The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, June 24, 1900, Image 11

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PAKT TWO. A m e^f3h!rl^pS? oDS ; JXc PJ p ACIMH pATTC wash goods. Printed Chalhes. light and dark JI K m 1 lkjl 1 \jf 1 i A White Corded Piques, 15c value 9c 30-inch White India Lawns _ m , A,, ftSSi , !Sd2l{S , S3 os. fancy atripes, check*, ]:. stripe I 1 ■' ■ ■■ * =:■' / 12 z Ac linen and pik-cHECKED g c These truths are not unpleasant, because they appeal directly to the economic side of all. Hot weather makes everyone avers7~t7Tww mCtfWhTudiiw?'vX’ioS.’ l S l Jl f StoIT”AS *Y “ and dr *" In .. l<ot ev ,‘,' "” Pe ' *“ WW ‘*™ A Shirt Waist Sale That Staggers. WE ARE STILL PAYING RAILROAD FARE FOR SO MILES PURCHASES OF $lO Pretty Jewelry. Heavy Sterling Silver Waist Sets 500 Sterling Sliver Stick, each. 15c and 190 Sterling Silver Link Belts, pair 25c Pulley Belt Sets 25c The New Ladies’ Scarf Rings, each 25c Warranted Shears 25c Pair. Solid Steel Shears, sizes from 6 to 9( Inches, every pair warranted to give per fect satisfaction; price for this week, 25c WORTH 50c. 200 Pair Spectacles at 39c. We can fit any sight and give you a perfect clear pair of lenses; for this week 39c. A case with every pair. n UK SILKS. 10 pieces Black Swiss Taffetas -69 c These are admirable SILKS and are fine values even at 85c. GY WARMAN WRITES OF AURIFEROUS ATLIN. It Is in a Region of Wonderful Scenery as Well as Great Mineral Wealth. Ijiok of Intelligence Displayed by Pro.pector*—They Went fn Tramp, anti Went Ont Beggar., Condemning the Couutry With Great Volu bility—Ailin Lake, a Sheet of W ater ltM) Mile* 1/Oug by O Mile. Wide—Copper in Slab* of Almost Pure Metal. (Copyright 1 94)0, ly C'y Warnian.) Washington, June 22.—At White Horse ■ rapids, homeward bound, we had our first rainy day since we left Chicago. Even at Seattle, and all the way up the sound, the sky was blue for us. Jim Thompson, my traveling companion, said It was not that the region of the North was so fav ored, but because we were good that the aun shone always on our trail. Well, somebody must have been bad at White Horse, for It rained furiously for an hour. Furthermore, we were comfortably tuck ed away on the Australian, and while we were enjoying a hot dinner she pulled out for Bennett. All that afternoon she trembled up the Tukon, idiotically called "Fifty Mile Riv er" here. All the water from the summit of White Pass, from the chain of lakes that make the. connecting links of the river from Taku Arm and the Atlintoo river that drains Lake Atlin, come rush ing down the Yukon, which, at this point, Is only about half as wide as the Missouri at Omaha. At Miles Canon it is as narrow as the Arkansas Is where it rushes through the Royal Gorge. So It makes the Australian, with her powerful engines, quiver to go up against the current. At first you think she will shake her seams all open, but she is made of steel, and If we except the butter on the Victorian, Is the stoutest thing on the Yukon. That butter deserves more than a passing no tice. It la the same material that Samp son, Sr„ used on his hair, being a part fa crock that Delilah held out when she and the strong man broke up house keeping. It was purchased at the sher- T s sale by the house of Dunraven, •ought over on the Valkyrie and present- J by Lord Dunraven to Mr. H. Maitland tersey, of the Canadian Development ompany, who own and operate these plendtd steamers. Jennings, the chief en gineer on the Victorian, has been trying on his engines. He finds that a few crops In each of his lubricators will in crease the speed of his hoal by two miles on hour, up stream. It would appear, therefore, that the fact that the Victorian makes better time on less fuel than the other boats Is not due to her equipment, nor to the care of efficiency of her crew, but to the strength and vigor of her but ter. Because of the conflicting reports of the Atlin district, and because Garland, after three months of the terrors and tortures of the trail, grew raptuous over the scen ery of lhat section, 1 determined to make r skis trip to that damp. Capt. Ritchie, the superintendent of tha J&abamtaj) Uniting ieto& steamboat line, graciously offered to hail whatever craft we chanced to meet in Lake Marsh, bound for Atlin, and throw me aboard. It was away along toward midnight when the whistle sounded, a lit tle screw boat with a lamp like a light ning bug came out of the shadow of the hill and lay rolling on the gentle waves in hailing distance. She proved to be the "William Ogilvie,” bound for Atlin, and ofter hastily bidding Thompson good-bye, I went below, where the ever watchful Ritchie stood waiting to hand me over to the "master" of the Ogilvie. Klglit Dollars for llnlf a Sleep, After a few hours, when I had become hardened to ti e petrified mattiess, I fell asl ep to w.ike at the elbow of Taku Arm. The sun was blazing over the brown, broken, splintered or snow-cap ped h lls. The rain of the day before had washed the earth and the air all clean, making a morning as fine and fair and gl rious as I have ever known. The air was delightful, the water calm and clear. While 1 walked the scant upper deck reveling in the grandeur of the scenery, the Japanese gen leman, who was the tzar of the kitchen, served breakfast so stealthily that I knew nothing of it until it was all over, and we were making fast to (lie floating wharf at Taku City. The purser was the only person who look any Interest In me. He took $8 for half a sleep. A three-rom cabin called a ho:el fa ed the wharf. Here I ordered breakfast. The man brought me a beautiful fish hslf-cooked, real Canadian biead (dso ha f-co ked) and coff. e t at I could not swallow. 1 a ked tor a cup of tea, and got a weak solution of concthtrattd lye. Seeing that I could not eat* the "boss” charged me only 73 cents, mis directed me, and let me go. I took) his advice ns a point against the wagon road thit he recommi tided, walked the tew patn on the tramway and fotAid the walking not only good, but the run about a mile shorter than the other route. The man was a concentrated liar—"One of a seiles.” us Mark Twain would say, "and alone.’* A low ridge separates the waters of Taku Arm from Lake Atlin, and over this ridge runs a fine woodtn railroad, but no cars. Atlintoo river deep nar tow and swift, cuts through the rl1g", connoc lnc Atlin lake with the Yukon through Taku Arm. Taku City Is at the mouth of the river that rushes out so swift that the ripples and wake of the current can be setn half a mile from the shore. The moment you reach the crest of th 35c 59 Dozen Waists, Fine quality Percale, nice selection o! patterns, neatly laundered, worth 50c. Take your pick Monday at 35c 100 Dozen Ladies’ Wrappers, Made of Standard Percales and Lawns, In light, dark and medium effects, trimmed with ruffles and braid; full skirt; separate waist lining. Excellent value at $2.00 Monday 98c THREE OF THE CREATEST Underwear Specials EVER OFFERED IN THIS CITY. SPECIAL NO. I—Choice of 3.000 garments, consisting' of Gowns, Hemstitched Drawers, deep embroidered ruffle; corset covers, line cambric; skirts (long), cambric ruffle; chemise, embroidered yoke, Choice 39c. Worth up to 59c. SPECIAL NO. 3—Choice of 2,000 garments, consisting of fancy empire gown*. um brella drawers, deep embroidered flounce; lace trimmed corset covers, pompa dour embroidered chemise, embroidered trimmed skirts, Choice 69c. Worth up to 99c SPECIAL* NO. 3—Choice of 1,000 garments, consisting of elegant trimmed gowns. Marguerite corset covers, fine lace trimmed cambric drawers, linen and cambric skirts, ' Choice 99c. Worth up to $1.50. SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, JUNE 24 , 1900. 75c 90 Dozen Waists. Made of Fine Percale, Gingham and White Lawn, plain and fancy colors, fit and finish perfect, worth $1.25. Choice Monday 75c 200 Dozen Ladies’ Wrappers, In heat quality Percales, large variety of styles; beautiful assortment of colorings and designs; every garment made full with flounce or plain skirt; daintily trim med in new designs; all sizes. Worth $2.50. Choice Monday $1.50. low divide you begin 10 get glimpses of beiutiful Lake Allin. Two steamers were waiting at the —Capt. John Irving's Scotia and a fittle battered tub called The Ruth, which had ben hauled up over the rapids of Atlin too only the day before. Tills ;®as to be her first trip across to Atiln, which we couid s;e sleeping in the sun, six miles away. The Scotia was not go ing until the afternoon, but Capt. Spen c r, who knew me offered to cast off ard take me over if I had any doubts about the Ruth reaching the farther shore. The l.ndy and the fCrcight Agent. I thanked him and strolled over to the Ruth. A lady in a Nile-green dress, trimmed in fur, was putting crimps In a freight agent. . "If you hadn’t lied to me,” she was saying, fiercely, "I wouldn’t a-went to Skagway at all.” “Ida, I didn’t mean to lie.” said the man, meekly. ”1 thought it was a piano but It turned out to be a bureau.” "Oh, you idiot; c n't you tell a piano from a burro? ’ "1 Said bureau.'’ • "Oh, well, nobady’d take you for a hu rt au—you’re an ass, plain a< the moon at. midnight.” Atlin lake Is about 100 miles long and an average of six miles wide. From the upper deck of this little limping steamer I had. on this glorious summer morning, the grand.st. wildest, the most impos ing, awe-inspiring picture spread before me that mine eyes have ever se‘n. Far to the north, thirty miles away, Mount Minto rises out of this limpid little sea. lonely and grand as Shasia. A veil of fleecy clouds, blown across her shoulders, hung down and trailed In the water. This mountain marks the boundary between Rrif'sh Columbia and the Northwest T.rritory. To the south, six miles away, another island hill rises rugged and grand, push ing her ice-capped crest into the clouds. The steamer Scotia has sailed around the Island and found the distance to be eighty miles. The Town and the Prospector.. The town of Atlin Is beautifully situat ed on a gentle slope, overlooking the lake. Although the place was supposed to have been dead for many moons; there were many signs of life A mah had Just brought In a slab of copper—almost pure t opper—so rich that some men who pre tended to know said It was worthless. It couid not be smelted, they said. Business was fair and living cheap. You could send a cocktail or a telephone message to a man for twenty-five cents. At the British- American corporation’s big store bacon was 35 cents a pound, and flour $lO a hun dred. A telephone line was in operation to Fine City, eight miles up the river, where 4,0 X) people were pounding away, chet rful, hopeful and happy. Here the B. A C. people, who are taking an active part in the development of the whole Northwest country, were putting in hy draulic machinery, which will hasten the opening of this important mining district. It Is impossible to walk anywhere on Ing creeks or In the hills withoul stum bling over a stake, and the stampeders, who tlrove them,had no more mining sense than ground-mice have The whole career of one of these ’’prospectors" In the Atlin district, who came In a tramp and went out a beggar, reveals about as much In- i telligenee as is displayed in the wild I caperings of a bumble-bee under a straw hat. And these pennilets adventurers w-re : the gentlemen who damned the Atlin country. Half a thousand of them left good jobs on the White Pass grade—jobs in which there were three meals, as main’ dollars and a warm place to -sleep—anil tracked away to the new diggin's between the rising and the setting of the sun. These "Cheeehawkos” have nearly all tramped out, as they tramped in, leaving the country In the hands of practical mtn Mining companies with large- capital aie becoming interested in the district. The litigation, which for a time threatened the very life of the camp and country, had b-en. greatly lessened by the honfst ef forts, plain common sense and fairness of Judge Krving, who had been sent out by the Dominion Government to try to settle the disputes over claims which were causing war In some of the New York papers almost every Sunday. All the peo p't with whom I talked, British and Irish, Americans and Missourians, were loud In praise of the judge, who, a.s they put it. had Jumped on the jumpers. He pleased the old miners by recognizing, first of all, the right of the discoverer, and did much to remove the cause of friction that was becoming annoying to the district, as well as to the governm. nts at Ottawa and Washington. Cy Warnian. To the Mountains. In the nick of time. Just when you are yawning and feeling tired out and broken down, a bottle of Graybeard is better than a trip to the mountains. Are you constipated? Take Graybeard pills. Litlle treasures—2sc the box. Res peso Drug Cos.. Proprietors.—ad. A Record lu Blood. The record of Hood's Sarsaparilla is lit erally written In the blood of millions of people to whom It has given good health It Is all the time curing diseases of the stomach, nerves, kidneys and blood, and It Is doing good every day to thousands who are taking it for poor appetite, tired feeling and general debility. It Is the best medicine money can buy. Hood’s PiHs aro non-lrrltatlng. Price 25 cents.—ad. ■cotcb and Irish Whiskies, The finest Imported from Scotland end Ireland are to be had from L.ppman Brothers. They are imported by that Arm in bottle* from the distilleries in Scotland and Iroland. And if you want the cele brated Ok) Highland Scotch whiskey, or Ihe Wheeler Irish whiskey, call on Llpp. man Brothers for li. This firm has decided to sell all Imported wines and liquors si retail, which we think la quite on acquisition for our davauoab coeiiumere. Lippman Brothers have something espe cially nice from Scotland called Cherry whiskey, imported from Rutherford of Lslth, Scotland, and we ar* safe In saying nothing like this has ever been imported In these parts before. It has the most delightful cherry flavor, and the whiskey. Is not ol the strongest type.-sd. 98c 150 Dozen Waists, Made of a very excellent quality of Per cale. Lawns, Madras and French Ging ham, French and yoke back, some tucked and embroidery trimmed, others plain, worth $1.50 and $2.00. Choice Monday, 98c 75 Ladies’ Skirts, Of all-wool Homespun, In light and medi um gray, lined and unlined, latest style cut, strictly tailor-made. Worth $5.00. Special Monday, $3.98. The Strong Point Is the Durability. LADIES’ Km AND VESTING TOP OXFORDS, tan and black, new and nobby styles, worth {2.00; at this sale $1.29. MISSES’ AND LADIES’ SPRING HEEI# OXFORDS AND STRAP SLIPPERS, $1.75 and $2.00 grade, ah, $1.29. INFANTS’ PATENT TIP BUTTON AND LACE, sizes 1 to 6. worth 50c pair, at 35c MEN’S TAN AND BLACK BAL., HAND WELTS, tip and plain toe?, {2 50, *3.00 and $3.50 grades, at {1.98. SOUK CAT STOniBS. Thf Feline Mode of Inking Ques tions In to Wave tlie Tall. It is small wonder the okl Egyptians doifled and tpummified cats—evert in our own times puss is a mighty uncanny bundle of fur. claws, and antipathies. Occasionally, but only occasionally, she has also sympathies. Beyond ail other animals, her affection is capricious ami timeserving. One pampered tortoise shell tyrant always manifested the most silken and lofty indifference for her owner, ex cept upon the days when he said casualty: "I think I shall go Ashing.” No matter what she was doing, lapping cream or washing her face in the sunshine, as soon us she heard that she ran to him, rubbed herself against his legs, and set up a loud purring. She seemed to know when he had gone, and Watched for hla return, often meeting him at the outer gate, half u mile from the house. If a string of lerch and trout dangled at his saddle bow. she ran before him to the door, mewing delight. If he had been unlucky, after one long disdainful stare, she slunk off into the woods and was Invisible until next day. Unless she were given at onco her All of Ash, it was hardly worth while to dream of huving any for breakfast next morning. They were kept In the Ice house some distance away from the kitchen, nnd try as the cook might to fasten it securely, the marauding tortoise-shell commonly cleaned the platter, Home time In the night. Then it was beautiful to see the look of meekly Insolent innocence she wore m*xt morning. Another cat. a gray tiger striped gri rmdtrln. lov"* Ash finite as well, hut dis cdnrd to deioid on sicalirg fer • gratification oi tor tast* s. hlie became a fisherman on her own account. A small creek ran through her home plan tation, and at one point in It, an e rn tree sent a long root out, Just at the sur face of a * eeplsh pod. Perch and suckers haunted the pool, especially wh*n the stream got low. The gray cat would crouch upon the rod for half a day at a time, as motionless as the wood itself, eyes seemingly closed, tail tucked snugly at one side, the moral and pattern of sleepy con'ent. Then maybe a m'.dge or beetle dropped into the stream—an incau tious A h darted to seize It. He was quick but the gray cat was quicker. In a wink she had him in her claws, dragged him to the brink in spite of his floundering?, and devoured him with a ferocious delight. Still she was not without stirring* of generosity. There was a little boy on the plantation, who played with her on her days off, and sometimes gave h r a minnow of his own catching. It fell out one spring. Just as dogwoods wi‘re in blossom, when, as all the world knows, i* the witching time for fbhlng, that the little fellow hurt his foot, and was kept a ptlsoner in his chair through a fort night. One day the gray cat leaped through the window, and laid a Ash, half eaten at his feet, looking up at him the while with anxious eyes and waving an inquiring tall. Thia is the feline way of asking ques tions, especially about it own conduct— waving the tail from side to side. Avery big black puss loved to Aght and catch $1.50 110 Dozen Waists, Made with Tucked Lawn Yokes, with fine beading finish. In a beautiful selection of fine silk-flnlsh Ginghams, In stripes and checks, worth $2.50 and $3.00, slightly soiled. Choice Monday, $1.50 300 Wash Skirts, In Crash, Pique, Denim and Duck, plain and handsomely trimmed with white braid, new style cut. box or inverted plait; regular price $l.OB. Special Mon day, 98c Money For You in These. Ladies’ Walking Hats, black and Colors 10#* [These are worth $l.OO, every one of them.] ||jQ Children’s Trimmed Sailors, all Colors, good for $1 65c rats as well as any terrier. She was afraid of no rat that ever h id a hole, and gave her days and nights 10 battling with them. But she never so much as gnawed cne of her captive*. She killed scientiAcully, ;by a quick crunch at the back of the ! neck. li*i* favorite hunting ground was ! round about the corn cribs, where rats were very plenty, end very fat. It was no uncommon thing fur her to finish s* v f*n big fellows in a night. When they were dead she lugg* and them all carefully to the house, a dlstanc of two hundred yai'is. laid then upon the back step*, and s t up a mewing that would not be quiet ed until h r master came out. count* and th dead rats, praised and pett*d her for h< r good night’s work. Then ami then only, her tail ceased from waving, she push ed the vermin disdainfully aside, with a forefoot and went in to doze on the rug, and wait for bieakfast. Another plantation cat was deprived of all her kittens but one, In the morning. In the afternoon her young master brought In three very young squirrels captured out In the clearing. He laid the little animals down on the rug in front of the Are. saying something about being sorry the nest had been disturbed. The words W’ere still in his mouth when the bereft <yt. caught up one squirrel and darted off with it to the box that held her remaining kitten. In k minute she came hack for the second and then for the third. When all were safe in the box she remained invisible until morning. Her owners thought she had supped on ten der squirrels. They found out that in stead, she had adopted the orphans. In a week the little woodlanders were frisk ing about the floor, tamer than the kit ten and much more active. Trouble and fun began when they were big enough to go out doors. The yard was full of very tall trees, oaks and hickories, up and down which the foundling* scampered In the wildest glee. It was both odd and pitiful to see . the anxious cat running about on the ground looking up nt them, and mewing piteous recalls, which did no good at all. Once or twice she resorted to heroic measures, ran up the trees her self and soundly Buffed the truants. But, though she could elimr> ns well as any squirrel of them all, she did not like the exercise, so after a while let the ingrates go their own way. Wh*n they were on the ground she tried very hard to make kittens of them—to teach them to eat mice, to catch them, to wash their faces prop erly, and sleep on their heads. But when she discovered them eating nuts and bird eggs, she washed her paws of them—possibly wishing that In the be ginning she herself had eaten them. Negroes Armly believe that cats can see the souls Of dead people pass from the bodies. The belief in possibly ground ed on fact that cats are stirred to un usual excitement by the presence of a corpse. It happens sometimes in country houses which have been catlest for months that as soon as death takes place there is a feline invasion. The cats leap Inside through windows ten feet from the ground, for the opening of doors, and dart through them like a flash. Once inside they go stra'ght to the death cham ber, however remote, to stand at the door of it bristling and mewing until driven away. —Bishop Potter has contributed 120 to the actors' home fund and has written a letter Indorsing and commending the movement. PAGES 11 TO 20. Household Necessities. 10-quart Galvanized Water Palls 100 6 and 7-quart Watering Pots go f0r....250 Handsome Lemon Squeezers & 0 Gilchrist Fruit Jars 100 (Pinto, Quarts or Gallons Same PricA) H4-l?allor coolers gjo (These are cheap at $1.26.) 8.. I. 8 L OF H RT AND G. 88. R’Y. SUNDAY schedule:. For Isle of Hopn, Thunderbolt, Montfrora ery. Cattle I’ark and West End. Subject to change without notice. I.si.i; OF HOPE AND tknth strebT, I-V city for L Of H. | I,V. fito of Ho£i ' 9 4:, am from Tenth | 15 am for TektS 10 15 am from Tenth |lOls am for Tenth 11 00am from Tenth 111 00 am for Tenth 1 W >’ m fri,m Tenth | 100 pm for Tenth 200 pm from Tenth | 200 pm for Tenth 230 pm from Tenth | 230 pm for Tenth 300 pm from Tenth |3OO pm for Tenth 330 pm from Tenth | 330 pm for Tenth 400 pm from Tenth |'4 o(>pm for Tenth 430 pm from Tenth | 430 pm for Tenth 5 00pm from Tenth | 500 pm for Tenth 530 pm from Tenth | 530 pm for Tenth 600 pm from Tenth | 6 OtJ pm for Tenth 630 pm from Tenth 630 pm for Tenth 700 pm from Tenth j7OO pm for Tenth 730 pm from Tenth jSOO pm for Tenth 630 pm from Tenth |BOO pm for Ten.h 930 pm Tenth |lO 00 pm for Tenth 10 30 pm from Tenth jlioopm for Tenth ISLE OF HOPE AND BOLTON ST VIA THUNDERBOLT. I.v city for I. of H |Lv. iTof'H. foTBTaI via Thun & C. Park via Thun & C. Park 800 am from Holton 800 am for Bolton 230 pm from Bolton 330 pm for Bolton 330 pm from Bolton 430 pm for Bolton 430 pm from Rol4on 530 pm for Bolton 630 pm from Bolton 630 pm for Rot ton 630 pm from Bolton 730 pm for Bolton 7 30 pm from Bolton | 830 pm for Bolton MONTGOMERY. ~ I - v Cy f')~Montg’ry| Lv. Montgomery. 10 llam from Tenth 1 935 am for Tenth"* 100 pm from Tenth 12 15 pm for Tenth 300 pm from Tenth | 230 pm for Tench 6 30pm from Tenth |5 45 pm for Tenth THUNDERBOLT AND ISLE OF~HOPB. Commencing at 3:00 p. m car leave* Thunderbolt every hour for Isle of Hop* until 8:00 p. m. Commencing at 3:30 p. m. car leaves Isle of Hop every hour for Thunder bolt until 8:30 p. m. THUNDERBOLT SCHEDULE Commencing at 7:00 a. m. car leaven Bolton street Junction every 30 minutes until 2:00 p. m., after which time car leaves every 10 minutes. Commencing at 7:30 a. m. ear leaves Thunderbolt for Bolton street Junction every 30 minutes until 2:25 p. m., after which time car leaves every 10 minutes. The 10-mlnute schedule is maintained as long us travel warrants It. ~ WEST END? " The first car leave* for West End at 7:20 a. m. and every 40 minutes thereafter until 11:00 a. m., after which a car run* in each direction every 20 minutes until midnight. H. M. LOFTON. Gen. Mgr. Up To Date Druggist, DONNELLY PHARMACY, Phone 078. Liberty and Price. Get oar prices end we will set your ordcre