The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-19

lect or a Mongoiian paragon was illus
TateQ BY a ludicrous incident at the court
o. Abul Abbas. the Calin of Bagdad. Hav-
ing become impressed with the fame Of
"a lurkoman philosopher and his reputa-
Ton Tor versatile eruditiCn. he decided
20 engage him as private tutor. but
was informed that the monstrous ugli-
ness OF the illustrious sage might prove
100 drastic FOR the nerves OF the won't hful
princes The commander OF the faithful
Iiuicuied thoSe apprehensiOns. and sent
the learned Iurkoman considerable re-
mlttance 10 defray the expenses of his
Journey 70 Bagdad. Several auxiliary
teachers had already been engaged. and a
rev srandeeS OF the empire obtained the
LaNor or letting their sons share the bent-
hts or the peculiar educational advan-
lakes. nut no sooner had the proposed
principal OF the Court Academy made his
salaam 10 the successor the prophet when
the calm presented him with "A stiIl larger
sum. ana, under the preteNt OF "a mistake.
or an unavoidable change Of programme
haq the phenomenal scholar bundled back
10 his native mountains.
The story OF the yelled Pronhet" is
supposed TO have a different signincance.
Inc unapproachable man Of Allah inter-
posed a barrier OF brass rails between his
person and the assembly of dCvotecs and
as an additional prccaution wore veil OF
solu threads and pearls TO avoid the risk
or Worshippcrs being unduly affected by
his peculiar style Of beauty hun certain
hints OF his biOgraphers justify the conjec-
ture that the actual motive OF his modesty
was the desire TO avoid identification with
lhulilN OF political outlaws.
To the eyes OF European travellers the
responsiveness OF the Mongolian tvpe
reaches its maximum in the seaport towns
o. southern China, and II might b. puz-
zle 10 explain the fact that the blear-eyed
iepers OF THOSE cities are chronological rel
atves OF the chivalrous Circassian. II the
natives OF Caucasus had not for centu-
ries combined the worship OF the Koran
with the culture OF manly accomplish
ments and passionate fondness for field
sports, while the Chinese converts OF
buddhism were for ages taught TO de-
Spise the body as the enemy Of the soul
ana seek salvation through the renuncia-
ton OF earthly happiness. For we should
not forget that In medieval Europe SINH
lar causes led TO precisely similar results
Under the sway of monkish dogmas and
antl-natural fanaticism the eagles OF the
mediterranean coast lands became trans
formed INTO whimper-owls. and unless we
snai suspect the court painters Of Cas-
tile and Leon of a high reasonable pen
chant Tor caricature Queen Isabella, the
tutelar deity Of Columbus and the idol of
the Spanish Chvalry. was ugly enough
TO have been mObbcd I'm "A city of Pagan
Greece, and to have attracted crowds to
the freak department of modern Amer
tumid lips, flap cheeks. becoming baggy
ABOUT the lower jaws. a weak chin. swol-
len eyes, with specter-haunted and with
al sensual expression, but, OF course, a
peck OF geNgaws and pious ornaments to
complete a faithful word photograph OF
the famous oil painting known 10 art cata-
logues as the portrait formerly in pos
session of the Monastery Of Niradores in
Burgos. now the property Of the Marquis
Dc Monclovia OF Pedal "
The contemporary portrait OF King
Rene, or Reinier, of Naples. would STAN
pede troop of Hamadryas balloons, and
that of Juan Perez de Marchena, the
guardian or abbot of the convent of La
Rabida where Columbus found his first
patron rivals the most audacious monk
caricatures of Joe Kepler in the Puck
cartoons.
But the worst of these libels on the
Image of the Creator are matched In
Canton where the student of physiog-
nomic phenomena comes across faces that
really mark the zero OF moral and phys
shame and self-respect. lack OF every
nobler human attribute except intelli-
gence--for' strange to say. the most
shocking Of those Monaghan sea-cat
faces are often combined with high and
finely arched foreheads.
North Of the equator there is In short
a redeemng feature about the most pre-
posterous AGGREGATION of physiognomic
bestialities. and the bottom OF the scale
Is reached only in Southern Africa. whore
some tribes of Bushmen and Hottentots
attain tho actual ne plus ultra Of mag
inable uglincss.
The ch'ns Of those two-handed rorilias
recede as scandalously as their foreheads:
there noses ere mere humps Of blubber
with greedly open nostrils. Black the
glossy black OF the Senegamblan negroes
would be decided Improvement upon the
clotchy-brown scorched bacon color OF
the hush bipeds; their eyes. too. have a
jaundiced, yellow tnge. set off by wrin-
killed. eyelids. with facilities for laers and
furtive wrinkles. The swollen lips pro-
trude beyond the nose, and the total i'm
preston Of brutality indeed far exceeds
that Of any single beast though the wart
hog has more wrinkled eyes and the
horseshoe bat a somewhat flatter nose
Some agricultural tribes Of The neigh
boring Kadirs could be Induced to inter-
marry with chimpanZees about as soon
4 h. qfl0 g fraaf 70
OF these monsters have made the fortune
Of more than one fashionable museum
perhaps on the principal that every ne
plus ultra is interesting.