The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
Irish want stonel,c nge.

~ 5course, This claim, which Is belng
and alleged author rites Of historic
ana egendary character. has led to an
angry protest and cutlery in England.
Where8 the Irish pretensions are I'M
dlgnantly repudiated. The news OF the
Where spread to
s 1si e., circles, is In favor Of the
irish, It being pointed out that Stone
hense IS essentially a Gaelic monument,
which has Its counterpart at Carnic
M Na4 var, Various other places In Brittany;
~ story to tho effect that Stone-
thenge had been purchased en- bloc
py an. American syndicate. for trans
port to tho United States, and under
the circumstances IT Is perhaps just
as Well that Sir Edmund Antrobus, who
owns the land on, which this ancient
temple of Merlin Is situated should
have surrounded 1T by an iron fence.
with locked gates. only opened on the
payment OF fee. For this protec-
ton ton affords certain guarantee that
the gigantic stone menhirs will not
be carried off by some bold bad Irish
man or enterprising American over
night.
Fate seems singularly relentless in
ereign German House Of Reuss. In
these letters mentioned the other day
that old Prince Henry XVI, sovereign
OF Reuss-Gera and regent OF Reuss-
Greiz, had completely lost his reason.
and had been obliged to surrender tho
relns OF government to his son. and
heir Prince Henry XXvIL And now
comes the news that the latter's eldest
son. Prince Henry Mill. boy OF fiji
teen. has been pronounced by the most
eminent specialists of Europe to be
afflicted with incurable idiocy, while
ono of the nrincasH hanphfarQ tc
crippled for life. Prince Henry XVII.
belongs to the Reuss-Gera branch, but
rules over Reuss-Griez as regent. owing
to the mental and physical incapacitY
Of tho Reuss-Griez, and senior line,
which will become extinct with his
death.
The prince is deaf. dumb. imbecile
and blind. his troubles having origi-
mated with his blindness. which was
manner. AS an only son. he was
idolized by his mother. and when as
a young boy it was decided to submit
him to an operation to cure him OF
home defect OF ono eye. a sqhint or
something Of the kind, his mother In
sisted on holding him on her knees
whilst 1t was being performed. At
the most critical moment Of the opera
ton, her terror and grief at the sight
of the cutting which was being done
Thip3cA HeI ~ t1dht IL SuuNGn movement
of horror and dread. which had the ef-
feet of driving the oculist'4 instru-
ment into the eye in such way as
TO completely blind the child. and also.
it is believed, to injure the brain At
any rate. the princes imbecility dates
from that time, his reason having Seen
perfectly normal until then. The prin-
cess, overwhelmed with remorse, diad
not long afterwards OF grief: while
the father himself. crank almost to
the point Of lunacy, was 80 sensitive
about this his only son. that he would
never allow the young fellows afflic-
ton to be referred to in any way, and
even refused to permit any special
prayers to be offered up for tho
princes recovery in the churches OF
the principalty
King Gustav of Sweden assigned
General Baron Rapp to be in attend
iance upon President Tallieres during
the latter's recent visit to Sweden, and
III one respect the selection was par
eral. who is of French origin, and
a grandson of that General Rapp who
routed the Russian guard at the bat
tie OF Austerlitz, and defended Dant-
zic during It's siege Of more than twelve
months. FASTENED to France on the out
break Of the War OF 1870. volunteered
for. service in the field, and fought
during the greater part OF the cam
paign against the Germans. being dec
Grated on the battlefield with the Lee
try, and likewise receiving bad
wound. He was a great favorite OF
the late King Oscar, and for number
Of yeas was his Minister OF War But
ihc labors under ono disadvantage
which has involved him in many a
War, as commanding general and
as dignitary OF the court OF Stock
holm, namely. Observation-Disclosures.
On one occasion King Oscar sum
moned a Cabinet council at the palace
at Stockholm. and somewhat behind
time. the general hurried on foo
across the so-ca:lei Northern Bridge
| from the War Department to the royl
abode. He was as required by the
regulations, in full uniform, Ind coy
he had donned at the last moment, not
his plumed chapeau. but the toll silk
That which is his ordinary heaageal
when in civilian attire. AS he was
alone, there was no A. D. C. to cal
his attention to the incongrutty Of his
costume, and, moreover. though warm.
! hearted. he Is SO short-tempered thai
none OF the strangers who mot HIN
on the bridge, which Is onetof the mos
crowded thoroughfaress OF stockholm
Iventured to stop him. King Oscar, a:
we'll as the remainder Of the minis,
/ ters, happened to \ e at the windows Of
4 the council chamber awaiting his ar
/ rival when he crossed the square II
front of the palace, and after a mo
4 ment Of profound silence, due to stu
.fpefaction, they one ana all burst int
i y fit Of loud laughter. which was onl,
Il Increased when the general entered the
i room. painting and blowing from tht
i excess OF his haste, After numerically
4 chatting him for his absence Of mind
King Oscar inflicted upon the genera
4 q sentence of three days arrest To-
/, d!sobedience to that clause OF the mill
I tary regulations which prohibits civil
liam attire to be worn, in conjupcttoi
!, With military uniform. either When OF
\ Tor off duty. = 81 35s &
4 An indignant Scotcliman has writer
i to challenge my statement In these let
4 tiers the other day, that Whiskey lllS
il the Kilt, was OF Irish rather than 9
II Scotch origin When the Enc llsh,,,ln
i vaded Ireland in the rel gn q IS mi
!, iIenry H., that is to say, In 4 l72, the
i, found that whiskey.Sto which they gay
1.-THE name of aqua Vitae hut VII lch. "
natives style usquebaugll, was the drlnl
4 of tho country. Up to the. mo VI
!. King Henry VIII, the dlsttllation w y,
Ialmost entirely in the hands OIL
!. JrISh "a n OVe1 II Qa