The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-12-31
SWEDISH SOVEREIG Ms.
King Oscar a Superb Specimen OF
Manhood.
A Queen who Was Compelled to TO the
Work of MeniaI in Order TO
Preserve Ilcr Health
Gigantic Princes.


The most talented monarch on any
European throne at the prcson: mo-
ment is undoubtedly King oscar OF
Sweden, says writer in the New York
Recorder Unlike the ex-cnpcror Of
Brazil, whose knowledge, ulthcugl en-
bracing a vast amount of different sub
iects, is of the most superficial 6ture.
that of his Swedish majesty is of a far
more serious and profound character.
He Is singularly graceful poe: and
has written quite q number Of playS
which have been staged with consider
able success in Germany and Aus tria-
Astronomy, cthnography and ps"cl,ol-
ogy are among the sciences to which ho
devotes much of his time and intellect,
and he finds relaxation in playing Upon
the organ, an instrument on which he
is past master.
Nor shall ! forget the exquisite mel
ody which pcaIed forth from the organ
loft of an old Norwegian church Of tho
fourteenth century, situated in the
grounds of the country seat of the king
near Christina. lie sat up there and
played to US for almost full hour. af-
ter which he took us to a quaint old
y
the wilds of Tclemarlen and treated us
to a typical Norwegian peasant rcpast.
On a long table were spread fat bread,
goats cheese and all the delicacics OF
the Norwegian cuisine. His majesty
then seated himself ut the table and,
taking the huge loving cup, which was
filed with mead, drank to the health Of
his guests, kissed the hand of his fair
neighbor on his right and then passed
the cup to her.
Although far more of Il student than
a soldier, the king of Sweden and
! Norway does not possess in any way
that peculiar appearance which we are
won't to associate with the possession
of much learning. He towers head and
shoulders above every other monarch
in Europe, being taller than the ear,
and, unlike the latter, is magnificently
proportioned, without one ounce Of SUI
perfluous tissue upon his body. He is
indeed superb specimen of the
stronger sex and 4 worthy incumbent
of the throne of the ancient vikings
who ruled Scandinavia. He bears HIM
self with wonderful dignity and majes-
ty, and presents the most striking con-
trast to Emperor William of Germany
that it is possible to conceive. For the
latter is the very approximation OF
restlessness and seems forever in n
hurry, which although permissible on
the part of an ordinary individual be-
comes undigniicd in the ruler of forty
millions of people.
King Oscars wife but rarely appears
at the entertainments which he gives,
for she is confirmed invalid, her all
ments being Of a nervous character.
Indeed, for time her mind was affect
ed and her physicians were forced to
adopt all kinds OF devices in order to
check the course of her malady Thus
for time they insisted that she should
perform ell kinds of hard and menial
labor, such as sweeping, scrubbing,
washing and duSting, their object being
to counteract by bodily fatigue the alb
normal and unhealthy excitement of
her nerves. Like the empress of Aus
tria, Empress Eugenie and several
other royal and imperial ladies, she is
a patient of the famous Dutch special
ist, DR.. Mctzger, and spends number
of weeks each year at his sanitarium.
The sons of King Oscar, although
every one of them giants in stature,
their average height being six feet three,
are far from possessing the magnif-
cent constitution ana physique of their
| father. They are extremely short
sighted, aud the eldest two, at any rate,
are afflicted with what is known as
barred teeth, which renders necessary
constant attention on the part of their
American dentist DR., Evans of, Paris.