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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16
4 Cautions Wan.

IT'S a good thing 10 be cautious when
among strangers" said the precise-lOOk-
ing man 20 a tall, angular old fellow to
whom he was talking on the deck Of a
Hudson river steamboat, according TO the
New York sun.
Yes" was the response, you can't
most always tell who you're talking to
when you don't know, ard strangers
thrown together as we are are mighty
likely 70 make mistakes If they don't
That's what think about it," said the
precise one. There are several people
around that Ia like TO know who they
are, but feel a delicacy in asking"
Who, for instance2' asked the tall
party, letting his eyes wander about the
Well. there's a lady standing there by
that door talking TO a young fellow who
looks as If he might be her son"
That far dOOr?' inquired the tall party,
stretching his neck around.
Yes"
u see three or four there"
ITS the one on the other side"
She looks as If she might bite a nail
in two?"
Yes"
Got a jaw on her Ike a viser'
Keeps it going all the time. as if there
wasn't any such thing as an eight-hour
YES"
Got a bonnet on that looks as If it
might be sign for vegetable gardner?"
Got. a complexion like slab of tan
bark?'
Yes"
Looks as if her temper would sour
milk just from the COW p
Yes"
Got clothes on that look like they'd
been made out of last years circus post
ers?'
Exactly. She's the one. Who is she?"
me tail party got up to get a better
look before committing himself
She's jay from Jays Cross Roads,
amt she?' ne said, with a laugh as he
sat down again.
Yes. Who is she?''
"Oh, she's my wife Let me take vou
over and introduce YOU
But the cautious man declined. and man.
aged to lose himself in the crowd as quick
ly as possible.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16
Next to Reading Matter.

A Bucyrus, o., clergyman with an eve
to business, publishes a weekly programme
of the church services, interspersed with
advertisements. A paragraph exhorting
the people to praise the Lord is followed
by a rafting ad of a hardware house. An
ad beginning Good butter a speciality"
follows a paragraph beginning What
owest thou unto the Lord?" After an ex-
hortation that ends, Tn the next world
ginning Trade with Myer & Hirscb,''
And after a paragraph referring to the
world to come there is an ad about 'fFresh
and smoked meats" The advertisers prob
ably pay extra for a position next to ''pure
reading matter" Talking of pure reading
matter suggests an incident that occurred
was in the publishing Office of a sensation
al journal, which makes a speciality of
printing scandals, to get rates for an adj
why not nave your al next TO pure read
ing natter asked the clerk. Great
Scotti' was the reply. L didn't know Won
had any pure reading natter"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16
Slightly Mixed,

remember once in my experience"
remarked a literary young woman to the
w asnlhgt0n star of taking several la
DIES to call on the late DIR. Oliver Wen
9elI Holmes when 1 was in school in
BOSTON. had known the HoImeses
since chlldhood, and went there pretty
mucn as l pleased, and often took friends
OF mine with me to see the good doctor
On TINS occasion one of the ladies was a
young married woman, who had never
READ any of DR.. Holmes books, and she
insisted that / coach her a bit so that
she would not make any mistakes I
told her several titles, and dwelt espec-
lally upon the 'AutOcrat of the Break
tast Table, because that was my favo-
rite. She was an intelligent person and
was a rapid learner, so that when we
started out / felt perfectly sure thar she
went swimmingly along, and she wisely
kept silent on the book question, except
70 second the compliments of those of US
VINO We're conVersant with the doctors
books-that is, swimmingly until just a
we were leaving. Then she seemed to
think she ought to say something, and
she did. was listening, as it happen
ed, for had grown a little careless, and
had thought she wasn't going to try her
oh. DOCTOR she said, in a little burst
Of enthusiasm, I want to tell you how
much | have enjoyed your books, and
Breakfast Table,"
well, 1 thought I should drop right
through the floor, and l kind of gasped
and waited to see what the doctor would
do but my alarm was needless; he sim
kindliest manner thanked her, and said
that many people thought the Auto
graph was the best thing he had ever
done. Think of that" concluded the
young woman, he even said autograph
as she had said it, and she never knew
the difference until we got outside, and
don't think ] ever showed anybody there
was any difference in anything"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

Another "absent-minded man" item has
been received, says Harper's Round Table
This one refers to Ampere. the famous
mathematician, who was noted for his
sent-mindedness. On one occasion, it
is stated that while walking along the
street he mistook the back of cab for
a blackboard, and as a blackboard was
just the thing he needed at the time to
solve a problem which had been vexing
his mind for some moments during his
walk, he made use of it. Taking a piece
of chalk out of his pocket, he proceeded
to trace out number of algebraical for
mulae on the cabs back, and followed
the moving board" for the space of a
quarter of an hour without noticing the
progress of the conveyance. AS to wheth-
er the cabman charged him by the course
or by the hour, or even at all, the item
does not inform us.
From the same source we have the
following item: They have a good Joke
just at present on a well-known lawyer
who is noted for his absent T1lindedness
He went up his own stairs the other
day, and seeing a notice on his own
door Back at two," sat down to wait
for himself.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

A third term for any President does
well enough to talk about, but it will be
a long time before any party will have
the courage to test public sentiment on
the third term question by taking as its
presidential candidate a man who has
twice occupied the presidential office.
Mr.. Cleveland is talked of for
third term, but more by republi-
cans than democrats. The repub-
leans pretend they would like
to see Mr.. Cleveland nominated again.
If they do it is because they think pub
JIG sentiment is so strongly against a
third term that they would have little
difficulty in defeating him. Sun, they
might be mistaken. Mr.. Cleveland is re-
markably popular with the people and
would surprise even those who believe
that third term candidate would be
beaten out of sight.
As a matter of fact Mr.. Cleveland
doesn't want to be renominated and his
party will not offer the nomination to
him again. Mr.. Cleveland therefore may
properly be considered as being elimina-
ted from the third term discussion.
The Washington Post sent inquiries to
each congressman asking him if he
would vote for a resolution similar to
the one introduced into the House in 1875
by Congressman Springer. and adopted,
to the effect that any departure from the
precedent established by Washington re-
specting a third term would be unwise
and unpatriotic. Answers from about
100 congressman have been received. All
of them except seventeen replied they
would vote for such resolution. In 1875,
in a full House. only eighteen favored
the third term idea. According to the
Posts canvass seventeen out of 100 now
favor it. If this proportion should hold
out in the whole membership of the
House about fifty would favor it on
test vote. 1t would seem therefore that
the third term idea is gradually gaining
friends.
In the Posts answers the fact crops
out that there is a strong and growing
sentiment in favor of fixing the presiden-
tial term at six years and making
President ineligible Tor reelection. How
ever, it is extremely doubtful If the
country would adopt an amendment 20
the constitution changing the Presiden-
tial term. While Presidential elections
come too often from business point of
view the prospect is that we shall con-
tinue to be against a third term and In
favor of permitting the constitution, in
respect to the Presidential term. to re-
main as it is.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

The great storm which the other day
did so much damage in Cuba seems 10
have stretched across the Caribbean sea
and the isthmus. and 10 have played havoc
IN Lower California. In the latter state
millions Of dollars worth Of property, in
GLIDING sugar plantations and mills, was
destroyed. In Mexico proper there was
considerable damage, especially in the
town and vicinity Of Topolobampo. This
section Of the country viii sympathize
with the afflicted sections; nevertheless.
it is thankful that the big storms of the
season have so far done their eavorting
in the lower ATTITUDES.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16
Wight Have Given Them Away.

A traveller just returning from Mexico
tells an amusing tale of the attempts of
a peddler to sell precious stones at an ex-
orbitant price, who in the end consented
to dispose of his wares for a mere song,
says the New York Herald 1t was at
Queretaro, an important city on the line
of the Mexican railroad
When the train pulled in at the depot -
said he, 1t was Immediately surrounded
by a score or more of poems trying to sell
opals to the passengers. One tall, rather
fine looking Indian extended toward me
his hand containing ten or a dozen gilt
tering stones.
How much?' asked.
Twelve dollars" replied he. "Cheap.
very cheap, only $12."
no, nor 1 replied, in an emphatic
way. "Muy caro-" very dear.
Five dollars," then quoted the vender
turning the stones over in his hand, that
1 might see that they were all there"
No 81, said ].
Yes, yest' cried the vender, eagerly.
"One dollar; yes, yes, you can have them
for 81. Take them"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16
A Good old Game.

"Beats me-" said the man with the
high standing collar, that they call the
monkey business they engage in nova
days base ball
1T has reached the pinnacle of science, -
shouted the modern rooter, according to
the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Science! You call that scientific play
ing?'
Certainly"
you weren't old enough-the old Whirl-
winds play"
mo, sir!"
Thought not! Four to one! Two to
nothing! One to threei udgei Why, the
last match game the Whirlwinds played
qt was with the Tornadias) we made
237 runs"
''And you call that playing?"
'Playing l should say it was playing.
Even the club We beat Ohe Tornadias)
made 1874 runs, in spite of our skilled bat
terry! One TO three! Four to nothing And
men are fools enough to pay for such
playing at ball playing! on, for a good
old game of real base ballr"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

sealskins have advanced Is per cent.
in price in few months, and the advices
are to the effect that the prices will go
still higher before long. 1t is a great
pity that the seals have been so ruthlessly
slaughtered, but when the matter comes
to be examined into from the standpoint
of the million, it does not make a great
deal of difference how high the prices go
after they have touched a certain point
above which the average person cannot
afford to buy them. And, as a matter
of fact, they seldom get below that point.
It is comforting to know that the sheep
still lives and fiourishes, whatever may
be the fate of the seal, and that the
sheep affords an overcoat of exceptional
merits and at a price within reasonable
reach.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

The last international yacht race was
hedged about with so many conditions
that it required the services of several le-
gal minds to keep things straight. The
deed of gift that governs the contests is
as full of kinks as the constitution of
South Carolina. and when matters are
still further complicated by a lot of condi-
lions, it becomes well nigh impossible to
keep the kinks from fouling the craft. The
next race, however, is to be one without
conditions, except such as are contained
in the deed of gift. It is a pity that it will
be necessary to wait nearly a year for il
to be sailed. The sporting blood of the ma
ton is up now, and it would enjoy with
zest sharp fight to finish between Brit
ish and American yachts.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

1t is matter of remark that the meri-
torious plays and entertainments that
have been given at the theater this season
have been the ones which lacked good au-
diences, while some of the mediocre ones
have done a land office business. The Tay-
lor brothers of Tennessee gave an enter
tainment that was particularly delightful;
Louis James gave highly creditable rendi-
tions of legitimate drama; yet these, and
one or two other good Shows" We're COM
PEELED to face about as many empty
benches as full ones. But when a min
strel show came along, with it's silk
hreeches, horse-play, and three acrobats
there was such a crush around one of the
box offices that the wall was crushed by
the strain! Nevertheless, one often hears
the complaint that no really good compan-
les in high-class productions ever come
south.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16
Cotton for Fertilizers.

Last spring when cotton was selling at
Az cents three well known farmers Of
Dooly county bought their fertilizers from
the Industrial Fertilizer Company and in
sisted upon paying for it in cotton. So, in
stead of giving notes for the amount of
money which they were to pay for the
guano, they gave their notes for enough
cotton ats cents per pound. Last week
the notes came due. Cotton was selling at
SIs cents which meant, of course, that
they would, by delivering the cotton, pay
nearly twice as much as they would have
had to pay in cash. But they were men of
the right stuff and at the proper time
they produced the cotton as cheerfully as
the circumstances would permit. Imagine
their surprise and relief when they were
wanted was the money for the guano at
the regular price. They were told to sell
their cotton and pay their note in cash
which meant a clear saving of about Sl5
per ton.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16
Monroe Doctrine Costs Money.
From the New Orleans Picayune Oem.) }.

The people of the country, irrespective
of political affiliations or section, are
unanimously in favor of the Inauguration
of a vigorous and manly policy, and pre-
sumably they are willing that congress
should place the country upon a defen-
sive footing, sufficiently strong to make
vigorous handling of the foreign relations
effective and safe There should, there
fore, be no stintng of naval appropria-
tons or expenditures for necessary sea-
coast Notifications. Without first insuring
the safety of our coast line and frontiers,
it would be folly to enter upon an agrees
sive policy abroad Either We must be-
come a strong power in a military sense,
or we must abandon the Monroe doctrine
and all that the vigorous policy involved
in the maintenance of that doctrine i'm
plies.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

Gov. Altgeld of Illinois says if Chairman
reelection the other day, as the dis
patches reported, he must have done it
in jest Altgeld says he is making no er-
fort to secure a denomination. There IS
no accounting for what Chairman Helm
richsen might do. but if the Democratic
party of Illinois were to nominate Alt
geld to succeed himself, there would be
reason for thinking the party was joking
with itself.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

A Dooley county farmer reports that ne
has already cut more than ten tons Of
hay and pea vines on his farm, and that
there remains in his fields an immense
quantity of hay uncut. Too few Georgia
farmers look after the hay crop. II
would probably be safe to say that thou
sands of dollars worth Of hay go to waste
on Georgia farms every year for the
reason that no efforts to save it are ever
made.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

The protectionists are bewailing the sad
fate of the great American sheep. and as
serting that the Wilson tariff has all
but driven him from the face of the earth.
The official report on the wool clip for
the current year is 10 tne effect that it
is the largest Of any clip since 1886. with
the exception of the years 1893 and 1894.
and that it is but very little below those
years
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

A New York paper asserts that in that
city the other night thirty-two artists
sat down TO a dinner in the studio of a
LEGAL artist and disposed of IA bottles
of champagne; that the cost of the enter
tainment was $500, and that the piece de
resistance, brought on when the wine was
almost all gone, was nude girl model,
who had been enclosed in a gigantic pie
along with a lot of canary birds When
the pie was opened the girl began to sing
and the birds flew out and about the
rOonn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

The Assistant Attorney General or-the
postoffice department says in his report
10 the Postmaster General that the re-
cent act of congress directed against the
lottery evil has accomplished its pur-
pose; that the country is now almost free
from lottery schemes, and that the law
will keep them under. 1.-THE death kneu
Of avowed lotteries in this country has
been sounded he says. 1t is a pity that
the general government cannot get its
hands into the collars of the prize fighters
as it did into the collars Of the lottery
sharps,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

An Indiana couple-man eighty-seven
and woman seventy-seven years old
were married the other day after an ac-
quaintance of thirty minutes and an en-
gagement of fifteen minutes. All things
considered, the affair seems to have been
quite sensibly conducted. They certain
" hadn't any time TO lose with theaters,
oyster suppers and the like, and the
chances are that they won't live TO re-
greet their impetuosity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

Don NJ. Dickinson said to reporter the
other day that he really had nothing to
say with regard to the sackville matter,
Nevertheless. he did not mind remarking
that Sackville sis now, and always has
been, an internal ass" Suppose Mr.. Dick
inson had been inclined TO talk about the
matter!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

Kentucky has weighed the Duke of
Marlborough and found him light weight.
At Louisville the other day he missed
the finish of one Of the most exciting
races of the season because he had mis-
placed one of his gloves. While the horses
were coming under the wire almost neck
and neck, the duke was fumbling under
his scat for the lost glove.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

The indications are that the long drawn
out Durrant case, in San Francisco, will
not be concluded this week The public
viii be sorry. There have been efforts
made to create a sentiment against Dur
rant in the public prints, and other efforts
to create sentiment in his favor. Both
have failed. The public win be relieved
when the end is reached, and will not
lose a wink of sleep whichever way the
Jury decides
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

The city of Darlington. in South Car
DINA, reports that it is getting on
ing with energy and discretion, and is
being rewarded with prosperity. There
are several cities in South Carolina that
need to get on a "Georgla move.n
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

The New York Times quotes DR.. Park
hurst and President Roosevelt as referring
to Tammany Hall as she" biologists.
it is believed. assert that the female tiger
is the fighter of the family Still. most
people have probably been under the
impression that the Tammany tiger was
Tom
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

A western farmer hit IT about right
when he explained the zeal of some of
his neighbors for free silver by saying cit
usually depends on how much a man owes.
If he has been a free liver and a specula-
off his debts and if he has kept paid up as
he goes, sound money-and little of it
Is good enough for him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

Transatlantic steamships do not smash
there is not much likelihood that either
of the new ships of the American line
will capture the record before next spring
OF, summer, even if they do so then. Dur
ing the past summer there was no scaling
down of time for trips between this conti-
nent and Europa negative fact that has
not occurred before in ten years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16

The most incongruous situation that
has yet been brought about by the eff
fort to arrange for that prize fight was
al Hot Springs the other day. when BILLY"
Brady addressed lot of preachers and
others in a church. The very idea of
Brady being in a church is astonishing
in its incongruity. but that he should have
made an address in church beats ALL"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings Southside Improvement
League; Ancient order of Hibernians. Di-
vision No ..
Special Notices-suwanee Springs Wa
ter a Guaranteed Cure for Bright's Dis
ease; Browns Saline Soap Powder; Bud
weiser Beer on Tap To-day at Albert
CUNTS; Faust Beer To-day at John Sui
livan's; Any Kind of Form Fitted Finely,
Appel & Schaul; Ship Notice. Wilder &
Co.; Every Days Thanksgiving. Estate
S. W. Branch; Fine Goods Low Prices,
Quick Sales, Mutual Cooperative Assoc
citation: Ship Notice, Strachan & CO.;
Ship Notice. J. +. Minis & Co.
Pour Meals for Dollar at Freid's; DR..
Montague l.. Boyd's Return.
Medical-Johann Hoff's Malt Extract;
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
You Can Easily Imagine-B. II. Levy &
Bro.
Professionally. Seymour Putnam,
Specialist.
Imported and Domestic Suitings Made
to Order at $2O-At Collats.
Boys Trilby Shoes-At Collats.
All Wool Black and Blue Cheviot d. b.
Knee Pants Suits-At Collats.
The Admiration of Everybody-Appel &
Schaul.
Amusements-Mr Thomas Keene, at
Savannah Theater Oct. 1913; Musical En-
tertainment of Young Mems Hebrew AS
ISOLATION, Oct PIP.
Every Attention Given Boys Who Come
Alone-Falk Clothing Company.
TITS True. Indeed-Mutual Gas Light
Company
Steamship sehedule-ocean Steamship
Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements - Help
Wanted Employment Wanted, For Rent,
For Sale. Lost. Personal, Miscellaneous.