The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-05-26
WHOLE NO. 2348.

It to a bill for 10000 ducats. On the
bill being presented, the duke saw that
the signature was cOunterfeited, but
paid the money at once, The name Of
OssUna was not to be dishOnOred by q
rascal. Itwould be uncharitable to ask
whether q second forged bill Of the same
amount would have been equally honor
ed. Non OHlRid DOSSUHluS.
Talking Of the Spanish aristocracy,
it may be observed that the titled part
oft is by no means so large as IS sup
posed. The heads of noble families
number about two thousand, and they
alone as a rule, bear titles. Even the
eldest son Of a duke (say Of Alicante
would only be called Don Juan or Don
Alfonso d'Alicante during his fathers
lifetime. The younger sons remain
simply dOns-the spanish equivalent Of
esquires. As to the qualifcatives Of titles,
they are lightly esteemed, inasmuch as
even a beggar must be addressed as
''YOUr grace (mereed). The super
scTiptiOn on an envelope addressed to
duke would be "a TecceuentissimO
SenOr Duque de Ia Tore" So, at least.
the wife Of Marshal Serano writes to
her lord.
It may not be generally know that
one great family, that Of the princes Of
Lara, are claimants to the crown Of
Spain They content themselves, how
ever, with filing a protest at the acces-
sion Of each new king or queen; after
which record Of their wrongs they
return to cigarettes and leisure Of q
more or less digniied kind Possibly,
since Byron sang, the name Of Lara is
better known in Britain than CASTLE.
Italy has a power Of mobiles, mostly
marqUises when they are not princes.
Some domains, notably that Of San
Donate, (nOW In the markell, confer
titles. 1t was from his estate Of San
Donate that Count AnatOle DemidOlf,
who married the Princess 1athilda
BOnaparte, derived his style Of prince.
Similarly the tenure Of Arundel Castle
eonfers an English earldOm, butparlia-
ment has taken very good care that it
shall never be sOld-at any rate until
the heirs of the old earls are extinct,
and their name IS legion.
The Roman nobility of to-day IS
smitten with AnglOmania. They hunt,
they dress as much as possible Ike
Englishman, and they talk English
even among themselves, often, too,
with the purest accent. This facility
for prOnOuncing our language correctly
is shared with them by the Maltese
All MOnacans are noble, this distinc-
ton having been conferred on the in-
habitants Of the principality by the
Charles II. The republic Of
San MarinO claims and exercises the
right to confer titles. These are to be
bought at reasonable prices, and with
no troublesome examinations into char
acter or antecedents. A year or two
ago San MarinO created an apOthecary
''Duc de Bruc,' y and named him ''euvOy
and minister plenipOteu-
tiary" to the French republic The
duke gave up the medical profession,
that he had been summon
ed to ''high diplomatic functions, but
was not above starting a kind Ofuniver-
sal pill company, Of which his grace
himself chairman.
A word as to the Belgian nobility.
1t must be divided into two classes
First-ThOse who derive their titles
from emperOrs or from kings Of Spain
Second Those ennObled by the kingof
the Netherlands (between 1915 and
1880. or by Leopold L and his son
The duke of Orenberg, q mediatized
prince of the empire, the Prince de
Ligne (who is q knight Of the Golden
Fleece, the Prince of fCaraman-Chimay,
and others, belong to the first order Of
European society. One D'Orenberg
serves in the French army, a De Ligne
in the Austrian. Tt is related Of the
present head Of the Ligue (whO is presi-
dent Of the Belgian senate) that he once
took his hat off quite for his own con-
in the presence Of a German
grand duke. OveryOuTself, prince -
afably commanded the serenity. Cover
mysefr' replied the prince de Ligne;
81 shall cover myself when I please. -