The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-06-29

hand in marriage to Don Carlos. heir
to the throne of Spain. However, this
spirited daughter was the last to be
made miserable for reasons of State,
and succeeded In attaining her fondest
wishes in marrying her own choice.
While she admired her fathers vir-
lures, h condemned his m~ismanage-
ment. So when the Emperor died
suddenly after %partaking too immod-
erately Of a favorite dish-mushrooms
stewed in oil-Maria Theresa found
her inheritance in a wretched state, |
the dominions that had come down to |
him, prosperous and powerful thirty |
years befOre.
The empress-queen was twenty-four,
in the full enjoyment Of her manifold !
fold blessings, happily married to
Francis, Duke of Lorraine, the mother |
of w lovely little girls, wholly in
experienced, without any wise leaders
from whom she could seek advice.
Her husband was always sympathetic
and a faithful friend, but he was men
tally her inferior, his education had
been so sadly neglected that he could
! scarcely read or write, and while he
was brave he was ignorant Of the art
OF war and was no general. The pow
ers Of Europe, as soon as Charles VI.
was dead. regarding the Pragmatic
Sanction as a mere scrap Of paper"
refused to acknowledge the rights Of
Maria Theresa, and secretly set to
work to partition her territories
among themselves. Her position was
such as to overawe the stoutest heart:
the treasury was empty; the army
consisted of barely thirty thousand,
poorly equipped, undisciplined, unpaid
troops, and she had no ministry, or
worse still, an incompetent lot of i'm
beetles composed the council. Then
Hungary and Bohemia were in revolt,
their leading mobiles DESTROYS Of unit
ing heir Kingdoms with Turkey. Is
young woman should have preferred
domestic happiness to a life of strife
on the throne and wrote thus?
| with JOY, had 1 been insignificant
and had remained simply Grand
Duchess of Tuscany, if I could nave
believed that God so will it; but as he
, has chosen me to bear the great bur
den Of government l hold it on prin.
: ciple and consider it my duty to apply
t all my resources to the task"
r Frederick the Great calmly ignored
: the treaty by which he had bounl
himself to Austria and seized upo1
Silesia with his well disciplined army
Tn: marked ID the beginning 7gin;an s, o.
d c%ession, by which Europe wa:
n unsettled for eight years. Austria
France, Prussia, Russia, Bohemia, thu
Netherlands, Turkey and England
IS were involved. Some times two OF
IS three of these were fighting as allies
and in a few days they would be fight
g side of the weak, stood nobly b.
d Maria Theresa. "The Queen O
Hungary was a favorfte toas
d in Britain, her likeness wa
le to be seen everywhere. Parlia
: ment voted large sums for he
1fI cause and the ladies of the realm
ID headed by the aged Duchess Of Mar
l. borough, presented her with half
ut million dollars, a gift her pride force
N her to decline. Holland also remain
as her firm ally.
az In the most of this struggle, to saw
re her empire from dissolution. when he
u friends d~espaired of hope, Maria The
resa repaired to Presburg to be crown
OF ed Queen Of Hungary, June 13, ia
10 to fit her shapely head, was place
en- upon her brow, his tattered sacre
US gown was thrown over her jewele
re robes IN his sword girded to h
Il waise. In this attire h rod up TT
Royal Mount and upon Its crest, draw
n, ners of the earth. Later when 81
All sat down to the inner in the banQu
ng hall of the ancient castle, as she r
moved the weighty crown her wealt
OF Of fair hair fell in ashower Of ringle
al over her face, flushed with excit
of ment, neck, and shoulders, she a
Ies dressed the Hungarian MOBILES, WI
e rose in a body and amid the glea
an Of sabreS, shouted, 1--WE will con
les crate our lives and arms; we will d
for our King, Maria Theresa" 81
in was the first Queen of Hungary. Fro
To- that hour the mixed tribes of Hunga
70 supported her loyalty.
his The bloody conflict terminated Wi
ms, the peace Of Aix-la-Chapelle, OctOb
it'll 20, 1748. Maria Theresa was firm
Or established on her throne with sol
" loss of territory and with fame as
of great general. For the loss Of Siies
lp- she never was reconciled.
he With peace restored this remarkat
US sovereign turned her thoughts to t