Arizona republican., 1899-01-19

flew days previous to his ulCle'S death | for Palestine, where he is engaged in travels and explorations beyond the
 Jordan, explorations which he carries
 on quite alone.
 Of course people in London regard this as eccentric. and insist tha. he is inheriting some of his fathers lunacy. But it is surely a more profitable way for young man to spend his time and his money than the card table, the race course, and the pursuit O. the fair sex
 Much has been related of Christoph- CT Sykes. In nCIe of the obituaries, however, has attention bsen drawn to the place which he occupied in London society as a butt for iWiJticisms and chaM, often even Of practical jokes,
 from which, when at Sandriagham or at Marlborough house. the princess of
 Wales would invariably endeavor 10 protect him.
 "Butts" are a necessity to modern society. The but" is the target at
 which the wit aims his shaft, the tar get of the good things which are re- corded of this or of that celebrated talker. Some brilliant wits have their own particular "bu.ts," and are never seen or heard at their best unless he happens to be present. So completely lis this recognized that no one possessed of any savoir faire would ever have dreamed of inviting the late Lord Houghton, Abraham Hayward, or Ser nal Osborne to D dinner or to a house party without asking a. the same time his customary butt
 The butt must not, however, be confounded with the but" The lat Ger is the tactle5s individual who whenever you show him one of your treasures instantly exclaims, But I have something far better than that who decries your possessions, living and inanimate, who caps every story you relate, and who probably on the day of judgment will be found before the Throne of Glory pointing out to the Recording Angel how infinitely su- perior his conduct on earth has been to your own.
 ''Buts" are to be found even among the members of the royal family in England, and the unpCpularity of Prince Alfred, now raigning duke of COburg, is entirely due to the fact of his being one. Time and again have heard him at dinner parties given in his honor, and at which his host had put all sails to he wind regardless of 1 with the object of alfcrding lim pleasure, eXclaim while sipping his |
  he brands thereof in his own cellars at | Clarence House
 Then if any musical entertainment ! las been organized for his delectation, | ind celebrated artists engaged at great | cost to perform before him. he would | iiscOncert his hostess and disgruntle | 2is host by exclaiming to tkam that | he singing and playing were all very well in their way but that if they | wanted something really good and first lass they ought to have engaged other TirtUosi.
 Lady Sykes would doubtless have benefited by the death of her amiabia ..other-in-law had he left any fortune o speak Cf. But unfortunatsIy he has lied almost completely ruined, his once arge fortune having been mainly spent n providing for the entertainment of lis royal friends, while the remnants hereof were lost through the dishCn- Sty Of an agent, now dsad, who not 'niy did away with his property, bu. likewise had the irccQceivable audacity o induce his master to puC his sigma Ura to 8 number Of documents which v6ltually turned out to be pr0misory totes, and on the strength Of which his eirs las year actually sued the unfor- unate and 'tCO good natured Christo- her.
 In fact, poor Christopher may be said o have died just in time For had he ived longer he would have felt for the rst time in his life the pinch of pow rty, and would have been deEarred rom fulfilling his duties as the most Ospi,able of hosts to his royal friends.
 He constituted merely another of the many friends of the prince of Wales 7ho have been overtaken by ruin. and mo include the late earl of Aylesford, he MurietJ2s, LCrd Sudley, and many lore instances which have contributed 9 the very widespread and general be- ef that the prince is possessed of the vii eye, and that, although the most ind hearted of man, misfortune of one ind or another invariably Overtakes nose whom he hOnOrs with his friend hip.
 A rather unusual and somewhat sen ational incident took place in London he other day to mar the wedding of olonel Sir Simon L0ckh2Tt of the Life uards to Miss Hilda Moreton. For l the middle of the ceremony the bride aipted dead away, was carried into the estry to recover, and only returned wenty minutes later. when the cere- ( lony was cOmple.ed.
 Sir Simon, who is q quarter Of a cen 7 ]
 martiret, and prizes above all his .her family possessions the famous l nd historic heirloom, known as the Lee Penny" which forms the theme ( Sir Walter Scott's novel the Tails C an c It is a three-cornered pebble set in t n cid silver coin, and was given as | rnsom by Saracel chief to ths found C of the L0ckhart family, who had t sen dispatched to Palestine for the t 1press purpose of conveying the heart q King Robert Bruce to Jerusalem, I here it was inferred. This pilgrim i ge is illustrated, So to speak, in the moral bearings Of Sir Simon.
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 CTS Game Back to Him in Cuba.