The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-24
ROYAL INFIRMLTIES.
PHYSICAL AND MENTfL DECLINE OF
EUROPEAN REIGNgNG FAMILIES.


cf NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hapsbures
and Crazy HoIcnzoiicrns-
The grand Old house of Nittrl is tho
most anCont and the most noble in Europe.
II pride, itself on the purity of IL; ancestry
from any pleheian faint and consider; even
tho Hapshnras as being moro or less ur-tlrts.
Insanity l. the curse Of this hcu,a. Eiu,
LHivig's shocking end mysterious death IS
still frcsh in evcrybaly's mind, ard lis sue
ceSser, King Otto, Is raving mania. who
miv IL Scrn occasionally rushing about start,
naked in the gardens Of the chltcau of
Nrmphcnburg, sect ing TO escape from lbs at
t"rtant' few S,'aTs ago he did manaa,, TO
get away, entered tine cathedral nj Munich
during high mass, aud, prostlatiug himself
b'furH Tia" altar, began public confession of
the mot horrible AMI yet purely imaginary
crimes. Another member of the sumo fam
liz, Princess Alexandra. who died Il short
tine ago, would not allow single sofa in her
palace, asserting that She had one in her head,
which was quite sufficient Needless to refer
TO the strange freaks of the present kings
father; of his graniunclc, cx-king Ohio, of
'ir2"cr and Of his grandfather, the protector
Ol lbltl RlpnttZ.
AlTLICTION OF TUE HAPSDURGS.
The two ncNt heirs to the throne are mar
ri~lto Austrian archlucI,rss, 5. who are scarce
" likely 10 improve tho strain; for cpilrpSy
has long been the hlIir Of the imperial house
OF Hairhuri.- lorraine. Arch,iukc Albert, the
gencrallSSimo OF the army, who is the kindrSt
'Ir! lnr,t benevolent Of mon. is tcrrhi. vic
ti' Thereto. lii, fits have been worse AMI mo,
frequent sine" the awful death of his fav,,litr
daughter some years ago. Tho latter was en-.
lpSmS the forbidden luxury OF a cigarette,
when she suddenly heard her fathers footsteps
approaching While attempting 10 hide the
cigarette behind her she got fire with it to Ter
Iau lin dress, and was 50 shockingly burned
th.t sh' lad to la transported from Schnn-
hruHn to Vienna srathcl in cotton wool and
ly,i:; III kind OF oil bath Tho cr,poror's
tr thor, louis Ni"tnr. and hi- con IN Johann,
ar ifcwi,c aiilirtcl with this most horrible
wall,ly, Wlilc his father, Nrchluke Francis
Chorl'~t, and lis irmodiato predecessor. Ila-
I'TGr Ferdinand were also victims thereto
l. The c.,s' Of the LHtr r, who ah,iiratrd i'll
iri$, tho dls"lsn took peculiarly horrible
form, reducing the unfortunate monarch to
tho verge of llio"v, and rendering the life Of
tt- VII" one iNnE marty T'iOm.
lranltr h. also made it appearance III
tn Eousa ct Hohci3zn!lcrn The late KIN, of
Irrrsi1 'aiNi mad, and Prince Alexander.
without hciltS a compltc lrnati,. l., some
what daft, y or to use n French >imir. s.S,v-
cfal spiders have spun cohHels in his brain"
Franks To tho unrcmitting and devoted care
OF ii" late ten. de Roe'ler, the primo, who is
now gray h"Hlad, has been rendered more or
h'SS Tr,~'cntIhc, and has been cured of his
lnrrt"ri't" habit of proposing TO tlupc with
every pretty girl or married woman he met
several ladies' being sometimes favored with
those royal offers in the space of a single after
noon. Appointed an honorary general, he
Ia, never Iardonri the emperor for refusing
1" l1;rUEi hun with a command in $50 Ills
brother. Prince George who clairs To I've !:
'ila'nI'H:t, rendered himself Conspicuous some
time ago by his rirlicul ms and sinsularly III
appropriate attentions to the cE-;ruprs-ss Of
the French during hcr ,tay NJ Carlsbad.
ENGLISH ROYALTY AND RELATIVES.
Epilepsy. which may I've truv termed
royai malady, has made but rare appearances
IN Queen Victoria's farnjIy Her father. tho
kindly bake OF Kent, was afflicted therenith.
hut none of her cbiklrau, with the cxccption
~ LII l' iH'ii. ''trFf III EhIthiiN. appears
20 have inherited IT. THIS Young man, il will
ha remembered, expired during terrible IT
At Cannes. Nine month, before his death.
while III the act "t cutting newspaper with
pair Of scissors, lie WAS suddenly seized
with an attack, aud inflicted terrible wounds
on himself before the scissors could I've torn
from his hands.
The king NJ HurtcmberC, not orious through
out Germany for his Eluttonv and Stupiditv.
Is victim to spinal disease He has no chiI-
drcn. Thcroyll house of Sweden has suffered
severely hY It's alliance with the WittSeIhach
ami Nassau families. 1t appears that Prince
Oscars t,"th, specially tine wisdom teeth, in
stead ot growing right up or straight down,
shoot out il a horizontal dire, non, forcing
the POINTS INTO the flesh of the checks. sn in
FIRMLY winch Dr.. Eyeus. tn" famous Alneri-
can dentist. Is now trying 10 relieve. His
brothers and sisters I'll have very poor cousti-
tutlonS, in coH-"Ju"nc" Of winch their ewes.
ears. Threats and noSeS are affected The
only son Of the king of Holland died . short
time ago If spinal disease. complicated with
other nrula,li',. Deafness seems To H.. a very
prevalent complaint umou. ROYALTIES. and
perhaps this n1y explain how it is that so
many petitions remain uuausvcr,d-Nsy
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