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were very far from pleasant, and his marriage was source CT great annoy ance to the re1gning family of Spain. which reached a climax when he was arrested and subjected to impris 1nment in France on charges of fraud. No ene exactly knows the merits of the case, but it is believed by many people that fle was more sinned against than shining. and that he was a victim of persecution on the part Of the royal family of Spain in the affair I may add that his name was never permitted to figure either in the Almanach de Gotha or in the official year book of the Austrian nobility, as married to the daughter Of the Princess Isabella Of Spaln, although the union was a per- 1ectly legitimate enc, and was legally solemnized at Lisbon in the presence Of Admiral Giiscn Of the United States navy, and of the United States consul in the Portuguese capital.
 understand that Mr. Perkins neyar saw his wife and children again after his imprisonment in France, and he died about ten years ago in this coun- try, The papers in recording his de- mise described him as the husband of a princess Of the royal house of Spain. ln1s, however. as will be seen above, was a mistake, as the only title to which his wife could lay claim was that or countess. she being the second daughter of Count Gurowski and Of Princess Isabella.
 With regard to the chief actor of the troupe to which Carlos Perkins be- longs, namely, Don Fernando de Men doza, his title and dignities include those of duke of Balarote, of marquis i Of Fontenar, and of Count Ba,azotic in the pserage. Of Spain, and of Count La. lang in the peeraga Of Belgium His first wife was the daughter of that fa- nous Marshal Serano, Duke de Ia TcIre, who on two occasions was presi- dent of the Spanish republic, and who is generally believed to have been the real father of the late King Alfonso. 1 Den Fernando's sistsr is married to the eldest son of the duke of Tetuan, whose name is So familiar to Ameri- cans as the minister of foreign affairs of the last conservative cabinet in | Spain.
 | nando, who had until then been merely celebrated as an amateur actor, adept cd the stage as a profession, and a couple of years age married Le Guer- rera, Spain's most famous tragedienne, who is generally described as the Sarah Bernhardt Of Madrid
 1 In reply to reader, I would say that Baron Eppinghoven. who figures so ccnspicuously every winter at Nice, and along the French Riviera, is no. the sen of King Leopold Of Belgium, but his half-brother.
 The baron is considerably younger than Leopold and is the issue Of the first King Leopcid's intrigue with Car oline Bauer, the publication of whose memoirs a few years back created such consternation at the court Of Great Britain, where the old king. who was both uncle, guardian, and principal ad- wiser of Queen Victoria, had always been locked upon by her majesty as the very pattern of responsibility and model of good conduct.
 Barren Eppinghoven, it may be addsd, is married to the daughter Of former British consul at Nice, and is on ex- cellent terms with his half-brother, the king, with whom he has many tastes ill lcCmmon.
 Captain, the Hon. Charles Coventry after having just been reinsta;ed in ths British army, from which it may b7 remembered he had been removed iil icOnsaquence Cf his connection with the Transvaal raid, has now started off for the west coast of Africa commissioned ed by the British government to raisa a native regiment for service iii the Niger territory
 Captain Coventry is the typical g1n.
 tleman adVenturer of the olden days and the beau ideal Of that class cf younger sons of noble families tc whom England is so largely indebted for the formation Of her vast colonial empire He is tall, handsome, and sol- dierly, with a mcusquetaire moustache and imperial, and careless flow oi good spirits which did not even fail him during his term of captivity in the jail at Pretoria, nor yet in Holloway
 prison, where he was incarcerated foi term on his return to England
 It may be recalled that Captain Gov entry was SC badly wounded during the
 Transvaal raid that he was reported as
 dead. In fact his father and mother
 the earl and countess of Coventry, ac-
 tually ordered g memorial service ir
 the parish church in his honor, and ii
 was only at the conclusion of the cele.
 bration when the grief-stricken family attired in the deepest mourning. wers leaving the church. that telegram
 was handed tc Lcrd Coventry inform
 ing him that his son, though badly
 wounded, was still living.
 Captain Covsntry's oldest brother
 Lord Deerhurst, is married to a yer, pretty American girl, Miss Bonyng;
 cf San Francisco.
 Temperance circles in England are
 much worked up over the fail iron
 grace cf Sir Thcmas Powell Buxton
 who is now home on leave of absence