Arizona republican., 1893-06-21
. EX~QUEEN ISABELLA.
Her Strange Career Once Moro in
 Everybody's Mouth.
As Careless of Her Good Name Now as She Was in the Days of Her Power Her Life Drawing to
 a Close.

From Paris comes the news that lsa- bella IT., the eXiled queen of Spain, now in her sixty-third year, has taken another favorite, Hungarian, young and presumably good looking, and that he exercises wonderful influence over her. The occasion for the publication of this news lies in the fact that this Hungarian, presuming upon his intlu- ence, has dared to insult Infanta Eulalic and other members of the royal family of Spain, thus causing bitter dispute between Isabella and her royal rela- tives.
 The life of this remarkable queen is drawing to a close. It is nearly twenty years since the eyes of the world have been turned upon her, and in those years she has been forgotten. But now the mind finds itself dwelling upon that page of history of more than two decades ago when Isabella fled from Spain, forsalsing her throne and power, and upon those scenes of moral wickedncSs which in that day mortified all Europe Born in the most immoral court of modern Europe, in an atmos' phcrc of liCcntiouSneSs, surrounded by dcbauChcd throne hunters and unscru- pulous schcmers, reared by mother whose sins were committed almost be- fore the daughters eyes, the ardent nature of Spain glowed in lsabclla's eyes and betrayed those intense emo tiops of love and jealousy and hate which swaycd her heart She never knew the felicity of domestic peace and happiness. Her life has been a succession of moods of passion, each one Of which brought its own unhappi' ness.
 In her yOuthfulncSS Isabella for a number of years carried on her love affairs with some discretion, avoiding the openncss which characterized her mothers misdoings, But as she grew older she flung restraint and dccorum tO the winds and abandoned herself to the prohigate life which she has led, more or less openly, ever since One of her earliest favoritcS was Marshal Francisco Serrano.
 Other lovers succeeded ScrranO. Their royal mistress hattcrcd, rs- wardCd and dismissed them. and the women of the court kept good pace. Thus Isabella rcigucd and thus she re. yelled. amazing the world. disgusting her subjects. for thirtyGvc long years, until the people of Madrid arose and the queen was compelled to flee tn France. Most surprising il <, that 1 these Madrid people were not SO much excited by the imnoralItjCs of their sovereign as they were indignant at the character of her politics. The ministers of Isabella had contrivcd to outrage their feelings, ani in the rev olution that followed I-a12lla was deposed. She crossed the pyrcHccG by night and proceeded to Paris. where Louis Napoleon welcomed her. Her 1 son, Alfonso. accompanied her, and on | June "j, 1870. Isabella rGnoancoi her claim to the throne in nj, favor After ] Spain had resumed its tranquility and had found that monarchy was the only form of government it could understand, Alfonso returned to Madrid, to be hailed with joy and crowned king of Spain. After eight years of exile, Isabella in ls16 returned to Spain and was received at SantanIer l by her son, the king. But aa the ministry feared her and the people did not want her she was not permitted tC remain. So she returned to Paris and there Hhc lives to-day. Her SOD died and his son, q posthumous child, now seven years old, is h.3 most Catholic majesty, the king of Spain.
 Now Isabella lives in Paris, sur, rounded by few of the grandees oi . Spain, who have remained true to her The world hears little of her, save when q scandal mOmentarily stirs ur that quiet cxiled court.