Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-03-14
AMONG THE NOBILITY.

TIE Empress Of Austria is said to be thu
finest lady rider in Europe
THE Duchess OF Sutherland is an enthusi
astic collector of birds eggs.
Princess BEATRICE, of England, is re
ported as suffering martyrdom from rheu
matism-
PRINCESS WILLIAM, of Prussia, has re-
ceived an exquisiteiy finished model of the
great war-ship which bears her name. and
which has Just been launched at Kiel.
Princess EUGENE, Of Sweden, has writ
ten Henry Bergh, of New York. persona
letter, thanking him for the lifelong in.
terest he has taken in the welfare of ami
mails.
QUEEN EMMA, Of Holland, Is a brunette
whose eyes would be very pretty did she moi
continually wink when speaking, thus Civ.
ing you the impression of preparing for q
good burst of tears.
THE Princess Eugene. of Sweden. who
some years ago disposed of her Jewels and
devoted the proceeds to the poor, is report
ed to have taken contingent of the Saliva
ton Army under her wing with view to
testing the sincerity of their religious fer
vor.
QUEEN VICTORIA has refused to accept the
Jubilee March, composed in her honor by
States flagship Richmond, who also com.
posed president Cleveland's March, Is
the Queen against American musicl
COUNTESS BERTHLEN-MAUER,a Hungarian
lady, has become the benefactress of the
district Of Pennsylvania where she resides.
She employs many hundred poor peasant
women and children for the manufacture of
those gorgeous wooden fabrics which are the
pride OF Hungarian home industry
THE Prince of Montenegro is handsome
man, six feet in height, with pleasant face,
ornamented with heavy mustache and
mutton-chop whislzers. The Princess is
still handsome woman, and in her youth
was beauty. She is probably the only
woman In Montenegro past thirty who does
not look an old crone.
THE Khedive's wife is described by n ladv
who was admitted to her presence as still
young, at most twenty-six years old, and has
an extremely charming face Her whole
appearance would be bewitohing were she
not an Oriental, and, therefore, young as
she is, already too stout to be perfectly
beautiful according to European notions.
THE Khedive of Egypt is strict monoga-
mist. He lives with his one wife and chill
dren at his palace at Ismalia. near the Nile
Bridge. Every morning he rises between
Between seven and eight he drives to the
Abdin Palace, where he holds shate recep-
tons, receiving kilograms and attends to
the affairs of State.
KING HUMBERT, of Italy, one day, in
speaking Of the best form of monarchy,
said: "Gentleman, the best of all mon
arches is the one where the king is felt
everywhere without being Observed
land the best form of a republicgr asked a
certain ambassador. at is that one," was
the reply, whereas in America, the genius
OF the people has so deeply penetrated every
fiber OF the social fabric that no place re-
mains for king"
GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS, of Russia. was
last year at dinner party the neighbor of
the celebrated artist, Rosa Bonheur, and, as
ne happened to find two almonds in the
same shell, he became indebted to her a
phllopena Asked what it should be, Rosa
bonheur chose an animal tame enough to be
used in her studio as a model She had
forgotten all about the matter, when last
month three young white bears were pre-
sented to her by the Grand Duke.
A BERLIN newspaper announces that
there are now eight bachelor heirs to the
thrones in the German Empire. and eight
splnster princesses of fifteen and upward.
The first list includes Prince William, of
Nassau, Prince Rupprecht, of Bavaria,
Prince Frederick, of Anhalt-Dessau, Prince
Ernest, of Hesse-Darmstadt, Prince Fred
erlck, OF Saxony, and Prince Prince Fred
erlck, OF Waldeck-Pyrmont The second
list is headed by the three younger daugh-
tiers Of the German Crown Prince, next to
whom come five princesses of the royal
family of Bavaria.