The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-02-10

leave OF Washington, almost
ryboay administe ring to him a
hgurative kick and mentally
when not audibly calculating.
Go" Serene in the confidence
that he had done his duty though
be had sacrificed himself, this
great, strong man appealed in
dignified silence ito Time, the !.
great avenger, and nobly has it
answered him." Here, men and
brethren, is an inspiration to
right-doing; here is an example
for all the ages. r
The WI6e-HEOther Queen And The
Story Of Portuguese Royalty.
Charlotte Observer.
Standing out in bold relief in
the tragedy which Portugal has
given to the world is the pathetic
figure of Queen Amelie. Sci.
dom, indeed, has it been the priv
ilege of present-day writer's to
record for future generations the
history making epoch of cen
fury, yet in the herOism of this
beautiful, latter day queen, tran
STORY historians may frame a
page that will live forever and a
day.
The human interest in this wife
and mother of royal blood has ar
rested the attention of a busy
world. Fooled. by fate in her pur-
pose to Sacrifice her own life in
the effort to- save her husband
and son, the world has the pic.
ture of her inconsolable, weeping
: by the biers Of father and SOL
a woe, so unspeakable, that ply.
sicians fear for her sanity.
L The Portuguese regicide has
furnished a chapter of world.
j. history in which no little interes,
= is centred. The reigning dynas.
: ty Of Portugal belongs to the
House of Braganza, which dates
y from the end of the fourteenth
: century,at which period Alfonso
i an illegitimate son of King Johr
& l, "a. D. 1900, was created b3
y his father, Count of Barcellot
and Duke of Braganza. Wher
} the old line of Portuguese king.
J by the House of Avis became ex
Z tinct by the death of King Sebas
'e tian, and his successor. King Hen
% rique, Philippe II, of Spain, be
'N came King Of Portugal by mean
of his defence of q Portuguese
h. princess. After sixty years IN
ion under the same King wit
- Spain the people of Portugal re
e. volted and proclaimed the the;
H. Duke OF Braganzs King, be be
H. ing the nearest Portuguese hei
rs to the throne. The duke there
mr. upon assumed the name of Job
n ", aud from him the preser
II. ruler Of Portugal is a decendan'
er Don Carlos 1 was the third so,
re- ereign of Portugal of the line {
liza the Braganzas. He was Dor
". September 28th, 1868, son {
Dy King Louis and his Queen, til
ur Princess Pla, daughter of Kin
al Victor Emanuel, of Italy. +
Nv succeeded to the throne Octobe
elf 10th, 1880. He married, in 1913
1t. Princess Amelie, daughter .
he Philippe, Due d'Orleans, tt
us Count of Paris, May 22d, 1888
nv He succeeded to the throne Oct
VS. Der 10th, 1889. This union VT
N. blessed with two sons, the crow
in prince, Liua Philippe, haviu
liz been born Masth 21st, 1887, an
- Prince Manuel in 1889.
in. The first step leading to IL
No. series of events which has Gu
v. minated in this history makir
,lv epoch occurred May 18th las
II whom King Carlos dissolved Pa
in lament. The subsequent fac
ha are matters with which the cas-
aw al reader is familiar. The fir,
nd step of the new King Prime
in Manuel, the. surviving son,
Iht which Premier Frances is shol
is of his baneful power and a ne
al. cabinet appointed, may mean
new era in Portugal's histor
- Certainly with the beheading
Franco the primary cause
w. friction between crown and pc
q pie has been removed. The f
an ture remains for the pages of hi
tory tD unfold.