The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-27
DECISION WILL PLEASE
ALL ENGLISH PEERS

claims to those pserases 20 long in
allegiance.
The latter term must not be con-
founded with that OF dormant" There
are plenty of dormant peeragea. such
as. for instance. the Earldom Of Mill
town and the Barony of Gardner; Dy
to the succession has been estapnsneo'
the riEhtful heir being missthe.
Allegiance Is due to the face tnaA Ens-
lish law does not recognize seni0riy
among Daughters. anat - sh 20 say Ancient
baronies that descended In the female as
we'll As In the male line leaves An only
daughter, she succeeds to ms oiSniO,
whereas II he has no SON. but several
daughters, tho crown refuses to accept
the responsibility OF determining VINO
of them IL the eldest. and the barely
tsen i as the se sovsreisns disposal. in
! this sense, that he can either Leave II
| indefinitely In allegiance. or he can ter
| inmate the latter in favor of any one
| Of the heirs OF the various oaugnters'
| He usually seeks the advice of the
COMMITTEES Of Privileges Of the House
! of Lords in the matter. bat does not
always follow its recommendatioh
OF all the reigning houses Of Ger :
many, there is not one that puts for
ward greater pretensions to antiquity
! than that of the Duchy Of Anhalt. the
members OF which claim to be able to
prove their ancestry IN an unbr.ken
Of Ascanla being derived from the cas-
I tie Of Ascania, or Of Aschar!a, now in
| ruins, but which figures In still existing
| contemporary records ~ q powerful
stronghold in A. d. 1893. Tho fortunes
Of the family are bound up vita tal's-
toad The talisman in question In
stead Of being q glass goblet. like the
Luck Of Eden Hail." OF the ancient
! family Of Musgrave. or the Coulst On
Pear. OF the great Scotch house Of Hay.
and the Lee Penny q the L3esnsdE,ts Il
history. According to tho latter. .
| Princess Of Anha1t had been In the
habit every day Of throwing put Of the
| window after dinner the breao crumbs
in addition to her small fcathered
friends, . particularly squat looking
toad always appeared t. Join In the
| repast.
| One night. when the princess was on
| the eve of becoming lnothcr. strange
woman bearing Lighted ,n 1antssn Ap p
! her that the Lady Toad sent her her
best thanks for the crumbs. also the
/ promise that the child about to be born
| would be q boy. who would bring
honor and fortune to his house
/ and presented her with . rins
!; 80. ~. etc., Nus,
.auns' no"e -.
pc Kept IN the DucaI iaiace, 50 'na
| nasty OF Ascania never Lscome extiat t
Finally. before aisappcerins tDe wonan
warned ene pnsss ~, t 49, re- ~h:,ts
| snouiu pe 49,, n,rnt 81.
mIs e'e Ns.,,,. 49, 49, ans he
2aAco L'Sn' eos'S o
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nisos " Svu VI S,p,,onc. ,rh" sfone,
Gu VIII VII. IA 90 1T wnii nniisb "a. the
sie o,1' sN nv 49,
TWO OUTSIDE ones tr1nS"iar anu ns
| centtA onv So,ouS' i;nEi. 80
served 70 tni. oas. s.Ii .sT, ,asu,ly
10 Sept IN smait is. ~.
hidden away IN INC .mmeasrIy ~,
va vans .; =, tns S 1i1 P, whn ha. the kew r.
- a.. 800 -,
the sshe OF VINO An"~s y. 10 ~,
caton- Moreo'el' INC y.
Lady Toad. OF. as sne - Known IN ce,
man. OF the Frau Aroete. Is 30 stiac'''
needed. that all fires In the palace arr
extinguished early IN Christmas Eve
no matter how freexln4 Tn! SeatneI
while the Grand Aaster OF the House
hold. the OMcer OF the Nuaro. ana
number 81 omcials patro, tne nul'"in y
from cellar 20 garrett until oaybfeaA OF
Christmas morning.
After this It II hardly necessary e
add that throughout the length ant
breadth of the Duchy, toads are treated
with marked consideration and find
ness by the peasantry, and are per
fectly safe from that cruelty which
80 uniustly falls to the share Of these
u..fui hnt hom.lv reo.il,. in ,the
un.., ~. ma Woria ana III,
Eew For the Anhnlters always Zee
that tosd. NAV . rola in III. we.far,
az rheir reieninx hous..
IT,, .,.., "a 81. n,.,-- q. n....u
Inc SApt1i =. .ne OuC"y ~. =.
ana aitnousn tne name OF tne iSst - 81. :.
aSsociateo IN tue nu',o. u III INV
tne oSseu 49,,
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