, 1877-10-21


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Us nls sentence declared, "tor illegally bearing
the titlVof Baron" It is really amusing to in
vestieate the origin OF mauy OF these prano
titIes aesoriat;on With +,o ,,aa..x. - .-s:'t =;
apt 70 all OUT cltlzens with that exquisite de-
light Which Is born OF farernization with real
undoubtcd aristocracy. Not That froua has
ANYTHING to In With tbe wea,;no ~ ,,o,o ~
than, h. = ,a.1a r,,,,,asm ~ .hs ~ ,nan, -,
tIica'' o"t la1ee h"uaoes o. tae Oukes anu
Ducncsscs, the Counts and Countesses of
French society, have no more claim to noble
blood or long descent than has the grocer who
supplies them With coffee, or the Eroom who
rubs down their horses. One Uucal title, be-
slowed by Napoleon ILL, has q very comical
origin. TIE wife Of the gentleman eloped with
a Duke. The husband prayed her to return,
and the Emperor and Empress used their ipt1u-
cnce likcwisc. But no. She had r11n away with
Duke, and she would never return to 1.-Two
with conmoncr. So the Emperor, to settle
ommodating spouse, and be bore it to his
dying day. Then, we fiud gentleman who
was made Count by the late Emperor (poor
dear man! none OF the nobility would grace his
court, SO ne was 1Orced to manufacture some
ior htmsel1), Not only is the old
gentleman known rs the Count de ---, but
us son cans himself Count, and MS grandson rs
"ell. BUT thls, atter all, is merely anticipating
matters. They will all really be Counts il they
nareaJ ~ e3'1ulon the e1se VIII LUG Io1u's auo
they sion fheir names m anv ofi;c;e1 o;:c,e;ans
the titles vanish as If by magic. have heard.
too, Of the case Of certain noble Duke Who
h'es N laris III mueh splenuor aud entertains
an,j l,o ,r.s fe-1,,or,7 ~; \, rhannoe ~ iraa-
dent Of the nsun II Insurance Comnany. Helnp
immensely wealthy, he sought one Of 1hc dauyh-
tiers oi princely Neapolitan house in mar
Il@e. na:: 1hc tasn 'sensnS AlllS VI rap'es,
"a %+o,n, tat ,hn ms he;atron1, ' .raa ,on.
mouer. Onr of the s,1hLtifIes OF the Itrfde's
iainilY (tbey have as many IS Spanish graudee
has nanes) was finally bestowed upun ~. 'lhoin~
IS py 1So}n ucerec, anu ne pecIuG .i thG nuse ~
much hetter t1mi;e as I;mes ,ro tI,an IN many
Of those who arc boru to tie nurpls. some
years ago it was proposed to get up French
ieerA:e IN imitation OIL that OF BURKE bul- on
.;.,o IL "s 1oanu '1a. .r oos 49, W $1,000
ou nm, nn1v tha, haa onv ro,1 Claims m thrir
titles And such auccr frauds and scandals
were discovered, the fruits OF the universal u's-
intcgration Of society produced By the first ker-
ulutiun, alter which the SONS OK stewards anu OF
laekeys, having purchased their masters estates,
ASSUMED aid bore their masters titles. that tne
projected compilation was definitely abandoned.
SIXTY thousand Frcnchu1en were not to be con-
vctcd Of social fraud with impunity.
y1CTORIA,S TUTOR.
Nr Owen r D,yis rho son of Oman yic-
o-;a,, tr.au 49, to.o D. p;.,a oA - pa,a-sa-.,rt,
Iof'as tu.or, the 'ate n,sl'op u releRoofouSn'
says TINT his fathcr WAS arst sent tor to kcn-
sington Palace to read English with the Ouch
css of Kent. }u,t after fem weeks she sai1 to
liz, s.yo1 to,r1, ~. 50 wall ,h,t r ,v,st' ro,,
"'n, ~" 'e ~, 40, ~ "e'' ss4s 10" 'oA
Wotiid teach my little daugatcr;;" and the re-
suit was that lie became tutor to the Princess
Victoria, commencing her e(ueath,n from the
Enoljsl, a|thabet. Time went on, and Il be-
anc ev,,e,,t that thu. Princess would IN <Ine time
ascend the throne DR. Davis, now Dean OF Chcs-
ter, had one day requested her to write out
chart of the suggestion Of the English mon
ssns .,.A;s, 49, .,~~on.a,, -, h,,, astox.rn.,s
afcps' "nlch soe p'escn1eo 10 n'n a1'et"alus'
beautifully inscribed, down to the time OF King
William ". Mr.. Days, when praising the ac-
curacv Of the worH, remarked: t'But,