The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
Golden Wedding Of tie German En-.
perOr and Empress.

On TIE lltn inst. the Emperor and
Empress of Germany celebrated
their golden welding at B,rlin. On
the 1lth of June, 1929. Frederick
william LOWS. of Hohenz Jllern,
Prince Of Prussia, was married to
Augusta, daughter of the Grand Duke
Karl August Of Sax. Weimar. She
was then in her fifteenth year, and
some fourteen years her husbands
junior in age.
The octogenarian monarch has,
through long and eventful life, uni
formly displayed all the finer quail
ties OF that remarkable race OF rulers,
which since It's establishment in the
Brandenbdrg marshes on the oath of
June, 1i12. when Frederick, Sixth
Burgraye Of Nuremberg. having pur-
chased the Electorate from the En-
peror Sigismund, made solemn en-.
trance into the capital of his new
realm, under the title of Elector Fred
erick the First--has never produced
an absolutely incompetent sovereign.
Long before that memorable date the
Hohenzollerns had won them selves a
name for thrift, sagacity, and valJr.
They We're, one and all, msn strongly
imbaed with the sense or RESPONSE
billty, eager for worthy advance.
ment. aud uaremitting in their Efforts
TO improve their own position in life,
as wtll as TO do their duty to those
committed by Providence to their
care and protection. These charac-
teristics have been obviously trans
rnitted from father To son through
out the whole history or the III )use of
ii )henz )llern; an they account for
the extraordinary propensity OF the
family itself, fox the steadily progress
sive increm mt of Its European inhu
ence, and for tho territorial expan-
sion OF its realm, which has, within
the last two centuries, gro gn from a
barren M Irgravate into gigantic
empire. Moreover, no country in the
world owes so much to the Individual
qualities, capabiliLi IS. and achieve
ments OF warriors I'd statesmen act.
ually born in the purple. All the
Hohenzollerns have been either sci
entific soldiers or eminent econU.
mists; several OF them have been
both. Their annals do not record
the name o. a single Gro Sned spend
thrift.
The whole life OF the E nperor and
his much loved wife is extremely
simple. The palace, la which the i'm :.
perial couple live when in Berlin, Is a
small. plain house, of stuscoed brick,
which cuts much less imposing iig-
ure than the residences OF many mer-
chants in the United States. IL stands
at the corner of Uater den Linden
within sight OF the arsenal. the uni
yersity and the opera; and was built
for Prince William ut the period OF
his marriage, in 1929, when his in-
come was not so large as now. In
this unpretentioas house William
aud h.s wife have lived ever since.
when at Berlin; aud all hints that
his subj acts would bs willing to pre-.
sent him with M ore imperial look
ing residence have fallen upon deat
ear. Until the regicidal attempts oil
Hoedel and Modelling, the Emperor
could often be seen at odd moments
during the day. standing at one oil
the windows of his study, on th,
ground floor, which overlooks the
street. The p ,ssing OF a regiment
down the Lime walk was sure tc
fetch him to the window, and he
would acknowledge the salute OF the
officers with friendly wave OF the
hand Sometimes he would look in
to the street merely to anuse him
self by the ordinary sights of Q
crowded thoroughfare. And more
than once the odd sight ha
been witnessed OF beggar applying
to his Majesty for silver groschen
and being enjoined by the imperia
foreinger to "Moye on." In the az
ternoon he used often to receive pc
titions in person from the hands o
poor people who had been admitted
to the coach-yard.