The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-01-25

4A'"'A0 10 Ao"iiy oouPetcnC physician.
She practices, incognito, among the poor
of Lisbon, prescribes for her children's
ailments and attends upon the king,
whose health is not so robust as his frame
would indicate. She is an authoress, too.
of no mean ability, and is as deft with
fingers as with her brain. At the great
doh show recently held in Berlin, the
most attractive exhibit was labelled.
"From the Queen of Portugal" every ar
ticle of the dress and decorations of the
group of dolls having been made by her
self. The gem of the collection was re-
production, in miniature, of the carriage
used at her own coronation, drawn by
eight tiny horses, whose silver harness is
marvel of the well known skill of Portu-
guese filagree workers. The group is
valued at fifteen thousand dollars, and
will figure at the exposition next year.
The king, when diverting himself at
Cascares, does not look in the least like
ones preconceived notions of royal Per-
sonages. In lieu of a crown, he wears a
plebean straw hat tilted over his nose, be-
meath which protrudes an unusually long
and fat cigar, when he strols about the
sands or goes driving over the hills. ac-
companed by an aide de camp. Dom
Carlos title is absurdly out of proportion
with the little he has to command. 1t is
''king of Portugal and Algarves, Within
and Beyond the Seas in Africa; Lord of
Guinea and of the Navigation and Com
merce of Ethiopia Arabia, Persia and the
Indies" He is just thirty six years old
and has reigned not quite eleven years.
His government is rotten to the core; but
it has been so from time immemorial,
and nobody has bad word for boyish,
good tempered Dom Carlos. The fact is,
than Qneen Victoria is OF England, or Mr.
Mckinley of the United States. The Cab
met is supposed to represent the Portu-
guese nation in all public affairs, and they
seem to have made a deep study of the art
and science of GLOW not to do it.'' To
the Northerner, it is simply unaccountable
how four million people who are not
towards, can tamely submit themselves to
be eternally SO robbed and harrassed.
The answer lies in the fact that the bulk
of the population are altogether illiterate.
titled rohber or the agriculturists; and
the latter Eave no time to spare for sedi-
ton. They must be in their fields early
and late, every day in the year, if they
would pay the exorbitant taxes and live.
In the Chamber of Deputies, the large
majority are of course firmly grounded in
Monarchism. Now and then slight agi-
tation arises in favor of republicanism, the
agitators calling themselves Progression
lists; but it hardly r;pples the surface of
affairs, A few years ago, shortly after the
seemed imminent. For a month the roy
al yacht was kept waiting in the Tagus,
provisioned and with banked fires, ready
for any emergency that might arise. 1t
was HduHeu bS Officers anu sailors upon
whom the King could absolutely rely; and
most of the royal plate and jewellery
were also kept on board-for after the
manner of Latin revolutionists, the first
thing the sons OF Liberty would think of
would be the looting of royal palaces
Among the most edifying sights at Cas-
&c )nt Of bio ~
good Queen mother, tlamping sturdily
about in stout shoes, or shooting at marks
from her upper window i'll bourgeois fash
ion. But when the fancy sezes her. this
energetic daughter OF King Emanuel can
cut the greatest swell of anybody in Port
ugal, and has gained for herself the repu-
tation of being the best dressed woman in
Europe--on occasion. Dom Alfonso, the
Kings younger brother, is rather fast
fellow, in mild but merciless way. He
is an nveterate gambler and is said to /
pesas. You may see him any day at Cas-
cares, driving four big black mules in
high brake. The harness is of rope, with
many bells and red tassels. He stands
up on box, swearing like trooper and !
flogging the poor beasts Numerically,
with a cruel, long dashed, short handled
stock whip.
Immediately after sunset the carriages
return from the hilltop drive and pull up |
as close to the palace as possible. Every
body gets out and stands gossiping and |
shaking hands ON the long terrace that
overhangs the sea. The king and queen
walk about upon the terrace, nodding and
smiling geniaIly, and many press to kiss
Amalie's hand. Nine O clock is the royal |
dinner hour, and the people remain to
listen to the military band that always
plays while the royal household takes it's
feed. At the time the drawbridge is lift |
ed and everybody who likes-peasants,
towDspeople, tourists and all, may come
through the great gates and gaze at the |
royal party sitting at ease on the breezy
battlements. 1t is safe to say that if there |
ever is successful revolution in Portu-
gal, it will come at that idle, unguarded |