The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-18

would indicate. She Is an auth0reSs
 too of no mean ability, and is as delft
 with her fingers as with her brain. Al
 the great doll show recently held In
 Berlin the most attractive exhibit was
 labelled From the Queen of Portugal,
 every article of the dress and decora-
 tions of the group of dolls having been
 made by herself The gem of the col
 lection was reproduction in miniature
 of the carriage used at her own corona
 ton, drawn by eight tiny horses, whose
 silver harness is a marvel of the we'll
 known skill of Portuguese filagree
 workers, The group is valued at fif-
 teen thousand dollars, and will gure at
 the exb9sition next year.
 The king, when diverting himself at
 Cascares, does not look in the least like ones preconceived notions of royal
 personages. In lieu of crown, he
 wears plebeian straw hat tilted over
 his nose, beneath which protrudes an
 unusually long and fat cigar, when he
 strolls about the sands or goes driving
 over the hills, accompanied by an aide de-camp. Don Carlos title is absurdly out of proportion with the little he has \ to command It is King of Portugal
 and Algarves, With and Beyond the
 Seas in Africa; Lord of Guinea and of
 the Navigation and Commerce of Ethi-
 opia, 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 a bad word for boyish, good tempered Don Carlos, The fact
 is, he is no more the real ruler of Por-
 tugal than Queen Victoria is of Eng | land, or MT Mckinley of the United
 States. The cabinet is supposed to rep
 regent the Portuguese nation in all pulp i lie affairs, and they seem to have made deep study of the art and science of "How not to do it." To the northern CT, it is simply unaccountable how four
 million people, who are not towards, can tamely submit to be eterna1ly so robbed and harrassed. The answer lies in the fact that the bulk of the popula-
 tion are altogether illiterate. The rest
 belong to two classes. either the titled
 robbers or the agriculturists; and the latter have no time to spare for sedition
 They must be in their fields early and late, every day in the year, if they WOQIu Uety luG GAOI Dltrilll leiAGS anu ilNVs In the Chamber of Deputies the large majority are of course firmly grounded in monarchism. Now and then slight agitation arises in favor of republican, ism the agitators calling themselves Progressionists; but it hardly ripples the surface of affairs. A few years ago, shortly after the shining example of Brazil, an uprising seemed imminent For a month the royal yacht was kept waiting in the Tagus, provisioned and with banked fires, ready for any emer- gency that might arise. It was manned by officers and sailors upon whom the king could absolutely rely, and most of the royal plate and jewels were also kept on board, for, after the manner of Latin revolutionists, the first thing the sons of liberty think of would be the laating of royal palaces
 Among the most edifying sights at Cascares is that of Donna Marie Pia, the good queen mother, tramping sturd fly about in stout shoes or shooting at marks from her upper window in bour- geois fashion. But when the fancy seizes her this energetic daughter of King Emanuel can cut the greatest swell of anybody in Portugal and has gained for herself the reputation of be- ing the best-dressed woman in Europe on occasion Don Alfonso, the kings younger brother is a fast fellow in a mild but merciless way. He is an in- veterate gambler and is said to have re- markable success in raking in the pe- eas. You may see him any day at Cas- cares driving four big black mules in a high brake The harness is of rope, with many bells and red tassels He stands up on the box, swearing like a trooper and flogging the poor beasts un- mercifully with cruel, long dashed, | short handled stock whip.
 Immediately after sunset the car riages return from the hilltop drive and pull up as close to the palace as possible. Everybody gets out and [ stands gossping and shaking hands in the long terrace that overhangs the sea The king and queen walk about upon the terrace nodding and smiling genial ly 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 that time the drawbridge is lifted and everybody who likes--peasants, tourists and all-may come through the great gates and gaze at the royal party sitting at ease on the breezy battlements. It is safe to say that if there ever is a successful revolution in Portugal, it will come at that idle, unguarded hour.
 Tn the Lisbon factories women work from sunrise to sunset for the munif- cent salary of four pence in Portuguese or about one and one-quarter cents in our money. How they live heaven only knows, but they seem both contented and happy. A local au- hor has lately published book show ng that the poverty of the country is Ill due to it's large amount of unculti- yated land. You are surprised to learn hat forty-nine per cent. of Portugal's lrea is left to itself, as compared to 3elgiums eight per cent and Germa- lys nine per cent. Certainly in this ;enal soil and climate enough bread turf for horne consumption ought to be ,rown. An English criticism on the ve-mentioned book justly says: Bad rulers and a weakly, resigned
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