■The New King |
1 of Sreat Britain,!
A 3k«tch of the Career of Edward VII.,
fit as Prince of Wales. *
T«- LBERT EDWARD, known
/ \ for more than half a century
as the Prince of Wales, and
£*~ now King Edward VII., was
born November 9, 1841. The second
child and the eldest son of Queen Vic
toria. his advent iuto the world wns
greeted with great rejoicing. As the
first child of the royal couple, now the
Empress Dowager of Germany, had
proved to be a girl, the British nation
,was naturally anxious that the second
ehould be a boy
When the Queen's confinement was
expected Prince Albert sent couriers In
hot haste from Buckingham Palace
to the various dignitaries of church
and State, whose presence at the ex
pectant birth of an heir is demanded
by royal etiquette. They gathered in
the ante-room close by the Queen's
bed chamber. Among them were
'Archbishops and Bishops," arrayed in
Bilk shovel hats and gorgeous aprous;
members of the Cabinet, headed by the
Prime Ministers: nurses and doctors
by the score.
For four hours this assemblage
ftwaited for the event. Their patience
,wns rewarded. When it was an
nounced that the wishes of a nation
had been fulfilled, and that a boy had
been born there was universal con
gratulation. Prelates and statesmen
embraced one another with uncon
trolled effusiveness. Cannons on the
grounds without thundered the news
to all the surrounding district. Thou
sands of church bells rook up the glad
tidings and pealed out the announce
ment io an expeetaut nation. Early
In the morning the privy council met
instate to ordain prayer and thanks
giving from one end of the country to
the oilier.
A few weeks later, on the occasion
Of the Prince's baptism in the royal
chapel of Windsor, he was shown from
the balcony to a huge crowd of per
sons. who went wild with delight.
The boyhood of the Prince was un-
THE THRONE AT WINDSOR CASTLE.
eventful. His early education was con
ducted under the tutelage of the Rev.
H. M. Birch, rector of Prestwich: Mr.
Uibbs, barrister at-law: the Rev. C. F.
(Tarver and Mr. H. W. Fischer. He
then studied for a session at Edin
burgh, and later entered Christ Church
ht Oxford. Here he attended public
lectures for a year and afterward re-
Sided for three or four terms at Trini
ty College, Cambridge, for the same
purpose.
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iu 111* kuil'tiler of IMiU IllM I'lllicn
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Cattail* bo wits rccuUrU
with boundless enthusiasm. Re at.need
at a ball Riven In his honor at Wash
ington, whore he was cordially wel
comed by President Buchanan. The
United States, indeed, was prepared
to receive him with open arms. At
Hamilton, the Inst place In Canada
where he made a halt, he had spoken
some kindly words which awoke gen
eral approval here.
"My duties," he said, "as represen
tative of the Queen cease this day.
* OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE KING.
but in a private capacity I am about
to visit before ray return home that
remarkable land which claims with us
a common ancestry and in whose ex
traordinary progress every English
man feels a common interest."
His first stop on American soil was
in Chicago. Thence he passed onto
St. Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Balti
more aud Washington. For five days
he was a guest of President Buchan
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LiJkSfeIHII
ST. JAMES'S rALACK.
an. He visited Jit. Vernon and plant
ed a chestnut tree by the side of Wash
ington's tomb. From the capital the
Prince and bis party set out for Rich
mond. then a centre of political intri
gue, and -rqou to prove the focus of dis
affection against the Union.
His nest halt was made at Philadel
phia, where lie visited Independence
Hall and other places famous in An
glo-American history. From Philadel
phia he took sail for New York, land
ing at Castle Garden on October 11.
He was driven through Broadway to
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, escorted by
the Mayor and other civic dignitaries,
and cheered on bis way by vast crowds
of citizens who had gathered to do
him honor.
Albany, Boston and Portland were
visited in turn, and from the latter
place the Prince and his party em
barked for England on October 20. In
18G2, accompanied by Dean Stanley,
be made a journey to the East, in
cluding a visit to Jerusalem.
The Young Prince was now of a mar
riable age. Speculation wai rife as
to who would be the lady of his choice.
The question was settled in the early
part of lSt!3, when his engagement was
announced to Princess Alexandra, the
eldest daughter of the King of Den
mark. She was three years younger
ibuii lilt- I'tiut'o, it ml. though com
|jitmiivety pour, una liruutitul mi 4 uc
».u«Hiu»U«il I li« uturr utf« »m vvlr
orated tn St. George's Chapel, Wlndsoi
Castle, OP, March 10, 1563.
All England rejoiced over the event
Tennyson, the recently appointed poet
laureate, wrote one of hi& finest poems,
"A Weleoiiie to Alexandra," on this
occasion. -
The Princess soon made herself very
popular with all classes of the British
public, not only by her outward grace
of manner, but also by her virtues and
amiability. The Prince himself has
always shared in this popularity, al
though the sterner Puritanism of his
potential subjects have often been
shocked by stories of his dissipation.
Ho is a fervent sportsman, and has
never been wilhout a string of thor
oughbred racing horses. He is
as fond of a good dog as of a good
horse. His kennels at Sandringham
are fourteen in number, built of brick
and iron, with every modern improve
ment that architects and dog fanciers
could suggest.
The affection .md esteem in which
the Prince has been held was never
better nmplllied than in December,
1871, when he was attacked by typhoid
fever, and for some weeks hung be
tween life and death. The anxiety of
the public was intense, and the news
of his recovery was greeted with great
joy. On his first appearance in pub
lic to take part in the memorable
"thanksgiving service," in St. Paul's
Cathedral, on February 27, 1872, the
streets along the line of his route were
covered with a cheering multitude.
lie lias had live children, rne eldest
cf whom, Albert Victor Christian Ed
ward, Duke of Clarence aud Avondale,
was born January 8, ISO 4, and died
in January, 1802. The second son,
George Frederick Ernest Albert, Duke
of York, born June 3, 1803, married
Princess Mary of Teck, July 6, 1892.
rHOTOORAPH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES
TAKEN IN AMERICA, 1860.
Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar,
boru February 20, 1807. married the
Duke of Fife in 1889. Victoria Alex
andra Olgo Marie was born July 0,
1808, and Maud Charlotte Mary Vic
toria, born November 20, 1809, mar
ried Prince Charles, the second son of
the Crown Prince of Denmark, on
July 22. 1890.
The Duke of York, the next male
heir in the direct line of succession,
now becomes the Duke of York
and Cornwall, and has followed
the naval career with great dili
gence. having attained the rank
of Commander, and served on the
West Indian station in command of
the gunboat Thrush. He married the
Princess Victoria of Teck In May.
1893, and has four children, three
Princes and a Princess, the eldest of
whom is Prince Edward Albert, now
'jet. • seven years old.
Lons'LUm! Bird*.
It used to be believed that ravens
lived longer thuu any other species of
birds, and it was said that their age
frequently exceeded a century, Ite
cent studies of the subject ludicate
that no authentic Instance of a raven
surpassing seventy years of age is on
record. Mitt parrots have been known
to live 100 years. One lost its mem
ory at sixty and its sight at ninety
There is a record of a golden eagle
which died at Hchoenbruu at the age
of 118 years. Another golden eugle
was kept in the Tower of Loudou for
ninety years. A third died at Vienna
aged lot years, (leesc and swans are
tenacious of life, and extraordinary
accounts exist of the great age Unit
they have attained, Huffou aud other
u tit hurl'ics have credited them with
eighty aud 100 yearj of life —Albany
Argus.
Han'a i'lara County. California, pro*
duces a greater income fruiu the s til
than auy other couuiy iu ihu luiu-il
Stales.
I Of th« ii.\t**i,oo») admission ticked
' puuchrtl for the I'arls Ks.ig.>\iuu IS,
, UOU.UUU ItUiUiUw4 uuasevj.
AN EXTRAORDINARY RIVER.
Hyatertoua Canyon of the Gannlaon Ex
plored at Last.
The black canyon of Gunnison River,
an affluent of the Colorado, is one of
the most remarkable geological forma
tions of the West. It la a ghastly gush
1 iff
!|) 1
(Two EifTel Towers and a Washington
Monument could stand on top of each
other in the Qunnison Canyon.)
in a desert laud, so deep that the rays
of the sun cannot penetrate to its
depth, so that the river is practically
a submarine water course.
For the first time in history the
depths of this canyon have been tra
versed by daring explorers The feat
was accomplished, at the risk of their
lives, by a party of five, whose object
was to liud out if there was not
sorae path by which the waters of the
Gunnison could be conducted out or
its tunne! and made to irrigate the
drought-parched farms of the neigh
boring region.
The exploration yielded conclusive
evidence of the impracticability of the
ditch plant.
Oliscmtious.
A furtive nature never can endure
an open door.
The best wordly bank is laughter.
Weeping is social bankruptcy.
It takes not only humor, Lut sense
to enjoy a satirical story directed to
ward one' 3 self.
Xo isolation is so appalling as being
alone amid a crowd.
There was never a man who was
not made nobler by loving the right
woman.
To outwit a foe is better than to
slay him.
To know one's self is wisdom; not
to know one's neighbors is genius.
Inclination is often miscalled duty.
Genius and patieuee are never very
far apart.--Philadelphia Record.
Air Currents Cool the Water.
In some parts of Mexico it is a cus
tomary plan to place water in a por
ous jar, and when it has moistened
the outside the jar is swung in the air
by the straps attached to the handles,
the action of the air currents cooling
the surface of the jar and eventually
the conteuts. The invention, which
we illustrate below, is a simple method
r>f cooling water by aeration and evap
oration. which lias lately been pat
ented by a New Jersey man. It ap
plies practically the same principle as
the Mexican method, except that here
tlie entire quantity is subjected to the
action of the air instead of a small
portion. The device consists of a ser
ies of perforated trays suspended iu a
wooden frame over the water recepta
cle, with a feed pipe at the top. As
SIMPLE WATKR-COOMNO APPARATUS.
tin' water trickles from one tray to flta
next it form a spray, which Is par
tially evaporated by the air current H.
The latter may be either natural or ar
tificial, and the moisture taken up I>y
tlie air serves to cool the remainder
of the water as it fails luto the tank
below
Uooil Work by Mrliaolboy*.
Good to"the Wilt nil reijoollHiy» On
: lie first day of the holiday vacation
ten of theiu went to the hotue of a
poor widow and tackled lur woodpile
with their sawa and axe*, and they
iti.ek to the job until they hao com
pleted It. - I'oillaud (Me.) Kaateiu A;-
fIU.
Even the highest personage* in Tur
key are not exempt frotu auspiclou
Their iiioreiuaDta ure watched uud re
ported to the palace by an aruiy of
spivs, who aw arm lu ever* nuarivr
Mr. Dream-milker.
Come, Mr. Dream-maker, sell me to
night
The loveliest dream in your shop:
My dear little lassie is weary of light.
Her lids are beginning to drop.
She's good when she's gay, but she's
tired of play,
And the tear-drops will naughtily
creep.
So, Mr. Dream-maker, hasten, I pray:
My little girl's going to sleep.
—S M. Peck, iu The Christian Register.
A Novel Spider Collection.
A Belgian teacher of natural history
gives an account of an experiment
made by him to test the abilities of
children as collectors. The result
was simply astounding. The teacher
asked a boy to collect all the different
kinds of spiders that he might see
during his vacation rambles.
The lad, who, evidently, did not
share the absurd fear which most
persons have of these harmless and
useful creatures, accepted the task
with alacrity, and for weeks he
scoured the country round about his
home for spiders, going about three
miles in every direction.
He brought back to school more
than a hundred species, of which no
less than ten had never been sup
posed to exist in Belgium, despite the
careful explorations of Prof. Becker of
Brussels, who is famous as a collect
or of spiders.
The little collection that he made in
so remarkable a manner is a highly
prized addition to ihe cabinet of the
school.
Wliy fens Work in Dnrknens.
Bees go out all day gathering honey
and work all night in the hive, build
ing their combs as perfectly as if an
electric light shone there all the time.
Why do they prefer to work in the
dark? is often asked. Every one
knows that honey is a liquid with no
solid sugar in it. After standing it
gradually assumes a crystalline ap
pearance, or granulates, and ultimate
ly becomes a solid mass.
Honey has been experimentally in
closed in well-corked flasks, some of
which were kept in perfect darkness,
while the others were exposed to the
light. The result was that the portion
exposed to the light soon crystalized,
while that kept in the dark remained
unchanged.
Hence, we see why the bees are so
careful to obscure the glass windows
which are placed in their hives. The
existence of the young depends on
the liquidity of the saccharine food
presented to them, and if light were
allowed access to this, it would, in all
probability, prove fatal to the inmates
of the hive.
Itov Clitne4p IHK-ki Swim to Mnrket.
Chinese farmers do not take their
ducks to market in crates, but drive
them into the waters of the grand
catia! and compel them to furnish their
own motive power. Usually the duck
"crop'' of a whole district is brought
together and started to market in
charge of men in boats, and the sight
of several thousand birds swimming
in a compact mass along China's great
water road is a novel one indeed.
Julian Ralph, the traveler, met such a
procession one day. The mass of
ducks was several acres in extent, and
went along at a pace much faster than
could be expected, being kept in for
mation by long bamboo poles with
palm leaves at the end. Suddenly sev
eral boats came up in the opposite di
rection —a big, "chopboat" ami two or
three smaller vessels. They were sail
ing swiftly before the fresh breeze di
rectly upon the field of ducks, and
there seemed to be no way of prevent
ing a terrible slaughter The big
"chopboat." like a house blown before
a gale, sped toward the advancing
feathered host, and at last the birds
that were in the way were almost un
der her bows. Then there was a flut
tering of wings and a bobbing of
heads, the immense tloek broke apart,
a crack opened before the "chopboat"
and widened until there was a canal
broad enough for the vessel to pass
through. Not a slugle duck was run
over.
A S'IM«I.
A young girl was crossing the Pub
lic garden the other morning upon the
main path which crossed the bridge.
She was accompanied by a magnificent
mast Iff, who strode along be.-dde her
In the moat companionable sort of
way, tooklug up Into her face occa
sionally as If to rental k casually that
it was a very fine morning, or to ask
If there was anything he could do for
her.
The two crossed the bridge to
gether. and finally c.itne to the
Charles afreet gate. Here the young
girl, evidently not wlahtng to have the
care of the dog In the bn.-y streets,
that Is far enough now, Marco. You
need not go with me cny farther, but
turu about and g> back home."
She did not fake her handa out of
her muff to polut the way, und she
spoke us bhe would to a small brother,
In a pleasantly conversational voice.
Marco looked at her with hi* lurg •
eyes, then looked acrosa the Common,
wagging his tall slowly tut though lie
were thinking how very pleasant It
would be togo the rent of the way.
Finally he turned back to her again
•ml with a movement of lite head and
i-ytM aaktd aa plainly aa though the
word* had cuiuv from hi* utuutb
"Please let m«" go a little further. It
Is such a tine morning?"
"No, dear, I'm going shopping, you
know," answered the girl, explaining
the difficulty. A3 if Marco were hu
man, "there'll be crowds of people, and
I shall not know what to do with you.
But go along now, there's a good fel
low. and I'll be back soon."
Without another word Marco turned
and walked back across the gardens.
He did not slink away, as some dogs
do when sent back, but marched
leisurely along with his head in the
air, stopped a moment on the bridge
to watch the children skating below,
then trotted on toward Commonwealth
avenue. The Athenian watched him
until he had disappeared beyond the
gates, then resumed his way, wonder
ing whether Darwin loved dogs or not.
—Boston Record.
Tliofle Firac Utile Tro«»«»r*.
And the next morning nurse put on
Roggie's new little trousers and
Reggie's new little trousers; and, oh,
but they did look funny—you can sea
how funny they looked,—these tiny
boys in their tiny trousers!
And you should have heard little
nurse laugh.
"Ha! Ha!" she laughed. "Oh, you
funny little black spiders! Ha! Ha!"
And Roggie did not like to have
nurse laugh.
And Reggie did not like to have
nurse laugh.
And as soon as they had eaten their
bread and milk, as soon as they had
eaten their breakfast, they ran out on
the veranda where papa was reading
his paper.
And what do you think their papa
did when he saw them?
Why, he threw his paper high up
in the air and he laughed. "Ha! ha!
what little men are these? Come here
and I'll put you both in my pocket!"
And he caught Roggie up in his arms
and pretended he was going to put
him in his pocket.
And Roggie did not like to see liia
father laugh, and Reggie did not like
to have his father laugh; and they
wriggled and screamed and ran away
down the path *o the garden where
mamma was watering her roses.
And what do you think mamma dia
when she saw them? Mamma didn't
laugh. Oh, no. She put her little lace
handkerchief up to her eyes; and she
cried: "Oh, oh. where are my babies!
Oh. oh. will they never come back
again!"
And Roggie did not like to see his
mother cry, and Reggie did not like
to see his mother cry. So they took
hold of hands and toddled on down the
path to the big silver poplar tree
where dear Arabella and dear Aramin
ta stood singiioi and swinging, both
in a swing together.
And Arabella laughed, "Ha! ha! he!
he!" as she swung high up in the
branches.
And Araminta laughed, "Ha! ha! he!
he!" as she swung high up in the
branches.
And Roggie did not like to have
Arabella laugh, and Reggie did not
like to have Arminta laugh. And so
they ran down the path as fast as
they could go. On and on and on they
ran till they came on the little brook
in the little meadow.
And Roggie sat down on the bank
by the brook and cried.
"I want my dress on,"he pried. "I
don't want these trousers."
And Reggie sat down on the bank
by the brook and cried.
"I want my dress on."he cried. "I
don't want these trousers."
And Roggie cried: "I'll throw them
away, I will! I'll throw theise trousers
away!"
And Regige cried: "I'll throw them
away, I will! I'll throw tllese trousers
away!"
And those little rogues, they did!
They pulled off their new little trou
pors, and they threw them into the
brook!
And mamma came running down the
meadow path to find them. And, oh,
how she laughed when she saw them!
'"Ha! ha!" she laughed. "Oh, you
dear little things! Have you thrown
your trousers away : '
But she cuddled them close In her
aims and kissed them.
"There. don't cry!" she said.
"Mamma is glad you threw them away.
Yes. I am glad you threw them away."
And Roggie smiles through his
tears.
"Nanny is looking." he said "See,
see! Old Nanny Is looking!'"
And Ri'g.jie smiled through his
tears.
"See* 01.l Nanny-goat Is looking'"
Yes. Thfre on the other side of the
brook old Nanny stood, with a look of
surprise In her wise eyes, watching
those little trousers as they floated
away down the stream! -Gertrude
Smith, iu Little Folks.
A llrlrW.Hi-nrlp.t Kim.
In New Brunswick. N. .1 . Is an elm
tree that literally has a heart of stone,
if tlintlike Inicks and mortar may Im>
o classified A long time ago tin- «Vu
was ono of three large trees planted
around the grave of a famous Indian
chief, but with the growth of the
town two of the In m were cut down
to give place to a street The remain
ing elm at once l» gan to die at the
heart, and in a f■« ve.irs the trunk
was honeycombed bv in*. ts. Then
at a Fourth of July celebration the
punk like heart cautht (Ire and turned
out. Supported bv a thin shell of a
trunk, the tree threat! n« >1 to fall In
am high wind. Tht nit occurred to Its
owner. Mrs Eltmndorf, to \>ave th#
Inside tilled with brick ».nU mortar.
This was done and for years the bl|
tree has re .ted on its stony support,
•setting Its nourishment through the
bark snd nhAiling the home of tta
bettefai u»r.
There I- but on» ten thousand dollar
ji eui. ii k 1., circulation.