The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-28

preSe ace OF one OF her c0ll1ren lFTlJhJe>
her so tnat she so far as possible avoids its
s]ciety. If this rumor has any foundation,
in facr, aud there are excellent reasons for
crediting it. the lot Of the unfortunate child
must bear a close resemblance 70 that OF
the comic opera policeman.
Workmen are hurryiug forward To COM
pletion the magnificent building which will
never be seen by the man who, OF all others,
would take the greatest pride in looking at
it. If fate never before had a reputation
for grim irony, Mr.. Pultzer'5 case would
have earned il. Two suggestive facts IN
connection with the new structure afford
material for talk. 1t is surmounted by
a dome instead of a world, and II is TO
be called after the owner instead Of
after the newspaper. A world above
its roof was not only an architectural
possibility, but would have been most APP
, propriate and entirely IN line with the jour
NAILS striking advertising methods. To call
it the "WOrId building" would have been to
follow the examples or other leading metro
pOlitan newspapers, and would also have
been an entirely orthodox method of adver-
Using. Why this departurei Is there any
doubt Of the continuance of the phenomenal
prosperity Of the paper, and has this doubt
contributed TO the christening and 10 the
presence of the domel
A Boston PAGER recently announced that
at the sanitarium at Clifton Springs this
state, there is young lady under treat
ment for an uncomfortable appetite for
| chocolate. ITO such an extent" it added,
has she eaten sweets of this kind that Der
skin has become of q chocolate color" 1t
| then went on to describe how the patient
managed to obtain, during a relaxation of
official vigilance, two pounds of chocolate,
| which she took to her room and ate, not de-
| ia oil
1t IS true. l learn by private letter. that
there Is at the sanitarium a young lady
afflicted with an inordinate appetite
for chocolate, and it is also true that she
surreptitiously obtained two pouuds of
chocolate candy, but the most re markable
part Of the statement has no foundation.
The patient is a somewhat weak-minded
daughter of southern millionaire, and her
complexion is of at least average purity.
Her partlality for candy is as irresistible as
the crawl & for drugs sometimes becomes
She is about 20 years old, very pretty, of
petite figure. and dresses beautifully. She
is an only daughter.
The name of Nellie Bly, is not now often
seen IN print The virtual disappearance
OF this energetic and self possessed young
lady causes little comment. 1t was a case
OF high pressure from start to finish and no
human being could have kept it up She
struck new vein but it was too far from
the customary level for ordinary respir-
alton, and now is breathing in quiet, but
endurable, obscurity. Journalistic exotics
spring rapidly into being, bloom furlously
and fade quickly. Those who last go slowly.
Nellie was singular creation of sing
ular conditions. When she leaped
into the journalistic arena veteran news
paper men regarded her with the curiosity
which distinct and entirely novel species
always provokes. She was a perfect
stranger Co the endorsements which beset
young women when they venture into an
atmosphere hitherto reserved exclusively
for the other sex. She sauntered into
offices where young men had been known
only as visitors and made acquaintances
with scent ceremony. IL should not be
otherwise than that some of these ac-
guardianship should ripen into friend.
ships, for Nellie has a strong midi
viduahty, and it is quite true that
conquests may be made even in newspaper
offices. The sang froid with which the
new conner would ingratiate herself with
oil types of men likely to be useful to her
was astonishing. One or two gentlemen
who can lick the English language into
shape" to excellent purpose succumhed to
her attractions, and gossip now has it that
the editor or Life will lead her to the
altar. Ii this happy contamination is
present obscurlty, will still be permanently
identified with hterature-and both parties
are to be congratulated.
The bookmakers now have in the "Col-
cred trust" an opponent worthy Of their
steel. Those who doubt the existence of
such trust should either go to the Grave
send track or carefully read tho racing re-
ports. These reports indicate that honors
about
One day the record shows that the trust has
sent the bookmakers home IMPOVERISHED
and the next days history proves conclu-
s1vely that that dusky combine has been
driven in disorder TO the financial wall.
All the prominent residents of the Afri-
can quarter give the trust cordial counte-
nance and support A special committee is
In charge OF It's operations, and the gentle
men who compose it are in league with the
colored jockeys. Whenever u good thing
In racing Is ripe, the committee is informed
ana the stockholders of the trust are imme-
dately notified by wire or special messen-
ger. a recent race will serve for purposes
of illustration: Mabel Glenn was entered
against many good horses, including
Reporter. Odds of ten to one were secured
against Mabel and the trust made q
clean sweep" Later on, and before the
same days racing came to an end, the trust
again numerically raided the bookmakers.
and the result was that much ''red fire. was
consumed In Thompson street that evening,
The trust, 1t may be mentioned, is by no
means limited to the sterner sex On the
occasion alluded to its feminine ornaments
were out in full force. arrayed in green
satlns and yellow silks There was no COM
motion aud the business of the trust was
conducted in the most methodical fashion.
The trust is patient to the ex-
tent that it does not try to force matters.
There are good things" for those who wait
for them. but they come only once in a
while. The trust rests on its oars during
the intervals, not being sufficiently in love
with its own Judgment to believe that it
can beat" the bookmakers until the cards
are, so TO speak, stacked in its favor. Even
when trumps are apparently surest to turn
up, they are occasionally hit hard, W hich is
why it happens that honors up to date are
about even, for when they plunge thew
don't mince matters and one side or the
other is badly scorched. In the meantime
the public is rather glad than otherwise,
however unprincipled the trust may be- to
see the bookmakers engaged in conflict in
which the odds, for once, are not SO over
whelmingly in their favor as they usually
are. Outsiders do not much caro- where the
banner of victory ultimately perches.
The tight money market that recently
prevailed in Wall street has been viewed
with the utmost complacency by Jay Gould.
he has never accepted the gloomy fore