The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-28

veTsiey which IN suDe Tupecas hD-000Do-
rior on earth. In June, 1910, she died in
her husbands aYme, and her body waS ~
in peace in the park At ClaflOltenbuTg, where
Rauch raised statue worthy Of her memory,
and where nov her hubbard rests By her side
in tomb with statue from the aaos nlaaler
hand. Her spirit never len him and the
nation. She was with Butcher and the Pro-
SLAMS when they bore down upon lse YFeocA
at Waterloo, aud settled the fortunes q tke
day; and even now the order Of LOuisa
which the King created August 8, 1874, sfter
entering Paris in triumph, Is the inspirstion
and reward Of the young chivalry Of Prna6a,
and led 80 many heroes in the sainiea
quecn's name To the victory of SadOwa in
1866. .,
THE MORTUARY MONUMENT.
j have never seen monument that i -
beautiful and expressive a. that in the chapel
Of CharlOttenbtirg, which bears the recnn-
lent statues Of Frederick William III. and
Louisa. The statues are masterpieces Of
Rauch, and their attitude is natural and
graceful, As if these royal heads were in gen.
tie sleep. 4 softly tinted blush light falls
upon them from stained windows, and the
central crucifix, the two candelabfa, with the
three Fates on One side and the three horns
on the other. with the cr,rifix on the altar
and the scripture texts in frerco upon tie
walls, gave me an impression that ] slsall
never forget. IRE situate itselfis significant.
IT is three miles from the famous Branden-
burg gate acrss the Thiergar.en, and does
much to show that the serious spirit Of the
old order Of Brandenburg who won Prussia
from paganism still remain, and the royal
family still unite herOism with religion, rs
in the DAYS when the Teutonic knights wore
the black dress with the white mantle, upon
which was a white cross with silver edge.
They are not, indeed. perfect race, and
have their share of man ffsiltv. being
especially fond of having their own way.
One would like to forget that this king ever
made love TO another woman, and that even
fourteen years after Louisa's death he could
form mOrganatic marriage with the Count
ess Augusta of IIarrach, whom he made
duchess of Leigni;z. But history takes little
note of this vagary, and art, her daughter,
knows no wife but that first heroic. gentle
soul, and refuses to divide in death the two
who were 50 true and 80 loving in life.
THE DESCENDANTS OF LOUISA.
1t Is interesting to remember that the eId-
est daughter of Louisa, the Princess Charlotte,
WIS JutN ICAS, w A~Nibo"sH, VI
Russia, and that she was the mother Of Alex
ander II, the present Emperor, a fact that
strangely rcbufis the lampOOn Of Napoleon
as to the oath of Alexander and Frederick
William at the tomb of Frederick the Great,
in the queens presence, and shows that
JOuisa's race still lives and triumphs, while
Napoleon seed has persisted, in spite Of his
reputation of his loyal Josephine and his
shift to win posterity and fame by an alliance
with the house of Austria. The Emperor q
Russia is her grandson, the King Of Prussia
is her son, and the Prince Royal of Prussia
Is her grandson, with good prospect
of perpe,uating his race by his mar
riage with Victoria's daughter Victoria,
who has already kept up the sOol
name other English mother by presenting her
husband with five children in twelve years
three boys and two girls. As said once be-
fore, l saw the Prince ut Venice and was
struck by his manly and somewhat severe
simplicity is Count de Linsen. He went of
to the German church at noon in y stately
| little fleet Of four gondOlas from our hotel.
and he impressed lis as a man very much
| after the Frederick William Ill. type, and
who would wear patch on his boot in Gaze
Of pinch in his country's fortunes. Hir
race, the Hohcnzollern family, have done
wonders by their economy a. well rs hcrOism,
and they need both virtues i'm the recent extern
sion Of their dominion and the new AMI en-
barn,ssing demands upon their treasury.