THE LATE EMPEROR OF BRAZIL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2745, 15 February 1890, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE LATE EMPEROR OF BRAZIL.

« [FROM ODK PARIS CORRESPONDENT.] Paris, December 12. The role of Dove* in Revolutions, in a novelty, yet Dom Pedro wa« qnitn ritrht to let fly one from the outward bound steamer in raid-ocean, to return to Brazil with hi* best winhes. It would take the bird eight hours to reach its catre, whioh by a -insular ooi eidenec, was the time occupied in I he execution of the pacific revolution. The latter in turn, afforded Dom Pedro the wings of a dove, to flee away and be at rest. The ex-emperor having d-clined a total fat pension civil list, of nearly five million franos, that »um will be annually dnvnted to promoting European immigration in the mo-t healthy rtiicione of the vast republic. Besides, the Coiute.T'lStt ii very rich, be v<>old not be >i true Olenaist did be not keep a saving* box. Dom Pedro wan by nature a republican, till fate made him an emperor. On board the steamer in bin several globe trotting, he and his empreio were nhe most bourgeois of passengers. The captain, who presided at the table, always led in the empress, who occupied a Boat on hid right hand, the emperor was in position on the left. At a side-table, her Majesty's waiting maid* took their meals at the same time. The empreßH like Mrs Gladstone, never quits her husband she not so much cares, as tends him. She has tha Byron halt: except on gala occasion*. She never wearn a jewel or a rich lace. She has expressive, gay eyes, and a maternal smile. It in her daughter that rules however. The only objection Dom Pedro has to Europe is, that it has next to nothing in luxuriant vegetation. Hi« favourite dish, the national diet is fedjuada, a compound of tapioca and black beans. The empress is devout, not bi/oted—the latter is the monopoly of her daughter—and durinir mass, knoels throughout the entire ceremony. In astronomy, Don Pedro has a culte for the Southern Cross. Hi* Majesty wis • married at 17. and selected his bride by miniature. He was the hero of two romances ; a marchioness went in;td from disippointment at hia marmve ; slm occupies "till a ceil in the lunitie nsylum, which looks upon the winter palice. It was a similar motive caused a French seanißtress to drown herself in the harbour of Rio. on the day of the imperial wed.ling. It was while taking his daily lesson in Sanskrit that Don Pedro was summoned to a Couucil of Miuiaters, and while thus occupied, he was served with the ejectment notice by the process-server of the revolution. It was thn (,'onsummatumcst of Monarchy on the American continent. Like all his s tbjucts, Don Pedro sleeps on a hard bsd —a straw mat- over a bamboo mattrnsi. Buf. there is tin luxrious furniture in the palaues; the climate is too humid ior colours, and the insect-spiders, earwiirs and such small deer, too numerous and voracious for stuffs. Himmocks are general. It is owing to people perspiring so much that diamonds and precious stones are the only ornaments worn. During the winter season (June to October) their majesties receive every Tuesday and Saturday the blue-blood or tabouret subjects, alone are admitted inside the palace ; the others assemble iu the earden, to whom the imperial couple descend to welcome after finishing with the upper courts. Dom Pedro prefers the "Garden Pirtv."