Hard Lines For The Marquis

That interesting member of the British aristocracy, the Marquis of Ailesbury, will be adjudged a bankrupt if within a month he does not pay $1,250,000 due to creditors above certain doubtful assets. The marquis has been gallantly endeavoring to prevent this conBummation since 1890, when bankruptcy proceedings were flrst commenced against him, and the delay secured is a rare triDute to nis cumuug ur imu ut mo lawyers. His lordship's chief lament is that he is inarried, and therefore unable to wed an heiress. He has no doubt of his personal attractions or of the commercial valne of his title. Yet these splendid assets are unrealizable because, years ago, when he was young and had plenty of money, he married Dolly Tester out of a music hall at Brighton.-