Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1893 — A Heap of Titles. [ARTICLE]

A Heap of Titles.

The Duke of Edinburgh, by falling heir to the throne of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. got more title than land, his official title now being Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Royal Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Ulster and of Kent, Duke of Julich, Cleve and Berg, Engern and Westphalia, Landgrave of Thuringia, Margrave of Meissen, Count-Prince of Henneberg, Count of the Mark and Ravensberg, Landgrave of Ravenstein and Tonna, etc. The etc. after Tonna is in place of another string of names, which probably are not worth mentioning, because no revenue is connected with them. Royalty is sensitive about carrying unprofitable burdens.—Milwaukee Journal.

Rider Haggard, the English novelist and South African traveler, does not have a high opinion of the Matabelqs, who are troubling the British settlers in South Africa. Said he, the other day: “The fighting qualities of the Matabeles have never been tested by contact with a fighting race. Their warfare has consisted mainly of raids on inferior races. They are accustomed to the most brutal massacres. They are so thoroughly savage that it is impossible for them to exist beside civilized people."