Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-26

everybody. Thcrc are only two people
Who may be slii 80 enjoy bis confidence,
and whose udvica he rcearls a. suns
gently disinicrcated 20 Pc followed with.
ont danger. Cuuously enough. uiey arc
boil Europeans of humble birth. Ono Is
2, eerman on rather Swedc. NAMED Carl
Afiesth, who was q common artisan.
employed before Abdul Hniuods auyces-
son 90 The throne. IN the work shops of
the pnlHce' by mere chance the princes
9ttVnuon WAS attracted 90 Something
aone BY the man. ne got into the habit
81 talking 20 hla and soou took 90 mugh
pleasure ~ those conversations Tint be-
mauo him director of The work shops
since then, Carl, who gradually develop
81 9 variety Of talents has become quito
g. Indispensable 90 the snltan as ichn
brown was TO Quenn Victoria. aud ca-
3eys similar dceree Of influence over
hs imperial master 50 great Ia
the sul,aus trust 10 him Tint
ne has even permitted him
20 enter the apartments az The spltaua,
q uust unprecedented fact and con.
shutting q great departure from oriental
customs. The other person who MAY he
siud 10 share this Influence Is the sullnn's
wife, Vo Is "a Belgian hy birth Mbpn
quite Young she worked in tho coal minus
VIZ, NNN WIZ NNNNiNA tNN NtNW-
Gus Tor her health, sbe was apprcnticcd
10 Q Partisan dressmakor whore she
wrde her way SO fast that She was in.
trusted with the duty of conveying TO
Ipnsinnunoplc and ttrins on the dressos
ordered ~ thc ladies OF what Is known
as the Grand Scruelio IL WIS while
occlmcl in taking the orders of Abdul
ltamcds mother that The young Rclgian
mouiste FIRST met her present husband
aud her influence over him q now 50
great that she has remained TO this day
his only de facto wife.
Emperor Francis Joseph OF Austria.
during the lifetime of bis mother, the lato
Afchduchess Sophia. WAS completely sub
lect TO her influence. which was OF q
reactionury character and. sad 90 relate,
often exercised Il against Der beautiful
oouEhtcrnlAW, Empress Elizabeth. lt
y NO secret ut Vienna that the ola arch.
duchess was In n great measure rcspousi-
PIE for the differences which cast Ho
dark shadow upon the first twenty
years OF the empcror's married lie. The
influence welded over him hy this Won
uertully clover aud masteriul old lady.
who was passiouately fond of power. was
an the more remarkable since she mndo
no secret Of the fact that her SECOND son,
I Macmillan, held a far higher pmcc in
her affections than Francis Joseph. and
u was 10y her advice that the Inflated
prince accepted the crown OF Mexico.
Moreover vi the reign of the present em-
peror Of Austria was signaliacd during
The hrst eighteen years by numerous acts
OF despotism and even tyranny, ns well
as by a hostility TO democratic principles
OF every kind, Il must ho attributed 60 his
mothers influence and she. therefore,
must bear the burden OF the numerous
disasters which overlook Austria during
that epoch. Since her death the enc
perOr has been an cntircly changed man,
and has not only become a lricud but
ity
AS regards The king Of Spain. he may
| he regarded MS being altogether under
the influence ~ his mother, fact by no
nicans astonishing when it a. borue in
mind that he "a only Z years of age.
She, In her turn Is influenced In all mat.
| tiers of state by her clover aud strong.
| minded sislgrinlaw. the mfunta Isabel.
| Ia, who, 40 her request has lived alto.
! gcthcr with her since the denth of the
| late king in 1885. In domestic matters.
ns wen as In those which may Boz de-.
scribod as OF social nature, the queen
recent h mcuuy swayel by the faithful
/ ana devoted private secretary of her late
! husband, Count dc Alurph. an hidnlgu
! OF HlbUruiun descent his name ~ a
| corruption of Murphy and who is mar.
! ried 10 an Austrian lady of muk. com.
/ pntrlot therefore Of the queen regent
! or course this list might be prolonged
! almost indefinitely aud more detailed
! portrayal of the persons exercising power
/ behind the thrones might perhaps afford
a still better means Of understanding IA,
actions OF those who are seated thereon
! Sufficient, however. has been written
| here 10 show that kings aud cmpcrOrs
10 matter how imperous and how auto.
| cratic, are subject 10 Influences OF un.
seen, and swayod perhaps unc0usciously,
| 10y the recommendations aud inclinntlOns
| of those who are not The officially rec
| ognized advisers TO the crown
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