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A STUBBORN LITTLE QUEEN. Says She Will Marry Ihe Man She Loves, or Die an Old Maid, “I will marry the man 1 love, or (lie an old maid.” Thus tersely did Wilhelmina, Hol land's mueh-wooed queen, announce her woman’s prerogative a little while ago, and at that time there were at least ten young princes of prom inent station in life whom the world at large considered eligible. The most recent information from across the water names Prince Ferdinand Joach im Albrecht of Prussia, the second son of Prince Frederick Albrecht, Regent of Brunswick, as the favored suitor. 'I he young man is 23 years of age, hav ing been born in Hanover, Sept. 27, •/SAAA/WWWWWVWWWWSWWy be u somewhat anomalous one. Al though he will have the second rank in the kingdom, he will have no au thority. In this respect an ordinary member of parliament will be more important. If he is very tactful h° may make himself an important per sonage in the kingdom, as Queen Vic toria's husband did. If not, he will be a nonentity or a nuisance. The courtship of a queen is a very curious process. She enjoys a privi lege width ordinary girls only have In leap year. It is Improper to pro pose to a queen. A suitor, who must not sue, but must wait uutil he Is ’WWWWSA/VWWSArfWSA/VWWWV HOLLAND'S GIRL QUEEN AND HER MOTHER—THE ENGAGEMENT OK WILHELMINA TO A GERMAN PRINCE IS ANNOUNCED. 1 S7t». He 1b four years older than Wil helmlna. It is currently reported In Berlin that the Prussian prince, Albrecht, is actually betrothed to Holland's fair young queen, but for the matter of "actual betrothal," this statement has been made several times before of Wil helmina and Prince William of Wiede: Prince Bernard Henry, a grandson of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eis enach; Prince Eugene of Sweden, and Prince Ia)uis Napoleon. The youthful queen of the Nether lands has been a much-engaged sov ereign since her coronation day, and, indeed, for a year before that nota ble event the world at large made and unmade matches for the ruler of the land of dykes and broad-armed wind mills. Queen Wllhelmina is one of the most Interesting young women in the world, and certainly among royalty she is above comparison. Not since Queen Victoria ascended her throne,sixty-two years ago. lias there been such a mar riage to make, and never in recent years have so many princes sued for one fair lady's hand. Strange as it may seem, it is abso lutely Imperative that the queen should marry without delay, for upon this event depend the security of Holland, the permanence of the dynasty ami the continuance of the country In quiet, monarchical ways. Wllhelmina is the last representative in Holland of the ancient ar.d illustrious house of Orange, which is forever endeared to the Dutch people by the service of Wil liam the Silent, All her near relatives are descended on the puU*rnal side from some German house, and there is nothing the Dutch fear more than ab sorption into the t terms n empire Young Queen Wllhelmina is not hand some, but decidedly attractive. She has fair hair, a graceful figure, an open, kindly, sensitive face Her train ing has been that of an ideal Dutch housewife. On Aug 31, 1397. she or A . IN years old. and. tieiug legally of age. logon to reign On Aug 31 she was enthroned at Amsterdam with splendid ceremonial. The queen's « hlef palate* are at Am aterdam and The Hague tier favorite reunify house is Huestdijh. The House in the Worsts. * The la* require* that she shell mairy a I'roteatant. and it Is further more expected that the fortunate •ultor ..h.*!! be * ntemlMM ..r , leigulag rujral family Si a- • Wllhelmina receives an • nil0*1 salary of four Millions uf dot tar* to h* her husband In the beat po •Ultra n prince without a throne can obtain from n taaaeial standpoint mi to speah aa he oilt thus share her income and he next to her In promt near# on nit state uc«serous On the other hand he will certainly not he a real king He may he ratted prince u krutl after the example of Queen Victoria s hasbaad ur he may even ha railed king tonrort That Is [ a matter for future d*» ubm fhe prime t lliiH I pn*t*Mm mil I spoken to, will appear a very strange person in ordinary republican eyes. There are some rather fascinating things about being a king consort. When he stays up very late at night he feels that the ruler of the nation is sitting up for him, prepared to overwhelm him with words of re proach or condemnation. If he persists in the practice of wandering from his own fireside she can have him arrest ed for treason. Scientific Polemic*. Zoologists are deriving a considera ble amount of amusement from a sci entific controversy which has been go ing on between Prof. Wheeler of Chi cago and Mr. J. Beard. Wheeler first criticised Beard, then Beard criticised Wheeler, and recently Wheeler re turned to the charge in the Zoolo gischer Anzeiger. The question at is sue Is somewhat technical. Beard hold ing that myzostoma glabrum has dwarf complemental males. and Wheeler denying this. In his last reply Prof. Wheeler ends by express ing the* hope (hat “every fair-minded zoologist will be convinced that the complemental male of myzostoma gla brum Is one of those tenuous and fan ciful creations for which one could have wished that euthanasia, that si lent death, so becoming to pet specu lations when they have ceased to af ford either amusement to their orig inator or edification to their readers." WRONG PATIENT V lilted hy the I’liyiiciau. anil He I* Store t arctul Now. New Orleans T i meg-Democrat: "When I was younger than I am now," said a prosperous New Orleans physi cian. chatting over an after-luncheon cigar, "1 was brim full of enthusiasm and used to rush headlong Into all sorts of tpieer places in response to < hance calls. Now I'm more cautious. Ip those early days 1 had some singu lar adventures, and perhaps the one that sticks firmest In my memory hap pened in a tough sailors’ boarding house near the river front. I hud been summoned there by a big Norwe gian, who rushed Into my office all out of breath, anil told me his brother waH dying in a fit. He gave me the ad dress, said I would And the mau in room 11 and tore oft for a priest. When I reached the house the hallway was dark, and after a good deal of prowl ing I found the number and walked In A lamp was burning dimly on the table in one corner and a huge bearded man was stretched out on his hack on the bed. As nobody was In sight I con cluded he*miiBt have died, but to make sure I opened his flannel shirt and was placing my hand over his heart when lift suddenly gripped mo around the neck like a bear. The attack was so unexpected, coming from what 1 sup posed to be a corpse, that I was tem porarily paralyzed with horror and the man flung me to the floor like a sack of meal. Then I Btruck out instinc tively and fought for my life, but h6 was too heavy for me and was ham mering me as he pleased when a lot of people rushed in and tore us apart. It turned out that 1 had gone Into room 17 instead of 11 and the mau I hail disturbed was a Danish sailor who al ways carried his money in a pouch over his chest. He naturally conclud ed I was trying to rob him and was en deavoring earnestly to kill me. One of my rescuers was the Norwegian's brother, who had recovered from his fit and did me more service than I was at all apt to do him. It was a month before I was able to go on the streets. As 1 said before, I am more careful now.” A CURIOUS CORNCOB. Here 1b a freak ear of corn which was found in his season’s crop by a Pennsylvania farmer not long ago. T*iis peculiar cob near its point branches out into three distinct sec tions. and. as shown in the Illustration, is of such a character that it can be stood upon one end. DEBATE IN BAM) PARLIAMENT M»r* la a »***i»ag uf ik* Mai •» ifaurdiMif parllaawat parka** ikat •m iim i**g«tfc*t Im 4wm *** aui* *1 fair* Tkia t<>i>ar*a*iln« i*l »fc*i«i* •ki****l pvliitrlaaa la Ik* k*Mi pa* i la want «*| IU*<*tulaa4 *kbk U*« l>» Ik* n»dka**i uI I'ap* I'wluay aa4 la r«aawmaaU>f latlNMlal) *a#u*taU4 • Ilk Ik* pmati Ifll. aa m »44I* Tkaaa Haawloa »uas»*• r u»«r yw.MM a«*4 u> *apy Ik* (■*•< grata aa4 graaa prurfar tag l*tflkMry tg Mmtlk AM* a Tka nptlil at Ik* iwuairy la VUaara. ailh a yuyalalloa at aam. ami u la bar* ihai lb* aatlaa iMrllamani w**U Iw 4ta» >im maiiara u! aiaia Iu*wi»i*a4 la raally a Unit.a t»ru4*riu«*(*. bat lb* Ian n«***nl awiwwiiia* itourf 14 vary till!* »nb lb* 11 bar i la* *aj aaya ul Iba MIIIH, lb* waly abila uflkial b#ia« a raabtant *uaaailaal«M»** abw lavlaa * vary •wail bal u* mm Iba aallraa la ratara M nbkb Ibay raaalaa Iba p*» larilua «f Mrlilab inayi al«a| Ibair froailar WHYWEGIVETHANKS REASONS FOR OBSERVING THE NATION S FEAST DAY. The Ficrptlonnl for Tln»nk*ctf • Iiiif Hft Forth hf I'mlilent Mrliluley In 111- 1'ru.ln uitt ion .>ppolntlnif Tfcur»* •lay, Siii. 3f«, For TZia. furpmu. Tbs president of the i'nited IVates has Issued his proclamation naming Thursday, Nov. 30, 185)9, as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer "to Ijj observed as such by all our people on this continent and In our newly ac quired islands, us well as by those who may lie at sea or sojourning in foreign lands.” In his customary crisp phrase ology, always admirable for its Incisive directness and its freedom from verbi age, President McKinley points out the facts that support his statement that “Seldom has this nation had greater rause for profound thanksgiving." Seldom Indeed lias this nation, and never has any other nation, iiad equul zzanse to give thanks. Here are some of the causes us set fortli in tHe presi dent's proclamation: “No cr<*ut liu«* our »l»ori*n.'* See national election returns 1896, 1898. The pestilence of free trade has ceased to ut'*!ct us. "I.iherul employ meat walls upon ialrar." See American Protective Tariff league's industrial census for March, 1899, showing an increase of 39.56 per rent in Amount of labor employed, 54.09 per cent In amount of wages paid and 10.49 per cent In wage rate iter capita. "A hniidan t crop* liatr rewarded the effort* of th« liiimImiihImu ».*• Also higher prices for these crops by reason of the larger employment and the greater consuming capacity of American work people. “Increased riiBfort* Imre cuiue to I lie home.'* The ppople of the Puited States were never before bo well fed, so well slothed, or so well housed. "The nut tonal flu mice* have heen *trviigtliened mid pulille credit had heen •ustnlued and made firmer.” Owing to a sound financial and eco nomic policy which has increased in dividual and national wealth to a de gree never before known. "lu all branched of lndu*!rjr and trade them ha* been an iinei|iiulcd degree of prodptrlly, while there ha* been u steady g .In In the moral and educational growth ol our national character. Churched anil schools have flourished.” The three things go together: pros perity,morality, Intelligence. These are conspicuous in Republican policies and piactices. "Ame, lean patriotism lias been ex alted.” It always was and always will be exalted by a thoroughly American gov ernment such as that which now di rects affairs of state. Such are the chief causes for thank fulness suggested by the president in his proclamation. They are splendid, extraordinary,exceptional causes which appeal to the pride and excite the gratification of every true American. Happy is the foitune of the president who can cite such an array of reasons for general thanksgiving. His prede cessor in office could not do It four years ago. PROOF OF PROSPERITY. Notable l)crr«u« In tho Amount of Child Labor Employed. The enormous amounts of work be ing done in the factories of Grand Rapids, and the increasod number of men employed, clearly indicates that this city has not failed to get its share of prosperity. According to figures compiled by Deputy Factory Inspector Addison, of the Michigan Factory In spection bureau, the number of em ployes in the factories in thin city has been increased to a total of 13,193 since the first of May, the number on that date being 12,729, an increase of 464 There is also a noticeable decrease in the number of children und boys under 16, their places being taken by men and older boys. The companies have decided that they are better oil with the older employes, and they do not care to take the shancea of prosecution for violation of the law which pro hibits the employment of boys under 16 years of age. Agrln. under more prosperous conditions the necessity for every member of a family to lie earn ing something does not exist as It did once, and that fact has considerably thllined the ranks of child labor throughout the country aa well as In this city. Increased trade and in creased employment tre sure signs of prosperity, and if ttenator Jones of Ne vada, who lately expressed his belief that there was no real prosperity in the country, will come to Grand Rapid* he will be speedily convinced that present prosperity Is something vsry r<al. after all Grand Rapids ikUbi 11* raid. tko« Are liibw* V ill some uae please asms a great trust magnate who is not a Repub lican* Kureha I slow Will, there la llavemeyw, the sugar t*M, to start with There are wtbwa. bowettr Kureha iKaa I Herald It »« «• ls«(h Hroepsrtty baa laid Its hand am the luilsww stats, and n Journal a* knowledge* it by saying, "laugh, and the world wlH be Uhety to tabs you fur n Kearns ftrm*r. '»l art*bad iN II » Argun SOME OF THE CAUSES FOR THANK SC IVI NO, LYING UNDER A MISTAKE. Sheer DemagogIkiii In Cli«rg« the Ke I iilillriio I’urly wIlli Truth. Increased prices with no Increased salaries or wages Is a lop-sided pros perity that follows with peculiar pro priety In the wake of the party that by restrictive tariff called trusts Into existence. So-called Democratic or gan. The opposition organs are filled with Just that sort of political stuff. In the paragraph quoted there is one unim portant truth. A few articles have been advanced slightly In price, per haps, but that has been much more than counterbalanced In the increased demand for labor, and the general ad vance in wages. It is not true that there has been a "recent marked increase in the price of every day necessities,” nor Is it true that there have been "no increased sal aries or wages.” Wages have been generally increased, and In many cases largely increased. As for trusts, so far it has not been a political questi 1; individuals of all parties have been and are mixed up with them, so are free-trade countries. And it is sheer demagoglsm for the or gans of that party to charge that trusts were organized by the Repub [ ilcan party or that that party Is in any way responsible for them more than any other party. Such n charge would be at variance with the truth, and none know it better than those organs which are continually mouthing it over. In fact it Is a part of their political stock in trade. That Is only another way of politely saying to any one who ventures to make the charge: "You lie, sir—under a mistake.”—Nor walk (Ohio) Reflector. No More ( no for Populism. Edgerton, S. I)., September 30,18!)!).— To the Editor: I have noticed of late several statements in the Journal re lating to the deposit per capita of resi dents in different parts of the country. I do not consider any of them, taking into account our handicap of no rail road towns, as good as Charles Mix County’s. There are four banks in the old part of the county now having de posits of over $20 per capita. There are no manufacturers', large ranchers’, stock or grain buyers’ deposits, and half of the merchants keep their ac counts at their railroad shipping points, or use the "sock.” Ninety per cent of tlie deposits belong to the farmers and the balance to a part of the merchants. This county went Pop ulist last year, but it will never hap pen again as long as the present condi tions of the country will last. T. E. ANDREWS. When prosperity comes in at the door Populism flies out at the window. That is the burden of a brief but sig nificant. communication from Charles Mix County, S. D. The statement that the farmers of that county have nearly $20 per capita laid away in the banks before marketing this year’s fine crops forms the basis of the prediction,— Sioux City (la.) Journal. Ilr juii A |>|>tim<lril. Mr. Bryan la reported to have ap plauded a speech of President McKin ley at Canton, III. Aa (he brief address was principally devoted to the martial triumphs of this country, and to the greater triumph of "overcoming the rnemlea of prosperity" und scattering their forces, Mr. Bryan was either sincere or bus decided that prosperity U something more than u semblance. The former asserted that "this nation has been greatly blessed, und at this hour we are a united and prosperous people." Col. Bryan contluues to harp ; upon the doleful theme of a suffering people, ground down by the money power, plutocrats ami is lupus* * whose brains and money are actively engaged In the work of oppressing labor. Carta and conditions prove which of the two men la right. Tacoma (Wash I lad g*r. %% uel4 He a Hit H * ••«(« If Ike people waat the predictions of It itno l “ops to come true, all they have u do Is to vote for them, ae wag »hm« a Ith3. and (her will see a repe titive of history, the year IMS bae so far been the moat prueperowa the nation hag eve* haowa. and It Would he a and reverse to deetroy It that Bry an and hie supporters may hold uMtt (•dford Hills i Cat (lot Bsep* Hire HotHsp Th* show has caught ap with i|r ad vaa-s ageat of piTsperity gad it keeps the avant sour ter bust I lag to avoid he tag artoaUy run aver Benton tilt I Mepshtlcaa WE RE PROSPEROUS; THAT IS ALL. lM»ti hnimn In Every Intelligent Man, lint Worth Kcmllng ,?u«t the Hninr. A famous epitaph commemorates I ho virtues of a Roman woman who, in an age of frlvolty, "staid at homo and Bpan her wool.” She did not promenade abroad until her household was clothed in purple and fine linen of domestic manufacture. So, with but two inter vals in the past generation, the United States has been engaged in providing for its own people enough food, enough clothing, enough manufactures of every sort to supply every reasonable American want by the proceeds of American industry. It has stayed at home nnd spun its wool with success, and now it is ready to go abroad In search of markets for the irrepressible surplus of its Industry. For a long time we were accustomed to speak of 1892 as “the McKinley year,” as “the record-breaking year of exports." But the inevitable trend of Republican policy has carried us far and away beyond the figures of 1892. For example, during the whole fiscal year of 1892 our exports of copper and copper manufactures were worth $7, 226,392; during the first eight months of 1898 they were worth $22,926,486; during the first eight months of this year they have amounted to $25,197, 056. Our exports of iron and steel, ex clusive of iron ore, were worth $28, 800,930 during the twelve months of the flscnl year 1892. They were worth $68,008,071 during the first eight months of 1899. Our exports of leather and Its manufactures were worth $12, 084,781 in the whole of 1892, and $17, 413,458 during the first eight months of the present year. We exported agricultural Implements to the value of $3,794,983 during the twelve months elapsing between June 30, 1891, and June 30, 1892, and to the value of $11,495,450 between January and September, 1899. A phenomenal increase of exports in noticeable in almost every branch and department of manufactures. Simul taneous with this there has been a vast extension of the production of goods for home use. Never have the de mands of the home market been more pressing; never have William J. Bry an's “common people” been so well fed, so well clothed, so well housed, so well supplied with money to spin.', as at present. But there has been one decrease in exports. In 1892 our exports of pro visions. exclusive of breadstuffs, were worth $140,362,159; for the first eight months of this year they are worth $121,651,443. We have now more money to spend on food, and we are eating more and better food. The time seems not far distant when the American peo ple will be able to consume all of the choicest products of American farniB. All these are hard facts, known to every intelligent man, but it is worth while to gather them and read them occasionally as long as the voice of the Democrat is beard in our land.—Chi cago Inter-Ocean. 1 Railway 1’rospa-rlty, 'I'he railways of the country arc do ing an unparalleled business at tbu present tin: \ Not only urn people trav eling in greater numbers than in or dinary times, but there ts an equally heavy amount of freight trattle. Ho much freight Is to be transported that the railways are finding it difllettlt to provide enough rare to meet the de mand for them. The situation is Hummed up Ity an Kastern railway offi cial as fullows: "With the enormous business in sight It will be a crime If. for the neit sit months at least, them ts a single rate cut or an unemployed ear eust of Chicago. There Is sufficient business to keep every road busy ** The great amount of business done by the railway companies la a sure In dication of the great prosperity that prevails in all parts of the country It re. ecU good times for ail the people The crops am large. i.titalng unusually heavy shipments of grain aud agrkul turn! prudu< u. w hiih means Increased freight business fur the railways, while the grsat amount uf manufm luring and our largs * sports to foreign coun trim contribute to a great estsat la giving the railways new bust sews I l*bsa lbs people am traveling mom than usual, because they Ini that they [ van afford it Tbs prosperity of lbs ralluays Is an infallible I sat of lbs prosperity of lbs country As they ba«e aevsv keosu a psiuai wkeu lieit rneipts asm greater. H may bs a* sum *4 that tbs roua try w sajuyiag greater prosperity I baa ever before — Milwaukee Meutiasl Cbkkamawga to tu bass a n minder ! bU inoaumvsi tu mat ftMto