Year: 1874

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mortal living at the present time is
His Majesty King Louis II of Ba


varia. In the castle at Munich four
apartments are devoted to his ex.
elusive use. The first one is for the
adjutants of HIS Majesty. and leads
to the reception room, which is open
to a few of the Kings favOrites on


ly. The high walls of this room
are hung with scarlet silk damask.
agreeably relieved by exquisite gold
embroidery. Heavy gold corniees
separate them from the ceiling, and
series of regular gold columns on
the damask contribute to throw q
glow of splendor upon the walls
The frescoed ceiling is embelished
by half historical and half allegor-
ical illustrations fron the times of
Leuis XIV who is the political
aud social ideal of the modern
young King, and whose taste in
favor of gold color, rich colors, and
delicate carvings, is reflected in
every corner of his castle. Adjoin-
ing the reception room is the Kings
working apartment This room is
embellished by exquisitely wrought
reliefs in gypsum, while the walls
are adorned with three great paint


ings by modern Munich artists.
The most interesting article in this
room is the Kings writing desk


Originally it was covered all over
with a thick setting of gold; at a
later date this gold was covered
with a layer of black Chinese lac
quer, on which the designs of figures
and ornaments were then cut out, so
as to produce them in golden arabes-
ques The desk is covered by II
series of magnificent art albums,
each one representing q distinct
school; one the Italian, another the
Spanish, another the French, etc e,
etc. The writing stand is an imita-
tion of the famous swan of LOhen-
grin, drawing the boat; the swan
being of silver, the boat of gold,
and the oars also of gold. This, of
course, suggests Wagner, whose
marble bust, therefore, appears on
the top of the writing desk.


Next TO the working room is the
Kings sleeping apartment, with a
a bed of surprising splendOr. or
course it Is raised, in German fash
ion, considerably over the floor;
several steps, therefore, lead into
the bed, which is surmOunted by a
vast gold embroidered canopy The
bed itself is covered by heavy
gold embroidered coverIet, said to
have cost about S3 600, and the chief
figure on which is again the swan
of Richard Wagner's LOhengrln.
At each side of the bed is a wash
stand. The one which is intended
for use is filled with the most costly
perfumes, cosmetics, soaps, etc,
that can be procured. The other
one, which ia intended merely TO fill
up the symmetry of the furniture,
is covered with lovely little works
of marble, silver, alabaster, etc
each piece gem of art. From the
sleeping room c door opens into Il
"winter garden" one of the great
est marvels of landscape and gar
dening arts. 1t has been arranged
so rs to represent the whole earth.
with all It's tropical distinctions,
peculiarities of landscape character
and of vegetation; and art and
science have been enlisted to 90
their utmost to make the optical de-
ception complete Every step you
take opens new view, Il new piece
of scenery Here you see the grand
mountains of the Alps covered with
snow; there in the valley of one of
them a miniature lake, with swans
moving along IN their graceful way


Swans, indeed. appear everywhere,
just as you meet everywhere some
reminiscence of Wagner. The lit


tie boat on the shore of the lake has
also the form of a swan. After the
whole Alpine scenery has been taken
in by your eye, you advance another
few steps, and the gorgeous glory OF
the tropics bursts in upon you.
Forests of wonderful trees appear,
filled with the brilliantly hued birds
of the Indies, while in the distance
arises solemnly the majestic Hima-
laya, vanishing in the darkness of
the clouds. This is said TO be a
perfect wonder of perspective paint
ing. You pass on little and You
enter the darkness of primeval
forest, with its gigantic trees OF a
thousand years growth. Suddenly
the roar of a waterfall startles your
ear. You advance and behold a
broad stream of water tumbling
from one precipice to another, until
far down below it changes into a
mere little spring, in whose quiet
waters little gold fishes enjoy their
sunny existence. 1t is fairy place
a scene from the Arabian Nights
and the marvel is how human inge-
nuity could work it out on so small
a piece of ground.


EIt was not until Bridgeport
woman read the recipe in half a dozen
different papers that she concluded to
give it trial. We refer to that recipe
which says that Tablespoonful oi
sawdust placed in each boot will keep
the feet both dry and warm" The
husband of this Bridgeport woman
was always complaining about cold feet'
and so the other day she poured two
table-spoonfuls of sawdustinto bis boots


The result rather surprised her. he
slipped on his boots, ate his breakfast,
and started for his place of business
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