The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11

master. This is only one OF the nu-
merous disgraceful scandals and dis
creditable intrigues with which the
name of Don Carlos has been associated.
Since the death, however, of Count
and Countess de Chambord, who be-
queathed the major part of their fortune
to his wife, the unhappy duchess Of
Madrid, he has become more respecta-
BILE, because more rich, and has at
length rendered it possible to the for
eign courts to recognize him as prince
of the blood, instead of subjecting him
to ostracism as formerly. 4 couple OF
years ago he married his eldest daugh-
ter to Archduke Leopold, of Aus
tria, brother of the young Archduke
Francis, who is a son-in-law of the en-
peror, and among the wedding presents
was = magnificent diamond tiara from
the queen regent Of Spain. The duke
lives at Venice, generally with one or
more fair friends; while his wife, the
duchess O. Madrid, resides either at the
chateau Of Frohsdorf, in Austria, or
else at her superb palace of the Real
Tenuto, near Via Reggie, in Italy. His
eldest son, Don Jaime, has been edu-
Gated almost entirely in England and
has managed to become n great favorite
of Queen Victoria. he has recently
been seen in the disguise of basque
peasant in the north of Spain, but has
succeeded until now il avoiding capture
by the authorities. The Carlist move
mcnt at the present moment in Spain
derives its principal Importance from
the fact that Don Carlos is no longer
hampered by want of money, and that
the existing regime has of late been
rendered extremely unpopular by the
conservative administration well in
power.
Of all the pretenders whom I have
met, and with whom I am personally
acquainted, the duke Of Cumberland,
the claimant to the throne of Bruins
wick, is certainly the most homely and
queer-lool1ing. This is attributable to
the fact that he was born without a
nose, the peculiar substitute which now
figures in its stead being merely q sort
of artificial organ without any cartilage
and manufactured by cutting a strip
from the forehead and bringing it down
over the place where the nose should
have been. The result is that the
dukes nasal organ possesses neither
character nor resistance. Sometimes It
inclines to the right and sometimes to
the left Indeed, its veathercock pro-
pensities have given rise to no end Of
discussion and even qua-rels. Ny au-
thority for this story concerning the
duke of Cumberland being born without
. nose is his own cousin, the duke Of
Edinburgh, who IS rerer so happy as
when be IS able to say some
thing dlsagreeable and unpleasant
about the members of his family
The duke of Cumberland. Ike both
of the other Pretenders whom
I have just mentioned. Is enormous
" wealthy. His wife, a daughter
Of the kings of Denmark, possesses
some Of the finest Jewels in Europe.
Infinitely less respectable than the
duke, and possessed Of very little money.
Is Prince Peter Kararcorgewit who
/ generally makes Paris his headquarters.
. He received his education ~ the French
military school Of st. Cyr, and when
the war Of 1870 broke out he enlisted Is
private. HIS gallantry was such that
he was promoted on the field of battle
to the rank of captain ard decorated
with the Order Of the Legion Of Honor.
4 distinction, however. which did not
prevent him subsequently, from running
a very serious risk OF being shot IS j
( shy by order OF the GENERAL Ms-s1ris de