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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26
Stokes Meets with a Surprise.

FROM Htc CHtcuDO 4Hul.
Charlie Stokes. an English actor of some
what convivial habits, recently told joke
on himself. His company was playing up
in st. Paul. They had no matinees, and
had no rehearsals, so time hung heavy on
his hands.
He got into habit of spending most of his
afternoons lounging i'll the billiard room,
watching the different games. Each day he
found three Eng.ishmen playing in solemn
silence. One invariably played the other
two. and while he played badly enough in
ell conscience. the game of the other two
was simply execrable. The three silent
players interested Stokes from tho first, and
they played such an atrocious game lie
longed to take a hand. His opportunity
fipally occurred. Two of the Englishnsn
left the room, leaving one of their number
idly knocking the balls about. Charlie
sauntered up TO him, watched him a mo
ment, and then said:
Jpn roll you one if you don't mind
"Awm SAID the Englishman; II don't
mind"
There was slight pause, then the laconic
Briton said:
Three or four"
"Three," said Charlie, with the air of an
expert.
they banked. and Charlie got the bank.
Now, as he says himself, when he makes
the opening shot it's a miracle. But this
time fortune was with him; he made it in
dasniug style.
"Aw" said his opponent. "Bloody crawl
ty shot, We know"
He missed bis second shot, scored one, and
sat down.
The Englishman made his first, punched
the balls, and nursed them for seven; then
they scattered, and got in a line down
the bank. Charlie got up and chalked his
cue.
The silent Englishman made the shot and
again collected tue balls.
Charlie sat down.
The Englishman ran ten out of the new
position, and then got an almost impossible
shot.
Charlie challied his cue again. but tie
shot was made, and only proved the
precursor for twelve more While this
was going on Charlie sat and studied that
one lonesome button in his string; it look ed
so large when he first put it up, but it
seemed so paltry thing now.
Here the Englishman turned and drawled
out:
Thirty five or fifty"
"Ohl thirty-tive by all means" gasped
Stokes. 81 want to pay for the game right
off; this is costing me a cent "a minute, and
my time is valuable
Charlie always says in concus on that
never again will he have anything to do
with man who can't play billiards.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26
Prnctnr,s Last ESSAYS.

4 series of popular scientific articles, by
the late Prot. Richard A. Proctor, the emf
nent astronomer and author, will appear in
the MORNING NEWS on the dates announced
below.
The article in this series upon "Plagues
and Pestilence" was received only the week
before the authors death, and was written
spropos of the yellow fever in Florida.
Indeed, the whole series is Prof. Proctor's
last popular scientific work for newspaper
publication.
They are expected to attract great atten-
bon throughout the whole country, and viii
prove valuable addition to scientific lore
were obtainable by the MORNING News
only on account of its prominence in the
world Of journalism, and have an especial
interest for the newspaper readers of the
southeast.
These articles, six in number, are upon
the following topics:
l. For September %.
PLAGUE AND PESTILENCE
.. For September 80.
LEARNING THE STARS.
). For October Z.
Our Two BRAINS.
l. For October IA.
FAMOUS COMETS.
5. For October 81.
ARE MEN ADvANcINGl
8. For October %.
GREAT TELESCOPES.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26
1t Needs to be Suppressed.

! Savannah occasionally is visited by pro
fessional thief of the safe burglar Ward
stamp, but the robberies committed by such
criminals are not frequent, and in the ag-
| gregate these depredations are of minor i'm
portance when compared with the aggre-
gate of those committed by local thieves.
From almost every street corner sharp
eyes, set in dark faces, are watching for
chance for nimble fingers to seize something
not their own, and, as rule, when the
chance presents itself and tie theft is com
mitted. the depredator escapes. The
soldierly form of the policeman may loom
up in the distance, and if the thief looks
upon the policeman as be approaches from
afar, and the policeman also looks upon the
thief, the last named person makes tracks
in the direction of a neighboring yard,
where his color finds him friends; and when
the officer arrives, the bird is flown.
There is the making of exert burglars
in these thieves. Aside from the pecuniary
los es they bring upon the people, which, if
known, would probably be found to be-
enormous in the aggregate, crime is en-
couraged by the fact that, comparatively
speaking, So lew tneIUS are punished. EdCu
year many of Theses sneak thieves generate,
as it were, into experts, and become har-
dened criminals
The different communities are interested
il suppressing the youthful criminal class
which is continually increasing in southern
cities. 1t is to no purpose to theorize why
this increase is going on. The fact of an
increase shows the necessity of action to
check it, and the only way to check it is to
hunt out and punish criminals. 1t is within
the jurisdiction of the different munich
palities, and, to a great extent, within the
power of the authorities, to suppress this class
of crime by the establishment of good de-
tective systems. With the class of crimi-
mails to be dealt with the greatly increased
probability of punishment of crime will
have very decided effect. A few officers
like Policeman Morgan, and others who
might be mentioned, would, as detectives,
greatly increase the respect for the power
of the law, if not for the law itself
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26
Taken in Time.

From the Boston Courier.
Husband first night after returning from
wedding tour)-Tm going down to the club to-
night, love, and, as haven't seen the boys for
long time, l may be late, so you needn't wait
up for me.
Wife (who has been warned by her mot her
that this crisis in the matrimonial history was
sure to arrive sooner or later)-As you have
never left me alone before dear, since our mar
riage, am afraid | would feel very lonely in
your absence, 80 | think will 60 TO the theater
If you are home before me you need not wait
up, for can let myself in with the latch-key
H.-But You cannot go to the teater I'M
attended, my love.
WI will not go unattended. Cousin Jack is
home from his yachting cruise. | will call on
him and ask him to be my escort. If he isn't
in l will find somebody else. You needn' t
worry about me- dear.
H. (who used to be dreadfuly Jealous of
Cousin JacleYour Cousin Jack is home, then =
W.-Yes Aud you needn't fear that | shall
be dull in his company. Jack is very entertain
ing you know.
If. after pondering awhe)-On second
thoughts, don't think I'll go to the club, love
W. (demurely)-On second thoughts, | don't
think Ill go to the theater, dear.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26
Snowman Barnum to the Front.

Mr.. 7. t. Barnum, otherwise known as
Snowman Barnum, is trying to convince
the people of Connecticut that the country
will go to the dogs if Mr. Cleveland is re
elected, but he will hardly succeed. He
tried in 1884 TO convince them of the same
thing if Mr.. Cleveland were elected for a
first term, and he went so far as to declare
that if the democrats triumphed, he would
sell out his property in Bridgeport at
one-half its value at that time. He evil
IDENTIFY intended to convey by this threat
the impression that property would de-
crease in value each year Of a democratic
administ alton. Mr.. Cleveland was elected,
but Mr. Barnum did not sell his property in
Bridgeport. On the other hand, he froze to
it with remarkable tenacity, and it in
creased in value right along
This last-named fact ought to have con-
WINGED Mr.. Barnum that his fears of a bust
ness depression under a democratic admin
istration were not well founded, but
apparently it did not In a speech in
Bridgeport, the other day, he painted a
very gloomy picture of that city in the
>event of Mr.. Cleveland's reelection. 1t is
noticeable, however, that he said nothing
about selling his property there.
The people of Connecticut have seen how
badly mistaken Mr.. Barnum can be, and
when he repeats the prophecies that failed
so signally in 1884, they will not be likely
to give much attention to what he says.
Mr. Barnum can run circus a great deal
better than he can elucidate the tariff ques-
ton and foretell its effect upon business.
The country has prospered in a remark.
able degree under Mr.. Clevelands honest,
able and business-like administration, and
at this time the business men of the coun-
try, as rule, are in favor of Mr.. Cleve-
lands reelection 1t is highly probable
that one of the surprises of the coming cleo
ton will be the very largely increased vote
cast by business men for tho democratic
ticket.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26
INDEX TO new ADVERTISEMENTS

MEETISos.-Magnoia Fncampment NO. l. l.
o. o. F.; Golden Rule Lodge No, Il, l. .. o. r
SPECIAL NorIcEs.--Public Schools, W. ii,
Baker, Superintendent; Another Invoice Oh
Clothing at Jaudon's; Notice to Contractors,
william z. Kinner, Chairman Augusta Canal
Committee.
Au,sryEYTs.-The Howard Company in DR..
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde.
SEALED PRoPosA1s-w. L. Fisk, Captain of
Engineers, u. S A.
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERTIsEMENTs-HelpW Want
ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale;
Miscellaneous.
HARDwARE-Lovell & baltimore.
AUCTION Furniture, etc, by l. d. La
Roche & Son.
RAILROAD ScEEDULE.-Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26
OF INTEREST TO FAT WOMEN.
What They Should Wear and What Is
Best to Be Avoided.
From the Netr York Graphic.


From the Neu York Graphic.
Fleshy women are dressmakers terrors
Nearly all fashions are devised with slender
women in view, and when applied to fat women,
with due discrimination, makes of them night
mares. One can drape thin woman to give
her the curves and dimpled lines of developed
form. But rare is the woman who can over
come the ponderosity of flesh. With the broad
DuSked -corSets and siXteen-boned waists, the
same bodice which the slender woman wears,
strained till it fits like eeskin, is buttoned over
the tat woman and makes her look latter than
she is. Not one woman of 200 pounds in four
dozen knows how to bring out the dignity which
is possible to such figure. fat woman in the
usual plain, long habit bodice is always less well
clothed than she ought to be; sometimes, if she
draws her corset lacinZs too tight, she is an OBJ
lect which in plain English is disgusting
Half the troubles of flesh arise from treating
it in way diametrically opposite TO the right
one. The feshy woman, when she observes
that her waist measure is growing larger, sets
her foot down commonly as resolutely as she
may against such all undesirable progression.
she buys the stiffeSt stays warranted ''un-
breakable," in the market, and when the mod
lste fits her, two attendants lay their hands on
the rebellious flesh and push and squeeze 1t to-
gether until it makes great protuberances above
and below, and grooming squeaking, machine
confined area between.
Now, the fat woman makes mistake when
she dlScloSes to non-Sympathetic world just
how stout she has become. That is little mat
should guard sedulousy. The woman of per
feet form is the only one who can afford, for
aesthetic reasons, TO display her figure in the
close fitting polonaise or basque. The woman
whose figure is too full should treat it exactly
as does she whose slenderness is too fragile
disguise it with long, rather loose, lines.
To come to details, the stout woman should
shun the short waist or Josephine bodice as she
would the plague. She should never yield to
the seductions of a belt girdle. She should
never wear basque or any garment that makes
break at the waist all the way round The
gown which gives her repose, dignity and almost
grace is the gown which gives you her figure at
one sweep, adding to her apparent hight and
taking the eye off her girth, making the proper
tions better. She wants the longest lines she
can get and the most graceful curves. She
would avoid anything that breaks up her attire
into parts, leading the eye to study her in de
tail She wants to be an imposing whole, with
presence as attractive in its way as that of the
smaller woman. The tea gown is the first gown
in years which showed her her opportunity.
The tea gown itself does not suit her, but it is
very generally built on the model of loose
fronted princess robe, and some modification of
the princess gown is the stout woman fit attire.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26
Artificial Flowers

from The PHILADELPHIA Press
Artificial flowers We're first invented by
pious nuns. In the Italian converts the
affairs and shrines were UP to the eighteen tn
century decorated with artificial flowers,
laborously put together Of paper, parch-
mont. and other stiff materials. Since
then the Italian flowers" whicI are made
in Venetian factories of tho imper-
feet cocoons Of silkworms, have become
famous for their dalntiness, which makes
them particularly suitable for toilet decora.
tions. | have been over one OF the Venetian
flower factories, for no sooner has tho
visitor to Venice taken his early cup Of
chocolate at Florian's, near the Marcus
place, when the cIcerone appears, Offering
to show him the famous" factory of the
famous Italian flowers" The factory is
situated in one Of the gray old houses of
tue Fiezzaria, and several hundred girls are
occupied Init
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26

Has anybody heard anything from the
republicans lately of Mr.. Blaine's dispatch
to the republican organs stating that Maine
had gone republican by the biggest
majority since 1865, and that the result was
political revolusionr Hardly. That
ispatch is never referred TO now 10y the G.
o. p. organs, and for very good reasons
The latest information from Maine is that
all but six counties have sent in their Off
cial returns, and that according to them the
republican majority is reduced to Il, 276
The other six towns, it is thought, will re-
duce 1t to 5000. In 1884 it was 10, 100
Democratic gain this year over that, /, 100.
Thus rs the silence of the republican organs
eXnlninel
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26
SENATOR HRARsT's FIRST DIME.
He Tells of Sorrow and Suffering
Under His First Financial Loss.

Under His First Financial Loss.
From the NeD York Herald
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-"How little it takes
to make child happy, said Senator Hearst, as
he sat in the democratic cloak room at the
capitol. The California senator few minutes
before had given one of the pages who had
been particularly attentive to him during the
present session $50 bill as an evidence of his
appreciation. This little fellow scampered
away in great glee, and his manifestations of
Joy were so great as to move the senator to the
foregoing exclamation.
When was youngster or 9 years old, -
continued the senator, II lived with my parents
out in Missouri. We were all poor in those days.
and scarcely knew what money was except by
name. Finally visitor at cur house presented
me with 10 cents. think was the happiest
boy in the neighborhood. | used to lie awake
at night considering how could spend it so as
to get the best return. One day l lost it be-
tween high hill and my fathers house, about
300 yards distant. i think l searched every foot
of that ground a dozen times over, but that
money was gone, and l never found it. 1t is
painful to me at this moment to recall my grief
at its disappearance. Since then have lost
money in large sums which have nearly bank
rupted me, but they never caused me half the
unhappiness that the loss of my first 10 cents
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26
accommodating a Stranger.


FROM Ee DetFOH rTee fTeSS.
Look at that BILL said young man. as he
entered bank on Griswold street day or two
since and laid a ten" before the cashier.
Yes, I'm looking"
rs it all right"
mo. sir. Bank has been busted two years "
Its teetotalIy no good. ehg"
That's it. Did you take il for good money!
Il did. was coming in with the st. Thomas
excursion with my girl and a stranger wanted
change. l accommodated him."
Yes"
And am here in a strange town, dead broke,
and a good-looking girl expecting candy, pea
nuts. ice cream anu street car rides Say!"
well"
after kicking myself twice around the
square, what shall do next"
Pawn your WATCH
Haven't got one."
.Anything elses"
mo"
ANY friends to borrow from?"
'No.''
Then be taken suddenly i'll and sit in the
depot all day"
'I'll do it I'll have to do it And I'll sigh and
groan and kick and cough and take on and the
gal will never know what hit me- Thanks, old
fellow-life is worth the living after ALL
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26

Some of the Texas republicans are very
sensible set. At a republican county con-
vention to elect delegates to the recent state
convention, a resolution introduced by one
of the white delegates recommending that
the State convention put no straight repub-
lican ticket in the fed, because, in the Ian
guage of the resolution, 1T is a well-known
FACT in this state that republicans in q great
many counties have been terrorizcd, pro-
scribed, socially and otherwise; hundreds
have been murdered, others have been re-
quired to leave their homes and seek homes
in other states; thousands of voters have
been intimidated and through fear have
remained away from the polls, and thereby
failed to exercise the right of suffrage, as
guaranteed to them by the constitution, "
was voted down by vote Of G3 to 1G.
Break the news gently to Chandler, Fora
ker and Others of that ilk.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26
Seaward.
From Scribmer's Maqasin.

From Scribner's Mdgd=ine.
The sight of ships, the rolling sea.
The changing wind to sing for iue;
The moon-bound tide, a crimson west,
Wherein the royal sun at rest
Rides like golden argosy.
With mast-like rays in cloud-sails dressed
A voyager on an endless quest,
Whose farewell ILLS with majesty
The sight Of ships.
Like prisoner struggling to be free,
out of the mountain land flee.
Again | SEQ the heaving brest
or ocean, wGero this petrol nest,
And there across the sandy lea
Tie sight Of ships.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26
Then They Smiled.

They met in horse car, two young women
whose tawny faces showed that they were lust
back from the seashore. and when they mad
kissed and embraced, and been through all the
preliminary nonsense necessary to the occasion,
one said to the other:
"Oh you dear thing I had such a Irritation
with your husband while you were down east
night"
Yes, he wrote TO me about it, the other re-
turned sweetly. "He said you didn't seem 10
know anybody, and were SO lonely he quite
pitied you"
"He was always so kind Co neglected girls, -
the first speaker murmured. You know they
SAID when you were married that he would have
taken all the wall flowers ii he could, he was so
generous"
And then they smiled lovingly on each other.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26

One CT the republican organs referred the
other day to 'Gen. Harrison's eloquent
speech" Will the organ he good enough 70
point out which particular speech it means
1t was not thought that Gen. Harrison was
making eloquent speeches. In fact, bis re-
marks since his nomination have been very
tame and very uninteresting. Perhaps the
organ refers TO the speech he made against
certain railroad strikers in Indiana several
years ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26

II is said that Gen. Harrison has taken
up Mr.. Blaine's habit with regard ~ his
speeches. In fact he has gone the Plumed
knight one better. He not only reyises his
own speeches before they ale put on the
wires, but he revises in advance the speeches
to be hurled at him by visiting curiosity
seekers. If Harrison would hire some smart
man to revise his own speeches before they
are delivered, he wouldn't make the public
SO tired
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Barnun's Views.

From the Net1 York World (Dent)
PIT. Barnum made political speech in Bridge
port, Conn.,, last week Barnum is a high pro-
tcctionist. He believes that the giants and fat
girls of this country should be protected from
the p6uper monstrosities of the old world. But
did not Phineas make pretty penny out of
Chang, the Chinese giant
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26

Republicans of the Chandler and Foraker
stripe think there is lone more President in
tile bloody shirt" and republicans of the
Blaine stripe think there is lone more Presi-
dent in the war tariff" Republicans of both
types, however. are mistaken. The demo
Gratis have contracted with Uncle Sam TO
furnish presidents for quite term OF years,
and their contract viii be filled with mate
rial made at the tariff reform mills.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26
An Artificial Leg for a Ho rse.

FfOm NE BdlftmOre fnlerIcuH.
An interesting experiment is being tried on
$3.50 mare belonging 70 II. Rollman, No 706
Swan street. few days ago she was kicked
by horse on the Belair lot and her right hind
leg was fractured just above he fetlock. In
stead of killing her at once 20 end h suffering,
as is usually done, Dr. William Spranklin am
putated the leg, and hopes TO save the mare 8
life. She is now doing well, although evidently
suffering much pain. Should she recover she
viii be provided With an artificial leg. She
now manages 70 hobDle around on three legs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26

Congress says very positively: TRUSTS
nre not private affairs, and they have
place in national campaigns Sixteen bills
for the prevention and punishment of trusts
have been introduced in that body One
way to prevent trusts is to elect demo-
cratic President and a congress democratic
in both branches, so that genuine tariff re-
form can be carried out
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26
They Fall Into Their Pit.

From the Philadelphia Record Deat)
Not "Clevelands luck" so much as the stu
pidity of the Senate majority accounts for the
manifest advantage of the attitude of the
democracy upon present questions of national
interest. While the republican Senators shall
continue to hold caucuses to devise means for
putting the President in a hole they may be
certain that they themselves will be the first to
fall into any pit that may be dug.