Iron County register., 1888-11-15
IN REALMS or ROYALTY.

WILLIAM, King of the Netherlands, IS the
richest monarch ip the world.
QUEEN VIcToRlA still uses the yacht
Elfin which was built for her in 1S49.
THE Crown Prince of Greece dislikes
publicity, and often travels IN third class
railway coaches
Dom LOUIS l., King of Portugal, con-
verses freely in English. French, Italian,
Spanish, Portuguese, German and Swedish.
THE mausoleum of the Emperor Fred
erick, of which the cornerstone has just
been laid at Potsdam, will be reproduc-
ton of the Sepulcher Church at Jerusalem.
LEOPOLD, King of the Belgians, has
never signed a death warrant, and although
the statute has never been repealed, capital
punishment is practically abolished IN
Belgium.
QUEEN KAPIoLANI's gold watch, presented
her by his Majesty, the King OF HAWAII, was
recently stolen by an adrolt native thief
When recovered the outer case, bearing the
inscription of presentation, was missing.
TILE present German Emperor is not the
first Frederick LII. OF Germany. During
the period from 1440 to 1893 Frederick Ill,
surnamed "the Pacific" a member of the
House of Hapsburg, was Emperor OF the
old German Empire.
49, 49,
eldest daughter of Queen Victoria, of
England. Bismarck is said to stand in mortal
fear of her, but if she rs much like her
Queen mother he can doubtless appease her
with proper appropriations.
QUEEN VICTORIA has made sufficient prog
ress in Hindustani to hold short converse
tions with Mahomed Bakhs and Abdul
Kareem, who with the Imperial crown and
cipher emblazoned on their Indian chap
kans, always stand behind the royal chair.
ROYAL marriages are evidently iufec
tious. When the royal marriage took place
recently at Turin over two hundred couples
wished to be united at the same hour, and
the force of officials at the municipality had
to he increased.
THE Czarina, it is stated, often designs
and even makes dresses for her younger
children and frequently takes their new
hats to pieces and trims them over accord
ing to her own taste. This hobby of her
Majesty is heritage Of her economical days
as Princess of Denmark.
IT is, perhaps, not generally known that
it is absolutely essential that every maid of
honor at the English court should be good
horSeWoman and a correct reader of music
at sight The favorite pursuits of the
Princess Beatrice are riding and trying
over new music in the form of duets; and
no '!maid - is chosen who is not an adept in
both arts.
TAKING the royal family together, it is
found that the present sovereign, the good
Queen Victoria, with her aunts and her nu
merous progeny, has cost the British Nation
e335, COO, 900, or in the neighborhOod of
SITS, 100000 In the hundred years of their
national life, closing with the present ad-
ministration, the American people have
paid their Presidents as salaries s., &C., 01u
ALFONSO XIII, the infant King of Spain,
is described as large child and is appar-
entity healthy, but his face is that of an old
man. Until he IS seven he will be left en-
tirely in the hands of women, but from the
time he reaches that age until he is sixteen
he Will have tutor and masters. At
sixteen he will be presented to the Cortes,
and the Regent will place the reins of Gov
ernment in his hands.
THE imperial crown of all the Russias is
the finest ever worn by a sovereign. 1t is
in the form of Bishops inter and carries
on it's crest cross composed of five of the
most beautiful diamonds ever cut support
ing the largest ruby in the world. Eleven
great diamonds i'll foliated arch rising
from the front and back of the crown
support this cross and ruby, and on either
side is a hoop of thirty eight pearls, than
whish there are no handsomer known.