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10 the daughter Of William walled
off, Astor. is the young Duke OF Man
chester. This young fellow IL just
twenty years old. being born In 1871. the
first child OF Consuela Yzanaga del Vale
OF Ravenswood. La, one OF the first
French families OF that State. He was
born William Angus Drogo. Lord Mon
taeuc. OF Kimbolton, but succeeded to
the tito when his father. a dissipated
nobicman, died.
The young Duke Is very bright.
pleasing Young man, with no bad traits
vet developed upon him. He is poor,
though. wrctchcdy Impoverished In
purse and estate and his Castle Kim
bolton is n mere wreck OF what It once
was. II Is said that the young Duke does
mo-, possess the original Kimbolton Cas-
lilo but only a ruined lodge built pre-
vious 10 the great house erected by the
first Duke who was Secretary or state
undcr George l. The old castle Is ru-
mored TO have been disposed OF piece by
piece. The estate. ~ it were not en-
tailed. would pass away from the DUKE
so heavy are the mortgages upon H.
But riches are not a peculiarly or FOR
eipn titles and castles 10 let are not
warranted I'm the best OF repair. any
way. so II a decent little duke goes with
the ruined castle II IS really all young
woman ought 10 ask
Lord Roseberry isn't a young Duke
nor IS he OF American ancestry. but TINS
snrinc his c;Lstles are fairly crying out
for a mistress Dalmeny. the Midlothian
country seat. where his lordship spends
the spring months. is the prettiest place
I'm Scotland. and the pretuest OF all me
castles possessed by Lord Koseberry.
and there are nine OF them.
Lord Roseberry. with his castles. MS
titles his garter. his money and ms
rice horses. is the best catch in En-
GLAND. even counting In the little daugb
rers children OF Hannah Rothschiid.
which are IN the keeping OF Lord Rose
berry. Nut he IL coy looking for royal
alliance and the American heiress who
catches him must prove that her mo-
ives are neither mcrcenary nor hish
sounding. but good and upright. Never
an American papa was as critical OF ap-
nlicants as the Rothschilds.
A little catch not yet old enough /"
rnatrimonil intentions, but about whom'
as I'm royalty. plans have begun to weave.
,s the little hereditary Prince OF Co
lonna. step-grandson OF John w. Macay'
~ California. This young man was pom
prince OF Galatro OF the Kingdom OF
Naples Prince OF Sugliano. Prince OF
Paliano and Prince Of the Ernpirc' be
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CASTLES TO LET DURING MAY
The Largest and Finest Batch Of Eligible
Titles Of the Century Go With Them.
LORD WINSTON CHURCHILL'S CLAIMS
Better Than Those Of the Young Duke OF
Manchester Because lie Has More
Money-Most of the Catches"
are of American Ancestry.

Copyright, 1897. for The Times)
SUFFOLK, England. April 6.-rhere
ara castles to let this year in Europe
They are locatcd-wcll. In Spain, yes, and
In France. England and Germany, Win
"A few in Russia
With each old world TO let sign
there goes an incumbent. This is
Lord or Duke. a Count or Prince.
MARQUIS or a Sir who is thrown In with
the castle with the want notice.
Titles are in the market this year as
they have not been Tor several seasons.
Young sons have grown up In "a batch.
and II they should all so wife-seeking al
once Newport would be flooded with at
fractions irresistible.
But the fortune hnuting Duke ana the
castle have grown "scarcer.' so much
IS said about the title that goes over
heiress seeking that young nOblemen
hesitate about visiting American shores
for fear of the cartoonist and the funny-
graph. Therefore they stay AT nome II
sensitive, and the young woman must
meet thcm-and the casuc-upoh yer
fectly neutral grounds. Nice. Baden
Rsdcn AK les Bains. Cairo. or the
moutains OF Switzerland. But however
she may meet her title and her castle
sho will find an abundance IN this year
pick. ..o,,.
castle needing mistress is that II De
longs in many cases this year 10
Young Lord Of American blood. Inc
mother Of the Lord was an American
and the young man has within nm the
same nationality as the girl to whoin
his castle Is offered.
1t is claimed that in America IL is
only three generations from shirt sleeves
10 shirt sleeves: that as Jay Gouid
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xorked and brought forth bread py inc
sweat of his brow. so his great-sIcd'-
Grandchildren will do. The fortune van
isbes again in the three intervening
generations. ,.ro
In spain and the other places where
the castles are located II is said that the
fortune goes in less time than mat IL
goes as quickly and easily as IL CANT
Two generations are enough 10 entirely
scatter IT. and In one generation II -
uoef,1lly shattered This IS not the iault
~ the Young Lord who now comes wiie-
seeking. offering his title and fresh
manly young heart as an equivalent
His father spent the money. But the
fact remains that the fortune or the
American mother is no longer there'
and what can be done but 10 allow
history to repeat itself in this genera
ton. and send the young man out LOT
another American wife
one OF the cleverest young men OF an
the catches" this season is winston
Leonard jerome. son Of Lady Randolph
Churchill, and cousin Of the Duke OF
Marlborough. Like his father, he ~
Lord by special courtesy. Young LoId
Churchill bears the name or his ma
ternal grandfather, Larry" Jerome of
New York. we'll known in higher turf
circles a generation ago. He was born
in 1874 and has been reported engaged
10 every elibible young lady Of England.
including one of the granddaughter OF
the Queen.
The latest is that he will come 10 this
country next summer and show mis-
handsome face at Newport Lord Win
ston lives in Connaught place. London.
but his mother has several country
seats. none Of them very pretentious,
except a chateau just outside OF Paris.
which she is said TO have bought at a
bargain" and left in its partly ruined
state to make 1t more interesting.
1t will descend TO the young LORD.
Lord Winston has no great fortune, but
he is not in debt. His estate, such as 1t
r., is free from membranes and Is re-
spectacle in point of having no gambling
horrors hanging over it and no sulied
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to converse in those languages with an
accuracy Of pronunciation that charmed
his instructors and a iiuency OF utter
ance that surprised the European habi-
tues OF the court Besides, he IS well
versed in European and American htera-
ture, and has read nearly every standard
work On international Jurisprudence
In the Royal Library at Bangkok may
be found an extensive collections Of Eng
lish, French, and American publications,
and nearly all the popular English and
American periodicals and newspapers. IN
gliding the sun. In that apartment
among his books and surrounded by his
favorite friends, the King passes many
hours. industriously storing his mind with
new ideas and Information about the
great world which he yearns 10 see. Dur
ing his reign, which has been the most
peaceful and prosperous one since the es-
adjustment OF the kingdom, he has lnsti-
tuted numerous reforms i'm the Govern
ment. practically abolished slavery, d.
minlshed internal taxes that were odious,
burdensome, or unnecessary, opened mp
new canals for the purpose OF irrigation
or transportation constructed new roads
for the development of internal COM
MERGE established postal facilities, CON
nected BANGKOK by telegraph with China
and the Western world, caused the cree
ton Of lighthouses and buoys along the
coast. surveyed and sounded the navisa-
Bile streams, established new code or
laws and an improved judicial system,
inaugurated an efficient system Of public
instruction. proclaimed religious liberty
throughout his dominlons. forbade official
interference with Christian converts on
Sunday. built hospitals for the suffering.
opened an art museum. readorned the
sacred temples. added 10 the number OF
Europeans and Americans i'm his service,
reorganzed the national army and the
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would tear him down from DIS throne
jointly appropriate his coveted domain.
and reduce him To the rank OF prn-
stoned Prince. IN other European powers
were not yigilanuy watching them 90
prevent this spoliatOn.
Chulalonckorn T. has entered the tn.r-
tloth year of his reign and the foriy-Nftn
Of his age. having relgned longer tnHu any
other sovereign during the national cXisf-
cnce or the kingdom. ami DIS regarded ti
the most brOad-minded and cultured poe
tcntate I'm the TAR East. Ills eminent SIRE
was distinguished for his wisdom hor.-
atty and progress ive tendencies. having
instituted many reforms in the govern
ment and introduced improvements tnlt
resulted in vast benefits to the people.
The right of primogenIturc BIS not rocoy-
niZcd as "a fundamental Jaw OF tAc rtalfns
but the present king was chosen by the
SenabOdee or Council of State as the lc-if-
innate heir 90 the throne. Ills Majesty ii
said To- be the most industrious man iu
Bangkok. lie always rises carly. ard
while most of his subjects are asleep lr-
votes hours 10 the consideration Of state
affairs. Since the death OF tne eN-regcui,
the various places Of trust and high zee
spOnsibility I'm the civil service depart
mcnts Of the government that were for
merly occupied by foreigners. have been
filled by his half-brothers. who are COM
pensatcd for their services ds are nthnr
employees Of the government Being ollie
gent and laboriOus himself the klug VIII
not tolerate idlrness in any form DO any
of the departments of The g0vernw DO scr-
vice. and am who serve him in amy capac-
itv whatever from the Lord OF the Ircas-
ury down 20 the cOpfl-t of public doCu-
ments. are held 90 "a strict account Tor
the faithful discharge of their duties.
The king period caly rewards 10y pro-
motion and Increased allowance from the
royal cAchc0uer II VINO display a zeal
and efficiency in his service. ~ mas nte.t
said that even some OF the members Of nis
Immediate household have received many
royal rcbukcs for their lack OF urompu-
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wearing the sash when mortally wounded,
and the silk was stained in several places
with his life blood.
Another interesting memento Of GUAM
treu was long in the possession OF
lady living near Bloomfield. only
short distance from Lawrenceburg. IL
was a poem written in an autograph
album bv the noted outlaw shortly be-
fore he received his death wounds
The closing chapter Of QuantreIs lie
was fun OF interest. lie was still IN
his prime when he was taken unawares
and attacked by Terrells men while quar-
tered on the Wakefield farm, where ne
was mortally wounded. after which ne
was conveyed TO the house OF James
Wakefield, near the line Of Spencer and
Mercer counties From there he was
removed to a military hospital in Lois
Vile, where he died after a month OF
intense suffering His remains now lie IN
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Emile Richebourg the French novelist.
is said TO have amassd 500 900 boz twenty
years by writing sensational serial stories
FOR lie Petit Journal
IL is understood that the letters OF
Tourguenien 10 Emile lola are shortly
to see the light. but it IS probable that
they will be extensively edited before
publication. as the judgments they con-
tain on many famous contemporary men
of letters arc believed % be most OUT
spoken.
When Grav's "Elogy' appeared one or
the critics OF the day remarked These
homely but meritorious verses are calcu-
lated 10 give great pleasure Another
critic referred 20 Tennysons I'm Memo
Ram" as follows: These touching lines
evidently come from the fun heart OF
the widow Of a military man"
In 1865 four lads occupied the same
room on the ground floor % the frss
division Of cadet barracks az West Point.
since then they have made their names
more or less well known In current Amer
lean literature. They are Captain Charles
King. Arthur Shelbourne Hardy. John
Brisben Walker and Richard Henry
Savage.
Book publishing seems TO have reached
a fixed limit In England. only sixty more
books having been published in 1896 than
In 1895 and only forty more IN that year
than In 1894. Last year 657B new books
and editions were published as against
G.5i6 in 1895. while the number OF book
published for the first time Is 30 less
than in 1895. The chief gains are IN
history. fiction and poetry, while tho
losses are in travels, bellies letters ana
miscellaneous works.
Oliver Schreiner, the noted author OK
Life on a South African Farm" has
recently written a political pamphlet. In
collaboration with her husband. In which
she predicts that within forty years mo
further influx OF Englishmen will 80 ama1-
gamate with the population OF south
Africa that there will be no beer and no
Englishman "a such-only the great
south African people. speaking the En-
glish tongue following English presidents
and as closely united TO England as
Australia or Canada
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closer TO Quantrell than any other man
in this part of Kentucky was the late
Captain A. ID. Pence, for many years
sheriff of Nelson county. He possessed
many relics and mementoes of his ola
commander, the most notable among
which was the sash worn during the war
by the famous guerrilla chief. Quantrell
captured the sash from the federal gen.
eral Blount, near Lexington, Mo, IN
1862 He priced IT highly and wore II
until he was fatally shot In 1865. II was
a custom with the guerrillas. when one
Of their number was killed 10 divide his
possessions. each OF the guerrillas receiv-
Ing something as a memento. When
Quantrell was shot his effects were divIu-
ed and his sash fell to the lot OF Frank
James. who afterward gave 1t TO Cap
tain Pence. 1t was made OF fine, heavy
silk. and the ends were richly ornament
ed with beautiful tassels. Quantrell was
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heu,shad robe which he wears only on
State occasions.
The King is commonly known a.
Chulalongkorn, l.. and by this title he
prefers TO be addressed by Europeans.
lie signs his name In his native language
"Slammlndr." or "Phra ChulalonSkorn.
and sometimes "Chulalongkorn, Rex
Siammensis." but when he desires TO be
particularly formal his name is written
"Phro Bat Somletch Phra CHOW fua
These titles. however are only aboreVia-
lions, and inadequately describe the trans
cendent virtues and unequalled magnl-
ficence OF Slams august sovereign.
HIS name. unabridged. is "Somdetch-
angkas ParPhra Paramindr Maha =
Chulalongkorn Patindr = Debia Mana :
Monghut- Purusiaratue- Raja- ra- won
gse Warut ma brongse Paraput 20
Warak- hattiara- rapa- tria- Gasangkas-
Parumad- harm mika- Mana rujad- mr.
ala Para manarth- Pabite- Phra- Chula-
Cromklow- Chow Yu- Hua."
The Prince was born on September 2l.
1853. and was elected King by the Sena-
bodice. or Supreme Council or state on
October /. 1868 and was crowned on NO
vember 1lth OF the same year. As the
King was then only fifteen years old.
chow Phya Somdetch Surawongse, the
head OF the Senabodee. was appointed
Regent and invested with executive au-
thoritv. but on November l6. lS3 when
his Majesty had attained his majority.
according to Siamese law, he was re-
crowned and the Regency was abolished.
The King has more than ordinary nat
ural abilities and is celebrated for his
liberal views on all subjects.
At an early age he was a most Indus
trious student. and before his enthrone-
ment he became proficient In the Pail.
Hndustance, and Malay language, and
the Laos and COMEDIAN dialects. Cn-
der the tuition OF Mrs. Leonowens. who
was a governess In the royal family for
seven years. and Mr.. Chandler. an Aneri-
can slnologue, he learned 10 read and
write English and French with remark
able facility. and was able in q short time
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-18
The Longest Run.

The longest regular daily run made
without stop by any railway train IN
the world has just been placed on the
schedule of the Great Western railway
Of England.
1t is made between Paddington sta
ton in London. and Exeter. a distance
of 1874 miles. by what is known as the
Cornwall express. 1t is remarkable no
so much owing to the time as for the fac
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fame from rlotious living Of the young
lords ancestors. His fame is assured.
for his father. the late Lord Randolph
Churchill was NJ. l.. for Paddington,
Privy Councillor Chancellor OF the
Exchequer and Secretary Of State for
India, besides the holder OF many small
titles. His mother. Lady Randolph
Churchill, is a great politician as well as
society woman and is the wearer OF the
Imperial order OF the Crown OF India,
conferred upon her by the Queen for
foreign services. 1t might be incidentally
stated that young Lord Churchill is the
finest bicycle rider in England and car
rled OF tho honors at the Sandringham
fetes last year. 10 the distress OF his
mother. who knows the folly OF out
distancing the royal family on their own
grounds.
The catch" most talked about now
IN connection with possible betrothai
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thar not a stop is made from one end OF
the run TO the other. There have been
longer runs made without stop. but
they have been made by special and not
regular trains. The average speed at
tained by the Cornwall express when
making this run is 5l.7 miles an hour.
although. owing TO peculiar oonstruc-
ton of the road at Bristol. us miles from
London. the train is Obliged to slow down
10 a speed OF ten miles an hour
This express train is composed OF six
long coaches a tender and engine An
American would call It a vestibule train
but the English prefer TO call the cars
"bogie cleresteried. corridor coaches.
boyle being term applied TO the trucks.
They are fully as heavy as an ordinary
drawing-room car each one weighing
about 1900 pounds. while the train
without the engine and tender is eighty
one tons. making the total weight OF the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-18
SLAMS CHULAL0NGKORN.
~ ENLIGHTENED SOVEREIGN
WITH Az INDIGENOCS NAME,
He is Industrious, Progressive, and Wen
Educated and Splendid to Look Oh
When lie Dons His Best Clothes.

The accompanying portrait shows the
King OF Siam in his royal robes as he
appeared at a recent military review in
Bangkok. When he visits this country
next September the King will be seen
probably in less respondent attire, as he
will leave in the royal palace the richly
jeweUed crown and the deliberately en-
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High-lleaded.

Brown is hit"
Yes" 49, ,,.o,, vou
took money from him last nlsn, -, w - :,
nothing short OF hish-hsnded Outrage ira fSre
II hadn't looked at II that way aijod "a
% GuI must admit that there was something
high-handed about It. You see. l. neiu
four kings and an ace. Chicago fos''
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O., unmarked and weed-grown grave
In a ntue Catholic cemetery IN the SUBURBS
OF Louisville. II is said that whhe Juan
treM lay dying Of his WOUNDS III 'he NJ
pital he purchased the plot vi SUM
where his remains now res'-O ''0"so
Chronicle.
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Nelson county. Kentucky was the favo-
rite resort of Quantrell and some OF
his associates during and Immediately
after the civil war. The man who stood
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Perfectly Agreeable.

room Il will be extra. sir.
"Well, II I can get anything extra bI
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Sure Drath.

Mrs. Benham-I believe there y a , pu,
glar in the pantry where the pies "'e '''''
/ made this afternoon. - "a mo
Benham-Wel. listen my Gear, anu W
may catch his last words.-Irulh'
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