D 107 .118 Copy 1 RU -IN V '7 PEICE 30 CENTS, ■%^ semi-monthly NEWSPA- ^ PER WHICH FREELY AND FAIRLY- DISCUSSES ALL OF THE GREAT QUESTIONS OF THE DAY. ESPECIAL ATTEN» TION GIVEN TO THE TEMPER-^ ANCE QUESTION. PRICE, 50 CENTS A YEAR; SIX MONTHS FOR 25 CENTS, TEN WEEKS OM TIIIAL FOE 0N« LY TEN CENTS. Address e AGIT/ ondit. 1"^ i i RULERS IN RHYME. T>V ^S> A. B. MUFvPHEY. fnJ ^^^ WAR 17 1817 > CONBIT. AGITATOR PUBLISHING GO. 18S6. ,^ S^ ^ M Entered according to Act of Congress in the vear 1886, By ARTHUR B. MURPHEY, In the Office of the Librai^ian of Con- gress at Washington, D. C;. . PREFACE. A well-known law of the mind, aiid the one on which Ascham founded his system of teaching, is that Repetition fixes facts in the memory. It is also well known that verse is much more easily memorized than prose. Who can not tell the number of days in the month by ''Thirty days hath Sep- tember'' etc? # For this reason, and that the law of repetition may be brought into recj- uisition, the rulers of Europe for the last thousand years have been put into rhyme, and slight notes on each given. Professor-McCabe says ''' You cannot go through a spanishneedle patch without some of the needles sticking; to vou, neither can vou read a book without rememberiiig some of PREFACE. it.'^ These brief notes are to fix the yarious rulers in mind. Without a basis, no clear progress in historical study can be made. No better basis on which to build can be found than the reigns of the various sovereigns. The following verses and facts were prepared by the vvriter for his own benefit, and finding them to be of great service to him,, he thought they might aid some one else, and so was induced to put them in book {(^-ra. He who will commit the poems to memory and fix the notes in his mind will have a foundation on v/hich to build any sized historical structure. A. B. MURPHEY. CoxniT, 0-, July, 188-6. EULERS IN EHYME. PaPwT L — ^French Kings^ Hugh Capet was first of the House of Capet,* Followed by Eohert, Henry,, Philipe and Louis.. Then Louis the VII ascended tlie throme. And after a Philipe, a Louis again. Then Louis '^the Saint^' and two PMlipes came on, And Louis the X was followed by John, After Philipe the V, and IV Charles of Capet, Came Philipe the VI, the first of Valois. After John the II, three Charles' in state. Then Louis the XI, and Charles number VIII. After Louis the XII, and Francis the I, Henry, the Catholic, whose wife was the worst, Francis, Charles and Henry, sons of this queen, Who made the worst massacre ever was seen.. Henry of Bourbon, Navarre he was called, Was followed by Louis, whom Eichilieu ruled, Louis the XIV's was the age of display, And Louis the XV's the age of decay. Next Louis XVI, and the Deluge of Blood, And the Corsican Corporal rode on the flood. After Louis the XVIII quickly had passed, 'Came Charles the X, of Bourbons the last. Then Louis Philipe, of the House of Orleans, And Napoleon III, so fertile in means. In '70 a Eepublican flag was unfurled, Aiid France is now holding her place in the world. ■ [ ^Pxonounced Capay. ] NOTES ON FESNCII KINGS. Hugh Capet T^-as so called from tlio cap lie Yrore: Iig wouiJ not ^veara crown. Hg bec'an to reia:n in 937. OTertliroiYincr the Carlo vinG;ian Dv- nasty. r "'"^"^T was his son. lie Tras very vicns. IIo liYed durino; tho dreaded Tcai 1,C00. PniLiPPB I wa3 son of Ilenr}'. Lguig YI, called "Louis tLe Fat/' Yras son oi j/YYiippe i. Louis YII ivas son of Louis YL "^j fi P".1 en c',f>rl IT"! (^ r ■; '"^" n ''^ -'=' '■"- r"^ rn*'l ]"'■■''■": '^r-r^ C-> ' — > /■ Louis YILI, wliose son, ■•■ i_;'vjui-b ij-u; ca-iiCCi iiiG ^jaiiiu, OG- ^'^n to reien in 1226. tY'o cru: lio - Y'eui: on lis son Louis Xwas called the "Quarrel- Ecnic.'^ Kg was succeeded by J GUN i, yIio Y'as only a child and neYcr really ruled. Llis successor, PiiiLPru, called "ilie Tall," was brother of Louis N. ILs brother, . Ckahles lY, called "the Eand- somc," followed hini. HOTES ON Fr.Ei^CH KINGS. Philippe VI Tras son of Clias. of Valois, the A-ouno'est brother of Phil- ippe IV. He began the '^Plundred Years War/' His son, John II, was captured by the ^Chahlss V, called ^^the Vase/' was son of John. It vras the age of Edward III, and of the Black Prince. CiiAHLES VI, his son, was in::anc: most of the rulers of that time were. A historian says, ^'God had grown diso;usted wiUi the e:aine and thrown his cards under the table.'' CiiAHLES VII, son of Chas. VI, caare to tlie throne in 1422, aided by Joan of Arc. Ke greatly feared his son, Louis XL End of the hundred years war. Louis XI was cruel and tyranni- cal. 4,000 persons, it is said " ore put to death by him. His son, GiiAKLES VIII was bold and am- bitious. Succeeded by his cousin, Louis XII, Dulie of Orleans. This Y/as the ase of Ferdinand of NOTES ON FRENCH KINGS. Spain. Louis died in 1515. Francis I was son of Charles Compte, and son-in-law of Louis XIL He patronized literature and was de- voted to chivalry, but was extremely licentious. Henry VIII ruled England. Henry II was son of Francis I, and husband of Catherine DeM-edici, who made the Massacre of St. Bar- tholomew. Their three sons followed. Francis II was the husband of Mary, Queene of Scotts. Charles, the second son, signed the order for the Massacre of St. Bar- tholomew in the year 1572. Henry, third son, was murdered, Henry IV was son of the Duke of Bourbon. He signed the Edict of Nantes, giving liberty to the Hugue- nots, which was revoked by Louis XIV, Louis XIII, son of Henry IV left two sons: 1. Louis XIV, who ruled 72 years. His saying, "1 am the State," tells the character of his reign. He was gov- erned by his mistresses. Anna of KOTES ON FRENCH KINGS. Austria was his niotliGr. 2. Louis XIV, who was most sensu- al; great-grandson of Louis XIV first of the House of Orleans. Louis XVI good but weak: he rept what the others had soAvn; he was be- headed in 1763, and the Reign of Terror commenced. Louis Z^VII never ruled. Napoleton BoNArAKTE ruled at the beginning of the 19th century. Louis XVIII yras phiced on the throne by the Allies, after they had deposed Napoleon ChaPx,les X was grand-son of Louis XI : he abdicated and died in 1838. The Count of Chambord to- day claims the throne, as his heir. Louis Philippe called the ''Citi- zen King," son of the Duke of Or- leans, abdicated^ and died in 1850. Napoleon II, son of the first Na- poleon, called ••'King of Rome,'"' died while a mere child. Louis Napoleon, nephew of tho great Napoleon, wa.s deposed by Prus- sia in 1870. First IVilliiim, the iNcrman, tlien Vriliir.ir, his son. Henry, Stcplien and Henry, then Eichard and John. Then Ilenry the III, Edvrra-ds one, tvro and three, And agiiln after Eichard, three Henry's vre see. Tyv^o led wards, third Eichard, ii rightly 1 2:ncES, Two Henry's, Ei:!itli Edv.'aid, Queens ]:.Iai7 and EtGe. Then Jaraes, the Scot, and CEarlcc, T,dicni the}' slev,', Th.en follcT\'cd Croni^"ell, and another Chrrles, too. Then Jarnes, called the Second ascended the throne, And AYilliani andidary, toc;ether came rn. Iscxt Annie, Georges four, lonitli "Williim, ail prLt, Gcd £ent them Yictciia, the ycnngcst and last. KOTES ON ENGLISH KINGS, William the Conqueror defeated Harold at tliebattle of Hastings. 1G66. Willia:i II carried out the feud- al policy of his father. IIexuy I was the brother of 'TTill- iani IT. Stephen was the third ccn of a daughter of Wkj. the Koriuau, and cousin to Matilda, the dauglilcr of Henry and wife of llcUi'v V of Ger- many, Called '"Empress Siaud.'' Ge- efiory Fhintagenet v:a3 her eecond husband, and her son was Henhy II. the hrstof the Plantair- enets. FciciiAun I, calhed '•'Ccur DeLion''' third son of Henrv II. enrrarcd in cru- sadcs. JoHX, a usurper, was forced to Lia^lt blld -LJi.il01io LiiO xTlci'iliu- vyixi,iiLU, ill 1215. He^'sy III, eldest sen of John, was a weak kiug. Statute law dates from Ids reign. Edwaul I, his eldest son, was a great king, and is called tlie '"EEglish Justiniai:."' Edward II, called '-Piince cf NOTES ON ENGLISH KINGS. Wales/' because born in Wales, was his son. Edward III, son of Edward II. was father of the Black Prince. It was the culmination of chivalry. EiCHAED II, second son of the Black Prince, was deposed, and it is not known when or how he died. Henry lY, of the house of Lan- caster was son of John of Gaunt; call- ed '"Bolingbroke from the place where he was born; he was a usurper. Henry V, his son, born at Mon- mouth, was dissipated as a boy but great as a king. Succeeded by his son, Henry VI, who was proclaimed king of England and France while in his cradle; he was always a child. In his reign began the Wars of the Roses. Edward IV y/as son of Richard, Duke of York; and his son, Edward V, was one of the prin- ces murdered in the Tower. Richard III, the murderer of the princes, y/as defeated and slain at the battle of Bosworth, and the Wars of the Roses v\^ere decided in favor of the NOTES ON ENGLISH KINGS. house of Lancaster. 'Henry VII, son of Otven Tudor, Avas the first of the house of Tuclors. Maro'aret, his daughter, married Jas, 17 f 3 J 3 :1 1 a 1, f r o ai \va 3 a 3 3 cam 3 th 3 Stewarts. IlExnY VIIL second son of lienrv Vii. \vas married six times. During iiis reiccn the Reformation commenced: he had three great ministers: Wolsej, More and Cromwell Edward Vi, his son' bv Jane ^Seymour, died at sixteen, in 1553. ]SL\RY I, daughter of Henry Viii anl G.ithirins of Aragon, married Philip of Spain; was weak and cruel. Elizabeth, daughter of Ilenr^/ Yin and Aniii-e Eoleyn, and Ifist -of the Tudors, reigned from 1558 to 1603. ■Shakespeare lived during this reign, James I, who had been JamesVi of Scotland, v^-as the first of the Stew- arts, — all of them Vv^eak, CkxVhles I, his son, was killed by the Puritans. Cromwell was the Bismarck of the 17th century. NOTES ON ENGLISH KINGS. CiiELES II ivfis most profligate. Jamos II was deposed, lG3o; in tlie ''Glorious Revolution.'' William of Orauc-e and ^Iahy, liis ^vife, ruled well. Aki:e, tbo dau2;lmer of James i, Tv^as the last of the Stewarts. George I, the {l:-3t of tiie house of Ilauover, was a sou of Sopiiia^.a grandaughter of James. George ii was his son. Geohge III, grandson of Geo. ii, was the fatiior of fourteen chihlren. Geoug eon, was a hnc gentleman, Lut a weak I^at^s^,. William iv, his successor, died in 1S37, and V- .LGxUA. LUgnier or Luward; e of Kent, came to the throne. She iias nine children. Albert Ed- ward* will be king as Edward yii. Duk a I RULERS m RHYME. 'TAJiT 3.— GeR-IAN KuLEIiS. Oh?r!einn._o'iiQ ^-as foriov/ed by Louis, rds son, "Who left three kin.-^vlcins, in place cf the one. Conrad of Frnnkonia, Snxon TIenry in st^to, And three Othos' came on, the lirst called the Great, Henry Conrad, three Henrys, preceded Lo- t' 13 ire, Tiion Conrad III, n S?rfd;ian pure. Frdorich EaroArosa ^'as elected to relfrn, And aft^r JioM linij^i\ed caine ;: Ilci^ry again. After Frederick II the povv'er h:id If^id down, Rudojpli of Kapshnrg took up tlie crown. Albert, Henry and Frederick of Ai: stria reigned Loais otihn'ari;.i hi.:; povrer then attained. Chn-io:5 the IV then -n-'-hv erose, Wencosh-iF, the thTiikini, h\e':hoctois depose, laipert, the ?"'^od ;nid then Siglsniund came, Vnd the spii'h of Hi^ss ^vent up in the hiinio. Albert of Ansttd^i, and n Frederick arise, And Ainerien'F eeen thronyh hnropcan eyes, Maiiimlllan t?i\.Q. 1 and thezi i 'h::^rh • -f :■ pal^^ And after a Ferdinand a ri<:ninhh:^n e;,":hn. After EndolphthelltiiidMntthiasiiid passed, T^ro Fcrdinimd^ CH;ne, i^^'d hecnoid the I. Frederick of Prn^sla rnled ;701, Ar^d tiien Frederick IVilIiann Iiis '-Fnll- Jla.pter" son. • After Frederick tiie Great Jind it:* >:■':' dv: camnai:.':n3. The Slates ivhich c; IS; GTE 3 ON GERMAN RULRS. Charlemagne, son of Pepin, died 814, leaving akingdcm ccni];.os- ed of vvdiat is 3io"\v Germany, Austria, France. Spain and Italv. L o u I s d i V i d e d t h e k i n g d r m a- mong liis three sons. Y\hh. Ari.ulf the Carlovingians • becaniii extinct, and the sovereis'n di^nitv was made elective, and Coxr.AD I v;as elected. Henp.y I v\'as the son of Otho, of Saxony. Otiio I, son of Henry, regained most of the territory of Charlemagne. Otiio II, his son called ''the Red,,'' died at Rome, 983. His son, Gti-io III, came to the throne v;hen orAj three years old, and died at twenty -two, after ;i good reign. IlExnY II was son of Otho HI. CoxKAD II was elected after the extinction of the Saxon family. Many consider him the founder of the Fran c on i an house. IlExiiY III, SOP. of Conrad, pro- moted learning; he died ten years before \¥illiam the Norman landed NOTES ON GERMAN nULEIlS: in England. IiExrvY IV, his son, quarreled with the Pope Gregory, and was com- pelled to go in winter and beg his par- don, exposed for three days before 'the gates. IIenry V, his son, was lust of tlie Frariconian line. LoTHAiRE ruled twelve years and the empire then passed to the great house of Iloh en staufen . Conrad III was the first of this line. His nenhew, Frederic Barbarosa succeeded him in 1155. followed by IIenry VI; and then Ferdinand IT. After him the house of Ilapsburg began. This was a period of strife. Rudolph was first of this house. The house of Ilapsburg is siill the rul- inir house of Austria. Albert I, son of Rudolf was am- bitious and shrewd. He quarreled vrith the Pope, as did the other rulers. Henry VII was elected to Lucceed. At his death civil war arose. NOTES ON GE1IMA.N IIULEHS. Frebet^tc was clioson by the peo- ple, and ruled until deposed by Louis, T^djoni the nollcs ebcted. CriAriLES IV WIS »on of John of Loheniirs. Ke settled tl^o privileges of the eleotnrs, 'wljoce duty it was to iAici tlie E-npor^^ro. W^ENCESLAUS, lils SOU, was dcpos- r 1 1 *ep L J , 1 i;uV . EuPETiT ruled teii years. GiGisiiUND, brotlier of ^Ven^os- bus wns next cliosc u. IIo called the Council of Constance, where Fore oojn ^v.\iii ana ib.O('u clerrw'uian assembled. They bunded John JIuss. ALBErT XL of Austria, scn-hidiiw of Sigisniuud, was given ihe crown at his death; it continued to be worn by Louse of Austria rics. T-)F ■ i "»'pn r>c-?'i'^"i. i^REUEUTCK III, the second cf this house, died in lA'dZ. MaxjzvIILIan I, his son, married Mary of Burgundy. lie cultivated war, literature fiinl art. Charles I cf S})ain and V of Germany was son cf Fliihn of Austria V^'''\TT? Q i"\~^'-^ ( ' ^^ T> ^ ?■ A \" P r T 5 I? T> Q Mild grnnd-eoii cf Feruii^rnd and J^^- bella; al:so j.;r'.]jd-scn of Maximilitin, Luther lived diirinrx this r^dcrn. Ferdiiiaiid Lis brother succeeded hirtn. T]ie Tuid.s ^vere oveririiuini^ Europe. MAXi\iTLTAX II Ids sou was an ab'e monarch and gave rrdigious toleration. TvUDOLPii. his pon,' did uot: ho ^vas v:eak-]idndi d and eui^erstiticu^^. Kepler audl'yclio Eraho lived. LD,TTi:irs, h'is brotlier, oov-q to ti'G throne 1612. The eui^iity be- tween the houses of Au;^tria and FraucG led to tiie dddrty Years War. Ferbixand 11 his coi:sin lbllow(:d. Gustavus Adolphus invaded Geiii^a- uy. Ferdinand III. his pen vras a bet- ter ruler. Tlie treaty of Westphalia enaed tne war, Leopold I made Frederic 1: I hirg cf Prussia, as he needed his help du- riucx vrar. FfvEderici: WiiLiAii made Prus- sia's povrer great by means of the ar- my. At the death Cd:arles YI. son cf KOTES ON GEPvMAN RULERS. Leopold. Frederick the Great seized part of his domainSj vavl Prussia be- came tlie great factor in Gernian pol- itic.?. Prussia kept increasing-in im- portance uiKier the three FrederJck Williams, till, in 18^0, Frederick Will- iam of Prussia was elected Emperor of Germany as VVilltam I. In Austria, }daria Theresia, Charles yi, Francis I, Joseph II, Leopold II, Fr