New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-09
ELECTRIC LIGHT STROKE.
DISCOVERY OF A NEW MALADY IN FRANCE.
BRIDE OF ATHENS.

DISCOVERY OF A NEW MALADf IN tkANCh-
BRIDE OF ATHENS. y
IRON THE REGULAR coRaEsroxpESr OF sHp TuBrru
Paris Oct. e.
Is there such thing as absolute progress?
One sometimes feels like doubling that there Il
and for fsncying improvement u simply change.
Electrical light hes been one Of the faSorits in
ventions OF late years IL has BEEN hailed az de-
iverer Of our theatres from the fAngsr Of hrc and
from that Of explosion In the mines where 1t u
used. II appears that it has AIso ~ drawbacks,
and very grave ones and tllb y shown In e-
port presented to the AcadeHy of Surgical Science
by DIR. Desfontaines. the Ss;lIof the medical
staff at the Creusot coal mineS and iron works.
He has discovered that we can receive injury from
electric light similar to that caused by sunstroke.
The ordinary arc lights are fairly safe, and when
they do harm 1t is only to the eyes But strange
malades arise in the coal and iron mines at
Crcusot where many lamps Of high candle
power are grouped often together for special pur-
poses. Those persons for whom electricity has
an affinity suffer most. After remaining an hour
whereabouts In powerful electrical light, their
faces, necks and hands, these being the parts ex-
posed, begin TO tinge and itch and then to grow
brick -red. Their sight is affected and everything
looks saffron-colored to them. The lachrymose
glands are strongly stimulated. Tears roll down
the cheeks, and there is the sensation OF grain
of sand under the eye-lid, with Inflammation Of
the conjunctiva, which lasts for four or five days
The other symptoms are headache, fever and
peeling off of the Redeemed skin. Heat plays .
part in sunstroke. IL plays no part In electro
light stroke, since at twelve yards distance from
arc lamp the effect above described is pro-
duced. Dr. Desfontaines attributes the stroke to
the chemical action Of the light, and declares that
it deteriorates the retina, the conjuncuya and
even the pulp of the BRAIN and must lead to
revolution in ophthalmology, because 1t will alter
the constitution of the eye
The Epipitheorissis, an Athenian daily paper,
announces that marriage Is arranged between the
second daughter of the King Of Greece and the
Czarewitch. The arrangement Is to be officially
declared when that prince next visits Athens,
which he is to do in October. There is rule Of
the Greek Church forbidding marriages between
cousins. But it has been often broken through
by the Imperial family. The Grand Duchess Helena
was a great-niece Of her husband. the Grand Duke
Michael Paulovitch Catherine the Great was Q
first cousin of Peter the Third. who was strsngled
by Orlof at her instigation Most Of the Olden-
burg Princes married within this century to Rus
sian Princesses have been either first cousins or
one degree further removed from their wives.
The entrance Of bride who is very near rcla-
tive into a royal family causes less friction to
the reigning ones than that Of a stranger. When
she is a niece. accustomed to them from her
childhood. she is Obedient TO them, and things 20
nicely They do not fear to be severely judged
even when they go very far wrong. by the in
coming member OF the family. or to find in her Q
sharp critic, should they continue in Objectionable
habits which they may have contracted. Thus,
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daughter. Queen Victoria. a young girl, to
have her own nephew, Prince Albert of SAKE
Coburg, for a son-in-law. The Comtesse de Paris
likewise wishes the Due d'Orleans 10 marry the
Princess Marguerite de Charities, the Comte de
Paris niece Marguerite grew up under the eyes
of the Comte and Comtesse de Paris and Is too
much accustomed TO them to be startled by the
birdshooting, cigar smoking, or other mannish
ways of the COmtesse. No doubt the Czarina
would look forward with painful apprehension to
the reign of a daughter-in-law who was not
dutful niece, and that hence the intended breach
Of the Greek Church rule prohibiting the marriage
of the Czarewitch and the Athenian Princess. who
has been a good deal at St Petersburg and has
been member of all the family parties formed
by the English, Russian, Creek Hanover.
ian and Danish descendants of the King and
Queen of Denmark. at their country place. near
Copenhagen. The Queen Of Greece was a rather
ne-looking woman before she had her present
large family and this Princess takes after her.
A few years ago she, with her parents and brothers
and sisters. paid visit of several weeks to
Paris. and was then big girl, just entering her
teens, and less pretty than the sister who since
married the Grand Duke Paul of Russia.
In regard to future European complications.
Greece is becoming an important power. Her
and little land behind it. her sons are forced
to seek for their living in maritime enterprise.
Greece is near to the Suez Canal and to tlse
Dardanelles. The interest the Gar has in try
ing to draw the Court of Athens into his orbit
is too patent TO need to be pointed out.
Cardinal de Lavigerie and his disciple Bishop
Iivinhac, were received last week at Fontaine-
bleau with marked cordiality by the President
of the Republic and Madame Carnot. NJ Carnot
sent Colonel Chamoin, his aide-de-camp, in one
of his carriages to convey them from the railway
terminus to the palace, where he received them
in an outer room and took them into the draw
ing-room to introduce them to Madame Carnot
She curtseyed to the ground Both before, during
and after lunch the Cardinal talked To them
about African savagery and slavery and his pro-
posed corps for roofing out man-hunters lie Is
beginning to see that he must not NEEDLE with
the spheres of influence of other powers than
| France unless with their consent. The Cardinal
bats his hook in speaking 10 French political
men of the advantages of a corps Of Catholic
crusaders formed by him TO put down man-hunt
| ing. The bait is the patriotic services
which, under given circumstances. such force
might render On taking leave Of the President
| and Madame Carnot lie went to receive the clergy
| of the town and the bishop Of the diocese Of
Meaux in the gallery leading TO the chapel of the
palace which. tradition says, was originally built
| by Saint Louis. He then took his corps of white
ROBBED missionaries who had come from Paris to
meet him, to see the rooms Plus VII inhabited
when q prisoner Of Napoleon. They are small,
low and elegantly furnished The late Due and
| Duchesse d Orleans, who were married at fon-
| tainebleau used them during their honeymoon
| These apartments would have seemed splendid te
| the Young African priests. But | dare say they