Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24

| that age he is described as remarkably tall
but without the handsome proportions
which so distinguished him later in life
with mind of a mature cast-a close student
who had made exceedingly rapid advance
ment
He Married = Two-Year-old.
The day of his formal conservation (July
18, 1841) was marksd by one of the most
imposing celebrations that ever transpired
| and festivities tor nine successive days and
nights At 18 he was married (by pro-
curation) to Dona Theresa Christiana Maria,
daughter OF Francis L, King of two Sicilies,
the bride being two years old
| The apartment next to that in which Dom
Pedro pere rashly committed his own un-
crowning is the Imperial bed chamber, in
! which Pedro No. 2 was born. Like the
rest of the suite the room is fitted up with
French furniture. its only Brazilian features
being q number of immense jaguar skins
| legs, feet and claws extended and heads
stuffed to perfectly represent life, turning
| their CLASSY eyes toward the top-lofty,
| canopied beadstead as if guarding the occu-
pant The chamber, where the Empress
| spent. much of her time, is 80 feet above
ground, with folding French windows over
looking q charming vista of forests and
mountains, groves and gardens.
The guardroom is next, and in Its center
is fluted column, around which sword and
halberds are arranged. Marble statues stand
Diana, a Medicean Venus and the same un-
fashionably formed female leaving her bath,
which has evidently not been through, judg-
ing from the dust collected on her shoulderA
A Vary Valuable Old Museum.
=. L Il. II >%
Sorrows upon its altar, and by her side St.
Anthony holding the Blessed Babe. The
most conspicuous feature in this historic
sanctuary is huge painting of st. Peter de
Alcantara, the Patron Of Portugal. There
is museum in the building devoted to an
tiquities, which contains, among many other
interesting things, lot of ancient Peruvian
pottery; money that circulated in the days
of Socrates, Plato and Aristides; coins of
Rhodes, Rome, Thrace and Ithica, and
fine collection of antiquities from Hercu-
laneum and Pompeii, which were presented
to the Empress a few years ago by her
brother, Bomba, of Naples.
Adjoining the museum is laboratory, set
apart for experiments in natural philosophy
and chemistry, fitted up with an air pump,
electrical and other apparatus, in which the
Emperor is said to have greatly delighted
in his younger days. Bey ond the lab oratory
is complete little theater, and upon its
drop curtain is painted scene whose quiet
sarcasm was probably not intended by the
artist. 1t is called 1.-THE Landing Of the
Portuguese" and represents group of as
tonished Indians, to whom priest is offer
ing cruciix, while company of frowning
warriors, with uplifted spears and battle
axes, stand ready to back the priest in his
philanthropic mission of impressing new
doctrines upon the natives.
Preserved tho Spanish Court Customs.
We purposely left the throne room to the
last. It is large, lofty and gloomy as
tomb. and never used except BY caudlelight,
for the Brazilians have been extremely
tenacious of all the solemn fooleries Of
Portuguese ceremonies. For example, on
every third of May during Dom Pedro's
long reign he opened in person the session
of the Assembly General, and the process
sion from his throne room to that in the
Senatorial palace was surprising pageant
There were the halberdiers Ooot guards),
with their battleaxes; dragons and hussary
in picturesque uniforms; mounted military
bands; six enormous state carriages, each
with six splendid caparisoned horses, and
Hveried positions and coachmen for tho
officers OF the Imperial household; the
chariot of the Empress-a strange affair,
said to have belonged to Sebastian, who
lost his life warning with the Moors-drawn
by eight iron grays; the magnificent In
perial carriage its eight white horses decked
with Prince of Wales plumes, followed by
q long cavalcade Of troops and an innumer.
able company Of civilians
The Empress, surrounded by her maids of
honor, in their robes and trains Of green
and gold, was always attired in court cos
tune, consisting Of an underdress of white
hoo MI iIu al oh
lace falling over the corsage and forming
the sleeves, which were looped at the |
shoulder with magnificent diamonds. The |
train was of green velvet. with gold en-
broideries like that on the skirt, and o |
broad sash-scarlet, purple and green-the |
combined ribbons Of different orders |
crossed the bust from the right shoulder to |
the waist, and above it sparkled mass of |
emeralds and diamonds Her hair, curled |
in front, was topped by wealth of dia-
monds and emeralds, set in the shape of |
form of coronet, from which a long white |
ostrich feather curled gracefully backward.
Ridiculous Costume of tho Emperor.
The Emperor dressed in imitation of his
iIIustrious ancestor, King John, must have
looked rather funny. He was obliged to
wear white satin from tip to toe, even his
shoes and the roses upon them being Of the
same material His naked throat was sur
rounded like a schoolboy's by his shirt
frill, whose triple row of edging rested on
/ long ermine tippet, nowadays called q boa.
The suit fitted his stalwart legs and arms so
'nugly that he looked in imminent danger of
bursting through, and he must have been
thankful for the voluminous train with
which in that sorry case he might envelop
himself He carried the royal scepter in
lis hand--a long, slim, g:lded pole, which
lie grasped about two feet from the top, as
,ernlits are painted with their staveA On
lis head was the crown, a great golden
pheroidal which might have been modelled
rom melon, its orbicular sections meet
ng at the top and supporting q globe, sur
mounted by a tall cross.
From the gloomy throne room We went
lown a flight of stone steps to q dowery
un-lit garden-thinking within ourselves
hat the contrast was not greater than be-
weeh the pomp in which the good Dom
Pedro lived, apparently beloved by all the
people, and his sad death in exile, with
lone SO poor as to do him honor The at
endant pointed out a marble bench, which
le said was the favorite resting place of the
oyal pair in their morning promenade;
nd we sat down upon it, wondering whether
fter all life is worth living under tho
hadow Of . crown. FANNIE B. WARD
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