Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-11


the claims.
The new heir TO the Swedish crown, son
of the Crown Prince, will be called
Prince Oscar Frederick William Olaf Au-
gustus AdOlphus, Duke of ShOOnen. Had
he been born a week earlier his birthday
would have fallen on his great namesake's
250th anniversary, which would have been
thought happy one.
A paris actress AYERS that each perfume
has its special moral and physical quail
ties. which-so far as her observations have
gone-she states as follows: Musk predis-
poses to sensibilitv and amiability; rose,
to audacity. avarice and pride; geranium
to tenderness: violet, to mysticism ana
piety; benZOin, to dreams, poetry and IN
cOnstancy; mint and verbena, to taste
for the beautiful arts; camphOr, to
stupidity and brutality; Russia leather,
to Incidence; while ylangylang is the most
| dangerous ofsall.
Much trepidation is felt in New York
because the government has ordered to
the Brooklyn navy yard the monitor Nam
| tucket. which few weeks ago sunk
! steamer in the North river by collision.
/ Various plans are suggested for saving
1 the shipping when the representative OF
/ our unconquered navy starts for her des-
/ tinatiOn. TWentv-fOur hours notice Is
/ called for. so that vessels and human be-
/ ings may get out of the way. 1t might be
| better to move the monitor overland, as
/ the Obeiisk was transported through the
/ New York streets. The proposition TO sell
/ the monitor for old iron is not yet IN order.
Native Egyptians appear to have been
as greatly puzzled during the late war by
the dress of the Highland soldiers as were
! the East Indian natives in the time OF the
mutiny, and the conclusion reached was
very much the same-that they were the
| wives of the English fighters. Distance
/ encouraged the natives in this deluslOn,
as did also the fact that the Highlanders
camped by themselves, as if they constr
tuted a harem. 1t is reported that aparty
of BedOuins resolved to 90 into this camp
with view to rObbing the English sol
diers of their wives, and that number
did actually 90, with the result that the
! supposed British harem turned out with
| rifles and bayOnets and very soon Killed
thirty or forty of the BedOuins.
Jay Gould's little cemetery bed at Wood
lawnis to cost forty thousand dollars. That
| however, only means forty plots at $1,000
each, for he is, it seems, to build vaults
for his own and his wife's kindred there.
Yet he is exceeded by famous Fifth
avenue haberdasher-a Scotch bachelor
shadows the LOtOs and Union clubs-Wh0
owns plot with vaults, chapel and
| cenOtaph, in the Catholic cemetery named
! Calvary. By the way, what inscription
will Mr.. Gould put over his little hamlet
of the dead? viii it be to the memory OF
JasOn-fOr by that name it is said he was
| christened in a village not far from where
! ThurloW Weed was born. And if so,
will it be dedicated to some golden mot
! by anv means to add Goulden) feecel
! And if so, as chancery interrogat0ns
run, how many, and what particular
fleeces in or out of Wall street ?-BOSt0R
AdUetiSer
A very interesting book is abou to the
published in Paris-the memoirs OF Nine.
| Cornu, foster sister of Napoleon III. She
died in 1879, in great poverty, and left her
manuscript to Mlle Renan. Though never
seen on public occasions at the Tullerles,
| she was nevertheless a constant VISITOR
there. For some time, indeed, after the
| coup d'etat her friendly relations with the
| Emperor were interrupted, as she regard
ed that event with detestatl0n. she
| steadily refused to accept the liberal offers
made her by the Emperor; and when her
| friends wondered at the poor account to
which she turned her opportunities, she
! answered, Il do not want to be taken for
a paryenu ST the coup d'etat." She was
| partly instrumental in bringing about the
! escape from Ham, and she succeeded by
clever stratagem in obtaining Louis Neuil-
lots note for Louis Napoleon at the Presi-
! Dental election in 1913. She was friend
! of MaZzini and other Democrats, both
French and Italian; and 1t is expected
that her memoirs will throw new light on
! the relations which existed III his early
days between Napoleon and the Italian
Revolutionary party-relatiOns which sur
vived his elevation to the throne, and de-
termined his Italian policy, with all its
! disastrous consequences to his dynasty
and to France.
General McMahon says that Cleveland
is very likeable man, with good humor,
| geniality, bachelor instinct, and a cool
! head The General says his prospects
are far ahead of any other candidate.
/ Referring to a prominent candidate in
! Western State, whom he did not directly
name, Mr.. Mcmahon said: Il think it cam
/ not be expected of the Democratic party
! to make its whole fight again on the Skin
! mish line, as it did in 1880 in Indiana.
! The Republicans can concentrate on any
/ October State and carry it, and throw us
/ into CONSERVATION before the November
/ battle comes. They still possess the
! funds, the government, and ma
| jOrity of the capital interest of
| the country. If they could take In
| diana out ofOur hands in October, 1880, they
| can certainly make powerful show to get
| Ohio, the remaining October State, in 1884.
! So we must fall back on November
| State with a determining power like New
| York. and that is why | think Cleveland
/ is the hope of the Democrats everywhere.
| We may say in round numbers that 10000
Republicans voted for him for Governor.
/ If he makes a good Governor very large
| portion of that 10000 will say: We'll, l
am justified in my vote; l voted for him
! on an uncertainty, and having bestowed
my vote well, | guess | Will 90 for him for
President That idea," said Mcmahon,
IF nothing else intervenes, will make
! Cleveland the candidate.' Up to the last
campaign Gen. Mcmahon was understood
to have been in favor of HancOcks re-
nomination.
Prof. c. A. Young at a meeting of the
Academy of Sciences in New York recent
ly, adverted to the Importance of obsery-
ing the solar eclipse of 1888, since it will
have the longest period of tOtality (5m.
49s. of any that will fall within the pre-
sent century. The Professor is of opinion
that, in view Of this fact ''if the atmOs-
pheric conditions were favorable, great
advance would no doubt be made in the
absorbing questions concerning a lunar
atmosphere and the polarization of the
corona. With such a remarkable length
of time in which to make observation he
had no doubt whatever that the relation
between the corona and the ZOdiacal light
would be determined. From certain ele-
ments, gathered during a One-minute OBJ
servati0n made in Egypt during the
last eclipse. it has been argued
that the corona and zOdiacal light
are identical. There would be ample
time during the eclipse of 1888 to either
verify or contradict this proposition.
Again, as the eclipse happens at the sea-
son of maximum sun spots, or greatest local
solar activity, it is of peculiar interest
not only to astronomers, but to magnetl-
clans and physicists generally" France
and Italy will send out expeditions to the
island discovered in the South Pacific by
Sir George Mares, to observe the eclipse,
and an English observer will accompany
the French expedition. Professor Young
urged the propriety of having a party of
American observers on the ground also,
and it was decided to appoint committee
TO request the government authorities to
detail a vessel of the Northern Pacific
squadron to carry American astronomers
to Caroline Island to cooperate with the
Europeans mentioned above.
The railroads of the world, it seems,
have grown from 1890 miles of road in
1910 to 249, $50 miles on December 81, 1881.
The system, which in 1910 was confined to
the United States and a few countries of
Europe, is now spread to all quarters of
the globe. Between 1910 and 1850 there |
were 1920 miles of railroad built in !
Europe and America. In the decade fol- |
lowing Asia, Africa and Australia wit |
messed the advent of the iron horse, and |
tho total increase i'm railroad mileage in |