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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29

Had a queer experience not long ago"
said a confirmed theatergoer of this city,
according 70 the New Orleans Times DEM
ocrat. Through sheer lack of anything
else to do 1 had dropped in to see a farce
COMEDY that / knew IN advance was some
thing unusually poor.
1T proved to be a good deal more idiotic
than I anticipated, and 1 was about TO
make my escape when / happened to no
tile young lady of my acquaintance seat
ed with some members Of her family on
the other SIDE of the house. To my in
tense surprise she seemed TO be c0nvulsed
with Merlin n. She was lean ng forward
eagerly drinking in every word, and at
each prehistoric JOKE and hackneyed 81, ua-
ton she would shake with uncontrCEa5Ie
laughter.
That anybody should be amused at su
unm.tigatfd rubbish was sufficiently aston
lshing, but that il should please this par
ticular girl was simply incomprehensible.
l have known her, you see, as a lover of
the very highest type of Intellectual
drama. She knows her Ibsen by heart,
doses on Matelinck and can talk by the
hour about Sudermann, Fulda, Haupt-
mann, Reichel and all the rest of the
crowd who arc supposed 10 be several
miles over the heads Of the common herd.
Last time l called she was reading Die
Nersunkene Glocke' in the original, and
now 10 see her getting hysterical over a
tuppenny ha' penny farce fairly took MY
breath away.
After the agony was over I made it a
point of meeting her in the lobby and she
seized me by the arm. oh, wasn't il per
feculy splendidr she exclaimed, her eyes
stif sparkling Well. I'm a little surpris-
ed at your enthusiasm I replied. I
thought don't you know that ii was a bit
-er-Out of Your line. SO it is she admit
ted promptly. Why, n's actually the first
farce-oomedy I ever saw in my life, and
can't unders and why people say they are
dull Wasn't it just too funny for any
thing? and she went off into another peal
of laughter.
That explained the mystery. The whole
thing was new 10 the dear girl. All the
spawned jokes, all the surerannuated
gags, all the shslf-worn situatio0s and an
tediluv.an tricks and turns appealed TO her
with the same freshness and sparkle that
they did to me 90 years ago when I was
boy, up in the peanut gallery. Dear me-
The more l thought about it the more
envied her. The thing gave me the blues
for a week"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29
PER SONAL.

Miss Floretta Nining of Hull, Mass,
owns nine newspapers. They came to her
by her fathers Will and she overlooks the
running of them herself.
The grave of President John Tyler, in
Hollywood cemetery, Richmond Va, is
at last to be marked by a monument,
which viii be Of granite and ftungly in
scribed Only handsome magnolia tree
now marks the grave.
Much interest has been arounsed in
this country by the report that Prince Her
bert Bismarck has separated from his wife
and a divorce is expected on the wife's pc
ttion. She is a daughter of Whitehead,
the torpedo maker. They have three chill
dren.
1t is expected that in the next session
of Congress Senator Clark of Montana will
be among those to urge that territorial
government be granted to Hawaii. The
Western multi-millionaire has made large
investments on the islands, and intends to
build a summer home there.
Ernest H. Crosby. son of the late Rev.
Howard Crosby, has closed his law office
in New York and will practice no more.
He is said to have become devoted TO Count
TolstoTs doctrine of non-resistauce, and,
being opposed to all force and coercion,
he is compelled to give up the law, the
administration Of which is based on vlo-
lence,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29

That the boy King of Spain is a keen
observer. and at the same time pretty
much like other boys in one particular, ap.
pears from an anecdote of him, related by
a friend of his French tutor. During one
of the recent tremendously hot Madrd
days the tutor dictated to his exalted pu,
pill an exercise in which occurred the
phrase, She possessed in the highest de,
gree the distinguished manners and the
grace of speech innate in royal prin.
cesses."
THE man who wrote that" remarked
the King, never lived a court; that's
certain" what makes you thing SOP
demanded the estonished tutor. why.
just look" returned the King, "look at
these royal princesses, look at their dis,
tnguished Manners pointing to his two
sisters, who happened to be in the room
Maria de las Mercedes lay sprawling over
a table, looking sleepy and intolera bly,
overheated. Maria Teresa maintained a
more lady-like attitude, but was industri-
ously scratching tler head with her left
hand, apparently embarrassed by prob
lem in French photography. Alfonso pinch
ed the arm OF his elder sister, and pulled
the nair of the younger. "Oh, you horrid
boy! they both exclaimed. There's your
grace of speech commented His Majesty,
with a roguish glance at his teacher
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29
WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE
TARIFF ISSUE.
THE.

The fact that Mr.. Bryan is making no
reference TO the tariff in the speeches he
is delivering in the campaign this fail is
the subject of considerable comment in
some quarters. The New York World
points out edltorially that Mr.. Tilden
carried the country on the tariff issue. and
that Mr. Cleveland was twice elected Pres
ident on that issue There must be some
good reason for Mr.. Bryans avoidance Of
it, There is no doubt that the tariff Is
higher now than it was when Mr.. Cleve-
land made his successful campaigns
against high protective tariff. The com
plants are frequent that articles of Amer
lean manufacture are sold in foreign
markets al lower prices than those de-
manded from domestic consumers. This
would not be the case If it were not that
the manufacturers are protected by an
enormously high tariff.
Mr.. Bryan is taking strong grounds
against trusts, and yet It Is quite gener-
ally admitted that If the tariff were placed
on a strictly revenue basis trusts would
find it difficult, if not impossible. to exist.
Instead of urging a reduction of the tar
ST as a remedy for the trust evil, as well
as in justice to domestic consumers. ne is
proposing that the general government
shall be clothed with power to destroy
trusts. The plan he proposes to protect the
people against trusts is anti Democratic,
in that il is In the direction of centrali-
zation-of increasing the power OF the gen
eral government and lessening that of the
states.
But, as already stated. Mr. Bryan must
have a good reason for saying nothing
about the tariff, and of having nothing
said about it in the platforms and reso-
lutions he helps to frame. It Is said that
in the platform of the Fusionists of Ne
braska there is no mention whatever of
the tariff. The absence Of all mention of
so important a matter could hardly have
been accidental. The omission was doubt
less intentional.
The Washington Post offers this expla-
nation OF Mr.. Bryans avoidance of the
tariff: The silver Republicans of the West
who are acting with the Democrats are
high protectionists. II the Democrats were
to condemn the doctrine OF tariff protec-
ton in their platforms and their speeches
their political allies would make haste to
get out of their ranks. This may be the
true explanation, but we hardly think it
is Mr. Bryan, IL we are not mistaken, is
just as good tariff reformer-is just as
much in favor of a tariff for revenue only
as was Samuel j. Tilden, and what he
believes to be right he stands by, There
must be some other explanation of his 81
lence in respect to the tariff-an expla-
nation which will be forthcoming in good
time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29
BRIGHT BITS.

Tommy: Pa. is the baby crying be-
cause he hasn't any teeth?
Father: No, my son; he's crying be,
cause he's going to have some.-Puck.
-Maude: They say there is no longer
any man in the moon.
Edith HIM! They have made a sum
mer resort of it, l suppose.-Boston Tran
script.
An Improvement,-Bell There they
go now. They seem to be as good friends
as ever.
Lena: Better. They haven't quareled
since they broke their engagement-Pucls.
Mrs. La Sale: You said Mrs Wa
bash got her furniture on the instalment
plan, didn't you?
Mrs. Dearborn: Yes: she's had four
husbands, and got little with each one.
-Tit-Bits
An Occasion of Joy.-"Was the dear
girl happily married." asked the friend.
Yes, indeed" answered Miss Mccall,
bic. 4 never saw so few duplicates
among the presents of cut glass and sill
verware. '-Washington Star.
Anticipated News.-Mr. Isaacs lin Chi
cago) Ish der telegram fer Mr.. Isaacs
sayin' dot his shtore has purned down In
New York?
Hotel Telegraph Operator: MOI None!
Mr., Isaacs: Vel, when Won comes sendt
1t right up 10 my room, bleaser'-Puck
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29
ABsENTEEISM IN THE LEGISLA-
TURE.

Mr. Hall of Bibb county in a speech in
the House on Friday on the free pass bin.
confirmed what We have said many times,
namely, that biennial session Of forty
days. or even thirty, Is sufficient for the
legislative needs of the people. Mr.. Hail
declared that IL it were not for the fact
that the members spend so much time az
their homes the Legislature could get
through win its business in oue-third of
the time II now takes it. A statement
of that kind. coming from such an au.
thoritatve source, ought to be sufficient
to awaken the attention of the people in
all parts of the state. II ought TO be
sufficient to create public sentiment that
would compel members of the Legislature
to remain at their posts of duty almost
continuously from the beginning OF a ses.
sion to the end of it.
Il may be said mat members have in
terests which call them to their homes
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29
a Gripman's Narrow Escape.

Near loop curve West Side cable train
had stalled, and the conductors, the cross
ing policeman, and one or two passengers
were pushing il along past the turn by
hand until the grip could take a fresh ho.d
says the Chicago News
As the car moved slowly over the street
crossing a the rate Of an inch a second, a
man who was trying to read a newspaper
as he walked stood for a moment on the
crossing to let wagon pass on the other
track.
The rim of the fender came uD slowly
and gently against his ankle. With a start
of surprise he stopped reading and hoped
into the air
When Re came down he lit on the fender
and tottered. about unsteadily for a sec
ond trying to jump off. When he did get
off he shook his fist at the gripman and
said fercely:
"If you ever do that again I'll punch
your head. Why don't you ring your gong
when you go so slow a man don't know
you're moving,"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29
FEATURES OF THE TRANSVAAL
WAR.

Electric telegraphy, the news agencies
and the newspapers have brought the
South African war almost within earshot
of us notwithstanding the scene of conflict
is thousands of miles away. There are
features in connection with this war that
will remind students of history of our own
fight with Great Britain one hundred aud
twenty-odd years ago, and of the conflict
between the North and the South in the
late civil war In each of these there was
on one side a great and powerful govern
ment rich in the sinewes of war and hay
ing an immense army gathered from the
four corners of the globe, while on the
other side was a poor and ill-prepared peo-
pie, yet willing and ready to dare and do
and die for home and country. And so it
is with the Beers. Whether Kruger and
Joubert will so down in history in the
category with Washington and Greene, or
whether they will be worn out with fight
ing superior numbers and share the fate
of jefferson Davis and Robert e Lee. time
alone can show 1t may be good politics.
TO maintain strict neutrality with respect
to the war, and give Great Britain the ben
eft of our moral support by way of hold
ing in check her European enemies; still
at the same time deep down In the Amer
lean heart there will be felt sympathy for
the gallant Beers who are laying their
lives upon the altar of their country freely
and fearlessiy, and in defense of home and
Preside
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29

From the Automobile Magazine.
No more the bard, leaf-wreathed and
solemn
In sylables of airy gold,
Sings seated on the spinal column
Of Pegasus, the steed of old
Because to-day old Pegasus
Has been Unhorsed-he's now a bust
No more DER dizzy nights he'll hurtle.
AS he has done since time began;
Hen soon be hymned as choice mock tur-
tie
\ pearl imprisoned in a can.
The bard upon a new horse sings.
That goes on wheels and not on wings.
The bard whose rosy fancy rises
Into The heavens brightly starred,
Who art for arts sake idolizes,
Yet writes his sonnets by the yard,
Sings Money makes, in veal and woe,
The horseless carriage horseless 60"
In youth we read with studious rapture
About the ancient Siege of Troy,
And how that great historic capture,
Which glads the heart of man and boy,
Was made by men hid head and heels
Within horse whose hoofs were wheels.
Then let the horseless carriage gather
The laurel wreath on any course;
Or call II Simply, II you'd rather
'Tis quite corTect-the horseless horse,
That glides along without a break,
And though he eats not, takes the cake.
Oh. clear the track and let this peerless
Equine outfiy the whrliug winds,
On noiseless wings, in spirit fearless,
Hell leave all other shapes behind,
For Science we must say, perforce,
Has put the cart before the horse.
r. K. Munkittrick.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29
THIS ISSUE
CONTAINS
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-order of Columbus; Forest
City Gun Club.
Military Orders-Orders No. 25, Georgia
Hussars.
Special Notices-Fancy and Repressed
Brick Savannah Building and Supply
Company; Ship Notice, C. A. Couzens,
Master British Steamship Winifred; In
the Bicycle World, T. A. Bryson, Column
bia Agent; One Hundred Dollars Reward,
j. II. Estill, President Evergreen Cemetery
of Bonaventure; Mems Clothing, Leopold
Adler; Tubular Boilers, Etc, for Sale, Sa-
vannah Foundry and Machine Company
A Card. c. A. Vetter; Special Notice to
Property Owners, Etc. Levans Cafe and
oyster House; F. e. Purse, Printer and
Binder; Silva's Clearing Out Sale: r. r.
Oakman in the Bicycle Business: Disso-
luton of Copartnership Berry & oakman;
Teacher of Piano, Miss Virgie Ashley
knights Pharmacy, Graceful Tailor Made
Costumes A. Simons; Large Chrysanthe-
NUNS, John VOLTS Nursery; Notice of
Change of Firm Name saussy & Hux-
ford; Store for Rent, Walthour & Rivers;
Line of Roasts at S. Martins; Stearns
Riders Need No Faith r. V. Connerat;
Plumbing, w. H. Cosgrove; A Man Want
ed to Finish a School of Six Weeks
Business Notices-$15 Saved On Chain
less, r. D. & Vim. baltimore; Stock
Large. Prices Right, r. D. & VIM. LattI-
more; Silver Novelties. Hunter & Van
Keuren; Savannah Steam Laundry; De-
livery Wagons, H. H. Cohen & Co.
Seasonable Delicacies-C. A. Munster.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & Meyer.
Mems Department-Leopold Adler.
Wedding Gifts-G. w. Allen & Co.
Wernicke Elastic Bookcases. W.
Fretwell, Agent
Celluloid Goods-Thos. West & Co.
The Same Reason-Byck Bros.
once a Purchaser, Always a Customer
w. e. Wimpy.
Auction sale-Carpets, Stoves. Etc, by
C. II. Dorsett, Auctioneer.
Great Sale-At Eckstein's.
Look at Our Harness Display-Leo
Frank.
Chinese Sacred Lilies. Etc-At Gard
ner's Bazaar.
Financial-wm. F. Miller Brooklyn,
Ny.
Artistic Millinery House-Gutman's.
Postum Coffee-Postum Cereal Company
Youths Clothes, Men, Miss or Madam
B. H. Levy & Bro.
1t Does Not Pay You to Be a Back
Number-Mutual Gas Light Company.
Our Superior Styles and Unmatchable
Values-Leopold Adler.
Again Surprising Past Oners-Daniel
Hogan.
Our Mannish Shoe-Chares Marks.
Why Not Come to the Fountain Head?
-Foye & Morrison.
Beef-Liebig's Extract of Beef
Whisky-Murray Hill Club Whisky; Old
Crow Rye Whisky.
Medical-''77'' for Gods; Johann Hoff's
Genuine Malt Extract; McElree's Wine OF
Cardui; Suphume; Pe-ru-na; Worlds Dis
pensary Preparations; Mothers. Friend
Cudcura Remedies; r. r. R.; Seven Suth-
erland Sisters Hair Grower; p p. p.
Quaker Doctor; Tyner's Dyspepsia Cure
Cheap Column Advertisements-H Heir
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29

There may be instances where these in
terests are Of highly important eharae-
ter. but il is safe 70 say that in the great
majority of cases the members who are
guilty of absenteeism would remain in At
ianta Throughout the session if it were
not that they have free passes on the
railroads and can go to and come from
their homes free Of cost.
Mr.. Han wants free passes on the rail-
roads abolished because he thinks they
influence those who make and administer
the laws. He might have said also that
they impose tax on the people amount
ing to many thousands Of dollars annu-
ally for. If IL were not for the free passes,
1t is probable there would be no difficulty
In bringing about biennial sessions OF che
legislature, and Of making the biennial
session shorter than the annual session
now is. Thus the people would he saved
about $4,000 a year and a vast amount Of
useless legislation.
The Governor undertook 10 write a re-
form message. but he overlooked some
very important reforms-free passes for
instance and biennial sessions. He coul<i
not see that there could be retrenchment
except by cutting down the school fund.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Baltimore American (RepD says.
Gen. Funston is going back TO the Phil
ippines If he and Gen. Wheeler were
turned loose, in two weeks there would
not be an unclimbed tree, an unswum
pelagO
The Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem)
says; Senator Burrows has announced
his intention TO speak and vote against
the admission of Quay. 1t would be Il
bad precedent, ne says, TO seat senators
chosen in that Indirect manner. Any man.
however upscrupulous, might conspire
with Others to deadlock a legislature, and
by standing in" with the Governor Sc
cure appointment no matter how unpopu-
lar he was with the voters of the state
There is so much force in this argument
alone tdat it should dispose of the Quay
case. And there are many more argu-
mems against Quay's admission even more
forcibe'
The New York Commercial Ond) says.
"A cynic once said that here are three
kinds of lies-the plain, ordinary lie, blank
lies and statistics. We are not ready 10
accept this statement as absolutely true,
although the war now going on between
cOmpilers of cotton estimates tends to con-
being picked range all the way from $780,
600 bales to 100000 bales. There is rea-
son Ia believe. too, mat all the prophets
are sincere in their predictions. Some of
them are wrong, and perhaps all may he
wide of the mark, though with so many
people guessing some one is likely 10 pick
a winner"
The Charleston News and Courier says:
The Columbia State speaks of its wrest-
ling with the Fossil Man of Columbia
but 1t can't fool US Changing The la bel
doesn't change the man, and we are will
ing to gamble on it that the Fossil Man
of Columbia is in point of fact not of
Columbia at all, but of the real Charles
ron genus We do not know how he got
through the lines and why the Columbia
people did not l.ill him on sight; but we
insist that Charleston shall not be shared
out of her nard-earned pre-eminence in
art preservJtive Cali the Columbia Man
what you please. except the Fossil Man
Charleston has the exclusive right to that
title"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29

It is gratifying to know that the Column
bia is going to Europe 10 take part in the
regattas on that side BY the time she
sails back to this side after the conclu-
SION Of the contests the lockers of the New
York Yacht Club will have been enriched
by several pieces of beautiful and valua-
bic plate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29

The bill proposed by Mr.. Watkins of Gil
mer, TO legalize the acceptance Of iraiI-
way free passes by legislators and state
officials. is altogether unnecessary. Logi-
cally, when the Legislature refuses to pass
a bill saying that giving and taking passes
is Illegal it acknowledges the legality OF
the custom
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29
NOTICE.

Mr.. II. C. Faulkner has been appointed
Eastern Manager of the Morning News to
succeed his father. the late c. S. Faux
ner. Esq. The office villa be at the same
place as heretofore, % Park Row. New
York
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29

The Beers call their nag of freedom"
''vrijheidsviag." sin if one were to refer
to it as uuspeakable. they would prob
sbly feel offended.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29
HUMOR GERMS.
EXPELLED BY
CutICura ReSOIVenf
Greatest of Blood Purifiers
and HlnlOr Cures.

That is to say, it purifes the blood and circu.
lating fluids of HUNoR GERMS, and thus removes
the cause, while warm baths with CurIcrR1
SOAP, and gentle anointings with CUTIouRA toint-
ment), greatest of emollient skin cures, cleanse
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sicians and all other remedies fail.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29

The statement given out upon authority
respecting the Puilman-Wagner palace
car consolidation is as plain as-mud.
They haven't formed a trust; they haven't
swallowed each other up, like The ging-
ham dog and the calico cat; neither has
been absorbed; they have been simply
amalgamated, retaining the Pullman or
ganization." A sort of Industrial mar
rage, as il were. with Pullman as the
bridegroom.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29

A London cable predicts that the South
African wat viii be ended about "Yulc-
tide" There was a Yule-tide in Natal
the other day. II was an ebb tide, and
ran AWAY from the Rners.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29
RL00l P0ISlK CuREl

One of my children ran rusty nail into his
foot, which was most painful. His blood got
out of order, and sores broke out on his hands
and feet. L gave him one bottle of CUTIcuRA
REsoLvENT and used one cake of CUTIcURA
Soar, and the child recovered.
March Is. %. MRs. ]. S. FUREN, Markham Fla