West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-02-07

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vICronA WHEN A GIRL.
ttr was her stop aunt. and staid five
days Mt Chateau d'Eu. She had never
been ont of England before. Thence
they went 10 Belgium. Nicholas. the
ear. paid her n visit. Louis Philippe fol-
lowed
In August 1874. Prince Alfred was
born
In 1851 pho opened tho Crystal palace
Ia 1880 she purchased Osborne, isle Of
Wight, and e,300 acres.
In 1913 she visited Germany.
Helena WAS born May %. 1916. and III
1873 the Princess Louise.
Louis Philippe. an exile. died at Glare
mont, England. in iS40.
In 1893 was born Prince Leopold. lust
before the Crimean war. Louis NAPOLEON
and Eugenie visited her.
Beatrice was born 1857.
Prince Albert died Saturday night
Dec. a. 1861. at tho ago of only 4e. No
wonder the widow felt the loss of her
spouse at that young. manly ago and
WAS long iaconsoiabLe. He died of fever
from cold ami said TO his daughter Alice.
'l0nr mother cannot bear TO hear me
speak OF It yet" Only u year previously
iier mOihcr's death madc her say. II
wfe,chcd child. havo lost tho mother /
30 t@iderly loved, from whom for these
~ years had never been parted except
FOR a few weeks"
lis your own little wife, she said to
ihc dying Albert. IIc said lao heard the
!iIds singing outside tho windows al
Windsor. and with his feyered breath he
kissed her, thinking of Germany. sHe
bad his daughter play him German airs
~ his last days. Nictorin's stopbrothor.
the Duko OF Leiningen. was with Albert
when he died
The que's' iiourncd long. and soi
ihoaght her mind would be affected. The
irscraaio London tradcsincn sbriekcd
''bc done with your hiding away and
como and got us trade" Albert. like
Handel. the musician before him, knew
tho difference between German love Of
art and knowledge for their own sake
and English mining for knowledge as n
means Of wealth He had written be
fore his marriage Of England:
These people cannot understand the
profound genius Of our German litera-
turc. and hence their undertaking OF
it. He taught the queen to love seen
cry and said that the heavy London at
moaphere always weighed him down.
Victoria built mausoleum at Frog
moro for Albort's remains, and grand
monument-thc most elaborate 10 Tn-
ropc-is erected TO that prince consort
IN Hyde parl; gardens. al have had
Gods teaching said the widow, ''and
learned to bear all he lays upon mo"
She gayc renewed attention 90 the pub
lie business from u desire to carry out
the training her husband had given her.
Tho queen iudulgcd a species of spirit
ualism very long, believing that her has
bands spirit was with her. She could
only look down upon the marriage Of tho
Prince Of Wales and Alexandra two
years afterward in ST. Georges chapel.
This occurred Mayci 10. 1863. The au-
thor Of tai3 paper saw the Princess of
Waics cu;ss London by her affianced
CpOuac. and 20 years afterward enioyed
the possession OF box ut the Wild Wost
show nest 90 the prince. princess. the
now deceased son and three Of the girls.
Of whom Maudo was married within two
months.
70 was five years after Prince Alberto
eenth before Dps queen resumed the
Throne in public.
German conseioutioumess. German
fystCm. German household art and fem
ily devotion had made Of the daughter
tf the Duke 81 Kcn. a being as unllss
him as Cordelia was unlike tI2 raga.y
Lear. Tho spirits Of Goethe, Schiller and
Mendelssobn have for 80 years beon rul-
ing England
Ten years after her fathers death the
Princess Louise married the Marquis Of
LOrne. Two ScOtchmcn and several Ger
mans are the queens sons-in-law. Helena
married Prince Christian Of Sleswick.
Holstein IN the mourning period
Prince Albert resisted the inhdious
persuasions Of Napoleon III 90 T. ke part
in the dismembcrmont Of the United
States. Tho wise invehmcnt the Ger
man people made In American war bonds
assisted Them to maintain the armies
which beat Austria aud France Eng
hshmen Of as much hypocrisy aud as ht-
tie docency Gs Carlyle said Of the United
States. 1T isa dirty chimney; let IL burn
itself out" Tho queen sent message
IN 1866 TO tho president upon the com
pletion ~ the Atlantic cable, cOnsoied
Mrs. Lincoln upon her husbands death
and entertained the son Of Lincoln, Cen
eral Grant an Che son OF Harrison. Six
times had t.iis 0ool woman been shot ut
end oncc struckin that brutal country
struck by an officer Of hGasars. Not an
insult was ever offered her in ireland or
in any ether couutry
iies learned ard let.ors loving Eua.
tstd n hi4 ol"ri to improve tho civili-
saiioaDi bug md, lrorctatiy hornd-
81 b" ub.'c sDoaSors prcs and people.
fA u ngcn li;n iH3 Crmcan war.
wiz ",s C-o t0thst iac.oy. Palmer