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BEHIND THE EASTERN VEIL. Persian Women-What They Do and How They Do It, at Home and Abroad. From the St. James' Gazette. Eastern women are pitied as unhappy be ings on the theory that they are imprisoned in a gilded cage, closely guarded by very ugly eunuchs, and reduced to spend their time in attempting to catch the smiles of a jealous lord, as they sprawl in graceful at titudes on silken cushions. Their only other occupation is understood to he devour ing immense quantities of sweetmeats in order to become corpulent; their only Amusement the pleasure of poisoning rival wives, and hearing interminable stories of the “Arabian Nights” pattern. It is true that with the Turk beauty must be fat. It is not so, however, with the Persian; he has the appreciation of a connoisseur for the juste milieu. A stout woman in Persia is spoken of ns “an elephant,” while the leaner ones are generally called “camels.” Though they deal largely in hyperbole, the Persians do not mince matters in speaking of the fair sex. The veil, which is habitually worn out of doors even by the very poor in nil great towns in Persia, though its use is unknown among the tribes who form at least a third of the whole population, is clung to by the women as a privilege; it is in fact a domino. The Persian woman out of doors is unrecognizable even by her hus band. She sees without being seen, and in the veil it is impossible to detect the age of the w'earer, and the Persian lady is nearly always married at 14, she begins to fade at 27 at latest, and SO she appears 50, and there are only two dentists in the whole of Persia. Polygamy is the luxury of thp rich; with the upper and middle classes bigamy is the rule. A man’s first alliance is a nmriage dr convenance, the second either a marriage for love or for the gratification of vanity. When your Persian brings home a second wife there is usually a scene which lasts for a week or two; there is a struggle for supremacy, but it is soon over. Both wives do their best to please the master of the house; but they do not attempt to poison each other, unless in very exceptional cir cumstances. But Persian ladies still l>elieve in the eflicaey of love philters, and many an abomination is secretly administered to unfortunate husbands, happily, the love philter, though usually composed of horri ble ingredients, is quite harmless. The bath takes up a good deal of the time of all Persian women. Even the poorest mil attend the Haramam at least once a week. For the lady the bath is one of the serious affairs of life, and takes up daily from two to four hours of her time. It is somethin!! more than our idea of a bath. The victim is scraped and rubbed and par boiled. The soles of the feet are pumiced until they are soft and tender as those of a little child. The hair is thoroughly washed by means of hot water, and the saponaceous clay for which Shiraz is celebrated. Then the attendants mix in a brazen bowl the aromatic henna with the requisite amount of lemon juice, till a brown paste of the consistency of gruel is produced, and several handfuls of the repulsive looking compound are smeared over the Jady’s head. Then the hair, collected into a mass, is bound up in cabbage leaves. Small quantities of the dye are smeared over the eyebrows; the soles of the feet, the toes, the palms of the hands, and the finger-tips are also covered with it. And now the lady has to sit per fectly still for from one to throe hours, till, like a meerschaum pipe, she colors; and it is exactly the color obtained on the best speci mens of pipes that is most fashionable among the Persian ladies. Day after day the bath is thronged with women, each sitting per fectly still for the color to “take.” But they have their reward, for the henna dyes the hair a beautiful deep warm cnestnut; hence gray hair is unknown among Persian ladies. While the coloring process has been going on tongues have rieen running, and a good deal of scandal has been exchanged. The female barber, with a pair of tweezers, has removed every outlying hair from the. region of the lady’s eyebrows. It is the ambition of every Per lian woman that her eyebrows shall meet, or at least appear to do so. So attractive are eyebrows that meet that they are called the ‘‘bridge of love.” The first care, then, of the Persian beauty is with a little pencil of antimony to unite her eyebrows, and then she proceeds to make them appear of unnatural thickness; her eyelashes are pen ciled, too, in a manner not unknown to our own countrywomen. By this time the lady will have smoked many kalians or water pipes, she will have partaken of tea, and re galed herself with coffee; iced sherbets, too, will not have been w'anting. Iler fin ger tips, nails and palms, as well as the soles of her feet anti toes, have attained a bright chestnut hue, which will last a week. The hair is carefully washed once more. It is seldom under a yard long, often much more; for the Persian woman never cuts her hair, except in front, when two heavy love-locks are left on either side of the faco. The ladies now return home to their noon t’ny breakfasts. After breakfast there is generally a siesta, and this in a hot country is almost a necessity. About 4 tea and pipes appear; and then the lady receives callers, or pays visits, or perhaps "does . little shop ping, or takes the air mounted on her am bling mule, or a donkey of snowy white ness. The Persians are a very punctilious race; and it is the sensible custom of the country, on making a call, to announce beforehand that you are coming. A thousand and one little points of punctilio have to lie ob served; n certain number of cups of tea are do rigueur, three pipes at least have to bo smoked, a few whiffs from each, the rank and precedence of every guest is rigorously observed, and each visitor intrigues for and generally receives a little more than her due. To omit to return a visit is an unpardon able offonse. The particular place in the apartment of each guest is regulated to a nicety, and many aud bitter are the feuds on thissubject. The Persian lady is a good housewife. She rises with the dawn, she is liberal in her housekeeping, kind to her servants —a little profuse, perhaps, but then living is cheap in th" East. The keys of everything are in the keeping of the mistress of the house, and she is usually exact in her accounts. All the 'ast stock of conserves and sweetmeats, syrups for the prep a rat ion of sherbets, and pickles in endless variety are either pre pared by her own fingers or under her ej’es. cor does she disdain to be a confectioner and maker of pastry. As evening approaches —the long and elaborate Persian dinner “ing partaken of among the upper classes by tbo sexes apart—she prei>ares to entertain her husband; she will play to him a ion the lute or harmonica: she will sing to him, or read him to sleep with poetry: or she will play with hilu at backgammon or chess, or recite to him long stories in the ytvle of “The Arabian Nights.” When he s i< k she nurses him, and it is her pride to acr that his wardrobe is well supplied and his servants well clad. She will intrigue for him, plead for him, lie for him, and has neon known to die for him. She will even carry her complaisance so far as to find an other wife for him. BY THE WAY. Open Secrets About tho People we Meet and What They are Doing. From the Philadelphia yews. In a volume about which I chatted to you recently, entitled ‘‘The Confessions of a So ciety Man,” I find this narration: A Roland, Charles Alex DeHavon and myself were dining one day at one* of the prominent clubs, a man who was expen aively, though somewhat over dressed, > ame in. At Charlie s invitation he seated himself at our table, but before doing *° “e bowed to us in a formal manner, when he was introduced as Mr. Walter Berries. He soon took the lead in tho conversation, and sp< >ke freely of the theatres, the actresses, the various club scandals and a vast variety fnngonial topic*. he said, at last, “you must oimk with me. jiow.” and ho called for au °fd and well-established brand of champagne giving careful directions as to the icing and serving of it.” When it was poured out, he cried, “Champagne to our real friends and real pain to our sham ones; clean glasses and old corks.” No sooner had he tasted the wine, how ever, than he coughed as if in a fit, and dashed bis glass on the floor. A number of men strolled up to see what the disturbance was about. “It’s all that beastly wine.” Mr. Herries said, after he had composed himself.' have made up my mind several times to order no more. I shall not forget it soon again. Take this away,” he said to the waiter, “and bring me some ,”andhe named anew brand of wine lately intro duced into the market. “That old brand of wine has deteriorated very sadly of late years. I remember when it was the best and I could use no other; now it is very bad.” The other wine was brought, but I must say I preferred the first offered. Presently Mr. Herries pleaded an engage ment and departed. I then questioned Charlie as to what it all meant. “You must know,” he answered, “that Walter was not long since a very wealthy young man. He was a swell in the world of fashion, and was known as an authority on dress, jewelry and kindred topics, and was an excellent judge of aii kinds of liquors. He soon ran through his fortune, and was for a time way down. It was not long be fore he took on somewhat of his old style. He has now every article of adornment you can imagine, ana dresses in the most expen sive manner, has every novelty as soon as it comes out, aud lives a life of ease. Ho spends his time at the clubs and places of amuse ment during the winter time, and in sum mer you will see him at the fashionable re sorts. “ Where does he get the fundsl asked. “They are the result of just such doings as we saw a few momeifts ago,” Charlie an swered. “He advertises that new- brand of champagne which he calls for in that way. The company which employs him pays all the expenses and a good salary besides. In ad dition to this, he receives a considerable sum from a prominent tailor, in return for which all he does is to wear his make of clothes and praise his work. Now and then he will take an odd job, such as pushing a special brand of cigarettes or tobacco. By these means he reaps quite a large income, and at the same time preserves his reputa tion for fashion. He has a most congenial existence, and you will find him a very pleas ant companion if you could see more of him. His business, of course, requires him to cultivate the polite world, for upon his popularity there depends the success of his advertising. Not the Way He Expected A dispatch from Washington to the New York Herald says: A droll story, but one highly illustrative of Secretary Whitney s sagacity and foresight, is told m naval cir cles here. About a year ago Albert W. Stahl, who holds the rank of assistant engineer in the navy, was detached from active service and placed on duty at the Depew University, at Greencastle. Ind. In June last Mr. Stahl was transferred to the new cruiser Chicago, then lying at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The announcement of his departure from the university was received with genuine regret by the professors and scholars. Mr. Stahl's duties at the college consisted, in a general way, in teaching the pupils the science of naval construction and warfare. He was especially happy in the performance of these duties, and this fact, together with a strong and genial personality, made it desirable that the order detaching him should be revoked if possible. The gentle man selected to bring about this result was Civil Service Commissioner Edgerton, himself an Indianian and a trustee of the college. Those who heard Judge Edgerton’s argu ment before the Secretary say that in point of eloquence it equalled the best effort of Col. Ingersoll or ex-Senator Roscoe Conk ling. John Alden, pleading the cause of Miles Standish with the pretty Puritan maid, Priscilla, could not have been more earnest in his suit than Judge Edgerton in recounting the brilliant qualities of the young naval engineer. The Judge dwelt with especial emphasis upon Mr. Stahl’s high naval character, his adaptability as an instructor, his delightful manners and his cultivated mind. During the delivery of the Judge’s remarks the Secretary sat with an amused smile upon his face. At the con clusion the Commissioner was informed that the matter should receive the Secretary’s immediate consideration. A few days later Mr. Stahl dropped in at Judge Edgerton’s office. He had been summoded to Washington, he said. He hoped he hadnot fallen into disgrace, but it really looked a little odd. The Judge, without telling Mr. Stahl what he had done, suggested that he ie[)ort to the Secretary at once. Mr. Stahl did so. That evening he called upon the Judge again. His face was beaming with smiles. "Ah,’" said the Judge, complacently, “I see it’s all right. I knew it would be.” “Well, yes, Judge,” returned Mr. Stahl, “it is all right, but not in the way you ex pected. You see you made so good an argu ment in my favor that the Secretary con cluded I was too useful a man to be buried at the Depew University, and so he has de cided to send me abroad to the School of Naval Architecture at Paris, to take the place of two young American officers who have just finished a four years’ course at that place.’’ Well Built San Francisco Girls. From the Sacramento Bee. Chatting with a sprightly, intelligent girl the other evening, t was informed that she belonged to a clique which prided itself upon its skill in taking “classic” photo graphs. “Don’t you think that it is really going a little too fart” I ventured to suggest, mildly. “Now Venus arising from the sea, or Venus and Cupid, or Diana and her nymphs, or any of those studies which we are accustomed to associate with the undo in art, while quito correct in marble or on canvas, would not be proper if we recog nized in Venus a lady with whom we had drank tea on the previous evening, or dis covered tliat that Diana was identical with the. girl we took into supper at a ball.” “Not a bit of it,” said my progressive companion, stoutly. “We keep these pic tures for ourselves. No one sees them on the outside. Moreover, you men are always chatting about impressive models and abus ing us for wearing corsets and tight shoes, and other tiling) which may cramp the figure. Look at this in a physiological light. If Mary, studying her picture, finds that her waist does not come up to the Venus do Milo standard, she abandons corsets, and endeavors intelligently to improve her shajc. I can tell you that I have in my collection pictures of girls of my acquaint ance which would make any of the \ enuses and Dianas jealous with envy.” 1 disputed the assertion, and the argument finally terminated in consenting to. show me this album, of course with the faces covered. It was a most remarkable collection. The figures that I saw showed the bust naked, a few the waist, but none of them were per fectly nude. It was a splendid showing of the perfection of physique to which our California maidens have attained. There were legs in abundance, exquisitely molded legs, with calves and ankles and feet which would havo made a sculptor wild to model. There were arms taken alone, feet and hands alone, and one was a back from the neck to the w aist. “I confess I see nothing improper in this,” I said. “What is there in the other end of the book !” “That is for the inspection of ladies only, said my friend, shutting up the book. "Pity we could not work you in, Mr. Paul, with* Susanna. That gray head of yours would look beautiful as one of the elders.” With teeth all stained, and loose, I thought That nothing could he begged or bought To cure them, and I cried, in pain, ••(> would that they were good again!" At last, let songs or praise go round, A cure in bO.ioUO.NT I found) THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1887. THE OPIUM FARMER. The Wretched Hindoo Who Remains Poor, With Wealth Always Within His Grasp. From the New York Sun. “There is nothing the soil can produce that can be cultivated with more profit to the husbandman than the poppy, if it is cul tivated in the right country,” said the head of a large drug inportiug house, “and yet there are no fanners in the world who are so universally and perpetually provert.v stricken as the growers of the poppy. The many thousands of people who are engaged in the production of opium in India —and 1 speak from personal knowledge obtained on extended visits to the provinces of Benares, Bahar, and MalwaU—live year after year from hand to mouth, when they might reap fortunes by a very little energy and extra exertions. The opium farmer of India lives and labore with but three objects in view. These are, first, to decorate his wife profusely with ornaments, toeatoff a brass plate, and to be in a position to make a great display when his oldest son is married. As far as the wife’s jewelry is concerned, that is a mat ter of religious duty, the Hindoo religion demanding that certain ornaments must lie worn by married women, and the real wealth, if wealth it may be called, of tho native land-owner is in his wife’s jewels, and whatever a husbandman may gain by his poppy culture he immediately invests in jewelry, the same as the Yankee farmer places his money in bond and mortgage. If the Indian farmer on marrying cannot do any better in the way of jewelry, he must give the bride he obtains lead ornaments. This keeps the religious form, but the Very first yeah he has been energetic enough to raise a good opium crop the lead jewelry gives place to silver or gold. On the mar riage of his oldest son, an Indian farmer will waste in a week’s jollification the entire sav ings of years of privation. “It is a strange sight to see the Hindoo women at work in the fields, gathering poppy juice or picking weeds, decked out with huge gold rings, bracelets, anklets and chains, and wearing but a single short petticoat and a gay colored wrap of light texture. The wants of the Indian raiat , as the farmer is called, are very few and sim ple. A thatched roof, covering four con fined mud walls, shelter him, and there are families who have lived for hundreds of years, generation after generation, in the same liQvel-like homestead. The farmer’s suit of every-day working clothes is a very scant cloth fastened about his loins. His ‘dress up’ suit is a big ootton sheet folded about him. His entire family, from him self down to the smallest child he owns, that is not to small too crawl about among the poppy plants and know the differenc e between a weed and a poppy, share in the toil of the field. The small children are clothed just as they came into the world, and appear comfortable, no matter how hot the sun shines or how low the tempera ture may fall —and in November, Decem ber, January and February, when the bulk of the field work is done, the weather is quite cool enough for at least summer clothing. “These happy-go-lucky tillers of the soil depend entirely on the government to keep them going year after year in the matter of farming. Thus the government advances the poppy seed that is to be sown, loans the money by which the land is irrigated,and the bullocks purchased to carry on the work. The cultivator will not till more of his land than he can manage without other help than his own immediate family, and conse quently a fiatoh leased to any one farmer that is half au acre in extent is an exception ally large holding. The one-twentieth of an acre, called a higka, is the favorite quantity of land for a farmer to seed down with pop pies, but he will put in a tenth or a sixth on a pinch. There are untold advantages in the growing of opium for extended enterprise, but the raiat will not expend the smallest Indian coin to acquire these advantages and with it great gain, for the profit in opium production is large, owing to the policy of the government in paying large prices for the product as a means of precluding illicit traffic in it. “The farmers themselves have no direct intercourse with the government. Each village of opium growers select some native as their representative or agent with the authorities. He is called the lambardar. It is his business to give estimates to the government agents as to the probable yield of the farms he represents, on which the loans and advances may be based He man ages every transaction between the govern ment and the farmers, and for his ser vices he gets a commission on all the opium he causes to be delivered to what are known as the weighing stations, points where the product of certain districts is carried by the growers and turned over to the agents. “The opium gathering begins in January or February. The poppy flowers have then given way to the sol'd pods, which are lanced in Hie afternoon. The thick gum, the opium, exudes from the cut made in the pod, and at daylight the next morning the entire family of a raiat are astir in the fields, scraping the opium from the pods, the incisions being carefully closed again, by rubbing the finger sharply up and down on the cuts, which glues them shut. If care fully treated, the pods will expand liberally to six lanciugs. The opium is at first placed in brass vessels, and the dew that may ad here to it is drained off. Then it is kneaded like dough until it is at the proper consis tency, when it is packed in new earthen ars and is ready to be carried to the weigh ing stations. “The order to fetch in the year’s crop of opium is generally given early in April, and that is the most interesting season of the year to the raiat und his family. Each farmer is notified that on a certain da y he must be at the weighing station of his dis trict for the testing and weighing. An en tire village, men, women, and children, join in joyous procession when the notice is re ceived, and, laden with the jars of opium, start for the destination. They travel only at night, as the heat of the situ is so great at that season of the year that the journey would be unendurable. All day they lounge in tho groves and shady lanes, feasting and joining in various recreations. These way side camps of the opium villages are pic turesque sights to the traveler through these provinces. When a group arrive at the weighing station they are ranged in long lines before the examiner, who examines tho opium of each one and marks the quality and weight of each jar with a piece of chalk on the side of the jar. The examiners are experts, and can tell by the feeling whether a sample of opium is adulterated, but they put it to chemical tests as well. After the opium is all weighod anS tested, the differ ent funnel's receive the amount their yield entitles them to, less the government ad vances, ami the gay procession takes up its man'll for home. The opium is forwarded to Calcutta in boxes known as opium enrols, and the insidious drug is ready to lie sent on its mission of blessing to many and of mis ery to many more.” How Margaret Drow the Line. Letter in the St. Louis Post-Dlspatcli. Our pantry is next to our kitchen, where Margaret received the visits of her Mickey. One evening 1 went down to the pantry for something, and while there was uii involun tary eavesdropper on poor Margaret. She ban confided to nia only a few days before that, shortly after Lent, we would have to look out for a now girl, and weenr soquently received Mickey with more good will than before be hod declared his attentions, al though we were sorry to think wo would lose Margaret. On the evening in question Mickey was in the kitcheu, where Marga ret was finishing up her work. After the rumble of a grid-iron falling to tho floor had subsided, f heard the following dia logue: “No, Mickey. No. you cannot.” “Ah, Maggn, dear, gi’ me one kiss from those sweet lips." “Mickey,” replied Margaret, in a stern voice, “you must own the bowl before you claim the sugar.” I recommend Margaret’s views to the serious consideration of young ladies who arc unable to decide what is the proper conduct for engaged couples without writing to the newspapers. MILLINERY. SSWMII A JNERYAT KROUSKOFF'S Mammoth Millinery House. We are now offering immense lines of New Straw Hats, Ribbons, Feathers, etc., which are now being shipped daily by our New York buyer, and our Mr. Krouskolf, who is now North to assist in the selection of the Choicest Novelties in the Millinery Line. It is astonishing but a fact, that we sell tine Millinery cheaper than any retail store in New York, llow can we do it? Cannot tell. This is our secret and our suc cess. Perhaps’on account of large clearing out purchases or perhaps from direct shipments from London or Paris—but no matter so long as the ladies have all the advantages in stock and prices. We are now ready for business, and our previous large stock will be increased, and we are now offering full lines of fine Milans in White and Colors, for Ladies, Misses and Children in an endless variety of shapes RIBBONS, RIBBONS, new novelties added and our regu lar full line entirely filled out. We knock bottom out in the price of Straw Goods. We continue the sale of our Ribbons at same prices as heretofore, although the prices have much advanced. We also continue to retail on our first floor at wholesale prices. 8. KROUSKOFR SWIFT’S SPECIFIC. rv..tli \ :iill ('liri j l.; s’ : 7 m S. S. S. vs. POTASH. I hare hart bleed poison for ton years. I know I have taken one hundred bottles of lodide of potaeh in that time, hut it did me no good. Last summer my face, neck, budy and limbs were covered w’ith sores, and I could scarcely use my arms on account of rheu matism in my shoulders. 1 took S. S. S„ and It has done me more good than all other medi cines I have taken. My face, hotly aud neck arc perfectly clear and clean, and my rheu matism is entirely gone. I weighed 116 pounds when 1 began the medicine, and I now weigh 152 pounds. 41 y flrst bottle helped me greatly, and gave me an ap|>ctltc like a strong man. I would not be without S. S. S. for several times its weight in gold. E. 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R ABBOT, Pew., Belton* p *> vn EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL, Near .Alexandria, Vu. L. M. BLACKFORD, M. A , Principal; L. lIOXTON, Associate Principal; With able Assistants. A Preparatory 8('hool lor Hoys. Founded 183 ft. Session opens Kept. 28, 1887. Catalogues sent on application. EUUQUIER FEMALE INSTITUTE, Warren I ton, Va., opens its s7th annual session Sept. 14, 1887. Situated in the Piedmont region of Vir ginia, unsurpassed for its beauty, fertility and health fulness. Only 50 miles from Washington. The grounds, ten acres in all, ure tastefully laid out. The building is one of the finest school edifices in the State. A full corps of teachers. Terms reasonable, and made known on applica tion For catalogues address UEO. G. BUTLER, A. M., Principal MONROE FEMALE COLLEGE, FORSYTH, GA., Uni.l, mume exei-eiaes MONDAY, SEPT. 19, U 1887. The departimuts of Llteratnne, Science, Muklc, Drawing and Painting are eup plied with the best of teacberx, under the beat of management. 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AVTHY don’t walk onr tony fttreetn with that ▼ ▼ nice dr#*K or Knit of clothes on with Stains or Oreaeo Spots in, to which th* Savannah duot alickn “closer than a brother,” when Japanese Cleansing Cream will take them out clean aa anew pin. 25c. & bottle. Made (inly by J. R. H ALTIW AN GBR, At hi* Drug Storm, Broughton and Drayton, Whitaker and Wayne streets. W. V. DIXON, UNDERTAKER DEAI.KH IN ALL EINDH OF COFFINS AND CASKETS, 43 Bull it root. Residence Stl liberty street. bAVA.SX.UI. UEUiWU. COTTON SEED WANTED. COTTON SEED WANTED THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO., CAPITAL $.’5,000,000, H AS just constructed eight new Cotton Seed Oil Mills, located at the following points, each having the capacity per day indicated. Columbia, S. C., - 100 Tons. Savannah, Ga., - - 100 “ Atlanta, Ga., - - 200 “ Montgomery, Ala., - 200 “ Memphis, Tenn., - 200 “ • Little Rock, Ark., - 200 “ New Orleans, La., - 300 “ Houston, Texas, - 300 “ CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Addresa, at nearest Mill. Southern Cotton Oil Cos. doors, sash, BTC. ANDREW HANLEY DEALER IN Doors, Sashes, Blinds, Mouldings. Etc. All of the above are Rest Kiln-Dried White Pine. ALSO DEALER IN Builders’ Hardware, Slate, Iron and Wooden Mantels, Grates, Stair work, Terracotta, Sewer Pipe, Etc., Etc. Paints, Oils, Railroad, Steamboat and Mill Supplies, Glass, Putty, Etc. Lime, Plaster, Cement and Hair Plain and Decorative Wail Paper. Frescoelag, House and Sign Painting given personal atten tion and finished in the best manner. ANDREW HANLEY. STEAM LAUNDRY. SAVANNAH STEAM LU'NDRY, 131 Congress Street. Blankets anil Lace Cnrtains Cleaned as Good as New. SEE OUR NEW REDUCED PRICE LIST, Work Called, for and Tlolivereci* HEEDS. Build's Reliable Cabbage and Turnip SEEDS, JUST RECEIVED FRESH AT OSCEOLA BUTLER’S MOXIE. MOXIE. -i i FOR SALE WHOLESALE BY C. M. GILBERT & CO- Sout beaut corner Bay aud Barnard St recta. OFFICIAL. ORDINANCE. an ordinance To amend the Police rules and regulations and to relieve Private E. K. Davia from the operation of the rule amended. Section I, lie it orilaine.t by the Mayor and Al ilermen of the city of Huvamiali.iu (,'ouncil assem bled, that Hule 112 of the police rules and regu lotions adopted on the the 17th day of March, 1880. Is 1 so amended uh to read us follows: Policemen sounded or dlxahled whilst in the performance of duty, or niude ill hy unusual ex posure or service, will receive t lielr pay for the period thus lost. Inordinary cases of sickness it shall Im-discretionary with the Chief of Po lice, whether or not to recommend pay for the time t luis lost, and his recommendation for such payment shall secure the same if the recom mendation Is concurred in hy the Police Com mittee, hut not otherwise. Time lost in every ease shall lx- so stated on the pay roll. Hr.c. U, lie it further ordained that the sum of twelve dollars ami ninety six cents, deducted from tae,)Ky of Policeman E. F. Davis, shall be refunded to ntm. Sec. 3, That all ordinances, rules and regula tions in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed Ordinance passed in Council August 10th. 1887. RUFUS E. LESTER. Mayor. Attest: Frank E. Kkuakkr, Clerk of Council. QUARANTINE NOTICE. Office Health Officer, I Savannah. Ga., May 1, 1887. ( From and after MAY Ist. 1887, the city ordi nance which specifies the Quarantine require ment* to be observed at the port of Savannah, Georgia, for |>eriod of time (annually) from Mar Ist to November Ist, will Us most rigidly en forced. Merchants and all other parties interested will be supplied with printed copies of the Quar online Ordinance upon application to office of Health Officer. From and alter this date and until further no tice all steamships and vesaels from South America, Central America, Mexico. West Indies, Sicily, ports of Italy south of *0 .legs. North latitude. and coast of Africa be ween 10 degs. North and 14 degs. South latitude, direct or via American port will be sub jected to close Quarantine and be required to report at the Quarantine Station and be treated as being from infected or suspected porta or localities Cuptalus of these vessel* win have to remain at Quarantine Station until ttcir vessels are relieved. All steamers and vessels frorr. foreign ports not included above, direct or via American ports, whether w-eking, chartered or otherwise, will tie required to remain in quarantine until boarded uml passed by the Quarantine Officer. Neither the Cootaiiw nor any one on board of nu ll vessels will be allowed to come to the city ■until the vessels are inspected and paused by the tgiairanttne Officer. As port* or localities not herein enumerated are reported unhealthy to the Sanitary Authori ties, Quarantine restrictions against same will be enforced without further publication. The quarantine regulation requiring the flying of the quarantine flag on vessels subjected to detention or inspection will be rigidly enforced, J. T. McFARLAND. M. D.. Health Officer. QUARANTINE NOTICE. Orncß Health Officer, I . Savannah, April sth, 1887. ( Notice is hereby given that the Quarantios Officer I* 'list mi-tod not to deliver letters to ves sels which are not subjected to quarantine de< teution, unless the name of consignee and state niont that the venal la ordered to some other port appears upon the face of the envelope. This oalor is made necessary in consequence of the enormous bulk of drumming letters sent M the station for vessels which are to arrive. j t. McFarland, m. and.. Health Officer. QUARANTINE NOTICE. Orriri Health Office;, Savannah, March S6th, 1887. | Filots of the Port of Suvannah are informed that the Suidu Quarantine Station will be open ed on APRIL Ist. 1387. Special attention Of the Pilots Is directed to sections Noe. 3d and 14th, Quarantine Regula lions. Most rigid enforcement of quarantine regula tions will be maintained by the Health aunt un ties. J. T. McFAKLAND, M. D„ Health cSLsat, 5