The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-24


which runs around the four sides of q vast
inner court yard. and communicates with
the principal rooms OF the palace. fount.
aims are playing in the court below. and
bright flowers blooming as gayly as when
the Emperor and his gentle Spouse TOOK
pleasure In them. The mulatto soldier who
shows you about the place leads hrst into
a long hall lined with paintings OF Brazil
ian heroes. Nspoleonic battle-helds. saints.
Madonnas aud friars Most of the floors
are of native wood. satin and rose FREEDOM
mating, laid In mosaic.
II ~ABDICATION OF 1881.
The smallest. but perhaps most interest
ing apartment of the suite. has it's floor IN
laid TO represent an incident we'll known In
Lusitanian hIstory-a woman presenting
her two sons TO AlphOnse. The table IN
this room is the same on which Dom Pedro
signed his abdicatioD. April z, 1851. His
tory tells us that the arbitrary temper of
the old monarch had caused endless con-
troversIes. which eliminated IN O revolu-
ton as sudden and blOOdless as that of 1880.
On the memorable morning the citi-
Campo de Santa Anna, 10 demand
of the Emperor that he restore the
Ministry which the people preferred. The
request had been repeatedly and respect
fully urged. without avail, and on this day
the throne tottered, for the National Guard
and q considerable portion of the army had
gone over 10 the side of the populace. An
adJutant was dispatched to Sac ChrlstavaO
for q final answer. and the hard-headed
King, unwilling Co give In. but knowing
himself unable to cope with vOX populi. abb
Dictated on the spur of the moment In favor
OF his little son the Dom Pedro who lately
died III exile, after more than half
g century of prosperous reign-thrn
not quite six years old. lt is related that
the adjutant returned to the campo at full
pallop. waving aloft the decree of abdica-
finn which Una aVarv whpra ranalVpd with
livelIest demonstrations of JOY. The IN
FAINT sovereign was borne IN. triumph TO
the city, and the ceremony OF his acclama-
tion as constitutional Emperor and Per-
petuaI Defender of BrazIp was performed
amid widest enthusiasm and %"vivias' to
Dom Pedro segnndo. Two days later;
while his mortified father still remained
on board a French ship IN the
harbor. the baby Dom held his first
court reception. in the old palace,
down tOwn. A To Deum was chanted
in the imperial chapel. The troops ap-
Deared in review. and an immense con-
course of people. ali wearing leaves of the
'avore nacicnal' rs a badge of 10y atty.
filled the streets. They detached the horses
King with their own hands; and when car
ried back to the palace somebody held him
in arms at q window while an
multitude of faithful subjects" passed be-
fore him. at fifteen the boy was invested
with all the prerogatives of his imperial
throne. At that age he is described as re-
msrkably tall, but without the handsome
proportions which so distinguished him
mature cast-s close student who had
made exceedingly rapid Advancement.
The day of his formal conservation July
is. 1871 was marked by one of the most
imposing celebrations that ever transpired
in the new world. followed by illumina-
tiOns and festivities for nine successive
days and nights. At eighteen he was mar
ried by procuration) to bona Theresa
Chriafiana Maria 6nnChfar nf EranCla /
King of two Sicilies. the bride being two
years old.
WHERE DOM PEDRO WAS BORN.
The apartment next to hat In which
Dom Pedro pere rashly committed his own
uncrowning is the imperial bed-chamber
in which Pedro No. ? was born. Like the
rest OF the suite. the room is fitted up with
French furniture. it's only Brazilian feat
nres being a number of immense jaguar
skins spread upon the floor, all the skins,
with legs, feet and claws extended and
heads stuffed to perfectly represent life,
turning their CLASSY eyes toward the top
lofty. canopIed bcdstead, as If guarding
the occupant. The chamber. where the
Empress spent much of her time. 10 thirty
feet above ground. with folding French
windows overlooking a charming vista of
forests and mountains. groves and gardens.
The guard-roOm comes next. and IN It's
center Is a 1uted column, surmounted by q
wiyern. around which swords and halherds
are arranged. Marble statues stand all
around. Egyptian acknowledgements.
Diana, q Medician Venus. and the same
Observation-Disclosures female leaving her
bath. which has evidently not been thor
ough, judging from the dust collected on
her shoulders. Beyo nd is the chapel. with
Our Lady OF Sorrows upon it's altar. and
by her side Saint Anthony holding the
Blessed Babe. The most conspicu-
Gus feature in this historic sanctu-
airy is a huge painting of Saint
Peter de Ilcsutara, the patron of Portugal.
There is q museum In the building devoted
TO antiquities. which contains. among many
other interesting things. a lot OF ancient
in the days of Socrates. Plato and AristIdes;
coins OF Rhodes, Rome. Thrace and Ithaca.
and a fine collection of antiquities from
Herculaneum and Pompeii, which were
presented TO the Empress IA few years ago
by her brother Bomba, OF Naples. Adjoin-
ing the museum is \ laboratory. set apart
for experiments N natural phllos,
an air-pump. electrical and other
apparatus. in which the Emperor is said to
have greatly delighted IN his younger days.
Beyond the laboratory Is \ complete little
theater, and upon Its drop curtain is
painted a scene whose quiet sarcasm was
probably not intended by the artist. 1t is
called The Landing of the Portuguese"
and represents a group of astOnished
Indians TO whom - priest is Offering q
crucitx. while a company of frOwning
warriors, with uplifted spears and battle
axes. stand ready to back the priest in his
philanthropic mission OF impreSsinR new
doctrines upOn the natives.
I'll TH~RONE-ROOM.
We purposely left the throne-room to the
last. Ii is large. lofty and gloomy as q
tomb. and never used. except by candle
light. for the Brazilians have been OK
tremely tenacious of all the solemn fooler-
les of Portuguese court ceremonies. For
example: On every Sd of May during Dom
Pedro's long reign he opened in person the
session of the Assembly General, and the
procession from his throne-room to that in
the senatorial palace was q surDrising
pageant. There were the halbordiers foot
gusrdsl with their battle-axcs; dragons
and hussars in picturesque uniforms
mounted military bands; six enormous
state carriages. each with six splendid
caparlsoned horses. and liveried position:
and coachmen for the officers of the Im
perlai household; the chariot OF the EN-
press-a strange affair. said to have be
lODged 10 Sebastian, who lost his lIft
warrlDg with the Moors-drawn by
eight iron grays; the magnificent IInperia
carriage, its eight milk-white horses
decked with Prince of Wales plumes. fol
lowed by a long cavalcade of troops and an
lnnumerable company OF civilians. The
Empress. surrounded by her maIds-of-hon
or In their robes and trains of green anC
gold. was always attired in courJ costume