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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23

Admiral Dewey, the greatest naval hero
of the war, commands to-day the highest
price in the literary market. He has thus
far refused all bidders, says the New York
World. The editor of McClure's Magazine
cabled TO him recently an offer of $4,000
for one short article on the Philippines.
Admiral Dewey's response by cable was:
Thanks, but I am too busy"
Lieut.. Hobson, the Merrlmac hero, re
ceived offers of $500 each from two mag
azines for an article describing his exploit
at Santiago Lieut.. Hobson, though a mod
est hero and a sincere, Straightforward Of
ficer. put himself in the hands of a law
yer who managed TO obtain 5000 for the
article, which Lieut.. Hobson is soon to
write. The Century got it,
These prices put the naval hero above
the literary genius, although twice within
one year Rudyard Kipling has been offered
by newspaper $1,000 for 1000 words and
has declined it. The regular price paid for
the long stories of this extraordinary
young man is now $50 a thousand words
and for his short stories from $1,000 to S., 900
each.
Conan Doyle received only $3.50 for the
first of the series of Sherlock Holmes ad-
ventures. Several American publishers are
ready to pay him $1,000 an article for any
thing else as good. The prices of first
class authors are getting higher every year.
Kipling has been paid 30 cents a word for
a poem and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps s.
per line for poetry.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23
Personal.

-Chauncey F. Black. one of Pennsylva-
MAS most brilliant Democrats, who was
reported blind. has undergone an operation
In Philadelphia, which, it is believed, will
restore his sight.
Emperor William is having made for
his friend the 'sick man" faithful imi-
tation of the historic walking stick of
Frederick the Great 1t Is to be surmount-
ed with a knot of massive gold and to be
studded with diamonds.
Samuel Fielden who was sent to Joliet
for participating in the Haymarket riot in
Chicago, is living quietly on his farm near
La Veta, Cal, and only on rare occasions
makes public appearances. His hair is
now freely tinged with gray, but his eye
is still bright and his stocky figure Is as
straight and apparently active as Of old.
-Lottie Collins attempt at suicide re-
calls the fact that her famous song, TIA
ra-ra Boom-de-ay," and her acrobatic
method of singing 1t were discussed by La
bouchere in Truth. Sir Edwin Arnold
wrote a learned treatise about it for the
London Telegraph, and even the Bishop of
London referred to the ballad in his ser
mon at ST. PauPs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23
A surnrire for brown.

Brown has received a setback that he
will not recover from for some time" said
Dodsou, as he slipped his coffee, according
to the Detroit Free Press. Il honestly
believe that he has corrupted every decent
waiter In the city by his outlandish sys-
TEN of overlapping, making it almost i'm
possible for a modest Upper to get any
service at ALL
He had habit Of starting with the
head waiter and tipping them all down the
line. l don't know whether he ever tipped
the dishwashers or not, but l have my
suspicious that ne did.
1.-THE result has been that the walters
looked upon him as a sort of Indian nabob
or a returned king from the Klondike and
would pay no attention 10 any one else
when he was present.
You might complain and storm all you
liked, but il would have no effect. When
Brown entered, everything else was drop
ped until the imaginary specks of dirt We're
wiped from the immaculate tablecloth and
spotess china, and Brown seated in all his
solitary glory at his favorite place, which
was always reserved for him. But all that
is changed now. and he is looking around
for some anfi-tipping society to join"
Find a fly in his soup?" asked Smith.
Worse than that. All his life Brown has
been trying to get money enough ahead to
build him a home. and now he has dis
covered that the house he is renting is
owned by his former fayorite head wait
err
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23

There's been a wonderful advance in
dental surgery of late years." said man
with a slightly swollen jaw, according to
the New Orleans Times Democrat. 1.-The
old, brutal style of yanking our molars
by main strength and awkwardness has
gone out of date. / had a tooth pulled
this morning, and the whole thing was So
quiet and easy 1 could scarcely believe il
had been done. / took a Whit of gas
and opened my eyes to find the tooth gone
| didn't even see the forceps. It was i'm
strong contrast, by the way, with an ex-
perience of mine some years ago. when
painless dentistry was still in its expert
mental stages. l had a back tooth that
was giving me fits, and went to a man
who advertised painless extraction bv
means of what were called electrical for
ceps.' 1t was a complicated foreign de
vice, long since abandoned. that sent a
current along the instrument lust as it
took hold. The dentist was a candid-lool1-
ing chap, and I asked him to tell me hon
ostly whether it would hurt. Well he
said it's like this: Suppose fellow hir
you in the mouth with his fist and ar the
same time hit you on the nose with a
brick-you wouldn't feel the fist. would
your l told him to go ahead and drag
out the tooth in the good, old-fashioned
way. After that explanation l wanted
no electric forceps in NINE"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23

Did the climate out there benefit your
asthma?" asked a man on the boulevard
of his next door neighbor, who has just
returned from a new resort in the North
Say, it makes me short of breath to
think about it. I was sitting out in sort of
an arbor the first afternoon after reached
there. 1 was in the shadow of trailing
vine through which the sunbeams sifted
in mellow light. The air was balmy and
freighted with the odor of roses"
Must have been delightful"
Simply charming! Suddenly there was
a sort of gigantic zip athwart the heav-
ems, darkness enveloped the Garth like a
pail, and before l could cover three rods
TO che hotel on the dead run there were
SIX inches of snow on the ground. I never
put in a wheeler night than the one
that followed
".,lighty sudden, wasn't it?"
Eyes, but that's the way things go out
there. One morning l started 20 the near
est town, carrying a twig of cherry bios
SONS and wearing a white tennis suit Out
on the trail it turned cold quicker than
you could wink you eye, and would have
frozen if a native hadn't wrapped me up
in horse blanket, big wire nail serv-
ing as a shawl pin.
Got through all right, did you?''
yes, providentially. A cyclone struck
me, turned the blanket inside out and
blew me for a mile. don't know what
did it, but I'm free from asthma
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23
BRIGHT BITS.

A Model Lover-Ethel-"Are you sure
that all his thoughts are of your Edith
-"Oh, yes! Why he has just lost his po-
sition on account of inattention to busi-
nessp'-Puck.
-She-Tell me, George, do you love me?
He-Of course 1 do. Didn't I tell you so
five months ago?" Shelves. George; but
then men are so changeable, you know
Boston Transcript.
Quite Realistic" wood scene
in the third act of your OPP
era seems so natural that 1
Imagined | could actually hear the
bears growing" said the Western man 10
the theatrical manager. Guess that was
the chorus girls you heard" replied the
manager. Some of them haven't been
paid for six weeks. Chicago Record.
. -"I dunnos l exactly agree wifi dat
speakuh," remarked Mr.. Erastus Pink
ley. as he was walking home from the lee
ture with Miss Miami Brown. "At what
point does yoh comprehensiveness get
stalled?" We'll eff he says he favors de
policy of expansion, l dunno's / un'stan's
i'm. But eff he favors de expansion o pol
icy, Is right wifi 'im."-Washington Star
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Notices-Ship Notice. Richard
son G. Barnard Consignees; Thanksgiving
Notice of Closing Offices and Warehouses
of Ocean Steamship and Central of Geor-
gia Railway Companies; Free oyster
Roast at Tybee Thanksgiving Day; State
and County Taxes, 1898; Closing out Wall
Paper Andrew Hanley Company; Van
Horne's Supply Depot. G. S. Van Horne;
Notice L. p. Masters, Clerk City Market
Fine Thanksgiving Turkeys, M. S. Gard
ner; Cream of Turkeys. Jas. ]. Joyce;
The New Cafe, J. II. Helmken; New Geor-
gia Syrup, Shearhouse & Stafford; Notice
TO Men of the Second Georgia; Remember
We Are Headquarters for Fancy Delicaeies
for Thanksgiving Day. c. A. Drayton
Grocery Company.
Business Notices-Shakespeare Cigars.
Gas Heaters-Mututal Gas Light Com
pany.
Amusements-Wilbur Opera Company at
Matinee and Night
Notes.-The Marshall House, Boyce &
Catharine
Cold Wave Comng-M S. Brown.
Legal Notices-Southern Bank of the
State of Georgia.
Postum Coffee-Postum Cereal Company.
Bcef-Liebig's Extract of Beef
Mineral Water-Hunyadi Janos.
Medical-S. S. s.; Hoods Pills; Johann
Hoffs Genuine Malt Extract; Panes
Celery Compound; Alligator Liniment;
Mothers Friend; Ayers Cherry Pectoral;
r. r. r.; DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy; Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Pills;
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
wanted; Employment Wanted For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23
AGrINALno ANn HIs AGENr.

Agoncnlo, the agent of Aguinaldo. the
leader of the Filipinos pretends TO be very
much offended at the remark of Gen. Wes-
icy Merritt, that the Fnipinos are Child
rem" He intimates that the Americans
viii find out whether or not the Filipinos
are children if entire independence is not
granted TO them
The truth is that both Aguinaldo and his
agent Agoncillo are talking too much. If
they had the power to support their pre-
tensions there would be some respect for
what they say. AS a matter of fact, how
ever, our government knows just how
much Importance to attach to what Agun-
aldo says. From appearances, it is not
paying any attention to him. From this
it is to be inferred that if we get the
Philippines there will not be much diff
Guilty in getting rid of him.
The other day Aguinaldo wired his agent
Agoncillo, at Paris, as follows: Insist
upon absolute independence; otherwise
fight to the death" Agoncillo has been
insisting, but as far as known our com
missioners at Paris have not paid any
attention to him at all. Being ignored
| naturally exasperates him He has also
been doing some rash talking in London.
Among other things he is reported in
our dispatches to have said in an inter
view in London that he was afraid that
the Filipinos would never again submit
TO a colonial government"
1t is probable that Aguinaldo will do
what he can to prevent the islands from
accepting the sort of government the
United States will prepare for, and offer
to. them, because he has an idea that he
can make himself master of them, but
IL what we hear from the Philippines is
] anywhere near correct he would stand
very little chance of being at the head Of
an Independent government if the Islands
should be permitted to have a government
of that kind. He has a comparatively
small following among the influential Fill
pinos, because he is not trusted by them
The understanding is that he sold out the
| insurgents on the occasion of the insur-
recuon Immediately preceding the present
one.
Aguinaldo and Agoncillo are very small
| factors IN the Fhlllpphe question as II
is now presenting itself, and it is quite
safe to say that they will not cut much
of figure in the affairs of the islands if
! the archipelago passes into the possession
| Of the United States-and that il will pass
into their possession. in the very near
future, there is not now much reason to
doubt. II would be wiser therefore FOR
Aguinaldo 20 do a great deal less talking.
! The interests of the FIlipinos viii be much
better caned for than they would be by an
independent government with Aguinaldo
or any other Filipino at its head.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23
SO GA. ooo FoR ME PHILIPPINEs.

] N&NstUVONO TUX II T. >
1t seems to be pretty well understood
now that our offer to Spain for The Philip
pines is S2O000OOo And 1t seems, also
that il the islands come into our posses
sion we wiz adopt the "open door" policy
! in respect to them. II would be deeply
interesting to know Of what benefit, under
! these circumstances, the Philippines would
/ be to us That is a question which the
people viii want answered long before the
/ Senate Is ready to pass upon the question
of ratifyiug a treaty of peace with Spain.
And it seems we are TO pay S2O.OOOOOO for
! something that cannot be Of any possible
benefit to us.
Some days ago Mr.. Gage. the Secretary
of the Treasury, was quoted in the public
prints as saying that the expansion OF our
trade in the Far East required that we
should have the islands, but he did not
explain how the possession of them would
open The way for the expansion of our
trade in that part of the world. In a very
able letter a few days ago Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie took the ground that the pos
session of the Philippines could not but
be a hindrance 10 this country whether
we retained the trade Of them for our
selves by means Of our tariff laws, or
adopted the "open door" policy. He said
that if we kept the trade for ourselves we
should have war with Germany, Russia,
France and Japan, England remaining
neutral II we adopted the open door
policy the labor.ug masses of this country
would make war on The administration.
England now has 70 per cent of the
trade of the Philippines, and under the
open door" policy she VIII keep it. And
all the other countries viii keep what Phil
ippine trade they have. We shall
have no advantage whatever. We shall
stand on the same footing that we stand
now, What benefit, therefore, is there in
having the islands?
MIR. carnegie says that our foreign trade
is now expanding faster than we can pro-
vide for its expansion. 1t was greater last
year than that of Great Britain. At the
present rate of its expansion if will not be
long, says Mr.. Carnegie, before the indus
trial world win be at our feet. He tells
SN0hN'"iS Ni"9N 'i''' "h''' ''iS e"N''iNA
wants is not islands to assist in expanding
our trade in the Far East, but ships TO
carry our already enormous and fast ex-
panding trade And he is right We are
a compact country. AS yet we have no
great outlying possessions to defend.
Hence, the people are not taxed for the
maintenance of a great army and navy.
Neither do we fear expensive wars. our
people can give their time 10 the develop
ment of their industries. Our Industrial
progress borders on the marvellous. Would
Il not be wise to let well enough alone?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23

The movement of gold to this country
this year has been so remarkable as to at
tract general attention and comment
More gold has come into the country than
in any other year in its history. The
inflow of gold was thought to be large
in 1896 when it reached nearly so, ,OO0
This year, however, it will reach $150000,-
O0O. And the fact must not be overlooked
that none of this gold has been imported
for special purposes, as was the case in
1896. 1t all came here either from the
gold fields of Colorado and Alaska or in
payment for agricultural products and
manufactured goods sent to foreign mar
kets. And it is stated that fully $4,000
coo is stilL owing to. this country by Eu-
rope on this years expectations
Mr.. Leach ex-director of the mint, ex-
presses the opinion that it will be found
when the figures for the output OF gold
this year are made up that more gold
was produced in 1898 than in any previous
year. He also makes the prediction that
the output of the gold mines next wear
viii considerably exceed that of this year
MS PNe"'iOh PteseutS ltselI w nat et-
feet will this great output of gold have
on the price of silver? It is certain to
have one effect and that is to bring the
market price of gold and silver bullion
nearer together. In other words the sill
yer question will solve itself if left alon.
And there does not seem to be much pros
pect of disturbing it greatly in this coun-
try within the next six years. The Re-
publicans are certain TO have control OF
the Senate for that length of time. and il
may be longer. and while they have a ma
]ority in that body there win be no legis-
iation in favor of making the coinage Of
silver free and unlimited.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23
A Much Mourncd Mother.

When Shafter was senior colonel of the
army he was temporarily in charge of
some Western post, and numbered in, his
command an exceedingly bright. canahle
fellow, whose cleverness was, continually
getting him none-commission stripes and
whose escapades We're just as frequently
getting him reduced to the ranks. saws the
New Orleans Times-Democrat One dav
this soldier turned up at Skaters quar-
ters with a long face and applied for leave
to attend the funeral of his mother. who
had died the previous night, he said in
the town. The request was granted. but
later on. In looking over the same records
the colonel discovered that the same man
had been granted leave the month before
on the Identical pretext. Shafter said
nothing. but a couple of days afterward
encountered the bereaved warrior on the
parade ground. Look here, my man.
said Pecos Bill solemnly, Il want TO ask
you question. Were you good to that
mother of yours while she was aiive?'
"Well, s,r-yes, sir-that is, hope So
stammered the culprit not knowing what
was coming.
Il hope so, too" replied the colonel.
i've heard of mothers dying for their
sons, but never of one dying twice In
thirty days for one You may go in mourn
ing for a month-at the guard house"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23

Gen Longstreet recommends in his an
nual report that the government construct
road from Kansas City TO San Diego, by
air line route. If there We're real need for
ench line. there would be forthcoming
ample private capital TO build it; there
would be no need for government con
structon il there were good reason to
think such an enterprise would pay inter-
est on the investment. There is an abund-
ance of money in the country looking for
profitable investment. The government.
however, has no money with which to
build railroads in places where private
capital Will not venture
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23

In the first session of the present Con
gress Representative Mahaney of the Buf-
falo IN. " district voted against the
Lodge bill TO restrict immigration. II Is
now claimed that his vote against the bill
was responsible for his defeat in the re-
cent election; and queerly enough it is
said that he was defeated by several thou
sand Polanders and other newly made
citizens voting against him 1t would
seem that these people would favor unre-
stricted immigration, but they become in
tense in their demand for America for
Americans" as soon as they become nat
uralized. They do not want competition
in their field of labor
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23

A French genius has solved the problem
of the theater hat. He builds the head
gear in two sections of one story each.
The second story which is the highly or
namental portion Of the fabric is detach-
able. It may be moved without trouble
when the wearer enters the theater. and
replaced expeditiously after the play is
over The ground floor consists of be
coming little bonnet. Il is to be hoped
that the detachable hat will have consid-
cradle vogue.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23
savannah's Enterprise.
From the Charleston Post Dem).

Savannah is about to load a cargo for
Cuba and Porto Rico The Munson Line
has sent vessel to the Georgia port to
take on merchandise for Havana, Santi-
ago, Ponce and other ports in the new ter
ritory that has come under the American
flag. The undertaking is important and
means much for the commerce of Savan-
nah. The merchants of the Georgia port
are 60 be congratulated on their energy.
They deserve reward and doubtless they
VIII receive II.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23

Senator Minis says there are two horns to
the expansion dilemma. and he does not
propose to take either of them. We have
got TO take eight millions of Mongolans.
Malays and what not and give them "A
voice in our government, or else We have
got TO govern them as conquered peoples
and vassals and abrogate our time-honored
principle that the just powers of govern
ment are derived from the consent of the
governed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23

There is a new BOY Orator" His name
Is Beveridge and he fourishes in the state
of Indiana. He has announced his can
didacy for the United States senatorship
He IS thirty-six years old, but looks much
younger. His eloquence is said to be of
the cyclonic kind He is lawyer. His
admirers predict that he will make the
older politicians hustle, even if he does not
beat them at the game.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23

The pastor of a Baptist Church at Wood
bury, n. j., is having little unpleasant
ness with his congregation because of a
difference of opinion He wishes TO extend
to a negro Baptist congregation the priv
ilege of using the baptismal pool of his
church, but the members of his congrega-
ton interpose strenuous objections. They
say they do not feel disposed to wash out
the color line in the pool.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23

o. Two convicts in the penitentiary at
that place. serving ffteen-year sentences,
not long ago murdered a keeper. The evil
dence respecting the murder is conclu-
sive. 1t is said that it will be necessary
for the Governor TO pardon them of the
crimes for which they are now in prison
in order that they may be tried for murder
and hanged
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23

The New York horse show is said to
have made money. Notwithstanding it was
not the social function this year that it
has been in past years Possibly IL win in
years 20 come degenerate into a merely
plebeian entertainment; and so right on
making money.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23

The defeat of the Populist party in Kan
sas was more thorough than early re-
ports showed. Complete returns show that
abe legislature will stand three anti-Pop-
nlists to one Populist. The soldier vote,
still to be heard from, viii not change
these figures, it is said. 1t is especially
fitting that Populism should be buried
where il was born.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23

Philadelphia about turning over the late
John W. Keeley's 125 motors and other in
ventions to Nikola Tesla, in order that he
may continue the experiments carried on
for twenty-odd years by the deceased Phil
adelphlan, and possibly bring the famous
motor up to the point of running. The
mantle of Kelley could fall upon no more
worthy successor.