davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
HOSIERY.
HandkerCh!efs, Ribbons and LaCes.

color
5c; No
at1O No a 40 a a
I.ACEs nc
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26

ues, and the game begins. With some
bizarre improvements, the game Is poker.
The limit in betting Is the amount of
chips before one. The man with the 500
worth of chips, to make a supposition, bets
all of 1t on the third deal What shall the
$50 man do then, with a fair hand? He
may put up his $50, have a sight for his
good money. and so on the others. Many
try, but only one succeeds. The others,
cleaned out, netoyee--to cleanse, TO scour,
to wipe, to purge, to discharge of incum-
brance. to unoil (when Oiled, to mundify
and to clear 10y means Of artillery be-
ing the equivalent, exact, in French slang
leave the table, and their names are
marked off. They are scratched.
These Frenchmen sit at poker In the
Press Club both for style and gain. And,
as they have understood the game to be
a game of bluff and wayup betting, they
are not willing to sit quietly. Or were
four willing to play moderately, follow
ing something like the value Of the hands,
the other two would shame them, tempt
them, dare them and gain glory plus the
understandable antes-by continuously
pushing. For sure the buffers Will be
caught in time-but in the meanwhile how
the poor mug shivers at the thought OF
being pushed out of It, where admiration,
wonderment, and awesome curiosity sur
round the table two rows deep
Another good man is turned down.
Jules calls the next man on the list.
The list Is long
1t is not to inslnuate that these gentle
men In evening clothes are babes and suck
lings at the game, and that any clear
eyed, frank-faced, true-hearted American
natures nobleman need only to appear 10
stand them on their heads-it has been
tried. One night / saw 1t tried
The players all had strong views on the
good form and utility of the straddle. Their
fidelity to the handbook privately printed
by the Connie de D. a swell in the
world of sport as of society, whose inti-
mate acquaintance with the game was
gained as everybody knows in the first
New York clubs The ante was a dollar.
The next-$i 90. The next-$SO0 The next
$1,000. And the last-s82.0O.
Now, as, according to the handbook, a
raise before the draw is nothing but a Sec
ond straddle, there was straddling again
after the deal. Maxim: Not TO straddle at
this period Is a plain confession of your
weakness. Furthermore, to straddle is TO
double!
Sixty-four dollarsl
The next man laid $12 on his cards and
waited patiently for a Sight"
one hundred and twenty-eight dollafsi
The rest put up the debris Of their table
stakes and waited for sight"
1t must be confessed that all had decent
enough hands. The man who had Sl2 and
called for a sight won-on un brelan-what
we call three of a kind. Another, with a
lower brelan sighed. Another had a
straight, use sequence, always beaten in
French poker by three of kind. And two
had two pairs each. To be complete learn
that a flush Is un fux, full hand is un
full, and a straight flush une sequence full
lit being beaten by un pocker, what we
call four Of a kind.
They say one generation cannot Judge
another. In the same way 1t Is hard for
an American to enter into the. mixed mo-
tives Of freedman playing poker, In
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26

scarf behind your shoulders" Fowler re-
marked.
"Why! He held me like q wise with his
arm" was Miss Mayo's explanation. When
asked where the man got the pin from, The
girl couldn't tell She was able to recall,
though, that after she was bound, and be-
fore she lost consciousness, she saw the
man rausacking drawers and closets in the
three rooms in his search for money, and
she remembered that he took particular
purse which she knew contained $.
Learuig so much about the alleged rob-
berry and assault, the deputy sheriff re-
ported to the district attorney of Franklin
county, who ordered that no pains or
money be spared to find Miss Mayo's as
sailant or to prove her story false The
deputy sheriff then called upon DR.. Walter
M. Wright of this place, medical exam
iner for the district, and asked him to go
over to Millington and examine the girl.
DR.. Wright said yesterday:
My first connection with the case was
when Deputy Sheriff Fowler called upon
me about three hours after Mr.. Carter
found the gir.. Mr.. Fowler asked me
what would be the mental and physical
condition of a girl of 20 who had a strug-
gle with man who had robbed and pos
sibly assaulted her. l told him that she
would be in a state of mental and physi-
cal collapse or would be in a condition
me that he had such case, but that the
alleged victim showed none of the symp-
toms l had mentioned. He then told me
the young woman's name and asked me
to go and see her. I have known Miss
Mayo nearly all her life, and l entered up
on my investigation fully prepared to ac-
cept her story in every detail, as 1 know
of no young woman whom 1 esteem more
highly.
ut was probably five hours after she
was found by Mr.. Carter when I saw her
She was perfectly calm and collected and
spoke of her adventure in the most mat
ter-of-fact way. On no part of her body
was there an abrasion of the skin. About
her ankles and wrists there was a slight
redness where the strings with which. she
had been bound had left their marks. On
the left side of the head there was a
slight pufffness that could be felt after
feeling for it for some time. On one of
the legs, above the knee, there were three
marks that might have been made by
three fingers. The skin had not been
broken where those marks were These
were the only evidences of a struggle.
after I had completed my examination
Mr. Fowler called me aside and showed
me the book Miss Mayo had been reading
at the time she said the man entered the
house. Turning over the leaves, he point
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26

Nearly all the houses strike you as lower
and far less imposing. 1t Is an effect like
that which one feels on going from Broad
way, New York, to Broadway, Brooklyn.
But here of course, the comparison ends,
for although New York is exceedingly
ugly, Brooklyn is supremely so. On the
other hand although Paris, taken all in
all, is wondrously and imperially beauti-
full London, too, has her beauties, though
opposite as dusk from dawn. But in the
French metropolis all charms are patent
to the instant gaze; you find yourself sim
ply submerged with admiration; nothing
is left to grow upon you, except a de-
light and surprise already intense. With
London, however, it is wholly different.
She will not give herself to your apprecia-
ton with promptitude. She demands Of
YOU observance and study She has her
dignities and grandeurs, but these are
cloaked, ike the characters of her people,
in an almost severe reserve. 1 can imag-
inc French persons forever disliking her
which they usually do-and | see no rea-
son why Italians should not utterly detest
her. But now, during this fine, salubrious
July, which bathes her solemn rows Of
buildings in constant sunshine, / find my
old love returning at the rapidest pace.
Never, l believe, was there such sunshine
as that of which the English summer Is
capable. Some abiding quality of haze
in the air makes it glisten as though
wrought from thousands of fairy gossa-
mers, unexplainably lnterblended and
threaded with ethereal skeins Of tlniest
tinsel. stu, to employ bald prose, the
very richness of this luminosity makes,
Just now, the soiled state Of the streets
more apparent. In Paris, as the phrase
goes, you could eat off nearly every street
you see. Here in London 1t must be add
ed, you would have a pretty hard time If
YOU did The last time i walked down
Regent street its dapper cleanliness made
me marvel. Now / recall with patriotic
pride the almost reckless state of the New
York streets when / last saw them, and
ask myself what spell Of untidiness has
fallen upon Piccadilly and Pan Mall.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26

into the bedroom. There. according to the
story, the man forced her upon a couch.
She continued to struggle. however, and
nnally pushed her assailant off the couch
to the floor, falling on her. Then she
thought she had the better of the contest.
The mans superior strength told how
ever, and he soon had her pinioned to the
floor. Then he bound her wrists and
hands She said she lost Consciousness
then and could not tell what followed. Be
fore he left the man must have tied the
strings about the wrists and ankles to-
gether.
A thing that even the Carriers remarked
was the wonderful calmness with which
the girl told her story. She did not seem
to be exhausted by the struggle through
which she said she had passed, and once
her arms and legs were free, she did not
appear to be in the least excited Although
her manner seemed strange, Mr.. Carter
never thought of questioning the story.
Leaving Mrs. Carter with the girl, he noti-
fed MIR. Mayo and Deputy Sheriff Fowler
of Orange. Both went to Milington as
quickly as possible. The story spread rap
idly through the little village and a posse
of citizens there and one from this place
Joined IN securing the country for the as
sailant.
When Deputy Sheriff Fowler reached
Millington and began to question the girl
he saw flaws in the story. The further he
got in his investigation the more i'm
probable, then impossible the girls tale
became. He learned that the shoestrings
with which the girl had been bound had
belonged to Mr.. Ballard and had been
hung by him in a place where, to have
got them. the alleged assailant would have
had to have left the girl free while he got
the strings. The girls dress had a silk
scarf, perhaps three inches wide, fastened
to the back of the collar, coming forward
over the shoulders and reaching to the
bottom of the dress. The ends of the scarf
were frnged with fine lace about three
inches deep. Fowler found that not a
thread of this lace had been broken nor
had the lace been torn. When Miss Mayo's
attention was called to this she explained
it this way:
you wouldn't think that at all strange
il you had seen how polite he was. He no.
ticed the scarf, and fearing, 1 suppose,
that he might tear the lace, he caught up
the ends and pinned them together behind
my shoulders.
WAS that before he bound you or after
ward? asked Fowler.
oh before. 1 lost consciousness shortly
after he tied me" was the reply.
"Then, if you were not tied. I would
think you might have broken away from
him while he was pinning the ends of that
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
BURGLAR LEFT HER CRYING.
A Woman He Tried to Rob Talks of
His Dead Mother.
From the Philadeiphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record
Mount Vernon, N. Y, Sept. 21.-Mrs.
Pardon Hazeltine an aged woman, was
awakened at o'clock this morning. BY
the dim light she beheld strange man
standing in the door of the bedroom. She
was not frightened.
How did you get in, and what do you
want?" she asked, in a clear voice.
''In the door," he answered.
''Tell the truth" said the motherly old
woman, with old-fashioned frmness.
You know you didn't. Now, didn't you
break in by the Window?
YES"
"Sit down." said the old woman, softly.
The burglar sat d9Wnaaawkwardly.
Did you ever have a mother?" asked
Mrs. Hazeltine, gently.
The burglar made no answer.
"She would be about my age and her
hair would be as white as mine," con-
timed Mrs. Hazeltine; wouldn't she?'
yes"
rs she alive or dead?" asked Mrs. Ha-
zetine i'm her low, frail voice.
The burglar turned white. Dead" he
answered; thank God" His eyes filled
with tears.
Maybe she's looking down at you now"
said Mrs. Hazeltine.
The burglars lips began to tremble.
IF she could speak to you she would
beg you to go away and not harm or rob
a poor old woman" continued Mrs. Ha-
zeltine.
Then the burglar showed her how he
got in window.
Wont you please go out the same way
you entered-for your mothers sake?"
asked Mrs. Hazeltine, appealingly.
yes" he answered, brokenly, for your
sake and for MY dead mothers sake I
will obey you"
The burglar climbed out OF the window
and vanished in the night
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
MISS MAYO IMAGINED 1T.
EXPLANATION OF HER STRANGE
STORY OF AN ASSAULT.

sue Had Been a Sleep walker and
Was Heading of an Assault ON a
,oman-Her Screams, the COndi-
ton of the Rooms and the story
Tbot she Told to NeiGhbOrs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26

particular, the Frenchmen, these Paris-
ians for whom the game has very differ
ent anteeedents, memories and reputation.
Poker, above all, here is fashionable, es
having It's rise in the Anglomaniac, cha
teau-golf and tennis, Paul Bourget-chron-
icing, gems chic cts. influenced secondly.
by that real force, the title-marrylng
American girl. In chateau smoking rooms
have seen games of good principle, but,
without exception, believe there always
was there, as q guardian angel, one OF
these so-called title-marriers, to shed her
sweetness and light upon a crooked gen-
Grafton. Left TO themselves the French
have a strong tendency to improve poker,
welcome ''blazes" and the joker, strnlghts
that run, say, two, four, six, eight, ten
and otherwise
From the chateau-the chateau as we
think 1t In America, the great chateau,
where there is that large life as OF an
English country house, and not the much
more usual chateau of to-day, a cottage
with q wall around it-poker has been
passed on TO the officers messes in the
army, these folk great swells also. That
Of Dion, 10 my knowledge, plays the
Knockout variety of the Paris Press Club.
1t does not follow from all this that
there is no real poker played in Paris.
There are enough Americans. All kinds
OF Americans.
There are insurance agents even. cam
Vasgers, solicitors, brave hearts, though
not always abnormally cheerful Now and
then, without a word Of French, they
will insure a Frenchman who has not a
word of English. You will admit they
ought to be fair poker players. The fact
remains that impecunious, they yet hang
on.
There IS a sweeter picture, reeking less
Of business. to observe the milder poker
of the fashionable pensions and family
hotels. One time there came to a WELL
known pension one OF the prettiest French
widows you could wish to see. In her ca
pacity of companion to an American lady
Of wealth and position in the Anglo Amer
lean slirt-braid trade. she was of the
conventional and proper humility, she
who, prior to her marriage, had been read
err and companion to the cultured and
high minded Princesse Mathilde. But
now, playing poker-10-cent limit-at the
hight Of her enthusiasm she would bloom
and blossom All gains and losses, sights
and raises she would reckon in cab fares
and glove.
How much are you ahead now. Nine.
K-T'
"Ahl bonheur, two pair glofs and un
voiturel"
Once she got very low.
How now, Nine. K-?"
"Helas one omnibusr'
She quit the game with enough winnings
to have hired cab all day by having
good pairs dealt her from the bottom Of
the pack
Another kind of Paris poker.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
POKER PLAYING IN PARIS.
The American Game Is Very Fash
iOnabIe over There.
From the Washington Star.

From the washington star.
The sand-bag freeze-out poker game of
the Paris Press Club" is one of the
thrilling, fearsome distractions of a wick
ed capital
A club servant, croupier or what his
name may be-they call him Jules
holds in his hand list Of names, and,
like a racing list when things go wrong,
too many of the names are scratched. The
sheep are separated from the goats. Sue
cess is a great justiher
Although a commonplace freeze-out, the
list OF NJ Jules and the peculiar circum-
stances which give the list existence add
every kind of piquaucy to this real tiger
The first six on the list are sitting In.
Each has declared his stake. one $50. say,
one $50, and so on, the limit Of the decla-
ration being, say again. 500. Chips are
handed each to represent the varying val
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
LONDON AND PARIS COMPARED.
Nearly All the Houses Strike You as
Less Imposing Than Those of Paris.

Edgar Fawcett, in Golfers Weekly.
London has always a terribly shabby
look to one who visits her after two or
three months residence in Paris. Lon
don, of course, has her own individual
and peculiar charms. But at first you fail
to recall them. and an unpleasant sharp
ness Of contrast alone besets your visin.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26

Gen Sir William Lockhart, X c. b.,
X. c. S. L., who has just been recalled
to India from leave of absence in Ger
many, has spent almost his whole life
in the service Ia India and has probably
had more experience IN the Punjaub and
northwestern frontier than any man llv-
ing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
SCHOOL. BOOKS.

APPLETON's soc to
zoe
OFUNITED STATES
GEOGRAPHY each.
FRY'S COMPLETE GEOGRAPHY, &5 each
GRAPHIC TRACING BOOKS, each.
8
IL each
MONTEITIS FIRST LESSONS IN GEOGRAPHY,
ROBINSONS NEW RUDIMENT ARITHMETIC,
4
SWINTONS
sMINToNs FIRST LESSON IN OUR CoUNTRYs HISTORY 4Sc.
SWINTONS HISTORY OF
BUSINESS FORMS Zoe
heard before
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-16
TnaYErI..El,s,iisy,,.sI aUs b I,E. !. [
THavELEstS'tSagJr l,E. n 3 SSS
Eys Old 1DOnllIlH Steamship
T Company
u FOR NEW YORK

ED 10 SAIL from Norfolk DAILY On
W X2Sf aally y sMoMRnfs. yEspASs:
EMhHibsYYssp q sS5 p MI A s
p p, s m Passenger Recommendations uhsnf-
Fare; Including meals and stato
Fare: round trip. limited TO thirty
rJ SSs i ssstS
sSe' Or 4 feGtEH 05fs b 5. ngsf leave
aFS;by nss at h'eh en-, ,he neSt laeEning
,TIMm ~" s& ! j; 1t: OF STEAMERS
sHday Geavo co Sa:@s s WHY'S eHase os
;; FOR OLD roINT-At $50 and 11:l5 a.
s 81 ana and S!S p m; no g9a Sa5
Ino wharf SSrroE 81 ZOO 1t ioso and md i rs; 80
i-i FISH e 1C8 , 9; m; l9e and 400 p M
m: BAY Line. i 30 a, m. and 400 D. M.
ToR %Ew I si N Tna sp 4N q M sM1a
D. III Raw 2;SS o n nj p9rts sn at s;4s
Leaving Cmrnny's wharf ut G:30 a. m;
PORTSMOUTH. GAS n. M; BAY Limo wharf.
FOR FOR III sE q m R1vEn-rucs1oy,
TThm,rsdnys, and Saturdays at $50 u. m:
FOX E%GR. P 4 SIN i NNb '' YORK. s. *
GEonmIspany.,s wharf Monday. Wcdnesday and
mriuny NJ 6:l6 q. M: Portsmouth,, $3.50 n.
r7CEGQIS NANSEMOND RIVER AND SUN
rSLkUiAt p. m; Portsmouth, $40 y. M;
freight for Mathews, Buck. Poquosln.
ware, severn. York and NanHemond riy-
ers must BIO prepaid IL -
j., Freight for WA shinEton, N. c.. and land.
ihEs on TAR PaInlico nnd Pungo rivers re-
G s ISin ut nnd delivered from N. Sc s. r.
Freight for Newborn. N. c.. received "a
N: & 8. r. n. depot 800 -
Ereight received dnily except Sunday.
notice. "''"ou'
NJ. II. CROMWELL. Agent.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-16
COTTON MARKET

New York, Oct. 15.-Cotton quiet and
steady; middling 5-16c.; net receipts,
225 bales; gross. 5,121 bales; exports to
the Continent, 800 bales forwarded, 2,374
bales; sales, 6sS bales, all spinners;
stock, 50,216
gross, 1864 bales; exports to Great
Britain, 1850 bales; to France, ATS
bales; to the Continent, 1854 bales; for
warded, 23.400 bales; sales, 3075 bales;
spinners, 1.275. I
Total to-day: Net receipts, 41,375
bales; exports to Great Britain, 16, S9S
bales; to France. 900 bales; to the Con-
Itinent, 1920 bales; stock, 564,7S2.
Consolidated: Net receipts, 291, S7S
bales; exports to Great Britain, 1850
bales; ITO France, 2o.73O bales; to the
Continent, 44.304 bales.
Total since September LIST: Net re-
ceiTlts. 1,3S4,414 bales; exports to Great
Britain. SS1,660 bales; to France, 79,525
bales; to the Continent, 249,S44 bales
New York. Oct. 15.-Cotton futures
opened easy, sales; sales, 100 bales
January 6.23; February, 6.24; March,
6.2S; April, 6.3S; May, SO; June 637;
July. G3S; October 6.15; November,
GIT; December. 6.21.
Liverpool, Oct. 15.- p. m.-Cotton
spot. in fair demand: prices favoring
buyers; American middling. 3 25-32d.
The sales OF the day were 1O,0 900 bales,
of which 500 were for speculation and
export and included $500 American.
Receipts, 900 bales. all American.
Futures opened quiet. with mode
rate demand and closed steady
New Orleans. Oct. 15.-Cotton futures
quiet and steady; sales. $4,000 October,
5.SS bid; November, 5.SS@5. SO: Decem-
ber 5.S9@5.9O: January, 5.91@s5. 90;
February. 5.95@5.97; March. 6.00G6. OF ;
April, 6.04G6.0o May. 6.09G6.10.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-16
CAPE \
CHARLES|
ROUTE J
New York,
Philadelphia
and Norfolk
| Railroad.

SIX HOURS QUICKER THAN ANY
OTHER LINE.
THROUGH DAY AND NIGHT EXPRESS
EACH WAY.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JUNE II. 1897.
LEAVE NORFOLK
i:45 &. IL. daily, except Sunduy-(Ports-
lHuuth. High street. 1880 u. m.)
Arrive at Philadelphia SAP p.
m; New York at S38 p m.
LEAVE NORFOLK.
Clio p. m. daily, Portsmouth, High street,
b:b6. Arrive ut Philadelphs,
5:l0 a. m; New York, TAB u. m
ARRIVE At NORFOLK.
e:00 q. M. daily. Portsmouth, High street,
9:lo, leaving New York at D.
M. Philadelphia, II: 30 D. IN.
ARRIVE AT NORFOLK.
s .o5 p. m. daily. except Sunday-(Ports-
mouth. High greet, Sis p. m.).
leaving New York at a. M:
Philadelphia, 1920 q. M.
Close connection made with all rail and
sound lines to and from Boston.
Pullman Sleeping Cars en- night trains
beteween Jersey City, Philadelphia and
Cape Charles Pullman Buffet Parlor
cars on day trains between Philadelphia
md Cape Charles.
Through Tickets sold and bagsuge
checked Mt WaIlsh g Agency. under Allan
tic Hotel. and or. steamers.
n. 3. COOKE. General Agent.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-16
PROFESSIONALS AHEAD
Bears Again Successful Durlng.ha Morning,
I; But We're Later Forced TO Cover.
ARBlTRAGE BROKERS QUITE VIGOROUS
Chicago Gas Continued 10 Absorb a
gs. Very largo Share of Attention.
Sugar Also showed Considerable
Reaistnnoe-A Systematic Declines
Were Worked by Hears During tho
Afternoon Today.

New York Oct. 15.-To-days market
was a contest between professional
Eraders, as has been the case each
day this week. The bears were again
successful during the morning, but they
encountered resistance at the lower
level, and were forced to cover heavily
before the close Of the day, SO that the
prices were brought back to within a
fractional limit either way OF last
nights close. Chicago, Gas continued
TO absorb very large share of atten-
tion and 1t was In this stock that the
bears suffered a keen reverse. They
succeeded In forcing down the price at
one time 1as, but the inside support for
Che stock was very strong, and the adj
vance drove the bears ito cover, the
stock closing with a net gain OF pa.
Sugar also. which was raided down
Sss during the morning, showed consid-
cradle resistance. recovering at Zone
time to within less than q point of last
nights close Tobacco, which sold ex-
dividend or per cent, declined at one
time points. These three stocks Were
made the objects for the bears urgent
ATTACKS, and they worked a sympathetic
decline in the general list, which ex-
tended from a fraction to two points,
THE specifics and the Southwestern
railroad stocks leading the decline.
a. pili0St DFOherS were quite vigorous
buyers for London account and took
about $4,000 shares of various stocks on
balance. This also was q favorable in
uence. A hardening tendency in the
exchange market was attributed to the
demand for remittance by Tomorrow s
mail steamer, but some disappointment
was felt by dealers in stocks that no
engagement of gold for import was
made. This war partially Offset by THE
sentimental effect of the actual arrival
and deposit In the assay office and in
the clearing house value of further
consignments OF the gold shipped from
ngland last week. Money continued
easy In tone, and 1t is believed that to-
norrow's bank statement will reflect a
falling off In the demand on this cen
tire for funds. Aside from the cases
spelled and those of Susquehanna and
Western preferred, and Norfolk and
Western preferred. which lost over n
point, net changes ere very narrow
The decline in Norfolk and Western pre-
ferred was due to realization on the de-
claratton Of ! per cent. dividend OH the
preferred stock