Show AGES OF PRESENT S the number of years yar they have occupied thrones la in ane world in lathe the new edition of the Al manach de gotha the ag ages es 0 of f the various rulers of europe and th the e length of their reigns are e given in completeness the alma reports forty ruling princes eight of whom are more than seventy years old leo XIII is the senior of all his age being 82 the years of his reign 14 theother the other leading rulers reported are christian IX of denmark 74 years old I 1 has as led 29 years queen victoria aged 73 with 55 on OIL the throne king albert of saxony abec aged 1 64 with 19 on the throne king oscar 11 II of sweden a 64 A years of age with 20 on the throne francis joseph of austria aged 63 62 wl with ith 44 on the thrones throne leopold IL 11 i ot 0 belgium aged 57 with 27 on the throne king carl of Roun roumania iania 53 years of age with 20 on the throne sultan abdulhamid 59 years old with 16 on tile the throne king humbert of italy 48 years of age with 15 on the throne czar alexander ill III of russia aged 47 with 11 years on the throne king george of greece aged 47 with 29 years on the throne king wilhelm of aged 45 ruling 1 year emperor wilhelm III of germany 34 ye years rs old ruling 4 years king charles of portugal aged 29 ruling 3 years king alexander of servia 16 years old id ruling 4 years when Tra velinir whether on pleasure bent or business busi netS take on every trip a bottle of syrup 0 of figs as it acts acla most moat pleasantly and effectively on the kidneys liver and bowels preventing fevers bead headaches aches and other forms ot of sickness for sale bale in 50 cents and 1 bottles by all leading druggists druge ista IS A SNAP our entire stock of dry goods for save aae at a discount for cash also will lease tore tora fixtures and office fixtures rash cash rif system included for further ars enquire of CO AN expedition will shortly be equipped by sir thomas elder to explore the interior of the australian continent tar P hedike of egypt was educated at vienna and spent some time in paris P and nd in england on his return home he sensibly adopted the european mannor manner of living THE pope of rome is reported to have said mid recently mr gladstone and I 1 are the oldest men in active public life but we seem to be the ones who have the most new ideas 1 CHEVALIER BA orn italian vice ct consul at ne new york for eight years an and d a afterward ft erward consul for two years at cru eago hiis has been appointed secreta secretary y to marquis venosta the behring sea gen arbitrator I 1 from ro m I 1 italy tal y ata AT a recent court ball in berlin the empress WO wore in her hair the famous jeweled hat buckle of napoleon I 1 L which was made for his coronation at notre notra dame in 1804 and fell into the hands of the prussian cavalry after waterloo L DB buc EN the african traveler broke brok from efrom the highest point on eili mandjano mand jaro one of the highest mountains in africa a piece of rock which ho he presented represented to the german emperor the kaiser now uses a mountain summit as a paper weight on his writing desk WILLIAM has had telephone instruments instrument a placed in his library and other apartments of the palace and delights in ringing up officials at almost moat any hour of the day and night it is ia feared that some of them occasionally sio nally repeat his bis call upside down me mentally itally lf if not t audibe audibly y ri I 1 |