Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-02

QUEEN wILHELNINA OF HOLLAND.
 ly details. Since then she has not been able to speak or think of anything else. She sees anarchists on ever side and at every turn and lives in constant fear of sharing the fate of President Carnot, her apprchcnsions on this score having been strengthened by the circumstance that during the recent public ceremonies in the island of Walcheren some peculiarly evil looking individual managed to get suffi- ciently close to her to be able to throw into the royal carriage copies of anarchist manifcstocs menacing the life of both queens and predicting tho speedy over throw of the Dutch monarchy. At the present moment the nervous system of lit tlo Wilhclmina seems to be entirely shat tered, and the utmost care will havo to be observed if shc Is to recover her health of mind and body to sufficient degree to live to attain her majority. To what an extent her subjects arc interested in heI welfare may be realized when it is known that it Is this delicate child's life which constitutes the sole safeguard of the inde pcndencc of the Netherlands as n nation. Should she die without leaving any chil drcn the crown would dcvolvc upon her aunt, the rcigning Grand Duchess of Saxc- Wcimar, and subsequently, upon tho lat tcr's eldest son. the hereditary grand duke This would mean that Holland would be brought within the sphere of the confcdcr- atiOn known as the German empire, and the easy going Hollandcrs would in course of time hc sIllCd upon to submit to the same military obligations, oncrous taxa ton and detrimental commercial rCstric- tiOns as the other states of the German empire.
 Princess Pauline Mcttcruich has con tributcd so much to the pleasure the gaycty and the jOyousncss of the European world, both of high and low dcgrlc. that it seems unjust that the event idC of her once merry life should be saddcnCd by so many mis- fortunes. It is not three years ago that she lost her favOritc daughter, Pascalinc, in tho most shockingly sudden manner, under circumstances that have always been shroudCd in so much mystery as to give color to the rumorS that she commit ted suicide. Countess Pascalinc's hus- band, Count George Waldstcin, followed her to the grave n year later. having blown his brains UUt in fit of temporary insan- ity duo tO alcoholism. ThCrcupOn n most painful lawsuit cnsucd with regard to the disposal of his immense property, during tho course of which matters in connection with his treatment of his wifc were brought to light that cannot have failed to terribly mOrtify and gricvc the princess, who was summoned to give testimony as to the character of her son-in-law on the | witness stand. And now, to crown her misfortunCs, her magnificent Bohemian castle of Plassy, which has been her prin- | cipal homo ever since her husband surrcn. dercd his post of cmbassador to the court of the TuilCrics 24 years ago, has been burned over her head. Not q thing has | been saved from the flames, except the fam lily archives and the jewels of tho princess, | but all tho priceless art treasures collected by her and by her illustrious fathcr-in law, tho great Mcttcrnich of the first Ma | polconic era, have been reduced to ashes | and nothing remains of this palatial coun | try scat but tho bare walls. It was hert l that tho princess was to be seen at hci | best. Built in the past century, the cha | teau, designed by one of the most famou: architects of Germany, contained! some 25( rooms, including n chapel which was al l most a church and a thcater capable o seating 300 people Guests werc allowed to spend their time as they listed, provided they were punctual in their attendance a meals, the lunch generally taking place al noon under tent in the superb forest b! which the chateau is surrounded.
 The princess herself is splendid sho } and used to take part in most of tho bat tues and deer stalking expeditions. Din ner was invariably served at s o'clock and afterward everybody would assembl I tllt SllloIlS l4lS IAlhStS "liO Ao siastic musician, usually taking his plac
 at the piano, while the remainder of tn
 party would organize games similar t
 those which constituted so memorable
 feature of the Monday evening parties O
 Empress Eugcnie at the Tuilcrics and q
 St. Cloud, rybody smoking, including
 of course, tho princess, whoso customar
 weed was n cigarette but who did not oc
 casionally disdain n large and stron l ,;, Nfr hn
 would retire for tho night, having wit i advancing age become partial to earl ! hours instcad of those late ones for whic
 she was distinguished when Austrian en
 bassadrcss at Paris. Of course tho prin
 cess still retains her celebrated castle c
 JohannisberG, on the Rhine. But, al
 though picturesque itself, tho castlo's SUI
 roundings can hardly be considered q
 such, the entire sides of the hill upon tn
 summit of which it is pcrchcd being give ! I up to the growth of the grapO which yield that most royal of all white Gerrna wines-nalnely, the Chateau Johanni: burg. GEORGE F. WEST.