Show TH THE E emperor WILLIAM has now entered ente r ed upon his ninety first year and jud judging ging by his health vigor and clearness of mind is destined to see at least one more birthday what mighty changes this old man I 1 has behold beheld upon the face of this lower sphere I 1 what awful reckonings the hand ol of timer has wrought within his bis lengthened span I 1 not only in his bis own onyn countr country y but throughout the world the work of the destroyer and that of f the restorer alternately has done and undone placed and replaced such things as must assume to the retrospective view of the venerable emperor the picture victure of a mighty panorama in which anarchy and law I 1 chaos and order adversity and pro prosperity chase chaise each other in kaleidoscopic succession being driven from his home at a tender age jay by the arst Napo napoleon leoh he found the importunity to return to take the place assigned to him by lineage to unite germany and wreak vengeance upon tile the napoleonic dynasty by despoiling sp orling the third reigning member of that house not only of home but of power ower and almost of name germany once and until recently an unbound confederation of almost helpless sta states teso is a united empire strong to the point of a aggressiveness agres shyness and bledl bidding defiance gee to the world A nation tn which there are no ignorant people and rower fewer rich ones than in any other civi cirii I lazed and enlightened power is apt notwithstanding the tendency of leagai learning ng to ward reau republicanism the most co comp in pact act monarchy on earth so 90 compact b iii i fact face that it is constitutional merely ia ha name in fact and la in effect it is abs solute blute the emperor his has lived a good long 11 laite an and 11 the majority oi it his subjects a re will willing ng that he be should remain with tl t lem as aa their ruler for fora a long longtime time to bome |