The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-06-12
RULERS AND REVOLVERS.

rounds OF the American press, invari-
ably carries his revolver about with
him, especially when he goes on his
excursions in the suburbs of Wash
ington, either on horseback 0rafoOt,
follows in this respect the example Of
Emperor William, who, for years,
has always gone about armed. Firm
ly convinced, as have mentioned be-
fore in these columns, that he is go
ing to die by the bullet of an anarch-
ist-this fate having been prophesied
TO him long ago-the kaiser is deter
mined to fight for his life if Unnecessary,
and, accordingly, never is without
his revolver. He is extremely skillful
in the use OF the weapon, and his
"iaeger," or body servant, who ac-
companies him everywhere, inspects
it every morning, to make sure that
it is in perfect working order.
The sultan is another European
potentate who always has "a loaded
revolver, either in his pocket or un,
der the cushion of the diyan ON which
he is sitting, and there is every rea.
son to believe the stories current at
Constantinople and in other old
world capitols, according to which he
on one occasion shot down one fthe
palace employees whose somewhat
unusual conduct led him to believe
that he was a conspirator. Suisse
/ quently investigation revealed the
fact that the poor fellow was perfect.
ly innocent, and that he was IA deaf
and dumb gardner who, by reason
I OF his atiliction, was accustomed to
make odd movements with his arms
! and hands.
The late Car Alexander III always
carried a revolver, ana is believed 10
, h we shot ia II similar manner nc.
cidrnt Col won R,utern, nephew of
/ the minister of finance OF that name
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/ derry officers OF the emperor, came
upon tie Iatt"r v,rv SUdGcuI from
" side path, ms Alexander was stroll
ny along through the park OF Cat.
china in the dusk, his mind probably
occupied with the frequency Of the
mhllist attempts upon his lie. He.
! t ok, according to the story. the
colonel ior one OF the conspirat6rs,N
Iand shot him dead on thu spot.
King Carlos, Of Portugal, is said to
carry revolver ever since the day,
when, while driving along road in
a suburb Of Lisbon, he found IA bic
rufian attempting to knife an elder
ly man, and, jumping out of his ear
ria ge, beat the latters assaiant into
a state OF insensibility with the heavy
W liking stick which he carried, with
a we'll delivered blow on the side OF
the head
Victor Emmanuel tee prefers te-
rely on handy revolver, ratherthan
upon those guards who showed their
ina bility to protect their sovereign
from the attack of assassins at the
time OF his fathers tragic death
Whether King Edward goes about
armed or not, | am unable to say.
But do know that some ten years
ago ormore, when riding in thepark,
he came upon horse which had been
SO seriously injured that it was neces.
sary TO put the animal out OF its mis-
cry. The police, who do not carry
III i-ef =, 4 III A lt-tt4l fft
mea lis OF killing the poor brute, and
no one else apparently was armed or
cared to render himself guilty of an
infraction of the very strict law
against the discharge Of loaded ire
arms in royal parks. The prince on
seeing how the horse was suffering
without minutes hesitation pulled
"A very natty little Derringer from his
pocket and shot the horse dead on
the spot. That is the only ground
which have for believing that King
Edward goes about "heeled."
There is one feature in this connec-
ton which it is worthy to note. The
stories which have related concern
ing the late ear, aud the sultan,
show that rulers who 90 about thus
armed are apt to be too quick with
their revolvers, and to shoot perfect
" innocent men i'll the belief that
| they are would-be assassins. They
! can not be called to account, as in
! the ease of the ear, the sultan and
King Edward, they are de lure above
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