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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
The waring Plan adopted.

The city council acted quickly yester-
day in the house drainage matter Col.
George f. Warnings plan was adopted
without discussion. practically. 1t is just
as well probably that it acted promptly.
long debate would not have been pro-
ductve of different result The commit
tee which had charge Of the matter had
made a thorough investigation of Col.
Warnings plan and proposition, and was
satisfied that it could not get a better
plan nor a more satisfactory proposition.
The members Of the council were In touch
with the committee during the commit
tees conferences with Col Waring, and,
therefore, were about as well informed
as the committee. That accounts for the
promptness with which the council acted.
The Waring system of house drainage
is in operation in several cities, and, as
Jar as we are informed, gives satisfaction.
1t is understood that in Memphis it is
entirely successful. Much depends, of
course, upon the kind of material used
and the character Of the work in putting
down the pipes. If we have the best ma
terial and the drain pipes are properly
put down we shall have a satisfactory
system, in all probability, that will cost
very little to keep it in repair, but if
we permit the use of poor material and
consent to inferior workmanship, we shah
wish we had never undertaken to provide
the city with house drainage. The best
is the cheapest. Let us be sure, there
fore, that we get the hest.
1t is too soon to say with certainty
what the whole cost of the Improvement
win be, but it will not be far probably,
from 100000, if a far away outlet is de-
cided upon In the event of a nearby out
let being adopted, the cost may be some
what less. The house owners WILL of
course, have to bear the expense of maxi
ing connections with the new system.
A house drainage system is needed, and
it is a source of satisfaction that there
is such a good prospect that we shall
have it in the near future.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
His Laugh was His Fortune.

Ever hear of a man who made a for
tune out of his laugh?" said a guest of
the St. Charles as he looked over the reg
lister, according TO the New Orleans
Times-Democrat. Il have heard of girls
whose faces were their fortunes, but 1
knew a man whose laugh was positively
his fortune. That name-Sam B. Adams
on the register there reminds me of a
man who made fortune out of his laugh.
His name was John D. Adams, and he
was the father of Sam, the gentleman
registered there. John d. Adams was
typical steamboatman of Arkansas, and in
addition to his steamboating was a plan
ter Of extensive interests, and was con-
nected with other business enterprises. He
was the first man to run a steamboat up
the Arkansas river, and his name in that
state to-day is a synonym for geniality,
courage and business success. He was
very successful, and his friends used to
attribute lis success to his wondrous
laugh. 1t was not bOisterous, yet loud,
and was so musical and jolly that one
could imagine old Kris Kringle was per-
sonifed in him. Other river men would
say that his laugh got him all the gov
eminent contracts. He would go &c
Washington, get acquainted with the man
VINO had charge of the contracts, and he,
like all of Adams new acquaintance,
would soon come under the infection of
iA- AAASiotA1tAC Ia u6 IL anu lOl III d SCAulllt
admiration for the grizzled old steam
boatman. He was known at the hotel by
everybody, and was pointed out for years
by negro porter, to whom he once gave
a 50 gold piece as a tip in a fit of jollif-
cation over the closing of a big contract
in his favor.
Amazing tales were told of his cour-
age and his steamboat experiences. on
one OCCASION when an accident happen
ed 10 his boat and the passengers became
panic stricken, he Gained them as if by
magic by calling them children, and
laughing at their fear-his famous laugh
impelling confidence and mirth by its very
melody and jollity. He even used his
laugh when very much angered but it was
of a different character, and death lurked
behind it. In a steamboat quarrel with
three desperadoes once he denounced them
with laughing accompaniment a cyni-
cal, chilling, dangerous kind of laugh his
eyes glittering like a snakes, and his fore
finger on his revolver, ready to dash out
the life of the first one who made a move.
One of the desperadoes said afterward, in
speaking of the occurrence, that he never
felt so queerly before in his life. He said
he felt as though the very marrow in his
bones was being frozen"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
The Hnwniian Treatx.

There isn't much doubt that the treaty
annexing Hawaii to this country will be
ratified soon after congress meets. 1t is
pending in the Senate, having been IA
Vorably reported to that body by the COM
mittee on foreign relations. Being an adj
minstration measure, it will have the
support of pretty nearly all the republican
senator's The number of democratic SEN
ators who are understood to favor it is
quite large. II requires two-thirds vote
to ratify a treaty. The friends of the Ha-
waiian treaty seem confident that they
will have the necessary strength to ac-
complsh their purpose.
The ratification of the treaty by the
Senate of Hawaii was announced in our
dispatches some days ago. There was
never any doubt that the Hawaiian SEN
ators would approve it. They did not give
it more than two hours consideration.
They did not care particularly what it
contained. They don't represent the peo-
pie of Hawaii. They represent only a
thousand or two carpet-baggers who grab
bed Hawaii with the assistance of this
country. If the natives possessed cour-
a
them out of the country. No doubt many
of them have got possession of rich
lands at mere nominal prices. and want
annexation with this country in order to
feel secure in their possessions.
If annexation is accomplished Hawaii
will, in all probability, become a source
of trouble to us. The population is far
from being a desirable one. Mixed with
the natives are many japanese and Chi
nese. No doubt the Americans and Eu-
ropeans are as rule mere Adventures
President Cleveland understood the sit
uation in Hawaii fully. He did not ap-
prove the method by which the natives
were deprived of their government. 1t
may be true that it has always been the
policy Of the United States that their in
fuence should be in the ascendancy in
Hawaii, but they could exercise control
there without annexing the islands, They
would gain nothing by having Hawaii as
a part of their territory. They now have
all the benefits they could get by annexing
the islands. BY annexing them they
would gain practically nothing, and would
assume a burden that would become trou-
/ blesome
The republicans appear to think they
would get a little glory for their party by
means of annexation. The glory. if any.
would be only temporary. The evils
which would flow from annexation would
Eventually do the republican party harm.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
THIS ISSUE
CONTAINS
TWENTY PAGES
lNDEX To NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meeting-Broads Aid Social Club.

Meeting-Broads Aid Social Club
Special Notices-Closing Of b. H. Levy &
Bros Store on Monday Notice of the
Cotton Presses; Savannah Steam Laun-
dry; Safe and Fixtures for Sale, w. X.
wilkinson; The Attention of Homeseekers
w. K. wilkinson; School Books and
School Supplies, at Gardner's Old Store;
School Books, Etc, Connor's Book Store;
There Are Others, Conida; Always Ex-
quisite and White, e. & w. Laundry; The
Tivoli Beer, Georgia Brewing Association;
Try the Optician at Livingston's Phar-
macy; Ladies' and Children's Hats, Mrs.
M. A. Golden; Two Great Specialties, r.
D. & VIM. baltimore; Removal of Savan-
nah Cooperative Association; oysters at
Beckmann's Cafe; Our Stock Is Constant
" Changing Hands, The Southern Gro
Gerry Company.
Business Notices-Liquors, Belsinger &
Co.
The Neckwear sales-Falk Clothing
Company.
School Books and School supplies-M. A.
Stokes.
Auction Sales-Old Hoss Sale Central
of Georgia Railway and Ocean Steamship
Company; Household Furniture, by J. Nc
Laughlin & Son.
$40 Is All We Ask for a Gas Range
Mutual Gas Light Company.
Repairs Are What We Are Here For
II. A. Bryson, Agent Columbia Wheels.
Chairs, Chairs, Chairs-W. E. Wimpy.
Men Make Laws and Women Make
Stores-Walsh & Meyer.
Boys Fixings-The Metropolitan Cloth
ing Company.
Shoe Sense for Sensible Shoe People
Charles Marks.
We Are Guilty-Ludden & Bates.
This Week-Daniel Hogan.
Our Big Three-Savannah Carriage and
Wagon Company.
On Tuesday We Display Our Advance
Collection of Noveities-At Gutman's.
The New Fall Goods-At Eckstein's.
Our Store Is Shot to the Core With
Bargains-M. Dryfus.
Warning-B. II. Levy & Bro.
Store Closed Tomorrow on Account of
Holiday-Leopold Adler.
Will Close on Monday Sept. 27-Savannah
Shoe Factory.
Beef-Liebg's Extract of Beef.
Medical-Hobb's Sparagus Liver Pills;
Wine of Cardui; Lydia Pinkhani Com
pound; Hoods Sarsaparilla; S. S. S.; Erie
Medical Company; Worlds Dispensary
Preparations; Munyon Cures Headache
Lee Medicant Company.
Cheap Column Advertlsements-Help
Wanted. EmDlovment Wanted. For Rent.
For SAFE; Lost; Personals; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
Better Be No Bettor.

Speaking of bets" said a man from
the coast" 81 saw a Frisco man done
up the other day by a New Yorker and
another Frisco man. All three were good
friends and high rollers together saws
the Chicago Times-Herald. The Frisco
man, who had the matter in charge, and
whom we will call Jones, met Thomson
the other Frisco man, on the street, and
IN the course of conversation, casually re-
marked that he had seen the New Yorker
in San Francisco.
Guess not said Jones'
Sure said the other. He is at the
Palace hotel and is registered there
But l know better. said Jones.
III bet our joint expenses while he
is here said Thomson, which, considering
the times they have together, meant a
good pile of gold.
All right said the other, quite conf
dent. For he had in his pocket a letter
he had got from the New Yorker that very
morning, dated five days before, in which
the writer not only said nothing about
coming to Frisco, but detailed his plans
for the next few weeks in the vicinity Of
New York. Even if he had changed his
mind, he could not possibly have arrived
even an hour before this letter did, to say
nothing of two or three days before.
The two Frisco men went to the Palace
hotel and there, on the register, was the
well-known signature of the New Yorker.
Jones, of course, caught on that Thomson
had put up a job on him by forging the
New Workers. signature, and so he showed
Thomson his letter from the New Yorker
Thomson appealed to the hotel clerk who
said it was all on the square and that
the New York man had been there three
days. Thomson thereupon concluded that
the clerk was in the conspiracy to do him
up when the New York man walked in
from the street into the hotel lobby He
proved to Thomson's satisfaction that he
came three days before.
Thomson knew he was a victim of
some understanding between them but, of
course, paid up like a dead game sport.
The only satisfaction he got was finding
out how the trick was done. The New
York man had left New York several
days before the letter was mailed, which
he wrote before he departed, and had it
mailed subsequently to Thomson. OF
course, Jones was in the secret, and way
laying, Thomson. held him up for a week S
sport in San Francisco"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
BRIGHT BITS.

Guess From Experlence-She-"Wh
was it that said that a womans best
friend was her dressmaker?" He-"Prob-
ably the dressmaker. Tit Bits.
Might Have Been Worse-"It was bru-
tai in Nero to fiddle w@le Rome was
burning" 81 don't know about that; sup
pose he had played an accordion. ''-Chica-
go Record.
AT the Track-"That horse has a first
class pedigree" observed his friend.
yes" said the man who was not getting
a run for his money; but he's going TO
be the last of his race. Puck.
Have you caught that murderer yet?'
mo" replied the detective; I'VE haven't
caught him. But we've got him so scared
he doesn't dare show himself when we re
around ."-Washington Star.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26

Anent the Tennessee, South Carolina
and Georgia boundary discussion, which
has lately been going on, it would ap-
pear from letter from Mr.. W. G. Chafee
of Greenwood. S. c., to the Atlanta jour
nal. that the Georgia commissioners were
not alone in their cups at the Beaufort
convention, which fixed the boundary line
between the states Of South Carolina and
Georgia. Mr.. Chafee quotes certain sec
tons of the treaty, and points out that
the third section Of 1t cedes the whole
state of South Carolina, except possibly
an Insignificant strip of land, to the state
of Georgia. The South Carolinians. he
insists, were too hospitable TO remain So
Der while the Georgians were drunk, so
they all took their cups, and evolved one
of the most remarkable documents which
ever slipped through a legislature. No
body seems to have discovered that the
treaty coded the state of South Carolina
to the state of Georgia, and the docu-
ment was formally ratified. errors and all.
Having presented his papers and made
out his case, Mr.. Chafee leaves it to the
world to decide which got the better of it
at Beaufort, and whether or not a South
Carolina Pickens was not capable of get
ting just as drunk as any Habersham who
ever firted or fought duels on the soil of
Georgia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
Again.
From the Boston Courier.

From the Boston Courier.
The melancholy days have come, the sad
dest of the year,
When cen a weather prophet can't pre-
dict the atmosphere.
When men at morn do in the deepest
doubt their thinkers thrust
And wonder just what brand OF under
wear they should adjust
All, yes! they're melancholy days indeed,
for, as the truckman brings
The trunks of wife and daughter from a
season at the springs
Our consciousness awakens with a throb
of woe immense,
That we've got to hustle harder yet to
compass the expense.
They're melancholy days in truth, for.
summer garments worn,
We don't know how the change will come
our figures to adorn
And as we dof our suit of crash, with ap-
prehensiOn grum,
Imagination pictures US a greater crash
TO come,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26


An uncouth old rancher from the San
Joaquin valley was making his weekly trip
to Stockton the other day, and Glanced to
be sitting with an impertnent drummer
in the smoking car says the San Francisco
Post The old man helped himself to the
matches from the railroad box and tried
to strike one and then another.
You have to scratch them on the box,
uncle" remarked the drummer.
ooh, [ guess L kin strike a match" re-
piled the raucher, as he ripped one across
a vanished panel of the car and broke
off the head. The drummer laughed at his
failure, and gave him some more informa-
ton.
''The only way to light those matches Is
to strike them on the box said he
ooh, guess kin scratch 'em most any
where's" and the Old man tried one on the
sole of his shoe, another on the arm of the
seat, and still another on the car floor
while the drummer only laughed
Il tell you they are made so that they
won't light unless you scratch them on the
box"
Bet you they will"
IN bet 81 they won't"
Bet you $40 they will"
TN take it,"
The wager was made, the old man took
one of the matches, stood up, and hitch
ing his trousers up so as to make a smooth
surface over his broad thigh, gave the
match a deliberate scratch and it blazed
up. Then he deliberately lighted his pipe
and drew down the stakes.
The smart drummer does not know that
the innocent old rancher pays his expens-
es every trip on that trick, for he has the
side of a match box sewed in his trousers
beneath the tail of his long, shiny coat.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26

The Paris correspondent of a Chicago
newspaper says loom jack Gowdy OF
Indiana, whom President Mckinley APP
pointed consul general at Paris, is now
strictly in the swim at the gay French
capital. He has had his hair trimmed.
his whiskers cut off, and is wearing tall
and shiny silk hat, patent leather shoes
and colored kid gloves. He has not yet
learned to manipulate a knife and fork
and finger-bowl as the Parisians do.
though the report is that he is proving an
apt scholar When M. Jean Could re-
turns TO Hoos!erderdom upon his first va
cation his old friends and neighbors will
hardly be able TO admire him enough.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
Under the DingIey Law.
From the Pittsburg Post Dem.).

The treasury deficiency under the first
year of the Dingley law will be greater
in amount than has occurred in this coun-
try since the close of the civil war. All
of Dingley's twistings, evasions and apol-
ogies cannot get around this fact. Just as
soon as the money accumulated by Gro
yer Cleveland's bond issues is exhausted
the treasury will be empty. there will
have to be other bond issues or the tariff
tinkered with again to make it revenue
producing measure. Protection as q rev.
enue continuance is an obsolete idea.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
The south and Higher Education.
From the Athens (Ga) Banner Dem.).

The Savannah News is correct when it
denies that there is any decided or or
ganized opposition to higher education in
the south What may have been mistak-
en- for opposition has been brought about.
as the News states, by that degree of
poverty which has remanded southern
people to a more earnest interest in pub
lie school education than in college or
university training. This has been with
them necessity, and should not unjustly
be considered as hostility to that higher
education which they would gladly avail
themselves of were 1t within their tinan-
cial ability to do so. Another reason
might be assigned as to why the cause
of education, at least higher education, has
not made more rapid advancement in
the south, and especially in Georgia. II
is that the demagogues throughout the
land knowing as they do that this is a
matter of vital Importance to the people
under our changed conditions in the
south, have seized upon this question as
a popular tide upon which to ride into
office, appealing to such prejudices and
antagonists as they think will best sub
serve their selfish and unpatriotic pur-
poses. This has been. and still is, a great
evil in our midst and clearly justifies the
assertion that if there exists in our midst
that which may be mistaken for hostility
to education in any form or degree il
comes of demagogy and not from any
honest or well-founded sentiment amongst
our peopl
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26

The Park extension is one broad ex-
panse of sandspurs making is impossible
for the children to play there. The sand
spurs are also a prolific source of pune
lures to bicycle tires. 1t is to be hoped
that the experts Of the park and tree
commission viii devise some plan for get
ting rid of the nuisance by the time the
grass begins to grow upon the extension
again. 1t is too late to get rid of the
spurs this season.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Bank of England's "FeeIer.'
From Louisville Courier-Journal Dem.).
1t was intimated that the Bank of Eng
land put out its announcement regarding
a conditional silver policy as Il ''feeler."
If that was the case the result seems to
have been not dissimilar to the man who
reached out in the dark and felt a hot
stove.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26

There was a drop in sugar stocks the
other day, and losses amounting to some
thing like $1,65O,O0O are said to have re-
suited from it, The cause of the drop,
according to the New York World, was
white cat. The cat was on a window
ledge eighteen stories from the sidewalk.
She tried 10 catch a pigeon, missed her
footing and fell among a crowd Of curb
stone brokers. straightway the brokers
concluded that the falling of the cat was
a bad sign, and they sold sugar heavily.
with the result Of depressing the market.
incidentally it is recorded that the cat
caught on her feet. but the fall of 225
feet was too much for her, and her back
was broken.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26

We have heard of several kinds of vel
low fever. but never until now have we
heard of the kind which cropped out at
Cairo, III. The doctors there cali it mon
tion OF the fever is made by the experts
OF the governor Of Illinois. They have
evidently discovered a new kind of yellow
fever. and are therefore entitled to a high
place in the medical profession-provided
their discovery is regarded as valuable
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26

DR.. Chauncey NJ. Depew is said to be
looking for a 200-acre stock farm. He has
his eye upon a tract of land near Boston.
If the genial doctor wishes to be the
owner of a stock farm which will make
his eyes glad and his bosom swell with
and buy one
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
Our congressman In Hawaii.
From the Chicago Chronicle Dem.).

AS was to have been expected the Dole
conspirators have done all in their power
to keep the visiting statesmen from find
ing out the real state of public opinion.
Every preparation is being made" says
the correspondent, ito receive them and
entertain them as their station deserves
This means, of course that the conspira-
tors mean to monopolize the visitors and
keep them from seeing or hearing any
thing hostile to the annexation scheme.