The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Expressions, TO be popular among poll
ticians, says the New York sun. must
usually possess at least the merit of con-
clseness, but an exception 70 the rule IS
the collOquial phrase now common arrcne
city statesmen, the glad hand and the
English the glad hand means the cordial
salutatiOn which IL is always in the power
OF the dispenser Of public Offices
and benefits to extend TO of1ceseekers.
The glad hand means a cheerful greet
ing, which takes usually the form Of a
hearty handshake and a friendly inquiry
aIIer the condition Of the visitors health.
With such preliminary the visitor is en-
couraged to believe that the pathway
which leads to attaining his ambition Is
clear one, out ne very soon finds that this
Is not the case for the marble heart in
terYenes to prevent. BY this expression
IS meant the manifestation Of Indifference
70 the hopes OF the visitor. The man who
mas but recently greeted him vigorously
and effusively takes refuge under various
pretexts and excuses, and declares that
II IS impossible 10 do as much for his WISH
tor as he would like, and that while ne does
not wish TO withhold from the latter the
expression OF his kind wishes, there is.
ISally, notning that he can DO for him.
Ihere used to be an expression in New
York about letting a man down easy
the significance of which was that his re-
sentiment or disappointment should be
miugated to the greatest extent possible
but IN the glad hand and marble heart this
condition Is reversed. The visitor Is
thrown down hard'-hard and unexpect-
edly.
In consequence Of the war between
CHINA and Japan, says a Washinston dis
patch, there has been considerable influx
or foreigners into those countries. and
the amount of mail passing through con-
sulates particularly from America has
reached great proportions. The following
article from the Japan Daily. Mail of
March 8. which has beeh forwarded TO
the state department, casts a reflection
upon the educational qualifications of in
diViduals who write to Americans in IokO-
hama: 'Orthography is an interesting
study to those who love to dabble in let
terS, roots, suffiGes and af1Xes and all that
sort of business, but to those not interested
In such subjects the spelling of certain
English words seems TO be source of
illimitable error and difficulty. A letter
reached the American consulate the other
day for Mr.. Chris, the Barber, Care OF
the American Counsel, but CounseT IS
only one Of the twenty-three methods
other than the correct one adopted by
correspondents who forward their letters
TO Consul General Mclvor's office. The
following list, compiled by Consul Scid-
more shows the Q original different
modes of spelling as affected by CORE
spondents whose letters now await de-
I livery in the consulate. The figures after
each indicate the number OF missiVes
wherein the stated title is used; coun-
sell "A; council. 3; council 8; consel, 4;
councle, 4; COUNSEL, 3; konsul, 3; consult,
cOulsin, conul conslat. CONSUL, concul,
consori, COUNSEL, cornsel. consal conctl,
conell. concle. cornsol, cornsul, cornsal
and consol. each.
There is living at oxford. Nd, Thomas
Sinclair. seaman, a survivor and per-
I haps the only one, of the celebrated
Wilkes exploring expedition when the so
called Antarctic continent was discovered,
says a writer in the Globe-Democrat.
Capt. Wilkes. United States navy, sailed
from Norfolk, Va, Sept. Is, 1888. in COM
man1 of a squadron of five vessels and
storeship, to explore the southern seas.
Sinclair was one of his men, The expedi-
ton visited Madeira, Cape Verd. Terra
del FuegO, the Hawaiian Islands, the
Samoan group and Australia. December,
1859 Capt. Wilkes left sydney and sailed
toward the south pole and discovered
what has been called the Antartic Con-
tinent, as 1t appears even to-day on the
maps. For several weeks he sailed along
vast ice fields. Landings were made at
several places during this period, and
Seaman Sinclair was one of the men who
manned the boats, and actually trod upon
the icy fields of the Antarctic Continent.
They were not prepared to make any at
tempt to explore this ice tract in the direc-
tion of the pole. The expedition did much
other exploring. 1t was gone nearly four
years, arriving at New York June 10,
1872 Mr.. Sinclair was with the expedition
all these years. and has many remints-
cences of the voyage, or series of voyages,
and stories which never got into the books.
lie speaks of Capt Wilkes as a very able
commander and a very strict disciplnari-
an. As a rule, he was better liked by the
men than by the officers. Indeed, after
his return he was court martialed on
charges preferred by some of his officers.
but he was acquitted all except for lille
gally Furnishing some of his crew, for
which he was reprimanded Mr.. Sinclair
is considerably over so years old. His
| memory is first rate, and his mind strong
/ and clear. He suffers much from rheu-
! matism and other ailments of old age due
/ 70 the exposure he underwent when with
! capt. Wilkes.
The present rush of real characters to
| claim themselves the originals of some
OF Du Maurier's heroes in "rrilby" has
! called forth another batch of the mary
/ who have gone before. Most people will
! remembers the publication of Cape Cod
Folks, which brought on lawsuit be
! cause OF the too acurate drawing of
| the characteristics of living people, says
/ the st. Lous StarSayings. To go fur
way IN which he used his friends and
/ enemies. Some of his lay figures were
/ offended; others the reverse. He made
/ fun Of Bulwer in the "Yellow-Plush Pa
pers," under the name of Bulwig. He
! drew upon himself the indignation of
his Irish friends BY calling one of his
! characters q murderess Catherine
Hayes. Catherine Hayes was a celebrat-
! ed songstress, hence the objection. His
F0ker was drawn from Andrew Arch
! sonation. His Portman was the ceie-
/ brated DIR. Cornish, and even Edmund
Yates figured as young Grubstreet in the
''Nirginians." Thackeray himself said.
! that Costigan, in The Roundabout Pa-
pers.' was manufactured from several
/ Dickens father was the original Mr.. Mi
/ caWber is well known, as is also the one
4 that MIS-. NlckleDy was drawn from the
mother of the novelist Walter Savage
/ Lander and Dickens had decided misuI,-
derstanding because the former reco.s-
nized himself as. Boythorn. in Black
House" Leigh Hunt also resented the
fact that Harold Skimpole was drawn
| from herself. Even Dickens biographer
1 Foster, has figured as a lay figure Ma
thaniel Hawthorne had on end of trou-
bic to convine a constantly increasing
race of Pyncheons that the judge of that
name in The House of Seven Cables
was not drawn from a living person
Charlotte Bronte drew living pictures in
Shirley" to such an extent that the peu-
| PIE recognized each other by their new
| or novel names. Georges Lewes was as
sumed to the original George Eliot's Mr..
! Casaubor in ''Middlemarch." Dante wrote
his enemies in hell and Michael Angelo
painted them in. Dryden was noted for
his satires on living persons. Pope actu-
ally erased the name of one of his char