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Of tavo, 358, pages. Also juHt ifsued THE FARMERS JOURNAL ACCOUNT BOOK Send for terms upon these rapid selling books. A. L. BANCROFT & CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 1 c'" DALLAS, vOREGON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER PRAGUE AND ITS MEMORIES OF THE CAR LIS f PRETENDER, BY N.S. DODGE. Any ono whom business or pleasure detained in the time-TiOnored town of Prague for several weeks, during the years of 1859 to 18G3 inclusive, will lardly have forgotten two remarkable personages he cannot have failed otfentiruea to see. The elder of the two was a tall, mild uianuered, gray-haired gentleman, stooping a little in his gait, scholarly in Ijis appearance, and dressed in the habit of a Spauiah eelesiastic. the younger was a well-grown youth of fifteen of manly bearing, with regular feature, dark skin, black hair, and expressive black eyes. The Later was the first born of Dona Maria Beatrix and Don Juan do Dourbon, Don Pnrlu tli II.. I. -r t l' 1 . . 1 u c...u,-ui oi ,ne opam,n tnrone; arm the former, Don lUtoon, aiuco well iiK.nu ins art:iiiiKiogicai woi kk, then both tutor and chaplain to the prince, iho mother, witn her two children, hunted from Modma when tho estates of her father were taken from htm. had foi.n'J hipiUility in the palace of her unc!e, the Emperor Ferdinand, and hr. n Prague, her eldest son and heir was receiviug his educat on. To Protestant or Catholic there no city in Europe so rbh in memories as Prague. Deeds of conservatives and reformers are sown thickly in evoiy part. In DvtMctietu plaz and the city-Hail; in (J rosso-lliug and tin Zikaberi; in the Iirad.schin-as tb. v call the antupio palace of the Dohemi an Kings; at tho great H'id-c ai d all along the banks of tho switt-tlowin river ,act of heroism and cruelty, reli gion and puperslition, daring and cow ardice, which have occurred in the irone centuries, move continually beforo one'. mind like ghosts that will net down. To take advantage of thcc memories in the development of a toy's mind which was unuiualy susceptablc to historic influence, no mm could be better qualified than was Don Ilamon. to persuasive power of conversation he added accurate knowledge of local occurrences. His manner oft teaching his royal pupil had about it an irristiblc chann Take for example, a talk at the gtes of the ancient Town Hall. 44 Here," ho said, " right under this oriel window, twelve Hussites were beheaded in 1422; and from yonder door in the same room, the Hussites, at another time, flung down upon the enraged populace, first the burgomaster and then upon tho cry ' Heave them over five members of tho council Just round the corner of the platz, in 1621, Otho von Loss nd twenty-six defenders of tho Protestant faith ascended tho scaffold, each in success ion kneel:ng in prayer, arising, laying aside his garmcnts,.and receiving the deathblow. No one who knew tho character of Don llamon can have any doubt that ho taught his pupil tho facts of history fairly, wnethcr they made for or against the chnrch. Indeed tho truth about this is no matter of conjecture, for there wcro those then in Prague, who, without being obtrusive, were not infrequent listeners to tho talk of the old man eloquent. That old blind King," ho said ono day, 44 John of Pohemia, was unhorsed in this Square; and another, though not of royal blood, yet a King cf mcnt and blind also, that warrior of tho two-fold weapon, sv.'crd and Hibhwho beat the Emperor Siismund at tho bead of 150,000 men, and who, oven after his total losa of sight, continued to lead successfully the Hussite troops in their war for liberty,' the grand old hero, John Zisca, died hero Tho typo of heroes of tho middle ocn, a man of the Venitian dandalo mculd,of immense bravery, and utmost devotion, Zisca's name will live bo long as religious I heroism is honored among mankind. No doubt he committed excesses ! No doubt they all did, tho.je battlcarmed warriors of faith! It is eay for us, peace-men of the nineteenth century, to shake our heads at the fauaticisni and violence of fourteenth century men, who, mocked and threatened, aimed at and shot down, had to parry off death blows daily !" On the cast bank of the MulJau, in Prague, crowning the ridge of the hill, stands the gigantic palace of the Bohemian Kings If enormous reach of walls and windows, save a half dozen Gothic towers, possesses no architectuial beauty. Never-ending fetair-cases r.ud wc-arisomc corridors, huge unfurnished state apartments and dimly. lighted councils chambers, old oaken chairs and tables and grim portraits of those who occupied them , A)Ur ,mmlrcj yearjj a.0 ,ooki down rr0m the walk do not urea.ly intereM , .i Put there are alo politics1 and martial memories in the grim palace, and of these the wl-e teacher did not fail to avail himself in his instructions to his pupil. The ruthless ilitjg ot the Catholic Commissioners out of these windows, eighty feet from the trench, by the Protestant Deputies, ruthless yet ludicrous, since they tl tell uninjured on a dunn heap; tho troubles which ensued ; the election of Frederick for king ; and the connivence merit of the Thirtv Years' War ; the wt.-e teaeiu :-r availed himself of all. The 1'ivil pupil heard here of his Eniith kin, th-.? Meuarts; of the Prim ess J'.lizabe th's marriage ; 0! fiathk-s vows and broken promises ; of auibitiufi and its rewards ; f fiplcndor, revor."0,and misery. When Elizabeth's husband he stated to exeeft the crown of Hof.emia, this fiih hearted wife exclaimed, Let we rather eat dry bread at a King's table, than feast at the board of an Elector." Did some avenging demon, hovering in the air take her at her word ' She ir ul i lo a queen, and 'wax. ' Put she lived to cat dry bread, aye, and beg it too. Among tho religious orders one sees in Prague monks in uncouth vest menfs and unwashed faces- aie the 4 Premonstratemdan," descendants of that rc'oi malic n of lleclu cs, which., springing up in the twelfth century, when exciting religious feeling took tho turn of reviving monastic discipline, corrected its abuses and increased its severity. Their monastery crowns the height of the noble hills, whi ch sweep up from tho shores of tho river, Strahow, they call it; and here, looking out upon one of the lovliest landscapes, or poring over ancient tcmes, were teacher and royal pupil went to pass many hours. The Strahow library is one of the most remarkable in Europe. Alcoves of raro to.ks, recoses of rich vellums aud parch ments, kfcpt iu admirable order, and drawers of illuminated classics on which no dust falls nor spider's web is woven, drew tho Spanish strangers kindly towards the flanncl-clad an choritcs who are it's conservatives. Awaro of the scholarship of the one and the exalted rank of the other of their two visitors, the recluses opened their literary treasures with gracious alacrity, and showed their fix ccntu rics old cloisters. Those who know tho Duke of Madrid say these lessons of the distinguished Ramon wcro not thrown away upon his pupil. Not only in Spanish history, but ;n tho history, of Europo and the world, Don Carlo3 is exceedingly well versed. There are' few moro thoroughly educated men at tho age of twcnty-fivo, few better informed, or of moro philo sophical opinions, than ho. Of course he is an obsolutist. All tho liourbons are. Ho is a Catholic too, and would tolerate, wore he king, no attempt to undermine tho old faith. Bu? even the liourbous are not incapable of progress. A Spanish statesman, not RELIGION. 15, 1873. though holding office under the present government, has said, ""I have no doubt that Don Carlo perfectly comprehends that, if he mounts the throne, be must not be the king of any one party, but of all Spaniards ; the representative of Christian monarchy agaiust dema gogues and infidels; of a Spanish monarchy agaiust forcigu domination ile will draw a veil over tho past; will speak to the pople tha language- of truth; and will establish a government that, keeping to the old foundations, will embrace all opinions and interests. He will enter Spain as no uuscrupu pus Jesuit arresting intellectual progress, guided by his father confessor, and re-cstublishing the I . . . ' A ' . I . .. jnquiMuon, uui as a King or the people, asking the co-operation of all men of n4trit and property, and makiug the home of every Spauiard, bu he Protostaut or Catholic, inviolate for past political deeds or present opinion. No Spaniard will be eut to the scafLld ; uoue to prison. ; no one driven into exile." It is well to baar these professions in miud. The prospects ot Carlism in 51 pain are not what the. tel lerams ITDrn ladria renresent. An truth 1 ... comes that way. Tho public cravin for truth i fed with lies. If there is to be a monarchy in Fr;inee. with Henry V. at its head, thqre is no small probability of a monarchy in Spain which shall owa the name of Charles VII. Deplorable as it may appear to soch of us as have nursed hopes of a Republic in benighted Spuin, it is better if necessary, to accept gracefully the inevitable. " Straight forward," as the German proverb says, '; is always the best runner." The wife of Don Carlos is Margaret favorite neicc of t.h-;, Count de Chambord. Her mother was the si?tcr of the Count, and the attempt of Louis Philippe to stamp the birih of that sister with infamy has always endeared to him her chi'dren. They found a homo at his house ; they looked to him as a father, they clung (0 his fortunes; instructed by their grandmother, Maria Teresa of IJeira they never, for a moment, in the most adverse times, doubted tno ultitratc triumph of his cause, and it was by his consent, from his home, with hi blessing, that Dun Carlos took to wife tie oldest daughter of the Count's sister, tho young -Margaret of Parma, Whoever else, should over wear the crown of France, the sole represeniive of the elder Poutbons may oppose, be it Isabella II. or her son, or any foreign prince, or tho President of a Spanish Republic, it will never be the husband of tho Duchess of Perri's grandaughtcr. Five years ago, when Isabella fled from Spain, any oac who denied that that Carlism was dead would have been laughed at as a fool. From the days when she and her uncle disputed j the throne betweeu them; when the , Spanish -middle-classes fought for 1 Ferdinand's daughter bccauo they wished to. rid themselves of, the medieval principles on which ho had governed ; and when her sex and age excited a chivalrous scntimcut in every Spanish bosom until her foes were extinct, with tho exception of a single futile rising iu Catalonia Carlism had not been heard of. On tho 20th of September, 1808, when tho Qeen's government was tottering to its overthrow, tho Londou Times uttered tho opin'icp of the whole world iu saying, that " Spaniards, even if they decide to rid themselves of tho Queen, will bo little likely to go back on tho progeny of Don Carlos." Two years after that Carlists vriira to be counted by thousands; and to-day, while Ihero is not a military leader to say a( word, or tho shadow of an army to strike a blow for the son of Queen Isabella who at all events, is innocent of the NO. 35 errors of th mother? there are three Carlist unities in the field, and many generals, who, regretting their defection in '08, have drawn their swords to repair the wrong by patting a Charles VII. on the throne. In three provences, at least, Carlism is in the majority. In many others it is in a respectable, minority, to which tho excesses of the Insurgents are adding numbers ovcrv dav. Everywhere, al j ovr Spain, the Carlists are to be found! in smaller or larger bodies Carhst3 young and old, Carlists of the eve and Carlists of the morning, Carlista from conviction that a monarchy is, best for Spain, and Carlista from hatred of republicanism. It is but ten weeks since Don Carlos, complying with those religious observances customary with Spanish sovereigns on returning to their home3 after abscence in a foreign land, caused a T'e Dema. to be sung, for the living, and a requiem for the slain in, battles, in the little church of the; border town of Zuguramurdi in the, Pyrenees. His proclamation to his. troops dates back no farther than the sixteenth cf last July. If we are to believe the cable, messages from Madrid he has met with nothing since but a sjriea of defeat. And yett his , .... i.i 1 ) progress nas neen sieautiy ouwaruf without a single serious interruption, from the moment he unfolded tho royal bao-erot. (he ragged pathways. of Monlscirat order among hia rough Basque. follower! has taken place of anarchy and the material of war, arms ammunition and provisions, is constantly being received by his, mountaineer solders both through the the passes of the Pyrenees ani at the mouth of the river Bidassoa. I dp not believe in Dou Carlos. Success to his cause would be ruin to Protestantism. in Spain. But I do believe in truth. Aud to my mind far more improbable things have occurred m God's provi dence, than that the flag of Charles VII. should bo unfurled within . sight of the snow-capped range o the Giiadarrama, or that the representative of absolutism should be hailed by his whilom foes as their deliverer from the despotism of demaoues A man who was discovered asleep amonk a lot of tombftoues in-a stone cutter's yard said, 03 being awakened, that tie had come in to buy a mouu rueut for himself, and having picked out one, made up "his mind he would try it one night bofore purchasing. 'pJames Jenkins," said a schocN master tohis pupil, "what is aa aver t'-jre r "A thing, sif " answered the scholar, promptly, "that hetW lay eggs upon." "Why do you say that, yoiniUv boy?" asked the pedagogue. "Because, sir," said the youth, t,"I heard a gentleman say the other day that a hcu would lay, on an average, a huudrcd and ; vcuty eggs a year' A crowd of quarrelsome people were dispersed from the front of a residence a very singular and sudden manner ono night. A stranger visiting the family slipped into the crowd unpcr ceived, and extend idg an inverted hat, announced that ho was making a missionary collection. Two minutes later ho stood there alone, wifh not a singlo member of the turbulent mass to be seen in any dircctioo. II young goutlemau telegraph opera?, tor iu Hartford, alter repeated calls for a young lady operator in another office, at last got a response, and then he telegraphed back to her: "I have been trying to get you for the last half hour. In a momeut tho following spicy reply came tripping back to him over tho wires from the telegraphic maiden : That's nothing. There is a youug man hero been tryiug to do the same tluug for the last two years ad ho han't got me yet " A lady reporter, sent to an'agricuK. turui fair, wrote ot a lot of pigs, "Xhey look too awcet to live a minute,"