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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25
Not Caused bx an opaI.

Here is a story showing how to account
for bad luck. says the Philadelphia Rec
ord.
A man was shaking dice in store. He
lost.
mo wonder" said bystander. You're
wearing an opal. You never win have
luck"
This set the man to thinking Four
days later he slipped in getting off street
car and sprained his ankle.
This decided him. He gave the pin to
| friend VINO was on the Board of Trade
and who was too hard-headed to enter
tain any fool notions about the number
IL, or black cats, or cross-eyed girls with
red hair.
Nevertheless, when this board of trade
mar lost over $4,000 on wheat he began
to worry. He didn't care much for the
pin, anyway, and so one day when
young man in his Office admired the fire"
in the stone, he said: ''rake it along, if
you like it."
The young man overwhelmed him with
thanks. Then he waited, with guilty
knowledge, to see what would happen to
the young man. He did not have to wait
long. The very next week the employe
was taken i'll, and he missed four days at
the office.
The board of trade man was troubled
in conscience, so he told his young friend
attaching to it, and the employe, after
elaboration, decided that he would give
the pin to his girl.
The opal did very rapid and effective
work after it became the property of the
young woman. On the second day after
she began to wear it she ignited curtain
in attempting to light the gas. The cur
tain was destroyed, and the young wo-
man burned both of her hands in at
tempting to extinguish the blaze.
The young man who had given the stone
to her felt called upon to apologize.
Perhaps it was that opal gave you,'
said he. You know, an opal is supposed
to carry bad luck with it. 1 didn't tell
you, because I'm not superstitious."
TN not wear the dreadful thing a day
longer" said she.
So she didn't. She gave it to her brother,
who scoffed at the suggestion that little
stone could WELD any influence good or
bad. Nevertheless, when he started for
Cincinnati and the train ran off the track
and he was tossed half the length of the
car, he became converted.
I'll not give it to anybody else to be a
JONAH" said he. 'I'll sell it to a jeweler.' -
So he went to the jeweler and said:
"Whatll you give me for this opal?'
The jeweler looked at it and said: THAT
| isn't an opal; that's a cats-eye"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25
The Apple Still Hangs.

From Chenille Corners comes a tale of
woe with an apple at the top of it, says
the Cleveland Recorder. Sunday morn
ing while walking about his farm, John
Schneider espied a tempting morsel at the
top of his appel tree and straightway
went about procuring it, to his own mis-
fortune and grief
It so did happen that John was attired
in his choicest raiment and while climb
ing the tree his neither garment was de-
stroyed. Undaunted, however, he reach
ed for the apple. Something broke and he
fell. Immediately beneath the tree the
festive honey bee made honey, and the
farmer involuntarily found himself forci-
bly, deposited upon a beehive. Thereupon
the bees sat themselves upon the unfor-
tunate for a period and, then vet I'M
revenged for the destruction of their
home, made war against the family
horse, grazing nearby. The horse rushed
to the housewife for protection and in
vaded her kitchen.
Mrs. Schneider was cooking the midday
meal. The stove was overturned, and, in
preventing a conflagration, she narrowly
escaped being burned Schneider hurried
to her rescue and was kicked in the pit
of the stomach by the once docile horse
which then set itself about demolshing
the contents of the whole house, but was
frustrated in his design by the narrow
ness OF the doors. MIS-. schneider then
turned upon the horse. She rushed at him
with a broom. Instead of hitting the
horse, the broom came in contact with
a clock, which was thrown from it's shelf
and practically demolished
The horse ran out Of his own accord.
and in the yard met the family COW. The
COW received a kick in the side. and. ter
rifed, ran at the pet dog and tossed him
into the air. She repeated the perform
ance until the dog was dead when she
started down the road scattering all who
were out for Sunday walk.
And over all the apple innocently hung.
and still hangs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25
THIS ISSUE
CONTAINS
TWENTY PAGES
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Notices-Some Good Things, B.
II Levy & Bro; Column of Good
Things, Mutual Grocery Company; Ship
Notice. Paterson, Downing & Co.; Opera
Glasses Hired at Theater. DR. NJ schwab
g. Son; Postal Telegraph Company;
Ocean Steamship Company's Sailing to
Boston; Full Dress Shirts Meyere &
Frank; Voice Culture, Harmony and
Music, Mrs. Gurganus; Periodical Tick
cts, John w. Ruwe, Manager Advertis-
ing Journal Company; Another Invoice of
Saxon Bicycles. X. d. & VIM. baltimore;
Suwannee Springs Water; Firms Big
Sale; State and County Taxes 1896, For
Sale w. G. Morrell, Savannah, Ca. New
Hats and Bonnets, Nine. Desboullons
Savannahs Leading Store.-Eckstein's.
A Series of Attractions-At Gutman's.
We Rest Our Case Here-Chas. Marks
Warmth for the Little Ones-B. H.
Levy & Bro
Financial-Gold Insurance, Price, McCor-
mick & Co., New York; Haight & Freese,
New York; The Z. S. Dean Co., New York.
Ladies Furnishers-Walsh & Meyer.
Genuine Extraordinary Attractions
Leopold Adler
We Can't Get EN- Fast Enough-Mutual
Gas Light Company
Can't Be Supposedly oilers.
Railroad Schedule-Central of Georgia
Railway.
No Time to Write an Adv. E.
Wimpy.
Shoes to Fit-Byek Bros
Capes Extraordinary-Dani Hogan.
Auction Sale.-Sale of British Bark
1nnerwiek, by J. McLaughlin.& Son; Great
Auction Sale Of Standard Bicycles, by ].
Mclaughlin & Son; Very Fine Oak Furni-
ture, Etc, by c. H. Dorsett
Cluster of Gems.-Ludden & Bates.
6. NJ. H.
Delivered on Time.-savannah Steam
Laundry.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Millinery Com
pany.
Beef-Liebig's Extract of Beef.
Exeursion-steamer Gov. Stafford for
Daufuskie This Afternoon.
Stop That Leak-Falk Clothing Com
pany.
Medical-Hood's sarsaparilla; World s
Dispensary Preparations; Johann Hoff' s
Genuine Malt Extract: Abbo.
Cheap Column Advertisements
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25

We haven't the exact receipts for
Brunswick, but we understand that a
very considerable amount of cotton is be-
ing shipped from there. Up to a week ago
Friday night there were 10000 bales more
shipped than for the same time last year.
But notice the receipts of Norfolk this
year as compared with those of last year
They are nearly four times as great.
Charleston's receipts are a third more than
last year. Wilmington's a third more,
while Savannah's are very nearly what
they were last year. There is something
wrong somewhere, and there should be no
delay in finding out where the trouble is.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25
The Letter That Never Came.
From the New York Tribune (Rep.).

Chairman Butler declares once more
that he has not received the letter Of ac-
ceptance which Tom Watson sent him. II.
as he seems to imply, the letter miscai
ried. It ought to turn up in the dead letter
office eventually; but it is safe TO bet that
II never will We should hate to bet, how
ever, that It won't turn up in Tom Wat
sons paper sooner or later.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25
stiII in Fighting shape.
From the Voice (Prohlb.).

Don't be fooled. The prohibition party
is not going to be stampeded, tho all the
caves of the winds are thrown open by
Jones and Hanna, and all the millions
that the silver mines and the banks have
to spare are appropriated to the purpose.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25
No More Estimates Needed.
From the New orleans States Dem.).

1t is well to say that no more fore
casts of how the doubtful states will cast
their electoral votes on Nov. are neces-
sary The election is so near at hand the
people are taking no interest in the fore
cast of political prophets, but on the con-
trary are determined to settle the matter
with their own ballots.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25
Norrison's Bolt.
From the Richmond Dispatch CDem).

FROM the fNlCnnlOhu A4SplteA NCSAAJ'
Col. William r. Morrison of Illinois, who
failed to get the nomination at Chicago.
has just bolted. The fact that John
Baker, his old political opponent. who re-
tired the colonel from public life, has
been nominated by the silver men in Nor
rison's old district, is supposed to be the
feather on the cameps back.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25

Mr.. Bryan has never played Francis
Levison," or any one of the dozen other
Characters that some theatrical people
remember seeing him in" But at pres
ent he is doing a little something in the
way Of THE Silver King" that is simply
out of sight
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25
CURRENT COMMENT.
Alas, Poor Tom

From the Birmingham (Ala) News Oem.)
After all Mr.. Watson's candidacy is not
the joke many people have supposed it to
be- He is in deep earnest and to hear him
recite his story is to excite sympathy,
rather than ridicule for him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25

Mr.. sewan is now in a position to retort
that Watson cannot carry his own execu-
tive committee.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25
A Hnrbor of refuge.

The Philadelphia Times is authority for
the statement that the plans for a harbor
of refuge in Delaware bay, to cost several
millions of dollars and to afford a safe
retreat for two thousand vessels, have
been prepared, and that bids will be ad-
vertised for within a week or two A
large sum is already available for the
work, and 1t is believed the prosecution
of it will be under way by the beginning
of the new year. 1t is the purpose of the
government to provide a harbor of refuge
easily accessible in case of storms and
gales, for the benefit of the shipping of
the Atlantic coast. 1t has been concluded
that Delaware Bay is the proper location
for the harbor, and immense breakwaters
are to be constructed. At the same time
the works will be a part of a scheme to
give Philadelphia a deeper harbor en-
trance and better ship channel
Shipping men have for a long time
recognized the need for a harbor Of re-
fuge on the coast and have time and
again taken steps to have such a harbor
constructed. At last it seems, their de-
mands are about to be granted. 1t would
probably have pleased the vessel owners
and shippers Of this section il the site
for the harbor had been selected a little
further south, closer to Hatteras. AT the
same time the Improvement of the Della
ware Breakwater into a hrst-class har-
Dor Of refuge will be appreciated by the
men who so down to the sea in ships.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25

Does Maj. Meldrim propose to be can
didate for the United States Senate to sue
coed Gen. Gordon? If so he will find strong
friends, rising up in all parts of the state
10 assist him, and there will be many OF
them
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25

Dr. Chauncey NJ. Depew, speaking to
the women in an audience listening to
political address from him the other day,
told them: 81 beg to assure you that I
am sim eligible" He had reference to
his reported engagement to be married
TO Miss Collins, his ward
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25

In Chicago it is thought by the opponents
OF Mr.. Bryan that Col. VIM. r. Morrlson's
letter attacking Gov. Aitgeld and prac-
ucally committing himself against free sill
yer coinage was the only thing needed to
chnch McKinley's victory in Illinois. 1t
seems to us that Col. Morrison sat on the
fence too long for anything he might say
10 nave weight in this campaign.
me republicans are great for finding out
no" the people are going to vote before
'ne election According to their account
'hey nave polled all the doubtful state
ana nave found out they are solid for Nc
kinney They claim to have just made a
mouse to house poll Of Chicago and assert
that Mckinley viii have 10000 plurality in
thar city. The democrats prefer to wait
ana see what the ballot boxes show.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25

The manager OF Philadelphia theater
has taken hold Of the big hat problem
in manner that will commend itself to
the women Of every section. He has pro-
vided a dressing room in charge OF a
maid and furnished with ample mirrors
for the convenience Of the ladies in TAX
ing Off or rearranging their hats.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25
CapsS Of the Latest Design,
Latest Style, Latest
Material,
AT PRICES POSITIVELY I'm.
ma CHABLE,
THE Opportunity to Get a Cape Ghsap

In doing this you secure the most fost
ionable top garment to be worn this win
ter and at price far below what Won
would expect to naY ~
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-20

A very interesting discussion has been
taking place In congress over the price OF
gas In the District OF Columbia. Congress
regulates the price. which is now s.n per
thousand II has started Eastern papers
10 Inquiry and II 10 found that there = .
wide diversity which 10 not always 70 b
accounted for By the price Of coal Popu-
istion. compactness OF buiid.ngs and COM
petition ali have . bearing on the cost A
eompsctiy buiii city with good sized pop
uiation and only one company should az
ford basis for the cheapes; supply. Com
petition which permits . multiplied pipe
service. and consequently unnecessary
capital. tends to increase and no; to de-
crease cost
In cities where electricity 10 much used
the cost OF gas IL not lowered by the COM
petition. because the quantity of pipes and
the cost OF maintenance are relatively
greater In proportion to the consumption
The cost TO the principal cities of the
United States and Europe per 1000 feet
Of ls-caudle power Is given as follows:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-20
NOTABLE PEOPLE.

Charles Dickens said o. Robinson Cru
soc" that IL was the most popular story
In the world. and yet one which never
drew q smile or tear"
II Is reported BY local surveyors that
the government survey located about so
acres Of good farming land" inside the
limits OF Klamath lake. Or.
Rev. Z. X Alden. d. D.. who died IN
Boston last week was OF the seventh
genera ton from John Alden. OF Mayfiower
memory. and was graduated At Harvard
IN lsf
Those who think the Barrum white e,e-
plant story OF a few years ago q fake
may ind a record n the New York GUS
tom house. where Hon P. 7. swors that
the animal was worth t1oon.
Fed Marshal Lord Wolse,sy. COM
nander-il-chief Of the British army. ex-
presses the opinion that The man who
believes that the time is coming when
there VIII De no more wars - q danger
Gus dreamer-especially dangerous IL he
happens to hold pubic position"
Henry Biselow. at one time ore Of the
most brilliant and bess-krown newspaper
men OF San Francisco. died there on Tues
day. OF cancer. at St Luke's hospital
Bise1ow had been In poor health for long
time. ard Of late did but little active
newspaper work. One OF his most notabls
achievements was the alleged securing Of
an interview with the bandits Evans and
Sontag. at the time they were hidden IN
the mountains and were holding the Of
acers OF the law at bay. Bigeiow was IS
years odd. and leaves q wife and two chill
dren-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-20

An effort Is helaE made BY the InternA-
;loAal Statistical Institute to Aave 4 syn
ehroaeas census c. The chief countries Of
the world. i Was agreed last year to a..
tempt to induce the several governments 10
arrange fer rs Adoption IN Isea. bat a.rs-
eult!es have been eNges.eecea ana Il /,
hardly likely 10 es accomplished 50 soon.
Several 0. the countries concerned AVE
already made expensive arraagssaeats
waicA would have to as adjusted. The
end % decade is suitable tine. ass a,
tse agreement eouli have been reached
1870 would have been a saass suitable start
ins peihs.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-20
Return Of the Patriots.
Spokane Chronicda

Yea It's Us. We're home aSasn-surA
Good timsf Wen. now. Il that wasn't
the 1oliiest crowd At Eyerett-'scuse me for
yawcinS-sf that wasn't the jo,iiest crowdi
AID hos2itable, Why. that's no name for
IL Just anything you wanted and
How aoou; that financial plankr''
As I was saying. II was the biggest COL
lection Of royal good fellows you ever saw.
Never had an idea John McGraw could
u1bend that way and be SO sociabie- And
Burielgh-I tel you, Sir. Andy's . princel
A prince. sir. that's what he Ii. And the
whole Spokane DEL
But what about that gold standard
resolution
Speaking o: enthusiasm. too-you never
saw such an enthusiastic convention in
your life. One time / remember Wiley
Long John Wiley. you know-John got up
and when they wasn't expecting it he just
mentioned Mckinley. And you ought TO
have seen 'esni Honest. I thought they'd
lift the whole root. shingles and all
Enthus-
What do you think Of the sound money
PLATFORM
Funny weather this, isn't It? Don't is
make you dry? 1t does me-been dry ever
since LEFT Everett What's yoursr Yes,
sir. IL that man Burleigh wants TO be SEN
ator or anything else. just let him say SO.
that's all. Eloquent. Regular tongue Of
Cicsro-and brainy-not just . rattlebox,
You know. but
The majority against silver was re-
markedly heavy. wasn't it?'
Got a match about you? Thanks. Yes.
Or. Washington got on the band wagon in
great style. Eight votes for Mckinley
first. last and forever-and II he's nom
mated there won't be anything too rich
for rs fellows that went to Everett Just
between you and me the place I'd Ike is
what are you going TO do about tree
coinage?"
Free coin-Great heavens. man. can't
you talk on any other subject. Who said
anything about free colnage7 Who gives
a whoop tor the money question. anyhow?
It's a dead Issue, sir-deader'n Pharaoh.
Tariffs what this country needs-not one
OF these little bob-tailed tariffs, either, bur
big. high wall that'n shut out those IN
fernal foreigners that are running this
country-just running 1t! And II We don't
whoop 'er up for McKinlsy-Heiio, there's
Joaesi Excuse me-got to see him. oh,
Jones. Jonesyl Hold on just a minute
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-20

The London system seems 10 be about
company. II formerly had SIX companies.
but they have been reduced by consolidA-
ton 20 three. There Is no attempt to regu-
late the price by law. but the charters Of
the companies are arranged SO that every
Involvement Is held out to them 10 make
cheap gas. The companies are permitted
to pay 10 per cent. dividends II gas is fur
uished az rate OF as cents. II gas costs
consumers q penny more than this their
dividend drops one-ausrtsr per cent: Il
two pence. Il drops ore-half per cent. and
so on: eu; II they furnish gas at a lower
figure they are permitted to pay one-auar-
ter per cent more dividend for every
penny. or : cents. they lower the price. so
that by furnishing gas al O. cents they
make about IL per cent. on their capital
All street lamps are furnished at 81 cents
In Paris the reason the rate is so high
e that the only gas company has a con-
,rse, by which the city gets half the
profits: and. az S-7S. the elty's share OF the
profts last year was s. ri. ooo The stree,
lamps are supplied az the rate of % cents
In Berlin the street lamps are supplied st
tzs 90 per lamp per annum. and IN Vienna
the charge for public lighting Is 1880 per
lamp per anuum. In New York IL Is only
so for stree, lamps,
The most notable city OF any size In the
United States Is Cleveland. which Is sup
n
lower than a, Pittsburg. ana Si-s per
cent lower than Chicago Gas Is supplied
10 tire municipality o, Cleveland at 50 cents.
eet In addition TO this advantage. the IA.
companies ray to the city for the use Of
the streets CT per cent OF their gross re-
eegp;s. which VIII amount this year to
Aaca, tso.eo The population OF Cleveland
lu 1890 was ~. * and I; Is one o. the NOS,
progressive cities In the United States.
The cost Of the Manufacture Of gas
varies very much. This IS not always due
70 the difference In the price % coal sra
labor. bat depends 70 a sreA; extent upon
management. The sto-k Of the cozsoa-
dated companies szd bonded debt n Bal
,smors amounts 10 si5.saocoe. It could
probably Re duplicated for sScaa.Sc which
would make the cost % manpfa turing "a.
about - eents per leo feet II San Fran
cisco the cost IS said 70 &c between a.n
ana s. % 20 manufacture. but in Chicago
il Is said not 20 be ever $ cents per l 200.
saeladsas interest o. plant: Aat IN Omaha.
where water sss Is used. the cost o. mann
sactlTe Is estimated a, % cents. In De-
trois, although the COS; 10 private COZ
sarers Is y.7k ousy us Is charged TO
shosa raylas eefoys she Iash OF each month.
The experiments recently made n the
msnnsaetere OF aes;ysens gas premise
great reductions n the cos; 0, man,
taetar~ and consequently in charges 20
the consumer. As matter % policy. the
hest plan seems 20 - 70 have oniy enc
system O. supssy, snG to impose as a co.,
ditiea 90 the franchise = maximum p-iee
with strict conditions So &c candle power
1, the Jsa5on plan cannot re adopted. the
casapsttisa between eieosricsyy ana SaS
may Be relied rpSs - . ErsAs extent 10