The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-10-01
IliE AGE or VICTORIA.

| 'A' 'hNt VIZ VICTORIA,
The Worlds Progress Sincc ,h.
Queen or Great Britain Ncnt IN
tho Throne
! Atlanta Constitution.
The reign Of Queen Victoria has be-
come the longest in England's history.
, surprising that OF her illustrious
Erandfathcr, George the third, whose
hGnaclous hold upon tho crown ocipscd
tii iormcr records, tho rcign Of Queen
Victoria has reached the golden limit
OF three scores years ana takes its
place in the annals OF Great Britain as
the most protractcd reign which the
pInpIc ol that island have ever known.
IN connection with this statement it
shouid be remembered that England
has been governed by u long line of
spFcrcigns, and that her history
reaches rs far back as tho time OF
julius Caesar. Had tho tho reign of
Queen Victoria, therefore, been utterly
ucVold OF other characteristics, tho
TACT that she has occupied the throne
ior II longer period than any other
sovereign would be sufficient in itsclf
TO ombalm her name for all time to
come.
AS remarkable as the length OF her
reign Is, however, the contcnDoruneous
events VINO have taken place i'm the
history OF the world since she first he
gan u" rule over tho affairs of England
are even more remarkable still. So
mAJrac'c has bccn the march of thought
| curing inns long interval Of time that
| y" Ihc ry" Oh the future historian who
,,,isu'ely surveys the past, the age of
creator prominence than tho golden
aye Of Eiizabnth.
Ol course the Victorian ago has pro-
onced no Shakespeare, nor will any
succeeding ago evolve q genius equal
To that OF the bard OF Avon. In com
Pchsati0n 1ur this deficiency, however.
the reign OF Victoria has enriched the
worlds thought and literature with
some OF the Grandcst minds that nature
has ever formed. 10 this era belong
lho names OF Tcnnyson, Carlyle, Dis
rae'l, Gladstonc, Bismarck, Thack-
cray, Dickens, Bulwcr, Dumas, Hugo.
Burns, Longfcllow, Emerson, Hnw-
thornr and Irving.
notwithstanding the brilliant,
achievements in literature which
nave characterized the rcign of Vic
'orlh tic most vigorous intellectual
efforts Of this period have bccn expend-
rn IN the department Of invention.
Whch the present queen Of England.
|Hch il pushing girl OF eighteen years.
received the crown which her anccs.
tors mad worn, the world had scarcely
nc%un 10 dream OF those miracles which
nave sIncc awcd and dazzlcd tho Garth
Ihc locomotive cnginc was at that
time only IL mere experiment. Eow
i'ad the courage to bclicvc that such q
"rih ana ugly monster as the iron
morse would ever prove II success and
yet, within the last sixty wears. tho
locomotive engine has become one of
the most powerful and effective agents
OF civilization. Important changes
LaVc taken place in the structure of
ocean steamers and, indeed, the whole
system or transportation has been
completely rcvolutionized. THAT use
io' invention, the sewing machine, has
1onno It's way INTO countless homes on
bbch sides OF The Atlantic and has been
IL verltablc godsend to tho poor of AL
inost every land.
me age OF Victoria is also the age
Of the telegraph. Sixty years ago that
word could not be found in the diction-
"Ty. Io,day it signifies gigantic svs
tenn OF wires, stretching from one end
OF the globe to tho other and even
threading its course underneath the
waves OF the ocean. Only a. few weeks
ago IL lclcgraphlc message, starting
from the city OF New York, completed
Us wor divide journey during the same
n"ur IN which it started. Such, in
oc&o, mas DcCn the progress Of this re-
inarkabic science during tho rcign of
Victoria that the vast extent of the
globe Itself is subjected to the critical
survey ol every man who reads the
daily newspapers.
NcHI 10 INC telegraph, IL not of equal
Importance, comes tho marvellous in
Vchtion ol Edison, which has virtually
accomplished the miraculous fea of
con n'crtnG night into day. Without
chiar2 ing up0n this tranScendent
'nirac'c, 1t is sufficient to observe that
IL D"ioh@a To the age OF Victoria.
oCncr Important achI evements might
DC cllcd "a this connection, but the
IaIiohs oi space must be consider.
CO. - Is aiso necessary to omit the
ch"nGc" "hich have taken place in the
words mao the rise and fall of en-
! pres, ana the bloody wars which have
ucVascaIca the human race. 1t might
90 interesting for those of curious
turn OF mind TO inquire into the change
"hich tlnc has wrought in the affair
OF England herself and the fabulous &C
qnisltIons which her land policy ha
auoeu 10 inc territory of the crown.
oucn IS only q mere glance at tn
record Whlch the world has write
during the reign Of Victoria. TO com
parG IL "itn any former period Of th
worin history is to pale the lus>,er {
|'io E,l"&neIhan age and to render con
'nohplace INC golden age OF Augustu
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