The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-23
Passing GeBt on.

The death Of Princess Bismarck re-
moves a woman who probably did more
for the peace of Europe than any olheI
person, imperial or otherwise, who mad
The credit of preserving IT, She had enor-
nous influence over her husband, VINO
loved her so greatly that her death IS
PROBABLY a near forerunner OF ms own
Accounts from Berlin say that ms pros
fration Is most dreadful 10 witness II
was Princess bismarck who was always
urging her husband TO postpone war hn-
Ill the last moment. she had a perfect
horror of battles, particularly as she
knew that her own sons must always pe
foremost i'm the fray. Nothing gave htf
greater offense than the presents OF war
pictures and war trophies, which were so
constantly sent to her residence anu
whenever 1t was possible she induced HcT
husband 20 wear citizen CLONES usltdu
OF his uniform.
IAN matters can be arbtrated," was
the Princess's continuous argument win
her husband. why should ambition be
bult up on graves? Thousands OF widows
and orphans have paid the price oil your
title OF Prince
This and hundred other authentic
stories of the good woman VINO shafed
the home of the man who Tor years was
perhaps the greatest man IN EuIope are
freely told in the clubs Of Berlin ana Tor
wears have been constantly paragraphed
In the newspapers. princess BISMARCK
was n pious gentle, loving woman ue-
children. fond Of her home in the coun,
trv entirely aVerse to the pomp ana
ceremony Of courts, Indifferent 10 soC,e-
Is, and free from social ambition. She
was fond Of Boosting that she dld her
share of sock darning I'm her family, ana
many A dish that came to the table was
prepared by the Princess herself. ttuf-
ing the Franco Prussian war she worked
night and day and set aside every cent
she could spare for the particular re&l-
NH attached
and many a soldier blessed Princess Bis
marck for his extra supply OF linen or
for the share OF home comforts lhdI
came to him out of many and many
huge box dispatched 10 nose looi we,
tins" And Princess Bismarck al"ayS
insisted that soldiers were victims anu
nothing more.
Darwin said the amount Of clover seed
nroduced i'm any given locality was pro-
,ortionate to the number Of "old maids
there resident. which he proved BY the
following statement There can h. no
clover seed without the humble bee ., be
cause no other insect fertllzes II. Inc
enemy of the bJxmble bee H. the common
field mouse that steals into their nest
and destroys the larvae and eats up Tue
honey. The enemy OF the mouse Is the
common house cat, and the solid friend
OF the cat is the old maid. Consequently
the more old maids the more cats the
less mice, and the less mice the more bum
BILE bees, the more bees the more clover
seed"
Some Of the Kentucky Colonies, says the
St Louis Post-DispatCh. are completely
nabbergasted on beholding a lady in di-
vided skirts. Col. Farrar. Of Louisville;
that his feelings at the sight were akin
10 those Of a young woman who des-
cribed her sensations of first love as an
inward descrbableness Of an outward
all-overishness."
Says Susan Il Anthony. apropos of
Christmas Day: That will be the great
est Christmas day which has vet dawn
ed when all women who give sOns TO the
world are placed on high and Worshiped
in their own households: when mot hers
are given all rights, trusts and positions
which are their heritage because they
are the mothers of the race: when moth
ers can stand before sons and talk with
the faith and dignity of citizens, teach
ers. prophets and freemen."
Princess Axis wedding recalls the
fact that IL IL over forty years since
any princess became an Empress on
her wedding day. In 1853 NAPOLEON III .
married Eugene, and In 1854 Francis JO-
seph of Austria espoused Princess Eliza
beth,
A larger number OF women are study