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The morning news., 1899-10-28

Nellie Custs occupied no small share Of
Washington's ahectionate thought after
his return to Mount Vernon, says a writer
in the Ladies Home Journal He had
charged the young girl kindly not to fall
ia love with any Invader of her heart
until she had a competent knowledge Of
his character. especially whether he was
man Of sense for be assured a SEN
-ible woman can never be happy with g
fool what his walk of life the extent
OF his fortune. and. above ALL the honesty
Of his affections. Washiugton's own will
seems to have been that Nellie Gusts
should marry his favorite young nephew.
Lawrence Lewis, and among the last or
the festivities which Washington presided
over at Mount Vernon was the wedding OF
the couple i1 February 1888 Nellie want
Cd him TO appear in al-the magnificence
OF the new uniform, with gold lace and
white Dlumes. which the war department
had just designed for him as General
The old ch.eftain was unwilling TO have
himself bedecked in the traDpings Of his
latest military rank. But when he came
INTO the presence of the bridal party Nellie
mad TO throw her arms around his neck,
Tor there he was in the good old blue and
puff Of the Continental army. with black
ribbon cockade and a cooked hat.
The morning news., 1899-10-28
PERSON NAL.

John Stephens Of New Albany, Ind,
is 9S years old, and is stin in official har-
ness, being deputy sheriff of Floyd county.
Al present he is doing duty as bailin in
charge of the grand jury. He is the oldest
active politician in the state, and, per
haps in the United States.
The widow of "Parson" Brownlow, one
of the war Governors of Tennessee, has
just observed her eightieth birthday at her
home, in Knoxville, Tenn. She has pre-
served her husbands library almost in
tact, and takes pride in showing visitors
the bookcases filled with religious aud po-
litical works, including a number of Gov
BrownlOw's own books, most of which
were on religious subjects. Despite her
eighty years she shows few signs Of old
age.
DIR. A. V. Green, the Anglican Bishop
of Grafton, who is going to accompany the
New South Wales contingent to the scene
of war in the capacity of chaplain, en-
joys the distinction of having the smallest
episcopal stipend in the Church of Eng
land. When attention was called to his
curious case in the Australian press a
couple of years ago the income from his
see was less than $500 a year. The pecu-
mary sacrifice he will make by accom-
panying the Australian forces TO South At
rica will therefore be very small. His do
Cese embraces an extensive district in the
northeast of New South Wales that was
known in the early days as New England.
The morning news., 1899-10-28
Two Coincidence stories.

1t was the secretary's turn to tell yarn
to his fellow members of the Coincidence
Club, says the Chicago Inter Ocean, The
Coincidence Club, by the way, has no
cumbersome machinery. It has members
and officers, meets once week to tell
queer stories along the line suggested by
its name, and everything but the strict
truth is barred.
I've got two stories much alike, to tell
There's nothing dramatic or sensational
about them. They struck me as queer
though. You know I'm a lawyer. One
! day man named Dodge brought in a
| letter Of Introduction to me from friend
out West. Ne had a simple sort of case,
and I asked him to come back al o'clock
| that afternoon. Then l went over to the
| Criminal Court on business that kept ME
| till within a few minutes of 3 O'Clock. AS
l entered my office there was a man sit
| ting in the shadow. Without really look
| ing at him, and with my mind full of the
appointment, 1 said, as I went to my pri-
| vate office:
How are you, Mr.. Dodge? I'll see you
| in a minute
Pretty soon I rang and told the office
boy to show in Mr.. Dodge. The man came
in and he wasn't my Mr.. Dodge at all
| Imagine my surprise when he said:
90 How did YOU know my name?'
"At the same time he handed me a let
/ Ter Ol introduction from Il IFlenU IN Gown
! East His name was Dodge, all right;
and he had a case. l gasped over the odd
| ity of the situation, explained the coin
! cidence TO my visitor and even showed
him the other letter of introduction. But
the man did not believe me. He evident
! ly thought l was a liar, and left without
putting his case in my hands A few min
! utes later in came the first Mr.. Dodge and
we had a good laugh over it.
The other coincidence was this: I got
letters from two friends-one west of Chi
cago and one south, asking me to
collect claims against big Chi
| cago firm and big insurance company
with an agency in Chicago. l telephoned
and made appointment with representa-
| tives OF each OF the concerns-one at u
| and the other 1890 O'Clock l went oVt
on an errand and was delayed till 12:3O
/ o'clock. When I came in both men
were waiting. Strange as il may seem,
| both men were named Rose. 1 introduced
| them. One was originally from Rhode
! Island and the other from Connecticut As
far as they could figure out, they were
| not related. I've used false names. bur
| otherwise the stories are strictly true aud
| can he proven by evidence that win pass
! muster in court of law"
The morning news., 1899-10-28
LIE sorTH An THE rHILIrPINEs

Some of the thoughts thrown out al the
, Cotton Convention at Atlanta are calcu-
lated TO create the impression that the
South has a big interest in the Philippines
being controlled by this country. 1t is ev-
ident that the time is rapidly approaching
when she will manufacture the greater
portion of her cotton crop. She viii have
! 10 have market for the products Of her
mills The great market Of The future for
cotton goods is pretty certain to be the
! Far East. Several Of the European ma
tons are now struggling for portions of
! China. The purpose Of All Of them is 20
/ control lie trade Of that great empire.
! England alone favors the open door pol
icy. All the others propose to rnonopo-
| lie the trade of the territory they doml-
nate
! If this country is to share in the trade
of China it must be in a position to do 50
If it controls the Philippines it viii be in
such position.
The indications are that the South viii
be the section Of this country most deeply
| interested in the trade Of the Far East On
account Of the products Of her cotton mills
II would seem to be to the interest Of the
South, therefore that this country should
pursue policy respecting The Philippines
| that would not only insure to It the trade
of these Islands, but also give it a strong
hold on the trade of China
In this connection the need Of the Mica
ragua canal was spoken of at the Atlanta
convention. Assuming that we are right
in the view that the South Is going to
manufacture her cotton into cotton fabrics
and send the products of her mills 90 for
eign markets-cspecially the markets OF
the Far EastIhen the Nicaragua canal
is Of vastly more importance to her than
to the North
Southern newspapers have sometimes
doubted the statesmanship of Senator Nor
gan of Alabama. but the developments are
showing that he has about the longest
head of all of the Southern men in Con
gress. He has been. and stil is, strong
advocate of the immediate construction Of
the Nicaragua canal and of the policy OF
holding on TO the Philippine Islands-at
least Of retaining such a grip on the ISL
ands as will give their trade 20 us and
enable us to get our fair share of the
trade OF China.
There is no doubt that It is the destiny
Of the South to become the seat of the
cotton manufacturing industry of the
world, and she is going to be but little
If any behind the North in other kinds Of
manufacturing. Her people must study
her welfare and insist upon such legisla-
ton and policies as viii promote her in
terests.
The morning news., 1899-10-28

Now, George Gazzam," said the teach
er, you may tell what you know of the
social customs of the ancient Greeks and
Romans" The ancient Greeks and Ro-
MANS" replied young Mr.. Gazzam, in a
loud and meta.lic tone of voice, were al
lowed to marry only one wife each, and
this was called monotony. Judge
Mr. Skim Flint, Sr.-No sir; I will not
add another penny TO your allowance.
You do not seem to appreciate The value
of money. 1 would have you understand,
sir, that money makes the mare go
His Son sufkily)-Judging by the amount
you give me, you must think I'm running
an automobile.-Harper's Bazaar.
What He Was Looking Fort tell
you, sir" he said, the girls of to-day
are not properly educated. Before I marry
I want TO hnd girl who is able to cook. -
"Yes?" returned the other disinterestedly.
Don't yOu?" Cant say that 1 care par
ticularly about that What kind of a
girl do you want them" What kind do
1 want? On. 1 want a girl who is able TO
hire a cook, and all the rest that so 10
make life comfortable. Chicago Evening
The morning news., 1899-10-28
WILL THE WAR BE 4 LONG ONE:

The opinion was quite freely expressed,
! Immediately after the two engagements IN
/ the Transvaal in which the British were
successful. thar the war between the Brit
ish and the Beers would be short. That
opinion does not appear to be entertained
] now il has turned our that the victories
won by The British were not as impor ana
as the first advices made them appear.
They decided nothing, and did not even
enable the British 10 accomplish the OBJ
ject they had in view.
The outlook now Is for a long war. The
Beers are terribly in earnest. ana that they
are good fighters is admitted. They are
fighting on their own soil and know the
country thoroughly. Therefore they have
some advantages over the British. The
fact that they are fighting for their coun-
try-for their homes as they believe-gives
them additional strength.
The developments Of the last day or two
the rising Of the Dutch residents OF Cape
Colony, and the invitation to the blacks
to take part in the contest which has been
issued by High Commissioner Miner
mean that some sad and terrible scenes
are likely to be witnessed in South Africa
before the struggle is ended. The deter
minatlon OF the Beers in the British por-
ton of South Africa to go to the assist
ance of their kindred in the Transvaal and
the Orange Free State, Is the first step to-
wards civil war. and the action of High
Commissioner Miner calls up visions of
the massacre of helpless women and chill
dren. and of the aged aud infrm by the
treacherous and half savage blacks. It
looks as if the whole of South Africa
would become involved in the war and
would suffer the horrors of it.
one thing is clear and that is that Great
Britain viii have 10 send a much larger
force to South Africa than Mr.. Chamber
lain and Mr.. Cecil Rhodes thought she
would when they were urging the adoption
of the war policy. The number of troops
she has there now is not anywhere near
as great as it ought to he. 1t is 50 small,
in fact that Notwithstanding the valor of
its officers and men. the British are in
danger of suffering a great disaster. They
are greatly outuumbered by the Beers.
They have only $500 in the field now, and
will have only 5000 by Nov. /. It is the
understanding that the Beers have over
$1,000, and that they can muster 100000.
The British have arranged to have a force
of officers and men in South Africa of Ss,
coo men by the middle of November. The
sooner they get relnforcements at the
scene of action the better il will be for
Great Britain. The task they have under
taken is by no means an easy one.
The morning news., 1899-10-28
Obeying Orders.

Iae following dialogue, current at the
time, between one Of StonewalI Jackson 5
soldiers and the provost guard. says the
Waco Times-Herald, Illustrated Jackson's
tact at eluding mis- enemy. and also the
obedience rendered and the confidence re
posed in him by his troops:
The orders read on dress parade the
evening before Jackson left the valley 10
take part in the seven-days' fight around
Rlchmond were that in case the army
moved before further orders that the an
swer from every soldier from auv and all
questions from those not connected with
the army shall be II don't know" On
the marcn the provost guard found a sol-
dler IN cherry tree helping himself when
the following took place:
Who are you2" demanded the guard.
don know" replied the soldier
Where are You going?"
II don't know" which was no doubt cor
rect.
Where have you been?"
Il don't know"
Where is your commando"
Il don't know"
To what command do you belong?"
II don't know"
What are you doing in that cherry
tree?"
Il don't know"
Are those good cherries you are eat
ting?"
Il don't know"
rs there anything you do know"
Yes"
"What is it?"
"WeH, the last order I had from DID
Stonewall was that I was not to know
anything until further orders, and. gentle
men, ! would see you all id before [
will know anything until old Stonewall
takes that order off
The morning news., 1899-10-28

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The morning news., 1899-10-28

Walter Farnsworth, the Chicago bigam-
ist of forty-two wives, ought to be mighty
good authority upon the ethics Of success
full courtship. While awaiting commit
mcnt the other day he gave short i'm
promptu lecture 20 the court attendants
upon how to make love successfully. His
main points were: "A man must always
gain the confidence of a woman before
he can successfully make love to her You
can gain all of the trust of some women
in a day; others 1t may take a month or
so. You must look a woman straight in
the eye, and tell your story straight The
big thing is TO forget the past, and live
only in the present Don't let your mind
wander from one subject to another or
you will spoil your case. Know your
woman before you make love to her. Do
il in the right way There is no set rule.
but il there is a rule it must be to forget
the past and all its love affairs
The morning news., 1899-10-28

The Basutos, of whom 1t seems the Or
ange Free State burghers and the Brit
ish are both in measure afraid, are
treacherous semi-savages, with a bad rec
ord. They are suspicious of all white peo-
pie, and would probably as soon cut the
throat of a Dutchman as that of an Eng
lishman. and vice versa, They have been
old enemies of the burghers, but that does
not Indicate that they would be the friends
of the British now. The fact is that the
Basutos would like to see all white men in
Africa, of whatever nationality, chased in
TO the sea, and they would not at oil
mind killing a few thousand of them if e
could be done with any assurance OF
safety to themselves.
The morning news., 1899-10-28
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

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and Transportation.
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Drayton Grocery Company; Apple Butter.
Hotchkiss & NeviIl; Buckwheat Arrived,
c. II. Monsees; Joyce's Corn. Jas. J. Joyce
Fifteen Cents Meals at the Big Joe Res
taurant; Good Fare, San Francisco Res
taurant Fat Game NJ. S. Gardner: The
Abercorn Grocer Company; Ship Notice.
w. w. Wilson, Agent Consignee.
Business Nouces-La Carolita Cigars;
Guns Of Every Grade r. D. & VIM Lat
timore; Same Prices Next Year, r d. &.
Vim. baltimore; Preserve Your Health,
Estate s w Branch
Great Clothing Inducements-LeopoId
Adler.
$500 to Atlanta and Return-Georgia and
Alabama Railway.
I'm the Name of the Prophet-Figsr'-
C. A Munster.
The Dainty Table Win Be Graced With
Dainty Cutlery-Hunter & Van Keuren.
Biseuit-Uneeda Biscuit
Whiskey-Duhys Pure Malt Whiskey.
Shces-Burt & Packard "Korrect" Shape
Shoes.
Coffee-Lion Coffee
Beers-Anheuser-B Busch Brewing Associ-
alton.
Mineral Waters-Hunyadi Janos; Apenta
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Hathaway Company; Paines Celery Com
pound.
Cheap Column Advertisements-H
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The morning news., 1899-10-28

The war scenes in South Africa are to
be reproduced in England, and probably
in America, in moving pictures The Lon
don war office gave permission to a NOV
ing picture maker 10 accompany Sir Red
vers Buffers expedition and take photo
graphs of the troops in action. The pic
tares will be first exhibited to members
of the royal family. il is said, after which
they will be exhibited to the public.
The morning news., 1899-10-28

A naval test OF Marconrs wire-ess teles-
Taphy is heiug made Two warships have
been provided with the appara as and sent
20 SEA with Instructions TO communica- e
with each other ty iae system under vary
ing conditions and at varying distances.
The ships are TO De approximately forty
miles aparf. and W hin about that Dis
tauce from a station On shore. Messages
are to be sent from ship 20 ship, and from
ship 10 sh r. Heavy guns are 10 be tired
during the sending Of messages. in order
ing viii have upon The electrical currents.
Marconi says tho system win stand the
test
The morning news., 1899-10-28
FARNswoRTH's UNIQUE DEFENSE

There is a prospect that the treaty which
Gen. Bates negotiated with the Sultan Of
Sulu viii be the cause of more or less trou-
BILE. The Sultan, as is well known, has
many wives. Being now a subject of this
country he is a bigamst. and, that too,
with the consent of this government.
A day or two ago there was an account
of the arrest in Chicago OF man named
Walter A. Farnsworth on the charge of
bigamy. 1t was alleged that he was the
husband of at least forty wives who are
living in different parts Of the world. There
appears to be evidence that nine of his
wives live in Chicago, fifteen in Utah and
four in Little Rock, Ark.
Farnsworth admits that he has four liv-
ing in Chicago. That number is sufficient
to hold him on the charge of bgamy. The
defense he proposes 10 set up 10 the charge
is that he has as much right to have more
than one wife as the Sultan of Sulu, and
it is alleged that in the treaty which Gen.
Bates negotiated with the Sultan, in be
half of this country, the Sultan's
right 10 have as many wives
as he desires is recognized The
point which Farnsworth makes, if
handled with skill by shrewd lawyers,
may make him sufficiently notorious to be
come a valuable dime museum freak. 1t
win be argued that under the flag rights
cannot be enjoyed in one section of the
territory of the United States which are
denied in another section. II the Sultan of
Sulu is not guilty of bigamy why should
Farnsworth be held guilty of that crime
for having multiplicity of wives?
The President when he authorized Gen.
Bates TO negotiate a treaty with the Sui
tan of Sulu, did not think of the trouble
that was likely 10 grow out of the polyg
amous custom of the Sulus His only
thought was to pacify the Sultan, and pre-
vent him from taking sides with Aguinal-
do. He did not know that there was an
American citizen who had forty wives. If
he had been informed on that point it is
probable that he would have been more
careful in wording the treaty with the
Sultan. Ii may be. however, that the
courts Of Chicago will not hold the plea of
Farnsworth to be a good one Still he
cannot be deprived of the noioriety which
his unique plea has given him.
The morning news., 1899-10-28
NOTICE.

Mr.. H. C. Faulkner has been appointed
Eastern Manager OF the Morning News to
succeed his father. the late c. S. Faux
ner. Esq. The Office will be at the same
place as heretofore, % Park Row. New
York
The morning news., 1899-10-28
THE NEEDLE MANIA

There have been some rather startling
statements made at the annual meeting of
the New York State Medical Association
this year. We called attention to one Of
them yesterday-that relating TO the use
Of alcohol as a beverage and a medicine
| On Wednesday Dr. T. d. Crothers Of
Hartford, Conn, declared, in a paper real
al the meeting. that 10 per cent. of all Of
| the physicians of this country are vic
Tins of the morphine habit. He said that
| his estimate was not a mere guess. but
was based on observation and very care
| ful investigation. An extract from his
paper was as follows: In a general his
tory of 3,2l4 physicians residing in the
| Eastern, Middle and some of the cities
| of the Western states, q per cent. were
| found using spirits or opium 10 excess.
| Six per cent. of this number used NOR
phia or opium prominently. Ten per
cent. were using opium or other drugs Sc
| cretiy outside of this number. At least
20 per cent, including this number, used
| spirits in so-called moderation.
In another study of 40 physicians. 7
per cent. used opium or morphia and 6
per cent. were secret drug takers.
From the personal observation of a
number of physicians who have a large
! acquaintance with medical men, from to
10 per cent. are either secret or open drug
and morphia habitues.
These figures appear to be approxi-
mately correct, and show that at least
from s TO 10 per cent. of all medical men
are opium incbriates. This is undoub edly
a conservative statement, considering the
| fact that drug takers. and physicians in
particular, are secretive and conceal their
use of drugs, particularly where it i'm
plies weakness and reflects on their social
standing"
If DR.. Crothers' estimate is anywhere
near correct il affords food for very care
ful thought. physician who is a vic
tim of the morphine habit is not as ca
pable of diagnosing case of illness as
one whose brain is in a normal condition.
Neither is he as well qualified TO say what
sort of treatment case of illness re-
qures.
But is DIR. Crothers' estimate any
where near correct? That is a question
which ought to he answered by the med
ical profession. We are inclined to think
it is not, for the reason that little or moth
ing has heretofore appeared in the public
prints about the matter If so large a
percentage of doctors were afflicted with
the needle mania the fact could hardly be
kept from the public. 1t would be very
| generally commented on.
1t is true il is not always an easy mat
ter 10 tell when a person is under the in
fuence of morphine; still, the effect II
the drug becomes noticeable in the course
of a comparatively snort time. There
are undoubtedly victims of morphine
among the medical profession. It would
be strange if there We're not II is hard
to believe however, that the percentage
OF them who habitually use the morphine
needle or take the drug in any other form
is as large as DR.. Crothers says it is.
The morning news., 1899-10-28

In fAe course OF EIs recon- speach 10
Philadelphia the Chinese minister present.
ed to his audience an unanswerable argu-
men-. lIe was speaking of the prejudice
against MS people and said that one rea-
son advanced for il was that the Chinese
came to this country, and after they had
made money they returned to China to
five But" he asked. do not Americans
go to China with The same ends in vlew?"
Does anyone happen to recall an American
who has gone to China TO grow up with
man?