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THE WORLD HAS WON TnEE.
The worM ho- won thee, go tby way: I will not
I and now I an: P re-
sa<fiy*l" have loosed each feeling
An-! reconc itedmy’ mind at length to see thee
I csnlftM with'steady force, the tie so
But efforts have each secret
enil unwound.
The world has won thee, and I know that in
its charmed embrace
The memory of the past-will glide away with
out a trace;
But it will leave, in after years, upon thy
heart a stain
Which even Lethe’s stream would fail to wash
away again.
In sorrow—not in anger—now, I bid thee this
farewell. ' ,
An-i call my heart to own its home m solitude
to dwell.
The world has won thee; I refuse to take thy
love attain.
It is not worth what it has brought of bitter
ness and pain;
For though in mcm’rrs tangled web, some
golden threads are wrought,
They cannot stand time’s mildew -lamp, with
blight and ruin fraught;
And yet it is no fault of thine, like all man
kind to be:
Mine was the folly to believe that none were
like to thee.
The world has won thee; who will say that
this is strange or wrong.
While hope is round thee, with her light, en
ticing thee along?
Thev will but smile at my light dream, that
thou alone could turn
From flattery’s siren voice, and all her hollow
promise spurn.
Her promise kept, but to the ear in fortune'
prosperous hour.
But broken to the hope, as 6oon as clouds of
sorrow lower.
The world has won thee; go thy way, and
drink of pleasure’s cup;
Slowiv and sadly I have taught my heart to
give thee up.
Hard was the struggle, but at last with calm
ness I submit,
Tho" none may know how deep and strong my
soul to thine was knit;
But go; thy path of life is bright, wih thank
less flowers o'erspread;
Step lightly, Itst thou crush their bloom and
mourn their beauty fled.
The world ha* won thee—'tis enough for me
this truth to know.
Which most I feared, while trusting all, upon
one doubtful throw.
The chance was won, the eacrijice was but a
heart to thee;
The gain was nothing in thy hands, the loss
was all to me.
Take back thy love, for dangers lurk amidst
its seeming smile.
And I reclaim the heart once more so silly
won the while. H. W.
Erunexrick, Oet. 7, VICI,.
FASHIONS FOR AUTUMN.
TOILETS WORN IIY LADIES RE
TI KNING FROM ABROAD.
Red fern Downs—A Flower Dress—New
Tailor Made Dresses—The * Mother
Hubbard Gown—Garments and Other
Jewelry that will be Worn—The Fash
ion in Pearls.
New Yoke, Oct. 31.— 1 t is noticed that
the women of wealth and position who
have arrived lrom abroad wear all black
toilets largely composed of lace and vel
vet. At home their dresses are masses of
black Chantilly lace over silk and satin.
For the street long cloaks of brocaded
velvet also richly trimmed with wide lace.
These, all black toilets, are completed by
charming bonnets ol plush or velvet with
high pointed brim, small square crown,
and curled plumes or aigrettes massed
upon the front and mounted so as to in
crease as much a3 possible the apparent
height. A golden dagger pierces trans
versely the fullness of the crowns, and
that is’ all to the rich depth of
the black except the gloves, which are
usually a light tan color and very long
and soft, in the Bernhardt style, which
has superseded all ot; e
The most distinguished toilets of all
kinds are in black, white and smoke
.Shades —the latter in two tones. The
phik and blues have all disappeared even
from the range of evening dress, and the
stone and ecru shades have taken the
Elace of gray. The wine-colored and
ombard browns, the dark green and
bronze shades hold their own for day
wear, but there is a constant tendency to
unYv and darken the costume for street
'Wear and render the contrast with the
delicacy and daintiness of evening attire
as striking as possible. The showily
•dressed woman, whether her garments
are cheap or costly, has become an object
of suspicion, she is so apt to be a sham.
There are women who on occasions will
be magnificent in jewels and fine raiment,
but this is exceptional, and the effects
this produce are due to the possession of
family treasures in diamonds and
laces. There are other women
considered “very dressy.” perhaps
extravagant, who are really great econo
mists. They understand the whole art of
making over and putting the “best side
outside.” They mount trimming satin at
70 or $0 cents per yard on a cotton lining;
their velvet has a linen back; they know
the value ol their silks for ruffling, and
put every inch of lace or embroidery
where it’ will do the most good. Their
“get-up” is always elaborate. The diffi
culty is they look too much dressed —over-
dressed —because there is so much to cover
up. On the other hand, the plainest
dressing in appearance usually costs the
most. Go into any store, and the common
garments will show an excess of cheap
trimming or the strongest contrasts in
color, while the most expensive will be
quiet, uniform in tone, but soft and fine
in texture and quality, and exquisite in
workmanship.
A LADY’S OUTFIT.
It is rather remarkable that.the finest,
most expensive oufit. perhaps, ever re
ceived by the famous "order” department
of Lord & Taylor should have come from
a lady no longer young, who is not a bride
or going to be, but who is extremely
wealthy and fashionable and spends at
least half her time abroad. Whatever
may be said in regard to dresses, and par
ticularly wraps—and in the latter respect
we are rapidly reaching the point of com
petition with the best European houses,
both in style and price—it is conceded
that in the "making of fine underwear we
can distance all competition. In the out
fit aliuded to are two dozen of the finest
night dresses, two dozen pairs of drawers,
ami two dozen peculiar waists or corset
covers from which both drawers and short
skirt are suspended. The gowns are made
of the finest grade of linen with soft fin
ish, and are trimmed exclusively with
flat needlework and minute tucking. No
lace is used, and there are only these re
sources to draw from, yet the design ot
each one is totally different from the oth
er, and the effect of the whole ex
traordinarily beautiful from the masses
of line tucking, the charm and
diversity of the newest patterns in exquis
ite needlework, and tho skill with which
they are arranged. The design of one
formed a square on the centre, and half
handkerchief to the foot of the robe, but
for my part 1 must confess to a prefer
ence for the simpler patterns—the straight
and rectangular with their long lines and
characteristic effects. Another feature
worth noting in these gowns is quite novel.
It consists of button holes made so that
ribbon No. 5, or No. 7, can be run through
them, draw the gown into folds, and shape
it to the body. These button holes are re
peated on the sleeves, extending up two
thirds of the distance both upon the back
and the iront and drawing them
in lengthwise upon the lower
arm. Of course they are quite loose and
gathered in at the top. The corset-cover
is a perfectly original garment. It is a
fitted waist, cut square or round, and
with a very deep “spriDg” or shirt, which
covers the hips and descends a little below
them. Attached to this, just below the
waist line, is a second spring or shirt,
upon the hem of which buttons are sown
at regular intervals, from which the
drawers and a short underskirt are sus
pended. The depth of this attachment
relieves the hips and waist entirely, and
greatly diminishes the length of drawers
and underskirt. The lengtn of these is
not more than that for a small child, and
the width seems quite out of proportion.
A bridal dress nearing completion de
serves mention. The train was of thick
satin plaited, but otherwise quite plain,
only faced interiorly with shells of satin
and plaitings of lace. But the front was
oovered with masses of fine Duchesse
lace and exquisite pearl embroidery, and
the pointed bodice was draped down to
points, front and back, with lace flouncing
of the same marvelous fineness, the falls
from the shoulders forming the sleeves.
An imported dress just received for wear
at a wedding reception is of ivory velvet,
draped up on one side over a petticoat of
satin, embroidered with silver and garni
tured with plumes and water lilies in
satin, with hearts of powdered gold. The
silver embroidery is executed in water
lily pattern, with centres of minute cold
beads. The train and back of the low
bodice are of velvet, the front is of
embroidered satin, and a decoration
arranged as an order crosses the bodice,
and is fastened upon the left shoulder,
with an ornamental group of feathers and
water lilies similar to that upon the skirt.
The interior facings and knife pleatings
of the train are satin separated by thick
cord from the velvet edge. A walking or
carriage dress sent over at the same
time is of golden brown plush, lined with
satin, the bonnet to match, trimmed upon
the front with five brown birds with
breasts shaded from gold to brown. The
plush skirt opens over a front of kilted
satin in two parts, and has a pleated satin
vest fastened with small round bronzed
buttons and a jacket basque. It Is accom
panied by a long coat lined with satin.
A FLOWER DRESS.
One of the most poetic and charming
toilets ever imported is a Worth evening
dress brought from Paris by Miss Mc-
Nav. It is made of moonlight tulle
studded all over with tiny silver loops
woven into the tissue, and through each
of which is passed the stem of a wood vio
let in velvet. The violets also form a
fringe across the front, which ascends on
one side for a short distance, descending
again and ending with the beginning ot
the small train, which Is very full and not
bordered, and lifted in bouffant style upon
the point of the low bodice. Or ossing this
and lightly touching the shoulder is a
delicate garland of flowers, which form
the only ornamentation. The transparent
underskirt is bordered with a plaiting
edged with purple velvet, and this by a
narrow pelisse of satin matching the tulle.
A white tulle made over white satin
had a train dotted with silver and front
composed of pleated tulle striped with
satin ribbon; the panels lengthwise, the
full front horizontally. The bodice is very
low, pointed at the back, and forming a
full bust in front, surmounted with shells
of Mechlin lace. There is a very novel
and becoming arrangement of folds which
pass under the arms, tilling the hollow
and supporting the bust. There is a dis
tinct return to the low pointed bodice,
falling off from the shoulders, and to the
short sleeves of fifty years ago.
A handsome dinner dress consists of a
narrow demi-train of dark prune velvet
or slightly draped front of magnificent
red, pink, gold, cream and bronze brocade,
the colors and large flowers of which
were toned down to the richest blending
of shades. The sides were of the brocade
laid in wide folds and paneled with a
straight centre of pink and cream satin,
embroidered with an interlinked design
in pearl.
A bronze Sicillienese dress is made
over a velvet skirt trimmed with fur, the
draping effected with bronze beaded orna
ments. The bodice of this is high, the
back of the basque full and leaf shaped.
The vest is of deep canary colored crepe,
and forms a full chemisette; a narrow
puffed edge ot the crape is inserted also
at the w rist, which has a novel effect.
Smoke shades, dull gray, blues and
browns, are the colors in cloths, and the
simple designs, straight or arranged
without looped up drapery, obtain their
distinction from shades of color, the
beauty ol the material and the amount of
work put on in braided designs.
A golden brown cloth looks expeedingiv
well braided in silk and chenille, and a
very stylish jacket in dark smoke-gray is
covered w ith a braiding pattern in seal
brown, below which seal brown plush
forms a second short skirt and also a vest,
A gorgeous wrap was in wonderfully
flowered brocade upon a black ground
with an inner garment of velvet bordered
with rich feather trimming. The brocade
was lined with moonlight satin, and its
front fastened with fine cameo clasps. A
carriage wrap is of turkey red wool, form
ing a deep basnue back w hich is pleated
in the skirt and braided with black. The
sleeves are long, loose and pointed. The
fronts are striped with biack velvet across
and kilted to the feet, to the top of which
they extend. The terry and silk brocades
are the same styles as were formerly used
for upholstery purposes alone, and then
straight curtain valence, recessed and
lifted styles of the SKirts and draperies
suggest the forms and uses to which they
have been applied.
NKW TAILOR-MADE DRK9SES.
Itedtern, the famous English tailor, now
supplies quite a number of ladies in New
York and particularly in Boston with his
specialities. He is the tailor to the Prin
cess of \\ ales and her three daughters,
and his styles retain more of the true
tailor spirit and finish than many others
who have so long followed the lead of the
inodiste as to have lost all distinctiveness,
their models simply putting into cloth,
where they are insufferable, the faults
and vagaries which may be pardoned in
materials more ephemeral. Among the
Itedtern costumes recently received by a
family in which there are a number of
girls was a camel’s hair in Lincoln green
—striped with velvet and made with a
very simple scarf drapery which formed
a short apron, and lolds at the back over
the velvet stripes of the skirt. Between
the stripes were clusters of folds forming
knife pleatings which alternated with the
stripe. The bodice was plain, jersey
shaped, and formed an inserted plait at
the back. The front was buttoned straight
down until within two inches of the edge,
where it was cut away diagonally. An
“officer’s” straight standing collar sur
rounded the throat, and three buttons
finished the sleeves at the wrist, where
they were cut quite close. A suit of gold
brown cloth was made in panels edged
with fur over a velvet skirt with narrow
fur edge. The panels were also edged
with soft fur, and soft fur formed tho vest,
or that portion of it which the jacket
traversed, in straight lines of narrow
brown silk braid with gold threads left
visible. The front of the skirt formed the
plain part of a panel; the back was laid
in straight plaits with short drapery, and
the sides and bottom of the cloth panels
opening over the velvet, were in addition
to the fur bordered beyond it with several
lines of braid like that upon the jackets.
A band of fur finished the neck and
wrists.
Avery handsome coat was of smoke
gray, lined with satin and decorated with
graduated coils of braid, five in a series,
forming funnel-shaped ornaments, which
were placed at regular distances down
the front and round the bottom of the
garment. The sides were plain and
opened over a kilted skirt of dark red
wool. The back was laid in wide, close,
side plaits and made rather bouffant.
The ornaments ascended the sides of the
bodice, but occupied a reversed position,
the wider part coming to the top, and a
small one was also placed upon the back
ot each sleeve.
A charming gown was made from a
heather mixture in old blue and black.
The skirt of this dress displayed iu the
front two deep, fine kilted flounces, sur
mounted by a small, round shawl-stiaped
apron, braided with black in a flat open
pattern. The pattern was repeated upon
the edge of the vest-shaped basque, upon
the straight standing collar and the back
of the narrow waist. The back of the
skirt was draped up very gracefully, on
the front of the basque,according to order.
A cloth toque, with braided crown and
band composed of folds put on as irregu
lar loops and decorated with cocks’
plumes, accompanied this dress.
For a slender girl of 16 still in the
school-room, there was a lovely dress of
wood brown serge, soft finished’ and orna
mented with little sprays of leaves, em
broidered and shaded ill natural autumn
colors rather softer and more subdued
than those to which we are accustomed.
The dress was jersey shap-d, the skirt
laid in rather wide folds, the scarf end
brought up over one hip—the right—while
upon^the left a spray of vine leaves with
tendrils was apparently thrown. A little
vine of the same surrounded the neck,
and the pretty and graceful ornamenta
tion was repeated at the top of the sleeve
in diagonal lines, and at the wrists.
A brown woolen traveling dress was
accordion pleated and had a draped over
skirt, the apron pointed at one 6ide and
laid in diagonal folds. This, as well as
the jacket bodice, was stamped with
brown leather in a scroll pattern, out
lined with gold and chenille so fine as to
be barely visible. A stamped vest of soft
leather accompanied it, and each was
quite independent of the costume. There
were several independent vests and
jackets—one of the latter m aided across
the front and trimmed with Astrachan
cloth to match. There were also several
hats and bonnets of cloth, very simple,
but very stylish in shape and finish.
A habit of dark heather green cloth was
remarked as being exceedingly plain and
with a very short skirt. What length
there was, and it was only enough to
cover the feet, was looped up at the side
tor walking, and gave just enough of full
ness and folds to save It from absolute
severity. The bodice was outlined by a
band set on to the edge and shaped over
the hips, the back showing an inverted
plait instead of the usual coat shape. A
small rolling collar revealed a little edge
of tie, and the straight standing collar,
which has held its place for a long time.
A high silk hat was sent with the habit,
below which tne hair must be massed at
the nape of the neck.
The finish, the workmanship of this en
tire assemblage of tailor-made gowns was
perfection, and the work upon them of the
finest. Buttons, cords, facings, linings
seemed to have been made for each one,
and the absolute accuracy of every line
and measurement was a'marvelous feat
beside the slip-shod work so often seen,
and which considers an inch or two. more
or less, in the height, length or breadth of
band, sleeve, skirt or waist, of no im-
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1884.
portance and only objected to by “fussy”
people. These ignorant workers, who
could not earn a living if women were
trained to accuracy, and to know a good
thing when they see it, are responsible for
much of the minor misery of the world,
and, fortunately for themselves, never
can know all the Irritation, discomfort
and nervous anxiety they cause. It is only
of late years that even intelligent women
begin to realize how much sweet temper,
charm of manner in society, freedom lrom
embarrassment and the divine sense of
harmony, which belong to some women,
depend upon the gentle influence of a
well-cut and well-made gown free from
the too much or too little, which seems in
short to belong to its wearer—to have
grown upon her. There is no question a9
to the great improvement which has taken
place of late years, and it is all owing to
the fact that women who think at all are
beginning to think out the question of
dress for themselves and apply to it the
common sense they are accustomed to
bring to bear on other things.
THE MOTHER HUBBARD DRESS.
Several correspondents have written
asking an opinion on the Mother Hubbard
gown and the reason for the disfavor with
which it has been treated. The general
sentiment on the part of these ladies_ is in
its favor, and one remarks that it is
“modest, convenient and sanitary,” and
she hopes never to be without one or more
for indoor wear. This sentiment is cor
dially indorsed. The objection made to
the Mother Hubbard and the storm of
criticism it has excited in some places,
and on the part ot some persons who
know nothing and usually care less about
dress, has been caused by the ignorance
and folly of some young women, who take
a simple loose gown, only suitable for the
house, make it up in thin, perhaps trans
parent, material, and parade it in the
street. This was done last summer in
town and city streets, and one could
but respect the feeling that prompted in
dignant fathers to make a public protest
against it.
The dress demanded for the street
nowadays is close, dark, unobtrusive.
Even in warm weather a soft color or
shade of color is chosen—nothing striking
or that can be blown about by the wind.
Belted in and made of close material, the
Mother Hubbard would not be objection
able for the street on the score of in
delicacy, but the general sense requires a
neat-fitted garment which has not so
much the appearance of dishabille and
informality, and there is no reason why
the general sense of fitness and decorum
should be outraged in this way more than
in other things. There is nothing abso
lutely wrong in carrying an apple and
munching it in the street, but no lady
would think of doing it.
It ought to be understood that because
a design obtains a certain vogue, it is not
evidence that it is adapted to all purposes
and all occasions, of that the one new
dress of the season must te made up by it.
Women of taste strictly adapt the style of
their dress to its purpose, and mark tile
differences as distinctly as possible. The
house dress, the walking dress, the full
evening dress, the dinner dress, the the
atre dress, each one possesses a character
of its own. and is instantly recognized by
the in bUe lasif it were labeled.
Anew element has entered recently In
to the dress of our large cities which must
be taken into account. Anew class of
structures have sprung up, of enormous
size and height, which contain hundreds
of apartments, each one as roomy as a
small house, and many of them lifted
above the noise and turmult of city
streets into the upper air over the heads
and over the roofs of ordinary mortals.
Here thousands dwell who formerly lived
in close rooms or lived in boarding
houses. Not “poor” people, by any
means, but artists, cashiers, professional
men and women, and those who earn a
living by the new decorative arts. This
mode of living reduces the number of
women who used to have to walk in the
streets for their breath of fresh air for the
little change In the monotony of their
daily lives; and being all the time in
sight in the street or at the boarding
house table, their dingy suit ot woolen or
well-worn silk became as familiar as car
tracks.
But now, as before remarked, many of
these women have been taken out of this
dead level, are inhabitants of an alto
gether new worid, and no longer need the
excitement of the streets and sidewalks—
have, in fact, an absolute distaste for
them. Air they get of the purest; views,
of the most picturesque, not being obliged
or wishing to leave their own immediate
surroundings, it has naturally suggested
itself to make their dress harmonize with
their freshness and beauty. What is
called the “housemaids’ ” dress takes on
anew attraction when the tucked skirt
and belted waist is made in soft smoke
grey or blue grey wool, and enriched with
a little hand embroidery executed by the
clever fingers of the wearer. Even the
Mother Hubbard dress is not out ot place
in these eyries, and it is quitejin order for
a specially pretty and sanitary dress to
be invented for the lady residents of these
modern dwellings in the air.
GARNETS FROM BOHEMIA.
Garnets have not heretofore held very
high rank as jewelry except in the eyes
of those who own exceptionally fine speci
mens, or ladies to whom their rich half
hidden color is especially becoming. But
they have certainly of late acquired anew
Interest. Their possibilities are beginning
to be better understood, and their pecu
niary value has been greatly enhanced
simply by new and artistic treatment.
The old style of setting garnets robbed
them of half their beauty. The stones
were cut on one side only, and set with
solid background, which rendered them
durable but ineffective. The new styles
show the stones cut on both sides and sdt
dear, 60 that the refractory power is
doubled, while the contrasts effected by
the use of stones of different sizes, the
alternations of grains of gold with grains
of garnet, in the execution of fine work,
and on the “effects” produced by surface
and two-sided cuttings placed in artistic
juxtaposition are as novel as they are
striking. The new patterns, too, which
havetollowed the traditions for so long a
time, are modern, and in excellent taste.
The bands for the throat, formed of several
rows of garnets of the same size, cut on
both sides and mounted clear without
visible setting, are extremely beautiful,
andean be readily taken apart and made
to serve as bracelets.
Bracelets in single rows are preferred
by some, however, while for others there
are broad bands, which combine the lat
est ideas, and are costly and elaborate
pieces of workmanship. Tho pins show
many of the lovely leaf, flower and other
designs which have been adopted of late
in fancy jewelry, but many think the
simpler straight and rectangular forms
better suited to the somewhat limited and
severe field which garnets occupy. It
must be admitted, however, that cut and
set according to modern ideas garnets
form a very handsome and desirable addi
tion to a brunette’s jewel box.
OTHER JEWELRY.
The effort to revive broad band brace
lets and showy styles of jewelry has
failed, if, indeed, it may be said to have
ever begun. It is not possible at this pe
riod to reintroduce the essentially
vulgar, especially in ornament.
There is a strong feeling, especially
among men, to discountenance the
showy, the loud, the large, and the ob
trusive. It is evidence ol bad breeding,
of inferior associations, and as they buy
nearly all the jewelry that is worn by
women, there is little danger of the <fld
time manacles and cable chains return
ing. Moreover, jewelry is not now worn
on the street by any woman, young or old,
who knows how to dress. Even
the lace and the lace pin
have disappeared from the throat, a
collar stud being the only ornament
visible, and this is put to a very good use,
saving many pins and much wear and
tear ot linen. Even the watch chain has
been reduced to minute proportions, and
hardly suggests that a watch i9 concealed
in the inner recesses of the vest or jacket
pocket. The only jewelry allowed is the
silver which copies the antique in its
oxydized and antique designs, and this
only looks well with the smoke gray
dresses and the new cloudy materials
which absorb the quaint bits of carved
and hammered metal as if they formed a
natural part ot them.
The jewels worn on full dres9 occasions
are not likely to be relinquished, but they
show infinitely more refinement than
formerly in their design and style of
mounting.
The newest bracelet is composed of
twelve rings of alternate plain and twist
ed gold wire scarcely thicker than a
thread, and held close’ by an almost in
visible bar, upon which gleam twelve
small diamonds, like points of light. The
crescent and sickle forms are in great
request for diamond sets of pin and ear
rings, and feathers have real diamonds
set in them for wear in the hair and for
mounting upon the bodice.
Pearls are very fashionable, and a pearl
necklace of only a single row was sold
recently lor $35,000, more on account of
the perfect form than the size of the
pearls, as many thousand would be re
quired to select from iu order to get the
requisite number quite perfect iu size,
form and color. Jenny June.
- OYSTER FARMING.
Prof. Brooks on the Profits of the I
dustry.
At the fishery convention which met at
Raleigh, N. C., last week, says the Balti
more Sun, the following address from
Prof. W. K. Brooks, of Johns Hopkins
University, was read, Dr. Brooks himself
not being able to be present:
From very early times the cultivation of
the land has been recognized as one of the
most proper fields for private industry,
and an extensive area of productive land
in the hands of private owners, and under
thorough cultivation, is the most con
vincing evidence of permanent prosperity
which a State can exhibit.
I suppose that no one of my hearers
doubts this, but a little thought will show
you that the whole world does not agree
with you. There are many living In our
own country who are bitterly opposed to
all agriculture, and who believe that the
country should be preserved in its nat
ural state as a public hunting ground,
and nothing but animal force restrains
them lrom asserting their opinions by the
murder of farmers who have trespassed
upon their rights. Much as we may
sympathize with the hardships of the un
civilized Indians, we all know that they
must either change their opinions or die.
There is no room in this country for an
unproductive race. The natural re
sources of the earth are sufficient for a
scanty population of savages, but we
might as well try to supply the demand
for horses in our cities and farming re
gions by catching colts on our prairies as
to hope to support a civilized human pop
ulation upon the natural products of the
uncultivated earth.
We all recognize that this is true ot the
lands out of the water, but many people
believe that it is not true of the lands un
der the water. Private industry can do
very little to increase the supply of migra
tory sea fishes, and it is therefore obvious
that no person should be permitted to
monopolize the supply which belongs to
the whole people. Now, does this hold
true of the oyster? It is true that the na
tural resources of the State belong to the
whole people, but an oyster is as station
ary as a potato, and if it is true that pri
vate industry can promote the wealth and
prosperity of the State by the cultivation
of the oyster, public rights must give way,
just as the public right to the lands above
water have given way for the good of the
people as a whole before private agricul
ture.
In order to show that private oyster
culture is possible, and that it would, like
agriculture, bring wealth and prosperity
to the State, and would greatly iucreas®
population and taxable real estate, I wish
to call your attention to a few points re
garding the value of cultivated oyster
grounds a9 compared with the natural
beds.
Five years ago the system of private
oyster farming was introduced into the
State of Connecticut. Previous to this
time the Connecticut oyster planters wers
compelled to obtain more than half a mil
lion bushels of seed oysters from the
Chesapeake Bay each year for planting;
but the owners ot private farms are now
able to supply all the oysters which are
needed by the Connecticut planters, as
well as by those of Massachusetts and
Rhode Island. Most of the seed oysters
planted in New York and New Jersey are
now purchased from the Connecticut
farms, and in addition to this one farm in
1883 shipped to San Francisco 15,000,000
seed oysters which had been raised upon
a private farm.
The State of Maryland has more than
640,000 acres of oyster grounds, which is
managed by the State, and from this area
the fishermen obtain about $2,000,000 a
year. In France a crop valued at $8,000,-
000 was raised iu three years from a farm
of less than 500 acres, where there were
no natural ovsters.
The State’ot Virginia has more than
1,000,000 acres pf oyster ground, yet a
Connecticut farmer states that the annual
crop from his farm is now equal to one
third that of Virginia.
In 1879 there were in Rhode Island 962
acres of oyster ground under a very im
perfect system of cultivation, yet the oys
ters were sold for $680,500. It' the oyster
grounds ol Maryland were used to no bet
ter advantage they would yield $500,000,-
000 a year instead of $2,000,000 which the
fisnermen now obtain from them.
So much for the return to the individual.
Now a word about the advantage to the
State. The oyster grounds of Maryland
give employment for a few months in the
year to about 50,000 fishermen. If they
were thoroughly cultivated they would
give profitable employment to more than
500,000 people for tho whole year.
Besides the great advantage to the State
which comes from the wealth and pros
perity of its people, oyster cultivation
may be made to contribute to the public
revenues by direct taxation.
The revenue of the State of Maryland
from 640,000 acres ot uncultivated oyster
ground for the five years from 1878 to 1883
was $210,000, or about $40,000 a year, but
the expense of collecting it was nearly
$218,000, or more than $7,000 in excess ot
the receipts.
In 1883 the revenue of Rhode Island
from 1,100 acres of cultivated oyster
ground was SII,OOO, and on the same basis
the annual revenue of Maryland should
be more than $6,000,000.
These facts will, I trust, be sufficient to
show to every one the great advantages of
oyster culture, and the subject should
have an especial imnortance at this time
ti all public-spirited citizens of North
Carolina.
The nearsighted policy which the States
of Maryland and Virginia have pursued
Is rapidly leading to the extermination of
their natural supply, and tho demand for
oysters from all parts of our rapidly grow
ing country must be met in some way.
Tfie clear-headed citizens of Connecti
cut have discovered this, and they are
rapidly developing a system of private
oyster’culture with very remarkable suc
cess, but their climate is unfavorable,
and oysters in shallow water are often
destroyed in enormous quantities by win
ter cold and by storms. In addition to
this, great numbers of oysters are des
troyed by star-fish and other enemies,
which are much less dangerous in our
own land-locked and brackish waters
than they are in Long Island Sound.
If the people ol Maryland and Virginia
would adopt laws for the encouragement
of oyster farming, they might draw into
their States the energetic men and the
millions of dollars of capital which are
now engaged in the business in Connecti
cut.
Unfortunately, there is in each of these
States a large and influential body of fish
ermen, who have always made their liv
ing by fishing upon the public beds, and
these men are bitterly opposed to any
system of private cultivation so long a's
natural beds are not entirely destroyed.
Before this happens Connecticut farm
ers will have obtained control of the
market, unless the}’shall have been drawn
to North Carolina by the advantages of a
warmer climate, the absence of marine
enemies to the oyster, and the much more
rapid growth of the oyster in Southern
waters. Here, then, is the opportunity
of North Carolina. In her great land
locked shallow grounds and tidal rivers
there is a great undeveloped source of
wealth which can be made to support
hundreds of thousands of people. I am
unable, in the absence of exact surveys,
to state just how large the territory is
which is favorabje for oyster farming, but
it is certainly not much less than a mil
lion acres, and the possible revenue from
this source is so great as to seem almost
fabulous. But I wish to call your atten
tion once more to the fact that Rhode
Island oyster grounds yield on the aver
age S7OO per acre each year.
This great source of wealth cannot be
made productive without the investment
of a large capital. The establishment of
an oyster farm itself requires cap
ital, and, in addition to this,
there must be towns, with ice-houses,
canning and packing establishments.
There must be also means of rapid com
munication with the centres of oyster
consumption before the natural advan
tages of North Carolina can be made
available.
I therefore wish to impress upon you the
fact that now is the opportunity, which
may never again occur.
Between the destruction of the natural
beds of. the Chesapeake Bay and the es
tablishment of a great oyster industry ia
Long Island, North Carolina can, by wise
action, do much to draw the business into
her more favored waters.
Mary CunnifPa Faith Rewarded.
Mary Cunniff, an Irish girl, with Mr.
Edward Hopper, No. 1206 Spruce street,
ha 9 enviable fortune. A hard-working
domestic—she has $15,000. She commu
nicated to a reporter that months ago she
heard of the Louisiana State Lottery,
and decided on an investment. Her be
lief in its strictly honest principles were
not shaken when she drew a clank for
four times subsequent, nor did she fail to
invest monthly, bv mail, $1 With M. A.
Dauphin, Washington, D. C. She has
just been notified that the ticket one-fifth
of which she hoUl9, No. 70,468, has drawn
the $75,000 prize.— Philadelphia {Pa.)
yeics, Sept. 20.
NATURE’S ECCENTRICITIES.
The Jaw-Bone That Never Died and the
Boy Wlio Grew Goose Feathers.
A Philadelphia paper last week con
tained the account of a bullet which
lodged in the brain of a soldier in one ot
the battles ot the late war, and to which,
when it was extracted, a piece of the
scalp adhered. Some time afterward, so
the story goes, hair began to sprout from
this piece of the scalp, until finally the
bullet was covered with a hairy growth
several Inches long. This remarkable case
was being discussed by several gentlemen
yesterday in the office of a well-known
physician in Thirtieth street, near Fifth
avenue, says the New York Telegram of
Oct. 21, and was being generally laughed
at when Dr. Amos F. Barnes, of *St. Louis,
the famous specialist on skin diseases,
came in. He listened quietly to the ridi
cule his brother physicians were heapiDg
upon the gullible’Philadelphia journal
until at last someone asked Uim what he
thought ot it.
“I see nothing laughable in the story,”
said he gravely. “It is by no means im
possible that hair should grow from the
fragments of scalp adhering to the bul
let. 1 have met with some cases quite as
strange as that in the course of my pro
fessional life. Hair is not the only oart
of man that continues to grow aftePtbe
human organism to which it originally
belonged has ceased to exist as a whole. I
remember one striking proof of this fact.
Sly brother is a dentist in Hannibal, Mo.
Several years ago be performed an opera
tion upon the teeth of a bov about 6even
years old who was a path, nt in the free
hospital. His teeth were remarkable
from the fact that they were all canines,
or what are generally called dog teeth.
Soon afterward the boy died and his body
went to the dissecting room, where my
brother made it a point to secure the
lower jaw as a specimen. He put it in
his cabinet of curiosities and forgot all
about it.
“One day, however, about six months
afterward, he noticed that some of the
teeth had fallen out of their sockets.
Upon examining the jaw bone he was as
tonished to find a second set of teeth
growing beneath the first and gradually
pushing them upward and out of their
sockets. This singular process went on
slowly but steadily for several months,
until there was not a single one of the
original set of dog teeth remaining in the
jaw, and, what was .still more remarka
ble, the new teeth were all molars, or
grinders according to the popular name,
but this strange growth from an appa
rently dead piece of bone did not end
here. During the next year the molars
were in their turn slowly forced out of
their sockets by still another set of teeth,
which, when they had fairly come into
view, jiroved to be neither canines nor
molars, but incisors.
“This last set remained stationary, and
it looked for a long time as if this dry jaw
bone, which without any nutrition from a
living bodv, had successfully raised three
distinct sets of teeth, each one of a differ
ent kind from the others, bad at la ttcome
to an end of its prolifieneso. .. before
I left St. Louis last month, however, 1 re
ceived a letter from my brother saying
that the incisors are now in their turn
being pushed upward and loosened, evi
dently by still another set which is grow
ing beneath them. What kind of teeth
these new comers will be I cannot imagine,
unless, indeed, they are bi-cuspids.
“Nature has strange freaks,” continued
the doctor, as he took a note book from
his pocket and turned over its pages.
“I have somewhere here the name of a
boy who grew leathers—ah, here it is—
James (Jashill. He lived iu Morrison, a
little town iu “Egypt,” down in southern
Illinois. I stopped in the place one day
about six years ago, when the only phy
sician in town, an old Iriend of mine,
told me he wanted to show me a curiosity,
and surely enough it was—a remarkable
curiosity. This Cashill was the son of a
family of what are called poor whites
further down South. Some three years
belore, while he was playing in the
house, he had accidentally upset the tea
kettle over his hands and wrists.
“His mother at the time was sitting out
side plucking a goose, and as she rushed
into the house in answer to the child’s
screams she unconsciously carried with
her an apron lull of the pin feathers from
the goose. When she took hold of the lit
tle sufferer’s hands the skin peeled off in
great pieces, and, without knowing exact
ly what she was doing, she wrapped up
the burned hands in ner apron and left
them there while she made a poultice.
The boy almost immediately ceased to
scream, and when the poultice was made
nothing could induce him to let his moth
er take his bands out of the feathers so
that she could put it on. He said the pain
was all gone and that he wanted them to
stay in the feathers. So at last the moth
er yielded and tied them up in the apron
with the soft and yet living feathers
around them. In a few days the boy in
sisted the apron should be taken off, as his
hands were well.
“But when it was removed it was found
that his hands were covered with the
small pin-feathers which, strange to say,
seemed to have taken root in the raw
flesh. Every effort to pull them out
caused him such intense pain, accom
panied by convulsions, that they were al
lowed to grow there. At the time I saw
the boy both his hands and his arms near
ly up to the shoulders were covered with
a thick growth of soft, snowy white feath
ers about an inch long, and, what was
more remarkable, the growth was gradu
ally extending up the arms, the natural
6kin apparently being converted into
what was very like goose-skin, from
which the feathers grew.
“But the most remarkable part of the
case was that he soon became web-fin
gered. Between the fingers of each hand
grew membranes similar to those which
grows between the toes of a goose. They
were cut several times, but al ways formed
again. If the boy had lived until now I
have no doubt but that the leather growth
would have spread over his entire body,
and there is no knowing in what other re
spect beside the web fingers aud the feath
ers he might have grown to resemble a
goose. Unfortunately, however, for the
interests of science, he was attacked by
pneumonia two years ago and died. Be
fore that hapjiened, however, he was seen
and examined by dozens of physicians of
Southern Illinois, among whom are my
friends, Dr. Frank Belknap, of Morrison,
and Dr. Andrew White, of Cairo, both ot
whom can vouch for the entire truth of
my story.
He Saw Himself.
Arkansaw Traveller.
Such incidents have been the turning
point in the fortunes of more than one
family:
“You must excuse me, gentlemen, for
I cannot drink anything,” said a man
who was well known to the entire town as
a drunkard.”
“That is the first time you ever refused
a drink.” said an acquaintance. “The
other day you were hustling around after
a cocktail, and, iu fact, you even asked me
to set ’em up.”
“That s very true, but I am a very dif
ferent man now.”
“Treachers had a hold of you?”
“No, sir; no one has said anything to
me.”
“Well, what has caused the change?”
“I’ll tell you. After leaving you the
other day I kept on hustling after a cock
tail, as you term it, until I met a party of
friends. When I lelt them I was about
half drunk. To a man of my tempera
ment a half drunk is a miserable condi
tion, for the desire for more is so strong
that he forgets his self-respect in his ef
fects to get more drink, i remembered
that there was a half pint of whisky at
home which had been purchased for med
icinal purposes.
“Just before reaching the gate I heard
voices in the garden, and, looking over
the fence, I saw my little son and daughter
playing.
“ ‘No; you be ma,’ said the boy, ‘and
I’ll be pa. Now, you sit here, and I’ll
come in drunk. Wait, now, till I fill my
bottle.’
“He took a bottle, ran away and filled it
with water. Pretty soon he returned,
and, entering the playhouse, nodded idiot
ically at the girl, and sat down without
saying a word. The girl looked up from
her work and said:
“ ‘James, why will you do this way?’
“ • Whizzer way ?’ he replied.
“‘Gettin’ drunk.’
“ ‘Who’s drunk?’
“‘You are; an’ you promised when the
baby died that you wouldn’t drink any
more. The children are almost ragged,
an’ we haven’t anything to eat hardly,
but you still throw’ your money away.
Don’t you know you are breaking my
heart?’”
“I hurried away. The acting was too
life-like. 1 could think of nothing during
the day but those little children playing
in the garden.”
HOESFORD’S ACID PHOSPHATE.
Beware of Imitations.
Imitations and counterfeits have again
appeared. Be sure that the word “Hors
ford’s” is on the wrapper. None are gen
uine without it.
CREOLE COURTSHIP.
Nice, But Exceedingly Dangerous Sport.
Down in the old French portion of New
Orleans, says a New Orleans letter, it is
highly unsafe lor young unmarried men
to venture alone. The black-eyed beau
ties are only too glad of a chance to cap
ture an American, and will resort to all
sorts of devices to entrap the unsuspect
ing youth. In order to depict for our
Western friends this peculiar phase of
Creole character, l will relate the true
story of the experience of my friend Jack
Lafiance, who fell a victim to Creole
strategy not long ago.
Jack met the beautiful Melanie at a
soiree dansante on Rue Bons Enfauts.
Being a good dancer and also a first-class
waiter, he was Mile. Melanie’s partner
for many figures, and by a judicious use
of the cream and cake gained the good
will of Melanie’s mamma. An invitation
to call next Sunday was accepted, and
the visitor then entreated to “call again.”
Jack did so upon the Sunday following,
and was so cordially received that he re
peated his visit a third time. For my
friend Jack was an innocent soul, totally
ignorant of Creole customs, and he walked
right into the snare. On his third call
Melanie’s papa tapped him on the shoul
der and said:
“M’sieu Lafiance, I would lak fo’ see
you one minute,” and led him to the
dining-room. Suspecting nothing, Jack
followed him. Once there, the old gentle
man produced a decanter and said:
“Mon ame, tek some cognac. You will
fin’ it ver’ line. My tooder buy it from
Cavaroc. Aha! you lakit, eh? Tek cigar
—nevah min’, thass areal Havana, shuah.
Now, fren’ Lafiance, you lak, lo’ know
fo’ w’at I want see you—eh bien! M’sieu
Lafiance, 1 have notiz yo attentions at
my daughter”—here the luckless Jack be
gan to protest. “O, lam not displease,
my de’young man? My fam’ly seh, is
one ol the bes’ in the city. Yes, seh, we
are twenty-first coozin with Jean Baptist
St. Louis’ deLorme, whose gron’fodder
slap that Spanish canaille, O’Reilly, on the
chik, a hondred year ago, as yo’ will fin’
wrote down by Gayarre. Bot, my frien’,
when those Yankee r-r-rascals tek ou’
plantations an’ ou’ nigroes, seh, wo was
force to leave ou’ place, seh, an’ come yeh
an’ work, yes. An’, ami Lafiance, 1 do
not objee’ to my daughtah choose you lo’
husban’, no.” Here the unfortunate Jack
broke in with: “But, my dear sir, you are
mistaken. I did not make love to your
daughter.” The old gentleman bristled
up. “My de’ sab, 1 love my fam’ly.
Thass my h’only thing veh on earth. You
have visit Melanie Sunday after Sunday.
You have talk with her, dance with her,
sing with her. You have compromise my
daughter, sah! They is no otheh c’ose
leF a man of honab,* sah, than to ma’y
her: yes, sah, to ma’y her!”
“But, sir,” blurted out Jack, “I am
only a poor clerk with SSO a month, and
could not support a wile even if I wanted
one.”
“ Ah - mon cher, thass all ’light—the
monna is nothing. You don’t catch
motcb, thass true. But fo’ that I don’
keh me. You come live yeh, yes; an’ me,
I will see you have nice time, yes. Then,
aften w'ile w’en yo’ patron he get to’ lak
you mo’ an’ give you r-r-ralse to seventy
fi’ dollah, we will do ver’ well, yes. So
thass all fix, eh ? Come, you tek some
mo’ cognac.’ Ah! mon cher Lafiance, you
don’ know w’at it is to be a fodder, I
suppose? Then you can’t nevah on’stan
’ow please I feel w’en a young man lak
you hask me fo’ my daughter. Yes, sah,
you are the only young man w’at 1 would
rathah have my daughtah than mos’ any
body w’atevab, sah!
“So we will come back to the salon
w’en I will tell to Melanie I have grant
yo’ demand, M’sieu Lafiance, an’ to tell
you de trut’, you did not tek me by sop
prise, no. Ah, a fodder can see w’en his
daughtah love a young man. An’ Mela
nie, she love you, ah! she dream of you
all night, yes. An’, seh, w’en a St.
Louis De Lorme love she nevah let go,
no, but she lak the pelikan, she die firs’.
“Thass all ’ight, ami Jack, I will see
Pere Le Cure, an’ we will mek the an
nouncement next Sunday. You can get
one li’ll ring, yes, an’ Melanie will be
ready for next mont. I know you don’
want fo’ wait long. ’Allons, let us tell
them w’at we have arrange.”
And off Jack was hustled to the parlor
before he could say Jack Robinson.
And though, as it happened, Melanie
has proven an excellent wife, there are
many who are not Melanies, and it is to
put our visiting friends next winter upon
their guard against the wiles of design
ing Creole papas that I am constrained
to publish this true story of Jack Lafi
ance’s courtship.
THREE ELEPHANT STORIES.
Treed By an Angry Brute—An Intrepid
Beast in Battle.
London Times.
Maj. Rogers had been out shooting, and
had discharged all his guns, when an ele
phant made a charge at him from the
skirts of the jungle. There was no help
for it except to run, and for 400 yards the
Major kept just ahead, feeling at every
step as if the trunk was trying to twist
itself about his loins. A turn around a
tree gave him a momentary advantage,
which he made the most ot by springing
up into the branches; he was as nimble as
a cat and as strong as a lion. One foot
higher and he would have been out of the
elephant’s reach; but before he had time
to draw up his feet the elephant had got
him firmlv clinched in the toils of his pro
boscis. gtill, Rogers pulled against
him, thinking it was better to have his leg
wrenched from the socket than to fall
back bodily into the animal’s power. The
struggle, however, did not last long, for,
to the delight ot the pursued and the
chagrin of tho pursuer, the Wellington
boot, which the former wore, slipped ofl,
released the leg and saved the life of poor
Rogers. The dilemma, however, did not
end here, for the elephant, finding himself
balked of his prey, after destroying the
boot, took up his quarters beneath the
branches and kept his anticipated victim
in the tree for twenty-four hours, when
the country postman happened to pass
by. Rogers gave him notice of his po
sition, and soon help came, and the ele
phant was frightened away by tom-toms
and yelling. Had this occurred in a de
serted part of the jungle, the officer must
have been starved to death in the tree.
There is a beautiful story of an old ele
phant engaged in a battle on the plains ot
India. He was standard-bearer, and car
ried on his huge back the royal ensign,
the rallvpoint of the Poona host. At the
beginning ot the fight he lost his master.
The “mahout,” or driver, had just given
him the word to halt, when he received a
fatal wound and fell to the ground, where
he lay under a heap of slain. The obedi
ent elephant stood still while the battle
closed around him and the standard he
carried. He never stirred a loot, refusing
to advance or retire, as the conflict be
came hotter and fiercer, until the Mahrat
tas, seeing the standard still flying stead
ily in its place, refused to believe that
they were being beaten, and rallied
again and again round the colors. And
all this while, amid the din of battle,
the patient animal stiod straining its
ears to catch the sound of that voice it
would never hear again. At length the
tide of conquest left the field deserted.
The Malirattas-swept on in pursuit of the
flying foe, but the elephant, like a rock,
stood there, with the dead and dying
around and the ensign waving in’ its
place. For three days and nights it re
mained where its master had given the
command to halt. No bribe or threat
could move it. They then sent to a vil
lage, 100 miles away, and brought the
mahout’s little son. The noble hero
seemed then to remember how the driver
had sometimes given his authority to the
little child, and immediately, with all the
shattered trappings clinging as he went,
paced quietly and slowly away.
“The native Hindoo,” the narrator of
this story tells us, “from want ot thought
keeps up a constant drumming on the
beast’s head with the goad, or ‘ankus;’ I,
therefore, hoped not to use it at all. Such
an improvement all at once, however,
proved more than the elephantine mind
could grasp. He began really to enjoy
himself, going his own way ’more than
mine, till at last he marched ’straight into
an immense forest tree of the banyan
species, and commenced to browse. He
seized the boughs above his head, and,
tugging violently at them, brought them
down on my devoted skull. This was too
much. I raised the ankus and brought it
down on his head with a blow that
brought blood through the skin. This had
the desired effect, and he at once bundled
off along the road by which he knew I
wanted him to go. He merely took with
him a branch about the size of a small
apple tree to discuss as we went along.
From this moment we were friends, and
I don’t think I ever had to use the hook
again so as to bring blood.”
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A. 1. mm A [|.
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ir i x e
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Its, Mock id Mutt
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We make this prominent announcement with the view of inducing the
ladies to somewhat anticipate their wants daring the present cold weather,and
thereby serve themsebes as well as us, as It is already apparent that with the
coming of the cold weather our salesrooms wiil be insufficient to hold the
throngs sure to be attracted by the unparalleled inducements we are now
ready to offer.
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competition.
YVe are Sole Agents for the “MATHEN” IMPROVED LACING KID GLOVE,
which, for elegance, strength, elasticity, durability and simplicity of construction,
ease and quickness of operation, cannot’ be excelled. Price $1 66 and $1 85. Each
pair warranted.
DEPARTMENTS
YVe purchased a large lot of LADIES’ OPERA-TOE SLIPPERS at fifty cents on
the dollar, and while they last we shall sell them in the same proportion of value.
A LADIES’ OPERA-TOE SLIPPER at 49c., original price sl.
YVe have placed on our shelves Shoes from the celebrated makers, ZIEGLER
BROS., Philadelphia.
LADIES’ FOXED BUTTON, Ziegler Bros., $2 50, regular shoe store price $3.
LADIES’ CURACOA KID BUTTON, Ziegler Bros., $3, regular shoe store priee
$3 76.
LADIES’ FRENCH KID BUTTON, Ziegler Bros., $4, regular shoe store price $5.
500 Pairs LADIES’ GENUINE FRENCH KID BUTTON, made with narrow or
broad toes, half French or common-sense heels, silk top lining, perfect fitting and
equal to any $5 Boot in Savannah, for $3 50. Bear in mind the fact that you can buy
a Boot actually worth $5 for $3 50, saving $1 50.
Ladies are specially invited to call and examine our “FLEXIBLE SOLE’’ BOOT
for tender leet, if only to see it. No more suffering with the feet with a pair of our
“FLEXIBLE SOLE” BOOTS.
Every father and mother in buying Shoes for their children look for the strongest
and most serviceable goods they can get. They also look at the cost, and are often
deceived by the outward appearance of a Shoe. Many times they buy something
which Is partly composed of pasteboard, or the soles and heels tilled with shoddy.
The first, time they get wet they fall to-pieces. This is the worst purchase you can
make. YV r e want you to call and see the styles and low prices of our Shoes, tor we
believe we can save you money.
GENTLEMEN’S TOILET SLIPPERS, beautiful designs, from $1 to $2.
A Bottle of best FRENCH DRESSING given to each purchase of a pair of Shoes.
A. R. ALTMAYER & C 0„
135 BROUGHTON STREET.
JUatcljrQ attD
M. STERNBERG,
157 Broughton Street.
BEING NOW IN MY NK iV QUARTERS, WHICH ARE FITTED UP SECOND
to none in the Southern States, having purchased an entirely NEW STOCK, and
having been very particular in my purchases, I can assure my friends and the public
that every article in mv establishment is of the LATEST and MOST FASHIONABLE
STYLE. Asa further fact, I can truthfully assert that the assortment I carry is
POSITIVELY UNSURPASSED.
My prices are too well known. They are THE LOWEST, and my guarantee is
equal to that of ANY" HOUSE IN THE TRADE. I especially desire to call atten
tion to my
Immense Stock of Diamonds!
Which I have made the leading article in my business.
WATCHES OF EVERY’ KIND AND MAKE,
1 have also a thorough assortment, but more especially in all the grades made by
theYVALTHAM COMPANY, which I prefer to sell above all others, as theywil
invariably give better satisfaction than other makes.
I cannot enumerate every article I keep. Tnis much only I desire to say, that my
ASSORTMENT IS COMPLETE IN EVERY RESPECT and in EVERY BRANCH
ot the JEWELRY BUSINESS.
I invite an examination of my Stock.
M. STERNBERG.
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J. McDONOUGhT THOS. BALLANTVNE-
McDonough & ballantyne.
MANUFACTURERS OF
STATIONS, PORTABLE ROTARY & MARINE ENGINES,
BOILERS OF -v 1,1, KINDS,
SUGAR MILLS AND PANS, U
MILL GEARING, Y’ERTICAL AND TOP-RUNNING CORN
MILLS, SHAFTING, PULLEYS, HANGERS, ETC.
WE also have special facilities for overhauling Locomotive, Tram- M.. M—
way and Logging Engines,. Our facilities lor building Saw Mill ■MHMKBEU
Machinery is Heavy and light Castings in Iron and liras,;
also, Patterns on short notice. We also keep a full l line of Wrought HwßHh
Iron and Pipe and Pipe Killings, l.lolie Valves. Fvl uder l.uhrieuLtrs WMBSpbljil
Injectors; in fact, ail other inaehmery and linings, which we sell at
manufacturers’ prices. We guarantee all work. We solicit the Boiler
and Machine work of our friends and the public, with assurance that it ■
will receive prompt and satisfactory attention. ■ ■
M’DONOUGH & BALLANTYNEj
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,