by the soldiers; and the
two parties facing each other, brandishing their weapons and laughing,
must have been a curious sight.

For some time the women stood their ground, but finally became convinced
that, though the soldiers were not going to do them any harm, they did
not mean to allow them to pass or to do any mischief of their own. They
then fell back, and returned to their homes; and the women being
disposed of, the miners went peaceably to their work.

* * * * *

The sheriff and the deputies who did the shooting in Hazleton have been
arrested.

At the first hearing the judge decided that there was a grave cause of
complaint against the men, and so he ordered that they should be tried
before a jury to find whether they were guilty of murdering the rioters.

As they were all respectable men, who were not likely to run away, the
judge allowed them to furnish bail. That is to say, he said that if they
could each find a friend who would give the court $6,000 as a surety
that they would come up for trial when their case was called, they might
go free in the mean time.

Each of the accused men was able to furnish the required bail, and so
they are all at liberty for the present.

* * * * *

Queen Christina of Spain is not the only queen regent in Europe. The
Government of Holland is also in the hands of a queen mother, who is
guiding the affairs of state for her young daughter, Queen Wilhelmina.

The fact has been brought to our notice by the announcement of Queen
Emma that her daughter will be eighteen years old next August, and will
then assume the cares of government.

Queen Emma has been Regent of the Netherlands since 1890, when her
husband King William III. became insane, and was declared to be
incapable of governing.

The little Wilhelmina was then ten years old. She is now a grown-up
young lady, and there is quite a stir among the royal families of Europe
to find a suitable husband for her.

A marriage has been proposed for her with Prince Alexander of Teck,
whose sister is the wife of the Duke of York, and will probably one day
be Queen of England. The Duke of York is the son of the Prince of Wales.

The young Prince of Teck has been sent to Holland to visit the young
Queen at her castle of Loo, but as yet the Queen has neither refused nor
accepted him.

It is rumored that Prince Alexander of Teck hopes that Wilhelmina will
refuse