Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-11
WILLIAM AND HIS FAMILY.

But suddenly his promotion came. On
January 27 last he received as birthday
present commission as Major General.
This was the beginning Of his promo ion.
From taat time his advance IN other re-
spects has been rapid indeed.
william is twenty nine years Of age,
and is said to be young looking for his
,ge. BE has recently been thus described
oy George W. Snalley:
civilian has the appearance Of young
man of twenty-f five. His upper lip shows
: spare blonde mustache, his nose
is slightly Roman, with medium fore
nesd and mis- nair stands back like Bee
thoven's. But despite his comparatively
Seak chin, his cold blue eye hiss brave,
daring expression, which reminds one s
little OF the Greet Frederick, whom he
IS .fondly said to resemble in = char
setter. he is slender IN build
and shorter in stature than his
brother, the naval Hoaepz ollern.' His
left hand is badly crippled, and his left
arm st least two inches shorter than his
light; defect which mas cau5t d as muca
annoyance aud mental pain as ever
Byron's deformity did. He tries upon
every occasion to conceal it, but tries, Of
course, in vain. Yet the skill he pos
sesses is remark ible. He carries his
sword upon parade ss we'll IS any officer
spd has, become 8 most excellent feucer,
rides like CosSack and shoots with IN
errlng aim.
"No officer in the srmy is more popular
than this royal scion and none more
clever. No wonder that his men are St
tached to him. He has C pleasant word
for all, and cracks his joke with the COM
mon man as though he were OF his num-
DER. His training has been very demo-
cratic. He attended school az Csssel,
boarding with one Of the teachers, and
treated exactly as one OF the other boys
Taxing his lunch one day, he noticed enc
of his comrades eating the black bread
which the poorest classes use in
Germany. Wishing to taste it, he offered
to trade with the boy-the son, believe,
of poor mechanic-Who, OF course, was
only too glad TO do so. 1t pleased the
Princes pala.e so much hat he INSIDE sn
agreement to exchange lunches with the
BOY every day-.n1 henceforward he
slwaYs Toasted upon the black break
baked In toe house of the mechanic. He
was graduated after several years st Cas-
sci among the first In his class to the
great satisfaction Of his parents who
attended the commencement. He after
wards-a, in Hohepz 0llern custom-,t-
tended the university at Bonre and joined
the famous Saxo-Borussen corps, over
whose annual meetings ne still presides,
and is ss eager as sny in relating she
pranks Of his student days. And to-day
one meets him in the streets Of Berlin in
civilians clothes, mingling with the peo-
nIa like the ScirfZan king ~
The following in cident, sent to the New
World By the New York Times CORE
spcndent, will be interesting:
"Crown Prince William has carried to
excess the old Hohsnz ollern custom OF
giving It's cadets military training.
Whenever he visits his children his oldest
son, who will be six next month, has
been schooled to give the word OF COM
mand, whereupon the two smaller
brothers, aged ave and four, range them
selves beside him. and all give the father
. soldIerly salute. The other day the