Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-06
EUROPEAN noalL,m.
Fact Akeut the uotte1 Of K1nS Al,
Tea<sFs Of IiIek

VS. offered the title ot Dake of Llyen-
burg The Czar has recsntly been asked
b. the chief p~ersonsscs Of Russia 10 r.
s1rirt and define the nobility o; his En-
PIKE These facts call attention % the
holders Q. rank and TIE .ea-ers OF
si:Ies IN Europe.
In every European coun.r!- Szit1cr-
land alone cIcepteS-cven II republican
Fr2ncc-thcrc exists an e-istocrscy
which i~siicatiGcd b. titles, which titles
toc The most part hare been inherited
3! those Eho bear them
These titles, moreover. 1-e pret-:
much I same In all tho Countries says
thc Youths Companion. Those OF
Prince Duke and Baron axe found Il
England Russia Germany. Austria
Franco Spain and Italy. Thatof MIR
qCis exists IN eli cScep: Russia. Ger
many and Austria Counts arc 20 lie
found in every Continental country,
while he ticIc of E-.i IS only % be
fouEi in England bu, corresponds near
Il % tina. Of C2uats, fo- the wiEc OF an
Earl is = Countess
Lat -tiIc tEc tides a-e quite siuiI1y,
t-cy sometimes indicate D different.
relative rSnk in ono country from what
they Go in smother. In England tho
tt.ie o: Prince is the very highest and
Is only WON By uc1tc-5 q the royal
fa1i!y: bus in Germany, Russia and
France : Prince IS inferior n razk 20 !
IfuEc- The German Emperor intended
20 promote Bismarck when he proposed
TO ralss him FROM : Prince 10 = Dixie.
In some Instances too. the ti:ic CT
C~ount-which is : -ery common one, H.
deed. on the coE-incEt-is superior -
that Of Duke. For instance, tho Count
OF Paris holds 4 higher rank than his
SON. the Duke OF Orleans
The origin o: these ranks and titles
Is to- the mos: past. 70 be found in tho
tcEdal system. and the nobiiitics Of Eu-
rcpc generally date from tho Period
when thu: system held sway. TLcy re-
suited in the beginning. from the PCS
session Of castles and lands, or froia
military leadership.
The titles Of Baron, Count and Mar
Guis were originally given 10 tho own
cEs o! large cstat.s- Tho title OF Duke,
hoTcTcr. came rather from military
l7a1CrsAi?- as It's dcri7atioa-fron the
Latin dT 4 lcadcr-iz:p plies
So il came shout that the ovaeS Of
the estates took their titles frora tho g.
ta'es themselves, o. from the castle
wherein they dwell. or the Tillagc near
l. They wcEc tho Baroas or Counts Of
such and such : place; and Irro We per-
GIVE the origin OF the French prefix
dc" ard the German Won to r--cs
which are still regarded IS indicating
gentle blood.
Those titles, in all countries bu: orr.
haze been conferred By tho sovcrciczs
In r~eHrr rfn-fviaE H.. - T..T- -
titles Of the mobiles have been awarded
TO them by the ditTc,cn. cities and
towns. Each Italian city and largo
town has its "Libcr D'oro," or Golden
Book, in which the Of the per
sons on Thon titles have been conferred
G.c recorded.
In souc cases - titles OF r~oblcmca's
children arc confined 10 the eldest son.
In others al! tao Sons OF 4 Hoblcr-an
h-Tc titles. dcFi"Cd from different c5-
tatcs belonging to him. The titles arc
sometimes the family nauac, like Prince
i'!1morcE for instance, and sometimes
Src the names OF estates or Of cities.
! Ike tho Count ii PirErcfonds in orc
casr, or the Count Of Paris in the other.
OF all continental nobilitios, that OF
Spain Is perhaps the most exclusive.
StN N'S lIpHttS VI lIS neSrHnt and
blood. Tho higher Spanish mobiles arc
called ~"grandccs,' and comprise Du,-os,
Nnrquiscs, Counts ard Ba-ons. ~.
lower nobility ara called "hid.!gos."
It's said in Spain that tho grandces
have blue blood and the hidGigos rcd.
u Is only the hidllgos who have the
right to prefix Don 10 their names.
Tho Don" corresponds with tho Sir"
in England.
The Spanish grnndccs used TO he
divided into three ranks by 4 certain
curious privilege. Tho Frandcc Of tho
highest rank had the right to pu.o..
his hat in tho presence of the KIM l.e-
fore the King spoke to him. lie of the
second rank could put on his hat after
tho King had spoken. Bat he OF the
third rant: must wait till the kim mad
spoken and he himself had replied, Lc-
; fore he could cover his head.
Tho English pccrs-or rather the
peers OF tho United kingdom-who in
cludc the six highest ranks OF the nobil-
ity, are the only ones who, by reason Of
their hereditary rank and title, l...so
Tbs right 10 sit in tho National Lr-iHIa-
tGrc and make laws. In tho other mon.
arcliics mobiles comprise indeed n I.rr;e
part OF the upper honScs- but this is
usually by . selection OF certain ones.
rather than an inherited right
Iic Had Nothing to Say.
A well-known society girl had a queer
experience with q midnight marauder
not long ago, says the San francisco
Examiner. Sho vas awakened at about
two o'clock in tho morning by a noise
in hor room. She Is q plucky littlo
thing, so she cat up and said: who's
thore?"
No answer.
Who's there7" she demanded again.
Silence was the only reply.
O""hy. don't you speak2' she cried,
ncryouhly.
II amt got any thing TO say" cane
III meek tones from &c would.be thiaf.
as he burrlcdly slid out OF tho door.