The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-05

| on one side of the pure white she'll from oDs
end to the other, is the raised figure of a roos.
curious looking creature in deep gold yellow
| The creature resembles one of those grotesone
| figures carved on Japanese bronzes and at frst
| sight one would declare that this egg wes r.
fantastic work OF some Japanese artist. The
| inquire has the perfect head of a serpent with
two dragon-like caws just back of it. The
| body writhes across the egg, with many legs on
each side, and ending in sharp, pronged tail
| NO one could have carved the figure mora
artistically than it has been raised on the egg
shell by some mysterious freak of nature
Fer mer Grlswold sent the curiosity to an artist
| friend OF his in Rochester.
CRAMP, the shipbuiIder. thinks his son has
good memory, and gives this illustration of it.
When some Russian officers came over to in
spect the vessels Mr.. Cramp built for their GOV
eminent, the contractor gave a reception in
their honor. Meantime his son had become
toeraby well acquainted with the foreigners
although he could not speak their language
AS they came i'm Con the evening of the re
ception), says Mr. Cramp, II thought of their
names with fear and trembling and concluded
to make no attempt at pronouncing them, But
my son stood right behind my shoulder and as
the first one came by he spoke his name in nv
ear in time for me 70 repeat it. That didn't
astonlsh me, but that young man went on and
repeated every one of the names OF those
officers without single mistake. There were
eighty or them and he had even all the accents
correct got quite reputation for my Rus.
sian, but was only the parrot"
-~SSS~NNN%'N
dent happened one evening recently in the
billiard room of a hotel at Tacoma Wash The
room was crowded and all Of the billiard and
pool tables were occupied but one. Two gen.
tlemen entered the room attired in full evening
dress. Engaging billiard table, the bov
brought the balls, but the players, to his utteF
establishment, told him they did not need them
Removing their topcoats, coats and hats, they
TOOK cues and commenced a mimic game They
made the customary moves around the table
studied apparent plays, made the CUSTOMARY
grimaces at misplays, and regularly counted
their strings wondering crowd gathered
about them. They thought the men were crazy.
funny part of it was that they never smiled,
took the "guying" of the crowd serenely, and
game and unconcernedly walked out. The soIu.
ton Of the mystery was that the imitation
game was played on wager.
SrEAMING the face is the fashionable treat.
ment to remove wrinkles. French specialists
claim that it makes wrinkles worse when the
practice is suspended, and assert that it causes
falling OF eyelashes and eyebrows. The in.
tensely hot steaming may have that effect in
certain states of the blood, and it must cause
determination of blood to the face, which is fan
from healthy. The remedy is to use vapor at
mllder heat keeping up the process longer
the the. vanOr, however, is more than
convenient application is firm waxen paste
which takes time for rubbing out ana gives inst
the right amount of massage for the face in The
firm, leisurely stroke, Just soft enough NOT 10
irritate The best usage makes the movement
IN circular sweeps over the wrinkles, not lifting
the fingers much till one has finished on thai
particular line. Massage of the face should he
soothing, not leaving it flushed and burning
To avert the wretched outwork of lines abont
the eyes and baggy eyelids, observe the pre-.
caution never to sleep after late hours without
bathing the face plentifuly in very warm
water and taking few spoonfuls of sometbina
hght-half cup of chocolate or hot bouillon'
n a Ia with tvifhr
egg Three spoonfuls of such refreshmAnt will
take of the exhaustion which presents its &C.
counts on waking.
AN ENGLISH THEORIsT, discussing electricity's
future, has the audacity to write: "a point al
which the practical electrician should aim il
nothing less than the control of the weather.
We are told that the British islands have no
clmate-merely sampleS-and that the oDly
fruit that rlpens with us is the baked apple,
There is more than grain of truth il this sar,
casm. The great evil of thunder storm in
this country is not that the lightning NAV kill
man or COW, or set barns or stacks on fire.
The real calamity consists in the weather being
upset. The storm is followed by fall of tenn.
perature; and fit of rain, cloud and wind,
which rarely lasts less than a week., sadly in.
terferes with the growth and ripenng of grain
ana fruits. Inc question IS: Cannot the accumu.
latlon or electric energy in the atmosphere be
thwarted, or turned to practical use? In like
manner we may hope to abate tho terrible FOG
nuisance which is now in point Of time no
by no means limits its attacks to London Ii
has been shown that during genuine London
fog the air Is decidedly electro-positive. What
the effect would be of neutralizing it would not
be very difficult to show. We hear of attempts
at Illuminating. said to have bsen more or less
successful. Shall we ever be able not to reduce
our rainfall in quantity, but to concentrate it on
smaller number of days, SO as to be freed
from perennial drizzle? I shall, perhaps. be
styled dreamer or something worse il | re.
motely hint at still further amending tbs WAYS
of nature. We all know too well that cloud.
ness and rainfall occur chiefly by day. and clear
skies at night This is precisely the opposite
distribution to that which our crops require
We need clear heavens by day that the supply
OF sunshine may not be interfered with, and we
want clouds at night to prevent the earth losing
BY radiation the heat which it has gained in
day. As we have just seen, nature supplies en-
ergy amply sufficient. Howis this enormous
quantity or power to be made available? These
are the problems which may safely be left to
the devices and the inspirations of our cleo
trical engineers