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[Di 'â€"â€"8 CROWNING OF A GIRL AS QUEEN. It is surely woman's era when threel queens rule as many nations of Eur- ope. says an Amsterdam letter. Thisi will be the case when the next great, event. of the year will have passed intoi history by the installation as Queen! of the Netherlands of Wilhelmina, dau- ghter of the late King William UL, and his second wife. Princess Emma.z The ceremony of crowning the girl: Queen, of the Netherlands will take‘ place in the New church, Amsterdam‘ on Sept. 6. To grow up with the eyes of a naâ€" tion watching for the girl to develo; and rejoicing as she changes from a pretty child into an unusually attrac- tive woman is a. lot that anyone might. I envy. Such has been the life of Wil- helmina. Iler budding beauty has been raved over and written about as few other young women’s‘looks have been;;2 her mental qualities have been praised} in the way to turn the head of a: law vain young person, and, in a word, 3110 has been the Not of the no; tlon and. the pride of every. Dutchman Iince she first won their hearts as a puts little child of 7 riding a prettyl little Shetland pony. Now that the' lime has come when she is to leave rahildhood- behind and become the wo- man and the queen the picture she' presents is one that the nation re spects as well as loves. For Wilhelmina is a dignified miss, who knows how to ‘deport herself when the public eye is upOn her and great functionaries of state are paying her homage. She will have need of all her self- poasession on Sept 6, however, for the ordeal will be a trying one. Wilhel- mina is supposed to come of age on that date. As a usual thing boys and. iris of» the Netherlands do not come f age until they are 23, but in this case Wilhelmina being a queen. is al- lovved to come of age on her eighteenth birthday. On Aug. 31. therefore, the queen regent will cease to rule and. \Vli‘lh'elmina will become uQueen of the Netherlands, although her coronation will not take place until Sept. 6. The programme is already arrang- ed. The queen and the queen regent are to leave the .Hague. where the birth av of the former will have 'been suite. ly cpl bratod a. few days pre- viously, on opt. 5, early. in the aft- ernoon. Arriving at the VVeesporpoot Station at Amsterdam they will be met b the leading citizens and repre- sentat ves of the government, and ac- companied by an escort of hussars will be driven to the palace by aroute sufficiently circuitous to enable a vast cdncourse of spectators tt‘) witness the pr’bccssion. In every street to be tra- ersed the de rations will be of the mgst ornate cscription, and loyal ggeetings will meet her majesty’s eye a fiery turn, while a portion of the route. it is expected, will be lined by representatives of .“labor borporaâ€" tions" carrying their respective ban- ners. Between the hours of 7 and 8 on the following morning. Sept. 6, curious mu- sic will fell upon the ears of citizens. for from‘ Ithe steeples of the different churches trumpeters are to play ex- cerpts from sacred worksâ€" surely a novel departure in reveilles. At 11 o'clock on the same day, ac- cording to present arrangements. the coronation services will take place in tho Nieuvo :‘Kerk, but the details of the ceremonial have yet to be dis- cussed and brought to completion. In the afternoon the. queen will again drive through the town. and will visit, among other districts. the Jordan, this being the Jewish quarter. \Vith the fall of night the city is to be il- luminated, a brilliant display being an- ticipated, while it is also expected that, the queen herself will be driven through the streets, in order that she may see the bright and radiant! devio- es prepared in her honor. The following morning. like the day revious, will be ushered in with simi- lar strains. while at 10 a.m. Queen \Vilhelinina is to be serenaded by the Netherlands Choral ~Society. The af- ternoon will witness the great popu- lar festival. near that wondrous muâ€" seum which contains licmbrandt’s mas- terpiece. From the square the queen. accompanied by her mother, will witâ€" ness an allegorical and historical pro- cession. which is being organized on an elaborate scale. to illustrate in picturesque fashion the principal epi- sodes and stirring events, from the period of tho eighty years‘ war down to the nineteenth century. that have marked the history of a nation which. despite its many and strange vicis- situdes, has attained such solid glory. After this interesting pageant has {mod before the eyes of the people, he men, women and children of Am- sterdam are promised Ity of ma]; an opportun- ing merry over a. "water carnixsl." in connection with which tho craft. in-the harbor and canals will be guny and tastefully illumin- ated. From apavilion to be erect- ed on the West Indian pier' the queen will view this festival. and on the next day t. t. 8. she will, it is believ- ed. pay a v 't in company with her mother to that section of the Ry: Museum which is devoted to objects of interest connected with the house of Orange. Another exhibition will probably be visited during the after- noon. while their majestics have also or nngod to attend. a "matinee musi- c. to be given by the Dutch Musi- clans' Association in the concert hall. At night there will be a gala. per» fommnce in t a town theater. which will be beauti ully decorated for the QUEEN WILHELBHNA. Occasion. "On the following morning. Sept 9. the departure of the queen and l the queen-mother will be made froml the Central station, and there will be an end to revelries and rejoicingis that bid fair to be memorable in the annals of the country of Mynheer Van l (pm i u {l or HOLLAND. ~that. in certain streets grand stands are to be erected by the local author- ities for the benefit of "the people," fand for these seats a fixed and nomi- inal sum will. it is understood, be charged. Dunck. It remains to be 88611 to M:th { onatlon ceremonies will take place, is extent Englishmen and other foreign-, uncompromising in its plainuess. but BI‘S \Vlll make an incursion into HOlâ€"i possesses. apart from asimple dignity land on the occasion of the 9991‘03011‘ that at once impresses the visitor| not ing festivities. but certain it 18 that i a. few memorials beautiful in themsel- no one who embraces this opportunity of becoming acquainted with that in- teresting country will leave it with the words employed by Voltaire to. express his cynical indifference to its| undoubted charms. How they are ever going to accommo- date the people who will £1001: to this town on the occasion of the coronation is a mystery. The statement is now put forward in various quarters that ever since the beginning of the year the space at the disposal of every ho- tel of repute has been bespoken for the period of the coming festivities. This circumstance, remarkable enough in. itself, suggests the probability of a very knotty problem having to be solved, while it also brings to mind in- cidentally the anomaly of a. city of half a. million inhabitants, and a “'moving population" too large to be satisfactorily estimated being possess- ed of not more than half a dozen hotels of the first class. Those that do not belong to this order are excellent enough, to be sure, but the lack of suitable accommodation in ‘Amster- dam has brought about in connection with the impending ceremonies a curious state of things. in that it has precluded the issuing of invitations by the government to the heads and representatives of other countries. Now. it is a. fact that need scarcely b3 insisted upon that you cannot. very well invite, say, a. crowned head to the capital of your kingdom upon an occasion of the utmost state and then allcw that illustrious personage to run any risk in respect of the conditions of comfort under which the visit is likely to be paid. The plain truth of the matter. as an influential resident here has explained to me, is thisâ€"that, although, as might not nit-naturally be supposed, there are enough suit- able buildings in Amsterdam to house a certain number of royal and other{ distinguished guests. and the mem- bers of their suites, the numbon is in- sufficient to enable all those to' be in< vited whose rank or position entitles them to such a compliment, and in- asmuch as to make exceptions would be to offer a serious affront to those who remained unbidden. it has been wisely decided by the high officials in whose hands the arrangements for the ceremony are placed to extend no invitations of the kind indicated. On the other hand it is hardly neces- é sary to point out that persons of an' exalted station. states, chiefs or governments. and others of high degree, who desire to show their good will toward the youth~ ful sovereign by attending the cor- onation service will be made heartily welcome and accorded an official rc- ception fully in consonance with their‘ positions and the honor that is due to them. "What is the use of getting anxi- ous?" said a. citizen to .me with an apparent unconcern typical of 'his race when I referred to the incon- venience that might arise from the universal desire to honor Queen Wil- helmina. "What is the use?" he re- peated with a shrug of his should- ers. and added, “All I know is that I shall be there and mean to see it all." .\t the same time. as will be observed. 1 there are many rtxsidents in the “Dyke of the Amstel" who manifestly have, a. less touching truthfulness in their own powers of over-riding obstacles when the long looked for day arrives. So it happens that a. brisk trade is being carried on by townsfolk who have the good fortune to occupy buildings at convenient. sites in the disposal of rooms from which to view the state. procession. which is to form an im- portant feature in the approaching fastivitlcs. In the principal arteries I find that twmwindow roomsbave been bcspoken for sums var ing from 500 to 1.000 gullders (tong ly speaking. from 8200 to $400), while in the case of sartorial establishment in the Dam. overlooking the front of the roy- al palace. accommodation has brought as much as 81.000 for that chief day of the celebration. It is worthy of note. by the way. representatives of ' lves and also interesting as illustraâ€" tive of deeds of glorious valor in the ,history of the country. There is still to be seen :the laurel wreath. long since faded. which the German emper- or himself on the occasion of his last visit placed on the monument of Ad- miral de Ruytsr. while another not- able memorial is that erected to r- petuate the heroism of Lieutenant an Speyk, who, as the inscription in Dutch recalls, blew up his ship before Ant- werp to save the honor of his country’s flag. The anticipation of the solemn service on Sept. 6, the date of the “installation,” some important inter- nal alterations are now being carried out, notably the removal of the. wood- on seats immediately fronting the -brass screen which divides the "court of marriages" from the body of the church. A site will then be provided for the dais upon which the queen will sit. surrounded by the members of the government and the high offiâ€" cials of her court, during the service. Upon this occasion will be unveiled on the south side of the edifice the stain- ed glass commemorative window dcâ€" picting the queen's illustrious ancesâ€" tors of the house of Orange, which is to be placed in the church by- public sub- scription as a mark of the city’s loyal- ty and affection. On the side facing the exquisitely carved, chalice-shaped pulpit are the pews which will be occupied respec- tively by the queen regent, with her maids of honor, the members of the queen's court. and the mayor, with the civic officials accompanying him. Es- corted by the highest dignitaries of state and preceded by the officials to whom falls the honor of carrying the crown. the scepter, the cross-surmount;- ed golden ball and the other glitter- ing symbols of authority, her majesty entering by tho doors reached from the Nieuwezigds Voorburgwal, will walk up the center of the fans. and then i take her place on the dais. Hero, after in. sermon has been preached probably by the oldest of the four ministers at- ; Cached to the kerk, Queen \Vilhelmina iwill take the oath in the words pre- scribed by custom. swearing to “defend land preserve with all her power the independence and territory of the kingdom. to protect the general and individual liberties of her subjects and ; to employ all the means placed within her power by the constitution to mainâ€" ftain and promote the welfare of her people." This and other formalities over, the first knight-at-arms, will duly proclaim \Vilhelmina Helena Pau- ; line. Maria to be Queen of the Nether- .lands. and a flourish of trumpets, a roll of military drums. and the clam:- .ing of church bells will announce to The Nieuve Kerk, in which the I , the inhabitants of the city that the] , great and eventful ceremony has reachâ€" ! ed its close. i NAVAL MANEUVERINC . i The Fatherâ€"That young man whm 'used to call on you and stay so latei :is in the navy now. I understand? a .The Daughterâ€"Yes. mpa: and think! of iti His boat has been disabled! The 3 last time I saw him he was being tow- . ed in. Well. don't let me see him around here at all hours of the night or you; 'will see him food out. I i WHAT A DIFFERENCE. i Sheâ€"I really think it was bad taste 'iu you to drink so much wine at the ' dinner last evening. j Heâ€"-0. I suppose so. But really I ; didn’t realize the bad taste till I awake ;this morning. It was something hor- rible. . DI ABOLICAL SELF-REPRESSION. Greymairâ€"My wife didn’t say a. word when I got home so late the other morning. Butterhawsâ€"That was kind. As I was saying. she didn’t say a. word when I got home. She waited until I got sleepy. i adu‘rtizeuu'nts. 'l he first lWURLD ur HOW NEWS SELLING HAS GROWN IN THE LAST CENTURY. “‘hen the Flt-st Sheet “'11: Issuedâ€"Paper Withn Circulation of a fillllouâ€"onc With Three Copies Dally. There are very few people out. of the millions of newspaper readers who have any idea of the number of newsâ€" papers that are published daily throughout the world. and fewer still have any knowledge of the large variâ€" ety of languages employed in their production. A census of the world's newspapers has been found to be al- most an impossibility. on account of the extraordinary rate at which they come and go. The ups and downs in the history of journalism are inter- esting and instructive. but exceeding- ly mystifying to any one who strives after even approximate figures. To-day they are, and to-morrow their place on the news-stand knows them no more. .As an illustration of this, the fact may be stated ihat,.on an aver- ago, two new papers come out every week in London. and that almost; an equal number disappear from the scene. [According to the most recent and carefully collected statistics, there are now no fewer than 5,410 regularly published daily newspapers, of which 2,110, or nearly two-fifths of the whole number. are isSued in the United States. The number and variety of languages employed in the entire list of the world’s newspapers are astonishing. Not all the daily bapers are confined to one language. Some are printed in two and some in three different languages each issue. In all there are EIGHTYâ€"ONE LANGUAGES employed. They are as follows: Ara- bic, Armenian. Albanian. Assamesedlasâ€" que. Bengali, Bohemian, Bulgarian liur-l mese, aCnarese, Cherokee Creek, Croa- tian. Chinese, Cze-chish, Danish Dutch or Hollandish. English. Estnish, h‘rench,| Flemish, Frisian, Fiji. Finnish, Grusn-i iau Georgian, German, Gaelic, quar-I ati, Guarani. ancient and modern Greek, 2 Hebrew, Hindi, Hindustani, Hawaiian, Hungarian. lcciandic, ltalian, Japanese, Javanese. Kaffir or Xosa, Kalmuk, Korean. Latin. Lapp, Lettish or Livon- ian. Magyar, Malay, Malagasi, Maori, Maltese, Marathi, Norwegian, Persian. Portuguese, Provencal, Polish, Rou- man, liomuncse, Russian. liuthenian. Sardiniau, Slavonic, Servian, Siamese, Swedish. Spanish, Slovak, Sinalhese, Slovenian, Sioux, Syriac, Tartar, Ta- mil, Telugu, Turkish. Tschwvaschian. Urdu, Volapuk and Welsh. The tetal number of newspapers of all kinds that are published throughâ€", out the world is now estimated ati 42,860. the annual aggregate circulation i of which is calculated to be twelveI thousand million copiesâ€"12,UU0,0UO,UUU; These 42.800 papers are distributed‘ about as follows: United States. 19,760; Great Britain, 6,050; Germany, 5.450;l France, 4.000; ltaly, 1,400; Austria-l Hungary, 1,200; Russia. 815; Canada.l 870; Japan. 770; Greece, 580 ; Spain. 850; 3 Belgium, 300; Holland. 300; Switzer-' land, 450', Portugal, 50; Egypt, 36;| China. 40; Persia, 8; Australasia, 350.: '1heque.t'.onas to which or unliy fur-' nished the first newspaper publication f has never been satisfactorily settled.i Germany. France, Belgium and ling-l land each claim the honor. The difâ€"i ficulty of arrtvmg at a proper solu-z 'Lion of the question seems to turn up-i on what is to be considered a news-* paper. and a general agreement upon! that question has not as yet been cfâ€"l footed. There. are in the British Mus-i cum copies of many early English? papers, the oldest being what was} known as THE WEEKLY NEWS published in London in 1622. This} paper continued until January 9. 1640. i when it. was succeeded by the Mcrâ€"l cury. The earliest; of the papers pul>-= lished in Germany. according to the’ most voracious account. was Uic Frank- furter Oberpustamis Zeitung. 1615. The following yea r a paper published at irâ€" regular intervals appeared at. Antwerp. In ltiili the first Swedish paper was started in Slm'khulln. During the lat- ter part of the seventeenth and the be- ‘ ginning of the eighteenth centuries a number of newspapers made their ap< pearam-e in England and in iariousi parts of the continent. These papers? . n I ‘ sol Zorn consisted of more than two small 11:05 or leaflets of text, and in this' imiierl spice \VJIS comprised all the for-i eign intelligence covering a period of several (lays. while a considerable por-i tiun of the second page was devoted to : {ussiani newspaper, Moscovski Vysdomosti, was. published under the personal supervisa ion of Peter the Great. January 2, 1703, and in the imperial library at St. Pet- orsburg there are now treasured upi some proof sheets with correctionsl made by Peter the G reat himself. On the North American continent the; publication of newspapers began with. the Boston. News Letter. April 2i. 1704.; A sheet known as Public Occurrences. Foreign and Domestic. was issued inI Boston in 1090. but it cannot be saidl that it was really a newspaper. in 1719 the Boston Gazette was started as a rival of the News Letter. Then the Newi England Courant appeared. 17:21. and in 1732 the Rhoda island Gazette. On. October l8. 1725. the first newspaper in: New York city. the Gazette, was start-f ed. and in 1730 the “'oekly Journal' came out. Of the New York papers at: pundit. ' the present time. the oldest isthe Com- mercisl Advertiser. which was started in 1797. The Evening Post comes next. dating from 1801. The F1 851‘ CANA ill AN PAPER. was the Halifax Gazette. in 1763. At. the beginning of the present cen- tury there wereninctyâ€"oue newspapers published in the United States. as against 17,760 at the beginning of 1897. in 189i the Mb‘rning Advertiser of London celebrated its centenary. and this brought. to light the fact that there were at that time in the United Kingdom no fewer than 79 newspapers and periodicals which had passed the century. France is extremely well supplied with newspapers. There are 78 dailies published in Paris. which is more than in any other city in the world. and al- most. as many as London. New York and Philadelphia. put together. La Gazette do France is one of the oldest French papers. having been founded under Louis Kill. in 1633. Two other newspapers. La. Moniteur Universal and La Journal dos Debuts are con- tenarians. dating from 1789. Lo I’etit Journal, the well-known five centimo journal'eujoys the honor and distinc- tion of having the largest circulation of any newspaper in the world. This circulation averages about one mil- lion copics per day. and on days when news of special interest isexpccted the issue runs up from 1,100,001) to 1.200.- 000. The paper with the smallest cir- culation is the imperial Review. pub- lished for the solo benefit; of the l'lm- peror of Austria. it is made up from translations of all the principal items in the prominent European papers. and three copies only are made ouch (lay. . -.-â€"~‘~.__.._ .. WELSH COAL STRIKE. um.â€" As Stubborn us the l‘lght of the lingual linglnccrs. 'A London correspondent writes: 'l‘h strike of the Welsh oolliers is begin, ning to‘ match that of; the engineers is stubborn persistence. It is nearly six: teen weeks now since the minors quit‘ work. and thus far every effort ti bring masters and men even into real negotiation has failed. The owners add managers of the collieries have taken their one from the successful mantel-s in the engineering strike. They not in all respects as one body, which is do» termincd above all else to permit. no interference from a third party in the control of its business. The; refuse. for example, to deal with the miners, through an umpire mutually chosen, and they are scarcely more tolerant of an arbitrator or concliiafor desigâ€" nated by the Government. Under a my cent act the president of the Board. of Tradlc has the power to attempt the settlement. of strikes by such means, and under pressure from the Welsh- members of Parliament, he named a “conciliator” for the pending trouâ€" bles. His choice was a man highly cs- teemed for fairness and breadth of view, and familiar with conditions in the Welsh coal fields. The miners were willing to accept his mediation. the masters regarded it as an infringement of their right to conduct their own. ufâ€" fairs, treated the “conciliator” with bare courtesy. and so left him impot- ent. They purpose apparently to deal - . 0 only with their whilom workmen, and, if possible, with them as the employees of separate collieries. The men in their turn, divided in opinion, and distrust- ing one another. hesitate, seemingly, to give any of their number full pow- er to act for them. Thus the struggle continues in sul- lcn obstinacy. wilh increasing dist ress, though without violence. through all iSouth Wales. and with more and more detriment; to industries accustomed to the use of Welsh coal. Consequences of this sort have not been as numerous and as widespread as were those of the engineer strike since in the pinch ' other coal has been used. Already, how- ever. the want of \Velsh coal has caus- ed the abandonment of the usual naval manoeuvres, put steamship companies as! far east as India and China to grave inconvenience, choked London with unusual clouds of black smoke from other fuel, and necessitated the closâ€" ing of many factories unable to find suitable coal outside the \Volsll fields. The matter in dispute mums meet for sell lcmenl. by compromise. The masters .insist upon the continuule of a slid- ing scale, (lepumli-nt upon the prime of coal, as the basis of wages. The mim-rs are willing to :lctzppl. u sliding smulo, with a fixed minimumâ€"tho so-mliwl living \i':ig(*-â€"-l‘;elo\y which tlwir puy must not fall. The real difficulty in llll‘. way is the ro-ifus'll of llu- [masters to deal with the men through intermo- diarics. and film n-luclanco of lb:- nmn to clothe any n-promniaiive with mie- quate powers. «acâ€"â€" S.»\'l'lSi"ll-Il) Wi'l‘ii itl‘ZSlll/i'n’. Mrs. Browneâ€"Arc you satisfied with the results of your daughter's course at college? :‘irs Minterâ€"Quill, so: she is go- ing in marry one of the prufcsr-mrfl. ill-3 KNEW S’i‘ltiGlNS. Stiggins~llromlcrt is a mun i can't bear. \\'igginr+â€"â€"\Vhat did llmmlcrt ever dc for you ? PLACING HIS SY M‘l’A'l'll Y. I 3w: the Spaniards ut Mulunzau are compelled to rat their mules to keep from starving. remarked the short man as he laid aside the paper. Yon. lwas just rc-ading about it. midiho man with the chin whiskers it is too bad. i actually feel sorry (m 'cm. Who. the Spaniards? No. the mules. .. ,1 or M‘- .. -5,- V/ A,- -,A ,i r y,”