VICtCRIA. LEFT VAST ESTATE
Ttsjo JSfebv Senator.
' "Died Worth 125.000,009.
Qucon Victpria was tbc Ur3t RaElBh
sovorolgn who cvcr.liutl property to
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leave Ail iter predecessors upon mo
throno bequeathed tlieir successors
nothing hut tlcbls, which parliament
was called upon to pay. Whilo tho
flucon permitted tho nation thus to Bot
fp Uin HnhllltlcH or her uncles. KltK
Georgo IV. and King William IV., ahd
'mado a point Immediately after hur
tiucccBBlou to pay off In full tho very
largo debts contracted hy her fatlror,
tho dulto of Kent. This, tho portioning
of her daughters, as well aa aomo or
her granddaughters, who havo In each
oafio received from her a dowry of
?600,000 on marrying, nnd tho soltlo
incnt on ono occasion of aomo very
pressing liabilities of the prlnco or
Walcn, may ho said to have conatltuted
lho only very heavy expenses which
tho fjuccn had heen called upon to meet
fllnco sho nneended tho throno In 1837.
Had JLarjjc Tri-Oy Tursc.
From that thno forth alio wan In re
ceipt of n civil list amounting to closo
upon 53,000,000 a year. or this the
major portion was assigned to definite
heads or royal expenditure. Hut
$300,000 a year was devoted to what
Is called tho queen's privy purse and
c'onslltultd her pocket money, or which
no account was over asked. Besides
this sho had at her disposal the net
rovonnes of tho duchy or Lancaster,
which havo amounted on an nverago to
5300,000 a year more. From this It
will ho cecn tha irtcr having all tho
EDWARD VII, NEW
expenses of every coucelvablo charac
ter, down to her very charities and
ncrvants' wages, defrayed out or tho
civil list, alio had a sum or at least
$000,000 each year to dlsposo or and
which Hho la known to havo sot aside.
This In Itsoir, when added up, repro
nonts n minimum or. 530.000,000, and,
when It Is remembered that tho revo
liucs or tho duchy or Lancaster nro all
tho tlmo increasing, tho net revenues
wMVycflr being no lens than 90,000,
dr JMO.OOb; aB compared with 00,000,
or I30Q.000, ton years ago, and that,
moreover, tho queen'H savings havo
beon'ruost Judiciously Invested, ror tho
most- part lu land which has Increased
almost tonrold In value during tho last
half century, It Is no exaggeration to
catlmuto tho prosont fortune or hor
majesty from these sources nlono as In
tho neighborhood or 5100,000.000.
"Prince Consort Left Millions.
'ino prlnco consort Is known to
havo loft n will bequeathing his ontlro
fortune to tho qucon, although It was
uovor ndmltted to prolmto or olllclnlly
divulged. During tho twenty-threo
years that Irttorvencd between his mnr
rlago nnd his death ho had rocolved
from tho' IhigllHh treasury an annuity
or IICO.OOO, besides which ho had n
prlvnto fortune or his own which
yloldod him nbdut 520.000 a year moro.
Aa, tho queen's husband, ho had prac
tically no expoiiBo or any kind to meet,
Hlnco they wore all defrayed, llko thoao
or.hor majesty, out or tho assigned
portions or tho civil list, and It Is
Itnown that ho waB uhlo to set asldo
nnd, Invest at least 5100,001) a year
ir'ugh'out his married lire. This
nmountB net to 52,300,000. Tho major
portion or thla was most Judiciously
Invested In land nt Smith Kensington,
which was at that tlmo llttlo olso than
n wasto ground, but which todtty Is
covered with tho most costly and luxu
rious maiiBlonB In London nnd Is worth
far. moro for tijo sqimro foot than It
was -forty years ago for tho aero. Tho
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WINDSOR CASTLE, VICTORIA'S PRINCIPAL PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
QUliEN VICTORIA, BORN MAY 94,
KINO OF ENGLAND.
fortune bequeathed by tho prlnco con
sort to his widow Is estimated to havo
attained nt tho prcsont day tho mini
mum value or 55.000,000.
Changes in Empire.
Tho territorial growth ot tho British
empire during tho reign ot Queen V.c
torla has been prodigious. In Asia
botween 1837 nnd 1858 tho territory or
Sclndo or tho SlkhB, Tanjoro, Lower
Burinah, Nagpur, Sattara, Jhansl and
Oudo woro brought under British do
minion. In tho latter year all British
India was transferred from tho British
Hast India company to tho crown. And
slneo that date Upper Burmnh, tho
Shan states, Boluchistan, Mnnlpur and
Chitrnl havo been nnnoxed. Nor must
tho llttlo but enormously vnluablo ter
ritory ot Hongkong bo rorgotten as ono
or tho acquisitions or tho rolgn.
Passing rrom Asia to Australasia,
oven greater changes havo occurred.
Bororo 1837 Now South Wales and Tas
mania woro tho only organized colo
nics In that region and tho rest of tho
great Islands woro practically un
known land. Since then Now Zealand,
Vlctorln, South Australasia, Queens
land and West Australia havo bcon
added to tho mighty cluster or Brlt.sh
colonies which now domlnato that
quarter ot tho world. FIJI, part or Bor
neo nnd or Now Guinea nnd many
smaller Island groups nro now nlso to
bo colored with British red on tho
world's map.
Fetv Changes in West.
In tho western hemisphere there
havo been tow changes In territorial
Hues. . British tltlo to tho northwest
ern territory has been contlrmod nnu
tho area ot British Gulann somewhat
enlarged. Tho duvelopmont or tho
Dominion of Canada has, however,
been almost equal to tho dlscovory and
annexation ot a now continent. Finally,
In Africa, thoro has been stupendous
progress. Sixty years ago Great
IBID: DIED JANUARY 22, 1001.
QUEEN ALEXANDRA, CONSORT OF EDWARD VII.
Britain owned Capo Colony and two
or thrco other moro footholds. In
these threc-scoro years sho has acquir
ed In tho southern part or tho dark
continent tho territories ot Natal. Tin.
sutoland, Bochuanaland, Zululnnd nnd
unniiy tho vast territory administered
by tho British South Africa comnanv.
extending north to Lake Tanganyika.
lho recent acquisition of tho Trans-
VICTORIA'S PRIVATE DINING
vnal and tho Orange Free Stato gives
her absoluto control ot South Arrlca.
In tho oast Bho had practically taken
Zanzibar and nearly half a million
square miles of "hlnterlnud" extending
to tho Congo stnto in tho heart ot AN
rlca and northward to tho Egyptian
Soudan. In West Arrlca sho secured
an Imperial domain In tho Niger coun
try and In ttia north sho has a tempo
rary control over Egypt, ot which tho
end no man can yet discern.
It Is nn empire, compared with
which those ot Alexander, Trajan nnd
Solyman seem Inslgnlilcant. At tho
beginning ot tho reign tho totnl popu
lation ot tho British empire wan about
137,500,000. Today It Is 383,500.000, or
moro than ono-llfth of that ot tho
wholo world. Tho area or tho empire
Is now 11,331,301 square miles. That
la equal to nearly three times tho area
or Europo, or to nbout one-Ilfth tho
land nrea or tho globe. In tho United
Kingdom Itsoir there woro sixty years
ago only 10,000,000 inhabitants. Now
thoro nro about 39,000.000.
Humored by Bcaconsicld.
BeacouBfleld pleased the quoeu lu ono
way by agreeing to call her "Empress
or India." Hence her" majesty permitted
him a freedom or address novcr en
dured rrom any other or her ministers,
except Lord Molbournc.
No sovereign was moro successfully
managed by a prime minister than was
Queen Victoria by Lord Beaconslleld.
Ho recognized fully tho truth or tho
royal saying that ladles must bo hu
mored and ho pleased tho queen by
obeying all her llttlo whims. Ho wafl
wlso enough, too, to cultivate John
Drown and to placo lilmsoir In tho
good graces or that worthy servitor.
Gladstone could never rorgct him
self or rail to hint, If ho did not clear
ly show, that ho had a mind of his
own. Ho always was mastorful In his
way, and never hesitated on occasion
to suggest to tho queen that his way
was the best orton tho only wny to
proceed. Hcnco Gladstone was never
a favorlto with her majesty.
Insisted on Parity.
To obtain purity In her court was
ono object which tho queen fought
with stronuous vigilance By somo
means sho learned tho peccadilloes or
all personages likely to come Into con
tact with her, and when Justified Bho
hesitated not a moment, no matter
what their power, to exclude them from
her favor.
If an author, a painter or a musician
made a stir In tho world she was as
eager to know all about him as any
diligent reader or tho popular press
Thcro was not a prominent politician
whoso relations with his tamlly were
not rairly well known to her. Not
long ago sho refused to sanction tho
appointment or n very ablo man who
had been recommended by tho govern
ment for an Important olllce. Tho rea
son for hor rcfusnl was that tho ap
pointment would bring tho man Into
ROOM AT OSBORNE HOUSE.
personnl relations with her, nnd tho
result would bo uneomtortablo ror him,
becauso sho would not rccclvo his wife.
For obvious reasons It was necessary
ror her to bo moro charitable regard
ing the tolbles or tho Prince or Wales.
Victoria's Life in "Brief.
Hero nro a row of tho most Impor
tant oventa in tho lato Queon Victor
ia's llto: Born at Kensington Palaeo
May 24, 1819; ascends tho throno Juno
20, 1837; married to Prlnco Albert ot
Snxo-Coherg-Gotha Fob. 10, 1840; first
daughter, Empress Frcdorlck ot Ger
many, born Nov. 21, 1S40; first son,
Princo of Wales, born Nov, 1) 1811;
death or tho Prlnco Consort Doc. 14,
1801; proclaimed ompro3s ot India May
1, 1S75; celebrates her golden Jubilee
Juno 20, 1887; celebrates her diamond
Jublleo June 20, 1SD7.
Thoro Is now hoforo tho Missouri
legislature a bill providing for a monu
ment to Thomas 11. Benton. Governor
Dockory, tho mayor ot St. Louis nnd
three others, to bo chosen by tho gov
ernor will form a commission to havo
the mattor In charge
Career of M. E. Clapp.
Moses E. Cinpp, tho newly elected
senator rrom Minnesota, Is 10 years of
age. Ho waB born In Delphi, Ind.
When ho wns 7 years of ago. his par
ents moved to Wisconsin. Ho secured
his common school education In Wis-,
consln and graduated rrom the Wis
consin Lnw school In 1873. He moved
to Fergus Falls, Minn., in 1880, whore
ho took up tho practice or law, perma
nently locating In St. Paul In 1891.
Mr. Clapp was elected attorney general
ot tho otato in 18S0. 1SS8 and 1890, and
has nlwaya been prominent In politics.
Ho was candldato ror tho republican
nomination for governor In 1890, but
wns defeated by Gov. Clough. Ho en
Joys a largo law practice. Ho Is an
orator ot ability and U familiarly
known as the "Black Eagle of Minnesota."
e Some jNebzt Ideas.
Auxiliary "Bureau Mirror.
The invention Illustrated below has
ror its object to provldo a supplemental
mirror having an adjustable connec
tion with lho bureau, and adapted to
be set at different nnglo to tho largo
glass to aid In showing u rear view
or tho person dressing ot tho bureau.
Or course, it is a woman's invention,
as it would tako ono ot tho gentler sex
to appreciate tho merits ot such an nr
rangoment, and tho patent has been
granted to Mary Blaneho Ho. ton ot
Texna. Tho invention is formed of a
light framework of cither metal or
SHOWS A REAR VIEW,
wood, and Is so arranged that tho
several part3 will fold in small com
pass when not In use, tho sections be
ing hinged together to tacllitato both
tho roldlng and adjustment ot tho mir
ror In relation to tho main glass.
Much lntltudo Is allowed In tho move
ment ot tho glass, and it will glvo a
vlow ot tho bottom ot tho skirts equal
ly as well aa a view ot tho nrrango
ment ot tho hair, thus doing uway with
all tho craning and twisting to obtatn
a vlow ot tho back or tho dress. Tho
advantngo over tho hand mirror used
for tho same purpose Is that It leaves
both handB rrce to adjust tho lialc or
garments, and also gives a steady view
when onco sot In a certain position,
which It is lmposslblo to obtain with
the hand glass.
Impro-Ocd Life "Raft.
ThiB Invention relntes to a seU
lnflatlng lire-rnft, which Is capable or
being folded Into small compass when
not In use, nnd which inflates lmmedl-
THE LIFE RAFT,
ately when taken out ot its rack, with
out watting until It strllteB tho wator.
Tho ratt Is Intended for tho uso or
several persons it necessary, and can
also bo utilized for carrying supplies.
To accomplish Its lullatlon a chcml
cnl compartment is provided with a
quantity of nny suitable sodium or
potassium, which will bo attacked by
an acid, so as to evolvo r. sufficient
quantity ot gas for tho expansion ot
BelMnllatlng llfo preserver. Tho air
tight ring. In ordor to provldo tho
rnrt with means for giving a day or
night slgnnlB tho centrnl mast is hol
low and contains n quantity ot calcium
carbide, which forms an illuminating
gas as soon as submitted to tno action
ot tho wutor. As tho tube Is provided
' with burners nt elthoi end, it makes
1 no difference which Bine up tho raft
.ti. !nv ulrnnllntr A ilac IS
' lashed to tho ninst. The netting In tho
V Is m
Hon. Henry E. Burnham.
William E. Chandler, the fiery
brllllnnt senator trom Now Hampshire,
whoso defeat tor re-election was ono of
tho greatest surprises In recent poli
tical fights, will bo succeeded by Honry
E. Burnham. who 1b ii man ot lino
ability and whoso temperament Is nn-
tlthetical to that of Chandler. Ho aJ
conservative, judicial and dellbcrnto
nnd will undoubtedly become In tlmo
ono ot tho solid men of tho senate.
Born In Durbarton, N. II., flfty-sl
years ago, ho graduated rrom Dart-w
mouth college, nnd upon his admission
to tho bar began practlco In Man
chester, where ho has over since re
sided. Ho has held many county of
llccs, Including that ot probato judge,
and has served In tho house of repre
sentatives or his state. Ho will tako
his seat March 1.
center Is tightly strung and will sup
port several persons, being suspended
above tho water level to keep tho pas
sengers as dry as posslblo under tho
circumstances.
Air Currents Cool Water.
, In some parts ot Mexico it is cus
tomary to placo water In a porous Jar
and when It
has moisten
ed the out
side ot tho Jar
Is swung in
tho air by
tho straps
attached to
tho handles,
tho action of
tho air cur
rents cool
1 n g the
surtaco or
tho Inr find
then t h 0WlUor Cool'ne Apparatus
contents. The Invention, which wo il
lustrate abovo is a simple method ofi
cooling wator by aeration nnd evapo
ration, which has lately heen patented.
It applies practically tho samo princi
ple as the Mexican method, except that
hero the entire quantity is subjected to
tho action ot tho air Instead ot n small
portion. Tho device consists ot a se
ries or perforated trays suspended In
a wooden frame over tho water recep
tacle, with a teed pipe at tho top. Aa
tho water trickles trom ono tray to tho
next It forms a spray, which Is par
tially evaporated by tho air currents.
Tho latter may bo cither natural or
artificial and tho moisturo taken up
oy UIO Oil BUI VUb lu tuui uiu icmaiuu.i
or tho water as It falls Into tho tanK
below.
Soap in Brush Handle.
Wo Illustrate below a shaving brush
which will bo found particularly ser
viceable for
travelln g
men, as it
may bo read
ily carried In
tho pocket
and Is al
ready pro
vided with
tho n o c
essary scap
for making
tho lather.
To facilitate
tho uso ot
tho soap Is
Travelers'
in tho form or n powder, which may bo
Inserted In tho handle ot tho brush by
unscrewing tho cap at tho end. Tho
lilMDUULIUil Ull Wit) ivil, 4ji- wwv-w--
al vlow or tho brush, exposing tho por-A
forated tubo through which a smalt
quantity or tho powder is sirted into
tho bristles when It Is desired to lather
tho taco. A slight twist ot tho handle
opons tho vnlvo and nllows a portion
or tho powder to s'itt out, when it la
only necessary to dip tho bristles in
water and apply tho brush to tho taco
to prepare tho akin for shaving, thus
doing away with tho necessity for car
rying a mug and piece or soap sepa
rately. To protect tho brush when not
In use a metallic cap Is provided which
engnges tho shank closo to tho soap
holder, forming a tubular arrangement
which la clean enough to bo carried
loosely In tho travoling caso or pocket.
To Exterminate the "Prairie "Dog.
Tho prairie dog will soon follow tho
buffalo out of existence. Tho agricul
tural department has found that tho
dogs kill the grass und ruin good graz
ing land. Tho department's chem.sts
havo put up a compound which tho
llttlo beasts will llko, but which will
kill them no lcs3 surely.
Mrs. Yznaga, grandmother of tho
duko ot Manchester, who Is now visit
ing her ut hor homo In Louisiana, Is
herself very rich and owns thrco or thu
finest plantations In all the south, tho
Ravenswood, the Consuella and to
Wakelleld.
For Travelers' Uso.
