The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-19

The DdOlSn west lICisS
a part of the rapidiy-growtng territory OF
the United States, if President Mchinies
and his people can raise the price IE4s
Is meant. not In jest, but in earnest. Inc
Tinted States offered a sum WHICH tue
Danish Government refused, ana
which the United States Declined % 80
Now the Danes have come down IRON.
tboi- fieh estate 10 a. certain extent. and
ask the President OF the United states
rn kindly name a price-the highest pos
sfbla one-which he will give tor enc
oynersiiio of the most desirable iit'is
group In the Antilles.
IF the sum is not too small, IL wiz nc
accepted, and the title AID risnt 20 'lie
islands Will pass into American hahds-
r,,,,e Islands are several IN number. rich
~ nrodnce. and innabited by the most
thrifty OF all people ~.
The Danes. Ike their cousins inc
Swedes. are noted for their INDUSTRY atit
frugalfty, for their habits OF cisSeA4liiess
and for their love OF work IhsS 90
also noted for their types OF uiol..
feautv. as their cities VIII TESTIFY: ana
Tor tna innate refinement which pervaaes
than, and their homes. Thus a. very
desirable class of people will De -odhu
upon the islands which may sooa lisS
over to US. ~, ,,r
So King Christian. heavy with year,.
and laden with honors and goio' MS NO.
fnrc.OttSn his OLD IeluSIlCS IS'''ttAN'
ing :. bargain nor will he, even III hls
old DAYS. let weakness or indo eilSs
in4uance him into making Il sale which
does not seem 10 him the best Tor Dem
| mark and its people
| When lie WAS a young man. SLEistIsaI''
mike ef Schleswig- MISUNDERSTANDING
C.fucksbi,rg. had no idea that ne wou4a
s,,sr buv q nation or sell one He rose
| in tha morning looked after MS f4zul'
| 1ad his wife out into the sewlnS-aro's
,nder the stately elms which stooo
| mandy over the old home Of the Schtes
wigs. near Copenhagen; and then reSited
| 10 his study to read and write
The wife, Louise OF Hesse-Ias7 81 h-fst
| in the arbor and made dresses o. ofis l..,
&c - fo- bar three pretty daughters and
| dreamed her own dreams.
A. last it came. That which they haa
! long expected was realized. freus 5 - y
| WI. King of Denmark. died. anu
! courier came riding swiftly TO lle We
| "a toll the news to the Duke and 70 cry
| ~ 1-ine, fs dead. long live the King.
Frederick had died without hetrS. anu
t,a Succession came 60 the Duke or
| Observation-Disclosures
| There is a Danish law that the klns
I must always be known as either fFeS'-
| erick or Christian-the two names 10 Dc
| used alternately. Thus Frederick oslLls
/. dead the next king had to be q man
| nor,ed Christian. and the Duke OF
| Schleswis straightway became Christian
| I%. of Denmark :,
| What n pac5ing-up now took place IN
| the small country house, and now ufseh.
| we're the many errands to Copenhasen
| For wears the family had lived on tue
| sIenderest allowance, and had heeh SVlits
| of little makeshifts which were 70 cause
| unsrzakable modification in the years 10
| come OF gowns the three pretty girls
| had none worth mentioning: and of Jewels
| there was not even a brooch, except tue
! few antiques which the mother nae
| guarded religiously for them from thelf
| i{Iustrious ancestors Telling of 1t after
wards. Queen Louise said that never IN
| tre twenty wears of their married life had
| +hev received over $500 per year upon
| which to live and raise a family
4 GREAT CHANGE.
| Rut now all was different. The father
| and mother with their six children moved
nfo the handsome old castle at .sopen-
hagen, ana reign OF triumph began
| Always clever. Queen Louise now
| exerted herself to her greatest efforts. and
Christian seconded her in MS handling oil
| matters of state.
That same year the Queen married her
| eldest daughter. the handsome Alexandra
m the Prince of Wales: and a little later
She married the second daughter. Dag
| o7ar. to- the Car OF Russia, Then she
canned the feminine climax by givins
! Thvra. the Youngest OF them all. to the
ricf, Duke of Cumberland. man VINO
was a king until the forming of the Ger
man Empire. and who retained MS klnSiy
| fortune, surprising many acroWheo iietiu
in worldly possessions
In 1863 George, q younger son, was
elected King OF Greece. and Wildemt
was appointed Prince OF Bulgaria an
! honor which he temporarily declined. but
may yet accept. Besides these. there
IS Frederick. the Prince Royal, VINO VII
succeed the father. Christian
A wonderful family, truly; one that
| reflects much praise upon the parents
though it gained for them the uneuviaDIe
soubrIauec Of matchmaker, beau-catchel
ana plotter "Mother-in-iaw' OF al
Europe the comic papers dubbed Queer
Louise, and so she was called from the
Arctic to the Mediterranean.
Queen louise died a year ago. and Al
| the age OF eighty-one, King Christian va
left to manage the throne alone. a
| first 1t was thought that he could not d.
so, but the aged monarch soon showed
| his ability TO recover from the death o
| his spouse, and we see him the past yea
| bargaining and buying, selling and nego
| tiating, with all his Old strength an'
| vigor.
During the nearly forty years that hav
ELAPSED since he rode that morning int
Denmark behind the royal horses, tn
! possessions OF Denmark nave peer
increasing When her children marrie'
and went away, the Queen appointed
day in September as the annual home
coming 1t was her birsh-month: and il
September the Princess of Wales, witt
the Prince; the Car of Russia, with th
Czarina; the King of Greece. with hi
Queen: and all the other royalties of IN
family gathered there. A--sing was bull
10 the palace; private suites were con
structed, telegraph wires were put IT
typewriters were engaged, and the mon
archs enjoyed the fun of reigning at lon
distance. 1t was their gala-month. On
by one the children began to come Wit
them: and the present Car tells tales o
walking his first infant steps through tn
park at Copenhagen. guided by papa, III
White Car.
Numerous gifts came to Copenhagen a
this ;time-wonderfuI cream-colored horses
carriages of newest pattern, jewels OF a
kinds, and dress-stuffs, a single yard o
which would have dazzled the Queen 4
the old days, when she made hes gowns
And here, too. the cleverness of tn
Queen asserted itself. She made a vir
fro az those old days OF hardshiDS ar