The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-26

tremc youth of the lovers. Wholly Of our
own time is the romantic incident which
brought about the marriage OF the Arch
duchess of Austria Marie Louise, with the
Prince d'Isenbourg- Birstein. The Arch.
duchess, daughter of Grand Duke Leopold
of Tuscany, was out hunting. Her horse ran
away. The Prince bravely sprang Mt the
head of the animal, and was lucky enough
to stop him. The hand of the royal horse
woman was his reward. All love matches
do not turn out happily, however, even for
princes. One OF the most famous marriages
of this century is at this very moment hav-
ing the saddcst of epilogucs. A consultation
of distinguished alionists was held only
few days ago at Vienna TO determine what
should be done with Prince Guillaume de
Montcnuovo. Tho Prince, who went mad
suddenly, is the son of the Empress Mario
Louise aud of the Comtc de Nipperg. This
gentleman became, under the title of chord-
Hor dhonneur, tho constant companion of the
Empress after the fall of Napoleon |. lie
ended by becoming her husband, thus sue
ceeding the great man who had been only
the political husband of n woman fitted to he
happy wife in happy home. This UNI
fortunate Prince dc Montenuovo owes his
title to the Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus
tria, who simply translated into Italian the
'tih'ih hHIit VI NtiHU'fHs lnt hd'
n sister, the Countess dc San Vitalc, who was
one of the lcroines of the Italian revolution.
II is she who was the gohmother of the Ital
ian tricolor, and who led the funeral cortcgc
of the patriots killed by tho Austrian troops.
Strange company for the daughter of an EN-
press and the granddaughter of an emperor
and of n king Prince Montcnuovo married
the Countess Bathyani, who bore him three
children. She died in 1871.
a tragic fate seems to pursue the postcrity
of this Comtc do Ncipperg, this illustrous
man with one oyc, whom Nine. de Statl called
the German Bnyard. lie had four sons by
his first marriage with the Countess Poa.
The eldest, having lost first wife, was for
tunatc enough to please the Princess Royal
| of Wirtcmbcrg Marie, daughter of William
| fell from his horse, struck on his head, and
was a lunatic TO the day of his death. The
second son, Commander of Malta and dis
tinguislcd in science, died of cholera. The
third son, an officer in the Austrian hussars.
one day forbade soldier to go into wine
shop. Tho soldier seized n pistol and shot
him dead. Tho fourth son, Erwin, is the
only one living; ho is n Knight of the Golden
Fleece, an Austrian General, and has chill
drcn. So the Ncippcrg line has escaped cx-
tinction. The mschievous god has brought
| about many other unexpected marriages III
the princely houses of Europe and has
blocked the combinations of the most emf
nent diplomats. II is ho who made of the
Princess Louise of 1Icssc, aunt of tho Queer
of Denmark, sister of the Duchess of Cam
bridge, n plain Countess Won der Dcckcn
Then, too, there is the Princess lIonriettc .
Sclleswig- lIostcin- Sondcrburg, sister-in-lav
of Princess Helene of England. For thu
past eight years she has been the wife o
Professor Esmaich, a distinguished doctor
who succeeded 80 well in interesting tn
Princess in his physiological discoveries tina
she decided to become his assistant for life
Love stories, too, the marriages of Princes
Helene and Princess Augustine of Wiirtcn
berg with Baron du lourgct nnd Count d
Thun-lI ohenstcin. might cite many NOR,
but these arc enough to show how wisel
Scribe wrote when hc pencilcd on the pedas
tai of statue of Cupid these pretty verses
Qu que tn soils voici ton maitrc
1lrcst, 10 tut, on 10 dot etrc.
- hryS Latter.