Show JOKE ON MUNICIPAL OFFICERS sham prince of battenberg has good time in madr d ed tor enjoyed honors for emperor A few months ago a sham prince alexander of battenberg contrived to have i very good time in the city of madrid and other spanish to ans from the capital he had the efflo aitery to telegraph for an in with king alfonao and at valencia he en deavo red to communicate bi wl eless telegraphy with british warships newspaper men were sen to inter view him and he was feted and hon ored all round his princely career however was brought to an abrupt end at toledo but not until he had lunched with the archbishop and borrowed a sum of mone from him his arrest caused quite a en f throughout span and it then trans pred that the pseudo prince ord mArily answered to the name of joseph con quy and that be wa a native ot gib baltar A few weeks later a somewhat sim ilar story was reported from bels ide from this it would seem that the crown prince of servia had a double i ho was of the grade of corporal in the army the double s name was michael tri fo ana one day while raveling with A companion to about 15 miles from belgrade he was bev eral times saluted by persons baom they met on arriving at the town itself hey were met by the and police superintendent who ceremoniously es carted them to the where they were entertained to dinner and treated as persons of distinction A continental mayor was completely hoaxed a few deebs ago by an iuda clous bogus royalty this municipal dignitary was the mayor of another place in servia to whose town a visit of the crown prince had been the occasion was however by an enterprising soldier w ho resembled him and succeeded in balm ing himself off as the heir to the throne and greatly enjoyed the light royal manner in which he was feasted and entertained of all people in the world mr henry is reported to have once accepted without demur the exalted role of emperor by a mere coincidence he happened to land at vera cruz on the actual day on which the fated emi eror maximilian of mexico was expected to arrive when a body 0 cavalry drew up to act as bis escort labby quickly tumbled to the situation and without a murmur allowed himself to be conducted with great pomp and circumstances to the capital not un til arriving there did he condescend to explain that a mistake had been made pearsons weekly most ot the stars in the theatrical firmament are merely skyrockets |