Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-06-16
PRiGS OF THE PECRaGE.

The eccentric noblcnan is well to the
tore just ut present in England. Ec has
aiken to amusing the MOB. Last week,
says London letter to the Chicago
Herald, VIC had tho Earl OF Lonsdalc
icing against .lmc on the public high
way, ond tod; y at TGttcrsall's heard
that young Lo.1 Roslyn has made q bet
with Lord IIcaC lev that he will cat two
pounds OF steak and drink gallon of
ale in less time than Lord Hcadlcy
takes to kill and skin Il bullock. Rather
u promising exhibition this.
a day or two AGO / met coming out of
his club the gentlemen who rcjoiccs in
the title CT Daron Brayc. lic had q It'll
hat on his head and n sOfS hat. in his
hand. lie walked with Z thick Malacca
cane and he carried IN umbrella under
his arm. lie usually appears IL that
way ca tic streets. He says: Its so
dCuccdly convenient, you know" II it
rains he CGn put OF his lOw-crowncd
hat and stick up his umbrella, and then
il gives him n headache Ito wear IL"
Same hat FOR more than half an hour"
The duke Of Hamilton can be rcccG-
ni::cd q tnilc OF by his clothes. Thvy
are always OF the same pattcrn-vrry
loud check, very baGGy trousers, vc-y
short coat and q. pot lat. He usually
las dozen suits made OF the same
lines, color and pattern at the same
tiI1c. md he regularly, whenever it is
possible, changes lis garments in the
middle of the day. When driving n
four-iH-hGr!d l?c IS in the habit of step
ping into the inside Of the coach for
few minutes and changing his clothes
before rH5uDling the r2ins. CT course
he wears black things at night, but
otherwise his wardrobe may be re-
GardGd rs one of the most peculiar in
civilization.
Lord Isle insists un0n smoking q
short cl;:y pipe III tic streets. He is an
Irish peer and not very well OF. His
diaiHG-rOCm walls are adorned with
cOi,'rcd clay rircS, arranged in at"I3
and crosses, all cf w!,ich-ovcr five
Eu::drCd-havC G2"1 smoked by hi.,
lOrdSi!iD. 1t is sid That he would have
been elected q rG,:;'C" '!lt2tivc peer c.
ireland but for The IIct Tat his brother
mobiles were afraid that he would dis
grace the sacred BODY Of coroncts by
smoking his short cl@y ripc on the tcr-
race OF the house Of lords.
Lord Gardner, fourth baron of his u
tic, IS one of the few English peers
who not only decline to live in their
own country, bat 10 out of their way
to un-AngliciZc themselves by eccentric
foreign marriages. This noblrman
lives all the year round in India, end
his baroness IS a daughter Of Prince
Mira Siiiloc, IL grandson CT the l;:tc
L., 6 MI I
lady and enjoys her b2tcl nut as thor
ouGhly us N"l:t2!i girl. Her lords
household is similar to that of IN Indian
rainh.
Lord Ncwburgh roi-t-blank declines
to he either an EnTli3linan or Scotch
man, althouTh he is the tenth pccr Of
his title. lie is IN Itiiinn citizen aad
calls himself Count neutrality-suspicious.
one Of the only instances on record
where . man prefers being IN Italian
count to I'll - ~';oh carl. EiG.o-1.?t
Taaifc, IN l.'!G.. -. positively ,ic~lines
t. bS "A irijA"l u OF any DISRUPTION.
lie and his f.; lCr b.,iorc him were nat
ura!l"2d hn&U.':;S-l%, and The country has
agreed 50 w2.i (.:th him That lie has
risen to TIC rank Of prime minister 90
the Emperor franz Josef. He also calls
himself u Cou-t-Count TaaifcG.
But you have an instance OF rcnunci.
alton oT p>cr&liP, Us we'll as citizen
ship, III Dr.. Contec Fairfax, Of Virginia,
vino, rs Il we'll known, is eleventh
8 Baron Fairfax ii the pccr@Gc Of Scot-
land; but h" finds it. however, GREATER
. honor to be a. citizen OF the United
States.