The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-06
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Is the famous Johannisberg Rhine
wine, Of which his majesty is a con-
noisseur. 1t was bottle OF the most
famous Johannisberg vintage which
the kaiser took to Prince Bismarck
when they last met shortly before the
great statesman's death.
If his majesty had his own way he
would drink nothing but light table
beer. The beer supplied to his table
is never in bottles, but drawn direct
from the cask in silver tankards hold
ing about a quart each.
Archduke Frederick, the heir to the
old Austrian Field Marshal Archduke
Albert, and therefore the richest land
ed proprietor in Austria, had a press
to attend the Prussian manoeuvers this
fall. The emperor and the Archduke
have sincere regard for one another,
for Frederick and his wife Archduch-
ess Isabella are the members of the
Austrian imperial house who stand
least on ceremony. Last year the en-
peror accepted with the greatest pleas
ure the archdukes invitation to hunt
| in the famous reserves Of Belize in
the Danube delta in South Hungary.
Four of the archduke's daughters who
are still unmarried-he has six in all
and full of fun-were there to receive
the emperor, and William was never
seen in such brilliant humor as that
time.
The Old Hunchback's Mistake.
He had been there once before and
remembered every servant and forest
err. When they stood up in line at the
castle gates to receive him he singled
out a hunchback with whom he had
become very chummy during his for
mer stay, when the funny old man was
trusted with loading the emperors
gun.
This gun is of peculiar construction,
with a bend in the middle so that it
rests on the imperial huntsman's
/ shoulder, since he can shoot with one
hand only Naturally he does not like
everybody to see this gun, which is
such clear evidence of his being
crippled.
! When the old hunchback advanced
from the line of the archduke's retain
ers the emperor held out his hand to
both his own and shook it heartily.
The master of the hunt, behind the
emperors back, signalled for the old
chap to kiss the emperor's hand, but
the signalling only made him shake
Williams hand more frantically.
! At dinner one of the princesses told
the emperor of the hunchback's blum
der, and he laughed till the tears ran
down his face. He had mistaken the
interminable handshaking for devotion
beyond expression in words.
/ OF course the crippled hand pre-
vents him from being a first-rate shot,
but he is nevertheless passionately
fond of the sport.
There were orders that at the show.
in the evening when the game was
spread out in the castle courtyard and
the sportsmen viewed it by the light
of torches held by the archduke's re-
| tainers the finest heads of the game
were to be designated as shot by the
: emperor. never mind who really shot
Them But the emperor would not al
low himself to be deceived. He gen.
orally knew what he had shot and
pointed to his booty with outstretched
finger.
He feels so much at home in Belize
that in speaking he lays his right hand
with full force on the shoulder of the
person he is addressing. This is
favorite movement of his when at
home. But only those who have felt
that hand resting on their shoulders
know how strong the emperor really is.
1t must be that, unable to use his
left hand at all, his right hand has
grown so strong that he can make any
man cry out if he grips his hand I'M
awares Sometimes even the ladies
vince when he takes their hands to
kiss them.