Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-23

IN front and tied under the chin with
black silk ribbon.
MAY GET AMERICAN HEIREss
The eldest son and heir, the Marquis
of DourO, Is now Is years old and still
unmarried. II would surprise no one II
BE- should some day emulate the exam
Die Of the Duke of Marlborough a1l rec
plensh The family eNchequer By we'd
ding an American heiress Among his
dretocratlc associates I'm the guards he
is not popular for no better reason
probably than that he takes the pro-
ttssion Of soldier seriously. They
have ncknamed him "Do-go.' and not
long since treated h,m 20 n severe rag
ging," which IS English for "hazlng."
AS FAR APART AS THE POLES.
1t would DO difficult to find a man in
appearance, tastes and temperament
more unlike England's greatest admiral
than the present Earl Nelson He Is
the son Of Nelson's brother, the clergy
man, who after the death of the ma
tiunul hero at Trafalgar, succeeded 10
the title Nelson himself as Is Of course
well known, was the son Of a parson--
his father being vicar Of Burnham
Thorpe IN Norfolk 1t is quite natural
therefore that the clerical strain
should predominant I'm the present
holder of the titles and estates, who
has long been conspicuous at church
congressman conspicuous in little
else. The fighting blood in the fam
ily which missed him, came ont strong
In his younger brother, Maurice Hora-
ito Nelson who entered the navy when
a youngster Of 49, and rose to be a
rear admiral before he retired The in
congruIties and anomalies Of the Brit
ish peerage would be far less numer-
Gus II historic titles descended to those
members Of families who display the
gifts which best qualify them for such
distinctions instead Of being vested al
ways IN the eldest sons.
ONE RESEMBLANCE.
In one respect, however Earl Nelson
resembles the first and famous Nelson.
The latter, despite the fact that for
long years his home was on the rolling
Deep suffered, as his biographers re-
cord, greatly from sea sickness. And
Neptune eXacts the same tribute from
this third earl II ever he ventures on
salt water when the sea is a bit rough.
For that reason perhaps he has al
ways stuck pretty close to dry land.
Even there, as he discovered on one oc-
casion. he IL not Always aafe from sim
liar Qualms A Dublin newspaper man
was writing a series OF articles on Life
Seen from Queer Places" and he invite
ed his lordship, who happened 10 be
staying at the Vlceregal lodge, to ac-
company him one night TO the top Of
Nelson's pillar TO see Dublin by gas
light The earl was delighted with the
idea, but he had to climb some 900
steps TO reach the summit and before
he got there he was prepared to feed
the fishes had there been any around.
So sick did he become on the summit
that he was tempted TO drop to the bot
tom rather than descend by the same
stone steps, III this * what my title
has inflicted on me- he said, with
wry face, u could almost wish that Il
had never descended TO me-
SO strong an impression did his eN-
perience make upon him that he be-
sought the Navy league which annual
ly commentaries the victory at Ira
falgar by decorating Nelson's other
monument In Trafalgar square, not 10
send any more steepe jacks to the top
of IT, In consequence, ever since the
base only Of the monument has been
festooned
THREE SCORE AND TEN.
The earl Is now 10 years old and has
always been a steady going, eminently
respectable sort OF man. He lives in
superb mansion, known as Trafalgar
House, near Salisbury, which, with the