The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-12-14

which arc on exhibition at the Royal
| Stables there. The escapade in the court
theatre which Marx Twain 80 graphically
fdescfibes seem To have epvntd tnelr eyes.
t THE DRAMATIC EPISODE
| In his desire Tor supremacy isolated pow
er Ludwig Ii was accustomed to have tue
court theatre perform for his benefit alone.
In one of the acts, not being satisfied with
/ the counterfeit pie-entment of rain he de
manded real showers, which at present he
| might readily have 10 order, it seems
by means Of a little dynamite, bnt as this
was before tDe modern discovery to pro-
mote rain for Irritating purposes, be BAsl4
| self turned on water from a distance auu
! fl loded nor only the entlre stage. but
suUileo the elegant costumes II The
| actresses.
| This opened the eyes of the people aud
| ever afterwards they had him under strict
Survriliance and soon afterwards. they
sent nina to H0Denschwangau, another Jld
Ca tie on tie borders OF A iStria
| And tinallv Whrn NJ, manit Increased
they had him cOnfupd IN a castle on al
/ Island In otarn beI gste, "A lake not far from
! Munich. Here it dawued upon this royal
| mad-man that he was "a prisoner III bis own
domain. and he took every meauS 10 end
| his solitary EXIT teDca. Ills tragic death
III June, 1856 seht a thrill 0fhorr0r through
all Europe, where the dramatic end Ut
some members Of young royalty Is no
! strange event
! For De Guddeu, noted physician whom
they had employed 80 take ehat&e Of him.
be caIa;rlVed = singular antiquity aud one
day w'ea they WERE oat'walklng onthe mar
gin uf The lake, ne demanded that the Gas
| tom&ry esGulC sh0Hid be Withdraw u.
! nd hC fY,iH Nj
! Of his patient. DR.. Guauen granted the re-
| quest aua thls IS the last Which is known
| execslt Snat they we're found clencnsd to-
gettIe, in what haa been q mortal struggle.
| He may nave dragged DR.. Gudden into The
water, lhce he Was q strong muscular
| man, or DR.. GlddrI perhaps went iii after
hiiu 10 re-cue his royal charge ana So per
10 lett To solve the fatal iiIy steyy.
Ia ali the palaces the King Is said. TO
have copied Versailles fur which ho had
a great admin alton. Many Of the ROOMS
are exact miniature copies OF chambers IN
this ctbrateo French ;alace.
THE INTERIOR CONCENTRATIONS.
4 gidtd peacock ul lie SIZE attracRs the
| attentuu, as Que enters thu vesttbule Ii
move, but on examination you find it to be
made OF gold, silver, bronze and email
but every feather and fibre are true tn lie.
lt cost the enormous sum of one hundred
aud iity thousand marks.
Ihe nails and corridors are rich in fres-
Going aud sculpture, the decorating of
which Cost hundreds of thousands of
MARKS. A snail cabinet for tue Kings
clothes, lined with gold and velvet and
wrought on tine outside with his crown ana
monogram. cost eighty thousand marks
n - : nf M m
ana structure, and curiunS mechanism
scatter, all over tne castle; astronomical
clocks, cnr0uometers and clocks that Will
run Year are seen III his apartments.
tnere Is chamber called "Saal NIT dem
Ochsenangt. from the curious forma-
tlon of tae windows and the spec
lal kind Oh glaSs-'Dulls-eye glass. The
table IN the ceotre of the Incredibly mag
nifcent dluiDg- roam lets down by mschiL-
cry like that III frederick 'ne Greats pal
ace at P0tsdam where tue KING used to sit
with his c0urtlers for mauy hours uninter-
rupted by TIE attendance of servants, the
COURSES being placed on the table in a room
lar beneath aud raised at the Hugs cali.
The are two almost unimagiable sleer-
ing appointments, ne of which ktDg LudiDg
is SAID t. nave occupied many tiines. These
0eds which are only fit for museums, bring
before the MUD always the necessity of a
couch sUMewbere In a corner WITHDRAWN,
where one would sleep. This mad Kiugs'S
sleep was certainly Of most y Indifferent
kInd in his golden bed as German lady
who visited the castle st the same time re-
married.. She Salu: En- Schliei nIcnIgut
anf senem goldenen uett," (he slept not
weihin his golden bed) Ire bath tub in
the finely scuptured bath room is as large
as temper airy reservoir in alarge city, al d
suggests swim. -
The dressIng-room adjoining is connected
with his private apartments by secret
stair case and trap door. 1t is adorned
with convex mirrors, statuafy and paint
ings of fabulous maidens coming out of
fictitious baths. The large spllegel-cnanI-
Der, whose walls are mirrors. make YOU APP
pear as If in grottoes surrounded by world
Of imaginary creations.