Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-03-02
SWEDISH sOyEREIGNS.
King Oscar a Superb Specimen OF
Manhood.
A Queen who Was Compelled to DO the
Work Of y Mental In Order to
Preserve Her Health
Gigantic Princes

The most talented monarch on any
European throne at the present mo-
ment is undoubtedly King Oscar of
Sweden, says writer in the New York
Recorder. Unlike the ex-emperor of
Brazil, whose knowledge. although em-
bracing a vast amount of different SUR
jects, Is Of the most superficial nature.
that Of his Swedish majesty is of faI
more serious and profound character.
He is singularly graceful poet and
has written quite number OF plays
which have been staged with consider
able success in Germany and Austria
Astronomy, ethnography and psychol-
ogy are among the sciences to which he
devotes much of his time and intellect,
and he finds relaxation in playing upon
the organ, an instrument on which he
is past master. 3d.. .r....
Nor shall forget the exquisite mel
ody which pesied forth from the organ
loft of an old Norwegian church OF the
fourteenth century, situated in the
grounds OF the country seat of the king
near Christina. He sat up there and
played to US for almost full hour, af-
ter which he took us to quaint old
peasant cottage such as they have up In
the wilds of Telemarken and treated US
to a typical Norwegian peasant repast.
On a long table were spread fat bread,
goats cheese and all the deicacies of
the Norwegian cuisine. His majesty
then seated himself at the table and,
taking the huge loving cup, which was
filed with mead, drank to the lleslth of
his guests, kissed the hand of his fair
neighbor on his right and then passed
the cup to her.
Although far more Of a student than
n 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 car,
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 a worthy incumbent
of the throne of the ancient vikings
| who ruled Scandinavia. He bears HIM
self with wonderful dignity ind majes-
| ty, and presents the most striking con-
trnst to Emperor William of Germany
that 1t is possible to conceive. For the
| latter is the very impersonification of
| restlessness and seems forever in a
hurry, which although permissible on
the part of an ordinary individual be-
comes undignifled 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 q nervous character.
| Indeed, for time her mind was affect.
| ed and her physicians were forced to
adopt oil kinds of devices In order 10
check the course of her malady. Thus
for a time they insisted that she should
| perform all kinds of hard and mental
labor, such as sweeping, scrubbiuE,
washing and busting, their object being
to counteract by bodily fatigue the alb
normal and unhealthy excitement OF
her nerves. Like the empress of Aus
tria, Empress Eugene and several
! other royal and imperial ladies, she is
| q patient of the famous Dutch special.
list, DIR. Mct2ger, and spends number
of weeks each year at his sanitariun.
The sons of King Oscar, although
every WIG VI Ineh BldntS III SIubure'
their average height being six feet three,
arc far from possessing the magnifi'
cent constitution and physique of thei,
father They are extremely short
sighted, aud the eldest two, at any rate
are afflicted with what is known n:
barred teeth, which renders necessary
constant attention on the part of theil
American dentist DR.. Evans of, Paris