New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
TOPICS IN PARIS.
A CITY FULL OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
FuNERAL-NEw PLAYS.
Paris. October 10.


Paris Is so full Of royalties and their comihgs'
,be,r eoiugs and their doings occup" the news
papers and pubic attention to sucn an eN'en''
ina, Il is difficult 70 realize that France Is hVins
suanr ,sn,,s,li-au form of government. The
King Of the Belgiaus has scarcely departed pe-
,oro tho stout Young King Of Portugal made his
annearance. without. however, his WIFE, whom
he has left behind at Lisbon to act as Regent
,r h,s stead He is to stay here fortnight at
the Hotel Bristol. has already exchanged visits
u.,th the President and occupied on Sunday last
tho Presidential stand at the races along with
the Grand duke Sergius Of Russia, the Grahu-
duke Constantine, Prince Nicholas OF Greece
Prince Eugene Of Sweden and King Humoerts
nephew. the Count of Turin-a gratifying sght
indeed to the public present. since II served 10
show how well the Republic stands in the eyes
Of the monarchical coairts Of Europe
King Carlos. blond and rosy checked, In spite
of his embonpoint is one OF the mos' a'hie'io
soyereigns of the Old World. lie is a superb
syimmer distinguished himself some three years
ago in a hand-to-hand encounter with Iootpao
whom he caught in the act of roboing ana III
treating an old man in the outskirts OF Lsoo"r
and has achieved some fame as puli-ngh'er
He has a private arena at NenhaSNoVaS' near
Lisbon and likes nothing 80 much as 10 oispia!
hic a
comnosed Of the members of his court and of the
cream OF the Portuguese aristocracy While IN
these Northern cmes, and perhaps in the United
States. people may condemn this form or sport
on the part Of the King as barbarous and as un-
worthy of his rank he could assuredy not have
found apythng more calculated to endear him 10
his subjects than this prediction which he shows
for the most popular form of national entertain
ments. Moreover he is not the first KING ol
Portugal who achieved fame as bull-hghuT' ioi
his ancestor King John Y, surnamed The Mag
nifcent" is described in history as having neeh
IN the habit OF occasionally descending into the
arena himself for the purpose of affording to ms
subjects evidence Of his skill as a "torrero
While nothing certain Is known about the OBJ
ject of King Caross visit here. 1t Is generaiiy
believed that, in the case OF King Leopolu'
it is of a financial character. and that ne IS
anxious 10 pave the way for loan' ms Govern
ment being. to all intents and purposes. In
bankrupt condition. and the Partisan ana o'her
northern money markets dsincned to handle
Portuguese bonds King Carlos should, however,
experience no difficulty If he addresses himsef
10 what is known here ia haute banque
iuive''-that is to say, to the Jewish princes OF
finance For there is no royal house in Europe
which can boast of so strongly developed strain
of Hebrew blood in its veins as that OF Braganza'
ROYALTY OF HEBREW BLOOD.
The Semitic descent strongly marked IN
the comely features of the present Kings grand
father old King Ferdinand. whose American and
morganatic widow the Countess Edla (nee Hens
Ter. of Boston), still survives Ferdinand's grand
father IL may be remembered, was a jewish
banker in Hungary Of the name Of Kohar And
even prior to the marriage Of Ferdinand or Co.
burg X ohari to Queen Maria della Gloria OF Por-
tugal the reigning house of Braganza was con-
spicuous among all other royal families Tor It's
Semitic ancestry. This was brought home on one
occasion in a rather amusing manner to one OF the
Portuguese kings. forget which Married TO
wife who was bigOted 20 "a degree OF positive
fanaticism she was forever urging him to perse-
cute and humiliate the Jews who abounded in his
kingdom. On one occasion she had actually sue
ceeded in persuadng him to order the banishment
of all Jews. orthodox as well as converted and al
the same time TO issue a decree commanding that
all those who were In any way tainted. as sAe
expressed 1t, with Hebrew blood, should wear
white hats in order that they might be recognized
and subjected to ostracism. The Prime Minister
of that time finding remonstrances and reasoning
Ineffective pretended compliance with the Kings
edict and presenting himself before His Majesty
drew forth from under his cloak two white mats
which he solemnly placed upon the table. The
astonished King inquired the meaning Of the ex-
traordinary action Of the Premier. Said the lat
ter: Il have come prepared to obey Your MAJ
estvs commands. with one hat for you and the
other for myself" thus recalling to the monarch
the well-known fact that the house Of Braganza
Is not free from Hebrew strain. The King had the
good sense to laugh and to cancel the decree con-
cerning the hats
The royal visitors have not only been conspicu-
md a he
but they likewise mustered in force at the grand
funeral accorded by the state to Pasteur. and
President Faure himself. in defiance OF tradition
nrecedent and what is known as the ProtocOle,
insisted on acting as chief mOurner thereby add
ing immensely to his prestige and popularity. 1t
was IN imposing ceremony especially that portion
Of it which took place In the grand old Basilica or
Notre Dame for the decoration Of which no less
than 900 Yards of black velvet and cloth hang
jngs were used The scene at the Cathedral was
full Of solemnty and majesty. The Cardinal
Archbishop occupied throne on the Gospel SIDE
Of the altar while another throne was placed on
the epistle side for Monsgnor Ferrata the courty
papal Nuncio. President Taure and the foreign
princes kneeling upon 'pres-dieuX whlch iaced
the altar. Indeed. what attracted special and
particular attention was the fact that the fresi-
dent and the royal personages with him rever-
entity knelt during the most solemn parts of the
service, instead Of cOntenting themselves as Is
usually the case, with merely bowing their heads.
The music and the singing were soul-nspiring
The body Of the great French savant now lies in
the side chapel OF St Martin, in the Cathedral or
Notre-D Dame pending its removal - the tomb
which he caused 10 be prepared for himself during
his lifetime within the precincts OF the Institute
PAsTEURS SKILL AS AN ARTIST
Apropos Of Pasteur it Is not generally known
that he wGs wonderfully clever with his brush.
and that had he not achieved such high dis
tjnction as a scientist he would assuredly nave
become a famous painter. This. at any rate IS