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BRITAINS QUEEN DESIRES TO
END HER DAYS IN QUIET
Cumors of a Transfer of the Crown
Aain Bevived Feels the Weijjht of
Years Condition of Her Majestya
Health Is Precarious
Throne Will Go to Wales
The rumor that Queen Victoria intends
to retire in favor oil the Prince of Wales
is again current in London and it is add
ed that court circles are greatly troubled
regarding the condition of the queens
health Such reports have frequently ap
peared in recent years only to be semi
officially contradicted later But it now
seems that there may be some actual
foundation for the statements made It
is added that her majesty has decided to
spend her time in future at Balmoral or
at Osborne and that she will give the
prince and princess of Wales the use of
Buckingham palace and Windsor Castle
There is no doubt that the queen seems to
feel greatly the weight of her years and
bereavements and her majesty is quoted
as having repeatedly remarked during her
last stay in London at Buckingham pal
ace upon the occasion of the recent
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QUEEN VICTORIA
marriage of Princess Maud of Wales to
Prince Charles of Denmark This is my
last visit to Loudon
Reisrned Nearly Sixty Years
Queen Victoria first saw the light in
Kensington palace May 24 1S19 and as
cended the throne June 20 1837 She is
the only child of Edward Duke of Kent
fourth sou of George HE and of the
Princess Louisa Victoria of Saxe Coburg
Abraham Lincoln was then a 10-year-old
boy Gladstone ran about in pantalettes
with frills to them and probably trundled
a hoop while Lord Salisbury had not as
yet come into existence The Duke of
Wellington was fresh from his triumphs
at Waterloo and Daniel Webster was in
the zenith of his fame
Feb 10 1S40 Victoria married her
cousin Prince Albert of
with whom she had long been
deeply in love It proved as every one
knows a most happy union During
their twenty one years of married life
tiey were blessed with nine children four
eons and five daughters George HE is
the only English sovereign who has occu
pied the throne for a longer period than
Queen Victoria During the fifty nine
years of Queen Victorias rule the popu
lation of the mother country has increas
ed from something under twenty six mil
lions to close on forty five millions and
that of the colonies has steadily grown
from four millions to seventeen millions
As Empress of India her rule extends over
nearly one and a half million square miles
with a population of 275000000
Albert Edward Is 55
Albert Edward Prince of Wales and
heir apparent to the throue of Great Brit
ain and Ireland and the Empire of India
was born at Buckingham palace Nov 9
1S41 He studied under private tutors for
several years passed one session of the
University of Edinburgh spent a year at
Oxford where he attended lectures and
for four years pursued his course at Cam
bridge In 1S00 lie paid a visit to the
United States and Canada where he was
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received with the distinction due to his
rank Albert Edwards titles are multi
tudinous He is a K C a general of the
army colonel of hussars Duke of Corn
wall Duke of Rothesay Baron of Ren
frew and Lord of the Isles of Scotland
Earl of Dublin and Carrick in Ireland
and enjoys the patronage of twenty nine
livings in the church as Duke of Corn
wall His marriage with Princess Alex
andria of Denmark took place March 10
1SG3 He was chosen president of St
Bartholomews Hospital in 1SG7 At the
close of the year 1S71 he was seriously ill
with typhoid fever which was about the
only dangerous sickness he ever experien
ced The dignity which he esteems most
nighly was conferred upon him in 1S74
by his election as grand master of Free
masons -of England
A cornered bicycle thief who had with
in two days left two stolen wheels in a
shop at Providence R I plunged through
a large plate glass window and shot two
men who stood in his way of escape
There were numerous prostrations and
five deaths during the hot spell at Cincin
nati The victims were Belle Bright a
laundry girl Mary Brown infant John
Crone moulder Barney Dickhors and
John Schulte tanners
Lightning set fire to the barn on the
daily farm of William McGregor west of
Findlay O and the structure was de
stroyed It contained twenty five fine
Jersey cows and all efforts to save the
animals were unavailing and they were
cremated
THE PEOPLES PARTY
Brief History of Its Inception and
Subsequent Growth
The recent events at St Louis make
of interest some account of the growth
and origin of the Peoples party
jne party had its inception at a meet
ing held at St Louis in December 1SS9
In 1SG7 the farmers moyement began in
this country with the organization of the
grange or patrons of husbandry This
was not a political organization but it
spread with the most astonishing rapidity
through the western and southern por
tions of the country The popularity of
this movement caused the organization
of a large number of similar societies and
all of them grew numerically and acquir
ed some political power
An effort was made to unite all these
various organizations and at the meeting
held in St Loiis in 1889 a consolidation
was effected and the name of the Farm
ers Alliance and Industrial Union was
adopted This was followed by a con
vention called to meet at Ocala Fla on
Dec 2 1S90 The convention was held
composed of 163 delegates representing
thirty five States and territories and in
dependent political action was decided
upon
A platform was adopted winch em
bodied the following principles 1 -The
abolition of national banks and the es
tablishment of sub treasuries to loan
money to the people at 2 per cent interest
with an increase of the circulation to SoO
per capita 2 laws to suppress gambling
in agricultural products 3 unlimited
coinage of silver 4 prohibiting the alien
ownership of land and restricting owner
ship to actual use 5 restricting the
tariff G government control of railroads
and telegraph lines and 7 direct vote of
the people for President Vice President
and United States Senators
This convention was followed by an
other held in Cincinnati on May 19 1S91
at which were 1418 delegates from thirty
States and territories At this meeting
the Ocala platform was reaffirmed and
the name of the People3 party was
given to the organization A third na
tional convention was held in St Louis
on the 22d of February 1S92 at which
little of an important character was done
The first nominating convention was held
at Omaha July 4 1892 composed of 1290
delegates No great change was made in
the platform but the income tax and
postal savings banks were demanded
In the election that followed the Peo
ples party polled for Gen Weaver its
candidate for President 1055424 Totes
and he received 22 electoral votes He
carried the States of Colorado Idaho
Kansas Nevada North Dakota and one
vote in Oregon The party received al
most votes enough to carry Nebraska
South Dakota Washington and Wyom
ing There have been no elections since
then to test the voting strength of the
party as a national organization but in
the congressional election in 1894 the total
vote cast for the congressional candidates
of the party aggregated 1810397 which
shows a gain of 254973 in two years
HOW THE PRESIDENT IS ELECTED
Members of the Electoral College as
Chosen by the States
Wtiile the people elect a President by
their votes they do not vote direct for
candidate The work is done through an
electoral college In other words each
State puts up a ticket of presidential elec
tors and these cast the vote which finally
decides who shall be President and Vice
President
This ticket is made up so as to give one
elector for each United States Senator
and one for each member of Congress
The college therefore this year will con
tain 447 electors The successful candi
dates for President and Vice President
will be required to secure not less than
224 The college by States is as follows
State Electors State Electors
Number Number
Alabama 11 Nebraska 8
Arkansas 8 Nevada
California 9 New Hampshire 4
Colorado 4 New Jersey 10
Connecticut 5 New York 30
Delaware 3 North Carolina 11
Florida 4 North Dakota 3
Georgia 13 Ohio 23
Idaho 3 Oregon 4
Illinois 24 Pennsylvania 32
Indiana 15 Rhode Island 4
Iowa 13 South Carolina 9
Kansas 10 South Dakota 4
Kentucky 13 Tennessee 12
Louisiana 8 Texas 15
Maine G Utah 3
Maryland 8 Vermont 4
Massachusetts lo Virginia 12
Michigan 14 Washington 4
Minnesota 9 West Virginia G
Mississippi 9 Wisconsin 12
Missouri 17 Wyoming 3
Montana 3
Total 447
Necessary to choice 224
While the territories took part in the
nomination of candidates they have no
vote in the electoral college
Gold and Silver of the United States
According to the statistics of the United
States mint the total product of silver in
the United States in 1SG0 was 150000
while the value of gold produced that year
was 45000000 In 1S70 the silver pro
duct increased to 810000000 and gold
product to 50000000 In 1873 when
the coinage law was repealed the pro
duct of gold was 830000000 while the
product of silver reached 37750000 The
following statement shows the compara
tive product of the metals for subsequent
years
Year Gold j Silver
1SS0 36000000 39000000
1SS5 31800000 51000000
1S90 32845000 70485000
1892 33041000 82101000
1S94 r 39500000 04000000
1S95 47000000 G076G300
J Israel Tarte the new minister of
public works whose exposure of the
fraudulent way in which government con
tracts were manipulated in Canada led
to the retirement of Sir Hector Lange
vin from the Dominion cabinet and the
imprisonment of Thomas McGrecvy is
now making a thorough investigation of
theevidence Sir Charles Tupper and his
late ministers left behind them when they
vacated the treasury benches
Gen Josiah Siegfried died at Pottson
ville Pa aged GG from kidney trouble
and nervous prostration Gen Siegfried
was one of the prominent military men
and philanthropists in the State He was
the leading Republican politician of
Schuylkill County
Rev Dr Halsey W Knapp well
known Baptist died at his home in
Brooklyn aged 77 years
FANCIES OP EASKEdN
GREAT VARIETY IN THE STYLES
FOR THIS SEASQN
The Popular Coat Bodices Are to Be
Undone A Decided Chance Soon to
Come in Sleeves Fancy Capes of
Net Are Worn
Gotham Fashion Gossip
New York correspondence
f
LANS are being
laid for the undo
ing of the now
popular coat bod
ices The design
ers -claim that
these bodices at
least those that
conform strictly
to coat shapes
have been a disap
pointment and it
is certain that the
women that had
their wardrobes
stocked with
them are not
wearing them a
great deal They
do not prove so friendly to the lines
of the average figure as the round
waist does the picturesque flaring of
revers and neck affairs makes a woman
look stocky unless she is very slender
and made with that adorable long line
from the throat to the tip of the bust
curve that makes the wearing of any
thing becoming These criticisms do
not apply however to bodices whose
only resemblance to a coat is in some
few slight accessories of suggestion
These are as plentiful as ever and
will be for a good while One pretty
sort is cut with skirts at the back only
and they are jauntily set out From
the hips where the coat is very short
barely reaching the wraist line the
coat slopes to points that end at either
side of the front and just below the
belt This is a becoming cut and al
lows a blouse effect in front that fills
COATED YET SLENDER
In and falls over the belt or one that
is drawn under the belt at the waist
line
A newer sort that has suddenly come
Into vogue is the short box coat that
is bobbed off all around well above
the waist line and that hangs without
a fold and without the slightest shap
ing to the figure It should give the
effect of being stiff as a board and is
intended to emphasize by contrast the
slenderness and the yielding curves of
the figure beneath Such a coat is usu
ally open entirely in front and is elab
orated by much befrilled wide revers
of a contrasting material the sleeves
being made to correspond with the rev
ers A few coats are shown made like
a basque the bodice fitting the figure
to well below the waist line and slop
ing to a rounded point front and back
Coat skirts are set under the back
standing out well and extending in
flat hip pieces at the sides The trou
ble with this coat is that it makes the
whole figure seem bulky The charm
that every one tries to suggest now is
that of girlishness of form and an out-and-out
coat does not do it
This appearance of bulk is not creat
ed by many jacket and coat effects
and the number of different designs
that are possible is so great that it is
not yet nearly exhausted so these sug
gestions of coats some of them very
slight are still plentiful among new
dresses To days first illustration dis
plays an ingenious one which in the
original was of old blue voile which
was also used for the dress skirt It
was like a bolero with long tabs in
front ornamented by silver cord and
A COAT THAT WIDENS
buttons The sleeves had triple puffs
and chiffon ruffles at the wrists and
beneath the jacket there was a blouse
of pink and blue taffeta It had a plain
stock collar and a four-in-hand tie was
to be worn with it Hooking at the side
beneath one of the tabs was a wide
girdle of old blue satin
A bodice with coat suggestions that
occasions no loss of slenderness to Its
-
Vearer comes next in the pictures It
was of black taffeta entirely covered
with finely pleated black mousseline
de soie and trimmed in front with four
bands of heavy cream guipure inser
tion whose pattern was outlined with
gold Its stock collar was of the same
lace and had a narrow wired edge bor
dered with a narrow black mousseline
pleating There was no lace on the
back of the bodice but the belt was
white lace and was dotted in front with
lace rosettes The coat effect came in
the pleated mousseline basque Dra
pery of plain flowered silk was added
to the tight sleeves
In consideration of the third picture
it should be known that it was a slen
der woman that was sketched and then
it will be understood how much her
shoulders seamed to widen by such
clothing Women that regard them
selves as too slender may still find re-
A PAIR OF STSXISH PROMEKADEKS
lief in this sort of a bodice if they have
not already done so This model was
of light weight cheviot in a turquoise
blue shade It included such distinct
ive features of a Louis XIV bodice as
a rippled bodice revers faced with
renaissance lace and a lace edged ja
bot It fastened with four handsome
gold buttons each having a turquoise
center and had a vest with turn over
collar of white satin
The bishop is the sleeve that Is so
generally accepted that it is on the edge
of being common and yet is safe from
exciting comment The sleeve that
puffs roundly from the shoulder to just
below or just above the elbow is all
right it is not new but is pretty and
its outline is graceful Sleeves may still
be made of material and in style con
trasting with the bodice and indeed
with all the rest of the dress Import
ed dresses occasionally have several
pairs of sleeves to go with each bodice
but American dressmakers are shy of
anything that seems like an expedient
lest it look like an effort to save money
The sleeve that wrinkles from shoulder
to wrist is again with us and is grace
ful and artistic Made of transparent
material it is beautiful and in better
taste than a bare arm but a fichu must
be at the shoulder There are rumors
that tight velvet sleeves will appear
on winter gowns but women do not
warm with admiration They merely
think Wont they be funny and it
AIKT OKNATENESS
will certainly take till next spring for
them to get over that f eeliug
The latitude that is permitted to In
dividual taste in the matter of material
for sleeves is shown in the right hand
dress of the fourth sketch Here the
fabric of the skirt is black satin covered
with accordion pleated chiffon the
bodice is white silk draped with gath
ered white chiffon and the sleeves are
of gold embroidered beaded lace The
only item that connects them with the
bodice is a yoke of the same lace This
bodice is alike in back and front has a
white satin belt and collar dotted with
black rosettes and commencing at the
yoki long black satin straps extend to
the waist It Is quite as stylish a prom
enade rig as this one that appears be
side it in the picture Its skirt and
jacket are white serge and a blouse
waist of white China silk goes with It
The bolero is cut wide enough to allow
for deeply draped revers which are
embroidered with narrow black sou
tache White chiffon ornaments the
collar and a wide belt of plaided taffeta
ribbon ends in long streamers The
contrast between the plaid and the
white is sure to give a spick-and-span
appearance to this rig which will be
accentuated by the expanse of pure
white but the dress is by no means as
perishable as it at first seems because
serge cleanses so nicely
Copyright 1890
That the earth is solid right to the
center with the exception of lakes and
reservoirs of molten matter below the
crust has been demonstrated by the
recent researches of Lord Kelvin and
other authorities
E0K LITTLE FOLKS
A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN
TEREST TO THEM
Something that Will Interest the Ju
venile Members of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings
of Many Cute and Cunning Children
Some Counting Out Rhymes
One two sky blue
All out but you -
Ena meoa slippery Dick -Delia
dilia dominicks
Hitcha pitch domanitcha
Om pom pum 5
Ehy meny miny mo
Catch a monkey by the toe
If hequeals oh let him go
Eny meny miny mo
Monkey monkey bottle of beer
How many monkeys are there here
You are monkeys so are we
One is out and that is he
Aney many money my
Testy long long sty
Haldy galdy booh
Intry wintry kewtry corn
Apple seed and apple thorn
Wire brier limber lock
Six geese in a flock
Two flew east two flew west
And two flew over the cuckoos nest
Hanky panky cranky Ann
Shot at a deer and killed a man
If shed hit the deer and missed the man
You would be the lucky man
Hanky panky cranky Ann
One two three the bumble bee
The rooster crows and out he goes
Ibbity bibbity sibbity sap
Ibbity bibbity knabe
Owneys Trip Around the World
Owney arrived in New York Decem
ber 23 at noon He was taken imme
diately to the postoffice and after a
short reception by his many friends
started again by the New York Cen
tral for Tacoma which he reached
five days later having completed the
circuit of the globe in 132 days a rapid
rate of traveling for a dog who attract
ed so much attention Owney was vis
ited by hundreds young and old and so
universal was the demand to see him
that Postmaster Case placed him on
exhibition in a public hall and people
for miles around made his acquaint
ance At the end of his trip Owney had
over two hundred -tags medals and
certificates to add to his collection and
he is to day in all probability the best
known and the
most universally popu
lar dog in the world St Nicholas
New Yorks Fire Department
Every city in the United States shows
local pride in its firemen Each claims
that its department is one of the best
if not the best in the country The ri
valry between som of the cities Is at
times quite amusing and there is much
discussion upon the merits of their
own firemen but New York City un
doubtedly occupies to day the enviable-
position of having all things consider
ed the most thoroughly equipped and
most efficient fire service in the world
The apparatus is of the best The
horses selected with care and judg
ment are magnificent animals and the
men picked from those thought to be
best adapted for the work they must
perform are subjected to a most rigid
physical examination before they are
admitted to the service and afterward
are trained in a school of instruction at
fire headquarters that is complete in
itself St Nicholas
She Got the Doll
A pretty little story comes from Balti
more At a fair held there for the bene
fit of a church a little girl named Rose
had worked very hard while the fair
was in progress to sell various things
that were intrusted to her A doll was
at one of the booths that was to be
voted to the most popular little girl
and Roses name was among others a
candidate for this prize The child
was very anxious to possess the lovely
doll which seemed to her the most
beautiful thing in the world On the
evening of the drawing little Rose
could hardly wait but when the num
bers began to be read off it was noticed
that she was not around Someone
went to look after her and found her
in a part of the room where the crowd
was least on her knees saying over a
little childish prayer which begged
that the doll baby might be sent to her
The sight brought tears to the eyes of
those who saw and listened Just as
she finished the word was sent among
her friends that Rose had indeed earn
ed the doll and a second later so touch
ed was everyone with her childish faith
it was huriedly snatched from the table
and put in her arms Happiness beamed
all over her baby face as she carried
her treasure around the room and ev
erybody who saw her was as glad as
she was that she had got it
HowLncy Trained the Potatoes
Lucy lives in a big city in a little
house back of which is a roomy yard
Last spring she told her father that she
wanted to have a garden all of her
own So a piece of ground was staked
off and Lucy planted her seeds She
didnt know much- about gardening
and when she was in trouble she asked
her grandfather to help her One of
her beds contained potatoes and when
they sprouted she was very happy In
deed and hoed them diligently Two
or three weeks after they began to blos
som and it was not long before the
whole bed was a mass of bright little
white flowers At this Lucy was much
concerned She knew that potatoes
grew in the ground for she had seen
them dug But how could they start if
the blossoms were on top of the bushes
Unfortunately Lucys grandfather had
gone away for a visit and she couldnt
ask him to explain the queer condu of
her garden She must meet the prob
lem herself
So one morning she went out with
her hoe bent over the potato plants and
buried the blossoms in the earth so that
the potatoes could begin to grow Hav
ing thus trained her unruly plants she
drew a little sigh of content and left
them
Fortunately her grandfather return
ed the next day in time to rescue the
blossoms and Lucy took a little lesson
about how plants grow
Take Em Jack
From the Temple Magazine we copy
the following very pleasing Incident
which occurred on one of our busy
streets during the heated term pleas
ing because of the unselfish spirit dte
played
It was a fatiguingly hot day and
only those whose business was urgent
were found upon the scorching streete
Presently a little newsboy appeared In
sight He was not -alert and bustling
as is the ideal newsboy on the cda
trary he moved along as though each
step he took was painful to him Meet
ing an acquaintance he stopped to-exchange
greetings under the friendly
shade of an awning
Whats the matter with you to day
Jack You get along bout as fast as a
snail
So would you I guess Tim Ragan
if your feet were full of blisters walk
ing on the hot sidewalk Every time
I put a foot down its like to set me
crying the other answered
Tim looked down at the bare fe6t
in question and glanced at his own
encased in a pair of shoes that had
tainly seen duty but which still afford
ed protection from the heat of the
zling pavements Quick as a flash he
dropped down on a step and the next
moment was holding out his shoes to
Jack
Here you can wear them until to
morrow My feet aint blistered Take
em Jack its all right And awayi
he went crying Three oclock edition
of the Post at the top of his voice
seemingly unconscious that he had per
formed a brave deed
Californias Kin of Tuns
The Great Tun of Heidelberg which
for 150 years has been the largest cask
in the world and as such has gained
fame in history has been eclipsed byj
the erection of a monster vat In a vine
yard near Fresno Cal -which will bo
known as the King of Tuns
The Great Tun held 42000 gailons
but for years it has not been usedj
as the vineyards of Heidelberg Castle
did not produce sufficient grapes Thei
King of Tuns holds 79000 gallons be i
ing almost twice as large as the Great
Tun
In the construction of the California
King of Tuns enough lumber was used
to erect a mansion and two carloads
of steel were required for the hoops
The giant cask stands 30 feet high is
26 feet in diameter and will hold thirty
carloads of wine In addi17 tv axUr
monster there are three other tuns In
the same vineyard which are larger
than the Great Tun but they are
dwarfs alongside the big fellow
The King of Tuns is built of the na
tive redwood of California The lum
ber was cut especially for it and but
one piece in ten would pass -the re
quired inspection as not a knot or a
flaw was allowed The wood was sea
soned for two years before the cask
was built The St George vineyard
in which the largest tun In the world
was built produces annually a quarter
of a million gallons of wine
This enormous vat was not built as
a curiosity but for service and will
be filled each year George H Malta
one of the owners of the St George
vineyard explains that in order to in
sure a sufficient supply of wine that
will be of uniform quality it is neces
sary that it shall be mixed together
Two vats filled at the same time and
treated as nearly alike as is possible
will be found to have a different flavor
The King of Tuns is one of the most
prominent objects in the Fresno Val
ley It towers high over all the other
buildings and can be seen for miles
in any direction It is so substantially
built that It is expected to last for
centuries Longfellow mentions the
Great Tun at Heidelberg in his Hype
rion Perhaps some future novelist
will weave a romance about the Kins
of Tuns at Fresno
Romes Water Supply
The city which has not only the best
water supply in proportion to its popu
lation but also the largest water supply
of any city in the world is Rome This
is owing to the fact that tha ancient
Romans built enormous aqueducts
which poured into the city in the time
of the Emperors 330000000 gallons
daily amounting to ICO gallons for each
inhabitant The amount of water now
supplied is 200000000 gallons daily
amounting to 670 gallons a day for each
inhabitant The reason of the great in
crease of the amount per inhabitant is
of course that the population is very
much less now than during the empire
The vast aqueducts striding on huge
arches across the Qampagna and still
bringing copious supplies of water
from the Apennines and the Alban hills
are among the most striking features of
modern Rome Compared with Rome
all other great cities are but poorly sup
plied Chicago Sidney and Buffalo
have about 120 gallons daily per inhab
itant New York 70 Marseilles 50 Paris
39 London 3S Hamburg 12 Manches
ter obtaining its wafer from Lake Thirl
mere and Glasgow from Loch Katrine
can both boast an inexhaustible supply
of the sweetest kind
Eepartee
Servant from the door HenTMay
er sends his compliments and would
you please shoot your dog as it wont
let him go sleep
Neighbor Give my respects to Herr
Mayer and tell him I shall be much
obliged if he will poison his daughter
and burn her piano Lyndon Unio2