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part two. The Aftermath of a Great Sale. Great satisfaction comes to a public purveyor when those most interested express their gratitude for benefits received--for opportunities offered them. And the commendation of the public has been, we might say, overwhelming. We have made this great sale all we purported to do, namely, a distributor ot the surplus stuff of such manufacturers as intrusted to us the distribution. Our patrons know whether or not our deeds have kept pace with our promises. Of the desirable things left over, we mention below a few of them. EMBROIDEBIES-JUST OPENED BIG LOT, ALL KINDS, WORTH 15c, r,CI IP 9c Housekeepers’ Gold=Mine; Dig Deep, Ladies! 10-4 Unbleached Sheeting, regular price 20c IlHo 9-4 New York Mill Bleached Sheeting, regular price 30c 21c 45-inch Pepperell Pillow Casing, regular price 16Vsc n^e Yardwide Soft Finished Bleached Shirting, regular price 6'ic So Yardwide Berkley Cafnhric, regular price !0c 6!ic Ready-made Sheets, 3-inch hem, made of Pepperel Sheeting, 2’i yards by yards, regular price 75c .’.59C Ready-made Pillow Cases, 12x36, made of Utica ‘Sheeting, regular price 20c 15c Full size Crochet Bed Spreads, regular price 75c 50c Solid Color and Black Pawns, short ends, worth at 5c EVERY ONE WORTH *l.OO. GflßOLfl UMBRELLAS. S 380 LADYSMITH GOLF HATS, Silk Bound and Nobby, 98c. Beauties in Petticoats. TAFFETA SILK PETTICOATS, So, with 9-inch accordion plaited flounce and duat ruffle, also 2-tucked ruffle, marked from *10.50, . > .i .u $7.50. ROYAL PROPOSALS. ICES I!V WHICH QUEENS AND ai-NCESSES HAVE BEEN WOOED. teen Victoria Had to Pop the Ques tion Herself—How She Managed It. Other Courtships of Crowned Heads. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. No incident in a marts life so thoroughly i unerves him as that fateful moment nen he has to "pop the question” to the c "l of his choice. Even though he has n expecting and preparing for the im *ant moment for months —alas, often s!—yet he is upset by the actual pro as much as though he had never ■ a minute to think of it, and trembles a schoolboy taking his turn before school principal for a serious breach . f school discipline. I have thought, therefore, that It might not be unimeresting to give some short account of the places and circumstances under which some of the best known royal swains made that fateful proposal which has ever been considered so tender and so •acred. And It will be. found that in such moments of agitation and nervousness eten royalties suffer the troubles of or dinary mortals and have the same diver sity of methods and places. The Prince, like the peasant, has lo take advantage of the most favorable opportunity that presents itself for telling the Princess now much he loves her, and lie finds a lonely tutor or a quiet, sequestered dell in o wide park as useful an adjunct lo the process as does any factory girl off with “James William” for the afternoon. How did the Prince Consort of England manage with the Queen? The story has aft been told, and It Is probably correct In Its outline, that It was not he in this case who had to manage, but she. For It appears to be court etiquette for the Queen to do the proposing in such a case. It Is said that, while ai a dance with tue Prince at Windsor Castle in 1810, Her Majesty took from her dress a spray of white lilac and gave It to him. He had no button hole in his uniform, as a soldier, out. taking out hl penknife, he made a >lit In his coat and placed the spray ten •rly In It. What happened next during it quiet talk In one of the adjoining ctments, we may leave to conjecture, the fact of the engagement was soon known by the Queen to her Coun ow the donees at Ihe castle used to be .and In what Is known as the “old ball -n," and the Waterloo chamber and ter neighboring rooms were used as •Juliets. Possibly It was in one of these rooms, therefore, after retiring from the ball room, that the actual "proposal” wan made by Her Majesty to the Prince, and cordially accepted by him who had been kept by rigid etiquette from mentioning the matter long before. But which* v r room was the actual scene of the affair >nd the Queen has always kept It very •ecret), there is no doubt that most of the actual "courting" was done in that rt of the Home Park directly under the r.astie walls. This portion of .he park, where the Windsor •ose show has of recent years been acid, la uuremely pretty and secluded, Jsatoantial) Jlofnin® iiXct&. and even to-day, as many happy, couples can testify on the annual show day, It is capitally fitted for the circumstances alluded to. Here the Queen and the Prince might often have been seen.' a charming pair of lovers, during those hap, y months of ISiO, and this spot has always been in high favor with Her Majesty, doubtless from those circumstances. The Prince of Wales had met his fu ture wife at a continental town, and had first set eyes on her while visiting a ca thedral there, some time before he went' to D nmark to visit her parents and make his proposal. His was a case of love at first sight. He was so struck with the beauty and grace of the princely maiden whom he saw in that cathedral that he made many inquiries about her and sought an introduction. Then the later sieps came in due course. It was at the castla of the Danish roy al family at Rosenborg that the Prince of Wat s had his private interview with the “daughter of Ihe sea kings” and proposed to gladly find her an English home and happiness for the remainder of her life. And here she accept, and him. There never seemes lo have bren any doubt of the anstfer to be given by Princess Alexandra, however, for she was as much in love with the line-looking heir to the British throne as he was with her. And so. after this auspicious day. "all went merry as a marriage bell," and Eng. land we corned the Danish conqueror once more to her domains wi h a welcome very different to that of Canute in ICHO. When, In 1574, the Duke of Edinburgh took to England his Russian bride it was considered a good cinen by the many Britons who still recollected the terrible days of the Crimean war and the former feud with Russia. And the omen has so far indeed been good: there has be-n peace with that great nation far the past quarter of a century. No more splendid surroundings rout! pots bly be imagined for "proposing” than the prednets and salons of the grand palace at St. Peters burg, where the Imperial family resides. And here it was that the Russian Prin cess first received the proposal of the English Prince for her hand and heart. Sh<- accepted the "sailor prince.” whether with or without hesitation we are not told. Pul probably, like even more lowly mai dens, the daughter of a Czar would like being asked m< re than once, and would not be averse to a little plead'ng upon the part of her royal lover. And we know that the Romanoff princesses ate not lightly won. We can well imagine, therefore, the scene which the rooms of the St. Peters burg palace saw during the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh on that occasion, and we -hall go far before we find an apart ment more suited for ushrring In a loyal betrothal Plants, fluwirs and decorations .have ever been reckonel as the proper accompaniment of a weeding ceremony, and those In this room would do equally well for a royal proposal It was in 1857 that two lovers might hate been seen on a Scotch moor In the district of Balmoral. They had gone out for the day with a rarty of friends, and, like many other lovers from time Imme morial. they had managed ver> heoutlful ly i,. lose I’.e party end to lose themselves and their nearest way. Nevertheless, they walked gayiy along back toward Balmoral over the springy turf, evidently anything but cast down at the loss. Suddenly the gentleman spied a piece of white heather growing close by. He gath ered R and presented it to the girl beside , him, For she was a true girl, barely 18 at Waste a Moment on This, It Will Pay You. Mason's Fruit Jars, pints and half gallon—sell everywhere 7c and tOo Sc Zephyr Ginghams, Plaids, Stripes and Checks—these have always heretofore sold at 25c 19c Silk Zephyr Ginghams—to close out this small lot, and some have sold at 39c and 45c 39c Turkish Bath Towels, sold always for 35c—They are certainly cheap for lXc Ladies' White Pique and Lawn Waists, nicely made, and have sold at *2.00 *l.OO Wool Challies, light grounds—Superior in quality, dainty in design, to close 25c A few still left of those Ribbon and Lace Waists. (They are worth and sold for 56.0*)) *2.98 Split Bamboo Porch Awnings—the coolest device yet , *1.75 SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 1900. Diaphanous Underwear Conducive to Health. Ladies’ Ribbed Vests, low neck and sleeveless, taped and crocheted 300 Ladies’ Ribbed Vests, bleached and unbleached, full sizes 5c Ladles’ Lisle Thread Vests, silk taped, 35c quality 160 Ladies’ Silk Lustre Richelieu Vests, lace work, 50c value 35c Children’s Swiss Ribbed Vests, worth 15c 8c Ladies’ Lisle Thread and Cotton Hose, to clear out, worth oOc 25c Superior Lisle Hose, Plain and Ribbed, Hermsdorf and Fancy, worth 75 c, 2 pair for 75c, or per pair 390 Fancy Scotch Lawns, worth sc, at 2^q (he time. But she knew the meaning of such a gift from such a person, and she clearly whispered “Yes” loud enough for the happy lover to hear. For when they reached home there had to be a telling to "papa” and “mamma” of something that had happened. And the next news heard was that the Crown Prince of Germany was betrothed to the English prlnaess roy al. Happy and loving Indeed was their union, so romantically and so charming ly begun on the Scottish moor. Little won der that the place has had such attractions for the widowed Empress ever since the day she received that piece of white heather. The Queen herself has In her hook, Leaves Flora the Journal of a Life in the Highlands," told the story of tne engage ment of the Puncess Louise to the Mar quis of Lome, now Duke of Argyll. She says, under dale of Oct. 3, 1870: "This was on eventful day. Our dear Louise was engaged to Lord Larne. The event took place during a walk from Ihe Glassalt Sitiel to Loch Dhu. She had gone there with Janie Ely, the lord chancellor and Lome. I had driven to Pannanieh Wells on the south side of the Dee with Beatrice and the Hon. Mrs. Ponsonby. "We got home by 7. Louise, who re turned some time after, told me that Lome had spoken of his devotion to her and proposed to her. and that she had ac cepted him, knowing that I should ap prove. Though I was not unprepared for this result. I felt painfully the thought of losing her. But I naturally gave my Consent, and could only pray that she would ba happy.” How simple and charming a description of a royal proposal this one Is. It Is such as might have been written by any woman in the land about her daughter's own en- , gagement. In its unaffected beauty, jt shows us, after all, how much matters of the heart are these affairs of royal fami lies just as much as are those of their meanest subjects. The Glassahlt Shlel is a somewhat plain, stone-built house, and a spot often favored with visits from Her Majesty during her stays at Balmoral. It Is a very convenient stopping place during a long drive to refresh one’s self with a cup of tea, and the Queen has thus made use of Its hospitality more than once on each visit to her Highland home. The wild scenery of the mountains all the way on the celebrated walk from here to Bal moral would appear to have affected the “head of the clan of Campbell" and caus ed him to "screw his courage to the sticking point” as perhaps few things could. Anyhow, this district has the honor of seeing first, for the space of many, many years, a direct British Prin cess accepting the love of a man who was not of royal birth, and thus becoming the originator of a much to be commended system that has been followed by the Princess Louise of Wales and the Duke of York of British royalty marrying those of British birth and pareniage rather than going abroad for royal oonsorts. The Czar proposed to the Princess Alix of Hesse during a family party at Copen hagen In 1894. He had made up his mind long before that If he married he would marry whom he pleased rather than ono •omniended to him by his counselors for state reasons. And his choice had fallen upon the Queen's granddaughter from Hesse. Accordingly, the pariy at the Rosenberg palace, the scene of that for mer proposal in 1883. had been arranged on purpose to allow Nicholas to meet his lady live under the happiest auspices. Boms iftjt that the Uw proposed during an evening party, others that he did so in the gardens round the palace while out for a walk with' the Princess. Probably the latter story is the more nearly cor rect. In any case, the scene of the be trothal of the Prince of Wales so many years previously to the Princess Alexan dra must have been almost coincident with the scene of the engagement of the Czar and the present Czarina. Nicholas was as happy as could be and proud of his intended wife in those hon eyed days. For he was ever, as he is still, more the affectionate father, the home ruler, than the King, though some of his recent acts and methods, notably the peace conference and his declarations regarding such high matters, have shown us that there lies behind that qulet-look ing face a stern will and a fixed determ ination to do what a king ought to do, and to carry out fully the work his Maker has placed before him. They are full of happy memories, these places of royal proposals and betrothals, •especially for the august personages con cerned in them. To the casual visitor they have special charms In themselves for their scenery or historical renown, and that interest is certainly not lessened from the .added fame they have gained owing to the circumstances detailed in this article concerning them. STORIES OF BELLE BOYD. Gloried In Her Ability to Outwit Federal Otllcer*. Belle Boyd, the Confederate spy. whose death at Kllbourne. Wis., was announced in a dispatch published yesterday, was educated at the old Mount Washington Female College, at Mount Washington, and several times in her romantic career, lived in Baltimore. During the Civil War. when she wis captured by the Federal troops, she was held for a time as a prisoner in the Euiaw House. When taken ill in California w.tit her second husband her mind gave way on the birth of a son. and she was sent to an Insane asylum. She was taken from this asylum, which was at Stockton, and brought to Baltimore, where she was placed at Mount Hope and afterward dis charged as cured. In 1877 she again came to Baltimore, and lived here for a while. Her daughter. Belle, was born during this visit. A year later she moved to Phila delphia. Mrs. John H. Tegmever, 508 Park ave nue, was her close friend In this city. Speaking of her early life, Mrs. Teg rneyer says that she was a dashing girl, with vivacious manners. She was well educated and spoke several languages. Mrs. Tegmeyer said that the army ex perience of Belle Boyd brought her Into disfavor with her friends because of the bold manner It developed. She wore male costumes and otherwise acted In a way that evoked criticism. Stonewall Jiicl.on - Note. Belle Boyd was born at Martinsburg. Berkeley county, now within the borders of West Virginia, on May 9, 184s. Her mother, Mary Glenn, was a daughter of Copt. Junes Glenn, and her father Benja- ; mn Read Boyd of Martinsburg Her decision to devote herself to the cause of the Confederacy as a spy came with the discovery while on a visit fb Win chester when the war broke out of some contemplated movements of Federal troops. She galloped by night to the head q,toilers of Stonewall Jackson and reported yviigt suv had diicoveted. From that lime There’s a Lucky Number in This Lot for Some One. y Read Them Over, Ladles’ White Pique Skirts—heavy cord—good value *5.00 *3,98 Ladies' White Duck Skirts—lap seams—worth *1.50 750 Ladies’ *l.OO Lawn Dressing Sacques, color and and white—little mussed Ssc Ladles' Muslin Gowns—lace yokes—Hamburg Insertings—good value 750 50c Ladies' Muslin Drawers and Chemise—lace and embroidery—39c value 25c Ladies' Percale and Lawn Wrappers—odds and ends—some worth *2 750 The Celebrated North Star Refrigerator, heretofore *l3 *9.B* she became attached to Gen. Jackson's brigade, and one of her proudest trophies was a note signed by him, dated May 23, 1862, af'er his defeat of Gen. Banks, which read: ‘lMiss Belle Boyd: I thank you, for myself and for the army, for the im mense service that you have rendered your country to-day.” Twice Sentenced to Be Shot. A drunken Fnlon soldier who had in sulted Iter mother was shot by her and she v/as acquitted by the Federal authori ties. During her career she was twice sentenced to be shot, and for eleven months was a prisoner In the old Carroll and Capitol prisons in Washington. At the time of the commencement of her career she is described as a girl of strong aquiline features, coal black eyes and* hair and magnificent figure and physical power. Martinsburg, her home, was most of the time within the Union lines, and her serv ices proved of great value to the Confed erate commanders. On one daring expedition she was cap tured. but exchanged for the celebrn’ed Col. Michael Corcoran of (he Irish Brigade who had been a Confederate prisoner since first Bull Run. After the battle of Gettysburg she was taken prisoner, court-martialed and or dered shot, but her sentence was com muted to banishment to the South. Soon afterward President Jefferson Davis sent her with important dispatches to Great Britain, but the vessel she was on was captured and the woman taken to Boston. She was a s'econd time court martialed and ordered phot. President Lincoln commuted her punishment to ban ishment . On the Blage. She went to England and was married there In August. 1864. to Lieut. Sam Wylde Harding, of the United States navy. She then took up a stage career, making her debut at the Theater Royal, in Manchester. When President Johnson proclaimed a general amnesty she relumed lo this country and played in a number of cities. At New Orleans In 1869. where she was a star In a stock company, she married her second husband, who was Col. John Swalnston Hammond, and retired from the stage. In 1881 she secured a divorce in Dallas. Tex., and the following year married Nat R High, a son of the Rev. N. It. High of Toledo. O. He was an actor, and with him she went on the road She afterward look up lecturing, reciting her experiences as a spy. She gloried In the fact that, being a woman, she was the more able to outwit many Federal officers, whose gallantry got the better of their discretion. Her Own Account. Speaking of her experiences, she or.ee < said: "I had been confiscating and concealing their pistols and swords on every possible occasion, and many an officer, looking about everywhere for Ills missing wea pons. little dreamed who It was that had taken them or that they had been smug gled awuy to the Confederate camp and ! were actually In the hands of their ene mies, to be used against themselves, "Gen. Shields introduced me to the offi cers of nis s:aff, two of them were young Irishmen. Am! to or.e of these, Capt. K ,I am indebted for some very re markable effusions, some withered flow ers, and last, but not least, for a great deal of important information, which was It Brings Domestic Happiness, These Prices With These Goods: Yardwide Srotch Gingham, worth $# Good quality Mattress Ticking, worth BV&C 5o St. Gaul White Dotted Swlsses, worth 20c 15a White Corded Pique, worth 12Vfcc 7V&O 5-4 Genuine Potters Table Oilcloth, worth 250 170 Large size Bleached Turkish Bath Towel*, worth ldo lSVfco Full size Crochet Spreads!? worth 75c t 50c 18-inch best quality cotton Diaper, worth 60c 44c White India Llnon, 6*40 value, at 3V4c Fancies in Fans. Great sale of WHITE LACE AND GAUZE FANS for graduation. Bought mi m i sacrifice. There are Just 500 In all, and only three of a pattern. Prices, 75c to $2.98. carefully transmitted to my countrymen. 1 must avow the flowe.rs and the poetry were comparatively valueless in my eyes. but let Capt. K be consoled—these were days of war, not of love, and there are still other ladles in the world besides the Rebel Spy. "The night before the departure of Gen. Shields, who was about, aa he Informed us. to 'whip’ Jackson, a council of war was held in what had formerly been my aunt’s drawing-room. Immediately above this was a bed chamber, containing a closet, through the floor of which I ob served a hole had been bored, whether with a view of espionage or not I have never been able to ascertain. It occur red to me. however, that I might turn the discovery to account, and as soon as the council of war had assembled I stole softly up stairs, and lying down on the floor of the closet applied my ear to the hole and found to my great Joy I could distinctly hear the conversation that was passing below.” SUBSCRIBERS HA Mil AI MEM ft please add the following new names to yourlist: 10S M. Boley Grocer 129 Congress street 1095 L. E. Bowen Residence 437 Montgomery street 765 P. H. Broom*.’... 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Prager Residence 102 Hall, west 942 Savannah Liquor Cos 207 Congress, west 628 Savannah. Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope Railway Bolton,east 1097 A. L. Shellman .' Residence 516 Bolton, east 648 John D. Slem Grocer Purse and Jones 855 Smith Bros Wholesale Grocers 26 Bay, west 1091 H L Smith Residence 202 Gwinnett, east 497 S. F. Smlih &Cos Grocer 346 Abercorn street 1105 M. J. Solomons Residence 207 Gwinnett, west 1088 R. G. Steen Residence 226 West Broad 606 Vale Royal Dairy...., Bay Street Extension 690 F. M Wever Residence 216 Bolton, east 1084 W. W. Williamson Residence 509 Whitaker street ■■■"" ■' ■— 1 ■ 1 " " ■ “ ■ij"ii Watch us grow! Everybody is pleased with the efficient service. No party lines. Have you placed your order for a reidence telephone? $25 per year. Unlimited service—metallic circuit. GEORGIA lEUPHOK M TELEGRAPH COMPANY, E Telephone 766. 144 Whitaker street. PAGES 13 TO 24. Tailored Suits, Grand Style. $9.75. LADIESf TAILOR-MADE SUITS, n Venetians, Coverts, Cheviot, Serge and Homespun Cloths, Eton. Jackets, allk lined or double breasted effects, all colors. Made to sell at from *15.00 to *20.00, all re duced to $9.75. Oar Postal System. From the New York Presa. My old friend Walter Wili ams la a be liever In the United States postal system. "It Is great." he exclaims. A letter from Australia addressed to "S. 8. White, America." reached San Francisco and waa forwarded to New York without delay. Mr. White has been dead about twenty years, but the letter was delivered to the firm he established. A postal card ad dressed to "S. O. Church & Bro., Park Row, Cincinnati, 0.,” was promptly de livered to the firm at No. 13 Park Row. New York. A letter addressed to "George S. Beaoham. New York,” arrived at Its destination In an amazing short time, not withstanding that gentleman's name Is not in the directory. And yet—and ye:, breth ren, I have known letters to spend thro* days going from Ninth avenue to Madison Square Garden.