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Show QUAINT MONARCH. IS LUlTt'OUD THE PrtBSENT I1ULEI1 OP DAVAttlA. A nine In I el Who May 'oon llsrnma a King In X.m. 1" ILnittlj lU-bratxl lU-bratxl Ills riahllelll lllllhitay Th Ablest of furopMn Monarch!. The recent celebration of tho 80th birthday of Prlnco Lultpold, ot lla-varla, lla-varla, hat served to call attention to ono of the least known, yet ablest, of Kuropean monarchs Whllo not a King In name, l.ultpold It such In fact, performing per-forming the duties of sovereign as regent re-gent tor his Insane nephew. King Otto Additional Importnnce attach to his person Jutt now, from Ihe fact that tho King Is very 111 nnd cannot survive another month, according to his doctors When ho diet l.ultpold will lio actually King ot Ilavarla and while hit responsibilities will be In no wise enlarged It will give him a moro equal Handing among the royal heads of Kurope With the exception of Christian, of Denmark, he will be. It he becomes King, the oldest ruler In Kurope l.ultpold Is one of the remarkable men of tho old world and Is said to bo tho most popular prince in (lermany. Ho Is the ono sturdy figure, ot n royal family who stands forth conspicuously and honorably In contrast with 'U other weaklings and Incompetents Hit father wat Iouti I , who forfeited hit throne because he could not resist the blandishments of loln Monies, the American beauty, and whoso neglect of hit royal duties, while tpendlng his tlmo with thlt adventuress, brought about a revolution In 1813 l.ultpold then was entrusted with cxccutlvo duties du-ties When Maximilian, l.ultpotd's ! eldest brother, ramo to tho throne, tho younger man's was tho guiding hand I ot hit reign Upon Maximilian's death and tho assumption of power by Iuts I l.ultpold wat for a tlmo In the back-i back-i ground, but the King's Insane desire i for pleasure nnd his general mental ' Incomp. tenco ultlmitely necessitate 1 I his entrusting Ihe tnsk of governing i the kingdom to l.ultpold When Louis Pltl.STi: I.DITPOI.D OF DAVAUlA. died und craxy Otto became King, l.ultpold l.ult-pold was formally declared regent nnd has since performed nil the functions of a sovereign. Tho Ilavnrlan regent has teen tomo fighting In tho war of I860 he commanded com-manded tho troopt of llavnrln nnd nt Helmttndt innda a gallant defense In tho Kranco-Prutelan war he received tho Iron cross for gnllantry nt Vlllo-plon Vlllo-plon nnd It wat he who, on behalf ot tho various rulers of tho sovereign states of (lermany, tendered tho crown ot tbo Germnn empire to William of Prussia Tho most Intimate friend of Lultpold Is Franz Joseph, of Austria, and they spend much tlmo together, desplto their ndvnnccd years, In stalking stalk-ing tho chamois on tho Tyrolean Alps. |