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GEORGIA COTTON DAMAGED. RAINS HAVE BEEN HEAVY IN THE COTTON (;iiOWlN(i SECTIONS. While the Total Rainfall In Helot* the Average the Rains Have Not Fallen Ev enly and the Cotton Ter ritory Has Been Hard Hit—Effect of the Injury to C rop lias Sent Fu ture?* Markets Skyward. The chances are much of the cotton crop will be damaged by the heavy rains which have prevailed the last ten days. The damage will lik:*ly he felt heavily in Geor gia. and all tlie Gulf states excepting Texas, where the reports do not indi cate that the rain has done a great deal of injury. Georgia Is yet behind in the normal amount of rainfall, as compared with the average for June for the last twenty ei-r Jit years. Accrrding to figures furnish ed ahe Morning News by the weather bu reau the rainfall from June 1 to last night was 3.51 inches, 1.47 behind the normal for the month, which is 6.61 inches. For the Savannah district, of the cotton belt the rainfall is .60 inch behind the normal from .Tan. 1 to last night. While the rain fall so far this month is 3.51, for the en tire of June, 1890, was 1.07 inches; for IS9B it was 4.58 inches, for 1897 it was 3.94 inches, for 1890 it was 5.31 inches, and for 1 95 it was 6.08 inches. While average rainfall for the month is. behind the rain has not been distributed as in previous years. For this reason cottdn and other crops are damaged con siderably throughout the state. The re ports which have been carrying the cot ton futures markets skyward have shown great damage, and it is probable that sub sequent events will confirm them. The following are the latest summaries from crop sections of the Weather Bureau in the cotton belt: Louisiana-Weather conditions very fa vorable for prosecution of farming opera tions and growth of crops; sugar cane and rice in excellent condition; corn mostly laid by; cotton is being cultivated second time and early planted blooming freely; • potatoes, cotfpt as, a 1 fa if a and minor crops doing well; rain would be beneficial to corn. •Mississippi—All reports discouraging, except few southern counties; owing to continued rains cannot work grassy crops; no sunshine to promote growth; corn turn ing yellow; cotton getting red and lousy, few blooms, fair stands; oats damaged and some destroyed; fruit, gardens and vegetables injured; lowlands submerged, grass and weeds rank. Arkansas.—Wet weather stopped culti vation generally; cotton and corn very grassy, and weedy in most sections; un less dry weather sets in soon, many fields in low lands will be abandoned; wheat nearly all harvested; potatoes generally good, some rotting in ground; fruit, ex cept apples and pears, promise good. Alabama.—Rainfall excessive, partic ularly in southern counties, many low lands flooded and abandoned; corn silk ing. generally promising, but needing cul tivation; cotton grassy, running to stalk, lice damaging, squaring slowly, few blooms; wheat and oats yielding satisfac torily, some damaged in shock; minor crops promising, except melons rotting; peaches plentiful, quality deteriorating. Georgia.—Daily showers in nearly nil parts of the. state, excessive rainfall In numerous localities; crops very grassy; fair weather and sunshine badly needed for cleaning and working; cotton suffering from moisture and damaged bv lice; corn flourishing; melons shipped from Brooks county heavy; peach shipments continue; gardens, sugar cane and peanuts doing nicely. Florida.—Excessive rains damaged mel ons and vegetables on low lands; corn and cot bon goo*) growth, but many fields grassy, work delayed by we: soil: large acreage set out in sweet potatoes; rice doing well: melons, peaches and pineap ples plentiful; citrus trees and fruit in fine condition. Sotlrh Carolina—Excessive rains in west ern portions, elsewhere favorable weath er; corn small, but doing well, earliest laid by; cotton grassy in northwestern por tion. where chopping is unfinished, crop needs cultivation, elsewhere small, but healthy and' growing rapidly; lice preva lent. Sea island needs hot weather; to bacco buttoning low, cutting and curing begun; grain harvest nearly finished, some damaged by rain; rice and minor crops thriving. North Carolina—Drought in central por tion thoroughly broken in rain Saturday and Sunday; crops in condition to reap full benefit and are improving rapidly; cotton clean, healthy', vigorous and form ing squar - fr but small for the season, chopping finished; corn excellent, being laid by, and earing well; tobacco, peanuts. r? e, potatoes and melons doing well; wheat an 1 oat harvest nearly over; peaches, chenyes and blackberries ripen ing. Tennessee—Almost daily rains since the ■’3th: heavy and damaging in many local ities, especially in the southwest portion of western division, where immense dam age to -crops and fences is reported; wheat harvest in progress and greatly hindered by rains: much loss feared from sprouting in shock; corn, cotton and to bacco sadly m ■ ling cultivation; oats im proved; potatoes and gardens doing wei:. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Sunday and Monday— Georgia. South Carolina and Eastern Florida: Local rains Sunday and Mon day; fresh southeasterly winds. Western Florida: Showers Sunday; fresh to brisk southeasterly winds. Mon day fair. Yesterday’s Weather at Savannah- Maximum temp- nature 2:20 p. m. 83 degree; Minimum'temijeiature 11:30 a. m. 70 degrees Mean temperature 70 degrees Normal temperature 8° degrees Deficiency of t mperature 4 degrees Accumulated deficiency since June 1 38 degrees Accumulated deficiency since Jan. 1 degrees Rainfall H > llcll Normal 93 inch Deficiency since June ,1 1.47 Inches Deficiency since .Jan. 1 69 inch River Report—The hlght of the Savan nah rivet at Augusta, Ql 8 a - m - tfSth me ridian time) yesterday, was 9.S feet a rise of 0.3 foot during the preceding twenty four hours. Cotton n gion bulletin. Savannah, Oa., for the twenty-four hours ending at S a. m., 75th meiidian time, June 23, 1900: Bta lon ~t Mat.' Min. Rain Savannah district. |Tem.|Tem.; fall Ala- ilii, or: lit In 81 72 ; .08 •Albany, cloudy 55 74 .00 Atnf-i I •!*.' cloudy ! 8.") 71 | .10 Ba nbridge, pt. cloudy .. 83 72 .05 Kastman, cloudy ! 5,5 73 | .00 Fort Gaines, cloudy 81 72 | .93 Gainesville, Fla., raining j 73 i 68 2.60 Millen. Ga . oh ar 1 85 i 70 | .05 Quitman raining - So | 69 1.30 Savannah, cloudy' : 83 j 73 j .01 Thomasvlllo. cl'.tidy i *0 : 73 j .49 Waycross, cl tudy 73 | .10 •it aeived too ate for telegraphic meant. No rat fall in Texas Heavy Kai s—Chari ston, S. C., 2.72; Chereyv lit, I.a, 1.9'; Hobelln, La., 2.70; Shi v iOit La., 1.92; Vicksburg, Miss., 22; Gr ensboro, N. C ., 1.70; Gainesville, Fla., 2.60. | I>lst. Averages. I No. |- 1 1 i Sia- Mix.i Mln.|Rali Centra! Stations. |tlon*;Tem.|Tero.| fall. Atlanta ~T7j 12 so |~4 | .61 Augusta | 11 1 82 i 63 : .50 Charleston i 5 84 7" j 1.04 Galveston | 28 | 98 | 72 j .00 Little Rock j 11 | 86 | 66 .46 Memphis I IS | 78 | 64 .52 MohiJe | 6 ] 84 | 72 .04 Montgomery | 8 I 88 | 70 | .08 New Orleans | 10 I 90 | 72 j .80 Savannah | 12 | 82 j 71 f .48 Vicksburg | 10 | 88 : 70 ' .48 Wlimington 10 j 71 j 66 | .48 Remarks.—Slightly higher temperatures over the Atlanta, New Orleans and Vicks burg Districts, while over the Galveston, Mobile and Montgomery, the increase has been decided with very high temperatures in Texas. There have l>een rains in oil districts except Texas-heavy at points in Louisiana, the Carolina.-, Mississippi and Florida. Observations taken at the same moment of time at nil stations. June 23, 1900, 8 p. m.. 75th meridian time: Names of Stations. | T |•V Raln. Norfolk, cloudy | 7 | g~|~ -p Hatteras, cloudy | 76 | 14 | .00 Wilmington, cloudy i 74 1 72 I T Charlotte, cloudy j 76 : g j t Raleigh, cloudy |76 and i .45 Charleston, cloudy | 76 j 22 | .08 Atlanta, raining j 70 | 12 | .98 Augusta, cloudy | 78 : 12 i .32 Savannah, raining 76 I 12 ! .10 Jacksonville, cloudy j 76 j 6 j .12 Jupiter, cloudy jBO 10 ! .06 Key West, cloudy | 82 i 8 ! .00 Tampa, raining j 78 j 8 j .28 Mobile, ptly cidy | 80 s j .02 Montgomery, cloudy j 72 j L |1.20 New Orleans, cloudy ...' 80 |lO | T Galveston, clear | 86 | 8 [ .00 Corpus Christl, ptly cidy! 86 j 12 j T * Palestine, cloudy 78 | L ; .00 T. for temperature: V. for velocity. H. B. Boyer, Weather Bureau. DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE HIM. Man With n Broken Leg Suffered NNlille \uthorities Disputed. A negro named McLeod, formerly em ployed in the neighborhood of Fairfax, S. C., by the Florida Central and Penin sular Railroad, was brought into the city lust night with a broken leg that he had received while stealing a ride on a train. The man was taken off the train by 1 friend who accompanied him, and w,t put on the sidewalk while the police were telephoned for an ambulance. The injured man said he had been hurt in the vicinity of Fairfax, and that the “operator" at that place had given him a ticket and told him to come to Savannah, and go to a hospital. A ticket had also been given to one of his friends, with the understanding that he would accompany the W'ounded man, and see that he was taken care of after he got here. The police, when they were informed of the facts of the cose, at first refused to take the man to the Georgia Infirmary, claim ing that the railroad officials had no right to bring the man here as 0 burden on the city, and the trainmaster was so notified. He, however, claimed that as the man had come on a regular ticket, the railroad was not responsible for hts being here, so he refused to take any action whatever in the case. When this answer had been received by the police to prevent the man from suffering for want of attention, the ambulance was sent, and he was taken to the Georgia Infirmary. The trainmaster was notified that the railroad would be held responsible for whatever charges that may be incurred for his treatment. LAST OF THE DOG CASES. Twelve Hundred AVere on the Be cnrder'n Docket. The Recorder has at last succeeded In clearing the information docket of the dog-tax cases, of which more than 1,300 had been reported. Previous to the time of the taking of the dog census only 600 dogs had been reported for taxation; the remainder of Savannah’s canine population, the 1,200 cases reported on the docket, were listed by policemen, who were detailed to look them up. The total number of badges taken out is about 1,900. an increase of nearly 150 over last year. "THE PARVARTED BACHELOR.” BY SEX MAS M ACM AM'S (“MAC”). Author of “Through the Turf Smoke,” “ 'Twas in Dhroll Donegal,” Etc. (Copyrighted, 1900, by Seumas McManus.) Corney Higarty, the pensioner, -was an inveterate old bachelor—or, still worse, a misogynist—himself; and had many sarcas tic things to say at the women’s expense. When the neighbors gathered around the fire in his little cfebin on winter nights, and Toalna Gallagher led off a general assault upon old bachelors, Corney’s bit ing wit flowed freely in return. But when his assailants, by dint of their number and persistence, drove him back from cov er to c<fver, Corney eventually fell back upon his grand an unassailable position, and made an affective stand upon his story of the “Parvarted Bachelor.” In them days, or thereabouts, when my gran’father'e great-gran’father was a youngster, there was a chap lived in the neighborhood in Dublin named Rody, that the neighbors called Rody the Bachelor, bekase, like meself, he had small gradh for the women, on' people thought he'd no more marry) than he would give his head for a football. Rody was warm an’ well-to-do, with a snug farm an' a thrig house, milk cows an’ dhry cattle goleor. He was as happy as a hedge sparra to all seemin’, an' lived in aise an’ contentment with himself an’ the whole wunT. Then, when at a wake or a weddin', or some other sort iv a spree, the neighbors got at Rody about why he didn’t marry an' take a wife till himself, Rody always laid down his docthrine to them. “I'm as happy,” he used to say, “as the Lord (thanks be to him!) can make me. I have paice, gracte an' content, an’ what more docs a man need? Them takes a woman takes throuble, an’ them marries make-s worry for themselves. Yez often enough say yerselves, ’No cow. no care,’ an’ I say, ‘No woman, no woe.’ If I got the best woman in the wurrl she couldn’t like me better nor I like meself. So, .ill things considhered, it seems ip me that it’s I am the Wisest man iv the lot iv ye to keep meself happy when I feel meself so.” An’ (hat was. time an’ again, (he burden iv Rody the Bachelor’s song. But, sirs, wondher* ’ill never cease. There was a slip of a black-eyed gixsach (girl), wan iv the neighbor’s daughters, WHEN DOCTORS DIS AGREE What Become* of the Patient? Doctors have their hobbles as well as oilier people and in the treatment of dis ease often carry them too far fer the pa tient’s good. For lns'ance In the treat ment of Indigestion or dyspepsia many doctors give bismuth and nothing else, others rely on pepsin to bring their pa ti nts through, still another doctor treats stomach (roubles with the various vege table essences and fruit suits. Now one or the o.her of these excel lent remedi's beeom s a hohby with the doctor who has had most success with the particular one In questlcn, lecuuse all of tin m are first cla‘ remedies f r lo dges* ion and dyspepsia, but not one of them al ne Is so good as a comb nation of all of them, such as Is found in Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, which con tains not only vegetable essences and fruit falls, but also the freshest, purest pepsin nnd bismuth, making altogether u remedy unsurpassed for every form of Indigestion, sour s o.uarh. nervous dyS p< psla, brli'hlng rf gas, distress after eating, sleep'' ssness, headaches, etc. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Is not a se cret patent nostrum, but you can see for yourself what It is and knowing this, its success as a dyspepsia cure Is not sur prising. All druggists recommend and sell (hem at 60 cents. THE MORNING NEWS, SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 1900. st y lish ta^* ( ilpj'l *°. r ' mai^e wear while weight and n RIGHTER PRICES. A Summer Sonata, A little line of lovely BA TISTE PER GALE and LAWN DRESSES, elegan tly designed and trimmed. Real hot-time comforters. Half Price to close. LEATHER GOODS, and other useful and orna mental charmers, at heart rending prices. Hand bags, Pocket Books, Belts, Combs and Hair Ornaments, Metal Goods. 25 Per Cent orr On Parasol Remainders. MISSES' SKIRTS, , GIRLS’ FROCKS, Hosiery, Underwear, Gowns come to milk the cows mornin’ an’ evenin’ , (or Rody wan time his hand tuk bad with (he whittle an' he couldn’t milk himself. | An’ Una—she was named Una—she used to j sing "An' cailin dheas cruite no m-bo,” "The Purtv Girl Milkin’ the Cow." to keep the cow quate while she milked her; an Rody would be standin’ be the cow's head seratcfiln’ Brawny’s neck to keep her quale likewise. But be (he time Rody’s hand was better of the whittle, he per suaded Una to continue cornin’ (o milk bekase that the cows milked belter, he found, to a woman; an’ Una, without much persuasion, consented. An’ the neighbors thev all sayed, "Ay, Ay," when they heard this. So for the length lv a long summer Una she milked away an’ sung away, while Rody the Bachelor was gettln’ more silent an’ thoughtful, an’ less light-hearted day - "Then, Rody,” Bays Bhe, "Get Into Ter Coat, an' Don't Let the Grass Grow Undher Ter Heels. be day, till at length It was plain to be seen as the hill lv Blnban that an cailin dheas cruite na m-bo was Ringin’ away tha heart out iv him So, It didn't by no means come like a thunderclap when the news went roun’ that Rody had discovered his cows wouldn’t give the milk till any wan but Una. since she had made on them so. an' that he decided he'd have to mar ry her, so he'd have her to milk always. An’ married they wor, too, an’ had a mortlal great weddin’ entirely, at which poor Rody. had to siand his own share in sconcin' about hIR suddlnt change, him that was so sore again' all women kind. An' In right good part Rody tuk it all. He sayed there never was no rule since the wurrl’ begun that hadn't an exception, an' his Una was a'most the only wan exception to the docthrlnes he used to lay down. Fr Pat was wan of them that used to have the greatest passages with Rody The Money-Makers, The quiet season is the time to pick up real advantages. Every inducement that tends to reduce stock is now atloat. The uniformly high standard of our goods guarantees money-making to the fortunate buyer. Whether you are going away or not it will pay you to look through every department. You are ;sure to reap a harvest of value that will stand you well for present or future use. The time to buy is now. WE ARE AWFUL ANXIOUS TO SELL. n MONDAY! To-morrow morning we will put on Spe- MORNIIMfI cia * S a * c a line of really fine Ladies' and MnV up Children's Hosiery. As we don't want to JYHJVIiK. be crowded out of house and home too suddenly, we won't mention prices. You'd better be here. A SKIRT DANCE The frou-frou of val '?mL ;ii Wtm ue, and price is mu sic to the bargain ear. Pure Linen,StSi; $1.59, Pnro I man extra light weight in neat rillC LI Hell. stripes, lace linen, plain *Ol 7n linen, crash and crash with polka dots. Weres2, wiD | ,0u LOVELY JL Pre “> SLIPS lS? and Checks AND anc * plain linen colors, FROCKS Were $1,50, now 89c FOR ||;| MADRAS and COT SMALL TON Underskirts from girls. y 45 c to $2.50. Ask to see the Corsetine Wrappers. Neat patterns in captivating Percale Wrappers for 90c B. H. LEVY & BRO. about not marryin’, an’ he was now help in', as hard as he could, the neighbors to salt him for his sujdint change. “An’ is it your belief,” says Fr Fat, "that Una’ll go as far as you used to think a woman should afore she'd be worth takln’—that she likes an' will like ye better nor you do yourself?" "My Una," says Rody, "sartlnly goes that far. That’s why I tuk her.” "Whew-ew-ew!" says Fr Pat, that way. “Fr Pat," says Rody, "ye may whistle or do as ye plaise, but it's so.” Fr Pat looked hard at Rody for a min ute. to see was he railly so far gone entirely as to believe that. "An'. Rody,” soys he, "do ye railly believe it?" “May I nivlr ait the bread In corn If I amn't sartin tv what I say,” says Rody. "Ye're a dale foolisher man than I thought ye,” says Fr. Pat. "Would ye ye'll be in the same opinion this day twermonth?" * "I'll bait ye,” says Rody, "my spot ted springer again your oul' gray mare —an’ that's long odds—that me opinion Isn't althered this day twermonth." "Done,” saye Fr Pat. "An' yous, boys, are all witnesses lv this." Rody promised Fr Pet faithfully to keep the thransactlon a deep silcret from Una. An' so he did. Rody was tn the hlght lv good humor over it, for that he felt so sartin lv Una's love for him, an’ so sartin, too, that It would last, as It was not for wan twel'month or fifteen, but for fifty-five twermonth.-, If God ‘ud only spare them that long. An' sure enough, the second month they wor married Una sartlnly seemed to be fonder Iv Rody than she was the first; an' the month after she was fonder lv him than the other two put together. An’ so it went on, month after month, Una Only Here can you find the A* invincible comfort A—t Kabo Corsets, wm\\ Kabo Perfectors /yf and the ELK BRAND / of home-made MUS- / / lio Underwear. Washable Dress Skirts. Black, Blue and White, in Duck and Den ims. From 90c upward. PURE LINEN SKIRTS, handsomely trimmed and finished, up to $l2. NET SKIRTS, appliqued with Pique and Lawn, some richly elaborate. Neckwear Charms. Nothing elsewhere in town to compare with our dainty summer novelties. This is one department in which WE PLAY FIRST FIDDLE. seemingly gettln' fonder iv Rody an’ Rody prouder tv Una every new day that come. An' every time Rody ’ltd meet Fr Pat he'd have a hearty laugh at the priest; an' “Fr Pat,” he’d say, "I hope ye’re gtvin’ my gray mare all the atten tion ye should.” "Och, nivlr mind—nivlr mind, Rody," Fr Pat ’ud suy, "the year isn’t up yet. It’s yerself had better take good care lv my spotted springer; mind, I'm warnin’ ye." But. ach! Rody would break his hearty laughin' at the foolish ness iv the priest. Well, the twel'month seemed long puss tn' to Rody till he'd humiliate Fr Pat. But the longest lv times 'll pass some time, an' the longest lv stories ’ll some time have an end. An' Rody's year, too, wore round at last till It come to the last day tv It. An' on that very evenin’ Rody me* Fr Pat at a neighbor's funeral. "Well?" says Rody. “Well?” says Fr Pat. "What time Will I ha sendin' a garsun over for the mare the morra?” says Rody. "Ah-ha!" says the priest, "I see It's al ways ‘too sure, too loose,’ with you, THffl _. rr 1 ,q£ r- Plaise Step Ou* Here With Till I Lowse Ye Out This Spotted Spelnger. Rody. It Isn't 12 o'clock the morra yet.” "God look to your wit, your rever ence!" says Rody. "Ye’re the dhrownd in’ man catchln’ at a very thin s*hraw.” "Rody McGinn,” says Fr Pat, "there was a gentleman kilt another man tn anger some daye ago—kilt him dead. An’ that glntleman la now undher sentence lv death—to be hung outside Dublin Jail the morra mornin’ at bre’kwust time.” "Well?" says Rody. "Well,” eys the pries*, “this Is a great glntleman entirely, an’ he has advart-tst all over the counthry that he’ll give five hundred poun’ to any man thug ’ll act as substitute for him, an’ get hung In hts place.” ’.’Well?” says Rody. “Very well,” says Father Pat, "we’re now go4n’ to put Una o the final teat whether or not she likes you better nor you like yerself. You’re to propose to get hung In this gintleman’s place, eo as to get the £SOO for Una—an’ then, we ll see what we ll see.” “Hal ha! ha!” laughed Rody. "Ye poor, foolish Father Pat, ye! No, nor If It would fifty limes five hundred she would ge* by It. Una wouldn’t listen for wan minute to such a purposal.” "Never mind—never mind." says Father Pat, says he, smilin’ such a con fident smile as angered Rody out an’ out. "Never mind.” says he, “you do as ye’re bid—an’ we’ll see what we’ll see." “I’ll make the purposal." says Rody. "an’ yer reverence ’ll be responsible If Una faints or dies lv heart dlsatse.” "I’ll be responsible,” says Father Pat, says he, laughin’, tf Una fu-lnts or dies Iv hear* (ilsaise; an’ I’ll put over her a monument higher nor the church steeple an’ I’ll Inscribe It, ’Here lies the strang est woman ever lived—a woman who loved hen man better nor he loved him self.” That night as Rody an’ Una sat acros* the fire afther their supper. Rody smok in’ an’ Una sewin’ a patch on an owl coot iv his, Rody says: "Uha, there’s a glntleman to be hung the morra mornin’ for killin’ another.” “Poor devil," says Una, "may the Lord have marc-y on ’im.” “An’ he’s od-vartdst that he’ll give five hundred poun* to any man that of fers himself to get hung In hts stead," says Rody. "Lord look to his wit. the r>oor ama dan,” Una says, "doesn’t he know In his heart tf he has a particle tv sense at all, at all. tha* he’ll get no suchan a fool in all Iwlan’ as ’ill offer to do the likes lv that, If he was given all the worl’ for a farm-steadin’, an’ Coravelgh for kitch en garden?" "Una.” skid Rody, ”1 have been thtnkin’ that five hundred poun' would make a mighty nlcie windfall for you." and Rody was ready for the spring If he saw any signs lv Una gotn’ to dhrop. "A mighty ni'* windfall, Indeed,• says ’Una with a smile, "hut how could the likes lv me come by it.” "If,” eays Rody, breakln’ It gently still, “I give meself to be hung In his place." Una dhropped the needle from her fin gers, an’ sat up with a start. "What!" says she. It was goln’ to be the dlvll’e own sore thrial upon poor Una’s narves; but Rody had to go through with it. “Una,'’ says he, "five hundhred poun’ ■ud mane so much to you that I’ve been thlnkln’ what a mortlal nice present It ’ud be to make to ye, an’ consequently I’m goln’ to offer meeelf to be hung in the Jintleman’s place.” "Arrah,” says Una. gettln’ up an’ throw in’ her arms around his neck; "Arran, Rody. Rody! me own durlln’ Rody! Its the Jewel lv a man ye are! I loved ye with all the veins in me heart afore; but now I love ye ten times more. Rody,” says she. "have ye sent In yer offer yet?” Rody says "no." "Then, Rody, pulse Iv me heart,” says she, "get Into yer coat, en’ don’t let the grass grow undher yer heele till ye're at the Jail. Here ye are," saye she. lifting his coat from (he peg an’ shovin' it on him. "Una, ITna,” says Rody. an' the poor, poor fella, near cryin —“Una,” says he, "It's dark an’ It's damp an’ It'll be time enough to give in me offer be the morn in'.” "Time enough," eays she, shovin’ him out lv the door; "rime enough lost the scone. If ye wait till mornin' some other man 'lll have the foreway In y*. God bless ye. now," says she, "an' run as If there was ten dlvils afther ye." When Rody got back she had a fine, warm supper for him. "An’ yet must go to yer bed as soon as ye all it, Rody.” says she, "so that ye’ll be to rise In good time. It 'ud he a downy poor thing entirely If I was to lose five hundred poun' by yer steepin’ a few minutes longer nor ye should. In the mornin'." “I have been thlnkln." says Rody, "as I come bock, thlnkln' that, after all, I'm afeerd I can’t get hung the morra.” tion to the young ladies gratis. This will be a week in our Waist department. Prices won’t be strong enough to talk loudly, but, “dear me,” they will carry conviction. A Sailor Strike White, blue and mixed Straws with black, colored and pol ka dot bands, worth from 75c to $1.25 —You may pick for 49c. “ Zllai/e /{ndtiuea/l REGISTERED This is the brand of the I)CSt Muslin Underwear made. We have any kind and va riety of UNDERWEAR for la dies, misses, girls and chil dren that is worth having at all- L'sle, Balbriggan, Gauze and the noted sanitary Stutt garter, in combination suits or single. Pure wool, but in practically gauze weights. It costs a little more than the general run of Under wear, but there’s health in every thread. Don't slight the perfect and complete RIBBON STOCK of Savannah. Variety and quality unequalled anywhere Wash Ribbons in satisfactory selections —and they wash. ' "For why? Rody McGinn,” say* Una, amazed. ■ Just," Kays Rody, "hekase I haven't such a thing as a linen shirt. An' I wouldn't take nil the land ye could see from the top Jv Carnaween an' go afore the audience 'll be gathered there from far an' near an' get hung In an' out' woolen shirt like this. None iv me fam ily ever got hung In a woolen shirt an’ it'll not be uficast. to me that I was the first to disgrace mo family. T'nu waited to say nlver a word, only threw the shawn about her head an’ run out. She was back In short time and threw n fine white linen shirt upon the table. "Roddy,” says the. "nlver fear me. I’ll not see ye bait.” "for the love Iv heaven," says he, “Un*. where did you git that?” "On the priest's hedge," says she; It's a case Iv needcesstty, an’ the dlvil a tin it is, even if he Is the priest, Rody,” say® she; "trust me to see you through this business with credit.” Poor Rody shook his head sadly. But anoit-.er bright thought sthruck him. "I'm renumberin' now,” says he, "I owe twelve an' sixpence to Tom Hogan, an’ I rouidn t go out iv the wurrul’ with that on me sowl.” "Borrow it ofT one lv the neighbors un’ pay him,” says Una. "I’euts, woman!" says Rody, "ye might as well climb un apple tree to gather wall flowers. Tile neighbors hasn't a penny." "Walt a bit," says Una, an' out she dashed again with the shawl on her shoul ders, an’ was back In small time. An' from under her shawl, when she came hack, she produced a box an' tumhled its contents out on the table, an' counted It. "The fid's good till un, Rody,” says she, then, there's 13 shlllln's an' three ha'pence in It.” Poor Rody picked up the empty box which she had cast Into the tire, an’ look ed at It. It was the poor box from the allhar steps. Poor Rody shook his head again, an’ went off to bed. But he eayed to himself. "Una, 'III repent yet, when she thinks lv herself." An' If he went to bed ntself. It's little he slep that night. An' It's still less he'd get la've to sleep in the mornln’, for. afore the streak T day, me brave Una wa dinnln' intll h! ear that It was time to get up or he’d he late, an’ throw her out lv her live hundhred poun'. "Una," says he, when he goti up—an’ dhressed hlm-elf, an' eat down—“ Una, I've been thlnkln'." "What have ye been thlnkln' now." says she. ”1 have been thlnkln'," says he, "ihat If I'd only not been In too big haste, an' not mind gettln’ hung this time, may be there'd be another gintlcman gettln' hung afore, long who'd offer a thousand poun’ for a substitute." “Them that breakwusts on hope* 'lll often go to bed hungry," says Una, "an’ a bird In the ban' is worth thirteen In the hedge," says she, "Hurry yourself up.’’ "An, 1 moreover,” says Rody, gays he, "here’s another great dehar. If I go there 'lll he dlvil a sowrl to do a nand's turn about the house or the farm, an' all ’lll go to the dogs." "Rody, darlln’,” sa>* she. "If tbat'e all alls ye, make yer min' alsy. A win. some young widda (though it Is meseit says it), with five hundhred pouns In dhrj money, not to ment on at all. at all, the farm and farm stock on’t go long till she gets a bran' new man.” "Och—och! och och, och!” says poot Rody, says he, broken hearted entirely. An' at this very point who should ]if th* latch an' walk In but Father Pat him self." "Eh? eh?” says he, "what are ye och ochin' about. Rody?" "Yer reverence," says Rody, says he, "plalse step out here with me till I lowse (loose) ye out the spotted sprlng- An’ so Corney Hlgarty would say—An' so, boys, for a warnin', I always keep afore me eyes the story lv Rody MoQlyno* the parvaited bachelor. 17