Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-05-14
A Pocket Kingdom.
ONE WHICH CAN BE WALKED AROUND IN
TwENTY-FoUR Hours.

ONE WHICH CAN BE WALKED AROUND IN
TwENrY-FoUR Hours.
If you would like to see a pocket edition
of little kingdom-a tiny little kingdom,
with real live king and queen with
lackeys in livery thicker than rocks in
England-then come to Wurtemburg, of
which Stuttgart is the capital. Here you
will find the little volume, gilt edged,
"bound in calf" - fresh as it were, from
the presto be looked at, but not for sale,
not even handled. Even the Emperor Will
liam could not trade for it, neither has he
money enough in his pocket or the dime
savings bank topurchase it as dainty toy,
or rare souvenir to place on his library
table, or among his collection of bric-a- brac.
We hear of the king of Italy, the king of
Spain, the king of Prussia, the king of
Belgium, and of Norway and Sweden, and
various other kings, but when we hear of
the king of Wurtemburg, nine Americans
out of ten-for America is nearly 1900
miles away come to a standstill in their
geographical knowledge and naturally in
quire, "Where is Wurtemburg ?" 1t will
be doubtful if You can find it on one of the
school aliases. Find map of Europe that
will cover the side wall of a small bed room
and you will probably find Wurtemburg
occupying the space of what appears
small township, fitting in like the section
of a child's puzzle between the numerous
duchies and principalities that help form
the German confederation. The Wurtem-
burgers claim that their kingdom contains
365 square miles of territory, which is a
square mile for every day in the year, but
the neighboring duchies are jealous of the
kingdom which makes their own titles SO
insignificant, say that 365 is a gross exag-
geration of it's real size, and that good
pedestrian will easily walk around 1t in
twenty-four hours. The kingdom has
100000 inhabitants. 1t is indeed small
kingdom, but what it lacks in size it max es
up in putting on a grand show of royalty.
The King and Queen reside at Stuttgart
through the winter, and they live in as
much style and grandeur as did ever Louis
XIV. in the Tuileries at Paris. The palace
which is said to be one of the finest in
Germany, forms three sides of a square and
is nearly as large as the Louvre in Paris,
which it resembles in architecture. 1t con.
tains over 800 rooms, in addition to its
vast halls and corridors. These rooms, of
course, are all elegantly furnished, and are
OVERLOOKING with wealth in the shape OF
rare paintings, statuary, bronzes and vast
collections of costly brc.a-brac and objects
Of vertu. Within stones throw of the
new palace, as it is called, although built
loo years ago, is the old castle or palace,
an immense building with high round
towers at each of its four corners, aud
evidently constructed with the intention OF
its being place of refuge and fortress
for defense during the old German wars.
1t was built over 800 years ago by one
of the ancestors Of the present king, and
was occupied by the royal family until the
new palace was built. AT present it serves
as an appendix, with cook house, servants
quarters, lavatory, ETC., for the royal palace.
AT the right of the palace and extending a
distance Of two miles to the village OF
Cannstatt is the kings park, an elegant
stretch of woods, which is the kings pri-
vate property, although open to the public,
This park is beautifully embellished its
whole length, and made as attractive as
great wealth aud taste can possibly make
it. Its macadmized walks aud drives are
adorned with fine statuary, its fish ponds
are full Of beautiful and rare fish, aud on
the quiet waters of its artificial lakes all
varieties Of swand and water fowl are to b.
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