Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1897-06-04
QUEEN VICTORIA.

IedlliiSJ upOn WulCH bne sun
never SETS" the sixtieth anniver-
sary of her coronation will be cell
ebrated. Into this public demon
stration there will enter ia the
loyal British heart, not only great
pride in the historic events that
have marked her reign, hut pro-
found reverence and love for the
woman who is first in the hearts
of all true Englishmen. She rules
her empire not only in the cabi-
net but in the hearts of her sub
fleets,
It is not alone in the British
Empire that she is admired, but
throughout the English-speaking
world, wherever the descendants
of the Anglo Saxon have settled
By this great nation, which scarce
ly more than a century ago was
part of the British Empire,
whom Mr.. Gladstone has affection
ately called "our kin beyond the
sea-" the Queen is specially ad-
mired and reverenced.
Hers is the longest and most
prosperous reign in English histo-
~. 1t has been characterized by
greater improvements in the arts
and sciences and all that contrib
ntes to the civilization of man
than any preceding sixty years in
the cycles of time. Look back
over the period that lies between
1887 and 1897 and we can readily
see it.
In 1887 the kingdom of Great
Britain had twenty six million
people, and to-day there are thir-
ty nine millions. The improve
ments in the comforts of living
has been almost. beyond belief.
To-day, as the Queen of Great
Britain and Empress of India, she
rules over 400, 5l4, 900 people or
~ per cent of the globe. and her
empire extends over 1880, 316
square miles, covering 21 per cent
Of the land of the world.
In 1887 the United States had
q population of 100000 and
to-day it numbers over 10000, 900.
Our territorial area has in
creased rs per cent and our nation
al wealth abont 100 per cent.
New York and Philadelphia were
the only cities in the United States
then containing population of
over 200, 900 and to-day there are
II such cities whose combined
population is II, 900, 900. Chicago
was then town Of 1000 and to-
day only 5 cities of the world ex-
coed it in number of inhabitants.
In 1887 ignorance was general.
40 per cent of the men and 65 per
cent of the women of Great Britain
could not write their names and
to-day the uneducated form a
minimum of the population.
In 1887 electricity was only a
curious phenomenon in science and
to-day it has been harnessed by
man to his triumphal car and rs
doing duty like beast of burden.
In 1887 steel was a Injury in.
which only the rich could indulge.
The Bessemer process caused the
price to fall from $500 per ton to
$50. The inventor, British sub
ject, Melted 5000, 900 in royalties
from this invention of his genius
and in 40 years has saved the
world tie incompatible sum. of
one thousand million dollars. To-
day the thousand miles of steel
rails girdling the earth, attest the
eheapness and utility of the in
vention.
The telegraph and ocean cable
Have reyolntionized the manner of
carryingcon the commerce of the
world, and the telephone is fast
superceding the telegraph in every
day use among the people.
In 1887 slavery existed in many
portions of the civilized world,
and to-day it is confined to the
wilds Of Africa, where the light of
Christianity and civilization has
not yet been able to penetrate. |
In 1887 home comforts were rare