Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-20

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able 10 escape Ger influence than / was.
The court;srs attribute sayings to her that
are often very numerous. The first time
the Kina rIaceda liberal ministry in power
the Ssgasta Ministry it was against the
Grain for the IniantA TO have to be gracious
10 the adyersaries Of Senior Canoyas, her
intimate friend. A politician next day
having asked her opinion "a to the lorna
ZION of the new ministry, she replied,
biuntly: "What would you have2 The
restoration is in its infancy. Ii must 60
through its measels. :.
Though Doua Christina be the wife OF
the King Of Spain. there is only q queen
-Oueen Isabella ii, Dous Isabella segUndo.
Her prime royal quality or her greatest
personal defect Is extreme generosity. She
has made . present to Spain OF the finest
museum in the world, and has settled dow
! riss of 100, 900 francs on the daughters OF
generals who have powerfully aided in her
dethronement. Her generosity amounts
to p~sodigahty. One day st Madrid, when
she was still sovereign, the Queen ordered
one of her stewards TO send 10000 francs
to a needy man of letters. The prudent
c~ourtisr had twenty notes for 1000 francs
each changed into very small coin, and
disylayed the heap on q table where il
would meet the eyes of Dons Isabella.
What treasure is thisp she asked.
This treasure, madam, is the sum to be
paid to the nan OF letters
The Queen smiled, admitting thai abe
had never before seen so much money, but
added: The more reason TOR sending 1t.
Isabella ii. is utterly free from hsughn-
nsss; she reeesyes all who approach her
with open arms, and none but kind and
gracious words have ever issued from her
6os. Her msnnec is at once that OF q
sovereign aud Of the most charming OF
women. There is o something about her
that proves she knows how to use authority
and vet we see her put her humblest SER
wants az their ease. She smiles on the peo-
pie whom she sslutes With her eyes or with
her hand, with 9 bend Of the neck or .
wave of the poeket.handkerchief or ian,
and vet on the Cushions Of 9 carriage she
looks as if she was seated on q throne.
TAE BLACK SHEEP OF THE ROYAL FOLD.
T cannot resist the temptation to quote for
your benefit some of her other sayings;
, besides We need not be spsring Of the say
ipgs of Isabella II; she scstters them a.
= generously IS her fortune.
? The thing that astonishes me most Oh
3 al" she said to me one day, rs the dls
dain which the great have for each other
: the importance they attach to the differ
!. euee of q title and the superiority a duke
8 believes be has over g marquis, q marquis
over a count, and q count over q baron.
Why does this surprise your
}. Because these distinctions seem to ms
: such petty things"
b You see them from the height Of you
e greatness"
d With her usual y~iVacity and sincerity sh'
added, laughing:
Indeed" it is quite possible: when vi
see men from the top of the tower Of SAINTS
!, Cruz, We are surprised that they should at
= tach importance to difference Of heigh
since they all seem alike"
Here is another trait. NO woman ha!
. been mere deceived in her marriage thar
| have been. l looked for q man in m!
. husband, and found an infant"
Two Of the sisters Of the Ex.kipG Con
i sort Don Francisco have married simple
q mortsls, and both separated from their hug
bands after q few years Of matrimony
The Infsnts Isabella has become, through
her irregularities, almost a madWomsn
It with the wild sir peculiar to the class. The
upper classes Of the Spanish colony are
is sometimes humiliased by sncountsring hel
at Msdrid dressed in indiscrioshle costume
and wearing the appearance Of q misery
o which is not warranted, for King Alfonso
4 does not forget his own, snd she has sp
.e pansges which would suffice for any Other
l. woman not taking, as she does, 81 insane
delight in her debts and disorders.
It Like her husband, she has got on very
q badly with her daughter, Maria Luiss Cur
" oViskily Borbon, o true princess OF 70
10 nance. Beautiful, charming, fall of vir
z tues and resignation ID her Povsrty, tht
daughter Of Count Gurowsh bore her mis-
fortunes with the greatest dignity. Sht
died in the suburbs of Madrid, IN q gloomy
Q u~nfurnished farmhouse, where she had re
3 tired With kEr husband and adorable chill
. dren, to avoid the pity Of friends VINO had
been faithful in fortune were not so il
misery.
: Altogether the Royal family Of Spain
numbers tgentythree, and their snnus
q snnuiries amount TO $50, 00G, 600.
JULIETTE LAEsEE
. Madame Adam