Show THE 1 DEATH OF EX KING G MILAN THE DEATH OF O F E MILAN MILIAN coming a w it did dl so soon after ar r the THE I demise of Queen n Victoria presented a sad ad contrast to th tha passing R away y of ot England illustrious All that goes Oe to comfort a dying m met mer mertat r tat was wa the deathbed heritage of Victoria She was surrounded by h hr har r chit chil children dren Iren and grandchildren whose who e grief was shared by a nation sympathized with I th by the whole hole civilized civilised world i The of Servia by Mends and ami Cl family A message nl age sent to tu his pon on and to his hiR wife was waa unheeded Just Ju t before he died he re rec c ei ed a note from froin Queen Natalie It if her bel presence were ere really rally desired she would rome come but neither she nor the tit son on who had bad to tHe tHet t I hi thron one of Servia was with ith the fallen monarch n a his hie last hours houis hours But Bu the th contrast contract between the deaths de of the Use and anti the t e queen was riot not than the difference in their In Victorias long ong ang life was as ex ox the th highest t type of loving Iovine virtuous womanhood As AM queen she cx ex elI l the prerogatives pr es of her office omee always with the view t the welfare of her hei subjects and her influence for good had a far deeper d effect on the poll poli des cje of her h r than the world worM imagined I a In life Ufe we w find findal finda al almost most im am exact antithesis As a man he was dissolute and immoral as king he was selfish and aDd careless of the welfare of his subjects His married was vas cis unhappy He and his Russian wife tf were ere illegally divorced Later LaCe Lat there was WaR v as a reconciliation which resulted only in renewed quarrels and a final separation As M a monarch m In pursuance of ot h ambition he embroiled his IMS country Countr in disastrous wan and in 1889 1181 was wu forced to abdicate wh his hison son on un sue him to the throne throne The ends of both Victoria and Milan were i Ia keeping with their lives and they emphasize emphasise what is too often otten overlooked that rewards and punish punishment ment mont are in the great of cases not DOt delayed until another world is re cd It would be hard to sn imagine ne a happier death than titan that t cC f thEr pure and Ind nd lovable queen of England or a greater torment than must racked l the d i mg brain of he the forlorn of Servia i o |