Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-05

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A QUEEN IN SoLITUDE-Oo Of the mos:
pleasing parks have met with abroad, writes
a newspaper correspondent ct the lIa&r1-
and pleasing bee ausc the trees are allowed 10
grow Just how and where nature lnttn,i.d
them-is the Royal Park, which s;ictchtS
good distance between the Hague ard The sc".
The trees overhaug the carriage roats, an. ;hc
narrow paths wind In most pleasing sylvan
irregularity. At the lower cnd OF the park, az
open space, with 9 paiac. and any tum5cr ol
liveried servants, suddenly breaks On your
view. This is the residence ot the Queen e!
Holland, and the name of it i: tic House ii
the Woods pY Huls int Bosch) bilD4, i"c
King does not live here. The two Lca"s OF
Holland, as of some other European countries.
lead totally separate lives. Their t2stls II"
different, only State policy Tlacea them jc;orc
the altar Tor marriage, aud taat they ard man
of their crowned associates should 50 along
diverse paths in life, cScitCs ne!h2: surprise
nor remark. But what can ~ sad 0t the tE-
ample?
The attachment between Queen Eictoria and
Prince Albert was something new, anG [ fear
will long be exceptional. III the rGyai sphere.
The Queen OF Hollands lalace.is is like many
others. with, perhaps, moro regard to quiet
comfort than you usually scr. They 81 iG9t
as cold as Spilzbergcr- marble or slipper; >.t:
wood floors, without thread CT carpet: "rca.
tircsomc halls, with tcploid worc !rs]2:d git
gingerbread work than you used 10 sc II iay-
Iors's Old Broadway Sa!oot: ticscocS %nG
paintings borrowed il0m chilly rn2"nsln, van
the royal inmates for dcngods, and cittr- an.
sofas made in the stiff, Straight ha"i, :cc.@:.. "
lar style. | would not g:vr. toc ct:u!F.: '.e
old split oak iu,ou Chair used 10 s;Hdy n
and sleep in tco, somc:;;DcS-}" ii.2s:"
son College. Tor al! the Sotla cnE 80: >'..S ="
any European palace L have tr'r $50, 49,.
had good opportunity 70 Sc "a" 'il3.", ..
while we were lnSpcc'lrg thc a:ai'I&&'," >t'
came into one 0 give Al orr - or. g.. .i.
attendants. She was p.a!uiy Ciaj - Il . II"
ladies that one meets with every ~. -.
seems to be about forty ti:c year = "a', 2.r
her face expresses 10th b,ncvnierc: aE| So
ness The fantastic paintings iii IL" "tc-j Htt
Of her palace were aap!OrriIic'y cai.'i y Nir
Joshua Reynolds "thc rairly 9; "le;""v...
ness"
THE SpoRTsMANs PARADISE. i a,:t,. IL
the Washington National Republican give; =
seductive picture OF Puget Souoi a'1 I.o ~
rict7 of fish, game birt,, a%imaia and t.ui.
with which it abouods lie says that i: t:or~s
the best huuing and fishia- ::cuad Il CT
saw, Astounding in salmon, samon trout e!
brook trout blue grouse and r1uI;i grouse
(phcasauts), aud 90 occasional ter ann Nee''
Mounts Baker, 10000 feet tt2",, I2l"s;'
1000 and Adams, 900O, rlse Erandiy - q.
view. He says the Goldfish, hal tut, .StA r.
smeIt trout, crabs and cams are Eei'ef MA" j..
thc East: The oysters arc good, lhou-t >i,".!
in size, but are being improved --ean e >'o'''
cd out by the hall bushcl.
He describes the pastura.c ia I'll" - c,~ Q!
the territory as unriyal!cd II extent AMI !ic.'
ness He goes into r5p;urcS over lhc i:o!s "i
Puget Sound, saying:
An that has becp SAID OF prgc, Sound -
fruit growing region has been uuc. never
saw such largo and luscious apples a;ac I'&f:,
and the plums surpass anything yen c2n 'H!i.
pinc. Trees, often Tut little larger !::%n
good walking stick, will bear bushels oi 'T1i' -
twice as much as you ever saw i:@N9". "'e.'
backberries, cherries and straw'tricS gc%" n
proportion. Strawberries arc sweet ana :r'"
to an enormous sizs. frequently Us iaEG" -
S L
ting pluns-not prunes-ary i've q "':,r''
picEed off at random, weighed ponNi. i"c
frnits are all of excellent favor ard b, .: every
wear, not alternate years, 50 abuG!an''y tie;
YOU have never seen hal! crop on it'. 80.
and never will until you visit Puget Soti'd.
He claims that there is a. mUca LltG::.hcu'
coal in Washington Territory. 90 the SoH:'",
as in Western Pennsylvania, AID CT fFn":
quality.
The Montreal Herald believes hat "-ucA q
the juvenile crime, and OF the outra&es c IN
mitted by the class knoGn as 'fcughs, ore
directly to be traced 10 Tic l,lrg II oi ;lH
custom Of spprenticing laGS 20 traGc$. ms
falling eff is because OF the GIlacu!l;r' "Ii":'
surround the apprenticiDg Q! Z ycurH /" ~
honorable and useful calling Tic iaa'l.i;y Of
the younger members ct 4 jaml.y to % am
employment not only comp.,> item - ia,J 0H
the earnings of the father, but iron! he ,anc
earnings the money was:ed in vice Ia; !. 90
provided; the community 81 large 5 nst nn'E
deprived of the results Ct Industry +; .0at
who should &c working and arc prevented. tul
gangs Of prowIers and llicr1rS haze 20 u
maintained in idlencss aud III gaois ana i'>"l.
tentlares; policemen and detectives, ard The
whole machncry of Law are set II 10 Is! 20
punish crime, which, wsrc is rct?Gt;a;"}> =,
employment, would not sc coMu!i",d.
u telegram from London aD.ou:cS he
death of the Right Hon. klcaari Sou hWa'
Bourkc. Earl of Mayo, in the nccra%c q lr.-
land. During Lord Derhys first ai'n'niS'r"
ton, in 1852. he was made Chief secr1:2'y -
Ireland, and about the same tine was o7Ho,a;'
ell a privy councillor The chiy scc:etnfGs:If
OF Ireland he also heii during tie second N:iri>
try OF Earl Derby, ARD a@aH. tnr tie lhli@
time, but with sea; in the Bfi'i>i' CABINET
during the last administration oi the E!G. /
August, lSGS. Mr. Di>rac.i, ticn p!ir:o '':in,s
ter, appointed hicl Governor General 0! i1,.ii
position he held until after tho accisS;u1 /,
nf tho (I1oGstO,,,