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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-12

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GRADING.

Bids wanted for grading 60 acres Of land
adjoining city. Apply to
PERCY SUGDEN, c. e,
ia Bryan street.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

SPECIAL NOTICE.
The Worlds Fair excursion tickets sold by
the Merchants and Miners Transportation
Company allow stop-over at any Of the follow
ing coupon points:
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SPECIAL NOTICES.


NOTICE TO CITY COURT JURORS.
All jurors, except those impaneled in the
case on trial, are further discharged until
MONDAY, the 14th inst, at 10 a m BY order
of A. H. MAC DONELL. Judge c. c. S.
VIM P. BAILEY, Clerk c. c. s.
THE CHATHAM REAL ESTATE AND
IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
SAVANNAH. Aug. II, 1893
This IS the last day for paying dues to this
company to avoid fines.
NJ. J. SOLOMONS,
Secretary and Treasurer.
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NURSERY.
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ON RICHMOND AND
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The Greatest Southern System,

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Quick time ana improved service 10 W.
ington New York and the East. IA ,-,-ti.
Only line In the south operating SON , ,.rs
buled limited trains with Pullman dlnlhe Ii5,J.
Worlds Fair tickets via this rOusor ION, %,
stopovers going and returning west OF =
n g. Buy one ticket and visit both "o2'0'
North Carolina and the Worlds tar n r.
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MEAT BUYERS STIRRED UP.
Packing Houses Demand Actual Cash
Payments.

Atlanta Ga, Aug. ATLANTA dealers
who buy meat from Louisville packing
houses and from p ID. Armour are very
much stirred up over letter received
notifying them that hereafter they must
remit their bills in cash actuaP' curren-
CIV. The packers do not want New York
exchange or any other kind of CONNER
cial paper but insist1 that their custom
ers here shall send in the hard dollars by
express.
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BROKE AWAY AND RAN HOME.

crying, and informed her mother of what
had happened. Mr. Ellsworth has been
required to answer to the charge in the
superior court. and is now under bond.
II is hard for our people to believe that
Mr.. Ellsworth is guilty. He sometimes
drinks too much liquor and probably
from this cause he was too familiar with
the little girl
HERE HALF A CENTURY.
Brooks Ellsworth has lived in Americas
nearly all Of the fifty years of his life anG
has an excellent wife and five children,
two of them grown. One held the posi-
ton Of alderman and has always borne a
good reputation.
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BANKS
THE CITIZENS BANK
OF SAVANNAH.
Capital 100000.
or SAVANNAH

TransGcts general banking business.
Maintains a Savings Department and al,
lows INTEREST AT 4 PER CENT, com,
pounded quarterly.
The accounts of individuals, firms, baD,.,
and corporations are solicited.
With our large number of correspond.
ents in GEORGIA, ALABAMA, FLORTn,
and SOUTH CAROLINA. we are prepared
to handle collections on the most favor..
BILE terms.
Correspondence invited.
BRANTLEX A. DENMARK
President
n. b. LANE,
Vice President
GEORGE G. FREEMAN.
Cashier.
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This means that the banks viii have to
give up a good deal of currency to swell
the cash drawers of the packing houses
Some of the Kansas City and Omaha
packers still continue TO receive New
York exchange, but the merchants say
they will doubtless also demand the cur
rency in a short time.
SHUTTING DOWN on CREDIT.
Other lines Of business are also closing
down on credit, demanding payment on
receipt Of bills of lading; and, altogether
the merchants are having the screws put
70 them IN most uncomfortable way
The action Of the packing houses has
created wide comment and not little
alarm
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-20

-Johnny-''Why is that young nan
tied to his hat, pa?" Johnny's Father
ITO prevent its losing him, my SON."
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Mamma urged me gently: "Waltz with
him, dearest, / beg Of you"
But l would not heed. My eyes
roamed l;stlessly over the ballroom,
and perceived with start, two other
eyes, fixed settled upon me-two eyes
that knew well, but found it difficult
to recognize, so big had they grown in
that concentrated, wondering look.
Suddenly their owner arose and
turned toward me- 4 glance aside
showed me Courtalin slowly and labori-
ously making his way toward ne from
another corner. My cousin looked at
the same time and saw him. Then it
became race between the two men
Gontran intrepidly cut through all the
walters, pushing and being pushed,
caught and tore into shreds a flounce
of Nine. Damnan's lace, an offense
which she never pardoned him. But
he reached me before Courtalin; he
came up to me precipitately, he caught
my hand, he put his arm about me- l
gave little cry, but he lifted me, and
bore me away. Mamma had scarcely
time 10 cry. 4hdICcllAe. h4TCellUe.
and l was gone.
We danced gayly, wildly. furiously.
What waltz. He said to me: II love
you. l love you! You are grace and
beauty itself. There is not another
woman here half SO lovely! And it is
who shall marry you! Do you hear? l.
and none other!'
I'D .xl>
pleasure and emotion. l allowed him
to almost carry me; but l begged him
to speak lower. Anything you will, :"
/ said: ives, I will be your wife: only
take care, somebody will hear you.
But how came you here?'
Robert and l were unable to get a
box at the Bouffes- Pariesens; SO we
went TO the club. When l had lost
thirty-four thousand points at besigue
thought we had played long enough
Then Robert asked me to come here.
But what matters it? We are together
now. and forever"
''Ah. my dear, if you had not come
tonight my engagement to N. de
Courtalin would have been officially
announced tomorrow.
Yes. but have come and am here
holding you fast. / have discovered
that there is not another woman like
you. love you."
Absolutely painting for breath. I
cried: Slower. slower, l pray you; l
am falling: everything is turning
around Stop"
NO, no, we shall not stop. We shall
go on. If we stop your mother will
come and separate US; and have more
TO say to you. much more Swear that
you viii be my wife"
Yes, l swear it But enough
enough"
l was sitting: but he saw nothing.
He went on like mailman. We two
became . cyclone and rushed wildly
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women. st the end Of zach OF these
the head of sphinx with a sword
through the mouth and with this in
scripticn: Better than a sword be
thrust through thy mouth than thou
utter word against Him who ruleth
on high" Not far OF are the barracks
of the Amazens, the women's hall of
justice, and the dungeons where fe-
male judges daily administer justice
TO the inhabitants Of this woman's city.
There is also a temple, gymnasium,
and theater, where the great ladies
assem- BILE in the afternoon 10 gossip,
play games. or watch the dancing girls
In this city live also the mocha nical
slaves who ply their trades for the
benefit Of their mistresses II is, in
judges police, guards, prisons, exc
cutioners, markets, merchants, brok-
ers, teachers. and mechanics Every
function is exercised by women, and by
women only.
The women of the hsrem amuse them
selves in the early and late hours of
the day by gathering flowers IN the
goldfishes. twining garlands for the
head. Of the children. listening TO read
ing by slaves, and especially in bath
ing. When the heat is not oppressive
they plunge into the pretty. retired
lakes, swimming and diving like flockS
of brown water fowl They play At
chess. cards and dice, and some 81 them
are decidedly skilfuL
Mr.. Leonowens describes a trial for
witckcraf: which occurred while she
was at the palace. 1t seems that dur
ing the kings absence beautiful
princess disappeared from the harem.
and in her place remained only deaf
and dumb slave girl The day OF the
trial three women. half stupefed by
the foul air Of the damp cell IN which
they had been imprisoned. we're con-
Quoted 70 the great court hall Of the
temple. where the trial for witcbcrsf.
Was 10 take place. A procsssien 81 roy
81 as;rologers, wizards, and witches.
who receive handsome salaries from
the king. Sled into the temple and took
their p1gees- Then came the chief
Judge Of The supre ze court and Ais s~c-
retary 70 report the trial 70 the king.
The prisoners. when brought IN. proved
20 DC Mav-Pezh- who was the deaf and
dumb changing. and The txo hand
maidens Of the princess They were
guarded By City AnzzonS- The crowd.
who looked upon NAY Pexh a. q verifa~
bic witch. was brezthisss with exp>ctz-
;ion- Coneh shells were nor blown 10
summon the holy nan Of the woods,
who soon appeared On the opposite
bank o. The river. piunsed INTO IL ard
came and took his place beside Toe priv
orefs This strange mortal. ssiD lived
The life Of an os3aSoatAsS, had . rr-
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THE HOMECOMING.
Getting Ready for Winter the House Tha
Has Been Deserted all Summer.

Getting Ready for Winter the House That
Has Been Deserted all Summer.
1t seems an easy and somewhat I'M
important matter, this getting the
house ready for winter, but it means a
great deal more than the thoughtless
and careless are likely to realize The
homecoming from the summer outing
usually finds the house damp and full
of chilling mustiness. Ii is not good
plan to go home and heat up the house
and. in so doing. warm into active life
the disease germs that Turk about the
so long unused corners of the dwell
ingS 1t is much better TO send some
one on in advance to put the place in
order and build two or three rousing
fires. by means of which the nalarial
conditions are dissipated and the house
becomes a suita BILE abode for the young
or delicate members OF the family.
Make a good fire, let the house get
thoroughly heated open the doors all
through the house and the windows on
the upper floors, then GO down 10 the
heater and turn on the drafts full blast
One or two good fires should burn cut
entirely in order TO create the most
wholesome conditions II. in addition
to this. the house can be so arranged
that half pound of sulphur can be
put into the hot-air chamber of the
heater and permitted 10 disseminate
its gern-destroying vapo-s throughout
the house. so much the better. This is
not at all difficult 10 manage All that
IS necessary is to remove the silver
plate TO some secure locality, as the
fumes of the sulphur are like
lv TO blacken IL II taxes lit
tie time and work. bnt IT is well
worth the pains, for the wholesome
freshness of the aS-nn<naere affA- .
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We had always played together, as soon
as we could toddle, at miniature hus-
band and wife.
From the time / wore my first long
dress, which Immediately gave me the
right to think of marriage and speak of
love, l had told all my little friends
that / should never love anyone or
marry anyone but him: it was he or
the convent. My little friends had re-
peated it to all their brothers and
cousins, who had repeated it to Con
tran. It was just what had wished;
but after that we played together no
more.
At last saw him-at the ball of the
de Fresnes. He did me the honor to
dance three times with me, and l went
rome absolutely intoxicated with joy.
But the JOY was of short duration, for
the next day he said to his brother,
wha told his sister, who told me: sit
seems that am to marry my cousin
Marceline. Last evening l was literally
thrown into her arms. Out of pure
goodness of soul, | took pity on the
poor little schoolgirl, and danced with
her three times. But there must be
no more of it. / shall carefully be-
ware of balls and of young girls, in
the future. have not yet had enough
of life. Besides, / know of nothing
more ridiculous than marrying between
rousins."
But that was not all. He also said
to Robert: II saw her in evening dress
last night for the first time, and she is
So thin" To me this was most cruel of
oil, for it was true. | was thin.
That night, after Gabrielle had told
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GoNrRAN THOUGHT 1 WAS so THIN.

GoNrRAN THOUGHT WAS so THIN.
me all this, disrobed before the mir
ror and studied my poor little shoulders
with their great hollows, and had fit
of weeping. Mamma came in the mid
die of it.
"My angel, what is it?' She took me
In her arms.
answered only by my sobs. my
child, must know ALL"
But l could not speak. The tears
rholSed me. my treasure, you pain me.
Speak, dearest"
Then, to reassure her, / managed to
Say, between my sobs: at is because 1
am thin, mamma. Gontran, last even
Ing. thought was so thin"
Thereupon, mamma began to laugh.
But after the laugh she was goodness
itself She told ne that, at seventeen.
She was much thinner than l; and she
assured me, very solemnly, that l would
certainly develop. And it turned out
10; / did grow fuller.
That winter of my first season. mamma
took me to a dozen great aff-irs; but
sorrow; for Gontran was not there. He
did not want to marry. He said SO to
everyone, decisively. cynically. He
even told me so. j did not know then
that this was by order of my mother.
In her eyes NJ de Courtalin had a thou
sand finer qualities than had Gontrau.
And, above all, he had one great merit
-ba hid not find me- thin and ha aSl-ej
my hand in marriage.
One day, about four O'Clock in the
efternoon-it was the End day OF
June-mamma came into my room with
n look on her face that was new to me.
...My child" she said. my child"
She had no need to say more. / I'M
derstooa. All the evening before at
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ROMANCE IN A sIAMEsE hAReM.


The Elopement of Beautiful Princess
Leads to Trial for Witeheraf'-
Extremely interesting are the stories
of haren life in Siam told BY Mrs A
II LeoBoweEs, an English woman.
who spen, six years al the court of the
late king She was employed as gov
erness for the king children. sixty ave
in number, the king being one OF her
best pupils Her description OF the
city Of Nang Harm or Yelled Women
its full of interest. The nine thousand
inha bitants Of this city. which is in
closed By the inner of two parallel
walls around the royal palace. are all
women and children No man. save the
king and priests dare ever enter its
precincts Here live the royal prin-
eesses, the wives copcuhines. and
female relatives Of the king. with their
numerous slaves and attendants
Connecting the city with the two
palaces are covered entrances for the
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treatment Of this sort Is unspeakably
refreshing and delicious. Every nook
and corner of cellar and store-closets
should be carefully examined to see
that no decaying vegeta bic or animal
matter has accumulated during the
warm weather.
Some years ago, . family, on return
peculiar and unpleasant odor in the
house, and for a long time failed to
locate it. At last it was discovered
that mum Der of packages of half-ds-
cayed fruit had been placed on the
ledge in the cellar. They were
crowded back on the wall almost out
of sight and it was only after couple
of severe cases of fever that some one
suggested a thorough overhaulipg Of
the house in hopes that the cause Of
the trouble might be ascertained.
Many a person has suffered for months
and many another has died from lit
tie carelessness of this sort
To get the best results from SUM-
mer outing one must come home TO q
CiC1h i4OuSC Gnu laNot INC
else the time and trouble and pleasure
of the vacation are worse than wasted.
1t is at best tax to leave the delicious
environments of woods and meadows
and settle down TO the commonplace
humdrum affairs of everyday life, and
it is not remarkable If with a town
house filed with noxious vapors and
the outing seems to fail of any good ef-
feet, and one attributes malaria and
all sorts of mischievous annoyances TO
the country, when as matter of fact
the root of the difficulty lies in the bad
sanitary arrangements Of the winter
home Y Ledger
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conversation regarding the merits OF
English and French boats followed
how the French boats made better time,
how the food on them was SO much
finer and sc on. 1t was SO enjoyable!
But Gontran did not leave without Civ
ing me very tender, very eloquent
touch of the hand. Nothing could have
been more expressive, and was happy.
1t was not until three days after tha1
we met again, by accident; but he was
no longer himself; he was icy: his good
morning was icy, the shake of his hand
icy, his words icy. He WIS awkward
and embarrassed. He quickly lost us
in the crowd, and reappeared no more.
was astounded, overwhelmed. Alas!
my mother had noticed that first tender
grasp.
/ returned to throw myself once more
into the arms of my mother, and cry
out: ''Yes, shall marry De Courtalin. -
How many times between that and
the 18th of May did l repeat the opera
ton. 1t came to be settled thing,
that no sooner did mamma atc me APP
pear, than she mechanically opened
her arms to receive her daughter, cry
ing: Yes, will marry Courtalin;" and
soon after: mo. will notr' But the
Il viii not" became more and more rare
NJ. de Courtalin was a model of tact,
of kindness and of resignation. He
waited, always in black, always but
toned, with inexhaustible patience.
Mamma was Invariably enraged with
Nine. de Courtalin. The newspapers
covertly announced that there was a
question of an alliance between two
main. | received vague congratula-
tons, and dared reply by only vague
denialS.
At last the 18th of May arrived. It
was tacitly understood that upon that
evening l would say yes to the patient
lover, and that the engagement would
be formally announced before all the
world. 1t was my last day of freedom
l was restless all day, and glad when
eleven o'clock in the evening found
mamma and me at the home of Nine.
de VernleuX, who was giving a great
ball. AS I entered I became suddenly
aware that was the center of attrac-
ton. A line had formed itself on
either side, and little obs! of surprise,
and abs! of admiration, went deep into
my heart had already attained a
certain kind of success in society, but
had never experienced anything like
this.
NJ. de Courtalin came up to us. He
wanted to ask my hand for all the
waltzes, for all the quadrilles, for all
the evening, for all my life.
answered.: Later on; presently;
feel a little fatigued."
The truth was that had not the
heart to dance. We sat down, mamma
and l, and the waltz commenced.
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rnArkaoiy nne. sensitive race ana was
always called - aid the court in its
spiritual examinations At the COM
mand Of the Judge the two Amasons
who were on 6uty sa the night OF the
abduction tssGhsa that q tall. darIc
figure. with dagger in one hand and
q pondsrous bunch of keys In the other.
had entered the hall They saw her 20
TO the cell Of the prtposss. open II with
one Of the mysterious keys. and lead
her forth A they were paralyzs and
unable To msvs hem the spot. tho
strange figure reappearsd, pssaed by
them quickly into the cssi, and closed
the door. To the questions 81 tho
wizards MayPeah returned no an
swer. At q signal an alarm gong Wa
struck immediately behind her. and.
being taken by surprise. she turned tn
see whence the sound came. The willy
Judges then shouted: 1t il plain that
you can speak. for you are not deaf
She was forthwith condemned To all
the fortunes Of The rack. The holy
man Of the woods, on hearing this. ut
tered Wild CRY Of Yah" flor eeas,.
Do 8sGbdfSS taHt -1f " a. -
speak. because under the influence ek
wifchcraft One Of the wise women
suggested that some magic water
should be poured into her mouth ON
opening IL they fell back with horror
and cried. "ErAhms, Brshmzl an syib
hend has torn out her tongue Imus-
diateiy the unhappy woman became
the objec. % pity. and even Of aaors-
ton The ceremony NJ .xoreissn was
gone through, and she and her COM
panion. were fully acquitted % any
completely with It's devil. each reeefv-
ing . sum Of money and being so az
liberty NayPezh's friends af'sr~Ard
told Mrs LeOnoweEs that IL saA she
who had terrified the Amazons. rs.
leased the princess sna led her 20 .
boat Ia which we're The lover prlsrs
and two friends Az there wss not
room for all. NAy-Pesa refused 10 lease
the companions Of her s~iov~d mis-
sress and fail Of terror ies., by ihs
dreadful torture which abr xns~
awaited her. she Hist; - fsre-d 70 h---
traT these who -ere dearer 20 her
than her s~n life she with one stroke
% her dagger deprived bsrssf Of 'ss
rsosse- Of ever stt-risz al as'slllSloss
sound ~ !. Ssa
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on Everyone stopped dancing In
amazement to Tatch us. He held me
SO tightly and his face was pressed SO
close to my face, his lips SO close to
mine that grew suddenly faint and
slipped down into his arms A film
came over my eyes. There was not
another word, another look, another
thought. All disappeared in dizziness
that was yet tinged with pleasant ex-
element, and l tainted.
The next day our engagement was
announced. The waltz had created a
scandal 1t was imperative.
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This Is an az FOR hsd.Ess thin>A
In enc 81 the f-on. poss % fsshs0na-
bic ehurch. On . recent sunday. "a. =
richly z,;sTed ssossza holding elos@ 10
her ear -hSf lssss2 70 ee . black sal<
Ard ls1e ss9. Thos~ snarqsA4ai~d
with the woman sbossga; sns s<s Essrc-
~ sssesd.Ex hesaesf frsen TIE draSgAs
sshgea ezae srosa al op~z ~taaoss-
sus the regular Eser n~rs Of The eAU-e5
knew ssse wsGsn vas vefs ssst aus
- rs. she bid So - her ear ~ss all
v~r car '-uEBpei- realty sbszssd . ~
QslnsT o. q satin aud Lace
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HE WALTZED HER AWAY,
A Wedding the Result Of a Wild
Dance.
BY LUDvoIC HALEvY.

LII society was
agreed upon one
point-that for
me there were
but two suit
a bl e fances-
my cousin Con
tran, the duke
de Lannils, and
: h e d II Ike de
Courtalin. Ihad
the weakness to
prefer the first.
Why? From the
habit of child
hood, / suppose.
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preston in his eyes He found me a
new creature. / was no longer thin
had grown taller and fuller.
Oh, for the five minutes in which to
have that little understanding! But
just then mamma came in, then papa,
and then brother George An odious
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OF Course ot-Friend-"Where
did you first go?" American Traveller
ITO London" GLOW do the English
treat foreigners?' why, we weren't
foreigners Yankee Blade.