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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04
The Light That Failed.

Every one has seen the big, dark, beetle
browed man who gets into the elevator
first, stands in the door and makes people
squeeze past him, rides to the top floor
and gets out, says the Chicago Post. Well,
he got in the way of a slender, pale-loo1
ing but erect young fellow the other day
a young man who had some indications
of having suffered from consumption. The
young man was nearest the elevator as
the door opened, and started to step in;
but no-the beetle-brOwed man was there,
and he damned ahead and got in first.
Then he turned around and filled up three
fourths of the doorway. and looked over
the heads of the rest of the people who
wanted to go up. The young fellow step
ped back, took the measure of the big
bully and said:
DO you think you are the only one
who wants to ride in this elevator?-
The big man glared at him sluggishly,
but said nothing.
What you need" resumed the straight,
slender, consumptive-looking man, lis a
good. swift jolt in the jaw. You need il
as much as any one / know of-and you
are a little past due"
The rest of the people were delighted.
They had suffered so often from the boor
that they were secretly and silently en-
couraging the heroic champion. They
could see, in fancy, that slender arm with
muscles OF steel leap from the side, the
knuckles, as hard as iron, land with
practiced directness on the ugly face or
the big man. How noble it would be with
the little giant standing triumphant over
the PROSTATE and bleeding body of the
bully who had troubled every one! The
elevator man started to slam the door
The passengers thrilled, for the crucial
moment had come. There was move
ment on the part of the big man. HIS
challenger started quickly, nervously, as
if picking out the place where he would
land his avenging blow.
And then the big man reached out.
caught the slender fellow by the shoulder.
brought him into the car and hung him
up by the belt on a tuliplike projection
in the iron grillwork on the cage. But
he did not say a word
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04
THE TELEPHONE GIRL.

The lot of the telephone girl, like that
of the proverbial policeman. is often not
a happy one Generally speaking the tel
ephone girl is a philosophical parsonage.
upon whom growing and incivility by pa
irons of the exchange make little i'm
preston to all outward appearances; new
ertheless an unending succession of kicks
and complaints is apt to prove wearying
and wearing to even the most even tenn
pered of them. If the impatient, irascible
subscriber would take the trouble TO
visit the operating room of a telephone
exchange (after securing the permission
of the manager, of course) he or she
would be apt thereafter to exercise more
cvility and patience when calling for
telephone connection.
In the room would be seen a score or
more of young women with receivers strap
ped to their ears, and with eyes con-
stanuy fixed upon the call-boards. Thus
they must sit for a number of weary
hours, with eyes, ears and fingers always
occupied to their capacity. And during
certain busy hours of the day it would
seem almost impossible for them to retain
their mental faculties, so fast and furi-
Gus is the demand for their immediate
attention Everybody who calls over the
telephone is in a hurry. The lady of the
house may be lolling in a rocking chair
over a novel when it crosses her mind to
tell Henry at the Office some trivial thing
she had forgotten at breakfast time Not
outstanding she has hours and hours of
IL
takes the telephone receiver off the hook
she is all Impotence to have the connec-
ton with Henrys office made, and if the
telephone girl should be two seconds slow
In responding she gets scolded and threat
encd with report 10 the manager. From
the early morning calls of the housekeep
er for the butcher or the baker and the
urgent MESA ges of the old fellow who
wants John" TO send up something to
heat and scramble and hustle of the COM
mercial calls during the business hours,
and until late in the evening, the telephone
girl must sit upon her stool before the
switchboard, guessing correctly at inartie-
ulate calls, changing connections. and re-
plying civilly to the many curt and cut
ting questions that are hurled at her over
the wires.
True happiness consists in making 9TH
ers happy If the people who use teie-
phones would remember this and not get
angry with the telephone girl, when she is
doing her best and slight delay In an
swering is not really her fault, the bur
dens of this worthy, intelligence class of
workers would be considerably Iightened.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04
THE CANAL AND THE RAILROADS.

The announcement was made IN Wall
street on Thursday that plans had been
completed by which a railway from The
Atlantic 10 the Pacific under one manage
ment had been assured. The railway is
of course made up of a number Of roads,
ali of them rich and powerful corpora
tions. They are the New York Central
which, with its connections, runs from
New York to Chicago, the Chicago and
Northwestern and the Chicago and Alton.
which runs from Chicago to The Missouri
river and the Union Pacific which runs
from the Missouri river to the Pacific
coast The Vanderbllts are the domiuat-
ing factors in the New York Central and
the Union Pacific, and they aud the
Goulds and the Rockefellers own the roads
from Chicago to the Missouri river
It is said that the stock of the Union
Pacific has been increased to $2O0, 100000
bonds of some of its connections and for
the purpose Of purchasing other connec-
tons. The great railway spanning the
continent. viii be owned by three families
and will be under one management.
The question which arises in connection
with this immense property is this: What
effect viii this big ard rich combination
canal? 1t has always been said that one
of the reasons why there is 50 many d,fii-
cuIJies in the way of the passage Of the
Nicaragua canal bin is that the influence
of the transcontiuental railways has al
ways been against il. A canal would
mean the loss of a great deal of business
to them. They now control the traffic
crossing the continent and make the rates.
II canal should be built very large
part OF the traffic between the Atlantic
and the Pacihc would pass through the
canal. and the water route would make
the rates for the traffic.
If it be true that the Pacific railways
have been able TO prevent thus far the
passage of the Nicaragua canal bill what
chance will the bill have now that this
immense transcontinental railway combl-
nation has been made? viii it not exert
far more influence on Congress than the
Pacific railways have ever been able to
bring to bear on that body?
It's capital will amount TO many hundred
millions of dollars and its employees viii
be numbered by the thousands. It wa
have influential attorneys and agents IN
many states. While il may not NEEDLE in
politics it will no doubt see to it that
men are nominated to Congress who can
be depended upon not to antagonize its
interests 1t will be able to command the
services of men of great ability and in
huence to look out for its interests before
Congress, and one of its interests will be
TO see that the building of a canal con-
Meeting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans is
delayed as long as possible.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04
THE HAT AND THE HAIR

Are we approaching hatless age? Is the
time coming when, like our forbears who
dwelt in the forests and caves, we shall
take Gods weather upon the natural
thatch of our craniums? Reports from the
summer resorts say that nearly everybody
has been going barehead this summer;
those who are pientifully supplied with
hair for the purpose of preserving it, and
those of scant locks for the purpose of in
ducing an increased growth. And many of
the latter are quoted as affirming, with
many smiles of qualification, the acquisi-
ton of new crop of vigorous hair
There is an old theory that the wear
ing of hats is conducive of badness. ow-
ing 10 the lack of ventilation inside the
crown of the hat, and the re ardation of
the circulation of the blood in the scalp
by the hatband. In connection with this
theory it is claimed that there are chem
zeal properties in the sunshine the dew
and the rain which make the hair grow
better than any proprietary tonic in the
world can do. The Indians and other saw
age peoples are pointed to as proving the
theory. They are never baldheaded Aud
the farmer who works in sun and rain with
sleeves rolled above elbows almost inva-
riably has arms that are covered with a
considerable growth of hair.
During the present summer and the one
preceding il, according to a contemporary
that has been looking into the matter, the
barehead fad has taken strong hold
upon those who frequent the summer re-
sorts, both mountain and seashore and it
is even predicted hat the fad will make il s
appearance in town before great while
Should the latter part of this forecast
prove correct, it would nect ssitate a great
err or less number of changes in wearing
apparel The frock coat would have TO go.
No man could walk bareheaded in a dig
niied manner down the street in a froek
coat. The abolition of the nat further
more, would effectually disguise many types
that are now known by their headgear.
Now ii is pretty:generally understood that
the man with the silk or derby hat tipped
forward and TO one side is a politician, the
man with the wide-rim black wool is from
the rural districts, the man with the white
sombrero is from the Southwest and
SPEAKS Spanish ana 50 on. ana then there
is SO much character in the way a hat is
worn that discerning observer can often
tell the temper of his friend or the calibre
of a stranger from his headgear. The
hat indeed, has become mode of express
sion among US; part Of our language. To
so great an extent has the hat become
part of ourselves and our civilization that
it may be doubted If the total abolition of
badness would compensate for its loss.
And then again, if badness were abol-
ished. what would the theatricaI managers
do for spectators for the front row?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04
bright BITS.
Her Father Nrom the head of the

Her Father from the head of the
stairs:
Ethel is that young man gone?
Ethel Gin an ecstatic stage Whisper
AwfullY papa.-London Tit-Bits.
Mamma: Don't you know that the
great King Solomon said, Spare the rod
and spoil the child?"
Bobby: Yes, but he didn't say that IN
til he was growed up.-Boston Traveller
-Peacerhaker-I wouldn't fight, my good
men. First Combatant-He called me
thief, sir. Second Combatant-"An' he
called me a lazy loafer. Peacemaker-
Well, l wouldn't fight over a difference of
opinion; you both may be rght.-Tit- Bits
In Ireland.-Native-If OF should de-
eide TO come to New York, how long would
it be before OF could vote? Casey (of Tam
many Hall, on a visiD-Will, OF don't kape
thrack of them election days, but Oh think
there's another wan in about four months!
Pick
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04
FooIing The PubIic.

I'm about pushed in The matter of Curl
osities," unused the owner of small
store, according to the Detroit Free Press.
IT'S a bad habit-this idea of drawing
trade by making museum of The window,
but 1 can't stop now-business won't allow
it.
a few hours later the soda wafer trade
was rushing. The crowd outs de the win
dow gazed until it was thirsty at the re-
markable bird that hung in a big cage.
The card attached bore a handful of the
alphabet hyster.cally put together and de
signed for a scientific name. After it were
the words: From Samoa"
A few days later the curiosity was
feeding in the back yard with the rest of
the bantam hens
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04
The Country Fair.

From the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
We have reached the happy season
OF the good, Old country fair.
When the rural population
Breaks away from toll and care.
There is hitching up of wagons. Z
Buggies Surveys, traps and carts
And a packing up of baskets
With bread, meats and oaks and tarts
Now the farmer lad and lassie.
And the mother and the sire.
Start away on brief vacation,
Every one in best attire.
City cousins often join them
And quite merrily they go
Where are seen the varied wonders
OF the famous rural show.
There are apples, pears and pumpkins.
That are noted for their size;
There are porkers, whose dimensions
Cause expressions of surprise.
There are horses, sheep and cattle.
Stock Of all the fancy breeds:
There are samples from the harvests.
And all kinds of fruits and seeds.
There the sweetest kind of cider
By the press is freely shed:
There TO stop the pangs of hunger
Is the best of gingerbread
There are fakirs by the dozen,
With all sorts of things to sell.
And there prowls the artful stranger
With the game of pea and shell.
There the horses are displaying
Speed In run and trot and pace;
There is often change Of money
As the sequel Of a race
But, though pockets oft are hghtened.
Not a bit the farmers care,
For they're taking in all pleasures
At the good. old Country fair
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04

This day is set apart by law to be OBJ
served as a holiday in honor Of labor. It
is the especial day of those who earn
their livelihood in the sweat of their
brows. The hammer. the trowel and the
yardstick viii be laid aside for the time,
while those who WELD them from sun to
sun celebrate the dignity and importance
of labor. The occasion viii be generally
observed in ihis city. Business VIII be
practically suspended, and employees will
be afforded an opportunity to enjoy the
occasion to the fullest extent possible.
Numerous amusements have been ar
ranged and the outlook is that the day will
be one of the pleasantest Of such holidays
observed here since the law was passed.
II is a matter of generalization that the
occasion is not looked forward to with
apprehension, as is the case in Europe
when there is to be a public demonstration
OF the laboring classes. Here in the
South, labor and capital are on amicable
terms, and are working together for mu-
tual benefit.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04

Notwithstanding the Shamrock has now
been in American waters for more Than
week, practically nothing is known about
her save that she draws twenty-five feel
OF water-a fact which was accidentally
disclosed tie other day when she struck
bottom a that depth. Sir Thomas contin-
ues to guard the secrets of his craft with
such care that her peculiarities and sail
ing qualities are unknown quantities. on
the other hand, the Columbia is pretty
nearly an open book, thanks 10 the activ-
lily of the metropolitan newspapers. The
chaiengers know precisely what they have
to go up against, while the defenders don't
know what it is that they must fight.
However, there appears to be no doubt
among Columbia hackers as what the out
come win be.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04

A Kansas jury recently ran up against
a simple proposition of law and fact that
was so hard they could not possibly solve
it. 1t was in a prohibition town. and a
man was on trial for illicit liquor sell
ing. The evidence of the selling was con-
elusive. The jury retired to a room. and
in a few minutes deputy knocked at the
door and handed in bucket of beer The
Jurors slaked their thirst and then took
a ballot without reaching an agreement.
Presently another bucket of beer came
and then the jurors took another ballot.
And thus 1t went on the whole night into
the next morning, the beer and the ballot
Finally when it was discovered that each
ballot stood nine beer drinkers for acquit-
tai and three abstainers for conviction
the judge ordered mlstrial
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04

lndiscriminate, or rather indiscreet
giving Of charity in the Texas flood dis
trict has been atten@@d with resulas pre-
cisely similar TO those Which atiefdSd the
charity distributions in the sea islands of
South Carolina several years ago, and
those in Cuba during The past eighteen
months. The Houston Post says it has
been found necessary to withdrawn the
free rations from the negroes in order 70
get them to work SO long as they were
provided with something TO eat 1t was i'm
possible TO get them to do anything what
ever towards lettering their condition.
And it is more than likely that we shall
see the same sort of thing over again. IN
Porto Rico. Il seems one of the hardest
Things in the world TO impress upon the
aimoners that even charity needs to be
---'e@lv administered
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeting-Georgia Historical Society.
Special Notices-Fancy and Re-Presse ed
Brick, Savannah Building and Supply
Company; Brick, Andrew Hanley Com
pany; Importers and Roasters of Conees.
Henry Solomon < Son; Races To-day la
Dor Day., at Thunderbolt Driving Park:
Notice of Closing, Falk Clothing Company;
Ship Notice J. f. Minis & Co., Consignees.
Business NoHces-Real Estate Going
Up. c. II. Dorset. Auctioneer.
Pearline-Jas. Pyle & Son, New York.
Steamship chedule-Merchants and
Miners Transportation Company.
Railroad ScheduTes-Central of Georgia
Railway
Cheap Column Advertsements-FI
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04

What's the matter with the women
From several cities comes the report that
employers are gradually supplying the
places Of women with men, In Washing
ton. in The government Offices, 1t is stated,
there is a movement towards employing a
smaller percentage of women as stenogra-
piers, typewriters and clerks, ana a lara
er percentage of men, while in Chicago
il is said men arc being employed as
house servants in preference TO women.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04

In Brussels, Vienna and other European
cities ii IS said a great deal of money is
being wagered on the outcome Of the Drey-
fus case. There are bookmakers who make
quotations every day, changing the odds
from time to time as ii is judged that The
testimony in the court at Rennes affects
the prisoners prospects one way or the
other. Up TO a few days ago the prevail
ing odds had been about 10 l against the
accused, but recently the Dreyfus side has
been stiffened a little
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04

DR.. W. w. Landrum. pastor of The First
Baptist Church of Atlanta, received re-
Gently cali from the First Baptist
church of Boston which he declined, say
ing that he was too much interested in
his work in the Georgia city to think of
going elsewhere however flattering the
offer for his services might be. His de-
cision to remain in Atlanta Is quite com
plimentary to that city
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04

Max Nordau, in writing about the per-
sonal characteristics and features of Drey-
fus. declares that the real Semitic nose Is
perfectly straight. The crooked nose, ac-
cording to Nordau. is pure Armenian. and
its prevalence among the Jews of to-day
betrays their mixture in the past with
that tenacious people.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04

The contest at Sea Grit begins to-day.
The Savannah rihemen have reputation
TO sustain, and there Is no doubt they will
not only sustain it, but viii again carry
off about all of the prizes. 1t win not be
an easy matter TO beat last years record.
About the only way to do it is to make
better scores
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Washington Post Qnd) has this
comment on the Carter case: 1T may be
that Carter is a much-wronged man. In
that case. the administration will be free
ly forgiven for the very unusual and in
eXplicable course it has pursued in his
behalf. Ii may be chat Dreyfus will be
proven to have been martyr, but in that
event the Court of Cessation and a hand
full of noble and devoted champions of
justice viii have triumphed over the gov
eminent over popular prejudice and over
the falsehood and the perjury of the
cabal which practically rules France We
do not think it possible TO make bleed
ing sacrifice of Capt. Carter II is a fact
that some twenty months ago he was con-
Vicied by a military court and sentenced
TO a most degrading and severe punish
ment But he is still free man. No Isle
du Diable. with its horrors of shackles
and of maddening solitude, was ever as
signed to him. He wears his uniform and
draws his pay He enjoys every luxury
and maintains every prerogative that he
possessed before his trial. Ii he be final
ly eXonerated. it will be a victory for the
Presidents kind heart and generous in
stincts. If Dreyfus be exonerated, it viii
mean the downfall of Frances army or
ganization, if not a revolution and a cat
aclysm,"
The Chicago Record Qnd) says: THE
idea of combining all the trusts in one
general trust is being put forward In
some respects this is not novel PROPOSE
ton. At nearly every session of Congress
the protected industries combine in an eff
fort TO secure additional tariff legislation
and other benefits. 1t is not unlikely that
if the trusts are made an issue in the
presidential canvass next year they viii
form trust of trusts 10 conserve their
common interests"
The Macon Telegraph Oem) says: 1.-TWO
OF the imported Tennessee and Mississippi
negro laborers who not long since were
attacked by mob of whites al Rockford.
H.. have died of their wounds, but no
body up that way will get excited over il
or care a rap about it, 1t takes the lynch
ing of a negro in the South for a particu-
lar crime TO fire the Northern heart--ap-
s1ss -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04

The Washington newspapers are already
discussing the Districts handicap at Sea
Girt this year" in anticipation of the de-
feat which the Washington men are al
most certain TO meet at the hands of the
Georgians; for it is conceded that the
Georgians are the most formidable marks
men in the country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04
LEGAL NOTICES.

GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY
Whereas, Karl Schultz has applied 10
Court of Ordinary for letters dismissory as
administrator C. I. a. on the estate Of
Mary E. Trapani, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and
admonish all whom ID may con-
Germ to be and appear before
said court to make objection Gf any they
have on or before the tenth day of Oeto-
Der, next, otherwise said letters will 10
granted.
Witness, the Honorable Hampton L. Fer
rill, ordinary for Chatham county, this the
Bird day of July, 1899.
FRANK E. KEILBACH,
Clerk c. O., c. c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04

The Virginia senatorial campaign will
doubtless be very dry. The candidates
nave agreed that no liquor shall be en-
ployed, and that heelers will not be per-
al 10 hnrrou money from thAra