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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-21
n,strlct Organizers Appointed

The Executive COMMITTEE OF ''s H'ale
,-@1erotion OF Labor Of Virginia has SCI
leote5 the following district Organizers:
charles J. willis. Of Richmond. for
Central Virginia.
u j. Reardon. Of Portsmouth, Tor Nor
foll Portsmouth. Newport News, and
Southeastern Virginia.
6 y Davis. for Danville and district.
@ Il GRAY. for Roanoke and district.
W G. I,ouhor, for Lynchburg and
district.
A suitable man will soon be appoint
cd 90 act in the same capacity for the
Northern Neck OF Virginia.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-21
curcAGo 80 erOcK MARKFT.

UNION STOCK YARDS. ILL. Aug.
2o'-Cattle: Receipts. 10 900 market
steady common 10 extra steers. 800
As: stockers and feeders. s24oN3Hl;
COWS and bulls. 81 20G3.25. Texans. Sl.lJ
N2iO: western rangrs. t20of3.tj.
Hogs-Keceipts. - 900, market easy ana
501Oc lower. heavy packing and ship
ping lots 60 0o0320: common 20 choice
mixed. s. S5li3 -: choice assorted. S3O51
3.6I. light So 2tI3 81. pigs s. JOll36).
Sheep-Recelpts 13 900. market steady:
inferior 10 choice. s2CO03 20: lambs. 1913.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-21
COLONIAL WATER.

Perfect assimilation OF food by ma
lures prescription. Hence all siomach 2
complaints yield readily TO Colonial
Wafer IL neutralizes uric and Tactic
acids. therefore it IS a remedy FOR rheu-
mafis-n. govt. etc liz is being used by
the phvsicians of Richmond in stomachic
and bowel indigestion troubles with very
stroet.-Extract from Virginia Medical
Journal
iylg-su, we&fr3m
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-21

~ ! VItfN III 'I'''|'-''
NEW YORK. Aug. 2o.-Ihe undertcne
OF the dry goods market for staple cotton
coode fs .rsdualfv growing stronger. even
without any material expansion tn actual
business. Tho tone Of the print market
has been improved by the results or yes
terdavs auction sales. ana hoiners ar
somewhat greater esteem. IN ofher az.
re,tions there has been no change OF
moment TO note.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-21
NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON. n. c.. Aug 2O-Rosin
firm strained. SlS2k; good strained.
SL37R.
regular PIC.
Tar firm at $l.oo.
Crude turpentine firm: hard. $40:
soft. $l.55. virgin, Sl.6b.
tine market firm at 2in22c.
Rosin firm. Quotation& II. and C.
81. %: d. and,E-. 81 so: r.. Sl3Q,0.. u-So;
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-21
The COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Aug. 9O-Cotton steady.
middlng gulf. ll.iG. Iniddnng. ZIG:
gross receipts. 1oi bales. exports 70 con-
Unent. l6l bales. forwarded 3 bales:
aalos. Ills bales, all spinner. stock,
lo 39l bales.
Total to-day-Net receipts Q. 100 bales;
exports 10 Grea, Britain. sC4 bales: con-
rnent. 1O7 bales. stock. 100 IA bales.
Total 80 far this week-Net receipts
3o.S10 bales; exports 10 Great Britain.
1874 bales France. 275 balos; CONT
lent 2.21s balcs
Total since september ist-Net receipts,
b.211. l43 bales; exports 10 Great Britain.
2 2S4. $50 bales; France. s64, S43 bales: con-
finent. 1,7s7. 0ls bales
Tiakpxes closed very steady August,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-21

Richmond. Va, Aug. 20, lS96.
Quotations. Longberry- Wheat, - 10
CSC: mixed. &c to &c; shortberry, IS TO
Gle: 10. red. Gle
Corn-Whito Virginia, 30 70 3lc.; NO
2 white. 20c.. No. = mixed. 2sc.
Oats-No. mixed. 2p52 TO dc; No.
MIXED. 10 TO 1910.
Rye-33 60 .Gc.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-21

II, 81. 40: l., 81 45: K, 81 20; vi sl-eS'
N. siGo W. g.. SID; w. W. S.io.
SAVANNAH. GA. Aug. 20.-|furpen,lne
firm at 22isc.; sales. 1900 casks receip's'
1919 casks.
Rosin nrn: sales 1900 barrels; rcceip's.
1924 barrels. Quotaions; A.. ~, -,
d. e.. and f.. 81 30; G.. 81 40: H. 81 ~ ~
/. siGO, X, 81 e.. NJ. $l.7O. " $I-so'
W. g.. Si.s5; W. w. 500
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-21

BALTIMORE. MD. Aug. 2O.-Virginia
8's. new, 6e97c. Baltimore and Ohio, log
10; Northern Central. GOA asked; Con-
eoiidated Gas stock 5S4Na9. do bonds
6s. 1i2i9 bid; DO. 5's. 1c0pl0l.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-21
TRrAs1rRY COLD RrsERvE.

WASHINGTON. ID. o.. Aug. 20-The
treasury gold reserve Iccliued to-day 10
sfl3 q32.7il The days Withdrawals were
1929 zoo aud FOR the month they aggre-
gated $4,000.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-21
LONDON BAR SILVER MARKET

LONDON. Aug. 20-Bar silver SID;
congols. 113 4-l6 for money and 1134 FOR
the account
$50 =. M.-Paris advices quote per
cont rentes at 1O2f and zoe. for the ac-
count
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-21

Two bicycles. one ridden hy Mr.. J. r.
Teasdaie. and the other by Mr.. Marshall
BEDFORD, collided on Main street We'd
nesday afternoon. Mr.. Teasdale's wheel
was damaged. but neitha rider was hurt.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-21

CasI QuOtutOns were as follows. Flour
quiet and generally easy. soft wheat.
patent. 81 10Q3.3O. other prices unchanged:
No spring wheat. 543sQ5Ji.c. No. . red
5g4 QGlkc: No. corn. 22s. G2Gkc No. >
oats. lIleQlF4c.. mess pork. >4.9Od49j.
lard. S3.42ls; short rib sides So 25lt3.3j;
dr. sailed shoulders. S3.15N4OO. short
clear sides. S3O2i4u3 whisky. Sl1y.
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r,oprr or WEST POINT. AUG ~ ls'
ARRIVED.

Steamship Danville. BOYD, baltimore
,,sseeengers and general cargo ,r...ou,
lsteanship Accomac. Ihonpso"' -'o' '0''-'
Messengers and genera <"iso
SAILED.
steamship Danville. BOYD, DA''''"O'' g
patssss'',s,s,in Accomac. Thompson, NoriolK'
.,assenpers ana general cargo.
popr NEWPORT NEWS. AUG. 90 1896.
TOiNi CLEARED. s
br; 49, NJ y Hood. Providence.
8arge Galatea. New. Hagen;
% steamship Polonia, NorioiA'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-21
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF RICHMOND, AUG. 90 1896.
ARRIVED.

PORT OF RICHMOND. AUG %, 1896.
ARRIVED.
cteaner Pocahontas. Graves, mere nan
disc and passengers. Virginia NaNlsl'ion
Company. oval ,,e~chan-
Steamer Yomassee, O Neal iii'' -'''lN
Aise and passengers. clyde Line. H..
steamer Virginia. Porter ,nnr, Pactet
and passengors. Baltimore steam "0N''
Company. 80 r,...o, Godfrey
wv, York. cement. s. II. HaWe5 ~ -, O.
c"booner Dreadraught. Allen, bath' Ice
pfchnond Ice Company. ,,.i..,.
crhooner Annie T. Mitchell hruHs"iD"'
pan lee Richmond Ice CompAh-
i''''' SAILED.
Steamer Ycmass &c. a. NeaAi mo 1''''
eiee and passengers. clyde Line. ,..s,.o
'ctosmer Virginia. Porter. mer'n lsil,'i..
aud Messengers. Baltimore 5teai" "'N''
Company c, brewer. light.
Clairmont. Va c.-,.,n Navel pig
ire snlbo Hew hannah F. Carlton. Dunbar
mig iron. SacO. Ne. c-.,t,b Wood
Bermuda Hundieus'
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the day she entered her adopted land.
She bettered their condition, paying es-
pecial attention to the women Of the
country, by creating industrial schools,
forming benevolent societies, establish
ing an order of Sisters Of Charity, and
cultivating native art and the develop
ment of handiwork. During the Russo
Turkish war of 1S77-S Queen Elizabeth
proved her gentleness of nature and
sympathetic heart by meeting the
trains bearing the wounded Roumanian
soldiers after the battle OF Plevna, and
nursing them as tenderly as any Sister
of the Red Cross would have done. In
appearance Carmen Sylvia Is striking.
She has a classical mouth, deep. set
eyes of blue, and her fine, wavy hair Is
prematurely white. When 1t was Off
cially declared by the state that Mile.
Vacaresco and Prince Ferdinand
should not wed the Queen spent some
time in seclusion in Neuwied, her broth
er's residence. At present she Is hold
ing court on Mount Sinaia, a district
which the royal authoress has beauti-
fully described in tales of the Pc
lesh." The Queens first ambitious lit
erary work was LES Pensees dune
RENE" c'Thoughts of Queen"). Next
came "Strume," a volume Of poems,
which was followed by "Pelesh Lee
paudsO
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Trees and Mora ljtv.

The tree business has another bear
ing. refer to city trees as relative to
city health and morals. The city of
the future will not be treeless and
shadeless. When city has practically
all outdoors to lay it's new streets on,
these should be wide enough to allow a
row or more of trees in the middle,
with green grass and comfortable
seats, with open spaces where roots can
find air and receive water. When we
come to city trees as related to city
morals, we open wide subject. We
have denounced the saloon none too
hard, but just here let us halt a mo-
ment. Are those who frequent the
saloons so inherently bad and besotted
that they go there because they prefer
it to anything else it is possible to Of
fer them? / do not believe 1t. If a
man has no other resting place when
weary than a crowded, over-heated, I'M
tidy home on the one hand, or an open
more comfortable saloon on the other
hand, is it strange he takes the latter?
1 do not justify the tendency. But do
suggest that more open air parks In
your cities would save many a man and
woman who is not already depraved.
Those who bring about betterment Of
tenement houses and those who secure
small parks within desert Of brick
walls deserve and will receive the grail
tude of their fellowmen. Don't put a
premium on vice and intemperance by
any lack Of public comfort. A distin-
guished philosopher once said that a
nature which had lost its fondness for
the woods had lost its manhood"
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Real Fire Is Invisible.

No eye, says the scientific writer, has
ever seen real fire. The flame is leap
Ing in strange, fantastic form, fifteen
or twenty inches upward from the coal
and with 1t is good deal Of black,
sooty smoke. The sooty smoke and
the flames are one and the same, with
only a difference Of temperature. The
SCOT which forms the flame Is redhot.
coal or a particle of carbon. The real
fire we do not see. The instant that the
carbon atoms become really combus-
ton, they are invisible. In burning three
pounds of carbon, the heated state of
which gives us flame, the fire work is
done by eight pounds Of oxygen. The
oxygen we do not see. The carbon we
only see just before 1t is burned; and
the result Of the burning is eleven
pounds Of the compound Of oxygen and
carbon, which Is invisible.
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VENERABLE OLD SALT.
Capt. Hams Has Crossed the Atlanti
Nearly Six Hundred Times.

Capt. Hams Has Crossed the Atlantic
Nearly Six Hundred Times.
Captain w. FL. Hams, commodore Of
the Cunard feet, who has just retired
from active service, was one Of the old
est and ablest Of the worlds ship mas
tiers. In his retirement maritime COM
merce suffers distinct loss. The old
salt had been In the service Of the great
line of steamers since 1867 and made no
fewer than 500 trips across the Atlantic.
His last voyage was made in the Cam
pania. 1t was his one desire to sail the
sea until he had made record Of 600
trips, but an accident caused his tenn
porary retirement and his ambition has
therefore been thwarted. Captain Hams
was one of the most cautious of the
shippers that command the great ocean
liners. 1t is said Of him that 1t was his
invariable rule on approaching land In
hazy weather, no matter what his temp
tation might have been to break rec
ord, to stop the ship absolutely and to
take ''up and down" casts Of the deep
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A Rather Poses as a Mesmerist.

Being hypnotized by snake seems
TO be a little out of the ordinary run Of
HYPNOTIC influence, but story comes
to The Philadelphia Press from Flor
ida of a rattIesnake which at least pos
sessed this power in one Instance.
The incident occurred in small vii
lage of Florida recently. A young girl
named Pauline Browne, while gather
ing wild flowers in dense wood, grew
tired and sat down to rest before q
cluster of large, white flowers. While
gazing steadily at the flowers, be-
numbing influence seemed to attack
her. The flowers flashed all colors and
from the midst Of them shot tongue
Of flame. She was terrified, but was
unable to move or cry out. While In
this hypnotized condition the report Of
a gun startled her, broke the trance
and she fainteu away.
Her brother, alarmed at her long alb
sence from home, had come In search
of her, and approaching from behind,
saw the head of a rattlesnake darling
70 and fro above the cluster Of flowers.
He shot the head or with his gun and
found that the RATHER was monster
In size. being seven feet long and
eighteen inches in circumference Mt the
largest part of its body. 1t had sixteen
rattles and button.
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LAND OF THE MAHDI.
GREAT BRiTAlN'S INVASION OF
THE EGYPTIAN SOuDAN.
a Pierce and Bloody War with the Fa-
natical Arabs IL Imminent-The Peo-
pie aud Their Strange Countrywide
hticai Motives Behind the Movement



An inspection Of those maps Of Africa
which have been published In the last few
years shows the existence Of new power
In the heart Of the Dark Continent. The
former charts represented the Egyptian
dominions as extending from the mouth Of
the Nile along the whole course of that
river, with a great province called Equa-
toria in the lake region. In the latter
maps Egypt terminates on the south not
Ear from Dongola, while up the stream
from that point lies vast region. with in
Discriminate boundaries, marked Empire
Of the Mahdi" With the disaster to
Hicks Pasha's army and the unfortunate
termination of Gordon's expedition to
Khartoum, the Anglo Egyptian control
Of all the Egyptian possessions up the Nile
vanished, and from that time to the pres
ent no attempt has been made to reclaim
this region to civilization.
Now, however, 1t Is evident that the
lime is deemed propitious for forward
movement, having for its purpose the re-
conquest of the Egyptian Soudan, and the
expedition that left Cairo for Dongola is
probably the forerunner OF more impos-
Ing force that may be needed ere the con-
quest is made complete. The men an
gagged in this enterprise do not anticipate
20 easy an undertaking as that Of con-
cuering Ashantee, when the whole oppos-
ing force OF blacks was put to rout with
Roman candles and sky rockets, for the
troops Of the Mahdi are hard fighters, are
well armed, and have proved their steadi-
ness in more than one severe action, but
that the conquest will ultimately be eff
fected, no one can doubt who looks over
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marvellous possibilities. So far as climate
u concerned, it is one Of the hottest re-
gions on the globe, there being many
places where the mean annual tempera-
lure exceeds So degrees, but it differs from
The Sahara in an abundance Of rainfall,
and consequently in fertility also. The
entire region comprises an area of 1,5OO,-
boo square miles, or about half that Of
the United States, and Of this great do
main from a fourth to third is forest
No one yet knows how great are the re-
sources of this country, nor how vast the
value Of the exports that will flow from it,
when once it has been opened to COM
merce, but as its population is estimated
ut from 100000 to 100000, it will,
no doubt, prove valuable acquisition to
the civilized States that in future will
control it.
At present it is divided among over a
hundred native African or Arab rulers,
often at war with each other-some semi
civilized, some decidedly barbarous, others
entirely savage, but most of the States
having a population Of sufficient intelli-
gence to appreciate the benefits that
would arise to them from closer associa-
tion with the whites. The expedition
that has just now started from Cairo Is
one move in a game for supremacy be-
tween the French and English. The for
ner have long been aspiring to large pos
ressions in Africa, and when the Dark
Continent was divided among the great
powers OF Europe, France managed to
add to Algeria the Western Sahara, ex-
Guiding Morocco and the land of the
Moors. so as to unite the Senegambian
coast with Algeria. In addition to this,
the French secured large section of
country north OF the Congo, and immedi-
ately began the task Of extending the
French influence into the interior. 1t is
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north to south through the heart Of the
continent, uniting Cape Colony with
Egypt, and thus enabling a traveller to
pass from Cape Coast Castle to Alexan-
dria without ever stepping off British
soil. 1t is great plan, but then the Eng
fish are people who make great plans, and
carry them out with as much audacity as
they make them. 1t is quite evident that
the British Government is not going into
this Soudan enterprise merely for the fun
Of the thing, and it is quite possible that
in the considerations which have i'm
PEELED 1t to undertake the reconquest, the
extension Of French influence as far as
Darfoor, which is next door to the Egyp-
tian Soudan, has had a prominent part
For IL the French should gain control Of
the Upper Nile, it is not impossible that
they might be able to destroy the value Of
the lower river, for all Egypt is depend
ent for its existence, to say nothing Of its
prosperity, on the annual overflows Of
that river, and French engineering skill
might find means to divert the course Of
the stream and thus ruin the land Of the
Pharaohs. All these things are possibili-
ties that were probably taken into the ac-
count when the enterprise was under con-
sideration, and unquestionably had q
share in determining the course that has
been resolved upon by the British Gov
eminent.
Aside from the political aspects Of the
case, however, the Egyptian Soudan Is
well worth conquering for its own sake
The opponents Of the British Govern
ment's policy have loudly proclaimed the
worthlessness Of the region, and declared
that the whole country is not worth the
blood that was shed for it during the
campaigns already made there, but this Is
merely the talk Of an opposition party,
which considers itself under obligations
to object to whatever the. Government
proposes, no matter how obvious may be
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processes are extremely interesting ana
q tack factory has many visitors. The
, machinery IL automatic; narrow strips
Of metal are fed In and clipped OF; the
heads are made by pressure, and 1t 1T
orally rains tacks into large boxes
placed underneath to receive them.
They are then poured into rattler,
which Is a rapidly revolving cylinder,
through which Jet Of air Is forced
under high pressure. This removes all
of the dust and loose particles. Black
lead Is sometimes put In to give them
a polish, and then they pass on to the
sitter, which sorts them and takes out
the imperfect tacks. leaving the good
ones to be passed on and dropped into
a box, from which they are taken to be
packed by quick-fingered girls. A good
workwoman can pack 1000 pounds Of
tacks in a day. When one realizes that
many of these machines arc going, and
that the tacks at this rate are being
sent out to market, the wonder grows
where all the tacks go to.-New York
Ledger
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GEN. KITCHENER, COMMANDER OF THE BRITISH FORCES

its expediency. During the Egyptian oc-
cupation Of the region, the exports from
the Soudan down the Nile and by means
Of caravans to Cairo amounted to about
10000 900 year, besides as much more
that went abroad through the Red Sea
ports and from the Somali coast. A dis
trict that can export $1S,0OO,OOO worth Of
goods every year is certainly worth hav-
ing. for country from which this amount
Of surplus wealth can be annually spared
for export, under so bad Government
as that Of Egypt, would certainly prove
of almost incalculable wealth IL its own
affairs were properly administered and the
people given an equitable system Of taxa
ton. The Egyptian domain comprised
Kordofan, Nubia, Senaar, Taxa and some
provinces still further south, an area esti-
mated at a little less than 100000
squere miles, with an unknown popula-
ton.
The country is as different from Egypt
proper as can easily be conceived. In
stead Of the arid sands and brazen skies,
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rainfall Is sufficient for all purposes, and
little artificial irrigation is practiced. The
soil Is SO fertile that anything which can
be raised in tropical or sub-tropical
climate will grow with luxuriance In the
Egyptian Soudan. 1t is the native home
Of the sweet potato, the yam and the
watermelon, and in the hot sunshine of
the Upper Nile Valley, and in the clear
ings made by the natives in the great for
ests of Equatorial, these vegetables grow
to size and with an abundance unknown
in other parts Of the world. A traveller
in that region some years ago said that
all the tables of Europe could be supplied
with fruits and vegetables from the Egyp-
tian Soudan, and when this region is
pierced by railroads, the time may come
when oranges, bananas and pineapples,
figs, dates and melons, from the heart Of
Africa, may be seen on the tables Of Paris
and London. That day Is yet far, away,
however, the exports Of that region be-
ing at present limited to such articles as
will bear the long, hot journey to the mar
kets Of Cairo or the Red Sea coast. Os-
trich feathers have for many years form
ed the greater part, in value, Of the Sou
dan exports, while wax, coffee, large
variety of gum, and an enormous quantity
Of fine skins and hides make up the re-
mainder. 1t is plain that under propel
conditions the region can be made enor-
mously productive, and those conditions
will be attained when the land has been
reconquered for civilization by the Anglo
Egyptian troops.
So far as the towns are concerned, they
are, at present, hardly worthy Of the
name. Khartoum and Omdurman, Ber-
Der and the rest are all alike in their
main features, the leading difference be-
ing found in the fact that some are larger
than others. The striking similarity is
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grew with his growth and finally made
him the enemy of all forms of religion.
His boyhood was spent in Wisconsin
and Illinois and at the age Of "a he
took up the practice of law at Peoria,
Ill. During the war he was colonel OF
the Eleventh Illinois Cavalry and after
the war his ability as an orator and
Republican campaign speaker gave him
a reputation in the West, which was
made national by his famous "plumed-
knight speech" in the Republican Ma
tional Convention of 1876, by which he
placed James G. Blaine In nominal ton.
Since that time he has lived in Wash
ington and New York. He has been con-
nected with the most famous modern
law cases, for his legal ability is, ex-
traordinary. His lectures and law prac-
tice have made him wealthy.
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Carmen sylvia, Of Rousnania, May
Rightly Claim the Name.
Elizabeth, Queen of Roumania, whom
everybody knows as Carmen sylvia"
has more right than any other royal
parsonage to the name Of "a literary
queen" But, besides her merits as an
authoress and her achievements In the
world Of letters, she is a very remark
able woman, who has earned the graf
itude OF her sex In all parts Of the CIV
ilized globe for her efforts to better the
condition of womankind In her adopted
country. The almost sacrificing en-
deavors she made to consummate the
love match" between Mile. Helene
vacaresco, her maid of honor, and Fer
dinand, crown prince Of Roumanla.
have added In no little degree to the
fame of the royal poetess. Although
the marriage ceremony was never per-
formed, the interest of the Queen in
the love affair caused a storm that
nearly resulted In the sweeping of King
Charles from the throne. Queen Liiz-
abeth was born In Neuwied, Germany,
In fS43. She was the daughter Of the
late Prince Hermann of Wied. Even
when she was 10 years old she showed
her talent for versemaking, which -four
ished in the literary and artistic atmos-
phere of her fathers home. AS she
grew older she showed remarkable in
telligence in all branches of study, and
became particularly proficient in the
languages, both ancient and modern.
She was married to Prince Charles,
now King Of Roumania, in 1869, and
the love Of her subjects was won from