The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-19
ITS MS OF INTEREST.


condition of women adapts itself to their social
necessities II q woman wishes TO avoid a dis
agreeable experience or break an undesirable
engagement she eau, in the space of few min
utes, grow cold and pale or flushed and fever
lSh as the case may demand, and no one who
trusts the evidence of his senses can deny the
reality OF her illness But, presto! The marvels
of Hermann and Keller are as nothing in COM
parson with the rapidity Of the transformation
that takes place when the victim wishes to ap-
pear. The glow of heath returns to her cheek
and she is the gaYest and brightest in oil the
gay assembly to which she partakes herself.
THE Chinese officials on the railway are the
nominslly responsible parties. and they are
Chinese officials, term which to any one who
has lived long in China sums up nearly all that
can be said about them, says Mdcyp iILonS
MGJGzine. The railway in all its parts and
stages is to them a strange and inScrutable
thing whose mysteries they are slower to learn
than their uneducated fellow countrTmen oW-
ing to their minds being already saturated with
kind of lore which has no points Of contact
with the novelties introduced by the trouble.
some foreign devils They detest the whole IN
dertaklng, which does not even provide such
means OF enrichment as any purely native
work would do. Custom renders it deroga-
tory to them to handle any implement
heavier than a hair pencil and what is neces-
sary to be done by officials is simply intrusted
to their servants At the head Office things are
scarcely be. ter. The directors are men who
have been forced into an unwelcome position,
of the railway and no appreciation of workman
like excellence. but who are always ready to
listen TO aay dilettante who can talk superb
cially OF velvet and Varnish and show from
illustrated advertisements in what respect the
Chinese trains come short of some ideal Brigh-
ton express or Philadelphia flyer, especially
when the glib foreign gentleman hints at the
profuse fabrication WHICH railway promotion
demands in other countries and which is only
compatible with lavish cost.
FRANCIS GALLON, lecturing at the Royal insti-
tuition, explained some exp ,riments he had
been making on the subject Of pictorial teegra-
ply, says the all Mall Gazette He had ex-
perimented with tine profile Of a Greek girl and
found, by form of letters and dots this pictur ,
could be teegraphed from America for Is
For this purpose he had taken a paper fac
simile of a mariuer's compass, using only the
alternate points. Against each of the sixteen
points he placed letter running from A to p
With these almost any number OF outlines
could be formed, and when the letters had been
transmitted, the only thing to be done to repro
duce the picture Was to take the paper com pass,
which he called the protra tor. hold it against
piece Of paper, and prick dots against tie
letters. He had also been able to produce a
map of England by this method. OF course the
whole t1irty two points of the compass could be
used, giving scope for more complicated draw
ings. Dots did not give continuous lines but
when the dots were small the difference was
very slight For instance, 800 dots to the inch
appeared to the naked eye as q continuous line
at a distance OF only foot There was lust
perceptible difference of optical continuity
and his experiments showed that this slignt
difference had given US O new power that had
practicable bearings, for undoubtedly it would
be found of great use to be able to transmit
pictorial descriptions OF events In distant parts
of the world by telegraph.
A VERY plain. homely letter is the letter ~"
a common, everyday letter, easy to make and
not so very handsome as many others In the
alphabet; but a perusal OF list of names pub.
~ IA Touo ;ryI
will convince the most romantic couple that the
plain, homeIy modest letter ''J'' Is the ''mascot
of the alphabet. Starting with the Presidents
OF the United States, We have John Adams
James Madison two terms(, James Monroe (tH o
terms), John Q. Adams, John Tyler James K.
Polk, James buchanan, James A. Garfield and
the first, last and only president of the CON
federate states, Jefferson Davis, making nine
presidents whose given names begin with ~ {"
Thirteen speakers of the House of Representa-
tives start their names with this epiketail letter
Here they are: Jonathan Trumbull, Jonathan
Dayton 1.-TWO terms), Joseph Varnum, John
Taylor 1.-TWO terms), John Bell, James Pok two
termsJ, John White, John W. Jones, John
Davis, James Orr, James G. Blaine thrse
Carlisle. Now let US see how ~" succeeds in
catching on" among American millionaires;
John D; Rockefeller 800 100000; John Jacob
Aston, $4,000, 900; jay Gould, Ss5 900 COO; John
MONTGOMERY Sears, $4,000 COO; j. s. Morgan,
100000; J. ?. MORGAN, 25,O0O,COO; j. B.
Haggin, so, 000,0 900; j. W. Garrett, S35 900 600:
j. u. Falrs S%oUUU,OtU; John Wanamaker.
$50, 900, 900; John W. Mackay $40 O 5000; James
G. Flood, S10,00O,0O0; j.. ii. Constable, $40, 0OO-
600; John T. Martin. $40, 000, 900; John Ar
buckle, $4,000 0O0-pretty fair, that, fifteen of
them. II you should ask any intelligent man to
name you, off-hand, fifteen or twenty of the
leading, best-known men in American public
life, wouldn't the following names be among
those he would give you: James G., Blaine
John @. Carlisle, John Sherman, Joseph Black
burn, John A. Logan, Joseph HawIey j. Dom
Cameron, John Ingalls,, Joseph w Filter.
Joseph O'Neill, j. Proctor Knott, Justin Morrill,
Joseph Cannon, John r. Mcpherson, and last
but not least, ''Sockless" Jerry Simpson
It is also fact that the
in the history of the American prize ring begin
their names with the letter ''J' Here thew
come: John G. Heenan, John MorrissAy. JacS
Dempsey, Jack McAulitfe, John L. Sullivan and
James j. Corbett The wealthiest and most
popular actor on the American stage is-who9
Why, Joseph Jefferson. Who are the merchant
kings Of this country? Are they not John
Wanamaker and John Clatiin? Is not John
Stetsou far and away the richest and most sue
cesstul manager in the hi tory Of the American
stage? You do not need to be told that the two
wealthiest and most successful newspaper men
in America are James G. Bennett and Joseph
Pulitzer. or American poets who ranked higher
in the love and admiration of the people than
John q. Whittier and James Russell LowAuS
Dialect writing, both verse and story ha, as
sumed immense proportions in modern Htera.
ture, and the kings Of the entire army of dia-
lect writer's are Joel Chandler Harris and James
Wh!tcomb Riley The most tremendous ex-
press company in the world had at Its head for
years John Hoey.