The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-15
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From the New York Tribune.
One at the saddest spectaclcs which 10
In possible tn conceive is that presented
by thc prisoner uf F~urstcnrrid. the mad
king of Bavaria. Tall and almost as Ri-
gantic in stature as his brs,ti,er, the late
King Ludwig. his appearance il sufficient
tn startlc any one who secs him for the
first time. His hair Is long and unkempt,
and his bs,shy brown beard reaches down
bclow his waist. There lis a kind of wicri,
wild look i'm his eyes, the gaze of which
remains steadfastly fixed straight ahead
into empty space. The only person wl,ocan
succeed i'm brinRiny n glcam of intelligence
To- his face IL the sixty-year-s.ld Madame
Marie, who was his nMr.e when "a child
aud who has now become one OF the prin-
ciral members OF his household. She Is
the only ole who il permitted tn speak To
linn, everybody else being under strict or
ders not TAI a~sldlrs,ss "a single woiSl tai him
or to take. the slightest notics. of him
dressed i'm black broadclotlI, and requires
n new suit almost every day. Tor owing to
pnes"; is S.ndhcrchi.f. n ~ ,nSic marhi%a.
his coat sleeves or coat tails have To do
service for both. For hours he will
imaginary parsonage created by his fam
tasy. and then again for several days to-
gcthcr lac will remain i'm such q state of
clans become afraid that he will pass
away without even their becoming aware
CO.. @am ~: nv X one Gay af h ,%.i Si.w csesEs or w ,ri.wc "SsSs
fits of apathy. he will puff away at ciRa-
rs.tts. of which hc smokes .alnos, a hum
dred a day. His consumption of matches
il still greater, for hc lights "a
fresh cigarette he delights i'm burning up
the entire box of %iucifcrS and in seeing
the whole hundred blaze up at once
Two physicians. Drs. Smell and Raukc,
spend, in turn. "a week at the palace. They
nay" supr.,,n. "o,',rIh %i the Who'll. cstnh.
the. aide s-tle-carnp. the ordcrlics ar the
servants without the sanction of the ply
stefan for the week. Every Sunday the
royal patient is visited by Dr. Grnshlcy,
the director of the principal insane asy-
ium of the kingdom. who confcr- will,
both th, physicians and takes careful
At dinner King Otto when he consents
to- appear at table takes his seat AT one
end OF the table. Around the other end are
seated the doctor, the aidcs-sh-camp and
the chamis'rlains- all the little court. i'm
fact. King Otto. however, never takes
the smallest notice of their presence, but
preserves a. sull n silence, which lac only
breaks from time to time tn shout for
ahsorbs large quantities. He uses his
knife and fork i'm "a perfectly normal man
ner, and sometimes appears To bc able. tn
The apartments which he inlabits are
all situated an the ground floor
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throughout the day. IL King otto hap
teuS 10y any enaflce to come ACROSS ~
closed door hc immediately falls into "a
kind IF cpileptic and maniac fury. and
seeks tn dash il down with his still power
ful fist Ii il. moreover, impossible tn
induce him tn permit himself to be batllcd
and lc displays AN almost h~ydropllobic
artipithy FOR water. He likewise abso-
lutcly refuses tn enter any carriage. and
displays signs of terror whenever amy cf-
forts are made To induce him To enter one
for the purpose of taking u drive.
IL IL impossible to predict how much
longer he may live. He may drag ON his
present miserable existence for years;
while. on the other hand. II il likely that
the failure of the natural functions Of the
body may bring on u nialady which will!
carry him oil in a few days. As his mad
ness il of an altogether incurtblc nature,
his death can only bc regarded ia the
light of "a happy release.