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pakt two. A Great Mid-Summer Carnival In the coolest spot in the city is now being held. The past week was a record breaker with as for this sweltering season of the year, and just as sure as wa eir wi seek its Jfvel, so, too, will people find oat the pleasantest place at which they can get the best valaes for their money. And thas tr pas wee a the “AG STORE has been a veritable carnival of pleased and basy shoppers. Oar dictam that it is the cheapest and pleasantest ur:Dcnm c *ke vo * ce the majority makes the verdict in this coantry, and the demonstrable fact is very patent herethat THE PEOPLE, THE WHOLE PEOPLE, are *ith as. We don’t claim to be “THE PEOPLE," bat we do try to serve them anselfishly. MEN’S VICIAI CtlF SHOES, GRAND VALUESTOf tiso. “8 Bf (1,98 Gloves, Belts, Vests and H’dk'fs. ladies - Kayser Silk Gloves, with double tipped fingers, with Mack or self-stitch ing, In tho most 6tylish colors, pair „ patent Leather Pulley Belts ore lot of Bolts, In tan and black leather, crash adit silk, to ba closed out at 100 Colored and Black Japanese Fans and up ladies' Fine Lisle Vests, low neck and no sleeves, with silk tape, 50c quality, to sell 3 for si .oo Shield Shape Silk Vests, Jersey ribbed veesta Jersey Ribbed Vests, In white, pink and bluo ladies’ Hemstitched Linen Handkerchiefs linen Handkerchiefs, with fancy lace edges Ladies’Patent Tip Oxford Ties, 50c; Misses’ Button and Lace Shoes, K H 89c HAMMOCKS. $l.OO Hammocks at.... $ .50 2.00 Hammocks at.... - 1.50 3.00 Hammocks at 2.19 4.00 Hammocks at 2.98 5.00 Hammocks at 3-98 We guarantee every price we make. If you can buy the same for less money we will refund you yours. Japanese Paper Napkins, fancy rose borders, 10c per 100. Do You Want to Keep Cool? Then go to the North Pole, or get one of these fill A ItlplE I $3.98 (They are worth $6.00.) LUXURY IN MODERN FLOATING PALACES. American Steam Yachts Are the Most Ex pensive and Handsomest in All the World. American Yachts ami Their Owner*—The Magarß, Owned by Howard Could roat $700,000 and Mr*. Robert Goelet'** lVahnia, SOOO,OOO. Leading Marine Architect* in New York City Estimate T.hnt 9-11,3,15,1100 I* Invested by American Citizens In Steam Yacht*. York, June 29—According to care estimates made by the leading marine architects in New York city, the vast sum cf C;,:B5,000 Is invested in steam yachts by citizens of the United States. Steam yachting- is necessarily a mil lionaire's pastime, a luxury, which none but the very wealthy may enjoy. Not li lts proclaims more emphatically that this 1* * land of millionaires and multi-million 'ires than the fact that In round numbers 1® steam yachts ore owned by American citizens. More than a score of them £* liiryn’Sen'esii’—i ■ ““ ' 90 On board the Idalia. . 't; far more than any one save n man *? r, 'a many millions could afford to pay. The**, vessels may be properly descrlb only by the oft-used simile, "floa Int (•laces.” Palaces they ore, Indeed; mag i' 1 ' r.t marine residences—as expensively •tc'ir.ted as the millionaire owners' city ™ ,r xlone—huge vessels in which their owt. r s may cross oceans, may traverse waters of foreign pools, and yet al ’ be m home. . Not only are more steam yachts owned v Amerteans than by the citizens a* l !’ country, but American steam yachts Jiatomnal) Morning exceed all others in luxuribusness. On forty-nine of the largest and most ex pensive ones the least costly of which cost $300.0X1, $10,830,000 has been spent .while the cost of ninety-eight others, less valu able, swells the total invested in this lux ury to the sum stated above. A statis tical table is sometimes an encumbrance, but the one given below cannot fail io be of interest Just at this season, when so many of tliese palatial floating homes are being got ready for summer cruising: American Steam Yacht* and Their Owner*. Niagara, owned by Howard =— , . ... $700,000 Nahma, owned by Mrs. Bob ert Goelet 600 '*° Josephine, owned by P. A. u. v ajiant owned by " *; m m Vanderbilt 475.000 J. Dexel ' vnruna. owned by Eugene Margarita, owned’ by Anthony Corsair, owned by J. Flerpont Morgan * •■••• • Gentlemen, for Your Comfort! MEN'S fine PERCALE NEGLIGEE SHIRTS, collars and cuffs attached, guaranteed fast colors, perfect fitting, worth $l.OO, at 49a MEN S FINE SILK-BOSOM NEGLIGEE SHIRTS, bosom made from genuine wash silk, with fine cool cambric bodies. In blues and pinks, former price $l.OO. at 590 . MEN’S FINE CAMBRIC NTGHT SHIRTS, with fancy trimmed front*, full length and full bodies, worth 75c, at 390 For this week we will sell genuine MADRAS PAJAMAS, worth $1.50, at 98c MEN'S GENUINE PEPPERELL JEANS DRAWERS (B. V. D. pattern), with string ot elastic bottoms, all waist measurements and lengths, worth 500 at 380 A big lot of Men's Washable String and Band Bows, worth 25c each, at 10c, 3 for j. 2Sc SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, JULY 1, 1900. ENTICING FIGURES IN WASH GOODS. Yard-wide Bleached Shirting, regu- Ca ular price 6 1 4 c- Ju Yard-wide Fruit of Loom Shirting, Q3a regular price U4u Printed Challies, ) 03#* Shirting Calicoes, V Regular price sc, 30-in. White India Lawn ) , U4U Solid Color Black Lawn , . "t Solid Color Blue Lawn I lZ _ Solid Color Nile Green . , • - Solid Color Crepons . . • \ Solid Color Challies . . . . 40-inch White Victoria Lawns, f Regular Price 12*40 . / 2v & B ULL ST Si Aphrodite, owned by Oliver H. Payne 360,000 Namouna, owned by James Gor don Bennett 325,000 Nourmahal, owned by John Jacob Astor 300,000 Conqueror, owned by F. W. Vanderbilt '300,000 Atalanta, owned by George J. Gould 275,000 Eleanor, owned by Mrs. C. D. M. Cardeza 275,000 American, owned by Archibald Watts 250,000 Alcedo, owned by George W. C. Drexel 260,000 Kanawha, owned by John P. Duncan 250,000 May, owned by Alexander Vin 11 Jll l ■ dn J tooa r <l Howard Guold’s Niagara. Rensselaer 260.000 Narada, owned by Henry Wal ters 225,000 Columbia, owned by J. Harvey luadew >.*" Außevotr, owned by William Du pont 200,000 Utowana, owned by Allison V. Armour •••••" 30n ' 00 ° Sapphire, owned by Amil L. Barber Virginia, owned by Isaac Stern. 170,000 Dreamer, owned by Thomas W. Lawson •••••• 160.000 Colonla, owned by C. A. Post °ey . 150,000 Hiawatha, owned by Charles Flelschmann •••••••• 1 50000 Flertric, owned by Elbriage T. Gerry Sultana, owned by ■William H. Langley 150.000 Intrepid, owned by Lloyd Phoenix 120,000 Buccaneer, onwed by William r Hearst 126,000 Susquehanna, owned by Joseph Stiekney 125,000 Idalia, owned by Eugene Tomp kins 125,000 Sheer White India Lawn, regular (Qa price 15c lUu White MdM L,Twn“ Satin Stripe.!! f Re K aUr Price l*c, 0C Large Size Turkish Bath Towels, Ifln 15c value | (j \j 54-inch Half-Bleached All Linen QCa Damask, 50c value UUU 5-8 Damask Napkins, QKfl $1.25 value, dozen Uuu Men Must Be Clad, Even in Summer Men’s White Duck Pants, the Si.oo kind, at 49c. Men’s Crash Suits, at $3.00 a Suit. * Men’s Black Alpaca Coats, worth $5.00, at $2.75 a coat. Men’s Black Serge Suits at $5.00. Children’s Blouse Wash Suits, worth 75c and $l, at 49c. Children’s White Duck Pants, all sizes, at 23c. Boys’ Linen Crash Suits, double-breasted coat, with knee pants, at 98c. Boys’ Straw Hats at 39c. Sagamore, owned by John H. Hanan 126,000 Anita, owned by John H. Flagler , ' 115,000 Eugenia, owned by Mrs. A. S. VanWickle 110,000 Elreba, owned by Henry Dari ington 105,000 Felecia, owned by E. W. Bliss.. 106,000 Wadena, owned by J. H. Wade. 106,000 Marietta, owned by Harrison B. Moore 100,000 Vergana, owned by Frederick H. Benedict 100,000 Satanella, owned by Perry Bel mont 101,000 Kisment, owned by J. Rogers Maxwell 100,000 'Aileen, owned by D. Willis and A. Curtis James 100,000 Andrla, owned by John E. Brooks 100.000 Clermont, owned by A. Van- Santvoord 100.000 Ituna. owned by Albert S. Big elow 100,000 Embla, owned by John T. Wil liams 100,000 Elfrlda. owned by Dr. W. Seward Webb 100.000 Total ....... 110,830,000 Cost of 398 other steam yachts in the United States valued at less than SIOO,OOO each 112,505,000 Grand total 123,336,000 This sum Just about equals the total amount of pensions paid by the,govern ment last year In Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hamp shire. Vermont, Minneeo a, North and South Dakota, Wtaccnsln and the Pacino States, the aggregate disbursements for all of these states being $23 883,831. The $23,336,000 Invested by our rich men in steam yac/its would cancel the combined net public debts of Chicago, Albany. N. Y.; Atlanta, Ga.; Bridgeport, Cons.; Charleston, S. C., and Denver, with a few dollars to spare ,It would build a fleet of eight battleships, each costing as much as the battleship Maine, with enough left over to construct a first-class gunboat. Howard Gonld’fl Niagara. A number of the finer boats In the above list w, re built abroad, but the very finest of them all have been built In American shipyards, American designers and builders are coming to be recognized as the equals, If not the superiors, of any in ihe world. Howard Gould's magnificent Niagara Is one of these. Plans were submitted to Mr. Gould by European experts, but in fair competition the American designs won. The Niagara is not only of Ameri can design and build, but it is construct ed entirely of American material. This most expensive private yacht In the world Is a thoroughly seaworthy vessel. She Is 272 feet long over all. and Is of the twin screw type. The house on the spar deck. 110 feet long and 16 feet wide, Is of steel, covered with mahogany. In the forward end is the owner's navigation room and nautical library. Just back of this Is the captain's room, which Is of easy access to the bridge. Then comes the great social hall, thirty two by sixteen feet in size. It la finished In massively carved American' mahog any and Is upholsiered in green. A large orchestrion Is built Into one end of the room. Ample provision for music Is made on the Niagara, for, besides this orches trion, there is a beautiful specially made piano in the main saloon. Around the skylight In the celling of the social hall are arranged growing foliage and running plants In such a manner as to give a con servatory effect. From the social hall a passageway leads to the smoking room, rtiirteen by eighteen feet, finished In old oak and decorated with delft plaques of a quaint old Dutch pattern. Beyond this Is the owner's office and deck bedroom. In East Indian ma hogany, which opens into an observation room occupying the extreme end of the deck house. Avery beautiful broad stairway leads from the social hall on the spar deck to the library on the main deck. This room Is 22 by 12 feet, Is finished In hand-carved American walnut and contains a library numbering hundreds of volumes. The af ter end is fitted up as an armory. Open ing oft the library Is a dainty ladles’ bou doir. Forward of the library Is the din ing room. 24 by .16 feet, finish’ll In hand carved quartered oak and rennalssance tapestry. At one end Is a beautiful onyx fireplace and at the other the magnificent piano with hand-carved case. An electric elevator communicates with the smoking room above. The pantry, opening into the dining room Is fitted with every accessory. The owner's kitchen. Just beyond the pan try, Is provided with doal and electric heaters and ranges and all the latest de vices for perfect cooking The kitchen for the officers and crew Is back of this and is managed by a separate staff of chefs. On the starboard tide of the main deck Is the owner’s suite of apartments, con sisting of a bedroom sixteen feet square, a dressing rom and a tiled bath room., The woodwork Is natural birefi. Directly opposite Is Mrs. Gould's luxurious suite, consisting of a bedroom of sinii.ar size, a Cool, Pretty Ladies’ Shirt Waists. White Lawn, Percale and Pique Shirt Waists 50c (Embroidered Collars and Cuffs, worth $1.00.) White and Colored Lawn and Percale Waists with Insertions DSc Whit© Duck Skirts , deep hem. felled seams (worth $2.00) 750 All our $5 and $0 White Plqu© and Crash skirts, flounced $3.75 Ladles' White Muslin Underskirts $l.OO (These arc ruffled and embroidered and worth $1.50.) . 300 slightly soiled Gowns, Skirts, Chemise and Drawers 750 (These are all worth $1.50.) Loilles’ White Muslin Skirts (embroidered and tucks ) Me Children's Muslin Drawers (hem and 'i tucks) 100 LADIES' CORSET COVERS 15c Nothing More Need Be Said! It Is worth 20c, and you can get it for 10c. And it is a good Matting, too ! dressing room, boudoir and bath roomi This suite, more gorgeous perhaps thin any of equal size to be found In any man sion. is finished In Ivory, gold an 1 rose of the Louis XVI period. Forward of these two suites are four guest rooms eleven feet wide by twelve long, each pro vided with its own bath room and each finished In a different kind of wood. One is In curly maple, another in sycamore, the third Is a photograph room, a linen locker, a room for oilskins and fishing tackle and a brushing room for the use of maids and valets, fitted with smoothing irons and other serviceable devices. A stairway from the main deck leads to another social hall eighteen feet square on the lower deck. Opening on this hall are three additional guest room* of the same size aB those on the deck atove and pro vided with private bath rooms. One Is fin ished in figured ash, the second In satin wood and the third In bol* d'arc. Beyond these are the rooms of the ship's physi cian. Mr. Gould's private secretary and the maids and valets. Luxury is csrrlei to the extreme In the Niagara. Her small boats, even, are made of mahogany. Mr Lawson’* Dreamer. This has been one of the busiest seasons the yacht designers and builders of this country have ever had. Of all the new yachts recently finished, the most luxu rious In the Dreamer, the 150,000 yacht which has Just been completed for Thom as W. Lawson, the Boston multi-million aire. She is the most gorgeous boat of her size in the world. The accomodations of the Dreamer were designed with a view to the secur ing of the maximum amount of comfort in our hot American summers. There is a long deck-house, In the forward part of which is the large dining room, finished In natural oak. and capable of seating twenty people. The galley Is on the deck, thus being cooler for the cooks, while not heating the interior of the yacht as would a galley below decks. At the foot of the main companionway Is the owner's private suite, comprising two large bed rooms and a bathroom. The bedrooms are finished In white enameled pine In panels. In Mrs. Lawson's room the furniture Is white enamel and the upper panels of the walls are filled with pink creton, probably in remembrance of the famous Lawson pink named for her. for which her husband paid $30,000. In the other bed room the furniture Is of old mohogany. ■nd the carpets and curtains throughout are of the richest modern manufacture that money could buy. Bath rooms with rubber tiling and the most modern open plumbing connect with each bedroom. Forward of the owner's suite are five very large staterooms and a bath room. One of these staterooms is fitted with a sewing table. There Is running hot and cold water In each room. Plenty of ventilation has been the keynote throughout, with ample provision for put ting away clothes In drawers, closets and bureaus. Forward of the stateroom* is a com modious forecastle where eighteen men are easily accommodated In the after part of the deck house there Is a ladies' boudoir, a chart room and a vestibule, with a companionway to the bachelors' quarters. These contain a library, two large bedrooms and a bath room. Tbe PAGES 13 TO 2L SUMMER DRESS GOODS 36-inch Black Mohair Brilliantine, special for bathing suits and sKirtS /Jj(j All-wool Black Challie 36c 36-in-all-wool Black Albatross.. P A 36-in. all-wool Nuns Veiling.... II IT 36-in. all-wool Tamise ill I 36-in. all-wool Henrietta U V U Special 45-in. silk and wool Gloria 50c All thin summer weights. library Is finished In paneled quartered oak, r.chly carved. There is also a piano In the bachelors’ quarters and a grate for an open fire In one corner. Still aft are the officers' quarters, comprising eight separate sleeping rooms and an officers' mess room. Of nearly equal magnificence is Dr. W. S ward Webb's new yacht, recently com pleted, to take the place of his Elfrlda, which he s Id to the government during the late war. Nearly all of the rich yachts men who sold their boats to the govern ment at that time have had, or are hav ing, equally ep naive yachts built to taka their places. The Idalia. belonging to Eu gene Tompkins of Boston Is one of the new onta. Mr. Tompkins’ Idalia. No expense was spared In finishing the Idalia. All the rooms are of hard wood, the mahogany finished dining-room and deck saloon being especially beautiful The decorations for the most part are of the Louis XV and Empire styles. Tha bath rooms are finished In tinted tiling, with onyx and marble washstands. 1o describe In detail the many luxuries crowded into American yachts of the half million, dollar class, such as the Nabma. 306 feet long, owned by Mrs. Robert Goe- J °** ph1 "*' 247 owned br P. A. B. Wldener of Philadelphia; the Val iant, 332 feet long, owned by W K Vap ■ derblll; the Vanina, 304 feet long, ownal by Eugene Higgins; the Margarita ’’73 6 feet long, owned by Anthony Drexel of Philadelphia, and J. Pierrpont Morgan's Corsair, 304 feet long, is simply lm,possi ble. Suffice to say that our mi'llon aires consider nothing too expensive for their floating homes. They are the crown ing glories of America's manifestations of luxury. The sums of money that our wealthy cll|. sens annually devote to yachting are al most incomprehensible. Roughly speak ing, the actual cost of running a stram yacht each season of from three to five months is about one-sixth of the original cost of the boat. Howard Gould spend* about $125,000 a year on the Niagara Mr. Goelet and W. K. Vanderbilt each spends a like sum, and James Gordon Bennett as much If not more. Of fully a score of the forty-nine most magnificent American yachts It may be said that each coxa Its owner more each season It is estimated that the cc*t of main tainin* a large yacht Is about *I,OOO for each member of the crew, counting coal provisions, repairs, etc. The Niagara s crew numbers eighty men, the Valiant's eighty, the Nahma's eighty, the Vanina's seventy, the Josephine's sixty, etc. But the sl.X> per man does rot take into ac count the owner's princely entertainment* on board, his champagne bills and other forma of extravagance, and, It Is often the case that entertainments on yachts arw more lavish than on land. As determined by careful estimates, the annual cost of maintain,lng America's fleet of 440 odd steam yachts is *4.8i>.000, a turn which exceed* the total United States gov ernment, slate and municipal, approprl atlone to all of the colleges and uni.enti tle* In the country by more than J 5 0 000. William Wesley Young. —The Journalists' Club of London, has started to raise funds for a monument to Archibald Forbafc