Arizona republican., 1898-09-20

from the blue sea, but from the repui
 sive Schwalbach mud.
 : There is nothing absolutely improp- fer about the portrait, since the mud
 may be said to have formed a species ! of closs-fitting garment. Still, at the same time, it is not Q very pleasant thing for an attractive woman such as the grand duchess may claim to be. to be thus portrayei. To make matters worse, the crown princess was go in CrGinately amused with the success Of che picture that before her sister knoa anything about it she stuck eff 9 num- Der of proofs ard distributed them broadcast among the numerous rela- tives and friends of the two sisters. 1t is scarcely necessary to add that they are TO longer cn speaking terms. the grand duchess being the last person in the world to understand or appreciate "a joke Of this kind. h fact the origin of all her troubles with her husband has been due to the latter's persi istence in making Ter the invariabIe butt Of those practical jokes to which he i5 addicted. Many of these jokes have been in the nature of coarse hor 90 play Ito which any high spirited woman pos ssssed Of any sense Of dignity would OpISNL, tttil Ss III gc-t@IS HtS ESS4i lUulNS sally on the side Of the grand duchess in her matrimonial diferenct,s with her husband
 < curious story is current about the explorer. Nansen. which would seem to indicate that Ihe mans head has been completely turned by the adula- t;Cll which ke received eysrywhere, save ia the United States. on the return from his last Arctic expedition. !, seems that at the recent regatta at Mcos, oa the coast of Norway. which constitutes the Scandinavian counter part Of the COwes regatta. and race week in England, Mansen, while pass ing by the royal yacht ia bis naptha launch, omitted to salute King Oscar, although the latter was on deck and locking directly towards the launch. Oscar at the time thought that the dis courtesy had been uninteusionai, buc te was iindeceiYcd when iaaer in the day, at the Yacht club banquet, Nan sen was the Cnly person present who remained seated when his majesty en- tered. every enc else in the room nat ursliy rising to his feet. Asked the reason for his extraordinary behavior, Nansen cortentsd himself with ex- claiming proudly, sI am Nanaen,' just as if that was sufficient reason ii itsel9 for his being abSOiyeG from compli- ance with any Of the ordinary and con- ventionai courtesiss Of social inter course.
 II is scarcely necessary to add that after this the king ignored Nensen. Whcrs he may justiy denounce as gull ty Of ingraIitude. Fer 1t was King Os- car who. cut cf his privy purse, fur nished the nnajcr part Of the money needed for the expenses Of NaDsen's last Arctic expedition, and who, 0n his; return, lavished upon him the highest 3c1ors in his power 0 bestovF, invest ing him with the Grand Cross Of tho Polar Star, as well as with the Grand Cross Of the Order of Olaf. and at tho same time proceeding or board a man 0f-war to welcome him at Christiania on his return from the Arctic regions. King Oscar seems 10 be singllarly un- fortunate iD this respect, for only shortly after he had conferred the grand cross Of ore Of his orders upon the famous Norwegian nan e letters,