, 1881-02-12
aoAtE ROYAL cun1os1r1Es.

Some q,leer bits Of history and romance
are revealed to all Intelligent rra,cr Of tile
Atmanueh tic Gothu, though the courtly
prcIudtces Of It's editor prevent him from
making them public. Thus he does not tell
us that tl,a Empress Ut Austrln's brother,
1'rliiea Charles The0d0ra Df Hayarln, Is
surgeon, md q very good one: nor TINT tho
1.al,i9ravine Marie Of 1icssc-1'IIlippstnlIl
went through tho Bankrupt Court III ls7g;
1lDr Is there any Indication OF the rcn,arrInEo
If the hereditary Princess Mary Of Monaco,
who was separated fron, lirr husband becausu
their marriage was null through the "bull-
doz!nK" Of her mother by Napoleon ILL.,, but
wllose son remains le9itfnlate-a queer out
come thlsl Under the head OF 'Keuss"
ta,l the males OF the house arc christ
elicd Henry md numbered, the series
beginning with tllc century, W. find no men
ssrcns;rIder, and WIS dropped from the fant-
tly roll. The Emperor Or Kussia's pecutinr
family relations nre. naturally. not dwelt
npun. Who would think. wien giancing at
md Norway, who ,s!ylc. hii,self sovereign
Ut the Gaths aud Wen1s, that lila ancestor
was Bcrna.lottc, sou Of q French lawyer, and
such q kiilg-1'ater TINT Ac had his arm tat
e" peat Ht to Krs Fro IL lie @ liss o 9'1n " tIs
Princcsses OF Wurtemberg, too We miss tic
name Of the Princess Pauline, who l,ld
the bad taste r. IElarrya l,!at who wasst't
serve, when tho Cour..preacl.er vino per-
formed thu ceremony dweit uln>n her con-
tescenslon MD tie s;crillce she wns about to
make. That sue was tltnk!ilE no sacrifice at All.
but was the l'appicst woman IN the world.
Tho European sovereign who lius the most
teinYrkabla arrny Of titles Is lnquestlonably
tic Emperor Franels Joseph, who writes
!limself-or IS entitled to wrltn htulself-
Elnperer Of Austria; Apostolic King q Iiun-
tn, Of SlAyonia, of t;alle!a, Lodelnuria. and
iiiyria; King Of Jerusuieln; Archduke Of
Austria; Grand Duke IT Tuscany and Cra-
eoSia: Duke of Lorraine, Of Salzburg, Ut
S;tyrla, Of % car'n'h!a. Of c@rnI!nls. G n.,a Of
Margraycof 3lnrnyia: Duke Of Upper Sllesi,l,
Of Neither Ss1es!a, ot MndeMa, ,of l'arn,a, of liA-
cel.za atllt G!iAstntl9. Of ituschWitz and Iator,
e of nS nssuS nq Hnd nf
t;oritz, md Gradlsca;. Prince Of Trent and
tlrixoM;. Atargrnye Of Upper Lusaila., Ut
Neither l.usatiN, and lstrla; Count nf uollen-
eabs,, Fe!s!k!ssh, bslEanee, sonne@;Hurg,,
ste ste,ss hor Of Trieste cp''"ro' and te "eud
III the 'natter Of Christian names. It Is q
decidedly close thing tetwcct, tiln ltouse Ut
Portugal and tie Parma branch Vt the l.our-
twelyemonth, was made the happy father Of
Il daughter named .Murla lnilnucnla Louisn
Frances praxv,lcs Ai,lluncatioll Theresa Pia
Annc Fcrdtllana =, Antolliette Josephine
entIuna Martha Julia nnl n son elrlLstgnetl
Joseph Mary, Peter Paul Francis Robert
l'honias A4llinas Andrew Avellinn Hlnsins
MNnr!ls t'llnrleS StasIsilnNs Louis Fhllip.of-
Nerl Leo DernaId Anto'ae Ferdinand. This
was doing yell. but we must own to .
FMcaktng preference for the Younger SOIL ut
tho King Of Portugal. WHO answers to The
l,n.ue of, A1pl,onso1, Henry, NAPOLEON Mary
peter.of-Alcai!ara Chnr'ss llullbert ;An!ad,:
t;abriei UoMzago Xavier, Trn,,eis-of-Assisl
.JUl,n Augustus Julius VolfnlNlo iEnattus DC
IsruEanxa Savoy Bourbon -Snxc Coburg-
Gntha, Duke Of Qporta.
III the order ot seniority, the Emperor Of
brazil heads tic list OF reigning soyereiens,
having asee1larst tho throne april !. 1881,
when lle WIS 0nly0 ycnrs Ut ngc william.
Duke Of brunswick, succeeded 10 the crown
tr'eeS M aaysv va' vnsr ny S he w 1x tsn i ySnr1 y4
on tho list; the Elnrarnr Of Austria Deg. 4:
1s45>, j. seventh; William III. Of Holland
fMarcl L, 1sl9', Is eighth: Alexa1ntEr Il; @ Hf
kasasa ; !Mgtc! :, lsa}, Is twslfth. ,p., Ihe
longer than the Emperor Of ticr1nally, WHO
nnly ascentr.l tho tliyone ut prussin Jan. :,
le'l. ut thu aKo OF G3 aIt was CROWNED Et1l-
per!,r ten ysars later; Tho Junior SOVEREIGN
hauscl,, cruwnesl OIL tic 17th ol July last.
Talking them by ngc, tho Emperor of Ger
many heads Tile list, hnvlng been born AarG!t
-. 1877; then cnlnes The Dnka Of brunswick,
born April -. lstB; then the Pope, Len Kill,
born March i, l3E0.. Tll.. youngest is Alfonso
XII. vi ts,nttl, born Nhv. -, lSj7.
Fr0nl tle list Dt orders We learn That Tho
(rccrntly-rcstarett} Sovereign Order Of 81.
Juiln Of .terl.salc.n traces Gnck to ilG.-ln-
deed. 1t mny by trnceA th lo8; TINT the Order
OF tho Golden Fleece tlates from jan. 10, t+,o;
tlle Order af 81. Hubert Ut Bavaria from H
tie Order Ut tho Elephant tl}e,l,lnrkl from
liisl Md ilMt Vi l,Atieborg fronl lal9; lilo
,utltnry Order 0f Catatrnsa tSpnlnl from
li5S, that ut st. Jnsnrs OF tic Swrd from
July s. ll7h, that nf Alcantara from 1l5u,
and l!at Of Our Latly Ut Alontesa FROM l$l0;
tho Dr.ler Ut the t;nrter from Jan. 10. 15is,
a,,A tl.at Ut tho l1Rth from ISM; the Order Of
Christ N'o.tugal) fro,n 1:al7, a,ltt tint OF 81.
Hrnrtlct from Aug. II, 1lG.; thu 0rArr Of ST..
lhr Sennpl, (SweAelD FROM 1aW or l,>s5. l,e-
sides tho existing orders, tIleru arv twenty
t0ur still conferred by Soye.eIg.s tint tiAse
been sinahrunel, bllt lin longer recognized by
the Governments Df their countries, three Ut
which nre credited to Mexico. II IL hot
every one tllht knows Tint iIbn.lurns Inns III
Order of Santa ilosn, Nicarnxan MI Order Of
San jun, aud Venezuela un Order OF the
Bust Of bolivar,