The Portland daily press., 1877-05-21

it, was taken. 1t was brought into France by
The Franks, and it is the translation of the leu
tonic "Von." Celtic nobility has its source in
personal qualities. MacMahon was originally
tae son OF certain Mahon, who was taller or
nandsomer, or fieeter or more daring hunter,
~ az PRAYER warrior than his other clansmen.
.,sa ac mad no more TO do with landed estate
Lnan the Breton 'Le," the Irish 80" or the
1Anglo-Norman "Fitz." 1t by no means fol-
lows that LIE Goffs, LIE Layers MacMahons or
Eltz Clarences lacked land. But the prefix to
their names had no connection with feuda! ten
nre or any of its ''survvals." The President
of the French Republic should be styled Mac
Mahon, Duke de Magenta, his ducal title being
derived from the field on which he beat the
Austrians.
Prince Charles of Roumania, one of the
Hohenzollerns, is said to be an amiable prince
but without any remarkable ability. He has a
civil list of about 100000 a year, which he
spends mainly at home, thus pleasing the
Itoumunians. He lives in an uniuteresting
iooking palace in the ''red quarter of Bucha-
Iest, except during the summer, when he goes
to the old monastery Of Coroceri, on the right
bank of the Dunbovitza, overlooking the CAPT.
Lai. The statement that the prince lives in
The red quarter" of Bucharest is thus ex-
planned: The city is divided into five great
wards, which are distinguished one from an
ether by colors. Yellow is used to denote the
aristocratic or residence quarter. red the COM
Merclal secton, green the eastern, black the
western, and blue the southern wards. These
respective colors appear on the barriers which
separate the wards, on the uniforms of the SOL
oiers, on the collars and cuffs of the policemen,
and on the letter-boxes, lamp-posts. etc. AL
though the yellow quarter is considered the
thn rnA so hnnvr Fr1
Rudolph of Hapsburg has fresh, boysh
face, deep blue eyes and yellow hair. He is
tall, slight. and extremely GRACEFUL he was
faultlessly dressed in simple English walking
suit. AS yet he takes no part in the cortege of
bis father, AS crown prince his position would
he after bis father the emperor, but his grand
father, the old Archduke Franz Carl would,
therefore lose place, and it would hardly do
t. allow the old man to follow his grandson
Rudolph had the look of an innocent, happy
boy. never saw him without thinking of
the pretty story of his reply to a workman who
asked him his name. 1t was during some re-
pairs near the palace that the crown prince,
then about four or five years of age, went with
his tutor to see the work. He was SO plainly
dressed and so apparently unattended, that he
was not recognized. The workman said. ssYou
are ine-looking little fellow; what's your
name" He looked up with bright smile,
and replied, Papa calls me Bube; mamma
calls me Rude, but every body else cally me
Imperial Highness'" He looks quite capable
of the same amount of modesty nOW-Octdyid
Hensel in the Home Journal.
Prince Henry VII. of Reuss. who has been
named German ambassador to the Porte, is
Tot, as might be supposed from his designation,
reigning sovereign. The two reigning princes
Of the house to which the ambassador belongs
are Henry XXI, prince of uss-Greiz, head
Of the elder branch, and Henry XIV, prince of
Reuss-Schleiz, head OF the younger. The form
er of these sovereigns rules over a principally
OF about 126 square miles and $4,000 inhabit-
ants. The subjects of the latter number 81, 900,
while his territories extend over an area of $50
fquare miles. The principally of Reuss-Greiz
can show revenue of 675, 00Of, and debt of
more than 1,O75, 000f; Reuss-Schlez boasts a
revenue of 625000f, and debt of 81 OO,OOOf
The subjects of both prices are in the full en-
liament which sits at Greiz Is composed of
twelve deputies, holding their seats for six
Years.. Three are named by the Prince, two
elected by the Weather proprietors, three by
me towns Of Greiz and Zeulenroda, and four by
the rural districts. The Parliament of Gera
lcapita! of Reuss-Schleiz) is wholly elective
The Princes of Reuss are all Henrys, and if one
may SO say without irreverence, numbered at
tnelr Dlrtn. The frst of each branch who is
born after the commencement of new century
Is called Henry L. the next Henry III, - and
70 on to the end of the century. Succession to
the throne does not alter the name or number
OF prince of Reuss Thus Prince Henry XIV.
OF Reuss-Schleiz succeeded Prince Henry
LXVII. (1S67) while the immediate predeces-
sor of Prince Henry XXI. of Reuss-Greiz was
Prince Henry Xxx, who died in 1859. Prince
Henry VII. is a cadet of the junior line of
Reuss-Schleiz- Kostritz, lieutenant general in
the Prussian Army, and fifty-two years of age.