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NO MORE DISPUTES,
TAWMKTP.iI TKIJ> WHAT THE
P\SSE\<iKK owns.
An AntoniHliinw Machine Ju*t
Invented in >•%* A nrk Telln the
( hl> I’liNticnKi'r \nt*nnntienll> How
Far He Hio Traveled. How Funic
He linn lleen Itiiliim ami tlie Evnet
Amount of Money He Owen—All He
Han to 1) In to f.lanee I |i-How
the Machine Opera ten— I inponnihil
ity of < heatiiiK.
Now York. Jan 27 —The extortions of
cabmen will soon be a thin# oi the past.
A marvelous lit l l< machine lor telling the
truth about cab fares is just been in
vented in New York by several clever
of th- New York Electrical Ve
hicle Company. It is call*d ih- tax imeter,
and it is about the size and shape of an
ordinary workman’s lunch l>ox. It is to
lx- placed at the upper front rim of the
hood of the cab, so that the passenger has
only to glance up to see ils honest face.
These arc some of the wonderful thing.*
which It docs:
What It W ill Ho.
It gives in plain figures the exact num
ber of miles which the passenger ha
traveled at any given time.
It gives the exact time to the minut J
"Kt6IS>TE.fV \£ OP&WE.O IN OFFICC.
THE NEW TAXAMETER FOR REGISTERING CAB FARES, AS IT LOOKS
OUTSIDE THE CAB AND FROM WITHIN
during which the passenger has been an
occupant of the cab.
It gives the exact amount of money
which the passenger owes at any given
moment, on the basis both of time travel
c i and miles traveled.
When the passenger stops out of the cab,
the taxameter Instantly thrusts out a lit
tle tongue, bearing the word “Disen
gaged," so that any passer can see that
the cab is ready for service, thus pre
venting “soldiering” on the part of the
cabby.
It keeps a complete account of the total
number of miles traveled during the day,
of the amount of money paid in and of
the length of time during which the cal)
is actually in motion. These three latter
calculations are wholly for the benefit of
the cab company in checking its drivers.
The company Is not ready to give out
the <ietails of the taxameter, as it has
not been registered at the patent office in
Washington, but G. Herbert Condlct, the
chief engineer, who is. in gre;t part, re
sponsible for the success of horselers car
riage transit in New York, has given, for
the first time, some account of the inven
tion.
The taxameter occupies a space eight
inches square and can be attached to any
sort of a vehicle, horseless or otherwise.
It is operated on much the same Han
as the cyclometer of a bicycle and need
only be geared differently to fit oil the
various vehicles.
How the Taxameter Works.
When a person engages a cab with the
taxameter attachment, he first tells the
driver whether he wishes to ride by the
hour or mile. If the former then the
driver pushes a button which effaces the
lust record and leaves the three white
openings on the face blank. Cab com
panies do not. as a rule, make any reduc
tion for a fraction of an hour, but the in
ventors have provided for this, in case
they do. When half an hour has expired,
there is a click and the passenger noti.va
that the oiwning to record time ruling
shows sl. There is no change until after
one hour and fifteen minutes, then the reg
ister shows $1.25. At the hour and a half
$1.50 apix ars. and so on.
At the same time that this open record
appears, showing the passenger exactly
what he must pay, two other invisible
records are being made for the company’s
private knowledge. As each record is
ticked off oil the open space H is dupli
cated on another register, where each sep
arate fare as it is erased on the visitce
register by pressing the button is perma
nently recorded. Another register shows
just how many miles are trawled on the
time basis, and the inspector must onlj
compare the cash and the miles to ch , k
the driver.
If the Fare Travels ly the Mile.
Now if one travels by the mile the re
cording angel is si ill more explicit with
the thankful passenger. For this there
are two little square spaces, one to re
cord the exact distance you travel and the
other your total bill. This was an ewevd
ingly difficult mechanism to contrive, and
the engineers exerted themselves to the
|K>int of collapue to perfect it.
In many cities the blocks are not of uni
form length, and it is almost imf>ossible
for a p singer to figure up the distance
he travc In most instances ihe driver
himself ci -not know, but always makes
c ertain io underrate it. There is no
disputing ir * question with the taxmeter.
Any police court judge would like si
lent testimony ift preference to th- bla
tant oaths of a cabman, for, with the tax
hmeter. Hocks cut no figure. It is only
when s,fßu feet* are ticked off that a pas
' 4
ever, appears on the register before th
mile is completed, the machine always
showing a record just a little in advaric.
of making it. After the first mile the tax
ameter, just as on the time basis, regls-
ter* the fractions of a mile, and the corre
sponding fare. At the same moment the
one mile and a quarter appears on one
space, $1.25 :ippears on t'ne other.
Four Concealed Record*.
Ooneeulcd in the anatomy of the taxa
meter are two other registers which record
the total distance and total cash for all
travel by the mile, and in addition to these
there is still another device which records
ill the mileage, irrespective of the time
and distance registers, and given a grand
total down to a .small fraction of a mile
showing exactly what space the vehicle
has covered from departure to return.
This small box of eight inches square,
therefore, performs in all eight different
duties. Frank Janus, a prominent legal
expert on patents, when called upon by
Hit- company to secure the patent right,
looked the taxameter over gingerly, saw
what it could do, and then backed away
hastily.
• f could not tackle that beast excepting
for a very much larger fee than is cus
tomary to ask,” he said. “It will take
a w< ck’s s did work to study the con
struction. It is more complicated than a
harvesting machine.”
\V hen the Fob I* UiMengnged.
Asa last and final preventive against
the wik s of a cab driver, Mr. Condict has
contrived a little mechanism whereby ihe
inspector along the street may assure him
self that everything is going right. An
oblong metal sign painted red, and bearing
the legend “Disengaged,” has bet n at
tached to the door in such a way that
when the register is working this sign dis
appears lie hind the little door of the taxa
meter. When it is not working this sign
is thrown out so conspicuously that,
though but six inches in length, it can bo
seen foi two blocks. The machine will
not register so long as this sign hangs
out. So that if a driver attempts to cheat
by not pressing a button, and trusting to
lie out of the total mileage record,he takes
the chance of being brought up with a
short turn by an inspector, whose eagle
eye takes in a cab hauling a fare with
the “Disengaged” sign in evidence.
The company believes it has succeeded
in forever abolishing all that disgustingly
unpleasant dickering and badgering with
cab drivers, whose rapacious insolence
prevent many persons from traveling in a
city cab, and the moment that they secure
their patent rights will open an establish
ment for the manufacture of taxameters.
Allen Sangree.
MISS ll\HK\l>E\ ANtJKHS CALIFOH
MAAS.
She Drew Some of the Character* in
Her Fast Stories Too Sear to Fife.
In both Miss Hnrraden’s previous Cali
fornia stories—the “Remittance Man” and
“Hilda Strafford,” the characters were so
faithfully portrayed from actual life, that
the persons concerned instantly recognized
themselves, and wore as easily recognized
by others.
In the former short story the scene was
laid at a place called Witch Creek, an
English colony about fifty miles back from
San Diego, and of which the hero, if
such he may be called, was a certain
young rancher, John Lane by name, who
wrathfully declared that of whatever vil
lainies Miss Harraden might have sup
posed him guilty, she had published the
worst when she prompted the "Remit
tance Man," in spite, to shoot a neighbor s
dog. Indeed, so indignant was he, that
for a time lie seriously contemplated
bringing an action for libel against the
famous author of “ships."
With Hilda Strafford the scene was
laid in the immediate neighborhood of the
friend’s ranch where Miss Harradan
spends her winters—a desolate, arid spot,
in the midst of a really beautiful country,
within six Pen miles of San Diego. This
was perhaps the reason why the local
scenery and general life on a California
ranch were painted in such gloomy col
ors.
Among the characters in this story the
old ranch woman who was portrayed us
-pying out her workmen through a tele
scope, was at once recognized—a distinc
tion which was not appreciated, for the
lady in question threatened to take per
sonal vengeance with her broom upon the
author, if the latter ever placed her foot
on the ranch again.
Apart I'rcmi several technical errors, in
the book, peculiar to the locality, the illus
trations were evidently the work of ; n
artist unfamiliar with the customs of Cali
fornia, otherwise he would not have de
picted the unheroic hero seated at his fire
side booted and spurred. Spurs are n
variably left on the porch In California,
h is a surviving custom of old Mexican
days.
Ii Is well known that Miss Harraden
is a ’cellist of some ability, but not so
well know, rhaps, that she is subject,
to what she terms “spells” of the muse,
and which she is so under the necessity
of immediately gratifying that upon one
occasion when spending the day with a
ady friend in San Diego, being seized by
one of these “spells" nothing would suf
tice but that they at once set out and
drive round the town to procure one of
her beloved instruments. Ai last succeed
ing in their quest, Miss Harraden returned
to tlie house and spent two or three hours
indulging her humor to its full extern.
It would seem that in one instance, at
least, Miss liairaden a love for music was i
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JANUARY' 20,1899.
extended into a personal admiration for
the musician, as a certain visit
of the late Edouard Rernenyi. whose tra
gic death on the boards of one of the San
Francisco theaters *s still in the public
memory, trie author and musician were ob
served so frequently in each other's so
ciety, that a rumor of their engagement
was spread abroad in the town.
Michael Gifford White.
A FIFFII'I T It \ 1 FRO All.
The Fonr-Y*nr-01l Engineer I* \lo
President, Manager, < ondnetor,
Fireman, Hritketnan and Grand
Ron necr.
Indianapolis, Jan. 27.—The champion
Lilliputian railway of the country is locat
ed at Anderson, Ind. Its right of way is
through back yards,and its president, who
is the youngest railway magnate in the
Fnited States, is only four years old.
The name of the road is the Dillion
Trunk Line. The rolling stock, as yet, is
somewhat incomplete, but the shops have
equipment under construction. Th“ motive
power consists of a two-drive wheel en
gine, No. 8. The roadbed is well ballasted
and the heavy 3x3-inch hickory track is
securely held on good crossties. Follow
ing the first methods of railway building,
strips of steel are laid on top of the hick
ory rails, and the 300-pound engine
“scoots” over them with the grace of a
swan in a duck pond.
Engine No. 8 is a model of perfection,
and is undoubtedly one of the smallest
practical engines in the world. She goes
at a good gait over lier 20-inch gauge track
and can lie easily started and stopped by
her 4-year-old engineer. She is now under
going some changes which, when com
pleted, will put her ahead of big loco
motives. She will burn crude oil, which
will be a great convenience. From the
ground to the top of her smokestack—the
highest point—she measures but thirty
eight inches, and from the point of her
cow catcher to the end of the running
board back of the tender she is less than
six feet in length. Her four drive wheels
are but eighteen inches high, and her
boiler is about three feet in length.
She has a head light, which lights up
fifty feet of the track, and her cabin,
with its levers and valves, is just large
enough for James William Edward Dillion,
her 4-year-old engineer, who is also presi
dent, manager, conductor, fireman, brake
man and grand bouncer of the train, and
foreman and section man of the entire
stretch of track. He Is a “practical man”
in every department, and displays most
remarkable executive and mechanical abil
ity.
Dillon's Trunk line does a monster busi
ness after school hours. All of the chil
dren in the western part of the city gather
along the right of way. The conductor
has run a corner on all of the pins in
Hazelwood addition. He charged ten pins
a ride for some time, until he hail every
pincushion in his part of the city bank
rupt. and then he condescended to remove
the tariff and let his customers ride for
their good fellowship. He stands well with
all of ihe young women for miles around,
and he is the genuine heart-smasher of
the “bloody third ward,” because he has a
railroad behind him.
J. A. Dillon, the power behind the
throne, is a wire drawer at the American
Wire Nail mills, and formerly lived in
Covington, Ky. He is in no sense a me
chanic or an engineer. About a year ago
he began building a locomotive just for
fun. The Dillon home is located near
the tracks of the Indiana Midland, and he
took the passing engines as his models.
He worked over two months, spending all
of his spare time at the bench and in the
foundry. He had many of the parts es
pecially cast, and when he finished his
work he had considerable money w rapped
Old Runiiln, sot.., Miicou. h—.
Copper-Colored Spots, Ulcers, and Painful
Swellings, pimples, little ulcers in mouth
or lips. Roils, Serofula, Tumors, Catarrh,
and every form of syphilitic Flood Poison,
whether hereditary or acquired, man or
woman, quickly cured forever by Botanic
Blood llalin (8.R.R.).
if you have any of these symptoms, you certainly
nave tainted, poisoned blood, either acquired or In
herited. These symptoms have baffled the skill of
the greatest living doctors, and yet we challenge the
world for a case of Blood Disease that Botanic Blood
Balm (B.B.B.) will not cure. The cures are perma
nent, and not a patching up. Cases cured I.A or 20
years ago with B. B. It. have never seen a svtnptom
since. B. B. B. literally drives the poison out of tho
blood, Ikhlv, and bones. B. B. B. is not a mild tonic,
but is a powerful, real blood remedy, yet perfectly
safe to use by old or young, man or wrtnan. Old,
chronic, deep-seated cases of syphilis cured in one to
four months. Botanic Blood Balm is not an ex]*ri
inent, but is an old, well-tried remedy. It cures after
all else fails. Does not contain mercury or vegetable
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where. I.arge bottles FI. six for f V Sent by express,
prepaid, on receipt of price. Book of cures Free.
JDLuoU BALM CO., Atlanta, ua.
up in the SflO pound locomotive.
She was painted neatly, and the master
mechanic then turned his attention to
right of way and to the track. How well
he has succeeded in his work is evidenced
hy the great crowds of iiett; ie attracted to
his line. Not only children, but men and
women of mature years come to take a
ride on the "Dillon Trunk line.”
CORRECT EVENING DRESS FOR MEN
Neckties for Full Dress and Demi-
Toilet—Changes of Trousers.
New York, Jan. 27.—There have been
several changes in evening clothes this
winter, the most noticeable being a slight
shortening of the skirts of the coat. Early
in the season there was an attempt to in
troduce velvet collars, hut it did not meet
with the approval anticipated by the tail
ors, and the experiment may be regarded
as a failure. The coat continues, of
course, to be faced with satin or gros
grain silk, and the buttons to be covered
with silk lasting.
There is something quite new in the col
lar of the Tuxedo, which, as everybody
knows, is a kind of glorified sack coat for
informal evening wear. This coat has
heretofore been made only with a rolling
collar, but this winter many men are
wearing Tuxedos with notched collars
sdmillar to those on full-dress coats,
though the graceful rolling collar still con
tinues to be the favorite. The only pock
et in this coat is on the inside, opened by
a perpendicular slit in the lining.
The waistcoat and tie worn with the
Tuxedo must always be black, the former
of the regulaton evening cut, and the lat
ter a narrow strip of black satin, no other
tie being permissible. The old contro
versy as to whether a tall hat should be
worn with a Tuxedo has finally been set
tled in the affirmative, for while the Tux
edo is certainly a sack coat, still it is not
the kind of sack coat with which the
wearing of a tall hat is prohibited. There
has also been some disagreement as to the
occasions on which one may properly
wear u Tuxedo, and it may la well to an
swer that question now: A Tuxedo coat
may properly be worn at the theater, at
a dinner party where there are no ladies
present, in the evening at home, and at
one's club.
The fashion of putting a cord or braid
down the outside seam of the leg of even
ing trousers Is gradually dying out, though
the stripe Is still worn by some military
men and a few actors. There has been no
very recent change in either the length or
cut of the trousers. Those worn tvith
evening dress should never have pockets
at the sides. Most men have none at all,
except a tiny watch pocket; but If one
insists on having them, the openings
should be cut diagonally just below the
waistband.
The latest evening waistcoats have only
three buttons, instead of four, and they
are preferably double-breasted, though a
few single-breasted ones are seen. But if
a white vest is worn, it should always
be double-breasted and fastened by plain
pear! buttons. The finest evening vests
are now lined throughout, back and front,
with satin, and have four pockets,
two in the usual place near the bottom
and two smaller ones high up near the
arm-holes. These pockets are mere slits
and have no flaps. Last year there was an
attempt to introduce flaps on these pock
ets, but the innovation did not meet with
approval-and Was finally abandoned.
The favorite materials for evening dress
are whipcord and vicuna clofh, the latter
being a very soft material with a rough,
wooly surface. Broadcloth for evening
wear is quite out of date, except for old
men and clergymen. An effort has been
made to introduce the custom, which is
steadily gaining ground in London, of
wearing evening clothes made of dark
gray whipcord, but so far the attempt has
not met with success in this country. In
verness overcoats of this gray material
are, however, made to be worn with black
evening clothes, though the black Inver
ness Is preferred by most. men.
The various accessories which go to
make up the evening attire of a well-dress
ed man are of great importance. The shoes
should always be of patent leather ;nd
laced. Sharp pointed toes are no longer
worn.
Gloves should be white with barely per
ceptible white stitching on the back, the
brOad stitching seen on evening gloves a
year or two ago being entirely out of fash
ion. Pearl gray gioves are barely per
missible, but are not looked upon with
favor by careful dressers. The handker
chief carried should be of the finest linen,
with a very narrow hemstitched border.
The high, straight collar overlapping in
front or with slightly bent comers is the
correct thing for full dress. The corners
of the cuffs should be square, not round
ed. the latter shape being considered In
bad taste.
The tie for full dress-should be of lawn,
very narrow and square at the ends, those
with pointed ends being out of date. The
well-dressed man never under any circum
stances wears a ready made up evening
tie, always tying the bow himself. In se
lecting a tie one should lake rare to get
one of the proper length, as the loops and
ends when tied should be short. It is very
important lhat the tie should lie held
firmly down in front, and there are several
devices for effecting this, the best of them
being a little thing in gold wire, curved
so as to slip under Ihe collar button, and
having at each end a sharp hook which
catches int.o the tie and holds it securely
in place.
The favorite evening shirt is open part
way down both back and front, the shirts
opening all the way down the front r.ot
being generally satisfactory, because in
laundering they are apt to become stretch
ed on one side so that the stud-holes will
not meet properly.
The studs should be very small ones, of
liny pearls or of plain gold. Either ttvo
or thfee studs may be worn, according to
the preference of the wearer. The cuffs
must be fastened with links, which should
also be very small and plain; and no jew
elry on any kind, neither watch chuin nor
fob, should ever be worn wiih evening
dress. E. G. 3.
SI VS THERE WAS >G CONFERENCE.
Aid. Thomas and tile Incoming Ad
ministration.
Editor Morning News: The report that,
Messrs. Mills, Thomas and Graham held a
conference with officials and leaders of the
Überal Club i untrue, although it is n
right and will be my pleasure at all times
to confer with my fellow citizens regard
less of political affiliations. It may not
lie amiss lo say that while acknowledging
the faithful support of clubs I have had
membership in but one of them, and that
sixteen years ago.
My hope is that the new Council will
work harmoniously, making such change
only as are for the general welfare of our
community and not to displace one man
for another who haw perhaps been as ac
tive on the other side. My acquaintance
and experience with moat of the gentle
men induces the hope that, each member
working in such places as the Mayor, be
lieving to be best, may assign him wll
seek first, last and all the time the wel
fare of Savannah, and the success of the
Myers administration. D. R. Thomas.
The .Morning News stated that it wa
reported such a conference was held, ttpoi
authority of Alderman-elect Dixon, whe
said that a call had been issued for It.
RUDYARD KIPLING’S HOME.
A <H %IVI\ 01,0 FASHIONED HOI ME
SI ItHOI N DFID BY A II Kill
IIHICK \\ ALL.
Wnrliy Wan ll** Home of Hum c-
Jone*—At Hie VicuruKe Acroaa the
Hay the Iron Duke. Hu liver Lytton
and Cardinal Manning Played an
Boy \\ illifim lllac k In Burled
Nearby—What Mr. Kipling: Seen
From IIIn Wlndoiv.
London, Jan. 19.—Rudyard Kipling has
settled down in the ill tie Sus
• sex village of Rottingdean, some four
miles to the eastward of Brighton. The
place is doubtless dear to him for old as
sociations’ sake. It was here that he
spent his holidays during the period of his
career at Westward Ho! School. All the
old villagers remember him; when, as the
nephew of Burne-Jones, he was knowrn
throughout the parish as “the little In
dTan.’’ The Kipling house is an old-fash
ioned place, surrounded by a high brick
wall, and looking out on the tiny village
green. It Is called the Elms.
Rottingdean is a delightful survival from
the last century—a watering place unmar
red by railway facilities, and only con
nected with the outside word by a coah
which runs to Brighton. A greater con
trast could scarcely be imagined than that
which exists between the great, florid city
last mentioned, and its out of the way, pic
turesque little neighbor. Avery ancient
village is this chosen home of the laureate
of imperialism. The Doomsday Book men
tions it. In the reign of Richard II the
TYench effected a landing here, and at
tempted to march across the downs, cap
ture Lewes, and avenge the Black Prince’s
victory at Crecy. They were opposed by
a mere handful of yoemen; but lost heart
and returned to their ships. The secret of
this mysterious retreat will soon be made
apparent to anyone who tries to cross the
downs to Lewes. The crossing of those
wild chalk hills, and desolate valleys might
well daunt a foreigner. But if nature has
given you a stout heart, vigorous lungs
and the ability to climb ridge after ridge
uncomplainingly, the very best way to en
ter Rottingdean is by those self-same
downs from Lewres. The village lies at
the extremity of a long “combe”—a narrow
valley stretching far inland.
Where William Black Was Burled.
Up this combe, from the very edge of the
great chalk cliffs winds the single street,
to where the gray old English church
stands sentinel over the green. In the lit
tle churchyard- only a few weeks ago,
William Black, the novelist, was laid to
rest, and the flowers are still banked up
on his grave. In the middle of the green
lies the horse pond; and ail around are
houses, each of which possesses an inter
esting history of its own. There is the
vicarage, for instance, looking across the
green to Mr. Kip.ing’s window. Under its
high roof many famous men received their
early education, among the number being
Bulwer Lytton, the great Duke of Wel
lington and Cardinal Manning. For the
old Rottingdean vicars also eked out a
MR. KIPLING'S HOME IN ROTTINGDEEN, ENGLAND.
livelihood by keeping a school. You may
read in the Earl of Lytton’s life of his
father, howr the great novelist became
“cock of the school” by thrashing a big
ger boy named More ton. This was under
Dr. T. R. Hooker in 1317. Long before
then Wellington had frisked about the
green, and learned how- to construe in the
vicarage. To the left of the old school,
with its back to a great chalk hill, is the
house which the late Sir Edward Burne-
Jones built for himself; and wherein he
died. Sir Wemyss Reid (another uncle of
Mr. Kipling (also lives nearby; and a
new member of the literary colony here
is L. Cope Cornford, the novelist.
Mr. Kipling's Houwe.
Mr. Kipling’s garden wall stretches
across the upper part of the green. The
house is rarely opened. The entrance is
by the smaller wicket, further down the
sireet, and directly facing the church.
The house was originally built by Thomas
D’Oyley. sergeant-at-law, in the last cen
tury. Mr. Kipling’s working room at pres
ent is the second floor bow window on the
left. Hence he can see the downs, the
long range of cliffs, and the English chan
nel. On clear days Beachery Head is
distinctly visible; and the Dieppe steamers
may be seen beating into New Haven.
Straight opposite Mr. Kipling’s house
on the other side of the green, is a quaint
old inn—the Plough, kept by one
who knew' the author of the Recessional
when he was a swarthy youngster just
home from India. Bleyber and Mr. Kip
ling are fast friends; although they differ
widely in politics. Not long since Bley
ber fell ill; and Mr. Kipling, by way of
cheering him up. was wont to drop in of an
evening to argue imperialism versus lit
tle England policy. The discussion invari
ably waxed hot; so that when Mr. Kipling
left, the innkeeper’s pulse had quickened
abnormally, and he was feverish to a de
gree which puzzled the local physician.
At length, however, the medical man
heard of these visits. Going to Mr. Kip
ling’s house he absolutely forbade him to
pay any more visits to Bleyber “unless he
wanted to murder the man with argu
ment.” The incident excited much amuse
i lent in Rottingdean; but nobody laughs
more heartily over it than Mr. Kipling
himself, unless perhaps it be the now re
covered inn keeper.
The walk to Brighton from Rottingdean
lies along the summit of the cliffs which
present an almost uniform height of 200
feet all iht* way. On almost any fine day
one may meet the knickerbockered Kip
ling striding along the chalky road, or
lounging about the beach.
—Secretary of* State Hay is the pedes
tram of the administration and walks sev
eral miles daily.
A Black Event.
We have an attractive line of BLACK
Goods—every variety, plain and figured—
in all weaves and styles. All the stand
ard goods are represented, as well as the
best of this year’s novelties. We want
these goods lo leave us, in order to have
more room for the spring stock, soon to
arrive.
We intend making the week a Black
Event—the Introduction of high class stock
at PRICES VERY BLACK LOWER
THAN THE USUAL.
48-inch Cheviots Serge 68c; cheap at 75c.
46-inch Black Henrietta 68c; cheap at 85c.
46-inch Black Henrietta 98c; cheap at
11.25.
48-inch Black Granite Cloth, heavy in
weight, for this week only 83c; cheap at
$1.25.
48-inch Covert Cloth, in brown, Mue and
tan, 68c; cheap at SI.OO.
40-inch Camel’s Hair Suitings, in blue,
brown and green, 38c; cheap at 50c.
TAFFETAS AT LOW FIGURES.
Good quality Taffetas at the same low
figures as other black goods.
Taffetas at 49a; cheap at 65c.
Biack Figured Taffetas, large or small
figures. 68c, cheap at SI.OO.
Biack Figured Duchess, all silk, 78c;
cheap at sl.lO.
Black Figured Duchess 96c; cheap at $1.50
Black Figured Duchess 49c; cheap at 73c.
SOME ARTISTIC CREATIONS
In Bureau and Sideboard Covers. Our
line of these Art Goods is superb, and you
can be sure of finding just what you want.
A beautiful display of Bureau and Side
board Covers in Renaissance work just
received. Also a line of Table Covers at
prices within the reach of ali.
SPRING SUIT TRIMMING.
New arrivals of season's designs in
Soutache and Fancy Braid, suitable for
trimming spring suits and at very low
prices.
All cars lead here. THIS IS THE
CENTER STORE.
DANIEL HOGAN,
The corner Broughton and Barnard Sts.
COURTESIES TO MICHIGAN BOYS.
Appreciated toy tlie Friends of the
Regiment in Michigan.
166 Maybury Avenue, Detroit, Mich.,
Jan. 23.—Editor Morning News: Will you
kindly allow me, through the columns of
your paper, to express to the citizens of
your beautiful city, and especially to the
ladies and the members of the different
organizations, who so lavishly entertained
the boys of the Thirty-first Michigan on
the anniversary of the birthday of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, our lively appreciation of
their generous hospitality, and, on the
part of the friends and parents of the
soldier boys, to thank them for the uni-"
form kindness exhibited toward them. The
ladies especially (God bless them) can
realize something of tHe gratitude and |
pleasure with which the Michigan parents
received the news of the kindly cohsidera
tion of their boys.
May we express the hope that, as a
warm friendship has sprung up between
the regimtents, it may extend still farther
and include the parents and friends? It is
true that we may never meet in this life,
but that is not essential to the pleasure
which mutual friendship brings to each.
We again say to you, ladies and gentle
men, we thank you and trust that at
some time we may show our appreciation
of your courtesy in other ways than in
words. G. W. Bence. .
P. P. P.. a wonderful medicine; It gives j
an appetite; it invigorates and strength- I
ens. P. P* P* cures rheumatism and all I
pains in the sale, back and shoulders
knees, hips, wrists and joints, p. p'
cures syphillis in all its various stages
old ulcers, sores and kidney complaints’
F. P. P. cures catarrah, eczema, erysipe
las, ail skin diseases and mercurial poison
ing. P. P- P- cures dyspepsia, chronic
female complaints and broken down con- i
stitutton and loss of manhood, p. p p j
the best blood purifier of the age, lias
made more permanent cures than all other
blood remedies. Lippman Bros., sole pro
prietors, Savannah, Ga.— ad.
—ln Explanation.—Crabshaw—“What do 1
you mean by cheating me like this? You I
said this chain I bought here would last
n fifetime, and here’s all the plating worn
in a month." Goldstein—" Mine frendt, I
said dot shain vouid last you a lifetime,
pecause when you ptiy it you looked so
sick I didn't t’ink you voukl live der veek
oudt.”—Puck.
SEVEN|
SUTHERLAND I
SISTERS’
Hair Grower and Scalp Cleaner. H
Are the only preparations that will rwtore the hair I
For sale at H. H. LIVINGSTON'S.
WHISKIES
That Are Finest
In the’United States.
We are importers of the celebrated
Wheeler Brand
Scotch & Irish Whiskies.
direct from the distilleries from
Scotland, and Belfast, Ireland
You can get from us any quantity
you w'ant. The Wheeler brand has
the lead in New York, Boston and
Chicago. Price per bottle $1.50; by
the case of 12 bottles sls.
Mammoth Cave (Bourbon) is an
American whisky, 16 years old, bot
tled in bond under the supervision
of the United States government at
the distillery in Kentucky. Price
per bottle $1.50; 12 bottles in case
sls.
Peerless Whisky. 10 years old, bot
tled in bond in Kentucky. Per bottle
$1.25; by the case, 12 bottles, sl2.
These whiskies are free from all
impurities and are the best brands
offered anywhere.
We are also importers of Brandies.
Dry Monopole Champagne, Rhein
Wine, Sherries and Clarets.
Ml ill
Wholesale Druggists and Importers
of Fine Wines and Liquors,
Cor. Congress and Barnard Sts.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
The Short Line,
QUICKEST SCHEDULES
IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
Only Through Car Line to Cincinnati
via Columbia, Asheville through
"THE LAND OF THE SKY.”
Fast Mail and Vestibule Dining c,r
trains to all points North and East.
For full information call on agents M
Southern Railway, or its connections
R. L. SEAY, U, T. A.. Columbia, 3- p
S. H HARDWICK. A. G. P. A.. Allan
ta. Ga.
J. B. HEYWARD, T. P. A.. Augusts
Ga.
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for Ckichertrr , Mb* Diamond Brand
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tubitUutiom and imitation*.
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IF VOU WANT GOOD MATERIAL
and work, order your lithographed >■
printed stationery and blank books *
Morning News, Savannah, Ga.