Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-09
,retElesr ano most cnarrnIng or Inem were

1t is related that one summer evening he
honored a famous German prima donna by
taking her for a solitary row on that tranquil
and fatal lake of Starnberg. She sung for
him an air from @~Lohengrin" divinely. The
king dropped the oars to listen the more in
tently, and so they fioated in the moonlight
by the shadowy, fowery shore. The singer,
seeing that handsome, romantic and muniti-
cent monarch bending toward her, with tears
OF emotions in his eyes, mistook the emotion
saw, perhaps, diamond in the tears-sud-
| denly flung her arms lovingly round the royal
neck, and thought she had himl But he In
| stantly broke from her embrace, then lifting
her high in his arms flung her into the lake,
calmly commanding his servants, who were
waiting on the shore, to "Fish out the lady,"
adding that she had seemed to be too
warm.n
Poor Louis was several times on the eve OF
marriage, but always lost courage before
coming in full view of the altar. Once it was
q Russian princess, whose musical accom-
plishments captivated him. He hoped for a
harmonious union-wedlock blessed of Wag-
ner-but one day he left in the lady's hands a
composition of his own, for her to study and
be able to sing and play for him on his next
visit. He called early the following day, all
impatient for a pleasure SO dear to an artist.
The princess was not in her salon, but on the
piano lay his song, rolled up and sealed with
his royal seal, just as ne had ieftlt. ne tooK
IL ana ms maj leave, wounoeu to the nearS ~
musician and monarch. VI "lmaginaton an
compact King Louis was an executive poet,
a practical ldeahst; he was that anachronlsnl,
a falry prince IN the Nmeleenth century. III
extravagances ana eccentrlcltles were OF inc
romantlc ana legendary sort; MS cosby haIg-
ing gardens; the unheard OF luxury OF nus
| yaJrhar ha-c. hig throne Of rolI uu1 prari0uS
stones; his fantastic coaches and sledges; ms
banquets that came up through the foor; ms
masked servltors. The Bavarlans, who de-
MED his madness, ascrlbed his "peeuiiarities"
to a severe early training from "hich ne
wildly reacted.
His mother, Maria OF Prussia, a princess Oh
strong mlnd ana stronger Will, lnsisted, they
said, on his being educated with great sim
pl1city and entlre secluslon, wfhout recrea-
ton, childish games or playmates. fls
father, Maximllia III, was commonplace
enough, not a Dit Oh q 1airy prince. l saw
him many years ago at Rome, when ne wan
travelling Tor bis health, under some Trans
parent lncognlto. IL was at a Dali at the
Doria palace. l remember him as a slight,
pale, plain gentleman, who carried his head
very erect and still, and did not on the WHO'S
look as though he found it particularly jolly
, to be a potentate. lie was my first king, and
, | took that peculiar, stlff-necked bearing as
the regular royal style, and not till since the
!, traglcal death OF his son, when several ram
/ lily skeletons have come tumbllng out OF the
royal closet, did L know That a certain splna
malady, which caused the neck to give way
and the head to lop about in o most uncom
i Portable manner, compelled the poor King tt
n wear under his white cravat q close collar OF
iron or steel 1t Is not safe to Judge from ap
q pearali2cs, neither is 1t wise to envy any
body. Some months after meeting the klnf
n ! saw him again In Munich, at the opera, tn
first ptasss,t after his return from his travels
a lie was accompanied by his wife, and re
10 member that the two walked over from tn
II new palace, followed by only one gentleman
a and one lady of their household. The oper'
i'll that primitive time and quiet capital be
y gan before z and ended before 10. The roya
/ pair were loyalty cheered, and seemed TO liz
1t. The queen was dressed very simply i
white, with a rich red Grape shawl on he
"a snouiders--worn three-cornered fashlon-an
a red rose i'll her hair, for all ornament, n
IN jewels; yet she locked very pretty, yer.
$ happy and very proud, as she stood up wit
ii the king to acknowledge the acciamations Q
IS their subjects. must confess l enVled her
IL not exactly her alling and stiff-necked bus
d band, but her royal state, her beauty, he
3. I PoP" SS" SS6 ~
y but for many years past who has enrled poo
h ex-Queen Maria, widowed and with two ma
q sonsf And now who can wonder that sh
1t finds the problem OF her troubled life too har
1t and wants to give 1t up and go into a COZ
vent.
suppose that the final and irrefragabl
ra proofs of the poor kings dementia are know
- to most readers of American journals. Son
10 i, i;,,,,,,- ;,,r, tna1 1nucn or the Indicrons whic
ie ,na,l,s so ofte, ia n,ost tr.oic ona n.thot
IA - .SasS.s - A 80.
I'd Saot sa'o oo 90 sno eAause uue
It. ms orders given 70 ms Vaiee or parberl, ie
n the execution OF ms ministry, that the muc
offending minister of finance should first |
nut 10 torture. Another yas for the massac,
nf the medical commission with tho clan,
III 49, o.ah 80 e. .a;aat;ea -. -
III 'ufo e',0" " .nose sN,ei.siho ou sen.ieine
a WIS 70 IN Ifst depriSeu OF an eye, Ior naVln
IN seen what he should not have seen. One {
n his attendants was only allowed to appes
Of before him with II seal upon his forehead, g,
= the sign of an imprisoned BRAIN If ali ROY,
. oiHe;.ls Invinr con5nad and constr;cte
" -, s,amti ~ aa,,.aiIa, ~ ...ss.aas
1t n.iis,' WV - .onipeiieu W pnus ueccla
Nv their pro"s- "nae "a corner IN seailnS wal
II isstrange, the long suffering OF loyalt,
,e- After, years of wild extravaganza and sens
II, lc prodigality, of misanthropic isolation an
.tupcnaous eoois,n, this man had plenty
].,l,ie,ts Who ioycI him and h,indiv ss,.x,,
IS, HecJN'H' - ' ihti oiio bihiui W
Id him. OF course, most of those about hi
va were mercenarleS-lSing on his weakne