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OLIVER DAWSON'S CAREER. j A Sketch of a Man Who Has Made and Lost Several Fortunes. New York, Oct. •!!>—Not a tew of the I men one m etsin Wall street have had an event:ul career, huf very few have had an experience so f ‘of vicissitudes and so in teresting in a commercial sense as a man of \ medium height, of rather portly build, | wild mirewliat heavy, oval features, of a genial expression, which, however, does ! not entirely conceal an underlying decision ; of character t hat a suitable occasion would ; make plainly manifest. He is a! ways dressed quietly yet with scrupulous regard to the ; best mode, and lie closely watches the ! market fluctuations from the opening of the j board till the gong of t lie Stock Exchange announces the end of the speculative battle. It is Oliver S. Dawson. He is not one of the powers of tho street; far from it. But few of the giants of the speculative world have had a more varied career. Many of the lesser lights of Wall street, indeed, are more interesting in some respects than those who have achieved colossal wealth, often by the comparatively easy methods known to financial jugglers with the law. Mr. Dawson was born in Peoria, 111., where his father was a dry goods merchant, and where young Dawson acquired his first business experience. Hecameto New York in lsiil, when be was lit years of age, with $30,000, which he had acquired in the dry goods trade. He decided to risk his moder ate fortune in stock speculation, and the late Charles Osborn was his broker. “Char ley” Osborn, as he was generally called,was the broker who engineered the famous Northwest corner for Jay Gould, in which he was so signally successful that he crippled not a few strong operators; and Mr. Osborn is remembered as tHe only oue of Jay Gould’s brokers who was sharp enough to keep the large commission received from Gould instead of being drawn into operations by which that Macniavelli of Wall street usually relieved them with the remorselessness of a thug of tho fortunes he had made for them as his lieutenants in the board. For a time young Dawson, un der Charley Osborn’s guidance, was success ful, hut in an evil moment he went into a bull pool in New Y'ork Central, Michigan Central and Rock Island, aud on July 2, 1 8t>2, when the news came of Gen. Mc- Clellan's defeat on the Peninsula, the mar ket fell 10 to 15 per cent, in the midst of great excitement By this decline he lost *vQ, 000, all he had. Then he went to St Louis, and joined the brigade of Geu. Frank Blair, with the rank of captain. He was to recruit a company in Illinois, but at about that time a law- was passed prohibiting recruit ing in one Sta e for the regiments of another, whereupon Capt. Dawson resigned and devoted his attention to army contracts, remaining in St. Louis. For a year and a half lie had all of Gen. Grant’s contracts there and also those of Geu. Rosecrans, con tracting at times for as much as 15,000 tons of hay, not to mention large quantities of other supplies. The contracts proved very remunerative, and once more he could be termed wealthy. In filling these contracts he started for Louisville on his own boat, but got aground in the Ohio river and had to go back to Smithland, Ky., where he was ordered to Memphis. On his way thither he was fired upon through mistake by the Union batteries at Paducah, but at length reached his destina tian, where he was ordered to Osceola. Ark., to get the packet Platte Valley off the bar opposite that town, which was held by 3,000 Confederates under Gen Clark. The packet had been fired upon by the Confederates on the way diw.-i and about fifteen men were killed, including the pilot, who was shot as he was getting out of the barber’s chair. Dawson got the boat off, just as he was about to bo attacked, a fact which he learned from a Con federate whom he had carefully primed with commissary whisky, and he then pro ceeded to St. Louis. In 1804 he returned to New York with considerable money, but made the mistake of going short in the gold room and lost most of it. He speculated in stocks for several years, and in 1807 entered into a bear campaign in Erie. Daniel Drew, then one of tile giants of Wall ■ treet, had taken Jay Gould, Henry N Smith and some others into a bull pool in Erie. Mr. Gould was at that time a member of the brokerage firm of Smith, Gould & Martin. The bear pool sold the stock short, and made bogus or “wash” sales, and hammered the market until some of the bulls he came nervous. Some of the bear con spirators, Dawson among the number, solemnly assured the more nervous bulls that old Daniel Drew was quietiy selling out. To give color to this erroneous statement the bear pool made a “wash” sale of 50,000 shares and bluffed off skeptics by offers to bet $lO,OOO that it was a genuine transaction. This so frightened some of the bulls that they really believed that sly old Daniel Drew was unloading, and they thereupon threw overboard their stock, which the unsuspecting Uncle Daniel was compelled to take in order to protect him self. Hill, the bear manipulator, drove the price down 17 per cent., and later, when Henry N. Smith quarreled with .Jay Gould, he said that the latter lost $2,000,000 by the break, but made the Erie road stand the loss. It is believed by many that Gould would have been ruined in more than one speculation if he had not had the Erie road at his back. In the end, how ever, the bear pool, in which Dawson was one of the leading spirits made little or no money, the market finally going against them. In 1868 he went to Ban Francisco and became a great friend of the famous Ralston, whose one ambition was to make the Bank of California as great as the Bank of England, and committed suicide on the failure of the institution for which he had entertained such daring hopes. Dawson ■peculated in mining shares for awhiie, and again became interested about the same time in Government contracts. He was, it seems, the lowest bidder on a contract to sup ply *1,000,000 worth of beef to the Sioux Indians, and was largely instremental in bringing about an investigation of the In terior Department which rejected his bid, the inquiry into its methods finally results ing in the retirement of Columbus Deiano, frUe Secretary of the Interior. In iB6O Daw son, after a stage trip of 500 miles, reached Treasure Hill, Nev., where there was a great silver mining excitement. Some of the ore assayed $20,000 a ton, and where there was once a mere wilderness there sprung up Treasure City, 10,000 feet above the level of the sea, with a population sud denly increased in the dead of winter from a more handful of prospectors to 40,000 people, with twenty-six faro banks in opera tion and at least one murder a day to satisfy the police demand for a lively civilization. In conjunction with ex-Gov. Madison he erected large smelting works and shipped a large amount of silver. Those were times that suggested the life-like fiction of Bret Harte. The ‘ ‘Eberhardt” was then a great mine there, and thirty armed men were em ployed at *25 a day to keep off thieves. Dawson himself is well known to have been one of the most resolute fighters in the town and was respected accordingly. A mob once attacked the office of ex-Gov. Madison because one of his notes was found worth less, and might have killed him but for Dawson, who held them at bay with drawn revolver. In 1872 he returned to New York, where he has since remained, operating in stocks and grain with fair success. He is a bachelor and well known about town. Oscar Willoughby Riggs. Hideous in Every Guise, Whether it be the best known form, chilis and fever, or else bilious remittent, double ague or ague cake, is that abominable disorder involv ing the liver th ■ bowels,and the kidneys, known as malaria. Every complaint classified under this generic, though erroneous appellation, Is andf strnetive of the nervous system, hut is, un happily, not to he subdued, or even checked, by the use of ordinary nervines, febrifuges or tonics. There is, however, prompt relief and ultimate cure to be found in Hostetier’sStomach Bitters, foremost among ihe proprietary reme dies or America, uud widely known in other lauds. Not onij diseases born of miasma, but rheumatic complaints, superinduced by ex posure in bad weather, inherited or incurred debility of the kidneys or bladder, dyspepsia and an irregular condition of bowels, are curable- nay, certain to Is! cured by this deservedly esieemed and pro fessionally sanctioned corrective. LOST JEWELRY. The Story of a Watch That was I ropped and Recovered. Nbw York, Oct. 20. —lf any person wants to get an idea of how difficult it is for two strangers to meet in this city, even when desirous of doing so, let him watch tho “Lost and Found" columns of the New York newspaper for a time. He will find there the same articles described at the same time among the lost and the found. It would seem natural that the woman and the finder would come across each other’s advertisements and thus come in communi cation with each other. Bute the chances are more than even that they will not. as the student of those columns will soon observe if ho watches faithfully. I was very much puzzled by this peculiar state of affairs and could in no way account for it until I one day became personally in terested, and then I found out. I was walk ing along Broadway and had reached the railroad office at the southeast corner of Broadway and Twenty-third street, when I kicked something on the sidewalk. That something had txien quietly reposing in the shadow of the buildings, and was propelled by my foot accross the walk and under the glare of the electric light. I naturally looked down aud was naturally startled. The object thus unceremoniously whirled accross the unrelenting pavement was a delicate gold watch such as ladies wear. I would not have been more astonished had it been Queen Victoria’s crown. In what was at that hour the mast frequented spot in New York, where thousands of fieople passed and repassed every hour, I had stumbled against an article of value which bad lain in tho direct pathway of the multitude! It wits a watch that could easily be identified, being one of the old-style, open faced Swiss timepieces, with a gold dial and gold hauds anil figures. Further more, attached to it was a broad bow of black watered silk ribbon. The pin which had been used to more securely fasten it to the wearer’s dross was still sticking in the ribbon. Surely no stronger means of identi fication could be asked. That night I sent a paragraph to the Sun which stated explicitly that a lady’s watch had been found at Broadway and Twenty third street and awaited its owner. It was printed in a prominent nlace in the paper the next morning but nothing came of it. I then inserted an advertisement in the lost and found columns of the Herald , but that also went for naught. For a whole week I searched tho columns of every newspaper in the citv, in the hope of finding some wo. and from the owner, but all without result. Then I mado up my mind that for some reasons the owner had not thought it worth while to advertise his loss, and I laid away the watch. I should very probably have forgotten all about the matter had I not happened to discuss my experience with a friend one night a week later. “Wh>-, I saw the advertisement of that watch recently,” he said. I ake l him’ when and where he had seen it. hunted it up and found a notice of a watch that had been lost which seemed to correspond with the one I had found. It had been inserted two days after I had be come wearied of inv fruitless search and had ceased to look The notice requested that information of the watch should be sent to “X. Y. Z.” at the Herald office. I at once wrote there, inviting the advertiser to call and identify his property. A week elapsed and, as I had received no reply, I again gave up all hope of finding the fowner. A call at the newspaper office elicite I no in formation, as the advertiser had not left his name or address, but had staled his iuten tention of calling for the answers. Another week had passed and the matter had entirely escaped my mind, when one day the owner walked into my office. There was no mistake about it. Tiie identification was complete. Three weeks had elapsed between the finding and the restoration of the watch, and it would never have found its way back to the owner had I not taken such particular pains to find him. Of course I was much interested to learn the cause of the delay in our meeting. It seemed that the watch belonged to the wife of the gentleman who onlled to see me. It had l>een dropped on their way from the Madison Square Theatre to their home at Gramercy Park. Mrs. did not remember having worn the watch, and therefore did not miss it then. It w as nearly a week later, after having vainly ransacked the house for it, that she recollected when and where she had last worn it. That was the reason for the delay in trie advertising. They did not expect to get it back then and did not think of looking through the files of the newspapers for advertisements concerning it. As they received no answer for the three days following the insertion of their notice they gave up the matter as hopeless. The gentleman happened to be passing the Herald office tho day he called on me. and with little expectation of reward stopped in to see if there were any more answers for him. In that way we finally met. Of course, we “smiled” over the re sult. In talking over the occurrence with an old-established jeweler I learned that very little jewelry that is lost in this city is ever recovered. That, of course, means that an enormous amount of jewelry changes hands every year without the consent of the owners. A study of the lost and found col umns will again show that. My own case, I am assured, was only novel in that the owner was finally found. During the time I was looking for him any number of persons who had lost gold watches presented themselves. All kinds of watches had been lost, from a *5OO diamond studded hunting case to a gold washed chatelaine. Four of the anxious inquirers had reason to believe that their watches were lost in or near Madison square, and the diamond affair was lost in a Broadway ear. Of course many of them may have been stolen. Some were found by persons who did not come to find the losers. But detectives and jewelers agree that very possibly the lost and found advertisements appeared at or about the same time, per haps in different papers, but nevertheless, iu such a manner as to make it appeal reasonable that the loser and finder would come together. Something, which would probably have appeared reasonable if dis covered, interfered to prevent the one from learning of the other. The law does not make it imperative for the finder to over-exert himself to get the owner* Reasonable effort on his part is sufficient. It is necessary for the owner, however, to use diligent effort in recover ing his property. If he demands it, it must be returned. If no owner appears the title rests in the finder. John Hoe. THE BOULANGER MARCH. The Man Who Lives Like a Million aire on Money Made Out of It. From the Chicago Tribune. Paris, Oct. 2. —Lovers of beer garden singing are in despair. Paulus’ voice lias given out. Whether he will regain it or not is problematic. For tho present ho is silent, and for some weeks to come he will remain so. What injured hi* voice? It was doubt less the effort required to sing over and over again each evening the song, “En Revenant de la Revue.” otherwise known as tho “Boulanger March.” This, as all the world knows, is merely an old polka, writ ten some fifteen years ago in honor of the Queen of Italy, and widely circulated under the uatno "Margherita Polka.” Paulus got hold of it and found that lie could sing the rather “catchv" air. Bo he had some wretched doggerel set to it and began singing it every night at the big beer garden where he was engaged toeotertain women of the town and their male companions. It is now just about a year since lie brought out the “Bou laiv'er March” song. He had i he assurance to claim it as a purely original composition and, I believe, he still sticks to it, although every one knows it is absurd. But the piece" did not win any great popularity until last March, when Paulus went to the Minia THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1387. try of War and sang it to Geu. Boulanger, aiid the latter exclaimed, “It ought to be made the national song of France!” Panins gets a royalty of .50 per cent, on all copies of the song sold iu France. Up to the present nearly 300,000 copies have lieen sold, and 1 am told that his income there from has been fully S6OO a ilirm'h. This alone is a nice income. How much he gets tor singing at the beer garden 1 do not know, hut I suppose it is at least ssoa night. You may therefore understand that Paulas is well off. He has lately paid $25,000 for a house in Paris, and he owns a country sent which cost him every penny of $7.5,000. lie lives, dresses, and drives out in n sty le be coming a millionaire. Now that his voice is broken he does not go to the lieer garden, but once a week he sends his liveried ser vants around to the office with his carriage to draw his salary and bring it home to him. Paulus’ real name is Paul Habans. He is a native of Bordeaux, and is about 45 years old. He has been a comic public singer ever since he grew up to manhood. At first he was in a small way. For years he did net earn more thaii sl2 to sls a week. He found that there w-ere plenty of com pet tors who could sing just as well as he. So he had to resort to othermeansof making progress. Audacious eccentricity then became his watchword. When the other singers took to wearing cuffs fifteen inches in circum ference about their wrists, ho caine out with cuffs a yard in circumference, making him look as though his bauds were sticking out of beer barrels. When large nosegays appeared, he adorned the lapel of his coat with a cauliflower encircled with a wreath of mammoth sunflowers. When the others af fected low-cut shirt collars he had his bosoms cut open almost to the waistband. These tricks, more than his singing, attracted at tention. Thousands flocked nightly to see what new trick he would display. So he won fame and fortune. As his songs were almost always political and satirical, and often scandalous, he made many enemies. Frequently ho was threatened with vio lence, and more than once was on the verge of a duel. Iu preparation for emergencies he studied boxing, fencing and pistol shoot ing, until now he would be, in either of the three, one of the most dangerous antago nists. But as yet he never has been com pelled to put his prowess to actual test. An English Woman’s Independence. From the Boston Transcript. Miss F. Henrietta Muller, a former mem ber of the London (England) school board, is now in Boston, and has given some of bet home experiences to the Journal. She is well-known there as an nctive worker in various ways. Last year, when she re fused to pay her taxes, because she was not allowed to cast her vote lor parliamentary candidates, her action caused the greatest excitement, and her persistent refusal formed the subject not only of conversation aud of attention to the cause of parliament ary suffrage of women, but of newspaper leaders aud editorial comment. “I left my house in a stage of siege.” she said, with a bright laugh, “but I have satisfaction in the thought that I have kept the besiegers from their money which was due Jan. 1. The day after I obtained my passage to America the writ was served, but my two lady helps courageously said that they- would keep up the defense during my absence and not permit an officer to enter. They are succeeding admirably. Callers are scrutinized from the dining-room windows before they are permitted toenter, add all mail is handed through tho wind ows.” Women have been represented on the Lon don school board for fifteen years, or since its establishment. Miss Muller w is a member six years and has seventy schools in her jurisdiction. The election of a person to the school board is considered second only to a parliamentary election, since the inomhc s not only have the power over the education of many thousand children, but are given the privilege of fixing the rates. “I found mv election a very expensive honor,” said Miss Muller. “I had to make twenty-five public addresses, besides incurring an ex pense of A" tOO, as I preferred to be independ ent! of sect control. But the office had a great many attractions, notwithstanding the expense and the arduous duties." Miss Muller said there were three classes of schools, the elementary, or board schools, in which the pupils are required to pav one fifteenth of the expense; the high schools, under the control of a private company, called the London Girls’ Day School Com pany, and the universities. The greatest need is for free schools. As Mi s Muller is a graduate of Girton College at Cambridge, she was able to speak of the thoroughness of the English colleges for women. Degrees are granted to the students of Girton at Cambridge, but Oxford is still behind, and the students at the women’s colleges there have not yet received tho privilege of the degree. Women now have municipal, parish anil school suffrage and are desirous of obtain ing the fourth—parliamentary. All voters are placed upon a property qualification,and custom rather than law, according to the usual interpretation, lias decreed that the suffrage should li - exercised by widows aud spinsters and not by married women. The suffrage workers are anxious to obtain the whole privilege of voting granted to men who hold property. One of the sight-, at Buffalo is the Cyclone, a huge pneumatic grain transfer barge. ,It looks like a gigantic hopper on a raft. It is said that, bv means of an air exhaust it can elevate 200 bushels a minute, which is very much more than the ordinary elevator can do. CUTICURA REMEDIES. HAVE W A SKIN DiSEM? If so there is no system of treatment that offers the certainty of cure and economy of time and money, as do the Cctici'ra Remedies. We will send free to any sufferer “lion to Cure Skin Diseases," 04 pages, 50 illustrations and 100 testimonials, over/ one of which repeats this story. 1 have been a terrible sufferer for years from diseases of the skin and blood; have lieen obliged to shun public places by reason of my disfiguring humors; have had the best physi cians; have spent hundreds of dollars, undgot no relief until I used the Ci-ticvra Remedies, which have cured me, and left my akin as clear and blood as pure as a child s. COVERED WITH SALT RHEUM. Ci-Tic-CRA Remedies are the greatest medi cines on earth. Had the worst case of Salt Rheum in this country. My mother hail it 1 venty years, and, in fact, died from it. i lie iii-ve Cutioura would have saved her life. My arms, breast and head were covered tor three years, which nothing relieved or cured until I used the Ccticura Resolvent, internally, and Cra-ici BA and Ccticura Soap, externally. Newark, O. J. W. ADAMS. HEAD, FACE AND BODY RAW. 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Asa preface we would re mark that the crowds visiting our establishment during our recent opening days have pro claimed unanimously our line of Millinery, Fancy Goods, Cloaks, etc , were well varied, the prettiest and most reason able in prices. All are now invited to Aspect these bril liant offers we make this week: Cloaks! Cloaks! Cloaks! To suit all sizes of Children, Misses and Ladies. (You study your own interest by in specting our stock . Children's all woo Newmarkets, for ages 4to 12. m novelty stripes and checks, with ami with out belts, at's3 25. S3 50, |4, $4 50 and upward; -very one a bargain. Misses' nil wool Short Walking Jackets, for ares 12 to IS, made from the iat st combination cloaking, with and without Satin Hood, at $4 50, $2 73. S3GO, §4each; superb inducements. Ladies' all wool Walking Jackets, in all the newest imported and domestic effects, at SI 75, }2, 82 50, $3, $3 50, $4 and upward; very rare offers. Wraps! Wraps! 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"We Have Jet Ornaments by the yard or piece. Colored Cut Beads by the yard or piece. Jet and Colored Mead Panel Passementeries. Jet Beaded lire* Fronts. Silk arid Wool llraldod Dress Fronts. Braided Wool T’aneJings, ad besides all the other new Novelties use-1 as Dress Trimmings this season. IN OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS Can be found new and select offers by which a visit to our establishment will repay you. MAILORDER raCTFILLr SOLICITED. DRY GOODS. le-opt'iicd at the Old Stand! David Weisbein, 153 BROUGHTON ST., SAVANNAH, Announces to his mr.uy customers and the public at large that ho has re-opened business at his former place, 168 BROUGHTON STREET, so well and favorably know n, and which has been patronised to such extent that it became known as THE POPULAR DRY GOODS HOUSE, UTE bare in stock every quality of ijoods up to the VERY FINEST, and our prims will be found * v to Ikj far low*r than they have ever been, and by far lower than the same qualities can bo purchased anywhere. New York oily not excepted. We are aware that this is a far-reaching as sertion. hut. we mean exactly whafwe say Call and test us. We are willing to risk our reputa tion that this is not au advertising dodge. We stake our honor upon its truthfulness. Wc Insist That What We Say Are Indisputable Facts and Easily Proven. AFP nnrocj p./MRC CTAPir Contains the best, choicest and largest assortment in the city, and uill lilvCiOd mill I*o OIUIA our prices are about one-third less. OI RBI \CK DRESS Sll KS ATCI btVJt Woarin & Silks in Any markot * *nd one-fourth cheaper. AITD cur VFI \TTQ PircnrQ Plain and Fancy, Moire Satins in all shades, and nil the Util ullil\ f LLi ido, I I*l uIILo, novelties of Trimmings in Jet and Braid are the latest styles and at remarkably iow prices. AfTp pi 4YLTT nrpIPTMFVT ,s complete in every sense of tho word. We have White Util DlifliMltd I/LI All I .HL.i I lilanlt cts as low as 85c. a pair aud up to $3.5. Wo especially recommend our $o Blanket; they are simply immense. AT7D V\ AVVPI prpjlpTVfrVT Contains every grade, style, quality and color, from the ULll I LikUiLL I'Ll .111 I ,'lL.> I humolo t grad *to the finest Eiderdown, and we are sure our prices are very iow. BFR rvniKll WAT VIVA MPiniTQ Wraps, Circulars, Jerseys, Children's Cloaks are un lib II L.iULlull if ALIM.MI JAuliLio, questionably the best, most fashionable aud elegant in the mai ket, and tne prices by far lower than elsewhere. Arp rin ft! AIT niTPAimirVT Is superb. Weare nroud of It Hee our various grades at uLII Ivlif UIAML ULi All 1 111 La 1 6k* . r.'c.. si. etc. They are positively worth double Our fiOc. 4-But ton Kid cannot la* matched nurwberv for lns t han $1 We are fully prepare] in every style of Gloves for forties. Gem a a. id Children at the very lowest pricos Gentlemen desi ing a good Dress or Driving Glove will find an immense variety and NOT fancy prlona. AfTp FYTWPWnn nrp 4 RT\f FYT For tadim. Children and Oen*s contains every variety UL it litl/iiIIHLAII L/Li All I .11 LA 1 from t-he ord in ary to the very lx*t Children's Vests as low as 1 -■'C. fora very fair qu .lit y. Gents' All Wo >1 Scar el Uu lershirts aud Di uwers as low as 50c. We direct also attention to our very Miimrior li ie of Half Host' and Stockings in Wool, Merino, Cotton, Silk and Lisle Thread. pit v Timr pi AT||Q Damasks, Linens of all kinds. Sheetings, Calico Comfortables, Mar oILIY 1 A DLL vLU I ilo, and other Quilt an IHe 1 Spreads. In fact, every article necos sary for housekeeping \v -have in tLi * lar rust variety and at the lowest prices. We offer full width New York Mills Bleached Shooting at lny^e. OHAMIiCTIP lU?P AIYTVfVYT Is bey* *nd doubt unequaled. We offer the celebrated Lous 1/UiilliJllv if LI All I .ULA I dale Bleau ie l Shirllii*, yard wit*, genuine goods, by the piece at Ho. Also the well known yard wide Fruit of the Loom at BV£<\ Splendid Canton Flannel as low as sc. The very best Slam lard Calico at 5c.; sold elsewhere at Bc. LADIES’ MUSLIN UNDERWEAR, [*** fr ° m4 1® in large variety at nearly half OUR BAZAR Will be opened on SATURDAY, the 29th October, and will contain the best and unapproachable bargains in Fancy Goods, Hosiery, Buttons, Toys, etc. We will inaugurate this open ing by a Special Sale of Towels. They are warranted to be pure linen and worth 25c. each, We will sell them on Sat urday, Oct. 29, and Monday, Oct, 31, at the uniform price of 10 cents. DAVID WEISBEIN. DRESS GOODS, WRAPS, NOVELTIES, ET< . The Old Reliable Dry Goods House OFFERS THIS WEEK: High Novelties in Dress Goods. ECKSTEIN’S. High Novelties in Ladies’ Wraps. ECKSTEIN’S. High Novelties in Trimming Velvets. ECKSTEIN’S. High Novelties of Every Character. ECKSTEIN’S. WILL SELL THESE EXCLUSIVE CHOICE STYLES AT EXTREME LOW PRICES. THE BEST GOODS AT LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE. N. B. We invite the attention of the Ladies in particular and our patrons in general, to otu New Stock of Elegant Q-oods and to complete tines White Blankets, Comforter?, Kid Gloves, Hosiery. Knit Underwear. Flannels, and Invite the trade in gen eral to inspect our grand assortments before purchasing. GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & CO. MILLINERY. "KROTJ SIvO FF ©~~ Opning of die Pi Season M However attractive and immense our previous season’s stock in Millinery has been, this season we excel all our previous selections. Every manufacturer and importer of note in the markets of the world is represented in the array, and display of Millinery goods. We are showing Hats in the finest Hatter’s Plush, Beaver, Felt, Straw and Fancy Combinations. Ribbons iri Glacee, of all the novel shades. Fancy Birds and Wings, Velvets and Plushes of our own im portation, and we now offer you the advantages of our im mense stock. We continue the retail sale on our first floor at wholesale prices. We also continue to sell our Celebrated XXX Ribbons at previous prices. TO-DAY, 500 dozen Felt Hats, in all the new shapes and colors, at 35 cents. S. HOTS MAMMOTH MHIIIRV USE, BROUGHTON STREET. A. R. ALTMAYEK A CO. MiEiitr KID GLOVES. Genuine First Quality at the Following Trices: 3-Bultoncd for 99c. 5-Buttoaea Tan Shade?? for $1 23. 5-Buttoned Blacks for SI 59. A. H. ALBIAVER CO.’S THIS WEEK. OUK REGULAR WEEKLY CUTS in the dif ervnt departments has proven mieh a popu lar feature with our trade that we will continual Ron through the season. Every week wo will change this line of SPECIAL BARGAINS, Taking in Department after Department, until we have gone through the house. Notice these changes, therefore you w ill find JUST WHAT YOU WANT. THIS WEEK we have reached the KJD OLOVE DEPARTMENT, one .f the great features of the house, and we will quote a few prices that will make you “wonder" how it ran be (Fne,** and ' ill cause coiupotitors to aghast and STAKE IN OPEN-EYED AMAZEMENT. JUST LISTEN! For the week we will sell: Laities' 4 inf ton embroidered back Black and Ton Kids, in dressed or undressed, at 49c. latdies' Block ami Color’d embroidered or plain Look, in re and French Kid, at Si and $1 36. Altnmyer's “Viola," a 6-button Kid with seal loped tops, m hliieks and colors, at $1 60: equal to any $3 Glove in the city. Of course the sane* dose prices for which we are noted exists all over the house, but the week's Special Drives are in Kid Gloves. Indies, do not fall to call In this week. This is your opportunity to buy your Gloves for the winter. Another such chunee may not present Itself. Very Respectfully Yours, A. R. ALTIAYER k CO. Our ILLUSTRATED FALL CATALOGUE free on application. Mail ord rs will receive prompt attention. IC E ! Now is the time when every body wants ICE, and we want to sell it, PRICES REASONABLE l 20 Tickets, good for 100 Pounds. 75c 140 Tickets, good for 700 Pounds, $5. 200 Tickets, good for I,OCO Pounds, $7. 50 Pounds at one delivery 30c Lower prices to large bo-era 1 o E Packed for shipment at reduced rates. Careful und polite service. Full and liberal weight. KNICKERBOCKER ICE CO. l4 1 BAA ST. COTTON HERD WANTED. CSTN r FH Per Bushel ($l2 per torn paid for good OH SEED Delivered in Carload Lots at Soullicrn Colton Oil Cos. Mills —AT— SAVANNAH, GA., ATLANTA, GA., COLUMBUS, GA. Price subject to change unless notified of ac ceptance for certain quantity to 1* shipped by a future date. Address nearest mill as above. PORTRAIT'S. The Great Southern Portrait Company, savannah, oeokoia L. 13. DAVIS, Secretary and Manager of the Great South ern Portrait Company. A N insp'-etiou of samples of our Portraits at x\ our o boe, with Davis Bros., 4<! and 44 Bull street, will g eatly interest those who contem plate having small pictures of themselves, their friends, living and deceased, copied und enlarged in OIL, WATER COLOR, INDIA INK, PAS TELLI-. and (,’RAYON. We guarantee a per fect likeness and excellence of work. We have about TWENTY' DIFFERENT STYLES AND GRADES IN SIZES OF ENLARGED POR TRAITS from Bxlo to SOxlW, ami ur prices are from *3 to *BOO each. EMPLOY FORTY ART ISTS: keen twenty-six years in the business] have a 6JM) candle-power ELECTRIC LIGHT, and are fully prepared with all proper expedi tion and Shill to execute all ord. - promptly and satisfactorily. We respectfully solicit your orders. L. B. DAVIS, Sccrotary and Manager The Great Southern Portrait Cos. ELECTRIC BELTS. Electric Belt Free. TO INTRODUCE it a id obtain Agents tve wth for the next sixty days give away, free of charge, id eacn county in toe United States a limited number of our German Electro Galvanic Stipensory Belts—price, so. A positive and un failing cure tor Nervous Debility, Varicocele, Emissions. Impotency. Etc. s.>oo reward paid if every Belt we manufacture d'>es not generate a genuine electric current. Address at once ELECTRIC BELT AGENCY P. O. Box 178, Brooklyn. N. Y 5