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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-12

of EN- lying out cold and still on the slabs
and what was more peculiar just four was
women. There was two girls who had used
to work in a variety theater and somehow
got tired of life and just naturally agreed
to quit 1t and cross over. They walked
down TO the north pier locked arms and
jumped into the lake. Then there was
German peddlar and his best girl, who set
pile of charcoal TO burning in a close
room and lay down and went TO sleep,
never waking up again, or at least not till
this time I'm telling you about
"A big truck wagon ran over China
man and negro down in Clark street, and
crushed the life out of both of them so
quick they hardly ever gasped over it, and
/ had them there, too Besides there was
a woman who had drunk rat poison or car
bolie acid or something of that sort and
a man who was found dead in down
town alley with a fracture in his skull
made by a blow from what coroners call
some blunt Instrument
''Well, the night was very still and moth
ing else happened and along after I'd
eaten my lunch looked things over and
sort of made myself a bit comfortable for
the long watch it may be that l might
have just for a second shut my eyes to
sort of rest them Then it seemed to me
that / was asleep and dreaming that
heard beautiful music, but I was really
awake all the time. 1t was a kind of
trance like, but every minute the music
grew louder and presently 1 heard the
swift pattering of many soft footsteps on
the floor.
Now, / could distinguish that the mu-
sic was dance music--ths fast. wild,
welrdy, creepy kind, like these here Hun
garian bands play-and all of sudden
l sort of half guessed what was going on
and then 1 ventured TO open my eyes and
look over toward the slabs.
''Wen. sir, l was startled that time, sure
and won't say that my hair didn't bristle
up some, for right out there in the middle
of the morgue floor was the whole eight
of my troupe, kicking up their heels, bal
ancing right ana left. swinging partners,
and all the rest of 1t, in the strangest,
widest quadrllle q live man ever saw. The
variety girls had paired off with the Mig
ger and the Chlnaman, the pedder had the
rat poison woman in his arms, and the
man with the broken head was Joined
hands to the charcoal girl.
Maybe il was a whole minute that l
stared at them, scampering around there
as If they was at a bail. and then l seem
ed to realize that it wasn't regular and
that | wasn't doing my full duty by letting
the thing go on. l sprang out of my chair
with a shout and ran toward the jewellers. -
"Old Bill" stopped provokingly and look
ed around as If to defy denial
"Wen?" queried the young reporter
well as l am on honest, truthful man,
not three steps had taken when the mu-
sic all had hushed, the dancers seemed to
vanish before my very eyes and when /
had got over to the slabs, feeling quaky,
cell you there lay all the eight, cold. rigid.
just as / had seen them lying half an hour
before"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-12
A snakes Bnth.
From the Baltimore Herald

FROM the Baltimore Herald
One dozen eggs, pint of brandy and
four gallons of milk served as a mere
appetizer which Bishop, the bird man
gave one of his pets at his store ON yves,
Lexington street yesterday afternoon. INC
poor thing mad eaten nothing for four
months and may not really want IN 90,
Tor several weeks to come, but Just in The
way OF preparing it for the feast after ito
long fast Mr.. Bishop gave the net tbe
above bracer ''e
The pet in question is nothing less than
a ooa constructor over nineteen feet long
and weighing fully one hundred hounds
by coiling itself around the BODY of q
man the snake could crush the life ont 90
him as easily as Sandow could snon -
pipestem. Yet Mr.. Bishop contidenti, az
skiltully seized the reptile just behind the
mead and dragged it from its lair as if If
were piece of cable. - -
Ihere We're a number Of people in tbo
store when the snake was abont ~ he
given its first nourishment for mon,t De
They were looking through the giaee ' ~
Of It's case with thoughts Of horror 'o ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-12

at the right side OF the bottom OF the
sSirt-an ornament OF strass and silver
held the two bands together on the
aprons center.
The corsage was a blouse Of the gray
cashmere trimmed with horizontal bands
OF me velvet to give long yoke effect.
Each band at the middle of The corsa o.
was adorned with a strass and silver orna-
ments graduating in size. The sleeves
were trimmed at the tops with bands of
the velvet that had the effect of being
continued from the yoke. The high coIIar
ana Sirdlc were of the violet velvet. l saw
a number of dainty little record books
dangling from belts or fastened at the
side Of the corsagc with gold pins
These tiny accessories to a racing toi-
iette are covered in leather to match 10
harmonlze with the toilettes and they are
either mounted with silver or gold. The
pencil that bangles on a separate chain
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-12
SUMMER SKIRTS and WAISTS.
Ruffies the Right Thing This {
Shirt Waists of Thin Wash
How TO a a Good Color.
opvfkht 8Q9

New York, June 10-If there is a season
for separate waists. there is also a season
for separate skirts. The old idea Of hav-
ing one skirt to wear with eighteen waists
has been discarded, and one might also
say that tho reverse is true Certainly
there is a skirt for every three waists, and
sometimes you will find that there are
three skirts for one waist.
For example, a woman who dresses very
fashionably went shopping the other day
and made, first, a purchase of fifteen
yards Of silk of the new shade of brown.
II is called mouse color but people of dis
elimination and judgment in the fashions
say it is a dirt color. It is certainly a very
peculiar shade Of brown, and makes very
beautiful skirt.
But Of these fifteen yards of taffeta this
woman will make plain skirt, which viii
take about ten yards. The remaining five
yards of silk will be used to ruffle the
skirt. The ruffles viii fall one over the
other and Will extend from the belt to the
hem. Instead of being regular rufaes, they
will be plated, so that the skirt looks not
so very much unlike the accordion plated
skirt, although it is quite different in de-
sign.
Every woman has a black silk rufled
skirt; that is certain. The rufles are put
on in various ways. An extremely pretty
skirt on Fifth avenue the other day had a
series of small ruffies which were put on
to extend very high In The back and very
low in front. These give quite an oversklrt
effect
Another skirt was of green silk with
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-12
ORGIES or THE DEAD.
"old Bin" CIarI's Experience In a
Chicago NIorgue.

NHAEuSu 1ADE8NN
From the Chicago Chronicle.
It had been rather a busulng. pushing
day at the big morgue. Business was ac-
tive and when "Old BIT Clark lighted up
his pipe and settled back comfortably in
to a deep-seated chair ne vented forth thai
long sigh good man gives when he feels
that he is about to enjoy a merited rest.
For time the grizzly, ancient mariner
Of the ship of the dead puffed on in silence
Then he seemed slowly to perceive that
the boys were looking at him expectant-
~, waiting In high hope he would let fall
some words OF wisdom from the rich gran
airy of his deep experience.
Beating time to his words with an eio-
quent movement of his pipe "Old Bill"
said impressively, addressing the young re-
porter "Of course that there story
told you last week about the headless girl
and the midnight trip she made to get
her own head may seem 10 you begin
ners just a biz unusual and mayhap
shade gTewsome and eerie, but l wouldn't
care TO hold il out as the very utmost
Queerest thing ! ever saw in sixty years
The listeners assumed an air of eager in
terest; and, thus encouraged, "Old Bill"
went on;
1T was about wenty years ago, more
or less, that 1 saw one night what seems
to me perhaps as queer a sight as even
the Oldest morgue keeper in the country
ever laid his eyes on. Maybe il amt
and maybe there are stranger, but, any
now this was not an every-nght matter
1 was a-keepng the all-night watch at
that time and that particular night we had
a pretty full house There was just eight
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-12

effect of a Spanish fiounee and was
trimmed around the bottom with FIVE rows
Of narrow soutache.
The corsage had the effect of a short
DIue cloth jacket over blouse of violet
though It was really made in one. Il was
cut with short close fitting basques and
opened at the front to show great ex-
panse OF the violet cloth vest. AT the back
oI me corsage there was a V of the violet
eioth strapped with bands Of the stitched
blue cloth, narrow violet soutacbe trim
med the edges of the Jacket. The sleeves
OF blue cloth were trimmed IN
the top with rows Of the violet SOU
taehe put on ia V forms. a cravat Of
white tulle gave a soft effect 10 the bigb
straight blue cloth collar.
There was such a remarkable air of ori-
ginality about a number of the hats worn
with the more elaborate gowns. one worn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-12

foundation over which grenadine is puffed
Grenadine is very wide and if il is used
two yards viii be enough for a pair OF
sleeves. In buying grenadine it is well
to count the money in ones purse before
going shopping. Ii you ask merely for
grenadine the clerk will very likely hand
you down a grade of material which he
viii complacently inform you is $3.50 per
yard. This by mental calculation you viii
see win bring your sleeves up 10 SO pair,
exclusive of the silk foundation. But II
you are bargain hunting and do not pro-
pose 10 pay that price you can say some
thing cheaper, Please" and can eventually
suit yourself with grenadine at say So
cents yard. Two yards win make you a
pair of sleeves.
The pattern from which these sleeves
are made is a plain bishop sleeve. The
bishop sleeve is cut out and made. After
it is completed it is put on and ribbons are
tide around il at intervals of two or three
inches each, leaving little puffs in between.
IL shirring is preferred to ribbon The sleeve
is marked and shirred. 1t is well in max
ing such a bishop sleeve TO allow four
inches upon the length, which it taken up
afterwurd by the putting.
A great many people who wore bishop
sleeves when they We're in style and
who have very good dresses now with
such sleeves in them, are transforming
them by this method and the result is a
very beautiful and up-to-date sleeve, In
deed, a great many of the pretty summer
sleeves are brought about in this way by
Transforming old sleeves by means of rib
bons, shirrings, tucks and puffs. II is one
of the little acts of charity which our
dressmakers practice, that they allow US
to make over our clothes so that we who
have TO wear our gowns two seasons can
escape the absolutely Gothic look which
we would otherwise certainly have. No
woman wants to look antique, and by
adopting her old sleeves to a new model
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-12

of the grand stand. Some in the smart
est glove fitting tailor-made gowns,
and Others attired in gowns of gauzy ma
terials all frilled and fluffy. The typi-
cal French sporting men were there in
great number with their long close
fitting light coats, checked trousers, white
spats and silk hats.
And "the truly British lady" was con-
Hpicuous too in her severe travelling gown
Of eheviot and unrelenting stif linen col
lar. The American women's toilettes were
a sort of compromise between the very
elaborate Partisan toilettes and the Sc
verer English gowns.
one Of the gowns that noticed partic-
ulariy was charming example OF the
typical American toilette
The skirt was Of checked hunters green
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-12

Paris, June For a month or two past
the minor races at Longehamp have at
tracted a fashionable crowd.
In the early afternoon the benches in
the Bots, on the Longchamp drive, are
crowded with lockers on who watch these
beautifully attired women glide by on
their way 10 the race track.
The eouturieres who advertise in the
Paris fashion journals have been drawing
attention solely TO their models for the
Grand Prix the last weeks.
SO everybody was prepared for a rare
treat on that day of days. And rumor
has it that there never was such dis
play of handsome toilettes Such an air
of satisfaction reigned supreme on the
faces of these danes OF fashion as they
tripped along the pebble walk in front
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matches the book in color and the metal
used in mounting
In Paris all women attend the races. es-
peciaily the better classes. The President
of the republic Invariably occupies a box
at the large races and his wife and her
circles Of friends never fail to accompany
him
The Grand Prix almost marks the open
ing of the season and the gowns you see
here are the ones you viii see later al
Newport Nina Goodwin.
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BRIDAL COUPLE INCoMMUNIcADo.
without Warming or PrOvOcntiou
the Folding Bed Prisons the Pair.

From the Topeka Daily Capital.
Kansas City, May 25,--WHliam Corblu
and his wife, a bridal couple whose honey.
moon had just begun, were bottled up tight
last night in a big folding bed at Ala Aldine
place and nearly smothered to death. They
We're rescued through the heroic efforts of
the neighbors. The only bad results were
a few bruises and an abnormal bashful-
ness about speaking of the subject.
Mr.. Corbin is an Englishman engaged in
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-12

troll of their child" Graciousl I wish
knew where to obtain documents hat
would give US control of our childw-
Puck,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-02

| duels, though there are detailed records Of
| only four. One of them. singularly enough,
was with Windthorst, who, in the stormy
! days of Bissnarck's power as a politician,
! was one ct his strongest opponents. Ap
tarentl- the authorities did not learn OF
any Of Bisncrca's contests, Tor, though the
official records show that he was punished
four times, none of these ~punishments was
for fighting.
His first punishment was for officiating
in IA secondary capacity in a duel between
an EnSlishmcn named knight and a Ger
tain Baron Won Grabow. There had been
trouble between these W at a ball. and a
fight with pistols was arranged for the fol
lowing morning. Bismarck seconded Ora
bow. The two principals arrived on tho
ground in the most bloodthirsty temper,
and Bismarck with the greatest difficulty
persuaded them to substitute IL PAGES for
the three ID which they had already deter
mined.
When he zane to take the measure, how
ever, he cunningly heightened the IL into
IA, and the result was that no one was in
jured. For his part in this affair the rector
sentenced Bismarck to solitary confinement
for 10 days. The old council house in which
he was incarcerated is no longer in exist
ence, but the door of his cell, on which he
carved his name with his penknife, has
happily been preserved. The English stu
dents Knight and Wright. his second in
this duel, were incorrigible jewellers, and
together with Bismarck and John Lothrop
Motley, the noted historian of later days,
were responsible for half the mischief per
petrated by the Gottingen students
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A WILD STUDENTS LIFE,

Bismarck's Turbulen Existence While at
GOttingen.
During his student days at Gottingen
Bismarck was one of the widest of the
wild. He drank and fought and roistered,
and he smoked necessarily. Still he was
not ar idle student. Thanks to his iron
constitution, he was able, with all his dissi-
patton, to give some attention to the lee.
lures. He rose with the lark, for he had to
be at the lecture room before Z o'clock in
the morning to listen to Heeren on history
and ethnography. An hour later he gave
ear to Wendt on logic and metaphysics.
After that came al hour with a fencing
master, and then Hugo on Jurisprudence
and Goschen on some other intricate topic.
Dinner followed, and then mathematics Jun
der Thibaut. An hour or two of hard read
ing concluded the work of the day, and then
came play-and such play!
The recreatiOns Of the Gottingen stu
dents in those days were not gentle. Duels
were frequent, and the college fraternities
were in fact little else han drinking and
duelling societies. Bismarck in his second
term was the leading member of the Han
novera, the leading fraternity of the time
in Gottingen, though it may be said to his
credit that his sagacity and a~cuteness had
as much to do with his leadership as his
capacity as a drinker and his power as a
swordsman.
1t is stated that he fought. at least 30
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A serious difference between two Of the
dueling societies, which developed into a
feud involving the entire university,
brought the attention of the authorities to
the nature of the societies, and a shower OF
punishments followed. OF course Bis
marck, who led one of the two factions in.
to which the students had become divided,
came in for his share. He was imprisoned
for three days for having been present at q
duel, and four for being a member of an
illegal organization. Notwithstanding Bis
marck's many duels he carried away from
the university but one scar as the result of
a wound. In this he was more fortunate
than most of Gottingen's students in those
days. 1t was not at all unusual for their
faces to be frightfully and permanently
disfigured by sword cuts.
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c
His Summing Up of His Life-A Few
..Ninnal YIor4lS

His Summing Up Of His Life-A Few
Winged Words"
Bismarck became very bitter toward the
young emperor who accepted his resis.a
ton. II pity the young man." lie said
HE is like a young hound that barks at
everything, that smells everything, that
touches everything and that ends by caus-
ing complete disaster in the room in which
be is, no matter how large it may be-"
The prince was frequently disposed to
sum up his life work in a sorrowful strain.
How many nations have l rendered un-
happy!' he once said. But for me three
great wars would never have taken place;
$4,000 men would not have been killed i in
battle; fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters
and wives would not have been plunged
into misery. | have settled all that with
my conscience and my Creator, but | have
reaped very little if any happiness from all
that | have done. The only things it has
yielded me are various anxieties and griefs."
Great as he vas, masterful and resistless.
even cruel in his methods, Bismarck had
wlthal a keen human sympathy and hid
beneath his grim exterior a heart suscepti-
Die to the common pangs Of mankind.
blsmarck was very fond or animals
When his f~a"orite dog Sultan was poisoned
in 1877, he watched beside the poor brute
with the greatest solicitude. His son Her
bert endeavored in vain to lead him away.
When the dog was dead, the prince said:
Those old German forefathers of ours
had a kind religion. They believed they
would meet again in the celestial hunting
grounds all the good dogs that had been
their faithful companions in life. = |
wish ! could believe that"
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BISMARCK'S WIFE.

acts business with farmers, bailifs and
woodmen. Between l and 2 he drives or
rides over his estate to look at a new farm
building, a young plantation or the prog
ress Of field work; to look at the fishing in
one Of the ponds or to visit his paper mills.
The dinner hour is $50, when the chancel-
lor always feeds his two dogs with his own
hands. After dinner a cup Of coffee is
taken in the billiard room, where the prince
usually sits smoking a pipe in front of the
fire. Tea is served in the princess boudoir,
and at 1880 the family retire to bed. All
the food on the chancellor's table is fur
nished from his own property"
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The Germans like to quote many OF Bis
marck's best sentences as winged words"
Here are some of them, and in one sentence
occurs the famous phrase that gave him
the title of 'Lne mar of blood and iron:''
The gift of eloquence has done a great deal of
mischief in pariiamentarylif life. Eloquent speak
ers are like a good many gentlemen with small
feet who always wear shoes too small for them
and stick out their feet to be looked at.
My ideal is Robert Bruce, in the story Of the
spider, who was steadfast in courage to do his
best for the fatherland in spite Of the gloomiest
prospects.
The great questions Of the day are not settled
by speeches and decisions Of majorities-that
was the mistake of l8+8 and l649-but by blood
and iron. Q6c2.l .
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Notice to Creditors.

In the county court OF the county Of Lake
state OF south Dakota. In the matter Of IN.
estate OF Ole j. Ronning deceased. Notice is
hereby given by the undersigned, Ole .. Molsk.
ness, administrator OF the estate Of Ole J.. Ron,
ming, deceased, to the creditors OF, and all ner.
eone having claims against the said deceased. n
exhibit them with the necessary vouchers, with.
~ Tour mouths after the first publication OF this
o. 7: l.: holdrldge q Son, city Of Madison, county
Dated June ~, 1898. OLE o. MOLSKNEss
Deceased. onn'hg
d. D. HOLDRIDGE g. SON.
Attorneys for Administrator.
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Notice Of Hearing Petition for Letters ., A.
min,stpatjnn

state OF South Dakota, county of Lake. Ar. In
county court. In the matter Of the estate Of Mrs
Hsnnie Thomas, deceased. The state OF somth
DaKota sends greeting to Hugh Williams. Ellen
Williams, William Williams, John Williama
Ii;;1 2 Myers, Richard Williams, Robert
Mllians, Daniel Williams, David Williams
next OF kin Of Mrs. Fannie Thomas de-.
ceased, and to all whom these presents
nay come 1n Notice is hereby given that
court. a petition praying for letters of admins.
trstion OF the estate of Mrs. Fannie Thomas de-.
c sees ano that Tuesday, the 9th day OF August.
o. . regular term OF this court, ut the Office o. y
ne county Judge in the city Of Madison. COUNTY
OF Lake, south Dakota, has been set for hearinyy
said petition, when and where anv person "ii" n,nlR
eeted may appear and show cause why the said
petition should not be granted. ~ '"'u
Of July A. D. 1893. "''n uay
WIN. McGRATH.
Judg Vt the County Court.
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HOW HE RETIRED.

bismarck Last Interview With the En-.
peror Was Most Dramatic.
It was at s a. m. on Saturday, March Is,
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ACCOMPLISHED! Os.l.) a. ~
bismarck was a man of many superstl-
lions. VI the number IL he is said to have
stood in mortal terror, and many were the
signs and portents by which he regulated
his daily conduct, both as to his official and
his private affairs.
Although. thanks to his excessive con-
sumption OF beer and his hearty eating, he
was for many years extremely stout-even
to obesity-during his later life he is re-
ported to have been slender almost to
gauntness. This he owed to DR.. Schwe-
Ringer and the rigid self denial this physi-
dan induced him to practice.
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Much harEl may be done in a year and n half
out IN SO short a time how little Of good can ha
ACCOMPLISHED! Qs.l.) W