minutest points {
etiquette in relation to the late czar an
the imperial family. Lord Dnfferln, asl
ing him whether the emperor's cold wa
better, was rather startled to hear hil
answer in reverent voice, with his hea
bent and his eyes half closed: .'H
majesty has deigned to feel little be
ter this morning" The Duke de Morn
: said of Gortchakoff, that he seemed
purr when he talked of any creature ,
court. ''eyen of the Grand Duches
Olga's monkey" But possibly this in
perturbable obsequiousness is appr
ciated by the rulers of this earth, fe
Gortchakof remained prime ministt
J throughout the whole of the emperor
: reign.--Chambers' Journal.
Mammoth MilliOnaires.