The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16
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MANY OF r Use CLAIMED ARE NOT
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me Assurance of Some Eastern Rulers
Makes 3 Fabulous ' Reading Tremendous
Claims Inns Of 81 Earthly Importance made
81 y: in the Titles Of sovere,gns. *

| dYen when King Edward has had
MS 81: Title SO tinkered that it will in
ell 11'1l the sonorous phrase. King Of ali
the 'z British do2ainions beyond the
seas, he still will not be as well off
II Sd h1lgh-soundlng titles as many other
| soVerelgns. The Sultan of Turkey at
Iects the 'style and title Of Com
mander Of the Faithful" and the En-
| perseor+ OF Morocco is Prince of True
| b'eealllteVers,'' while the Shah of Persia
ana the Emperor Of Abyssinia both
call u themselves King Of Kings" But
these are modest when compared to
| the Emperor of China, VINO styles him
SET Son Of Heaven The Emperor
or Japan has a most curious. title, be-
ing styled the Mikado, or Honorable
Gate IshebaW Of Burmah, the wicked
Old fellow who was overthrow by
the British, used modestly to call him
lssel1. Ills Most Glorious, Excellent
Majesty; Lord Of the Ishaddan: King
OF Elephants; Master of Many White
Elephants; Lord of the Mines Of Gold,
Silver, Rubies, Amber and the Noble
Serpentlne; Sovereign of the Empire
OF, Thunaparantha and Tampadipa and
other Great Empires and Countries,
and Of the Umbrella Wearing Chiefs:
Arbiter of Life, the Great Righteous
ness, the Sun-Descended Monarch,
King of Kings, and Possessor of
Boundless Dominions and Supreme
Wisdom" For obvious reasons the
modest Thebaw had no visiting cards.
The Amir Of Afghanistan calls himself
TIE Light of Union and Religion
The Emperor Of Austria is His Apos-
tolic Majesty; the King of Spain,
His, Most Catholic Majesty" and the
Bourbon kings Of France were Most
Christian Majesties"- least in title,
Though they were sometimes quite the
other way in reality. But. King Ed
ward need not take a back seat when
it comes to religious titles, for is not
that pious man Defender of the
/ Faith? The. King Of Portugal is also
possessed of religious title, being
His Very Faithful Majesty" King
Oscar of Sweden calls himself King
of the Goths and the Wends,'' and the
German war Lord calls himself
Duke Of the Wends." The King of
Denmark, like his royal cousin of Swe-
den, calls himself King of the Goths
and the Wends" This is very confus-
ing to an amateur in the king business
and their majesties of Denmark and
Sweden ought to toss up to see who
keeps the title. It must make the Sui
| q of To
monarchs, reigning and dethroned, call
themselves King of Jerusalem" This
title is borne by the King Of Spain and
the Emperor Of Austria, by the Bour-
bon claimant of the throne of NAPLES
and the two Sicilies,'' as we'll as by
Don Carlos, the claimant of the Span
ish throne. The Sultan calls himself
Servant of Jerusalem" which is more
modest, and as he has the city the
other fellows can quarrel over who is
king" thereof The King Of Portugal
has set of titles for 'private circula-
ton" as it were, in which he espe-
cially delights, calling himself, when
he feels particularly 'cocky," king
of the African Sea, Lord of Guinea and
Of the navigation and commerce Of
Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia and India"
Little King Alphonso of Spain, not to
! be outdone by his neighbor, calls him
self king of the East and West In
dies, Of India and the Ocean CONT
nents'' The President of the United
States came very near having title
When they were fixing up the Consti-
tuition it was proposed to insert the
clause, 1.-The President shall be called
His Excellency." BENJAMIN Franklin
offered an amendment, ich read
"And the Vice President shall be called
His Most Superfluous Highness." In
the latter which followed the title
clause was lost.