Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-07-06

FRANCIS JosEpH.
The Somewhat shaldowy Kxisssnee = Arr
tria-Huneary's sovoreSsa.
The Emperor Of Austria II : sl,aslowy
parsonage compared with the otIser -
tentates Of Europe h Il obliged - b =
a constitutional monarch. bat In leine
50 he Is not obliged 70 miagIs n,ors
than he pleases with his subjects Ths
Emperor Of Germany takes pleasure II
showing himself To his subjects when
ever his health will permit. Tho Cr0wn
Prince with his family walks about the
streets Of Berlin. The Prince Of Wales
shows himself at all sorts Of gatherifigs.
Even the Emperor Of Russia, though
he is Obliged to take every precauf5on
against Nihilist conspiracies, Il n1orein
the public eye than this descendants ~
the Hapsburg. Francis Joseph was
born an absolute monarch, and with the
idea that he has no equals To what ex-
tent that idea dominated the Hapsburgs.
may be inferred from an anecdots that
is told OF Joseph IL When this
sovereign threw open the Prater and
the Augarten to his people, one of hin
mobiles remarked to him that there
would soon be no place where he could
mingle with his Peers. III wished
to content myself with the society u
my Peers" replied the autocrat, II
should be obliged to pass my life 10 the
vaults of the Capuchins- It i in the
monastery Of this order his ancestors
are buried Yet Joseph II used TO walk
about Familiarity among his people, ~
did also Leopold II, while Maria Theresa
was motherly Empress, whom her
subjects regarded as personal friend
The present Emperor is not lacking
10 amiable qualities. The constitution
Of 1913 deprived him Of nearly every
attribute of sovereignty, except the
command of the army, which he re-
fused to give up. He yielded grace
fully, and now never attempts TO trans
| cend his traditional rights. He il :
hard worker. He signs the acts Of Par
Lament that are brought him after i've
O'Clock in the morning. and takes his
coffee at the desk where he performs
his work. Maria Theresa left twelve
sons, who, having been nearly as pro-
life as herself, have created a society
of Peers whom the Emperor may asso-
/ ciate with without q sense of degrade
! ton, and who are sufficiently numer-
Gus to prevent his getting lonesome
They form the principal part of his So
ciety As for the ordinary nobility,
they see him rarely and under the fol-
i<rr
thereis ar aristocratic ball, at which
he shows himself, not to please with
gracious familiarity. but to dazzle by
his momentary presence. On these oc-
casions he sometimes addresses few
condescending words TO a few persons
of Importance. He appears also in the
same fii-ting way at the balls given by
associations of burghers, students, or
of the industrial classes. Every year
there is a court ball. to which are in
vited the chamberiains, the Ladies' Of
the noblesse of sixteen quarterings. the
officers of the army, and the chevaliers
who wear imperial orders. He gives
second fete, to which are invited the
J families of sixteen qnarterings and the
diplomatic corps. Occasionally the
Emperor offers dinner. With these
! exceptions he is not seen outside the
circle of his numerous relatives.
Having been born to the rule bril-
liantly, he takes not unkindly to the
duties that his position as a constitu-
tional monarch imposes. He keeps
himself au courant with public affairs.
As he is not able to read all the news
papers, there is prepared for him a
daily journal called the Reriew Of the
Press. made up of extracts from the
Journals all over the empire, and con-
tanning every thing that he cares to
know in respect to public opinion.
Personally he is popular, not alone at
Vienna, but in the provinces. He has
been doing his best to Germanize the
empire. by having a knowledge of the
German language diffused everywhere.
!. In his personal habits he is remarkable
for sobriety. He drinks little. His
only diversion is the chase, to which he
is so devoted that he will stalk deer
with the most ardent huntsman, follow
the channels to his remotest haunts, or
rise at dawn to get shot at the bird
whose only appearance during the day
is at that untimely and unimperial hour.
1t is not the Emperor, but his Ministers,
who are responsible for public acts, and
one who read the late speeches must
have remarked that while his words
: were cool. conservative, unwarlike,
those of his Ministers were more sig
: nificant and threatening. 1t is prob
: able that though he is confident of his
army (and it is owing in great meas
ure to his personal efforts that it has
; been brought to its present degree o.
efficiency, he wants war as little Il.
any body in his dominion.-Cor San
Francisco Chronicle.