The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-07-13
EDITORIAL. COMMENT.

LII OENleal~ N<N|AfA''-
Queen Victoria rarely accepts present
from subject. although she gives III
a number herself Her presents $50,
consist Of cashmere shaWis an" - ,ba
royal photographs. On one occasion ~ ~
rnaitre d'hotal of a caravaTsaT% III
south of France was extremely atteH'iNe'
instead Of a generous tip he was the
cipient Of an autograph photo OF heI mo
jesty.
The heirs of the late Charles Pratt,
rich millionaire who died some time d.
Ia brooklyn. decided to build an 'eApeii9tN,o
vault for the last resting place o. 80
ashes. The vault VIII be constructor o. 20
finest quality of marble and viii be el'o
crate in design II viii cost Si@,@p, IN IA
clifton to which the sum of $91AS1 VIII i0
set aside for the proper care ana Ihiil-'e
nance OF this handsome monuIeiittl sli ~
ture. In futherance Of this piah rr-
upon by the heirs a part OF N'f. -
estate near Glen Cove. T. l., mas ne"
aside as a private cemetery and there inc
vault Will beerected-
Miss lansing Rowan, the actress ~
recently challenged Corbett 70 box iori
rounds. is well known in Chicago. S7eaN-
inc of Miss Rowau's athletic accomlla"
Inents one OF the leading papers 81 ti"t
city observes: The challenge 70 toI"ct1
was apparently made in good ftlt'i' iN
Miss Rowan has Conslaerdfte 9HiN a.
boxer While not making "a sTec4s.4ty "a
athletic business on the stage, Miss rowan
has attained some prominence as ne"
woman and is SAID 20 be skilltui AT d Va
Tiety of sports. Whether she reaily "oN'i
enter a ring IN public With toTHett - q
matter Of considerable doubt. but WIN
soft gloves she thought She might make II
very interesting f5r the c2-chanpion with
out mourning much risk of danger Shorl>
after the challenge was issued the father
81 Miss Rowan was found dead from d
eeIf-iuficted bullet wound. In his pos
session at the time was copy of local
New York paper containing the challenge
OF his daughter 10 Corhett
TIE Illustrated London News tells an
interesting story OF Napoleons defeat at
Moscow. He took with him on that eXpedl-
tion the imperial robes he had worn IN
1854 when crowned emperor OF France
1t was his purpose to have similar cere-
mony after he had conquered the Rus
SLAMS at which he would be declared the
emperor of the west. chief Of the En-
ropean confederation and defender OF me
Christian faith"
During the retreat this fnery was placed
In a vehicle escorted by a Gordon OF cav
lyry. II fell a victim to the cossacks ana
was probably burned. were many SIM
liar eQuipages. At the beginning of tho
second empire a royal museum was formed
and at that time an effort was made TO
find ail possible relics Of the emperor
only q part Of the garments he had worn
December .. 1904. were found. and il was
not until years after that the truth became
known. II was then divulged by Princess
Pauline Borshese, NapOleon's favorite sis
ter
livery one has heard OF the famous Or
lon diamond. named for the celebrated
Russian count of that name. This royal
gem weighs 1a5 carats and IS about the
size of a pigeon's egg. Il is somewhat
smaller than the KOhinOOr, in the pos
session or the English crown. and Is est
mated 70 be worth as much as s.. 100 900. 4
New York jeweler tells the following story
OF this remarkable gem: 1t was originally
the eve of an idol in TrichinopolL Accord
ing to the belief Of great number it was
stolen by a treDchman who carried Il to
Persia where he sold it to Jewish rner-
chant for the equivalent OF IS. 900 This
merchant in turn sold il to an Armenian
ceaisI VINO conceived the idea OF taking il
70 Empress catherine for large sum
The Armenian paid $4,000 for the stone
Having secured the stone the next question
W2S Row TO get lt into Russia The sour
neE was "A long and perilous one and
thieves ahOuude1 everywhere. He settled
this QueStio ON by procuring "a sh9rD lance
with which he made slit in the G..hy
part of his leg. inserting the diamond
therein tie se"ed up the cut with a
healed, leaving the diamond embed led FAST
~ the leg , s. soon as this PAINFUL expo
olenj was hnls1ei ne started upon his Rus
sian tour on the way bee was seized by
robbers again ana again. and was thor
cuEhig searched Being an Armenian
ana suspected Of going To- Eussia =, 49,
the thieves maryel-i greatly at en5;-,-
nothing Of value upon his person H. w
rived Pr tsllSslt at last ana. after extract (.
ing his diamond. visited the empress. He
WAS willing to seI it for about sial oa6 h7,t
tine empress had not so large an sr,oi-r,-
fcrred 20 Eo on 70 Amsterdam. tile seat
Of the diamond cutting industry. Where he