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DENTIST. for t}. , Durham, Land Middaugh HOUfle est, Stock Companies (f‘orrespondence to a call solicited J'urham, Licensed the County of Grey :01 the 2nd Division .cr matters promptly refexencea furnished 93p. m. n ml Hotel Pricevinc, aye in each month. Toronto. Easy terms Marriage Her brother's wife had brought to the court among her maids of honor a young and beautiful girl of some sev- e-nrbeen years named Agnes Sorel. With her beauty she had the sweetest spirit and “her eloquence was so much beyond that of other women that she was look- ed upon as a prodigy.” Her wonder- ful intelligence and grace of conversa- tion. as much. as her beauty won for Agnes Sorel the favor of Charles VIL. a man easily moved in his thoughts and mtentions. taking up and leaving his' favorites with astrange _fa_cility. . . Nor was the life of Queen Marie. who married Charles VII. of France. of the happiest. The young queen had an affectionate and versatile character and bore a great love for the king, but amid the pomp and magnificence of their court life she carried a heavy Surely this visit of the last descend- ant, of the house of Austria to the Pan- theon. this king stealing in and out among the coffins, is one of the most pathetic in history. It was the last re- view of the whole departed grandeur of their raceâ€"the fiery courage of Charles the Bold. the imperious spirit of Char- les the V., and the scheming brain of Philip II. ended here. Her married life lasted ten years. and after hersudden and tragic. death by cholera, the king sank deeper and deeper into a melancholy lethargy. Not long after her death, the strange long-- ing came upon him, so distinctive of the last (ktys of nearly every member of the Austrian house of Spain. He. the last decrepit relic of a great race. would descend into their mausoleum. and by the light of torches all the cof- fins in the dark vault of the Pantheon were opened for him in order. When the coffin of Marie Louise was opened: and he saw the form and still charm- ing features of her who had brighten- ed his dark life and brain for awhile. bears streamed from his eyes and he fell with outstretched arms on the bier, crying; “Before a year is past I will come and join you.” _ led b yan English ambassador: “The l king's ankles and knees swell, his eyes bag, the lids are as red as scarlet. and the rest of his face is a greenish-yel- low; the whole crown of his head bald." This was the man who rushed up the steps leadi'ngtothe room in which sat the miserable and trembling Louise. After her solemn entry into Madrid, the young queen began the life she was destined to lead to the end of her brief existence; 8. life combining the jealous seclusion ,of the harem, the lugubrious monotony of the cloister‘ and the iron tyranny of Spanish eti- quette. The gloomy. desolate palace; at Madrid wasasorry contrast to herl quette. The gloomy. desolate palace at Madrid wasasorry contrast to her former free, happy life. The unforâ€" tunate queen found Small comfort in the company of the king. who adored her; if the devotion of an idiot was worth anything. no woman ever had mom of anon. Oharles II. was born in the days of his father's deepest humiliation, and when the cadaverous, proud, but gen- tle-hearted monarch was in a dying state. His appearance is thus describ- of the hovel where she was resting. Prepared as she was, she was shocked at the sight. ymental qualities little above idiocy. l Like all unhappy princesses of France. doomed to marry Spanish kings, she re- garded her destiny with dread and aversion. Transferred from the gay court and intellectual life of France, the young creatures were immured in the somber and monotonous palace-life of Spain. Marie Louise made more than one pathetic appeal to her uncle to save her from such a fate, but all in vain. She was married by proxy at ed bride was to meet her couriers. Charles II. in his impatience to see the young queen went to meet her at Quin- tanapalla, a wretched village of a few peasant huts, and he decided to have the marriage take place there. Marie Louise saw him arrive from the balcony , -l A earlier European queens. What tragic histories were recorded in- their sad. hopeless hearts when they bowed as the most abject of slaves to the decrees and customs, perhaps centuries old, of their royal race, and to the cold. nnmnnnn Royally‘s Wormwood v.5-” â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" time not a single printing press in Sweden. or a bookseller's shop even in Stockholm. They were not slow to discover that their queen. though re- puted a classic scholar and able to dis. course fluently on theology and philo- sophy, was as incapable of .wisely gov- erning her country as. the Singularities of conduct she displayed proved her to be incapable of governing .herself. There was a fascination in her lively intelligent and earnest conversation that might have won confidence. but she soon convinced her subject: by her waywardm restlessness at mind, and want of W of W: that no ed woman of her times. But the hardy Swedish nation. who had been proud of the military ascendancy which their country under Gustavus Adolphus had achieved in Europe, cared little or no- thing for iearuing. The}: Eves at thgt queen was we most, learneu pnncess in Europe. 11: not. the moat accomplish- the great. queen (whom Gustavus Ad- olphus hoped to leave as his successor to the crown of Sweden. It had been blazoned abroad that the _ youthful The brilliant. pedantic, eccentric and selfish woman. Christina. proved not posure. On Wednesday, October 16. this un- fortunate victim of popular fury was conducted to the spot where Louis had previously suffered. The people who crowded the streets as she passed ex- hibited neither pity nor oompunction. and she met her fate with utmost oom- October 14, 1793, her trial began; she was accused of having. plundered the French nation, of having engaged in (riminal correspondence with foreign powers of having 'aided in the flight of her husband, and of contrn 1ng re- cent massacres which had been perpet- rated in different parts of France. The jury, after deliberating about an hour, returned the verdictâ€"‘ ‘guilty. ” ; To this end the daughter of the R0- man emperor had come, before whom all Europe had bent the knee, upon whom every honor had been lavished. and for whom the world's treasures had been opened. to watch ox er the unhappy woman. He was a cumming knave, Barassin by name, a thief and murderer by profes- sion, who had spent fourteen years in irons in prison. Such was the honest perumage who acted as valet-de-cham- Me to the queen of France. Some days before her death the fu'ncbionary was removed and a. gendarme stationed in her room as a. sentinel, who watched day and night at her side and from. whom she was. not separated, even at‘ night when asleep Upon her bed of rags, except by a miserable tattered screen. Marie Antoinette began in a storm her life which was to end amid a vio~ lent eruption. When she wedded Louis XVI. she was the most beauti- ful princess in the world, ”tall, slen- der and gracefulâ€"a true daughter of the Tyrol.” At that time she was the itlol of those who destroyed her. the last days of the beautiful queen were spent in that horrible prison, the L‘onciergerie. Under the pretext of giving her someone to whom she could make known her wants, they sent a spy “You have caused the misfortunes of a ‘IJ-atipn,” replied the enthusiast. them, Marie Antoinette appealed to them: "See, see, we are stifling." “We will stifle you in another way," crie¢_1_ the maddemed rabble. ”\Vhy do you itnsuliliieé asked the Queen of a young woman. bolder than the rest. A little compamy of them traveled five leagues "on foot to Versailles. reaching the palace at daybreak. Louis XVI. received them with his usual kindness and in response to their clam-- orings gave them an order for pro- visions. Ln 1790, the royal‘famaily left Trianon and traversed Paris, amid insults and threats. As the mob crowded about “.‘We have no bggd in Paris," they sand; ”let us seek the baker at Ver- sailles.” The happiest days of Marie Antoi- nette were passed at Little Trianon. When playing the part of a dairy-maid at her little farm, the queen exclaim- ed: “God be praised. I am no longer a sovereign.” At this time the affairs of the nation were becoming more tum- ultuous; the people who were starving in the streets had reached the pitch of indignation and fury. _ â€"vvvâ€"' kuvu v the Abbey of Jumiege. So ended the eventful and interesting life of the girl wholeft her simple village home for the m’?gnr1flcence and circumstance and glitter of the Parisian court. The most perseverimg enemy of Agnes Sore). was the son of Charles VII. So intense became his hatred of her that she in time exiled herself from the court to reside at the “Manoir de Beaute," where she died in 1449. Her W? was carried with great pomp and ceremony to the College Church 0t gotre Dame; her heart was taken to â€"-.â€"v wene shown the fis‘fibtâ€"érraneéh 'vault; that lent their shadows to these secret interviews. sense of the services she had rendered the king by awakening him from his apathy as regards state affairs; she ad- yiaed and encouraged him. and, indeed, l{mired all the energy which the young king displayed. When the taxes were ’ not paid and the states general only gave subsidies on very hard conditions, it was Agnes Sorel who engaged her friend, Jacques Coeur, to make heavy advances to the extent of 10,000,000 crowns to recover Normandy by force of arms. The king presented a castle with all its appurtenances to Agnes Sorel, nam- mg the place “Manoir de Beaute." Agnes took the name henceforth of; ”Dame de Beaute." It was to this? castle that Charles came to regain his courage in the midst of the sadness and discouragements of his reign. Her vigorous resolution and firm judg- ment impelled the king towards strong and courageous measures. She came into his life at a period when the situ- ation was most gloomy, and it is not much wonder that her strong, fine character won his confidence and even- tually his deepest love. It is not known precisely when the king first loved this girl; their interviews have remained a mystery. Not long since in the ruins of the Castle of Chinon ! AM cnnouibnfi, March 3. 1898 learned 'princess tions. of. The a 1 her mony were heavy self with 1 00.000 senator-3m force ing to the the excheql :11 all air, the you Dank one fat of The following year she abjured the Lutheran faith, and by this act. more than by all the follies of her reign. alienated the affections of the Swedes. She had turned aside every principle that Gustavus Adolphus had followed; she had now cast off their religion and they never forgave her. The freedom of private life which she had so longed for did not bring her the contentment and enjoyment she She had long tired of being queen. and as a profound secret. told the am- bassador .of her intended abdication. He endeavored to persuade her from it, but she replied that it were better for Sweden to have a king and that she have the freedom of private life. Christina arranged the ceremony of her abdication, which took place in the cathedral of AUpsala in June, 1654. -wvuâ€"v---w- v- vywuu {u uuu‘c, JUUX. "Arrayed in a white dress and the royal robes of purple velvet, with the crown on her head, the queen stood on a dais under acanopy. She desired that someone would step forward and take the crown from her head. No one was willing. She repeated this re- quest many times, and at last com- manded Baron Steinburg to do it. He obeyed and placed the crown on a cushion Her attendants, at her com- mand, then divested her of her robes. and she turned and bowed to the prime, wished him success in the man- agement of the kingdom. and with- drew. The following day she left Up- sala, exclaiming, “At last I am free and out of Sweden, where I ihope never to return" __ â€"â€"â€"Uâ€"_v “v 5‘. unautc, Whom she sent on a. special embassy to Paris. and caused such costly ar- and such prodigality was unheard of. Besides the large sum he was to re- ceive for the expenses of his embassy. she conferred upon her favorite a grant of crown Lands that provided him a great income. De la Gardie after- wards offended her so deeply that she instantly banished him forever from her court. one jot of her programme diminished. She wan the dislike of the Swedes by _ proclaiming her aversion to them, and by the lack of interest she showed in' the affairs of state. She cared notl To console herself for her uncongen- ial surroundings. Christina determin-l ed to become the patroness of learning. E she invited to her court the most dis- anguished virtuosi and learned men of her day; her ambition was to pre- side over the most brillianrt court in Eumpe as well as the most learned one. Famous singers, dancers, and actors were invited to enliven th court with their presence. Among the flatterers and favorites of Chris- tina who swayed her by humoring her follies, was Count Magnus de la Gardie, ' whom she semi. on asneoial nmhneeu. We take this Opportunity of thanking our customers for past patronage, and we are convinced that the new system will merit a continuance of the same. We beg to inform our customers and the public generally that We have adopted the Cash System, which means Cash or its Equiv alent, and that our motto will be “Large Sales and Small Profits.” Adopted by of dance in Sweden. sent her by the acne.- tors. that she i'ndigmntly rejected them and returned to Home. There the unhappy ex-queen in self-imposed agile remained until 1689. where she tha't she again turned hér'steps to ward Sweden. 80 stringent and mor- gifying were the conditions of her resi- Each week an epitome of th world’s news, articles on the household and farm, and serials by the most popular authors. Its Local News Is Completef and market reports accurate. ties, and a vivid regret for the regal state which she had cast aside 0wa betrayed itself. La 1660 the death of Charles Gustavus induced her to re- turn to Sweden with. the view of re- suming her crown, but the Swedes gave her no favorable reception and refus ed to confirm her revenues until she had signed a formal act of renuncia- tion to all claim to the throne. She thought it prudent to return to Rome. and there her salons were frequented by the learned men of all countries who visited Italy. Her indisi'reet language having caus- ed Alexander VII. to remonstrate with her. 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