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,
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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
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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
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lb* aatlaa iMrllamani w**U Iw 4ta» >im
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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