Show THE YOUSG heir to the throne of Spain whose advent into this world of trials and troubles and Spanish revolutions and assassinations might hive been very important personage if his coming bad occurred a few generating earlier It ia no great tiling to be born the beirappl rent to rulership of a third rate nation which is hopelessly bankrupt and steadily losing its little influence among the powers of tbo earth But notwithstanding notwith-standing Spain insignificance ai a kingdom and the email part that the monarch plays in her government the old ceremonies are to be observed on the occasion of the princes or princess birth as the case may baThe ba-The ceremonies are grand and must be fatiguing to the august little stranger who plays such a conspicuous part in them The telegrams fay all the preparations are made the grandees assembling and everything is waiting upon the juvenile The lyingin chamber is in the Royal Palace and according to ancient prescription baa but one door which communicates with a saloon where the great officers offi-cers of state deputations from the chambers of the Corte the marshals mar-shals and grandees of Spain are to assemble when tho surgeon announces announ-ces that tho birth ia at hand The one dcor arrangement is to prevent fraud and deception being practiced upon the nation The King in person per-son conducts the president of the council and minister of justice into the Queens bedroom where the accouoher communicates to them the state af aflairs and they in turn inform in-form the dignitaries assembled in the saloon When the birth t kes place the King arries the babe into the saloon on a large golden miter and exhibits it to all beginning with the highest in rack 01 the state officers The young stranger is them permitted to enjoy such rest as persons of his age can obtnin foi twentyfour hour when after the birth has been registered regis-tered the cardinal patriarch of India baptizes it in the palace chapel Other ceremonies lees imposing and not EO tiresome to the prince continue con-tinue at brief intervals for a few weeks until the young gentleman if i the baby should be a male bas been invested with a lot of grand title civil and military and the church has taken the necessary iteps to preserve his soul and insure him to be a great and good person should bo live or die |