Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-20

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 people seem to be heartily in love with each other, and the in nocence and unselfishness of the young man is very touching. Tears flowed freely" When the prince took his bride away from England Farewell, Fair Rose of England" was the inscription over the triumphal arch built at Dover. "Keep her well! Be true to her! God bless you!m were the words of greeting sent after him by the good men of Dover as the Victoria and Albert sailed away. In the first week of February the prince entered Berlin in state with his bride. The Princess Hohenlohe wrote that no prin- cess ever had such hearty welcome given to to Queen Victoria: 'The whole royal family is enchanted with my wife F. w."
 But she never became popular with the Prussian aristocracy, though her influence over her husband was always remarkable. To her must belong the credit of making him what he has been-a model husband and father, which was not always the case with the Hohenzollerns. Soon after the marriage it will be remembered that the princess ran away from Berlin, on discovering some rich, present that she had seen in her husbands secretaire, and which she had imagined was intended for herself as birthday gift, worn by one of the fair ladies of the court.
 She got as far as Cologne, en route to Eng land, before her flight was discovered, and there telegram from the king ordered her to return at once to Berlin. She had reluct- antly to obey the royal command. When she returned she was kindly received by the en- press, who is said to have made the remark: s'My dear, you should not have married a Hohenzollern if you had expected otherwise" The princess, like sensible woman, set to work earnestly to win firm hold upon the prince's affection and esteem, and she suc- ceeded in making him the noblest, gentlest and most moral of the Hohenzollerns
 Of their eight children, two are dead. Prince Wilhelm was born Jan. 27, 1858. Princess Charlotte was born July A, 1860; Prince Heinrich (the future admiral of the German navy), Aug. 24, 1862; Princess Victoria, April 12, 1866; Princess Sophie, June IA, 1870; Prin- cess Margherita, April %, 1872. Prince Waldemar, who was born Feb 10, 1868, died in 1878, and Prince Sigismund died two years before. On Jan. 25, 1883, the crown princely pair celebrated their silver wedding
 
 One of the greatest sorrows of Frederick's life was the death, in 1878, of Prince Walde mar Cborn Feb. 10, 1863, therefore 10 years old. He was greatly beloved by him and his wife, taking the place in their hearts of Prince Sigismund, who had been called away two years before He was also favorite of Kaiser Wilhelm. On March % he had visited his imperial grandfather to congratulate him upon his birthday. Two days afterward he was suddenly attacked by inflammation of the throat with signs of diphtheria On the 27th the young prince died-
 The burial ceremonies in Potsdam were very touching. After the service Frederick went up to the little coffin and knelt down be- | side it, and prayed for a long time in silence. | Then he kissed the burial pail and started to | leave, but he could not go away from the l spot. He turned to give one last look; then, gathering himself together, passed out with l firm tread, the tears coursing down his cheeks. Flowers were then placed upon the coffin, and then the imperial and princely mourners passed out A short time afterward, how ever, Frederick again entered the silent church. This time he held his wife by the hand, and both together knelt at the side of the coffin, and they waited until they had l seen it placed beside that of Prince Sigis- mund In response to an address of condo l lence sent by the municipal authorities of | Berlin, Frederick wrote: Gods hand has l stricken us sorely, and death took from us the 1 youngest of our sons. His pure and strong nature rejoiced us every day; in him there seemed to be united all those talents that gave us the right to cherish the brightest hopes fo1 him in the future."
 Frederick took part in three great wars | the Danish. Austrian and French. In the former, however, he was only 3 spectator at tached to the headquarters of Marsha Wrangel His first leadership was given tx | him in the Austrian campaign. In that wal the main thing to do was to prevent the forces of South Germany joining with those of Aus tria that had been gathered in Bohemia 1 King William led three separate armies tn, first called the army of Bohemia, 1OO, 900 mer under Prince Frederick Charles; the second the army of Silesia, He, ,OO0 men under tn, then crown prince, the third the army of thu Elbe, 4o,OOO men commanded by Herwartl von Bittenfeld. Moltke's plan was, "Marcl separately-strike combined;" and in sever weeks the war was over.
 On June g Prince Frederick crossed tn Austrian frontier, and six days later he wa
 joined by the army of the Elbe. They wer at Gitschin. On his left Frederick, with hi army was at Koeniginhof, a days marcl away, while the Austrians had retired i, : Koeniggratz ready for battle The plan o l attack was very simple. Prince Frederic] Charles with his three corps was to assaul Benedeck with his five, while Bittenfeld wa
 to fall upon the left flank of the Austriens
 and Frederick attack their right.
 But he was twenty-five miles away, and i ! was in the morning before Col von Frank enstein, after a terrible ride, arrived a Fredericks headquarters with the king's con mand to join Prince Frederick Charles The battle began at o'clock in the morr ing, the king, Moltke and Bismarck being O the field. The needle gun worked terribl havoc among the devoted battalions C Austria, but they kept their ground. and fo 2 a long time the scales of battle hung prett
 evenly. For time it seemed indeed as