Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-29


Ing lawn tennis, and crcqnct In summer,
had no more ardent amateur. Next
70 athletic sports the king was said 10 be
fond OF conversation when Ne could shnke
OF the carcs oi state aud gather round
MIN Few companions of his own age, on
even graYer statesmen aud bis bold.
quick wpartec, his pleasant, aifsbic man.
ncrs, the Wide range Of his rcaaius his
constant study OF European politics. aud
literature made foreigners aud natives
wonder how be could End leisure hours
for 30 much
lNtFi lhctCN AID PHYSICAL ACrfrtrY.
His older servants said he rcsomhled m
some points his grandfather, Fcrllrtnd
VII, but he harborcd liberal aud toicr.
ant ideas IN religion and az politics, moro
resembling his great ancestor, Charles
III, OF course he would be neither a
Bourbon nor a Spaniard--his very hollis
ical advcrsarics would chargo him with
insineeylty-if he were not, like ,the
I iret gentleman" othis realm, 10 use the
old English expression, valiant aud
courteous Go the fair sex, II
was this latter inclination which
gave rise 20 scandal IN June, 1898, when
his inhdelitles became the general tonic
OF discussion among the Spaniards. Il
was held that Queen Christmas German
asceticlsm had suffered an iRcarablo
wound aud hereafter their Catholic
malesties would live apart. Her majesty
was a German blucstocsing Of the highest
[ cultivation, iinc mechanical musician, a
/ hnguist and perfectly amiAblc, but
slightly
( ApcrC ~ TEMPERAMENT.
+ AHonsO's iayOritc on tr contrary, was
a spanish beauty whose accomplishments
were OF n more spontaneous order. Sonor
Arano, editor ol the Liberal, aud mem.
Der OF The Cortes, was the conadant Of
( queen Christina, aud espoused her cause
IA his paper, aud 1t is said that two
friends OF Alfonso, Duke dc lamunes
and Count dc Benalua, called GA HIN
aud proposed to slice on his cars
I Il he did not convert himself 10 different
views. Happily in Spain dynastlcs arc
not oycrthrpwn ON moral grounds, and,
although the story was circulated that the
queen had departed Tor Bohemia with her
children, never to return, because Of the
kings inhdclltlcs, the matter was hushod
up, and the Madrid newspapers giving
currency TO the story were suspended 4
writer thus gives the Idea OF Altonsos in
clinatlonsi
"However lit,le the mild and asctic
Francis Oi Assist may have contributed
TO the character OF Alfonso, there can be
no doubt that the auimalism OF his mother,
Isabella, and his grandmother, Christine,
Is repeated with Increased force aud
abancon IN the king. He has already
given to his court a flavor of pronounced
corruption. His iirst enjoyment OF the
royal prerogatiye took the form
OF nm insistauce on his drOils dc seigncur.
1 His prptilgacy, shocking Ayen TO Spanl-
ards, has bceG az least candid, aud his
subjects have never been ignorant Of the
/ times or places when he played the part
OF llaroun Al Rachid. II is generally
known that his life hos been more than
once endangered IN his street rAmbea,
/ and u gypsy girl on certain occasion
nearly put an end TO them with her bod.
/ Kin, His passions are apt to disdain the
/ beauties OF the court, and gravuate, like
those OF most ynurg men, toward vulgar
celebrities. II is true that one young
duchess suffers the sometimes unyiod
faint Of his distinguished preference, but
/ the ladies who dance for him after bis
little supper IN the palace, and those
whom he visits incOgnto, attended by
/ two OF his faithful military chnmbermins,
nre ut the common class circus riders,
tumbleIs, singers and hali-bred gltano.
AS 40 rms SUCCESSION.
! Thcyoung king who has ruled Spain
has had an anxious experience. His ten
( IRE Of the crown was most precautions,
being dependent on the good will Of the
army, which IL said to be largely IN.
! fluenecd by the revolutionary opinions
distributed 10y Gorilla from hls place OF
! safety In a foreign country. Perhaps
/ oven worse than this to bear by sovereign
who has always manifested tender re-
gard for the welfare of his subjects were
/ the consequences OF the terrible vista
tions of earthquakes aud cholera In some
of the provinces OF Spain, which have
caused the death of many persons and
otherwise Inflicted incalculable loss and
/ injury. Then, too, Alfonso him
self was slowly wasting away, the
/ victim OF AN incurable consumption, In
connection with the question OF success
1 sion, the situation Is perhaps bost OK.
/ pressed by the recent uttclnncu OF
the leading Ievolnliouist, Gorilla, who
/ prophesicd that King Alionso's Illness
1 would, without doubt, soon terminate ia
| tally, and then there would be touble In
1 Spain, for the hciress 10 the throne is u
child In the nursery, and the queen
mother, who by law VIII be the regent
/ during the minority, Is struuger--an
Austtan-who has no place Ia tie esteem
and affection uf the people some would
/ then wish to restore the Ux.Quoen lsa-
1 bella. aud Others 20 bring about an Sin.
/ fautine' marriage between Alionso's
baby daughter aud the young son Of Don
Carlos. Either OF these oSpedients would
mean coup d'etat.
ruE SPANISH rRHrENnltn.
LONDON, Nov. 25.--An interview with
! Don Carlos Is published to-day m which
the Spa ish pref uder says he viii ~.
main quiet SO long as spain Is Tranquil,
but will Intervene 10 defend the moharchy
II anarchy or the Republicans ihr atn II.
Don Carlos expressed his conviction
that the rcgency would be unable long to
preserve peace In Spain. He reserved to.
himself the right to Intervene at the
proper moment aud restore order. He
said thai he would not hesitate 90 rasor,
10 a civil war n such action were neccs.
sary 10 SPANS welfare.
.s.s--sss----s-s--
A Rtrh Gold frind.