Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 28, Number 10, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 September 1897 — Page 3

ACTIVE KING OSCAB.

THE ACCOMptlSHED RULER OF 8WEDEN AND NORWAY.

Bb Sllnif Jubilee Will Oe«af Next Month, ud He Is Being Delated With Honors. A Physical mod Mental Giant and

Splendid King*

[Special Correspondence.]

STOCKHOLM, Aug. 19.—Inasmuch as King Oscar of Sweden and of Norway is assuredly the most intellectual and accomplished of monarch*, it is par* ticularly appropriate that the twentyfifth anniversary of his accession to the throne, which occurs on Sept. 18 next, should be signalized by all the leading universities of the old world conferring upon him the highest forms of honor and distinction in their gift Prominent among the seats of learning which bare availed themselves of this opportunity to add bis name to their faculty is that of Vienna, which has nominated

THE KING OK SWEDE*.

bim "doctor quadruple*"—that is to say, dootor of all tbo fcur branches of science taught at this university, which is one of the most ancient in Europe. It is the first case in its entire history that such a degree as this has been conceded to any one, and in accordance with the statutes of the institution the diploma has had to be countersigned by the emperor himself. The only other instance of the rank of "doctor quadruple*" being conferred within the last 200 years was when, in the beginning of the present century, the German University of Jena granted it to the great poet 3oethe. Most of the remaining universities of the continent, notably that of Bologna, have contented themselves with investing the Swedish king with the degree of "doctor of philosophy," and indeed he will from henceforth be rated among the faculty of that particular branch of learning in so many countries that he may lay fair claim to that title of "the philosopher king" of which Frederick the Qreat of Prussia was infinitely more proud than of his victories during the Seven Years' war.

While philosophy is a useful quality for kings to possess at the close of this nineteenth century, wben the wave of democracy engendered by popular progress and enlightenment is rapidly sapping the foundations of thrones, no matter bow firmly established in the past, it is not so muoh therein that Oscar has shono as in the realms of literature, mosio and political economy. He has translated "Jerusalem Delivered" of Tasso, as well as tho masterpieces of many a great German, French and English bard, into Swedish, bringing thereby these works within the intellectual range of those of his subjects who are ignorant of foreign languages. He has likewise written several plays, historical monographs and likewise half a dozen novels, tho most recent one of them actually dealing with the romance oonnected with tho accession to the throne and marriage of his peasant born grandfather, who figured so prominently in the Napoleonio wars under the name Of Marshal Bernadotte. Indeed, ho is to such an extent considered as a member of the literary profession by the brethren of the craft that when, some time ago, he had occasion to criticise one of tho least happy dramas of the popular Norwegian poet Bjornsen, the latter insisted upon regarding the royal strictures as apiece of professional jealousy on the part of a brother author, and actually went so far as to challenge Oscar to a duel, muoh to the entertainment of the fellow sovereigns of the Swedish kiug. Equally amused were they when, a short time ago, the latter found it necessary to publish a royal announcement in The Official Gazette at Stockholm to the effect that be was not the author of a very sensational novel entitled "En Drottling," in which all the leading personages of the court and society of Stockholm are portrayed under tho most transparent of pseudonyms and held up to public ridicule, attention being drawn to all their pet vices aud weaknesses with a sarcastic and relentless hand.

Oscar possesses a superb voice as well as a remarkable talent for music, and it is entirely owing to his influence that the services of the Reformed church in Sweden and Norway have now become so largely choral, music having been almost entirely unknown in connection with divine worship until he took the matter in hand.

Oscar*8 youth was spent in the navy, and it was then that be circumnavigated the globe, visiting many foreign climes and countries, and thus equipping himself for the duties of rulership to an extent enjoyed by none of the now reigning sovereigns, exceptiag perhaps Emperor N icholas of Russia. It is probably due to the training be received that be is so exceedingly democratio aud nuaffectcd. He never attempts to conceal the bumble origin of bis family, and rarely visits the south of France without making a species of pilgrimage to the small, gray, one storied bouse at Pan where his grandfather was bora, And over the door of which there is an

inscription to the effect that "the peasant Charles Bernadotte, who subsequently rose to be afield marshal of France, and ultimately King Charles XIV of Sweden and Norway, was born in this cottage in 1768." It may be added that tbe Swedish nobility, which is very proud and has an immense idea of its own importance and lineage, looks down upon tbe king as a parvenu and attends bis court with more or less evi dent reluctance. Its members still revere tbe memory of their Vasa line of monarcbs, of whose blood Oscar has not one drop in bis veins, and there is scarcely one of them who wben travel ing through Germany does not make a point of calling at Dresden to pay bomage to Queen Carola of Saxony, tbe only surviving daughter of the late royal prince Vasa.

Yet there is in all Europe no royal personage more stately and majestic looking than King Oscar, who, in a country where nearly all men are Anaks in stature, surpasses them all in height. In appearance be is every inch a king, and under tbe circumstances it is astonishing tbat his children should have inherited so little of his good looks.

Few people are aware tbat King Oscar wears upon bis breast a medal for saving life. It was conferrad upon bim by the French government as far back as 1861, long before be ascended tbe throne, for two feats of courage performed in tbe neighborhood of Nice. Tbe first consisted in checking at the peril of his life the runaway horses hitched to a carriage that were on the point of dashing themselves and the vehicle with its occupants over a precipice. Five days afterward he jumped into tbe water and saved a child from drowning.

In conclusion it may be mentioned that Oscar possesses none of the old fashioned royal prejudices against trade and is himself interested in a great number of commercial undertakings, manufactures, etc., and is not ashamed of praising either tbe Grand hotel at Stockholm or the excellent beer of tbe brewery of St. Eric, both of which en terprises are his property. Americans as good republicans cannot be expected to admire royalty. But tbey cannot deny tbat as kings go Osoar is far and away tbe best of bis kind, and an up to date monarch in every sense of the word. OWEN LKFELLE.

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A Honeymoon Woe.

A woman who was traveling alone not loug ago wandered one evening into a hotel parlor. A pretty young girl at once rushed toward her and breathlessly asked what time it was. Somewhat astonished, the woman glanced at the big mantel clock and repeated tbe hour. "Ob, thank you!" said the stranger, but without any signs of going away. "I suppose you think it queer my ask ing that," she burst out a moment later, "but, to tell the truth, I didn't want to know the time at all. I just had to speak to somebody. You see, I'm on my wedding trip, and for a whole week I haven't spoken to a soul but my husband. Why, I've hardly heard tbe sound of any one's voice but his. It was really a question of my •peaking to some one or going wild."

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Father Hogh Lagan of San Rafael is a pious priest and an excellent raconteur. His reverence relates that be was called in recently to administer tbe last rites of mother church to a dying sinner, who, like himself, was a native of the Emerald isle. "I have but one request to make, father," gasped the dying penitent "What is it, my son?" inquired the priest. "That wben I am dead, father, you will put me to rest in the Hebrew cemetery." "And what for?" asked Father Lagan. "Because, your reverence," moaned the sick man, "it is the last place onj the face of the globe where the divil would look for an Irishman. "—London Figaro.

What She Wouldn't Do.

At fiawick the people used to wear wooden clogs, which made a clanking noise on the pavement A dying old woman had some friends by her bedside, who said to her:

Weel, Jenny, ye are gaun to heaven, and gin ye see ony o' oor folk ye can tell them we're a' weel."

To which Jenuy relied: "Weel, gin I should see them I'se tell them. But ye mauna expect me to gang clank-, clankin through heaven lookin for your folk."—Scottish Nights.

Animals and Steam Machinery.

That proverbially stupid animal, the ox, stands composedly on the rails without having any idea of the danger tbat threatens bim. Dogs run among tbe wheel8 of a departing railway train without suffering any injury, and birds seem to have a peculiar delight in tbe steam engine. Larks often build their nests and rear their young under the switches of a railway over which beavy trains are constantly rolling, and swallows make their homes in engine houses

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THE SBOBT AND TBE TALL CHAMBERMAIDS. language, not one word of either English or French. I tried to direct him by signs until I found tbat he needed no direction. He kept the rooms exquisitely neat I'm not very orderly myself, but I never left the room, in such a litter that he failed to 'dear it up,' not once a day, but twice or thrice. And be never threw away or lost anything, however valu^kss, until I told him 'not want.' Zahrour was an untiring foe of dusty boots. Not only did he polish all that were put out of doors overnight, but during lunch and again while I was at dinner he would concentrate bis mighty intellect upon a minute search of the rooms for more shoes tbat could be polished. He would brush and fold olothing of the most feminine complexity with tbe same skill. "Zahrour had aside partner named Abdul, who was just like bim in every way, except that he was only half as big and half as blaok and knew a very little English and German. Abdul was every whit as industrious as Zahrour, however, in spite of never having been a slave. Just before I came away I bad them lined up for me in the garden oi tbe hotel, beautiful in January with the green of palms and the purple blioom of the bougainvillia, and took a photograph of the two best chambermaids I ever saw."

Globular Lightning.

Many scientists have doubted the existence in fact of globular lightning, attributing tbe statements of its existence to some kind of optical delusion. Professor Rigi of Bologna, however, announces that be has produced it artificially, and that not only has he succeeded in making its nation slow enough to be followed by the eye, but has been able in oertain oases to obtain luminous masses which actually remained stationary for sufficient time to bo photographed.

The Seven Bibles.

The most extensively read books in tbe world are the seven bibles. They are tbe Scriptures of tbe Christians, tbe Zend A vesta of tbe Persians, the four Yedas of the Hindoos, the Tripitaka of tbe Buddhists, tbe five Kings of tbe Chinese, tbe two Eddas of tbe Scandinavians and tbe Koran of tbe Mohammedans. Of these the Scriptures are tbe oldest and tbe Koran ts the most recent

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STRANGE CHAMBERMAIDS.

One of the Things to Which Eastern Travelers Must Get Accustomed. [Special Correspondence.]

ATHKNS, Aug. 20.—Throughout all the east, where the prevailing notions of the seclusion of women would prevent their accepting snch employment, and even as far west as Greece, most of the chambermaids in the hotels are men.

A lady who has just returned* from Cairo speaks of the difficulty of beooming accustomed to this feature of hotel life. "In theory," she says, "one rings the bell twice for the chambermaid, once for the boy and three times for the 'domestique Arabe,' but in practice whether one rings once, twice or thrice it is the latter who responds. Like Aphra, you know. 'And if he called another, Aphra came.' "Tbe first time one needs the chambermaid and finds the call answered by a coal black man 6 feet 4 inches high, and looking even taller in his high cap and narrow, long white gown, it is quite a surprise, but one soon gets used to it and has to admit that the black man is a model servant Tbe very tall black man of whom I speak is named Zahrour, He learned to be a good Mohammedan from bis Arab captors, with whom he Was onoe a slave, and knows only their

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Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over as much. Children may drink it with groat benefit 15 cts. ud 35 cts. per packagc. Try it Ask for GBAIN-O.

Soottf's Reckless Generosity.

On his first visit to Aberdeen an English commercial traveler, having received some marks of kindness from one of its inhabitants, exclaimed in an offhand way on his departure: "If at any time you or any of your people come up to London, don't put up at a hotel, but come to us." "Oh, thank ye!" replied tbe Scot laoonically, and away tbe southron went

Six months passed, and the Englishman bad long forgotten the incident when, to bis surprise, he received one morning the following note:

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four children are ooming up to London for a fortnight, we will be glad to avail ourselves of yoor kind invitation.

Facing the situation with unquestionable courage, the southerner put himself to unutterable inconvenience to accommodate bis guests. He took them everywhere, paid for everything, and at the end of the stipulated time they announced their departure. The host aocompanied them to tbe station and in the fullness of bis gratitude at the exodus invited tbe father to have a parting drink. "Come along, old fellow. What is it to be—whisky and soda, as usual? Two Scotches and soda, please, miss." "Na, nal" replied the Scot solemnly. "Nane o* that Ye've been veraguid to me and mine durin the last fortnicht— hae ta'en us everywhere and paid for everything. Na, na we'll hae a toss for the last "—London Answers.

On the Pronunciation of Pepys.

The Hon. Walter Pepys has collected 17 varieties of tbe spelling of tbe name, and be lays some stress upon tbe French form Pepy as authority for the pronunciation favored by bim. Peeps seems to follow tbe usual practice, as Weems for .Wemys, and, moreover, it is tbat adopted by tbe descendants of the diarist's sister Paulina, tbe family of Pepys Cockerell. Peeps is also tbe traditional pronunciation adopted at Cambridge. Here is, I think, strong evidence in favor of Peeps. At tbe same time I believe that in this name, as in other words, the pronunciation of the vowel has changed since the seventeenth century, and tbat the name in Pepys* own day was actually pronounced Papes. This opinion is grounded on the phonetic spelling Peaps and Peyps which have come down to us, and both these would represent Papes ea—a, as in yea, break, great ey—a, as in obey and they In tbis matter, however, I have not the courage of my opinion, and 1 am not, therefore, prepared to adopt this pronunciation. —Notes and Queries

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