Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-06-21

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is said TO be a happy one, that is as far
as they themselves are concerned. But
| the Nihilists are source of constant
anxiety and alarm Chicago Times.
! ~,,,,a The Fate Of Queen. a!.y
: There is something very patriotic in
1 the lonely position Of the present ruler
/ of Great Britain, who is approaching
the allotted limit of life with no one liv-
ing privileged to address her by her
Christian name, and, as it were, DOOM
ed, to the. despotism of ,self-imposed
court custom. Throughout Der reign
| the Queen has gone farther in the way
of ''impenetrable"" drawing-room OBJ
seryances than1any of her predecessors.
She has ruled upon an elaboratescheme
of royalty which the irony of events
has transformed into an .upmistakable
burden. Twenty years ago, if the wife
of an American Ambassador had asked,
as Mrs. Lowell did the other day, to
have certain arrangernents 81 costume
waived in her case during" the court
days at Buckinhaan Palace,swe do not
know how cold and unyiefiing an an
swer. might have been sent through
| Spencer Ponsonby of the ''Gentlemen
ushers, but in the year 1888 the con-
cession is granted m gracious little
| autograph. notesst to Mrs. Lowell, who
has been i'll for .. long l.times a. AL i,the
London Enthusiastically expressed
their 5wondermentt good.naturedly at
| the unwonted feeling of the couIt cir
cular's announcement OF, the, death of
her body servant. 1t was unusual, not
| in her line, and more womanly than
queenly, and conveyed the evidences of
| q regard which the families and friends
OF a statesman might have treasured.
The Queen has always been a woman
Of feeling, but in her, court life she has
been as pfacidly temperate and unre-
sponsive as the sunlight upon hills of
snow. Her, IDEAS of royalty included
first of all Femeteness, and so leaving
Buckingham Palace and the familiar
glories of London, she xretires up the
Thames to Windsor Castle, "a second
Westminster, and sleeps under, the tow
ers where the Georges and other royal
personages are buried This of course
alienated the ladies of her court, and
the breach will never be bridged. Even
to-day when she rides through Hyde Park
with her outriders at full gallop on
drawing-room days. anything in the
way of outward demonstration is quite
unheard ola silence that is in marked
contrast with Scotch enthusiasm when
she visits her northern capital. During
the first years of her mourning, the
force Of this social alienation may not
have been felt, but latterly her exile
has been the gossip of the clubs and the
talk of the multitude. Forty years ago
when she told Sir Robert Peefthat even
though a change in the Government
might necessitate a change in the Min
istry, she would not consent to his inter-
fering with her "ladies of the bed-cham-
her," the famous leader of the OPPOSE
went back to his seat, and the public
sentiment was plainly in her favor, for
even Sir Roberts own friends could
only say that the, Melbourne Govern
ment returned to power after 3 few
hours absence s'behind the petticoats
of the ladies in Fwaiting.''I@ "'-'faa' ~
Daring such crises the theory of her
reign could not fail to appear, alluring,
but as the demands Of. politics asserted
themselves and the. Constitution where
in the Executive has no opinion pushed
mercilessly forward, the charm Of the
Queens position Disappeared Tins
the English troops were'recently for the
second time in English history ordered
back from Cabul, and the story goes
that the Queen with tears in her eyes
asked Mr.! Gladstone to change his pol
icy, but he shook his head and stiH held
the Government The day of tho '.la-
dies in waiting had passed, and now
the pathos of a dissipated dream. is the
most that is'1eft Of Victoria's life, and
her natural Affections So pronoiinced,
have, little to- cling to. Her children are
pensiened over Europe in castles and
palaces; she lays book on the marble
Of her husbands tomb; she has .prim-
roses for her favorite Tory Minister and
a Scotch plaid ana flowers for her
favorite gillie., while her scouncil table is
eircled with. liberal, statesn,en. asShe,
however, still has a remarkable, hold
upon the army, though it is rather the
affection of q sovereign, When the
maid of Queen Margaret caught her
mistress kissing the sleeping poet, Alafn
Charter, the ugliest man in France, the
Queen explained; Il kiss notthe man.
1 kiss the soul that sings. =, Victoria
kisses the soul that fights and therein
lies her hold upon the nation cation Well
does the London Spectator say: ERE
publicanism in England sleeps and will
Sleep while the Queen reigns;' h but her
fate as woman left alone in. q high
place is none the less pathetic
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