The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-30

upon coolly reached for his pocket, pulled
out a handful of decorations, and, stepping
up TO a mirror, began pinning them to
his breast, while the other guests standing
about ceased their conversation and looked
at him in amazement. But Bunsen, quite
unen barrassed and without noticing their
astonishment, remarked genially, "Oh, ]
have as many more in the other pocket
And. calm and dignifed in the midst Of
the hush, he proceeded to complete his
adornment
While Bunsen was at the University of
Marburg he planned his celebrated jour
ney to Iceland that resulted in important
scientific discoveries. All preparations
had been made. and he was ready 10 s art
but one important obstacle remained. This
was the obtaining of the requisite long
leave of absence from his university work
In Hesse at that time no minister OF to
government would dare to take even so UNI
important a step as the granting OF sueh
a leave. Everything must be submitted
10 the Grand Duke Frederick Wilhelm.
Whether it could he obtained from m
appeared doubtful; for il was well known
that that eminent ruler as often as rot
would withhold his assent to requests SOLE
Nv out of caprice. Even those who enjoy
ed his gracious favor were by no means
certain of escaping such disagreeable eX-
periences. Another well known charac-
teristic of the Grand Duke was his indis-
position TO allow himself TO be influenced
by anything or anybody.
cousin of Prof Bunsen was then at
tached TO the ducal family as physician.
and. having rescued the two ducal children
from serious illness by his skin, was
Thought to have special claim on mis-
favor. He knew the rulers weaknesses,
however, and in accordance with MS
knowledge devised a plan to get his ia
nous cousin the desired vacation. lie ap-
preached the presence and said:
your royal highness has encouraged
me to ask a favor that lies nearest to my
heart. NV cousin in Marpurg has got the
foolish idea of making a trip TO Iceland for
scientific Investigations that have absolute
w nothing to do with his work as Hessian
professor Of chemistry Our family are
very unhappy about it, but nothing we
can saw has any effect on him. So our
only hope is that your royal highness Will
refuse to give him the leave Of absence
that he needs 10 carry out his plan.
"Hum, hum said has royal hlshhess'
'Ill see about it,
About the same time Prof. Bunsen hand
"a in his application for his leave of abb
sence. and It was only few days later
that the royal assent came, giving him
all the time he asked for.
one day Bunsen sat with another shin
ING light Of Heidelberg University, who,
like him. had had the highest honors be-
slowed upon him that could be gained in Il
scientific career. Bunsen was cool ana
taciturn in his demeanor, while his col
league never ceased to chatter. The lat
ter was speaking of his financial losses,
suffered through the great fall i'm Turkish
bonds. in which he had invested a large
part Of his property. Runsen remained ST.
lent while the other went on to console
himself in this wise: 81 can get certain
amount Of consolation for my bad invest
ments out Of the fact that the great Helm
holtz himself invested pretty heavily in
Turkish bonds and has lost lot Of money
too"
with the laconic wordss