The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-23

The absorbing topics of conversat ton
with US In Texas just now" said 3. F.
Poindexter of the Lone Star state, in the
Washington Post, lis the prospective fight
between Corbett ana Fitzsimmons and
one object of my trip east IS to size up
the two men as they appear now. / have
seen Corbett fight twice, and FftZsimmons
twice, and unless they have changed very
materially since last ! saw them In the
ring, l shall take a few bets on the Aus
tralian. F1tz Is the shiftiest fighter and
the hardest hitter / ever saw. The blow
that Knocked Jim Hall out was the swift
est and most powerful blow ] ever saw
man deliver. But his agility in ducking
and avoiding thumps is what most sur
prlseS me IN the man. / have seen him
strike his opponent while in the act of
leaplng out OF range, something no other
pugilist is half so proficient in, and, in
fact something l never saw any other
boxer accomplish Corbett is a great
lighter, but he will have his hands fun
when he meets the sandy haired Austria
Ian. And yet, after ALL II may be the
shortest night on record After one or two
rounds have been fought and the men have
sized each other up. look for a knock
out inside of three rounds.
AFTER F1tz conquered Hall in New
Orleans, a little red-headed man from
the fight, and who had cut quite swafb
as an all around good fellow. walked mn
to the Australian, and grasping him BY
the hand, said very earnestly:
"Fitz, / never wanted a man to win so
badly as I did you in this fight'
'Fitz laughed good naturally, and asked
what particular reason he had for ex-
Well. said the little man, very So
berry, you see. I'm read-headed and all
my life I've had to groan under the i'm
putation that a red-headed man has no
sand You are the redeemer of our race:
you are the boy that says red-headed men
nave sand, and when you say it, it's Off
cial. I've licked many bigger man than
| am for slandering US, but my argument
don't count. / was dead agin you, Fitz.
TIL heard you bad sandy hair. When /
heard that my heart went out to YOU
like BROTHER; and ever since I've been
quietly dom what I can to spread the
fact that your. hair is red, and that you
Wei. the little old fellow made a
great impression on the good-natured
fighter, and I believe Fitz could draw on
back himself if he needed it,"
She Saved "a Cent on a hook Trade.
1T takes woman to whittIe expendi-
lures down to a fine point and figure out
a bargain" remarked q booky man to
the Washington Star writer recently. i
was looking at some new books in one
hind me was stacked over 1000 popular
novels. put up to sell cheap. Each tier
was placarded three cents each, four
for dime" and the tiers reached to the
ceiling. Two ladies were looking at the
books, both well gowneds and rather
above the average in appearance. They
l.
say to the other, Are you going TO take
a book, madam
why, yes, thought would was
the surprised reply. I want something
to read on the cars. 1 think 1 win enjoy
reading David Copperfield, so have Sc
lected that
Have you got centsr was the next
question.
IL think So. was the rather slow
response, the tone OF surprise deepened
Just let me have it, said the other
as ! turned around TO see if there wasn't
some kind of g. f1im fam game going on
. Here, to the clerk, she had beckoned
DO David Copperfield up in one package,
and these three in another. and. here's
your 10 cents. Hurry, this lady has to
catch her train
THE girl was back in a jiffy and be-
fore any Of US could figure il out, the
lady had showed David Copperheld in the
hands of the traveller. and taken possess
sion of her own three books. There
she said with a satisfied smile, you get
your book for 2 cents, and get my three
for 8. You have saved a penny and so
have 1. Save the pennies and the pounds
will take care of themselves and she
went of laughing. I'll bet IL would have
taken a man a week to figure that out,
and am not quite sure that ! have It
right yeti!