Arizona silver belt., 1901-01-31


 only on one occasion, in May, 1850, did her majesty receive any actual in- jury, and that of mere transltory character. Her assaiant on that oc- casion was dismissed officer of hus- sars. and he was seized before he had time to accomplish more than strike her a sharp blow in the face with stick. The man was sentenced to seven years' transportation. The first attempt to asslssinate her was made in June, 1S40, by man named Oxford, who fired two pistol shots at her while she was driving up Constitution hill with her husband. The would-be murderer was detained several years in prison and at last accounts was earning his livelihood by house paint ing out in Australia.
 Victoria had nine children Victoria, dowager empress of Germany Albert Edward. prince of Wales; Alice, grand duchess of Hesse; Alfred, duke of Edinburgh; Princess Helena, Princess Louise; Arthur, duke of Connaught; Leopold, Duke of Albany, and Prin- cess Beatrice. All have had large families save the Princess Louise, wEo married Lord Lorne.
 The queen hated tobacco smoke with all her strength, and it was for bidden to everyone to indulge Tn the fragrant weed within the walls Of Windsor. It is not recorded that this rule was ever relaxed but once, and that was on the occasion of the visit of King Charles of Roumania to her majesty in 1892. Then the smell of Havana was observable every where save in the apartments of the queen herself and the adjacent corridors.
 Victoria always took most of her personal belongings with her when she went on a journey, and it was therefore no easy taslcfor her house hold to make the change from one place to the other. The moving of the court from Windsor to Osborne is described by one who has helped in the moving as worse than three fires and an earthquake all at once"
 ! When the queen went on a railroad journey, ali traffic was stopped on that particular line for a quarter of an hour before the passage of the royal train, and for 10 minutes afterwards as well. She had an immovable prejudice against traveling faster than ZO miles an hour and was never con i tent to travel at night.
 i Victorias appetite was good. Here is a menu of a luncheon served in 1892 at the home of her granddaughter, the i Duchess of Fife, to which the royal grandmother is said to have done ample justice: Minced venison, boiled capons, OK tongue, cold roast chicken and York ham, cold grouse, cold roast sirloin Of Scotch beef. pastry, chedar cheese and salad, 1884 champagne, dry biscuits an 3O years old dry port, l Victoria possessed most remark able memory She rarely forgot a face, and to the day of her death she could recite the pedigree of almost every noble family in England, of all the German royalties, the exact ar engagement of everything in a chest o drawers locked up a twelyemonth be
 fore, and every slight or ciyiiily of fered to her conSort, Prince Albert
 during their 22 years of married life.
 The queen was very fond of dogs.
 Nearly 60 years ago an American
 visiting in London, and who saw tn
 queen shortly before her coronation
 described her thus: "She is a daint.
 little maiden. only 1 feet 10 inches il height, with delicate figure flower
 like face, a slender arm and exquisite
 ly poised head. The face was littl
 pensiye. but nevertheless mirtbfu
 the corners of the mouth turning u decldedly
 It is said that Victoria used to cor
 sider herself really at home in but on place, and that her private garden { Osborne, on the Isle of Wight. Ther , she had q plot of ground her ow private property on which no stral
 ger was ever allowed to intrude. r The queen wrote much, but pu g lished little The two volumes M I Life in the Highlandsn and it's seqde 3 published shortly after John Brown
 death, were singular productions. s Although it is impossible to ss r that Queen Victoria outlived her us ,, fitness, yet she may be said to ha' r outlived her happiness. During h ;. long and eventful reign almost tl Il longest on record and extending co ' siderably over half century she h. l. seen all her oldest friends and 6 Il quaintances as well as numerous mel .r bers of her immediate family disa
 pear into the grave, until at last s e felt herself quite alone in the worl h Not a single one of her former asso Il ciates to whom she could unburd ,r her mind. discuss the earlier events