The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-28

epilepsy. in one Of which indeed he lost his
life at Cannes in 1884: while both the SOW
eign and the Prince OF Wales suffer greatly
at times from the naady known as tne
''hng's evil" Even the charming and
gracious Prin ess If Wales is afflicted with
ever increasing deafness, which,threarens to
assume as aggravated a form as that or her
mother, the Queen Of Denmark.
Insanity reigns ia the Russian royal
family, and innumerable are the anecdotes
which could be told Of the late Grand Duke
Constantine, and ais) Of the conduct OF the
Emperor Nicholas during the few months
previous to his death. Fears are expressed
at ST. Petersburg and at Copenhagen that
the mind of the Czarina is giving way I'M
der the terrible burden Of anxiety for her
husbands and childrens safety. Her mel
ancholia has indeed assumed so serious
form that DR.. CharcOt, the greatest mad
doctor of the age, has bean specially sum
moned to St Peter burg in order to exam
inc the condition of her nervous system. 1t
is apprehended that before many weeks are
past ner state will demand the same sort of
care and attention which necessitated the
confinement of her younger sister, the
Duchess of Cumberland in a private luna
tic asylum at Dobling, near Vienna, about
two years ago.
At Stockholm matters are just as bad;
the Queen of Sweden's mental condition IS
sion and the absence of all intercourse with
either her family or court. Indeed, ac-
cording to latest accounts, her medical at
tendants, with view TO produce a reaction
both of mental and physical nature, have
insisted ON her performing with her own
royal hands all kinds of mental and house
hold work, such as scrubbing the CRATES,
sweeping the floors and other similar du-
ties demanding considerable bodily exer
ton. The remaining members of her fam
lily have all what is known In dentistry by
the name Of ''barred teeth " which not only
causes them lntolerable suffering, but also
renders their jaws perfect mines of wealth
to such men as DR.. Thomas Evans, at
Paris, and other famous dentists.
CANCER AND CONSUMPTION IN ITALY.
At Rome both the king and his only son
are reported as being in exceedingly deli
cate health. The rumor current in various
diplomatic chancelleries of Europe is to the
effect that Humbert is suffering from can
Ger of the lungs, the same disease which
caused the death of King Alphonso XII of
Spain, while the young crown prince has
already been pronounced consumptlve by
the most eminent medical authorities of the
old world.
OF Holland it is unnecessary to say much
except that the faint of insanity in the
Prussiau imperial family has undoubtedly
been transmitted by intermarrlage to the
royal house of Orange Nassau. AT Brussels,
the kings only brother, the Count of Elan
ders, is 50 terribly deaf that he has renouuced
his succession to the throne in favor of his
son, young Prince Baldwin, while the kings
daughter, Crown Princess Stephanie Of Aus
tria, is threatened with a similar fate
to that of her aunt, Empress Char
lotte of Mexico, a fate due to the
same physical causes. Of the numer
Gus Spanish and Neapolitan Bourbons, it is
scarcely necessary to speak, since insanity
epilepsy, and every other scourge to which
royal blood is subject have fallen to their
lot. The husband of the Infanta Isabella
of Spain, who is the eldest sister of the late
king and the most remarkable woman il
the kingdom, killed himself by his wife's
bedside in a horrible manner while in the
throes OF an epileptic fit. The list might be
continued indefinitely. for there is plenty of
material. but enough has been stated on the
subject to show that the shadow Of a
throne" is but little better than the shadow
of death"