The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-16
STORIES OF THE MIDWAY.
typical Scenes Among the COSm0pOli-
fans Of The Fair.

Ills AlnSmau-A O4l1CdBO WOA4th
Bracelet-The Dahoney Village In
FAINT Some Big Sights.
From the New York Mail and Express.
Chicago, H., July Law and order in
the Dahomey village is maintained by
system Of double entry bookkeeping.
When the King of Dahomey consented to
Left his subjects come to the worlds fair
tbe chief condition he imposed was that
tbav should be made to behave. After
much thought the king and the manager
If the colony agreed upon q plan. To
each Dahomey man, woman and amazon
was given a little book "A duplicate set
of hooks was taken by the managers.
When the Dahomeyans go back to the
king they will show him their books.
THE managers will produce the dupli-
c9tcs The kings cOunselOrS will foot
mo the contents, and on the bal
anccs will depend the amount of be-
heading The entries will be made in all
of the books daily. The credits and deb
it's will not be dollars and cents. When
the Dahomeyan gets through the entire
d9vwithOut doing anything wrong, the
entry for that day will be good man" or
good amazon" For each misdeed the
entry win read mo corn, y 'ten lashes,"
"fftv lashes," or whatever the Offense
may seem to call for The king will
SQUARE accounts with each of his worlds
fair representatives. He has notified
them that those who come back with a
certain number of lashes charged to them
will have their heads chopped Off as soon
as they can be led out to the sand lot.
That they may have a vivid recollection
Of what he told them, the king has sent
with the colony a huge bowl, before which
they viii lzneel, and into which their
blood will flow if they are deCapitated.
The cleaver, which, by single stroke
from the eXecutiOner, viii do the business,
is also here. Several bottles of blood of
former victims are kept on exhibition,
not so much TO satisfy the curiosity of
Americans as for the moral effect Of q
visible warning upon the Dahomeyans.
No corn, - is one of the SeyereSt pun
ishlaents on the DahOmey statute books
These people have magnificent teeth.
They showed every one of them and
laughed long and loud when a basket full
of roasting ears, " the first of the season,
made its appearance in the village. The
corn was not sweet and tender. 1t was
the ordinary field variety. Withoutwa
ing for cooking or for cleaning, they bit
OF great mOuthfulS,
Theft is the besetting sin of the Da-
y
them in some sort of subsection, goes
through the village every hour at night.
Ee carries a heavy whip, ana whenever he
finds Dahomeyan away from his proper
tent he takes it for granted he is out to
steal and thrashes him all the way home.
THE DAHoMEY BABY.
Thcre are forty odd languages spoken
on the Midway, to say nothing of dialects
and trial differences of speech.
But American words, and with
them American ways, are being ac-
quired at a rapidiJy that is aston
lShing, -Four weeks ago the Dahomeyans,
direct from Africa, stumbled into camp
with wonder and alarm upon their black
and Scared faces. They have learned to
kiss their hands to the ladies. They
shout back gleefully when greeted
with
"Hclo, snowflake
They know how to ask for cigar and
their fingers 60 right to the upper vest
pocket of the visitor if not STAYED.
The village blacksmith of the DahOmey-
ans sits in front of his hut, mending bat
Tie axes and pounding out rude jewelry
His wife has got baby and tine old fell
low has not been in America four weeks
without discovering that there is curiosi-
" i'm the universal feminine mind about
Dahomey babies. When lady visitors stop
IN front of his little shop the blacksmith
points to the door and says in tone of
Importance:
"Ba-ba"
Baby in there?" the ladies cry. "Let's
see your baby"
The blacksmith shakes his head and
says
"Scop."
BABY asleep" the ladies say. ooh,
90 bring it out; we won't wake it up"
Inc blacksmith pOnders awhile. He
concludes to grant the request, but it is a
great favor. He holds cut a palm that
can almost be seen to itch, and asks:
"N0n?"
The ladies' go down in their handbags
ana one OF them produces a nickel. The
blacksmith turns it over and looks at it.
linen The hand goes out in another direc-
non, accompanied by another request for
"NOn2n
When he is satisfied that he has raised
the ladies' TO the limit, he says something
IN pure Dahomey. Out comes a little
OIaok woman with miteof pickauinny,
over which the ladies express a chorus Of
calculations. If there are any men
around the blacksmith looks at them and
WnNs. Then he lays for another crowd
win which to drive bargain.
OLD MONEY AND YOUNG IAIPUDENCE.
'SiS Ola mOnlSn. Two JnOuSdD'
years, How much you givCR'
Every hour of the day and until the
are lights flicker and go out, the Egypt
ans wander up and down the Midway,
stopping when they catch the interested
sale OF the visitor and producing from
gAelr lowing white cotton robes three or
IOur moldy-looking bits of brass.
Very old, very old" they say, with
mysterious shakes and mods of the head
sell 'em sheap Yes Find in mum
NV. Two thOusan' years How much
'Vg Elye3 One dOllar2 Very old mOnish."
mat IS the way the argument runs.
AAa II the visitor cares to prOlong it the
very Old monish" can be bought for ten
line donkey boys who chase their long
CoIeE companions along the narrow
street OF Cairo with many warning
Try TO clear the way and loud whacks to
Yen the pace, have named two Of the
TE.-A54als George Washington and ''Yauk
Inere is little black imp in one gar
tlAy who dances in front OF the bride in
t 'e egyptian wedding procession which
f y'Aes place whenever business is dull in
I1 street" A mild-lOoking old gentle
cr ~u VINO had been attending the con-
l99 OF charities and corrections was at
Tied by the neglected appearance Of
WY oungster.
s. now old are you, my boy2'' he asked,
I'm ti9 IaId hand on the head
SAD IttIe Egyptian twisted around,
sT mat there was no nickel in sight,