The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-02
The Rulers of This World.


There are on this globe about one
hundred and twenty nationalities, ruled
over 10y nearly as many men. for only
three queens--Victoria l., of England !;
Pomare, of the Society Islands; and
Ranavola H., of Madagascar-sit upon
thrones. OF course, there are plenty of
queen consorts, but these three ladies
are the only ones in the worl>, who are
really rulers in fact as well as in name.
One man, the Gar of Russia, holds
sway over 70, l4S, 500 subjects. This is
a goodly crowd but, after all, does not
amount to much beside the record of
China, the Celestial Emperor having no
fewer than 415, 100000 mortals to own
his rule. Charles I'LL, Prince of Mon
AGO, has l, 200 subjects so that Prince
John H., of Lichtenstein, who has
1850, can afford to look with plying
contempt at his brother on the Mediter-
ranean coast.
The most populous republic is the
United States of America, which, by
the last census had 80. 55S,371 inhabit-
ants. Speaking with equal exactitude,
We can say that the next important re-
public, that of France, has precisely
37,472, 732 inhabitants, and that of
Spain, 6,56O,S 13. Mexico boasts of
1866, 100; and Switzerland, 1890, 116.
Peru, with 100000, and Colombia,
with 2,223, 1877, are the most populous
of the South American republics while
Chill, the most advanced of them in So
cial and material progress, has only
| 1,558,319.
William l., as King of Prussia, has
subjects to the number of %, $50, 701,
and Victor Emmanuel, of Italy, %, 120,-
600. The Sultan OF Turkey claims 3d.
400, 900; the Queen of England, 90
3O7, 100; and the Emperor of Austria,
80, O19,05S If you were to ask the
Lama of Thibet how many people wor-
SHIPPED him, both as monarch and q
deity he would say Crowded he did not
cut your head off for your insolence)
20, 900, 900. In like manner the illustri-
GUS Zung Che, who, as everybody is
aware, is King of Corea, would L, spond,
IL 900, 900; Synd Toseks, more famil-
iarly known as the Imaum of Muscat,
can only boast of 5000, which is but
as a drop in the bucket compared with
Tu Due, who, it is almost supertluous
| J.,
and who is sovereign over $500, 600
individuals.
The Tenno of Japan Whose name is
MontsochitO) rules over 80, 600, 900 of
subjects. In this country we call the
Tenno the NIikado.
Abdul Mumen should not be con-
founded with Abdul Aziz The former
is Sultan of Borneo, holding sway over
1900, 600 savages of uninviting habits
and scanty wardrobes, while the latter
is head of the Sublime Porte, and can
bowstring 80, 400, 600 men, women and
children If he wishes to.
Milan is the name of q noble city in
Lombardy but it is also the name of
the Hospodar of Servia, who rules over
9S5, 900 persons. There is also Hos
podar Montenegro, Nicholas [. by name,
but he has only 100, 000 subjects. The
Imaum of Yemen, of whom we scarcely
ever hear, can claim much more than
this, for he rules over no fewer than
$500, 600 The Emir of Morocco rules
over 5000, 900 subjects.
An examination of the list of the
rulers of the kingdoms of the world
shows that they are distinguished by the
following titles Emperor, Car, King,
Queen, Grand Duke, Prince, Shah,
Khan, Imaum, Emir. Lama, Tenno
Sultan, Hospodar, Hoang-ti, Taksir
Khan, Khedive and Bey.
There are two Shahs-those of Persis
and Afghanistan F; three Khans-of Box
hara, Khokan and Khiva three Sultans
of Turkey, Borneo and Zanzibar; tive
Imaums-of Muscat and Yemen; on,
Khedive-of Egypt; and one Bey-o
Tripoli. OF the twenty Presidents, tive
Marshal MacMahon, of France, an(
Buenaventura Baez, of Dominica-ar'
only provisional. -NeaO York Post.