Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04

the whole scheme, but you viii find pleni
,t of the boys who have settled down on son
peculiar crank or other
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KINGS AND QUEENS.
. The Sketches Are Brief. but the Fac
! Are All Right-The Age of Dinerel
Il People Who Control the Destinies
: Nations.
s Queen Victoria now holds place anon
the Oldest sovereigns OF Europe In Ma
of next year she will be 20 years of ag,
She has been on the throne for half Ger
3 tury. She enjoys good health, and bids fai
TO live and reign for many years yet. If sb
attains the age Of her grandfather, Georg
Ill, she will yield the sceptre barring acci
dents) up to tie year 1901. If at tina tim
her son, the Prince Of Wales, becomes king
he will have reached the ripe age of Ell
years, and his tendency to badness hav,
become more marked than it is now.
! The new German Emperor Frederick Il
81 years OF age and his En- Epre press. The
daughter of Queen Victoria, is 4s. Juagine
from photographs, he does not close re.
semble his departed father in the face. but
she looks much like her mother. II Fred.
erlck should live to be as old as his "a thar.
and peshaps he mays he wih wear asiscrsss
lbarrIng accidentsl up to the year 1922.
bis ailments dim his prospects, but the
Scotch DIR. Mackenzie may Danish his all
ments.
1 The King OF the Belgians, Leopold II.
is 53 years old, and if he should reign till
be reaches the age at which his father died
De will be King up TO the year 1910. He
mas been on the throne nearly twenty-three
years.
The Emperor Of Austria, Francis JOSEPH,
is oS years old. and he has worn the i'm
perial crown for forty years. His prede
cessor was his uncle, who abdicated the|
throne in his favor when but SIS years old
beca Use he was tired Of the turmoil and
trouble Francis Joseph is d polished
scnoiar, hnguist, an equestrian. an adj
mirer OF military pomp, and charmer.
he is healthy, and bids fair to reign for a
long time yet, barring accidents.
The King OF Italy, Humberto l., is Al |
years, and has worn the crown since the |
death OF his father, ten years ago. He ia
put the second Of the Kings OF United |
italy, and his throne is in the eternal CITY
,f Rome.
The Emperor Of Russia, Alexander III.
8 40 years old, and mounted the throne
liter the murder of his father, seven
Tears ago.
The King of Denmark, Christian *, is
y years OF age, or u year older than Queen
llctoria, and is the second Oldest monarch
Q Europe. He has welded the sceptre for a
uarter OF century, or just half as long as
he British Queen. One of his daughters is
he wife OF the Russian Ozar, another oil
hem is wife OF the heir apparent OF the
,rltlsh crown, and his second son is King
Greece. ,
The King of Sweden and Norway, Oscar I
l., Is In his 9th year and has reigned for 6
1teen years. He has favored some re-
rms. !
The King Of Portugal Louis T., is SO | i
ears old, and is man OF enterprise and | Z
rogress. He has been for twenty-seven '
ears King. +
The power and authority of the King of @
pain, Alfonso Kill, who is not yet 2 | b
'ars old. is limited to the regency OF his Il
ANNA. He never saw his royal sire.
The King OF Greece, or King of the Hell
1es, Georgios l., is 43 years OF age, aud I
q been King for quarter OF century, or it
nee ne was IL. at which age hewas elected !,
the Hellenic throne. He finds it hard :.
. TO rule the modern Greeks or keep their -
vor. is
The sovereign or Sultan of Turkey. All. ii
Hamid H., is 46 years old, and sue "
'ded to the throne twelve years ago, tr
en the majesty who preceded him was su
posed. lie Is the twenty eighth SultanI w
se the conquest OF Constantinople by the tn
rks. aC
The King of the Netherlands. William in
:, is the oldest monarch in Europe, being re
v OF the age OF II, and entered upon the pc
tieth year OF his reign Saturday, which TO
St. Patrick 8 Day, though he is a scion wi
the royal house OF Orange. Even in III
Hand the old monarch is merryat times. po
he King OF Roumania, Carol L., is 40 tia
RS oil age, and was proclaimed Ring only be
en- years ago, but before that time be b'i
been for fourteen years the Domnul of
subjects.
ne King OF Servia, Milan l., is 81. and ,
crowned only six years ago, but before a.,
ne had held the throne for fourteen
re- by election as Prince Milan Obreno- oI
Nv. he is the fourth OF his dynasty I'm
9 Serv1a threw OFF the Turkish yoke in cal
y. His predecessor was assassinated. mas
ne reigning Prince OF Montenegro is a
lolas l., who is AZ years old, and has -,
leu Iof UWenGy-elght years. DAi
Germany there are three Kings and a sun
nd Duke besides the Emperor of Ger the
y and the King of Prussia, who are Soc
There are the King of Bavaria, the ~;
J OF Wurtemburg, the King of Saxony, oe'
the reigning Grand Duke OF Baden.
lere are in Europe two kingless coun- STIR
Francs and Switzerland. Both of out
e republics seem to get along and keen golc
peace without the guidance OF Kings or and
,erors. 81
e President of the French Republic, M. M
lot, is 81 years of age, and was elected Ste,
hce In December last. He is graduate not
ie Polytechnic schoolin Paris, and held R
ous Offices before his election as Presi. SO
There are $4,000, 900 people in the Try
ch Republic. bea
the Republic of Switzerland the highest tha
al of the Government. is the President the
e Federal Council, who is elected by has
FEDERAL Assembly, holds office for the NOR
OF one year, and enjoys salary of He
DO per annum. The President for the had
mt year is Mr.. w. f. Hertenstein. A it's
dent is not eligible to reelection until pose
VI after the end of his term of office. Germ
e people of the kingdoms and Empires the
urope, besides sustaining the soyer. shot
with their families and courts, have peoI
rivilege of upholding prodigious sys- that
If aristocraey. the
is well for us that our fathers broke AT
oyal power in the United States and with
4 America.--New York Sun. ton
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