Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 7, 1893, Page 3

e THE DA COUNCIL BLUFF OLFICE: NO. 12 PEARL STREET. Delivered by carrier to avy part of the city. . W. TILTON - EITHON Business Office TELEUHONES { RIFNFd tor Managor. MINOR MENTION. N. Y. Plumbing Co. Boston Store, dry goods. The Mayne Real Estate Co . 621 Broadway. 1t is reported that the pest hause is being torn to pieces by tramps and others who u it a8 & lodging place, not knowing the pur- | poses for which it is sometimes used A barn belonging to & man named Hansen, city limits on East Broadway caught | terday about noon. The fire depart- ment was calied to the rescue. bus the firo was 80 far away that it destroyed the build- ing almost entirely May, daughter of Mr. Palmer, died at 4:50 o'clock yesterd noon at the residence of Mrs. M. J. Cole, 618 BIuft street, aged | year. Mrs, Palmer, the mother of the deceased child, was formerly Miss May Cole, and resided in this city. nce her marringe she hus been residing at pokane Falls, Wash,, but has been here for short visit to her brother, Mr. Cole. Notice of the time of the funeral will be given later. Five young men who are employed at the new bridge decided to take bath yesterday afternoon and used the pond mnear J. F Hunt's dairy, in the northwestern part of the city, as their bath room. The police were notified, and when they got there the five Apollo like figures were exposed to the full view of the passers-by, witiout even the cant protection of o bathing suit. They ¢ deposited m_the city fail and will answer to Judge McGee this morning for their misconduct. William Everett, a farmer living east of the city, became involved in an argament yeaterd afternoon in the alley behind Kiel's hotel with another man whose identity has not been disclosed. At the end of the debate ne was found in aneighborini saloon, bleeding copiously from a large hole in the end of his nusal organ which had been made by the fist of his opponent. The latter made good his escape and ett could not even give the police s description of him, as he was 80 drunk he hardly knew which of them came out victorious. Hardman & Lewis, two well known young men, have purchased the Model restaurant on Pearl street. They will make it more popular and attractive than ever. Special tables reser for ladies and familie 1e best building sand in the market arload. Address N. Schurz, 34 Bald- win Block, Couneil Bluffs, la. PERSONAL PARAGRAPILS, W. C. Stacy left last evening for a visit to Colfax. i C. H. Ogden and R. C. Peregoy spent Bunday in Lincoln. W. J. Jamison and fami day from an castern trip. Miss Jessio Farnsworth is expected home today from a trip to Aluska. Dr. C. H. Pinney and_family leave today for n visit to the World's fair. Mus. H. O. Cook and daughter. returned yesterdsy from a Chicago trip. H. P. Payne of Wilkesb Pa., isin the city. the giiest of his former sclioolmate, Thomas Metealf, jr. Mrs. B. C. Cate of Atlantic, Ia., is visiting friends in the but will return to her home in the near future. Miss Mame Devol is home from a_ visit to the World's fairand with her friend Miss Maude Baum of Monmcuth, IlL. Miss Tda Montgomery of Aver. Iting in the city the guest of her. Newton Nelson at the Transfer Stock Yards. James N. Bowman, who has been ill with typhoid fever, is reported very low, and hus physician gives hum but very little hope of recovery. Mrs. M. J. O'Noul is visiting in Dubuque. C. A, Tibbetts left last evening for Musca- tine where he will attend the meoting of the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the board of directors of the grand lodgo. S, F. Mills, with Omaha, is enjoying a tw his family at Manawa. They are camping out on Manhattan bedch, with commodious tents and abundance of camp equipage and expect to entertain a number of their Omaha friends during the time. y returned yester- Miss Olla, Meyer & Bro., weeks outing with Ladies' World's fair sociable at Ma- sonic temple, Tuesday ovening, August 8 A novel entertainment by the Idi son phonograph, given by Rev. Mrs, W. C. Levick. Dancing after the enter- tainment. Admission 23c Ask your groc for Domestic soap. Bootlegged for His Friend. M. L. Axtell, young farmer living near Neola, was brought into the city Saturday. 10 be arraigned for the crime of bootlegging. Ho pleaded guilty to the charge of having sold whisky without a licenso from the government, but said that he had merely acted as a sort of delivery boy for his friend, Wil Howland. His case was allowed to go over until the next session ot the grand jury, when it will be investigated. Howland, who appeared to be the principal in the tr: tion, was brought from his home, miles from Missouri Valley, orday by R. B. Hendricks, acting as 'depyty United States murshal, and he will be given a_hear- ing before Commissioner Steadman today. Axtell is out on bail. sev There is nothing in this country like the fruit kept in Wheeler, Hereld & Co.'s cold storage. No matter what the weather is it reaches the customer in rorlm-t condition, Another car load of emons was put in Suturday. Thieves Broke in, wo burgluries were reported yesterday a8 having been committed between Satur- day evening and Sunday moruing. The r dence of George A. Gregory, 719 H street, was enterod, and a ladies hunting case gold wateh and chain and a plain gold ring were taken. The house of Forest Smith was broken into some time before 9 o'clock Suturday night. All the bureau drawers and all otner receptacles which seemed likely to coutain valuables were thoroughly rausacked. So for as is known, nothing was tuken unless it should bo a ring which was a present to Mr., Smith from his deceased mother, His wite 15 out of tho city and may have the ring with her. Williamson & Co.,, 106 Main street, largest and best bicyele stock in eity. Stop at the Ogden, Council Blufls, tie test $2.00 house in lowa. The Grand A Council Bluffs, The most elegant in lowa. Dining room on seventh floor, Rates, .00 and $5.00a day. 1. F. Clark, Proprictor, More Frimari The list of democratic primaries held Sat- urday evening was not complete, owing to the fact that in two of the precincts those who were preseut were 8o early about retir- Ing that an account of what they did could not boe secured. Here are the missing pre- cinets ond ward, second precinet lk-l- egates: Josiah Danforth. W. H. Koepher, dohn I Mithen, J. O'Neill. Committee- man: W. H. Knepher. Fifth ward, second precinet Jumes Darey, Nelson Larscu. shall, J. N. O'Neill, O'Neill, Owing to the present financial crisis and the general reduction of prices in weats, the Hotel Inman, which is a first class 82,00 a day house, has reduced its rates 0 81,00 & day. Day board $1.00 4 week. First class meals, 2¢. Delegutes: 8. B. Cogge Committeeman: J. N, ~Auother improvement o the popular Schubert piano. Swanson Musie Co. Dowestic soap is the best DALLY _—BEE‘ NEWS FROM v | ELEMENTS Dr. Askin's Interesting Sermon.at the First | Congregational Ohurch, OF HOPE AND WAITING “It e Good Hop that & Man Quietly the Salvation Lora." Should Wait for of the Both and There were no services at the First Pres- byterian church yosterday morning nor at St. Iaul's Episcopal church, so many of the usual attendants upon those places of ship helped swell the numbers at the t Congregational chueh and were rewarded by hearing from Rev. Dr. Askin, the pastor, one of his best sermons, Dr. Askin is a re- cent accession to the pulpit talent of Council Bluffs, and to many it was the first oppor- tunity they had taken advantago of to hear one whose reputation for pulpit eloquence bad long since preceded his removal from Nebraska to this city. In the opening prayer Dr. Askin touched delicately upon the gratifying significance of tha presence of these visitors as indi- cating the growth of the sentiment of Christian unity. His sermon was based on the wordsof Jeremiah: “Itis good that a man should both hope and quictly wait for the salvation of the Lord.” ~The meaning of the word “salvation,” as used in this pas- sage, was given by him a different interpre- tation from that generally ascribed to it, 1t not being used here as an expression of escape merely from sin and guilt, for in con- nection with passages in which this was the meaning of the word, there was counled the ning tohusten and escape, and not o ietly wi o the word the speaker gave the more practical meaning that it in- volved a salvation from the suffering and trouble vhich form so lavge a part of human Elements of Hope and Waiting. He then showed that this salvation did not along the line of rehef from ckness, but often along the line of disc God often withheld the lesser gifts of worldly prosperity for which man WALS 80 eager, i or that the aspiration might reach out for the better things which God was more anxious to give. ‘The preacher also made & very pleasing and helpful analysis of the elemcnts of hope and waiting. Hopo had an oletzent of desire init, and also of faith. Man did not hopo for what he did not desire. He did not really hopo without having a tinge of faith. Ap- plying this to tho spiritual realm of man's nature he showed that trust in God alone gave play for both desire and faith. Faith and hope, like the two angels wlo helped Bunyan's pilgrim on_his progress, accompanied the Christian clear into the presence of the Father, and, like them, were not even then content to rest, but turned at once to help some other weary traveler climb the hill to the Fathe house. He illustrated his thoughts by some very practical references to the topics of the day, the tinancial situation for instane Chris- tian busincss men, if they had used faith- fully the gifts God had bestowed upon them, if they had thrown into their enterprises all the energics of their nature, if they had tolled with unselfish motives aud with hou- orable ambition, and still adversity was sweeping away their plans and_purposes, should remember that salvation ould surely come if they but hoped and waited. ‘Will surely Come, S0, t0o, with the recasts of religious belief and the changing of creeds. which more light and larger visions of truth seemed some- times to be forcing upon us, despite our sacred reverenco for the faith of our fathers. To those who hoped and waited the salvation of the Lord would surely come, and doubts and errors would be swept away. He also touched upon the danger of hoping and waitng in_the wrong manner. There were_ religious Micawbers as well as those in the wonderful picturings of Dickens. Satvation did not come 10 such. Then, too, if one should use his canc to stir up & hornet's nest, he would in vain stand and repeat the apostles’ creed. He would get no salvation from the stings of his aroused torinentors. A man who goes through the world using m and bitter- n causing continual irritation among his fellows, need not oxpect that any amount of hoping and waiting would bring to him salva- tion from the persccution which his own actions had brought upon himself. In_politics. if the Christian citizen stood aloof from the caucus and the polls, it did littie good for him to retire to his closet and pour forth his soul in prayer for the divine removal from oftice of wicked and corrupt ofticials, who had been placed in power partly by reason of his own neglect of duty It was to those who were true to ther selves, to their fellows and to their Mak who could rest upon this promise and know to a certainty that however stormy and scemingly disistrous the day, there would surely come a peaccful even-time, when the salvation from ull distress and worry would be as the quict, beautiful setting of the sun, bringing rest to toil aud quict to turmoil. SPECIAL FOR MONDAY, At thie Boston Store, Council Blulls, In, ‘When we cut the prices cost cuts no figure. The goods we have too many of, they must go: we knife them so that they won't stay with us; the money we must have. Read the following care- fully: 1,600 ladies’ French percale and French satcen shirt waists, worth $1.00, our way of thinking, but the best wa 500 pairs children’s tucked drawers, ele- gant material and finish, 9¢ a pai 15,000 yards figured lawns and challies, 2 a yard. All our 124cand 1ic wash goods, Gte. )0 dozen gents' white unlaundered shirts, linen bosomand linen wristbands, every shirt an exact fit and perfectly cut, reinforced back and front, a Toc and $1.00 shirt with most people, our price for today 35¢ each. The best outing shirt in America for 1 others advertise them for 35 Jod thing. Boys' negligee shirts, Gents' black satéen shirts, (9 Ask to see our line of gents' outing flannel, sateen and negligee shirts at 46c each, the best bargains by long odds in the shirt line to be found in the city. Ladies' and gents' and children’s unde wear. See our special lines and pric on our ecounters for today from th vest up. BOSTON STORE. Fotheringham, Whitelaw & Co., orig- inators, leaders and promotors of low prices, Council Bluffs, Ta. NOT A P SURE KESORT, Experience of a Young Negro at the Fort Madison nitentiary, Bill Criss, the young negro who has just completed a two years term of imprisonment in Fort Madison penitentiary yesterday, was detailing his experience to 4 crowd around the eity jail yesterday. “1'se not gwine back there any mo', surs yo's born,” said hie in answer to a question of whether he had had enough of prison life. “‘Dem little cells down there am jist about fo'®y six feet, and, rather than' go back agin, I'll take one Lw by six up here in de cemotary. If dey ebbor ketch wme agin I'd jumv off de train wid de hau'cuffs ou an’ kill myself before dey get me there.” Did they ever punish you for anything you did there?” es; dey hung me up for twenty-four hours 'cause [ wouldu't work. 1 got 80 tired Ithought I couldn't work any more. and then I thought I wouldn't, an' dey took me down in the hole an’ rung me up. De, takes you an' han'cuffs you to & ring aboy YO' hiead, Jus' 80 yo' feet kin touch, D floo' is san’, an’‘dey make yo' stan’on a little bourd iu & boller. Dey makes yo' take oft y0' shoes an’ put on cunvass slippers. Dey akes down yo' suspenders, too. f dey'd let yo' have on yo' shoes you could rest a little ou yo' toes an’ heels, but yo' can't git Aoy rest in dem slippers. De sus- Ppenders would hold yo' up & little, too, but ! ache. | yo' down, he onl; | tomorrow dey won't lot yo' have even that much help. You stan' there half an hour an' yo'legs begin to crampy yo' arms go to sleep an' yo' hurt all over. Yo' try to git a little rest by pullin’ on yo' shackles, but de iron breaks yo' wrists an' yo' han's swell. An’ den 1t's 0 awful dark, and de dark makes yo' eyes You ain't in dere very long until you are nothing but just ona big ache. De only thing you can possiby hear 18 de groans of some other fellow who might be hung up somewhere in de same hole. Dey don’t gi you a bite to t, but dey'll come in an’ gi vo' water once in twenty-four hours. No matter how much yo' beg an' promises, an’ how willing yo' ait” to do just what dey wants yo' to, no one hears yo', an’ it makes no difference if dey aid, When de man comes 1o give yo' water an’ yo' bog him to tell de warden yo'll do right1f dey'll take laughs an' tells yo' de n's gone to town an’ won't bo back till It yo' could kill yo'self you'd do it quick to end yo' pain, but yo' can't even do that. Yo' hold your breath until yo' faint, an' den when yo' faint yo' begin breathin' agin; an' after awhile when yo' walke up you' find yo've been hangin’ on Yo' wrists until day's about broke, an’ yo' it up on yo' jtintoe's to work de shackles down where they wont hurt so. “When dey come to take yo' down dey turn de hosc on yo.! De water is cold, but you air cold, too, an’ it don't make much difference, but after awhile it kind o' brings yo' to. 1t took ‘em two hours to git de han'cuffs off ‘o me, my han's was swelled so. Dey couldn’t find de key or de_key wouldn't work, an’ dey had to file ‘em off. Guessa man would rather be hung by de neck at once. Dey hang some men up fo'ty-eight hour: “You are glad when Sundays come, you not? “*In summer time, no, Sunday. Afte hat ter go inte air a stirein’ an’ war are All de men dread v’ g0 to Sunday school yo' ) cell an’ stay. Dere's ‘1o ¢o' just haf ter lay there an’ swother. Unless its a cloudy day yo' don't have any light, an' yo'can't sec to read, an’ just haf ter lay dere an’ pant au’ fan yo'self.” 10 th ishment? “Idunno. Hangin's all T know anything about. Guess doy do. though. When'a man gits 50 bad that hangin's won't do any_good, dey send for de governer, an' dey do just what he says.” Altogether Bill has a very vivid idea that the Towa penitentiary at Fort Madison is not a pleasure resort. ever inflict any more sovere pun- Notice to Plenic Parties, Change in time, commencing Monday, Aug. 7. Trains for Manawa leave at the following hours: Morning trains leave Broadway at 10 a. m. Ivening trains at 1,2, 3,4 and 5 and every 30 minutes thereafter until 12 p. m. p outlasts cheap soap Nicholson & Co., real 600 Broadway. Tek151. Domestic so: Greenshields, estate and rentals Now is the time to enjoy the bathing at Manhattan beach. COURTLAND BEACH. Large Crowds Visited the Breery Resort Yosterday—Two Balloon Ascensions. “The attendance at Courtland boach yester- day aftervoon and evenng was the largest of tho season, with oue exception—luly 4. It is estimated that fully 4,000 people passed through the gates during the day. “The features were the balloon ascensions and the stereopticon views. They were fully enjoyed. ‘The new balloon arrived in the morning and two ascensi made by Mme. Zelno. The new s much larger than the Grivble balloon_ and is capable of going 1a groaterd dis- tance, ne ascension at 4 0'clck was the finest ever given at the beach. Munager ifliths estimates that the balloon arose to the distance of one mile before the parachute was cut loose. The parachute did not work 1o perfection and swayed to and fro a littlo 00 much, but this was easily remedied for the next ascension. Mme. Zelno alighted on the top of the ice house across the lake from the beach. In the evening an_increased number wit- nessed the ascension and double parachute jump. Mme. Zelno was accompanied on her trip to the skics by a dog. When the bal- loon had reached a height of several hun- dred feet sho cut ldoso tho parachuto that was to land his dogship safely on terra firma. however, preferred a bath, and alighted in the cenler of the lake, safely swinming to shore. Mme. Zelno came down on the north side of the lake. pitbiting =t “Sixteen to One.” There is in Omaha s man who makes a habit of *looking for the best of 1t," and, saaly enough, he usually gets it. He has o cheerful way of dropping into a saloon early in the morning and tendering a $20 bill in payment for his matutinal horn, being at the time in full knowledge of the ' fact that very fow beverage dispensaries are able to produce change for that amount early in the day. Hence. he usually goes away carrying his double X-erand a° arink besides. = Ho works this scheme at several places, and before the day is well begun he carries a pleasant load of **booze.” Savurday morning, however, he met with misfortuane. At the ¢ hour ot 8 o'clock he dropped in at a certain hotel bar to work the usual racket and went away with four Ppounds of sorrow and severat more of silver weighng him down. The man behind tho bar had “laid for him,” and in addition to his horn of whisky he walked out with_six- teen silver dollars and seventy-seven nickels. From the appearance of his faco as he wont away it is safe to say that he will hardly try to work the *big bill” game again for some time to come. ———— Currency Famine in Bufiulo, Burrato, Aug. 6.—The currency famine has struck Buffalo. At a meeting of the clearing house committee Saturday, it re- solved not to pay out currency except when absolutely necessary. ‘The banks have enough currency for ordinary purposcs, but not for extraordinary demands. — Smoke T. D. King & Co's Partagas. —_—tel Domestic soap is the best. e Kiefler Has Dropped Our, The firm of Prince & Kieffer, which has been operating the Grand Central hotel, has been dissolved. Sol Prince will continue the busine: ———— WEATHER FORECASTS, Southerly Winds and Local Thunderstorms Promisea Today, WasHINGTON, Aug. 6.—Forecasts for Mon- day: For Nebraska, Towa and the Dakotas— Brisk southerly winds; warmer, local thun- der storms. Loeal Record, OFFicE 0F TiHE WEATHER BUREAU, ONMARA, Aug, 6.—Omaba record of temperature and raiufall compared with corrcsponding day of past four years 1898, 1892, 1891, 1890 850 HOO HOS 93D 662 709 719 @ elperature 762 BO2 THD BUD lon 000 00 00 T ament showing the condition of tem- ture and precipitation at Omaha for the nd since March 1, 1503 nal tom pera ture s for the day . sney since Mareli i, al procipitution ency for the day | Defielency sinee Marchi 1. Trace. Maximum temperature Mintmun temperature AvOrsy Roports from Other Points at 8 p. m, BTATIONS. wdg amviadway - £ep 3o v zamwam “-uopENdRN icago Louts 1 port. 00 | Oluite. Kansas City. 00 Cler. T Indicates trac GEOKGE E. HUNT. Locul Forecast Omclal; THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THE PRESENT KING OF SIAM A Reformer Who Spiiké English and Af- foots Eurdfiéhn Ways, 0DD REMINISCENCES' OF HIS ANCESTORS He Knew Thoy Lied—A Yankeo Wins 85,000 by the Use of ChloFoform on a Vielous White Elephant=From Bangkok to Aydthia, More than a decade ago chance and a steamer from Hong Kong took me to Bangkok, the capital of the Siamese kingdom. I had aletter to the king and, through the courtesies of Colonel D. B. Sickels,who then represented the United States at the Siamese court, it was ar- ranged that [ should deliver the letter at a special audience. At the time appointed T went from the American consulate to the royal palace, accompanied by Colonel Sickels, who was to present me. We went ina row boat from consulate to palace and the journey was not an casy one for the rowers,as the tide was against them. The Menam river, which flows through Bangkok. is the great highway of the city, especially for freight of all kinds, and the move- ments of nearly all the boats are regu- lated by the tides 80 as to save as much manual labor as possible. Had we been going with the tide our journey would have required about half the time and one-tenth the muscle that it did. The palace stands on the bank of the river and as we neared it the con- sul told me about an incident of the pres- entation of some Boston missionar the old king of Siam forty or fifty years ago. He had asked them to tell about their country and as they talked he li tened with an air of interest and be s Finally one of them pointed from a win- dow of the palace to the river that flowed in front of it and said, “Your majesty, 1f that river was in the part of America we come from, your whole army could walk across it for three months in the year, just as it would walk across a bridge."” “That will do,” said the king, “I've thought all the time that you were lying wnd now I know it,” and he brought the audience to an end at once. . In the Royal Presence. ‘When Colonel Sickels and 1 landed at the palace we were met by an officer of the royal staff, who escorted us to a spa- cions waiting room adjoining the recep- tion hall. He spoke English fluently and chatted pleasantly with us for per- haps a quarter of an hour, when another ofticer appeared and signalled for us to enter. Heled the way into a large room, richly but not elaborately fur- nished in turopeanstyle. At a table near the center of the room stood two men, one dressed in European costume, and one whose garb seemed to be partly European and partly Siamese. The lat- ter was the king: ad we approached he advanced a step or two and shook hands with the consul, who then presented me. I received a similar handshake and a greeting in Siamese, which was immedi- ately rendered into English by the other man, who proved to be the king’s inter: prete The king then motioned to us to be seated and indicated chairs for us. but we carefully adhered to the etiquette of not occupying them till his majesty had sat down. As soon as we were seated the king bo- gan the conversation by asking meif I had had a pleasant journey, and hoping that I had found Bangkok interesting. He spoke in Siamese, which was translated into English by the interpreter when- ever he paused, and my answer in Eng- lish was rendercd into Siamese in the samo way. The latter translation was wholly unnecessary, as the king under- stands aund speaks English perfectly. Throughout the entire audience every- thing was thus translated, though the king occasionally cut short some of the changes from my native tongue to his. He asked quite a number of questions about the countries I had visited, wished that more of my fellow countrymen would visit m, and particularly wished to know what 1 had seen of the military and naval forces of China. The feeling between China and Siam was not then of the best, owing to adispute growing out of commerce between the two countries and the large number of Chinese subjects then in Siam. 1 delivered my letter, which was placed unread on the table on which the king's right hand occasionally rested; there was no need of reading it at the time, as his majesty had been told what its contents were. The interview lasted about twenty minutes, and the king ter- minated it by rising, the usual hint of royalty to the visitor thathe is expected to go. What a blessing if the custom could be adopted and made univer- sal in this land of ours! Many a tedious call in the social or business world could thus be greatly abridged. They Crept Into His Presence. Chulalonkorn 1, supreme king of Siam, is a_slenderly built ‘man, a little below medium height, and with an erect and dignified pose. His face is Oriental, like his complexion; it is pleasing and full of intellig , and as one looks at it he does not wonder that the king has been a leader in many reforms. It was formerly the custom for all subject: whatever their rauk, to creep into the king's presence and to remain prone on the ground or floor as long as his majesty was in sight; the custom still prevails among many of the native dig- nitar] as [ had oceasion to see, when visited by persons beneath them in rank, and when waited on by their ser- vants, When Chulalonkorn became king he abolished the custom so far as the royal palace was concerned, and or- dered that everyone coming into his presence should _do so ercct. Had my audience been with nis father, twenty sars carlier, the officer who took us into the receptian room would have crept like an infant along the floor and the interpreter would have had more need of cushions for knees and elbows than for a chair. Before 1 left the room the king in- formed me that he was going the next day to his palace at Bang-pa-in, aboat a hundred miles upithe Menam river, and invited me to visithim there. I acoept- ed the invitation, und he !then told the consul that he 'would send & steam launch and a house boat,which would be at our servico ‘We thanked him and then took our leave. I was sorry the king did not seeifit to ask me to look through his harem before going, but as 1 had not expected hin todo so1 was not disappointed. He isa very much married man; he then had about 250 wives,'and I don’t know how many he has annexed sin His wives are of various grades, some being of royal, princely or noble blood, and some of common origin, who had been sent as presents to his majesty from the interior provinces. These last are specially for tunate if they can catch the eye and re: ceive the favor of their august master. Unless they do so their positions ave practically those of servants to the wo- men more favored by birth or charms. The Elephunt Stables. The king's closing suggestion to the consul was that I might like 10 see the royal white elephants, and accordingly we went to the elephant stables as we left the palace buildings. As has often SMONDAY, AUGUST 7, 18¢ been stated, the whito elephants are no white in the true sense of the word they are of an ashen hie, some of them being mottled, with patchies of a pinkish color. Compaved with the ordinar, black elephant they may be called white, just as a great many persons of Caucasian origin way be called white when compared with the negroes. There were four white elephants in the rvoyal tables, and each had a house to him elf. One of them was so ugly that his legs were chained heavily, and I was told that he had killed several keepers and attendants. Those about him kept at a respectful distance from his trunk. Tt wan formetly the duty of the court jewelers to put golden rings on the tusks of every white elephant that came to the king, but the creatures created so many vacancies in that office that the custom was abandoned or left to the dis- cretion of the chief keeper. The story goes that back 1n the 50's. there was o white elephant at Bangkok that had killed several jewelers in a vain attempt to ring his tusks. Oneday an American came to Bangkok who offered to perform the work if paid # The offer was accepted, and he got through the jobin a fow hours by the use of chloroform, which was not then known in the east. Abonrd the House B . The steam launch and house boat eame as promised and after taking on hoard our handbags and a_suitable amount of provisions we started an hour or two be- fore sunset for the ascent of the Menam. The house boat is well described by its name, as it is a small house built over the hull of a boat. It is found all through Asia, its form varying some- what in_different countries, though the essential features are the same. Ours was divided into two rooms—a saloon and a kitchen or servaut’s quarters. The former was the abode of the consul and yself—where we ate, lounged and slept, the sleeping being done on bam- boo divans or benches covered with thin cushions: the windows were broad and we kept them wide open all night to ad- mit whatever b might chance to come to us. We did not heed the fact that the air was full of mosquitoes, as we were protected by muslin curtains of a mesh so close that it was nearly stifling. The Siamese mosquito, or at least one variety of him, is so small that he cannot be kept out by a picket fenco or “post and rail,” asis averred of his New Jersey namesake. He is not armed with a canopener or other weapon of offense, but for all that he is a great pest and annoyance, especially to the strangers. Nearly 100 feet of cable connected us with the steam launch or tow boat.which drew us, but although so far off we caught whiffs of smoke all too fre- quently. After passing beyond the city limits we found our course alternating between » fields and forests, the lat- ter of rich tropical vegetation and so dense as to be almost impenetrable to the pedestrian unless armed with hatehet or machete for cleaving a path. Many of the trees were covered to their yery tops with elimbing plants, and among them T saw several specimens of that famous parasite which invariably kills the tree that it incloses in its em- brace. One varioty of this plant forms a network of such density that when the tree porishes and erumbles to dust or is eaten by the ants the parasitic vine re- mains upright, forming a pyramid or cone of bright verdure. Keception ut Bang-pa-in. In the morning we were just near enough Bang-pa-in to take breakfast be- fore our arrival and prepave for presen- tation to the king. After breakfast an officer came to escort us to the palace, which is a handsome edifice on a vory pretty island in the Menam, surrounded by dense forests, except where they have been cleared to make way for fields and gardens. On this oceasion the king received us with much less ceremony than at Bangkok. He was a rayed inthe native dress, as were his in- terpreter and several oficers who were present, and as soon as wo entered he shook hands cordially with both of u: and ordered that we be served with cigars. For perhaps five minutes he conversed through his interpreter, then he suddenly made a remark tome in Iing- lish, whereupon the interpreter bowed and retired to another part of the room. He knew that his services would be no longer required for that occasion. We remained for nearly half an hour, until the king signed for us to go by rising from his chair. As we were leaving he suggested that I must see the ruins of Aynthia, the former capital of Siam, and about ten miles above Bang-pa-in, destroyed by the Burmese a century and a half ago. Also I must visit the clephant corral at Aynthia, and to ena- ble me to do so ho had placed a passon- ger steam launch at my disposal. Tropicul Rulns. The launch was at the landing when wo reached it, and very quickly we woere on board. Justas we were casting off a filo of servants appeared, headed by an English speaking one, who explained that his majesty had sent some things for our personal comfort. The things proved 1o be champagne, brandy, beer, soda water and similar cheering and inebriating articles, enough to supply two free drinkers for a week at least. There were also fruit, cakes and other edibles galove, and altogether we were abundantly stocked for a journey of ten miles. The little launch’ sped rapidly up the river after her cargo had been stowed, and in an hour or 50 we were at Aynthia. We can say of the ruins as the Boston woman said of those of an- cient Rome, that they are sadly out of vepsiv. They are buried in tropical vegetation, and the remains of the city have suffered much more since tho Burmese invasion and destruction than would a more northern metropolis in thrice the period that has clapsed. The roots of the plants have forced the stones apart and thrown down many of the walls by the great power thoy oxert, slonder tendril insorts itself into a tiny crevice, where it remains and grows day by day, pressing like a wedge and never stopping till it has accomplished what would seem to be its objoect. Nature is wonderfully productive in’ the tropics, and at the same time destruc- tive. The Prince of the Elophant After finishing the ruins we urned to our launch and then went to see the elephant corral, where the animals ar driven at the annual hunt. It consists of palisades or palings a foot in dismeter and eighteen inches apart; it is thus made 80 that the hunters can easily pass through them wheu they have occasion to do 80 quickly, but the spaces between the posts are altogether too small to per- mit the egress of an elephant. We called on the prince of the elephants, whom we found in the second story of a “palace” that looked more like a rough shed than anything else. The prince was & native of the old school, as he sat on & low stool during the interview, did not rise to greet us or expedite our de- parture and was served by prostrate and crawling attendants. The king's officer who accompanied us and also a European attache of the royal court, fol- lowed the old custom, we two Americans being the only ones in the room who stood and sat erect. The visit was brief and at its close we returned to our beat, where we ate of the royal food and drank of the royal beverage till our appetites were satis- fied. Then we sat on the river's bank 900 on its completion. | and smoked ofgars whije our escort ap- pensed its hunger and thirst. Oar in foad on the supplies was so small as to be hardly pereaptible, but though our escort was very small numerically [ doubt if the king ever saw any of those articles again,especially the liquid onesy A Royal Dinner, T forgot to say that the king had in- vited us to dine with him at DBang-pa-in that evening, and you may be sure we were on hand. White duck is the cus- tomary dinmer dress of eastern Asia and not the black broadeloth of Europe. | Arrayed in spotless white we were at ! the palace in due season, befo his majesty had come from his private apurtments. Before he appeared there were about twenty of us altogether, in- cluding the interpreter, two or three of the court ofticials, the king's secretary and several brothers of the king, or, rather, half brother Almost immedi- | ately after the king appeared the doors | of the dining hall were thrown open and his majesty led tho way to the table. Colonel Sickels and [ were placed on either hand of our host and the rest of the party dropped into their places like the occupants of a woll ordered board- ing house. 'The interpreter was seated directly opposite the royal host and the others were placed according to their rank, at least [ supposed so. For five or ten minutes the king con- vorsed through the interpreter, then, as at the forenoon interview, he suddenly said something in BEuoglish, and from that time on the bi-lingual assistant was at liberty to give his entire attention to his dinner, for not another word was he called upon to spoak. The table was set in European style and elaborately decoratea with flowers and tho dinner was like a Persian one, the al cook being a Frenchman, Se eral kinds of tropical fruits were sorved, some of them between the regular courses, and tho king took special pains to show them to me, explaining their character and oualities, and, as was se oral times necessary, show me how they were to be eaten. For instance, one frait that looked like an apricot he al- lowed me to struggle with tor two or three minutes in a vain effort to sey it into halves. Its skin had a velvety appearance and I did not suspect there was a shell beneath it till his majesty milingly took the fruit from my hand and opened it with a knifg We had honey in the comb, and 1 remark, by the way, that there was a large comb of honey among the things that were sent on board the steam_launch for our jour- ney to Aynthin. [ asked his majesty why it was that the bees of Siam laid up “stores of honey in a_country where the flowers bloom every day in the year. He frankly replied that it was a conun- drum he could not answer. European Alrs In » Double Sensc. After dinner the king accompanicd us to a balcony overlooking a large space in front of the palace, and as soon as we were seated the royal band struck up the Siamese national air and followed it with “La Granc » “‘Madame Angot” and othe ¢ of Buropean origin. The performers were all nat the leader was a Frenchman, told that the period of his engagement would terminate shortly and he would be succeeded by a native. The king was justly proud of the band. which was an institution of his own, and he asked me two or three times how I liked it. I was able to answer without prevari- cation that the performance was very good; the Siamese ave a musical people, gonerally speaking, and some of them will pick up strange airs from foreign lands 1 a remarkably short time. We listened to the music, smoked eigars and chatted on quite a variety of topies for more than an hour, in fact for nearly two hours. The king told me many things about -his country and in turn asked me many questions about other countries, hesides asking sugges- tions for the improvement of Siam. He impressed me as greatly desivous of doing all In his power for the improve- ment and elevation of his people, and the correctness of my impression is shown by the many changes that have taken place during his reign and all of them for the best. Altogether our after- dinner talk covered a great deal of ground and was as informal as you may please to imaging It did not scem that I wasin the presence ofa royal ruler, but rather in that of a well informed | and courteous gentleman who had invited me to his house to dinner and a post- prandial chat. In due time the evening came to an end and we returned to our house boat. While we were yet sleeping the launch made steam and with our in tow cleft the waters of the stately river in the direction of Bangkok. S el RELICS OF ANCIENT TROY. A Priceless lection of Iaols, Wenpons and Drinking Vessels st the Smithsoninn, Trojan relies of priceless value and high antiquity have reached Washing- ton from the New York customs house, which will form one of the most inter- esting collections presented to the Smithsonian institution for many years. They were dug from the ruins of Troy by Dr. Sehliomann and must have pa through the mighty conflagration wh the legend says ended the Trojan wa The meaning and associations of th are of surpussing interest, for until a fow years ago, scholars and learned men believed that the heroes of Homer and Virgil, who fought atthe dawn of his- tory, existed only in myth and story. The discovery worked a revolution in cla: history. These interesting Pimples, blackbeads, red, rough aud oily wkin and bands, thin, and Talling Lair, aud & bavy blemishes are prevented and curcd by Curi. CURA B0AF, mowt effective wkine purifying and beautifying sosp in the world, as well as purcat sweetest of toilet Bold throughout the world, d uursery s0aps. PURE WATER. ' good pola boat | 3 objects are made of many ma torinls, of which stone, bronze, ivory, marble, terra cotta and bote may be mentioned, There ave 188 in all. They include a variety of articles, such s weapons, idols, vases, urns, knives, dag- gors, pins, whorls, drinking vessels of elaborate designs and patterns, rings, jugs and bullots. The whorls, which are the most numerons of any ob- jeets in the collection, had a peculiar use. There arecighteen of them. The Washington Post says they are oirenlar shaped, vary from one inch to threo in- ches in diameter and are made of stone highly polished and ornamented, They formed a very essential part of the rude spinning wheel which the Trojan matrons of that day used. Then it was fashionable for all women to spin, and even those of royal blood, who from the walls watched their friends and favorites in battle on the plains below, could deftly twist threads of great evenness and uniformity. The drinking vessels excite the great- est curiosity. A fow of the names as they appear on the original catalogue will show what a variety of them there are. There are globular jugs, lustrous jugs with incisod ornamentation, two- handled goblets, two-handled jugs, two- handled cups, one-handled cups, lilipus tian jugs, bowls and other vessels. These are of various sizes. Some hold as much as two quarts, and some no more than a thimbleful. The double- handled goblets, of which there are three, are of curious construction. They stand about six inchos and have on cither side long, slender handles reaching from top to bottom. They hold about the same amount as goblets of the A broad, shallow bowl in lleetion may have been used in the s to hold the saered meal which was the custom of tho Grooks cand Trojans to throw over the animal about to bo sacriliced. Besides the drinking vessels there are many interesting vases. One of these isa tripod vase about ten inchesthigh which was made tojstand upon three short legs. Another is a vase of mystic style and a thied is ornamented with strange lines that portray the like- ness of a woman's face. There are other objects of terra cotta, of which three balls, oblong and pyramidal weights,one idol, one head and one ring wre the most important. There are many curious picees of marble quaintly carved which were very essential in’ the economy of the Trojan religion. These are as thin as wafors and grotesquelv shaped. —- - Havana Suzar Market, 5 HAVANA, Aug. 0.—Tho sugar market has been exceedingly quiet this week. Musco- vado, nominal; molasses sugar, regular to ation, 30013121, gold, per quintal; centrifugal, 92 10 96 degree polariza- tion, $4/001 (@412 Stocks in warchouss ab Havana and Matanzas, 13 boxes, $10,500 bags and 181 hdds. RIME IN HIGH PLACES! Tt is not strange that some people do | wrong through ignorance, othors from a failure to investigate as tothe right or wrong of a matter. 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