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of their right to titles that had gone out Of ex-
istence in the revolution. But the present gov
eminent of the republic has established far
stricter rules and absolutely refuses official rec
ognition to any title of nobility unless the apph-
cant can produce either the original patent OF
creation, an act Of Parliament or a'record OF the
Cour des Complies. Mere certificates of birth and
marriage except in so far as they go to confirm
the right Of the applicant to the patent, or to
identify his family with the one mentioned in the
records of the Cour des Complies. are not &C
copied. In one word, the republican govern
ment only grants recognition and accepts sue
cession dues and fees of registration for nobil-
iary titles concerning the authenticity and right
to which there can be possible question or
dispute
AS for the titles of nobility conferred upon
Frenchmen by the Papacy, the government Of
the republic absolutely refuses to recognize
them. That is to say, it declines to recognize
those which failed to secure recognition prior to
the fall of the empire IN 1870. In the pre-
ceding seventy years about forty-two Papal
citizens were officially recognized by the French
government. and single one accorded
sanction by the republic during the Presidency
Of Marshal MacNahon. These. of course, are
treated to-day by the Department of Justice
If they were bona fide French honors and
taxed SUCH but. save FOR these forty-three
instances, the French Department Of Justice de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-03

The Dukes Of Marlborough and Wellington each
own less than 10000 acres. About 1O.2o0 land
lords. including full muster of the House Of
Lords. own England and Wales.
Any scheme OF land naturalization which
trades unionists and the labor members may
favor IN future will involve the enrichment OF
the peerage. Lords will have TO be compen-
stated for their possessions as we'll al the hum
blest cottagers and artisans who own their own
houses and gardens. and they would be I'm
mensely better off If they were drawing inter
est from consols rather than managing large
and in many instances unproductive landed
estates. With a considerable proportion of In
dustrious workers full owners Of their homes
through the operation OF building societies and
their own thrift confscation can never form a
feature OF the programme Of any Socialist Labor
party in the kingdom, especially when the land
ID gradually passing into the possession OF
small occupiers in England. Compensation will
have TO precede any socialist scheme for the
naturalization Of the land and the conversion
OF the working people into rent paying tenants
OF the state: and the Lords. who already own a
third Of the land. will become the chief beneh-
Charles OF systematiZed legislation for carrying
out the chimerical ideas Of social reformers
State ownership OF the land Henry Georges
principles will convert the titled classes into
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-03
TWO E. R. THOMAS NAMES.

Ever since automobiIlng got place in Americas list
or sports soma years ago there
been CONFUSED Tina and asan-those Of Thomas OF
Buffalo maker OF automobiles. -
The ntemixture Of Identities proved not only pus,,nu
TO the public at large but bane sporting writers
throughout the country This particularly true be-
OF the fact that E. r. Thomas New York to,
interest in automobile racing and gained ,odI~
amount OF fame daring successful driver Of his
- -
So it was not unusual thing have the announce,
ment made that race meet would the attraction
Of the presence Of r Thomas. the noted driver when
b. r. Ihomas' OF New York, did know that this
particular race was even planned Similarly II -
Thomas of Buffalo was sometimes slightly surprised
hear that he TO drive his at
ment that he did not expect O attend
Last while stories Of automobile avn0
thick and ast 1t WAS announced that h. Thomas mad
bought a Thomas flyer the-tO some incomDrs-
hensiblefaet was added that It the rst American
he had owned
What! DO you want 70 think you have besn
manufacturing cars all these owned an
American one? don't believe one man IN
writing to the head OF the firm. And that "a
merely sample OF what dozens others
Demont Thompson. OF the Amateur Athletic Association
thinks he mas at last solved the question by makins
T. K Thomas Of New York. E. Russell Thomas whils
more Sun. '
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-03

one-tenth Of the area OF England and Wales. or
between one-ffth and one-sixth OF Scotland.
The fourteen peers own one-fourteenth of the
combined of Great Britain. Ireland being
excluded. AS only a bare beginning of the list
of peers has been made. IT is highly probable
that Lord Ridley's third OF the land would be
within reach IL the possessions of the entire
House OF Lords were added together. The Duke
OF Sutherland owns more land than there is In
Aberdeen. or. more precisely. as much as there
"a in Sutherland, and these are among the
largest Scottish counties The Duke of Buc-
oleuch's holdings would make an area about as
great Stirling and Selkirk combined, and the
Duke Of Flies estate would moro than occupy
Kincardine. Either the Duke OF Devonshirs or
the Duke Of Portland supply more land than
is needed for Middlesex, and the Duke of Rich
mond can add Rutland to Middlesex. Compare
sons OF areas lack significance when the English
shires differ materially in size. Valuations
moreover. have little to do with aggregate acre
age. The Duke of Hamitons Scottish estate is
twice as large the Duke OF Bedford's whose
holdings include large tracks in London and are
highly remuneratIve. The Duke OF West
minister's thirty thousand acres in Cheshire and
Blintshire are barely sixth OF the Earl OF
Lonsdales Westmoreland estate. but he also has
six hundred acres In the West End of London
and this is immense addition 10 his wealth
The Marquis of Butte has great possessions in
Scotland. but his income is mainly drawn from
his coal tracts and industrial Investments in
South Wales. The Scottish estates are heavily
hit by the death and succession duties whenever
an heir comes into his inheritance, the bulk Of
the landed property is unmarketable and the
payment of the dues 20 the Treasury involves a
prolonged period OF retrenchment Hence there
Is now saying among them. mo great house
can afford to have two deaths in a single gem
Grafton" The English estates often include
coal and iron lands OF high value. as In the case
of the Duke OF Northumberland, or remunera-
tive industrial tracts like those OF the Duke Of
Devonshire in Lancashire and Yorkshire
Another list Of twenty-nine peers made IN at
random yields an aggregate of 1882 40 acres
and, with the preceding one. accounts for one
tenth of the soil in Great Britain It is headed
by the Duke Of Montrose's estate OF $4,000
acres and the Duke of Bedford's holdings Of
$4,000 acres in Bedford. Cambridge, Devon and
London. The Earl OF Carlisle owns 1880 acres
and the estates of the Duke of Manchester. the
Marquis of Zetland. the Marquis of Waterford
tho Earl OF Wemyss the Duke Of Roxburghe
the Earl of Fowls and the Duke OF Rutland
range between 10000 and 10000 acres Among
the titled landowners possessing between so 900
and 10000 acres are the Duke of Norfolk the
Marquis OF Clanricarde. the Earl of Derby, the
Marquis of Bath. Lord Leconfield. tho Duke of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-03

general secretary which contains some interesting
facts.
Tho most significant Christian Endeavor assem-
bly, of the last year ana in respects tho most
significant held. was the Worlds Christian En-
deavor Convention in Geneva, Switzerland the city
OF the Reformation. July Is to August l. The lead
Ing Protestant pastors OF Switzerland, France and
Germany. with distinguished delegates from ell
parts of the world, including companies who trav-
ehed in specially chartered Steamships from Amor
The nucleus OF a national union has been formed
IN Norway under the name Of tho Central Commit
EPdeqy9T In the Po N0FweEEi a4 Church
Endeavor societies part Of them using the German
language and part the Bohemian. great deal o.
German There has long been a Brttish-Amsr1can
o 500 a IN o. Pe{beFso9a and there are also ct
t societies IN the Baltic DP0ynees not
several German societies In the south of Russ 81
There six hundred Protestant churches in which
-Four hundred and nfty-four new societies are re-
ported from Great Britain. with fifteen thousand
In Central Africa, at the Equator Mission, Boeng1,
mouth, is a society OF two hundred members and
nr1 s n tba an aheT have the pledge
only six years out 81 sayagery having been canni-
English Endeavorers: Tell them We want more
There are a27 societies. with more than ten thou
members in the Dutch Reformed Church
four thousand members OF the South African Union
make 400 societies and more than fourteen thousand
Beneath the shadow of the Great Pyramid is the
Christian Bndeavor socety of Cairo, Egypt Be
sides this Christian Endeavor society for English
speaking young people there is another for those
who speak other tongues, in which are natives
Greeks. COpts and syrians IN all there are twenty
societies. one Of the largest being In Connection
with the United Presbyterian college at Assiout
India has six provincial unions and twelve
local unions besides the United Society OF India.
Burmah and Ceylon.
Mexico has many energetic Endeavor workers. Al
the last annual convention there reported l33
societies The Mexican Union ia now Differed al
most entirely by MeXicans, and Is closely affiliated
with the Sunday school work Of tho country.
From one society IN Brazil in 1893, the EIdeavor
movement has grown by leaps and bounds to almost
hundred in 19O6-ninety-three some time before the
close of the year. From state II has spread TO
many.
Moro than twenty-five prisons have been entered
by the Endeavor society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-03
TITLED LAND HOLDERS.
4 Third of Great Britain OzCned By
the House of Lords.

London. January 23.
There is one subject which the House Of
Lords ought to be competent to legislate That
is the land. Lord Ridley recently stated in a
public address that nearly one-third of the land
Is owned by the Lords in one way another.
Probably he excluded Ireland from this survey,
since there large estates are gradually passing
into the possession of the tenants under the oper
alton of land purchase. He must have included
Scotland. as the largest estates owned by the
peers are there. There has been closer law OF
entail north Of the Tweed than IN England and
Wales. and the chief landed estates have been
kept together and not subdivided into small
properties. A large proportion Of land in the
north is mountainous and heavily timbered and
is not available for agriculture. Scotland is the
realm of large land owners OF whom fourteen
in possession of One-fourth OF the entire
area. The majority of these are in the House
Of Lords, which body owns considerably
more than n third of Scotland and the outlying
islands. When England and Wales are added
TO Scotland an acreage of 57.103,973 is obtained.
and Lord Ridley's estimate is probably within
bounds. An approach to II is made IN the fol-
lowing list which does include all the largest
land owners OF the peerage. but some OF them:
TITLED LAND OWNERS.
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-Flisgends Blatter.

capitalists. because they Will be the largest
creditors OF the nation. Hence there will be
nothing Ike nationalism OF land. even II the
democracy triumphs in general election after
another The reformers will prefer TO keep
them on their land and to tax them more and
moro heavily for the privilege Of owning a third
Of the home soil.
The immense holdings of the peers or land
owners are In this way a safeguard against the
crude socialism proclaimed by the mora ad-
vanced labor members as means OF making
the state everybody's landlord and emplovsr
They are too we'll acred over to be bought ont
for their own benefit even IL there be any cbanca
OF convincing the country that private owner
ship OF land is wrong. Speculative reforrners
will probably exhaust their energies In drastic
methods of bleeding them by a graduated in
come tax. directed against inherited wealth: bv
increased succession and estate duties; by rates
levied against unoccuped land and site yaIuss
and by taxation OF titles. Since the power OF
initiating and carrying financial measures rests
with the Commons. the peers will have adequate
resources OF defence against this method Of at
tack. IN r
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-03
CHRISTMAS IN NORWAY

In Christiania and other Norwegian towns
your house door. If you are a favorite. may be
suddenly thrust open. and there may be pushed
into the house truss of hay or straw or a bag
Of char. Examine 1t. and somewhere in the hay
you will find handsome present
Lovers have been known to send TO their be-
trothed an exceedingly large brown paper par
eel This. when opened. revealed a second par
Gel, with loving motto on the cover of it And
so on-there was parcel within parcel, motto
within motto. until at last the patient searcher
arrived at the kernel Of this huge husk. which
kernel proved TO be article of delicate and
valuable jeWelry
And, again, one of the prettiest Of Christmas
custons Is tbs practice, In Norway, OF giving a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-03
CHARITY.

nobility IN France may be seen in the fact that
the national treasury still pays 20 this day
nuities TO a considerable amount to certain
mobiles such. OF nearly eight hundred titles
OF nobility conferred by the first Napoleon
Just century ago. there ere only thirty-seven
authentic ones still in existence-that is TO say
which have been inherited in the male line
direct. although there a quantity Of them
which have been assumed without authority by
cousins nephews, sons-in-law and even by the
husbands of the granddaughter Of the original
holders of the titles. The great Napoleon, in
creating dukedoms princedoms and other titles,
Invariably accompanied the honor by the grant
OF an annuity payable by the government treas
ury long as there was q legitimate descend
ant in the male line. the idea being, of course
TO assure to the people whom he had thus hon
ored and their descendants that there should
always be enough to maintain the title with
a proper amount of dignity. Repeated attempts
have been made to abolish these annuities but
the proposal has invariably been opposed by the
government Of the day, no matter what its Do
htical texture. On each change Of regime in
France one OF the first acts Of the legislature
has been TO the credit of the nation and
to facilitate the financial operations of the ma
tional treasury by placing the creditors OF the
state under the safeguard OF the honor and
loyalty OF the French nation" Among the cred
itors of the state are these thirty-seven holders
of annuities conferred along with titles of no.
bility by Napoleon, and which are inscribed ac-
cording to official parlance on the Grand Iivre
OF France" that is to say. on the Grand Ledger
Of France AS long the French government
continues to pay to the dukes of Rivoli OF
Reggie and Of Trevise, and to the princes OF
Wagram and OF MoskoWa (the latter a lipeaI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-03

descendant OF Marshal Ney), annuities from the
national treasury for the avowed purpose OF
enabling them to maintain their titles with the
proper amount Of dignity. there can be no ques-
ton Of the non-existence officially speaking OF
a bona fide. authentic nobility Of France
While it would be tnvidious to enumerate here
the names Of those American heresses who have
married, for the sake of coronets, Frenchmeh
whose titles are Of questionable authenticity
and who have in more senses than one pur-
chased in that fashion q gold brick, it may be
well to recommend that In future transactions
Of this kind the bridegroom should be called
upon to show TO his fancee's parents and rela-
tives the official recognition Of any title that he
may bear by the Keeper Of the Great Seal OF
France If he is unable to do this, and they are
in any uncertainty about the matter, they can
easily set their doubts at rest by an application,
either directly or else through the American
Embassy or Consulate IN Paris, to the Garde
des Sceaux (Keeper of the Great SeaD; or. bet
ter still, to the learned and courteous NJ. Monler'
who is at the head Of that particular division Of
the Department OF Justice which is intrusted
with the duty Of examining applications for the
revival of dormant titles Of nobility of register
Ing them II the investigation proves satisfactory,
and Of granting the recognition of the govern
ment to honors which have been thus lawfully
recalled into life. else been inherited from
either father paternal grandfather, uncle or
brother. NJ Moniers official designation is
Directeur des Affaires Cives ct du Sceaux au
Department de Ia Justice. Paris. If the title is
recognized by the French government and has
received the latter's stamp Of authenticity It is
on NJ. Moners list If the dignity does not fig
ure among his records It cannot be used for any
official purposes in France or even In any pub
lie document, and is without lawful value.
EX-ATTACHE.
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II am waiting until you pay, so can collect
three marks which the landlord owes me-"
Sorry for you. I'm waiting to be thrown out
for not paying"
-FIiagenJe Rh.tar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-03

clines to take any stock whatsoever Of nobiliary
dignities accorded by the Vatican or to permit
their use in official documents. Il is OF interest
to draw attention TO this. owing to the fact
that although the Papaoy has granted little
over three hundred titles OF nobility TO French
citizens within the last hundred years, there are
at the present moment between fifteen and
twenty thousand individuals in France who
falsely claim TO hold the handles of their names
from the Pepaoy. It must not be imagined for
one moment that the attitude OF the French
government with regard TO the titles of the
Vatican is dictated by any motives Of hostility
toward the Roman Catholic Church. It adopts
identically the same course with regard TO
honors OF an analogous character conferred upon
Frenchmen by other foreign sovereigns, such as
for instance. King Leopold of Belgium. the
king Of Spain and Portugal and the various
petty rulers Of Germany. II the Papal titles
call for special mention in this connection. 1t is
owing to the difficulty which has always existed
IN obtaining information from the Vatican con-
corning the patents which it has granted. IN
scrupulous people naturally take advantage
thereof feeling pretty well assured that II any
inquiries are sent to Rome concerning their
pretensions no reply will be accorded thereto.
How ridiculous it is to speak OF the present
French republic as having abolished titles Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-03

Beaufort, the Earl Of Marlborough. the Marquis
of Londonderry and the Earl of Cawdor. The
Earl Of Rosebery owns $3.50 acres in Scotland.
Bucks. Herts, Norfolk. Suffolk and Kent. Ear!
Spencer's estate includes q. 800 acres. the Mar
qus of Ripon's 21.SOO. the Duke of somerset's
%. 400 and the Marquis of salisbury's 10000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-03
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
Work Of the United Society in AU
Parts of the World.

The twenty-sixth anniversary OF Christian En-
deavor will be celebrated this month by more than
EA0 societies in the United States and s2 in all
the world with membership OF over 9.500000 A
summary Of the socety's progress IN various parts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-03
WEDDING OUT GALLO TITLES

Christmas dinner to the birds. On Christina 9
decorated with a sheaf of corn, fixed upon the
top of tall pole, from which it is intended that
the birds should make their Christmas dinner
Ttt-BitS.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-01
Entered by Judge Tyler.

The court order In fun follows:
In tho Circuit Court of the city OF VIII
iiamsburg and county OF James City,
In vacation--InJun junction order:
The Judge OF this court, considering
the order of the Supreme Court OF APP
peals OF Virginia. and the notice of the
petition for writ OF prohibition. men
toned In the bill to relate solely TO the
writ OF certiorari issued by the judge OF
this court on the 2eth day of January
1907 and being OF the opinion that the
status of the parties should remain in
statu quo until the final determination
thereof the Injunction heretofore grant
ed upon the original bill MED in this
suit and on the End day of January,
1907. Is extended. enlarged and continued
until the further order OF this court. so
as to cnjoin and restrain o. C. Brunk.
L. ". Lane. Jr.. commissioner OF State
hospitals: George G. Bland, o. C.
Wright and II. d. Cole. members of the
Special Board of Directors OF the Eastern
State Hospital. and the said Eastern
state Hospital, corporation, from In
any way interfering with L. S. Foster.
complainant in the said original bill. and
in the within and amended supple
mental bill. in the discharge of his duties
as superintendent of the Eastern State
Hospital of Virginia, and from. in any
way preventing him from so doing. from
in any way attempting to notify or in
form the employees OF said Institution
that said l. S. Foster is not superin-
tendent OF said hospitals; or that they
should not obey the proper order of said
+. s. Foster. superintendent, or that
they should obey the orders of the said
o. c. Brunk, and from taking any step
which will in any way interfere with the
discharge of the duties of said office by
said complainant; and that the said Q;
c. Drunk he enioined and restrained
from undertaking to exercise any of the
duties belonging to the said position now
occupied by complainant, pending the
determination of the rights of the parties
under the writ OF csrtiorari which has
been issued by the Judge of the Circuit
Court of the city of Williamsburg and
the county OF James City, TO tho General
Board Of Directors of the Hospitals for
the Insane OF the State OF Virginia. and
each member thereof is alleged In the
written bill. and pending the determine
ton OF the writ of prohibition now be.
fore the Supreme Court OF Appeals of
Virginia and until the further order of
this court. But this Injunction shall not
take effect until the complainant or some
one for him, shall execute before the
clerk of the court, proper Injunction
bond with good security In the penalty