The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-11-27

"ibif NV "a " bilU 1AtplN ha'FNiHfsyt ~
subsequently came to grief financially, and
thersupon emigrsted TO thia country, whore
no has held III turn the position of dry
goods clerk, bill collector and bartender be.
fore becoming Il grocery porter.
The prince whom | referred to above M
having been a waiter Of nm oyster house in
Now York is Prince benjamin Rohhn, tho
younger brother OF the present chief Of the
Austrian famiiy Of that name. such we're
his debts and his follies at Vienna that ho
was disowned by the bend of his house,
who bears the crusader title OF de Bouilion
and of Montbazon. Prince benjamin,
who, although nearer 30 than 40, still re-
tains bis old nickname Of Baby" itohan.
Gun hardly be said to have shone IN tho pro.
fession which he adopted as u last resource
IN this country after lowing Vienna, for he
nubsisted at loast part of tho time on the
earnings of a fellow knight of the napkin,
who had been born a peasant on tue grand
old Rohan estate OF Sichrow in Bohemia,
and who therefore considered 1t n privilege
to be permitted to act IA "a henchman to n
member OF his selgneuriai family. Prince
benjamin has now returned to Europe, and
with the assistance OF q matrimonial agency
at Paris has succeeded III effecting q mar
riaRe with the u~nlovely widow Of a patent
medicine manufactured who makes him Il
personal allowance of, $4,000 a year.
Quite a number OF German and Austrian
noblemen are to be found employed as
teachers Mt the riding academies around
Central park. Among others there ID q
Count Coronini- CronberQ, who was for
merly an officer Of Austrian Dragons.
There was alao until a short time ago II
Count Mensdorif, member of the Drincely
house Of Dict richstein- e-NicoisburR and
a cousin of the late princes %consort. hus-
band of Queen Victoria. Other riding
masters Of noble birth are the Baron Won
Veltheim, Baron Won Vittinghof and Baron
Won Bach. who Was formerly an officer III
thu WJrta p, har1 n rfuu
A nephew of the Prussian cabinet min
User. Baron Won Puttkammer, and a cousin
of Princess Bismarck, is now a member OF
the Salvation army in New York. Before
hiding O refuge among this forces OF Gen
eral" Booth he had experienced all the bit
terest miseries of poverty and had on sev-
eral occasions figured as inmate of nos
pitfalls and of charitable institutions. Hit
career has been n strange one, and before
coming to the United States he had some
exceedingly interesting adventures in Soutt
America.
1t is but The other day that Count Blu
cher, son of the prince of that name and {
grand nephew of the famous German fielt
marshal, who helped the duke of yelling
ton to win the battle of Waterloo. died as {
pauper in one of the New York hospitals
Prince Rohan is by no means the onl,
bearer of a great title who has figured as
restaurant waiter in this country, for there
is Count Won Schulenburg. brother of thu
lady in waiting Of Empress Augusta, o
Germany, who officiates in that capacity II
this city. At Chicago | was served ut tabl'
at the Grand Pacific hotel, some years ago
by a young waiter in whom l recognized
Count Won Groeben, a former officer of tn,
hussars of the guard. which the emperor
commanded in person prior to his accession
to the throne. The count had come over
to this country for the purpose of cattle
ranching. and having lost all hia money
in the business has been forced to seel
other means OF livelihood. | have sine,
heard, however, that shortly after my de.
parture from the windy city a wealthy mer-
chant. who happened to be staying at thu
hotel, had taken a fancy to him, and ha(
offered him n place as clerk in his counting
house. Yet another hotel waiter at CHI
cago was until recently the Marquis d
Saint Croix, the bearer of one of the mos
ancient and illustrious names in France.
understand, however, that he has secured
more profitable birth.
Very bitter were the experiences of Coun
William Bernstorff. whose name is almos
as well known in England AS it is on tn,
continent. His father is the statesman VIII,
preceded Prince Bismarck az Prussial
minister of foreign affairs, and who spen
so many years in London as ambassador te
the court of st. James. Count William
l Bernstorff was forced by some troubl
3 in connection with u duel to reslgl
4 his equerryship to Prince Henry o
Prussia and his lieutenantcy in the Iiethel
t hussars and emiPrated with his wife to thi
country. Like many other foreigners. h
: invested a portion of his capital i'll the pur
chase of an apparently magnificent orang
plantation in Florida. Neither the coun
= nor the countess possessed the slightes
knowledge of the necessities and ways o
life in the south. and it was not long befor
Q the plantation enterprise resolved itsel
g into a most complete and deplorable fasot
| Much Disguised the countess returned HON
to her relatives, leaving the husband t