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WOMEN' AN'D THEIR DRESS TV HAT THEY CAN DO WHEN CRITICS DISAGREE. 7he Influence of Wool tn Summer Fash ion*—Novelties in Material aurl Cos tume-summer Stylos—The Newest lu ltlsch Toilets—Japanese Fans. New York, June s.—Probably there never was so much written on the subject of clothes as now. Women may well be distracted by the variety of opinions, all cf which are agreed upon one point—to disagree with each ether—and very few of which contribute anything of value to the solution of the problem, if the subject presents any problem that is not explain, able by trades and competition and the natural differences in the formation of men and women. It is to be expected that art in its rela. lions to common life will take cognizance of dress, and therefore “studies” of form, “studies” of color, and “studies” of dra pery, while interesting as such and sug gestive to the more intelligent minds among women, do not excite a disturbing influence; but when old and dignified re views like the yorth American thinks the matter worthy of a “symposium,” and se lects fit is to be presumed) five of the ablest contributors it can find to the litera ture of the subject, it is rather disappoint ing to find no clearer light thrown upon any of the vexed questions concerning it, nor in fact any suggestions made which have practical value or claim to origi nality. The best article of the group is bv Charles Dudley Warner, who makes a true and subtle remark (for a man) when he says “Thesubjectof woman’sdress has a peculiar fascination, because the sudden, continuous and extreme changes in it are related to no physiological fact, and can be traced to no known or regular opera tion of the mind.” The next best article is by Surgeon Gen eral Hammond, and bis is principally good because it is fair, not dictatorial, and does not pretend to know too much. Mrs. Helen Jackson is the only one who gives the actual fashion and influences in fashions for the past twenty years credit for the number of good ideas and sensible sanitary articles of dress which have been introduced, and assisted to maintain their ground against the efforts of capricious and exclusive social and trade influences. The w riter of the leading article, Mrs. E. M. King, starts otf with the platform laid down by Lady Habgrton’s dress re form movement, and which was given in letters trom England to this country by myself four years ago the present sum mer. The ideas are good, but not new, and when she goes on to say that woman's dress “unregulated by the necessary con ditions of progress has proceeded from bad to worse, now (the italic is mine) in juring her body and degrading her mind,” she at least says more tbau is true. The dress of women has had its seasons of tirocression and retrogression; but it is to-day. for comfort and convenience, for wholesomeness and health, and even for lovely possibilities, far in advance of any period since the days of such simple forms of covering as gave the free opportunity to natural grace of movement, but was at the same time less compact and quite un lit lor the rapid movement and business and social complexities of modern life. Fifty years ago the corset was an in strument of torture (see Mme. Genlis), In which the young form was compressed as in a vice, of metal and boue. It is now a mere waist, shaped to the form, and use iul in holding in place the soft flesh that falls below the line of the bust, and in preventing also the bands ot under gar ments from cutting into it. Fashion is re sponsible for much exaggeration and many silly whims and fancies, but it could not restore the towering headdress, the powdered flour and cosmetic era, the “cages” and the padded hips any more than the rigid iron-banded corset. It permitted the introduction of the short walking dress twenty-five years ago, and though various efforts have been made to get rid of it, and bring the street sweeping skirts back again, they have proved futile. The common sense and in telligence of American women are in the majority among fashionable women as well as among women who make no pre tensions to fashion, qnd they are learning to keep last hold of essentials,leaving the details, as they can very well, to take care M themselves. DIVIDING THE SKIRT. It iB useless to preach trousers to the civilized woman under the name of the iivided skirt or auy other. She will have none of them, unless they are put out of ’ight. The “divided’' dues not present any just claims to the suffrages of women, apart from the prejudice existing against trousers in place of skirts. It is simply an ugly and shapeless kind of drawers, and ,-u it tins to he pretty, it is by adding )utiles, piling on weakness, the lust effort ot imbecility. Mrs. King, the present representative apostle of the divided skirt movement, was invited to a meeting ot ladies in New York, which she attended in a divided dress made after her own most approved style. The wide divisions of tile skirt were long and very much ruffled; the skirt was very short, and ruffled also, and the loose jacket part much trimmed. It was a dress requiring much labor, and very easily and irremediably soiled. It bad it 1 atchy appearance, was devoid of grace and dignity, and attracted the attention ot boys in the street. These are all real ami valid objections. Probably every woman has some objection to make to Iter dress, as every person in the world- oh .'sots more or less to tin l (acts of their en vironment, whatever they may he; but "“tone of the 2<iO(more or less) present, on that occasion would have exchanged taeir style or form of clothing with Mrs. King. ut l.ady IJabcrton in her original idea had the genn of a good thing. Skirts, especially in their varying quantity, pre *e,it difficulties which might be remedied. Ihe even suit of line summer gati/.o or heavier wool; the corset bodice which shapes init does not necessarily compress the waist; the silk, linen or cotton combi nation- ail these have been accomplished 'actsfor the past ten years at least, thus providing for all who chose to avail of them garments which do not unduly re strain, and which distribute the warmth over the surface ol the body. Add to these drawers reselling barely to the tops of the hoots made of the material of the dress a| id lined or millited, according to the season and the weight ot material, ami a strt In addition to a lined or heavy woolen dress would be entirely ui.neces sary. The drawers in this ease would be out of sight. They would be as protec tive and save the weight of skirts as well '■* the divided skirt; but they would not present an ohuoxlous appearance, would hot flap about the legs, or lauve an tin necessary amount of material lying aitout ions,, and In the way. Much a dress as 'his would not he adapted to the tlrawing '®°m, where the long gown is an element '•essential grace and beauty; butlt would greatly facilitate many kinds of work and outdoor exercise, and render school and oustnoss dress more easy and adaptable. sanitary influence of dress. vast amount of rubbish is and always 'll bo written, doubtless, in regard to tne healthful Mud malevolent influences of *•> *nd the harsh judgments are largely “A don the absence of fixed laws, Are A ,IV ot the laws fixed that govern our hi life and environment!* Is medl* • t science fixed? Were any two doctors ]'' *■ known to agree!' Could not phytri hns long have gotten rid of all corsets •om semblance ol ccrsets, if skirts also, oiu substituted trouser* bsd Ibelr 1 hnee laugh* them all, and all alike. that these were positive hinrances to the nf h <> a ltby bodlt by women? i, r ,VI " 01,S fact is tbn the average 11 o, wornen > s as goodfr better than I luai ot men, whose dress iliot criticised ! ;f om a sanitary point r view. The i tnousands of women whonw occupy im ! ].’ or ,t positions, who wot in shops atql | J a °tories, who support iemsolves and i anulies, all wear the ordiarv dress of j women and maintain a startard of health superior, to that ot male euhioyes. The apparently splendid bvsical condi tion of women in New YorUml elsewhere is a constant subject of renij-k, and is due undoubtedly to good air ancplenty of it, to good tood, and to a dies which does not severely restrain or tortve them. As tor the necessity for a unifon weight of covering, covering at all is aaere matter ot habit, and If every par should be evenly covered, why not fee, wrists, hands, throat, ears, and everypart of the body. The best thing about ie dress of J women is that they can and o change it j —not the fashion of it, but itelf. Men ■ would do well to pay a little mre atten j tion to their own dress and nstore the i linen summer clothing, or at leat substi j tute something that can be wasbd. Flan- I suits ana the like, cleaned o thrown aside, may meet the requiremets of a tew; but the majority do not spfld their days in playing lavn tennis. Thy go to work. They wear dark clothes, reeking with perspiration, and they are content with a frequent or infrequent cange of shirt, SOLVING THE FKOBLEM j Book discussions do little to tear up ■ J-ko muddle in regard to what to year and how to wear it, but sensible wnmm solve the problem tor themselves by bsng their own dressmakers. Clothes are i6t a bur den to women when they hive onee learned what to get rid of. There9iduum is generally what they want, iet rid of adulteration of material; get rilof whale bone in dresses, which does n* improve the form and only wears on th' stuff ; get rid ot movable dress-ox panties, and de signs that cut the material up into frag ments. There are many othe things to get rid of, but the list would bs too long, and every woman can fill it urfor herself. A great help in solving the poblem is in adhering to a few rules in regard to fabrics, the most important ofwhich is to get them of pure quality whether silk, wool or cotton. Miny inex pensive materials are now st exquisite in texture and quality, and • 6olt and lovely in color, tnat one canmt bear to give them up. Tbeir daintiness: becomes a nart of our lives, and we wan: them to live with us forever. Women mss much who do not make themselves acquainted with the best things, the softest voois, the all-through silks, the daintiest cottons, and stick to them. They are economy lrom the first and can never be worn out, though they be spoiled by i/1 treatment. If one wished to express oiesell through one’s dress, it would be found necessary to keep the stiff rustling slk for cross in stead of company days, fhe soft white wool for the sympathetic days, the gray dress tor the sad days, th pink dress for toe joyous days, aud the old china blue for the holidays. SUMMER WilOL. It is to English and German influence we owe thejprestige acquired (luring late years by woolen dress materials, aided of course oy the great advance in the art of their manufacture ami the wide range it covers in weight, texture and design. There was a time when the woolen dress was the almost universal dress of both men and women, and the differences in cost aud quality Vere marked more by the hand-work put Ipon the stuff, and the interweaving of ttue gold and silver threads than by difference of texture and quality in the originU fabric. As late as tbe beginning of tie present centurv cotton lor dresses wa* dearer than wool, and the chintz cottdi gown was the luxury of the poor, as filken fabrics were the luxury of the rich. American cotton made cotton cheap to Ul the world, and Chinese silk made silk if not cheap, at least cheaper than it hal been, and every woman wanted silk, I'd- the generations had been deprived of It and a silk dress to many meant the realisation of the wild est dream of ambition. We are only just now recovering from that exaggerated sense *f the value of silk, and it is quite natural, and as it should be, that the reactiona-y movement, the strongest feeling in favrf of tbe early fabric, should te found atong the rich and well-to-do classes. Tiiose who have no illusions about silk are intimately acquainted with its charm and possibili ties, and give to it its proper place and value. Art, too, has done sometbicg to elevate wool by showing its susceptibility to pic turesque and graceful arrangement; and this influence has done more than aught eise to maintain the ascendancy acquired by soft textures to tbe exclieion of the stiff stuffs and wiry alpacas o' a previous era. There is a subtle fascimtion in the texture of pure wool that is sbsentfrom silk, linen or cotton. One would say it had leeling and a vital qualitythat brings it into mppor with human reeds. It is botii warm and light; it is bota light and cool; it in sympathetic and restful unless made otherwise by tbe iitroduction of a foreign element or the destructive art. of the had modiste. Silk and satin have been subservient to it in the cloth dress for walking in the bows ami belts and sashes ustxl in trimming for it in the evening, its grades and degrees cover the distance between cloth with a thickness and weight, of wool in It that would burden a strong man,and tissue so light that enough to make a dress may be passed through a ring. As underwear in this climate it is invaluable, for its soft, warm or gauzy textures adapt themselves to every change and variety of climate, - while it so readily absorbs perspiration, is so easily, with "uuderveatform,changed and washed, and is so inexpensive that every one can provide enough for an abundant supply, and for a daily change it m ccssaty, at a cost of less than s•’>. Wools deserve much more care in their selection than It has been the habit to be stow upon them, certain woolen materials being always set apart by reHlly distin guished and fashionable women tor cer- • tain definite ami well dcllucd purposes; and tbev are bought for tltssu purposes year after year, each manutactory having a character of Its own as easily recog nizable us Huvilanrl, Copeland, Wedgc wooil or Worcester ware inCbina. SUMMER DESIGNS AND PRICKS. There is a marvelous reduction In tbe cost of all materials in hulk at the same time that there Na great Improvement in texture and in the beauty of the designs. In the uew wide wools, so supple, so light, so strong, so pliable, so adaptable to all women's uses, there Is, it must be repeat ed, an absolute fascination. Due wishes for a purse that could buy and hands that could make lovely dressing for all the women ill the world, to take the place of their shreds and patches, of the In Unite pain* expended in spoiling the good things skill and industry furnishes. There arc beautiful cashmeres with a saline finish and figure* which are slight ly sunken or executed in a duller twill and huvo not the effect of brocade, but more of tapestry designs, which can be bought, forty-four Inches wide, for 11 O't per yard. Ten yard* ol this would make an in-door gown that would last a llle time. “Crazy’’ cloth Is rca’lv an etamlno or canvas cloth—all wool ami as wide as the cashmere—at only sixty cents per yard, it is most durable and excellent lor ocean travel or mountain suits. Fine sand colored doth costume* for walking and seaside wear, made with clustered ami box pleated skirt*. *101(11 habit-basque and no drapery, arc orna mented with panels and military vest Iront with ladder* ol close straps of nar now silk braid, embroidered in feather stitch upon tbe points at the end*, toe shades oi silk and braid exactlr matching the doth. The cot of uub a suit, finish SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1885, ed in this manner, which was formerly from s.j() to $75, is no .v from $25 to s3o—in stock,of course, not made toorder. It is an unusual thing, however, to find new designs in any ready-made depart ment. The “slock” of ready-made suits, cloaks, jackets, costumes and the like, is made up by great lactory firms before Jan. I for the following spring and sum mer, and by July lor the succeeding au tumn. Naturally, they are cut from an cient patterns and follow all the old ideas in regard to “drapery.” Later designs— imported, home-made and adapted—are made up to order or lor special exhibition, and double, treble, or quadruple the price charged for the “railroad” suits, which are generally of coarse material coarsely made. Ladies who can do their own dressmaking, who can put on a touch of hand embroidery, and who have intelli gence and aptitude enough to guide tfiera in color and to a proper selection of de signs and patterns, have an immeasurable advantage over other women, for they can always lead in the matter of fashion, at the same time that they caa adapt and in dividualize their own dress at less than half its cost to less skillful, less fortunate, or less industrious individuals. This season the points of difference in formation and construction are very de cided, and a dress of last year, or made after last year’s styles, can'be detected at once by an experienced eye. The features this year are the straight skirt, the short habit basque, the absence of drapery or its massing high at the top of tbe skirt, the short outdoor garment, and the revi val of a number of features which distin guish the dress of thirty to fifty years ago. One of these is the reintroduction of the cap placed over the top or used in place of a sleeve. Another, the shoulder trim ming known as bretelles, which extend down the back as well as the front of the bodice. A third is the restoration of the long, wide sash, bowed at the back, and a fourth the short sleeve with high French waist full at the belt, plain on the shoulder for young girls. completeness in costume. The moat obvious and most decided characteristic of the different kinds of costumes is the care with which the de tails of each are arranged to suit the genera! tone and purpose of the entire dress. The newest hat to wear with cloth suits, tailor made and finished in high military style, is “Amazone.” It is high in the crown but not pointed, with a brim turned up on each side and sloping off at the back, but straight in front, where it projects a little over the forehead. The trimming usually consists of soft silk with pompons, dark-blue with wine colored red, or a twine shade with brown. The Lotta hat is a Manila straw with high crown sloped up and brim projecting in front but tapering off to nothing in the back. This is trimmed with a striped canvas scarf and an aigrette, and is suit able with combination walking dress. The “Fedora” dress is mastic wool with full skirt front in satin and ornamentation of narrow gold braid, is accompanied by a Tam O’Blianter made oi ruby satin cov ered with Tuscan lace braid and orna mented with two straight quill leathers in shades ot mastic to brown. Another dress in the same style is made in two shades ot brown, with brown satin lor the foundation of the bat. THE NEWEST IN BLACK TOILETS. For handsome black toilets, anew and effective Lacuna I figured grenadine is used in combination with the plain all fabric in armure patterns. The figures are large and arranged so that there is neither “up” nor “down,” an advantageous feat ure, as the fabric is costly and waste should be avoided. The heavy outlines are precisely the same as the home-made Escurial lace,and the effects are obtained by difference in the size and formation of the mesh, which gives lact-like designs in the soft, semi-transparent fabric. Eseu rial grenadine is $5 to per yard, and is used for fronts or panels of dresses, and lor the body part of the small wrap or mantle, which is otherwise trimmed with Escurial lace, or with a mixture of ball fringe and point D’Orleans. Lace is not at all so much used on fine costumes as last year, embroidery having largely taken its place, and Ihe contrast of plain with figured material Yak laces are an exception, but their reign will be short in a popular sense, because they are not desirable in the coarse patterns, in which alone they are attainable by the majority. Fine woolen Jace is beautiful but not effective upon wool, and out of place as a trimming tor anything but woolen costumes. It is therefore bard to do anything with it that will repay its cost in additional beauty or appearance ot value. It is very delicate and pretty upon tine nun’s veiling and thin wooled tissues, but it is also costly, and the flat trimming are more in vogue, have ob tained the lead, and look newer. Woolen lace is sometimes effectively used to cover a contrasting color com bined with cream or mastic, and the re sult is lovelv if lace and material are tine, and the effect repealed in a bonnet or Tam O’Shanter cap. Last winter a very novel and beautiful ball dress, an invention of Worth, wti9 described. It consisted of silk tulle into which were woven small silver loops over satin, the loops serving as holders for myriads of tiny violets. There were no flounces and no drapery. Only the show ers of delicate little blossoms upon the still more delicate fabric, which was still beautiful when the flowers were removed, the silver links looking like a small cres cent design upon tulle. Recently Im ported dresses In Mack, cream-white, and ecru and white, are a strong re minder of the lovely covered ball dress. They consist of a complete skirt and bodice of beaded lace over silk, quite plain with the exception of a narrow pleating round the bottom, over which the scalloped edge is fastened. There is no ribbon or trimming lacc needed, aud untiling ot the kind is used. They arc literal showers of light, larger beads outlining the torm of the bodice and edging the narrow open collar, which is thrown back. Simpler dresses of the same kind are of tbe loveliest white and ecru embroidery, the embroidery covering tbe entire depth of the skirt above a nur row pleating, forming the sleeves and forming a jacket upon the bodice which is beautifully tucked both back and front. .1 Ai'ANKHE FANS take the place of painted satin anil feather fans when warm weather approaches, but they are not confined to the stiff, gaudily decorated paper styles which are sold any where lrom ft to Ml cents. Tbe tine Japan ese Inns are painted by hand on silk, and ure miracles of delicate color and natural object grouping. Whatever tbe motive Is—flowers, sky, water or foliage It Is delicate, exquisite, original to treatment, yet instinct with life and full of out-of-door*. Modest-looking tans ot this kind are only appreciated by connoisseurs, and the S2O asked tor them would be thrown away on the average owner of Japanese fans. A novelty this season is a large leal shaped fan of plaited straw. It is the same as the braid of which bonnets are made, that is bcgluulug to find a market lu this country, the weaving being some thing like tbe’“Panama," but the color different, a sort of greenish cream—a very esthetic tint which trim* well with solt muslin only fastened with small gold pins. Some of the straw-leal (Ning-po) fans are decorated with outlines of Orien tal color. JennvJune. Being entirely vegetable, no particular care is required while usiug Dr. Fierce’s "Pleasant Purgative Pellets." They ope rale without disturbance to the .•oustUu tlou, diet, or occupation. For sick head ache. constipation, Impute blood, dizzi ness, sour eructations from the stomach, had taste in mouth, bilious attack*, pain in region of kidneys, internal fever, bloat ed feeling about the stomach, rush of blood to bead, tala Dr Pkna’i “Pellet*.” My druggists A TERRIBLE EXAMPLE. The Scheme it gainst Free I.unch Raiders Aag>l>te<l by a Saloonkeeper and the Re sult. From the I’lorchnd Plaindtaltr. He was a free lunch raider and he had the “route” down fine. Ho knew the saloons where the best “lay out” was to be had, but very soon the saloons com menced to know him. He was very easily recognized; his style of dress was somewhat negligee; in fact, too much abandon was noticeable about his every day wardrobe. There was fringe ou has pants and his laundering had evi dently not come home for several weeks. His chin was innocent of the touch of a razor for a month at least, and there was a cadaverous expression about his mouth. About noon he nearly always managed to have a uickel, and it'was at this hour that he sauntered with unruffled demeanor into the place where free lunches are a specialty on the public square. “A glass ot beer,” he said with the air of a millionaire; and then, as if uncon sciously, he stepped toward the f. 1. coun ter. With some gratification he noticed that new vegetables were in, and picking up a lork he was deep in the recesses of a dish ot beans and a tempting plate ot let tuce. There was tripe, too, he noticed with greedy gusto, and soon three or four pieces were speared on the tork and disappeared like a (lash behind his molars. The barkeeper, who had watched the proceed ings closely, now smiled a fiendish smile. The raider stopped in his work ot destruc tion. A tear trembled on his storm beaten cheeks, another followed, and soon there was an expression of intense won der combined with pain. Great heavens, he thought, could tne tripe be seasoned with vitriol or dynamite. Ills mouth burned and his throat felt as if he had swallowed a red-hot coal. Rushing to the bar he gasped for lager while he attempted to disguise his feel ings. The barkeeper was slow—very slow, and attended to other customers leisurely. The raider’s eyes were start ing lrom their sockets. He could stand it no longer, and with a dash and a yell he flew out of the place in the direction of the public square fountain, into which he plunged his head and rinsed his burning lips ana throat. He rolled on the grass and cried with agony. He called for a doctor and shouted he had been poisoned, but the barkeeper crossed the road and merely remarked: “He’s a lunch raider, and I guess he ain’t used to eatin’ cayenne pepper by the pound.” The crowd tumbled. goatrttrr’* jUtttrra. Hostetter’s UoS>^®ltHC2o m q *S h erl| U |Sd r la *l * t Velß, and it i highly Pkv. ncrvic cable to I** SGfafc. > uval tsace nts OO ’jrafi andiadiomndfl " ™ H icate health. It is, moreover, a useful medicine to lake with one on long journeys, anti counteracts the effects of mental exhaustion. For gale by all Druggist* and Dealers generally. (Slottiing, HALLOO• HALLOO! HALLOO! 139 Congress Street! How is Clothing now? Clothing Is all right, and prices are down, down, down! The bottom has dropped out. There never was a time when purchasers could get as much for their money as now. The spirit of the times seems to be to al most give Clothiug away, and we just want the public to understand we can go just as far in that line as any firm in the city, and so we are in the race. Clothing for Men, Youths, Boys and Children, and prices are way dawn. We still claim, and also will perform it by giving you as much, if not more, lor your money than any house in the city. Straw Hats. Underwear, • Neckwear, San Umbrellas. Come in, all you that lire in need of anything in our line. Clias. Logan & Cos. THE SAVANNAH Clothingand Hat Store 18!) Congress Street. U>oui poniDrr. To Sportsmen! We have received another auppTf of WOOD POWDER. A superior Mrllcle for PIGEON SHOOTING No amoke or recoil. PALMER BROTHERS. (Fhuraltottajl. gti.< <> Institute. JClltaott City. Md. r I'HK S*d Annual ***lon will tin remmnl I SKI’TKAtIIKK. ISAS, with a full n>! eltl cin®t cnrii* of PrcfsMor* sod Tntwhnr# In ovsry depart meat. Mias A. M ATOHETT, I’rin.-icst: Mi- Roberta li Archer, the Principal, Circular*s * Mdlon iksiiii*, BklliDioie, Md., until July 1. jDru GGooko. IT IS NOMYSTERY! Hut a fact known to Everybody in or about Savannah, that at Weistisiii’s PopnlarDn Goods Honsc Everybody gets the Very Best Goods at the Lowest Prices, and always receives courteous attention. It is well known that we never deceive the public, never mis represent goods, and always oome up to our advertisements. The Spring season is about ended, and we have ''determined to close out our entire stock of seasonable goods, and to acoomplish the result, we have made such immense reductions in prices that it is absolutely necessary for you to see it, for we admit it almost looks Impossi ble. Yet we have made these heavy reductions and mean to stick to it, as we are tully determined to sell off the bulk of our immense stock. Mo Nonsense, Solid Facts! f)nr PRESS GOODS in low grides ire hare redurrrt per cent., tn fne grjdes to per cent, from former orices. Out Black DRESS SILK'' we hare reduced 2'> pei cent., our < olored DRESS SILK.s AO per cent. Our SATINS and BROCADES we have reduced to to SO percent. Our I AKASOLS and UMBRELLAS we have reduced 2c to 50 per cent., according to their desirability. Our fine LINEN DAMASKS, fine NAPKINS, DOYLIES and TOWELS we have reduced 38 per cent. Our StapleJ-INEN DAMASKS, NAPKINS ami TOWELS we hare reduced 15 per cent. Our M ARSEILLES QUII.Ts and Fanny BEDSPREADS we have reduced 40 per cent. Our SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, PILLOWCASE COTTONS aud DIAPERS we have re duced from 25 to 50 per cent. Our LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS for Ladies and Gents we have reduced fully from 38 to 50 per cent. Our LACES and EMBROIDERIES are reduced, the low grades 25 and the fine grades 50 per cent. Our ALL OVER LACKS and EMBROIDERIES for Yokes and Sleeves we sell at any price, almost at ore-half their former prices. Our Ladies’, Miaser’ and Gents’ I .OSSA MER RUBBER COAT* are reduced 83 per cent. Our Ladies’, Misses’ and Gents’ HOSE we ufl’er at extraordinary bargains, more especially in flue goods. Our GLOVE DEPARTMENT is uncqualed in tbe eity, and our prices are reduced to one half. Our FANS are new and novel, as well as staple, from the 10. Palmetto to the finest and choicest. Our EMBROIDERY SILKS wo continue to sell at lfic. for 25 assorted Skeins. Our line of JERSEYS are immense, we are selling them at any price to dear the stock. Our CORSETS are our pride. We have 75 of the beet styles iu use, and give the best for the money. Our INDIA LAWNS at 5c., Bc., 10c. and are beauties; onr I2U'c. LAWNS are equal to any at 20c. Our WHITE GOODS stock cannot be excelled in quality, nor approached in price*. OUR PRICES ARE UNAPPROACHABLE! We Will Rflakc a Few Quotations: Yard wide SHEETINGS, which were Bc. now sc; WAMBUTTA - IIIRTINGS, worth 1214 c, nowise; 0 4 If N BLEACH ED SHEETINGS, wo r if. 20c, now lie; 8-4 ItLRACHKD rtIIEET TNGs, worth 20c, now 12V£c; Bent NtHmlard (JA LK OEN, worth Bc, now 6c; Bait Mourning CALICOES, worth Bc, no\vsV|c; Fast Colored UNION LINEN LAWN, worth jiowSUc; X V D , A and VICTORIA LAWNS, worth *u now sc; one job lot of perfect Geut*’ HALF HOSE at Ic; ft large lot of Lathe*’ Fancy HOSE, worth now sc; Lutlie*' CHEMISE, worth 25c, now 9c; Ladies’ SKIRTS, worth 60c, now 25c; Children’* OR AVV KRS, worth 40c, now 15i : CORSETS, worth 40c, now 25c; PILLOW CASE COTTONS, worth 16c, now CitLl’E VEILS and CREPE by the yard at one-half value. Do Not Delay, But Secure the Bargains at Once. David Weisbein, 158 BROUGHTON BTREF.T, SAVANNAH, HA. goof, (Kruttha, (Hr. E. L. NEIDLINGEK. \V. C. NEIDLINGER. J. W. RABUN. NEIDLINGER & RABUN. Just received a large stock or Itiibher Hose, Spiral Cotton Hose, “MaKic” Nozzles, “Lowell’’ Nozzles, “The Boss” Nozzles, Stop-Cock Nozzles, (.arden Sprinklers, Fountain Sprinklers, Lawn Sprinklers, Hose Reels and Couplings. Rubber Hose at 10c. a foot. A full line of Lap Sheets, Horse Covers, Ear, Neck and Body Nets, Sad dles, Harness and Belling. Trunks, Bags and Satchels. 106 ST. JULIAN & IC3 BRYAN STS., SAVANNAH, CA. KW~ Trunks and Harness Neatly Repaired. MiTsililii Bridles I \ LARGE, well iclectcd assort mint for Wholesale and Retail Trade. Fine Single and Double HARM ESS for eity use. RUBBER and LEATHER BELTING of tbe Best Manufacture at the ]<owest Prices. ITALIAN UKMI* AND GUM PACKING! Thaelter’a I'ateut IJelt Fastener* at Manufacturers’ Prices. LACK LEATHER, iu sides or strips; Belt Hooks, Copper Rivets and Bur*; Heavy, NelaoUwl Indian dressed Buckskins fur Lacing. GIN ROLLER LEATHER, In the Side orstripa (My w ItRUHH BRISTLES, PEGU, etc., etc, BOOT and SHOE UPPERS and FINDINGS; Frcne.h and American Calf and kip Skins, Sole leather and Last*. TRUNKS, VALISES, TKAVbLINU BAGS. SHAWL STRAPS, TRUNK STRAPS, and everything usually kept in a well stocked Saddlery eslablishinuul. Call aud examine our stock, or write (or price*. W . B. M ELL & CO., Market Square. ejurttilurr, carpeto, Cte. DON’T I^OUGEST Southern Furniture House Will sell for Lowest possible pricoN Mailing, Window Nliades, Parlor Suits, Dedroom Mulls, Mosquiio Not Frames,aud everything else In our line. N. II KH >1 AN, 170 BROUCHTON STREET. Bakina P—fttr. WHEAT Baking Powder It outiUlns bo Injurious Ingredient*. It lesvrs no deleterious substance, in tlm rue*d all iuiis ifr*tie Cream uf T.rlar *nd Alum To*, der* do. II restores to the Flour th, idrhly tm eotlani cun* •tjtueat. ret* til In th* bran of tiln Wheat. II make* • belter and lighter Heeolt fhu ny <**.■ lUktne Pnsiior. MAhTIN KA?.RFCFINCH'* >IIXI, Mtslnished I*)*. NEW IUBK, For sate by all, leg,a*, gro.era. ftrrv. 1 Pure iind lloiirsl Arllcir i* tile Aiitasßr-Biscli Brewini Ass n St. Louis Laier Boer. 'CHI lrg .air. tr.lify llie besrty itipport I of an appreciative public, anil the special branda “Faust” and ''Anteer" Bottled Beer Are Just the thing for tamity MM, Pirate*. Matooaia* I’aruee, tr. lleeralwst*lce rnbi. GEO MKYKK, Nole Agnail, tiepnt sad Ottce. loot of Aheroore street; Brmb i ini c, lot llay street. gPatrtrea anD ytvtint. WORK. FI WITCH AND JEWELRY REPAIRING, Staying reorganized my Work Department | AM NOW PREPARED TO DO FINE WATCIWIHK IN THE VERY BEST MANNER, JEWELRY Hade and repaired AT SHORT NOTICE ENGRAVING BOTH PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL DONE IN AN ARTISTIC MANNER. Special Attention GIVEN TO Work of All Kinds AND— Satisfaction Guaranteed. Your Patronage is Solicited. SAMUEL P. HAMILTON. Cor. Ball and Broughton Sts, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. SUltirnuarr. Wedding Presents! Just received anew se lection of solid Sterling Silverware, in elegant cases, and novelties in Triple-plated Silverware. Also, Ladies’ Vest Chains of the latest pattern. A. L. DESBOUILLONS, Jeweler. 21 Bull at. Iliibn t.ilii’u. J. il. i o MASONIC TKMPLK, I OH. I.IBRRTY AND WHITAKER STHKKTS. Cratfß. Vegetable and Fruit Crates. \\TK hive * full slock on our yard, corner II Liberty and East Broad streets. WiU fiimi.li by car load direct from mill when daaired. raCON, JOHNSON 1 00. Tcioi) JJmifrpn'. REX MAGNUS, A Preparation Tor Prcerrln* Food. C. M. GILBERT Sc CO.. A*** ii \ A |ttr tiwrgut ft tut Fi'*r\4ft 3