Arizona republican., 1900-11-11


$3.50 Be-.
The fact than one of Queen Nictoria's
own grand daughters should De seek
ing Il divorce serves to call attention
to the fact that during the greater part
of her reign divorced women no matter
wheth,l thu dscree was granted in
their favor or not. have been barred
from court 1t is fortunate that of laIte
years she has Shown greater degree
of indulgence in this respe1a there
being at least score Of DIV
orcees who now go to court in England,
conspicuous among ths number being
the wife of Lord Pirbright. Otherwise
the queen might be forced to decline
to permit this unfortunate young prin-
cess TO figure amy longer in the royal
family circles. 1t may be remembered
in this connection that Queen Victoria's
own mother-in-law, that is, the moth
er of the prince consort, was a divorcee.
1t is a question whether the action
of tho earls of Durham and of Ports
mouth in transferring their political
allegiance from the unionist TO the lib
eral party can be considered as any
accession of strength to ithe latter, for
the two peers in question are not only
noted for their eccentricities, but like
wise for their wrong-headednes
thanks to which they are exceedingly
unpopular. Lord Durham has only re-
Gently bcen the subject of a good deal
of notoristy in connection with his at
tacks on American jockeys, and is
known as the most quarrelsome men,
b,ay- Of e W.
of the public toward him may be said
to have originated with his suit against
his lovely wife for an annulmant of
:,he union, on the ground that she was
mentally afflicted and had been SO al
ready before her marriage. The evil
dence, however, went to show that SIC
had only become mentally unbalanced
subsequent TO her MARRIAGE and, that
this condition had been largely brought
about by tbs behavior of her husband,
WHOSE petition was in consequence
thereof denied.
He has a twin brother named Fred,
to whom he bears an extra ordinary
res mblancc, and who will eventually
inherit the earld5m and the very large
estates, which yield an income of half
a million dollars a year, and possibly
more. This Is, after all, only just and
right, fer lord Durham is but n few
minutes the senior of the Hon. Fred
Lambton, who often p.aiutively re-
marks that he missed a pserage and a
fortune by being twenty minutes late
at the time of his arrival in tbs, world.
With regard to. Lord Portsmouth, he
enjoys an unenviable reputation for
closenc1s in money matters, and the
most extraordinary stories are related
Of him in this connection. Nowhere is
he more disliked than in Devonshire
being knJwn as the stuniversllly de-
tested land owner of the counsy. Not
only does he refuse to maintain the
pack of hounds as his father was Wont
to do until the time of his death, but
he will net even lend the kennels 30 the
subscription pack which has been got
up In it's stead, nor contribute toward
it nor psrm:r. his land 20 pe hunted over.
Moreover, he endeavors No turn every
thing to financial account, and although
one of the very wcalthieSt pe-rs If the
realm, possessing an income of his own
OF $4,000 a year, which has besn well-
nigh doubled since his marriage to a
daughter Of the late Edward Pease,
yet he insisIls on having all the vege-
tables grown on his estate peddled
around the country from house 70
house and from cottage to cottage, in
carts bearing his name and title.
He is neither amusing nor good look
ing, nor can he be described as an eff
fsttive speaker. He pitches his voice
too high, his delivery is bad, his hair is
sandy and scaut, his complexion is
freckled, and ne is afflicted with weak
eyes that compels him to wear colored
glasses. Moreover, be enjoys the dis
tinction of wearing the shortest trous-
ers in the house of lords. His cSlts are
always of the latest cut, his hat of the
most perfect shape. But his trousers
are deplorabe. They do not even reach
his ankles, and We're he to turn them up
in the slightest degree they would as
suredly leave the GREATER portion of his
calves exposed.
Through the female line he is DIS
ctnded from tlhe celebrated Sir Isaac
Newton, owing TO which all the lords
of Portsmouth since the beginning OF
the last c. injury, have borne the name
of Newton. He has no children, and
as his next brother. John. is a con-
firmed bachs Ior, the earldcCn ana Is
Gates viii eventually descend to the
Hon. Oliver Wallop, VINO is married to
a Miss Margaret Walker, of Chicago.
--MarQuise de Fontenoy in Washington
Post.
HYMN WRITER y BIGAMIST.