Arizona republican., 1906-11-15
KINGS ON THEIR OWN ACCOUNT

pire several of his loyal subjects ar,
 kings on their own account and are a. autocratic as the Czar Of Russia. Thes,
 are the fortunate owners of islan
 round the coast. many of which are ex
 cmpt from rates and taxes and some
 times beyond the sphere of the parli
 amentary legislation. Just now tn,
 most prominent of these miniature mon
 archs is Lundy. in the British Channel
 As it is for sale. every ambitious mi
 ionaire has an opportunity to becom
 its ruler.
 Devonshire folk call the island tn, kingdom of heaven bectuse its present
 owner is the Rev. Hudson G. Heaven
 overlord of 1.2O0 acres and some 4C
 souls. He resides at the Villa, a gran ite-built mansion commanding a mag niicent view of the bay and surround ed by hills. Unlike many of the other private kingdoms Lundy is beautiful though isolated, a fitting contrast to the ] Isle of Man, over which MT. w. Cary ! the son of Colonel Cary, the we'll known American. reigns. The latter IS
 almost barren land, chiefly celebrated | for rabbits and rats and a remarkable ] l excursion steamers.
 Lundy's staple industry is agriculture ! some 400 acres being rented by one i farmer. Here bulIocls. sheep goats and ] horses a.e raised. Granite was once | quarried, but the works have long since fallen upon evil days although the mineral is an excellent quality. Much of the Thames embankment is built of | it.
 The manor farmhouse is close to St. Helen's church. singularly fine struc- ture for so small a kingdom. and the one and only ane place of worship on the ! island and when sailors have to make an enforced stay in the neighborhood.
 owing to adverse winds and other cir cumstances. it is made to do service
 as reading room. The tower is a fine I specimen of the sculptor's art. and the
 stained glass windows are fit to grace
 any church. The present Lord Lundy
 succeeded to the sovereigntyof the island on the death of his father. Sir We're Hunt Bark it's hevious proprietor picked it up for a mere song at a London auc- ton, so the story goes. the autioneer declaring that the island never paid either tax or tithe: that it acknowl- edged neither king nor its parliament. civil or ecclesiastical. Its proprietor Is pope and emperor at once in his own scanty domain"
 As matter of fact the Rev Hud- son G. Heavens rule is absolue. and nobody can be married or buried with out his consent. Tourists who wish to land cannot do so unless he gives con sent. which, however. is seldom if ever refused.
 Romance fingers about Lundy Island. Some years ago the remains of a giant. eight feet two inches in height. were discovered while a companion skeleton was only slightly smaller. A willy member of parliament bargained with the state to transport convicts to ViF- glnla for price and then sent them to Lundy and there made them work to ms adVantage. Pirates and smugglers round the isolated spot good for their trades. It sheltered the would-be mur- derers of Henry III and Edward IT.. and on more than one occasion it fell into the hands of marauders.
 Today the shore affords an excellent anchorage for vessels. as many as 3O0 having been there at the same time but wreck off Lundy is not at all an unusual thing. more particularly in winter and early spring. it being the wreck radius of the Bristol Channel
 The lighthouse is a conspicuous ob- Ject, and it's revolving light. 54O feet above high water, can be seen 90 miles. There is no hourly delivery of letters. the postmaster calling once a week there being fortnight dispatch of mails.
 The Isle cf Man comprises some goo acres. with a coast line of five miles. A former proprietor had to fight long and valiently for his diminutivo king com owing to an attempt made to tax the inhabitants. Taking the matter to house of commons his rebelIious ways were upheld and not penny has since been collected by taxgatherers. The two Lighthouses on the island are property of the owner, who claims all wreckage which mas come in his way. RINK OF THE SCILLY ISLANDS.
 The Scilly Islands are made up of no fewer than 40 separate islands. and over Tresco. the most important of the group, MT. T. A. Smith -Dorien reigns supreme. It is not quite a quarter of a century ago that the Scillonians took 10 supplying their brothers and sisters on the mainland with daffodils and narcissus, of which between 800 and 600 tons were exported during the first four months of the year. Sometimes as much as 8 tons a day are picked. l packed and sent off when the season l is at its height.
 What wealth the inhabitants of the island may possess is practically the | product of the flower farms which l more than rivals in beauty and quality the blooms of the Dutch and Belgian ! growers. Snowdrops. wallflowers and stocks are also grown and sold for profit. Seilly in the spring is a verita- ble twentieth century edition of the garden of Eden. The islands have play ed their part in the making of history. | Tor they are supposed to have been the l Cassiterides of the Greeks and the | Sillinae of the Romans. During the | seventeenth century they sheltered l Prime Charles for short time and | were captured by Admiral Blake,