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4 HAVANA’S DRY GOODS STORES. NO SUCH THIN® AS “BARGAIN DAY” FOR WOMEN SHOPPERS. Female Clerks Unknown—All the Merchants Are Spanish and Import Their Help—Prices That Make One Shudder. From the New York Times. Havana. Cuba. July 2.—ln a city of al most 300,000 inhabitants the number Ha vana boasts, one naturally expects to find, amour other things, dry goods stores of considerable size at which a fair assort ment of materials at reasonable prices are to be had. Let no one start on a shop ping expedition in Havana with an idea such as this in her. mind—l say her, as suming that no man will be inveigled Into such an occupation excepting under the stress of necessity—for she will be doom ed to certain disappointment. If she be gins her tour on Obispo street, as she will have been advised to do, beyond doubt, she will find a very narrow street, so narrow that vehicles are only permit ted to move in one direction on it, and stores small in proportion. It will take her some minutes to bring herself to be lieve that these are the best shops in the city, for they are no larger than those In villages in the States. To be sure they carry some very good articles, but such prices are charged for them that one feels that it is almost absurd to pay them. Plain linens are an exception, for they re cheaper than in the North; but table linen of Irish and French makes is much more expensive. New customs regula tions have been made recently tvhich will soon increase the price of the former class fliso One may go the length of the street and he will scarcely find a single shop of two stories: everything is on the ground floor, and that everything, as a rule, con sists of but one line of goods The day of Havana department stores has not yet come, although there is an approach to one in the block called "El Escandalo," where there are forty or fifty counters un der one roof, independent of each other, to be sure, but side by side and selling different classes of goods. The entire but'ding Is owned by a Cuban, so wealthy that he has no better use for much of his money than to spend it on rings; these he wears on all fingers, including his thumbs, so that when the sun strikes the diamonds his hands seem a blaze of light. The principal stores are those with fans and mantillas: a Cuban woman, young or old. without a fan would think her toilet Incomplete, consequently the importance of the shops in which these are sold. Though mantillas are not worn as much as formerly, hats being more in favor, al most every native woman has one in her possession, and never looks as picturesque as when she has one thrown over her head. These face scarfs are mostly black, but white one* are usually seen in <he evenings. Fans range in price from 5 cents up to as many hundred dollars; few at the latter price are bought by Ameri cans. although at pawnshops very valu able ones can be had for a mere ’song. Americans are chiefly intereated in the or namental ones with pictures In brilliant colors of bull fights, toreadors, eenorLaa, and the lover with his guitar. A Run on Fans. Between the fan stores and pawnshops the shopping time of most American wo men is spent. At the latter many old and curious articles are picked up. as well as some very valuable ones. By now there are few things left that curiosity seekers care for. as the shops have been pretty well canvassed by hundreds of Americans, who took away the choicest things. The first comer* found some handsome dia monds in antique settings at nominal prices, but these are all gone, too. The pawnshop* are usually in out-of-the-way places, where one is in more or less danger of finding yellow fever lying in wait for whom it may devour, and this is certainly an obstacle. A physician remarked In my hearing that he did not understand how American women who went day after day Into these places escaped the disease. There are a number of dry goods stores where a fair line of goods Is displayed and an excellent one kept in reserve for want of space in which to show it to advantage. One pays two price* for most good*, and then consoles herself by reflecting that, at all events, the goods came from Cuba, not remembering that those sold in the states at half the price are made in exactly the same mills. Most of the dealers have a very limited number of boards on which cloth Is wrapped, and these are used over and over, for their weight would add to the freight, if or.e came in each piece. ■When one buya a large order at a store he in fortunate. Indeed. If she has a con veyance In which to take or send it home, a* the responsibility of the shopkeeper ends when he wrap* up the parcel Some grocery storee have delivery wagons, but I have never seen one belonging to a dry goods store. The method# of advertising adopted by enterprising dry- goods firms in the North do not obtain here. The stranger may search the English newspapers through and not find a word concerning dry goods; the Spanish papers give ■oarcelv more light There are no lists of things which are for sale at any place, no bargains offered, and no inducements of any kl r d. The merchan-s wait to be •ought, rather than push themselves for ward. If the fickle public comes to them they are glad. If not they pursue the even tenor of their way without It. There is a store whOFe proprietor is very anxious to accuse the patronage cf the American colony, and it is interesting to hear him ta>k to any Ame-ican who may be a prospective buyer. He assure* the cus tomer in excellent English that he very much wishes to please her, and for this reason say* that he gives her the desired article—whatever it may be—at a much lgss price than he would to a Cuban; whereas, as a matter of fact, he asks an American fully as much or more, after the foreign manner of treating Ameri cans. In the rear of the store he has many beautiful Parisian go ds, which he takes a great pride in showing. Near at hand are some dainty wineglasses, one of which, filled with gcod wine from the cut glass decanter, he presses on each cus tomer from whom he wishes to honor. Imagine a dry goods merchant in a large diy in the state* offering his customers •wine! At seme other places one is treated In the same manner. Huvana Clerks Polite. The clerks are uniformly polite, and whether one makes a purchase or not she Is shown much courtesy. There are very few stores where women clerks are em pl yed. These are so rare as to cause corn in'nt when they are seen In the millinery shop*. in ihe two or three Parisian ba i f, and in the largest fan srore. When In lias h come more Americanized than in w is they will doubtless be more fre c t!y employed. At present the centu ttrough which custom has kept wo iu seclusion still have tbelr weight seldom expects to pay the price '. for an article, nor doe* the clerk that she will, although the amount more apt to be fixed now than it was ir ago. It is not often in the States cl rks may make the prices to suit “Ives; here they are apparently ■i carte blanche In this respect. Most f the stores are given some fanciful tide, and the same of the proprietor sel dom appears. La Fama, El Danzon, San Ycr.aclo, Le Palais Royal (there are two or three of these). La Francia, La Es quina, and La Casa Grande are some of the names that greet the eye In going through the shopping district; the dry goods wagons that go about through the city and country are similarly named. the beat of the day awnings are across Obispo street to shut out the sun, and. a* there is usally a breeze, the heat is rarely intense. Many of the merchants live over their stores, and their entire force of clerks and other employes with them. In a way, this is an excellent thing for the clerks, who are, for the most part, young men from Spain, having come especially to take these positions. Their employers take the same interest in them that they would in their own families, for they form a part of these—live in she same house and eat at the same table. Any morning between 11 and 12. if one goes into a store, he will find it almost deserted by its clerks, and in a room a little further back—usually somewhat more elevated than the front—the entire force can be seen eating their breakfast. At the head of the long table is the employer, and uown either side the employes, from the head clerk to the boy who drives the ox cart or any other vehicle that there may be in connection w-ith the establishment. I am told that there are very few Cubans in business on Obispo street, and that each Spanish merchant has enough rifles to arm all the persons un der his roof—a significant fact, if true. Naturally, these Spaniards are very anx ious for the Americans to remain in Cuba. Not long ago I heatd the owner of a large store—as sizes go here —remark that the day ihe American army leave® Cuba he will close his store and set sa l for Spain. On Church holidays doors are closed— partially—for the sake of appearances, hut If one wishes to buy anything he has no trouble in doing so. If there are two doors, one of them is closed, the other left open; if there is only the one door, it Is left ajar, so that the public may not feel itself debarred Doubtlesa, In time, some enterprising American will open a large store on the lines of some of those in the states. Americans in Havana realize the conven er.ee this wou'd bting them. But when that time comes the fascination which is now a park of Cuban shopping will disap pear, for the old little shops will not be able to compete with an establishment of this kind, and their doors will have to be closed. Taking Ca re of a Husband. Mrs. Bliss Explain* Hot. She Con ducts a Fresh Air Society. New York. Aug. 3 —Mrs. J. Matrimonial Bliss has not gone out of town yet, and sha Isn't slumming or economizing either, as she explained to an astonished feminine friend from the country, whom she encountered on the quiet side of the soda water fountain the other morning. "I am conducting a fresh air society and hot weather relief restaurant for John Matrimonial Bliss. Esq., who is far too good a husband to be left In town to swelter by himself,” began the wearer o£ the black end white dimity, stirring the compound in her long glass while she talked. "Asa rule you know we take a house somewhere near town, and John runs in and out on the train every day, but this year the cottage we usually rent was sneaked from us by some unscrupu lous Philadelphians. Nothing else avail able was offered and John suggested that I should take the boys into the mountains and he would try to give u* a Friday to Monday visit twice a month. Risks Nome Women Rnn. “Well, that determined me. As I said before, John is a good husband—in fact, he is Just as near perfection as a man can be and remain a truly delightful com panion and trustworthy guide for a wo man ehrough this worldly old world. So then and there, I decided that he wu far too valuable to be deserted in a hot city in the lonely summer time. I’ve seen lots of exceilen husbands irreparably injured just that way. An other wise, affectionate wife will reduce her house to the aspect of a retired graveyard, have the worst servant in the bunch to do up the hard-worked man's room, breakfast any old way and trust to clubs or res taurants to keep the poor fellow from the desperation of loneliness and starvation. “When she comes home in the autumn she is amazed to find that the head of the house has got a chronic club habit or dyspepsia, and either one, you know, is the entering wedge for mutual dis agreement in the average family. "Taking all this Into consideration, I sent my boys off to their grandparents on the farm, and I can say. without boas'- tng, that I have kept my man happy and cool, well-fed and free from boredom. Preserving a Perfect Specimen. “It isn’t one-half the difficult Job you would think. I began by putting the house in order and shut up the bedrooms we had no use for, took up the carpets,- cleared away the curtains, removed even scrap of superfluous bric-a-brac, and got the furniture into covers. I did not, how ever, reduce the living rooms to the typi cal summer appearance of uninviting ghostliness by bagging the chandelier and tying up the pictures. Plcturesmnd chan deliers are none the worse for summer ex posure when the rooms are kept shady and free from file*, and where big gaps were made by the removal of the fragile ornaments, I filled in with pots of geen house plants. The sight of them, you know, cools the most heated imag ination. and as our house has a fairly wide balcony at the rear I had a green and white striped awning made for it, run a line of flower boxes along the top of the railing, and easily converted it into an open air breakfast room. 'Having done so much. I turned my attention to the business of keeping J. M. Biles’ temperature, while in the house, down to normal. I artfully inquired from my lord about all the little devices used in the clubs and restaurants for men. and I went them several better. We have electric light in our house, so there was nothing to prevent my having electric fens. At half-past five in the evening our man comes with the hose and sprays down the vine* on the front of the house, washes the steps and gives the back yard a drenching. From 8:30 in the morning until sundown the green blinds are closed, the sashes drawn and not a ray of hot sunlight enters the house. “Once n day all the hardwood floors are wiped up with cold water, for I don't permit a broom or feather duster to ap pear; the range Is turned off nnd a gas stove takes its place; the laundry is given out and candles and electric light take the place of other Illuminating mediums. A Domestic Ror, “After I go! so far I went down town and bought a valuable work on how to mix soft and hat'd drink*, end now I know that any woman who can read and who has a thoroughly equipped refrigera tor can produce cooling compounds of Infinite value. Many of these hot morn ings I've spent, _cool as a cucumber in my pantry, shaving Ice, opening soda bot tles. squeezing lemons and tasting every ten minutes until I got the secret of mix ing a cool and stimulating beverage. I’ve learned at least a dozen priceless tricks with Ice and liquids, and the value of my recipes lies in Ihe fact that while the result is delicious and cooling I hardly use any of Ihe heating liquors and fer mented things that, according to my guide hook, the barkeepers employ. The Way the SchcnieWorks, “When the first hot wave got to town I set all the deadly machinery of my scheme to work, and no carrier pigeon or family cat is more Infatuated with his home than my John. When he drags up town at 6 o’clock every snare is laid for him. The floors have had their cold wa ter bath and the electric fans are waving the palm leaves about; there is a tail glars of something standing on the slie board, and 1 officiate around In • white THE MOKNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 1900. lawn, and innocently inquire if It has been hot down town. "Usually 1 get an amazing statistic, and then. Just to prove to John that there is no place like home, I reach for my ther mometer. and he gives a long. low. admir ing whistle. I always arrange for that thermometer to register a good eight de grees below any other in town, and some times it’s telling the truth as to the tem perature of the house, and sometimes it sits with its feet in a bowl of water for awhile, but John does not know that, and the effect is just the same, because, as I said before about the palms, the eye and imagination have such an effect upon the body that if you think you are in a cooler place you simply begin-to gel cooler, and John's temperature drops to the registry of the mercury in my bulb every time. "When old Farhnhelt has done his duty and the long glass is empty, I send my man up to his bath. It is all drawn, his clean clothes laid forth, and when, cheer ful and refreshed, he gets down stairs, din ner is on the table. It is always a good, solid, mans dinner, but seasonable, with delicate, clear soups, or jellied bouillon and clam* on ice and salads and cold des sert, and then we go out on the balcony to smoke and have coffee. If it is a pret ty hot night I suggest a spin around th park and out into the suburbs In the au tomobile, which excursions are often de lightfully prolonged until 12 o’clock, and are always productive of excellent rest; or we stroll around to a roof garden, and In the morning the head of the house finds his breakfast laid on the balcony, his melon ice cold and a small sized but tonhole bouquet beside his plate. Shaving His Joys. ‘l’ve given him leave to ask In any one he chooses for breakfast or dinner, up to the limit of thi>e, and in the last spell of hot weith r we never, sat down to the table alone. Some of the m- n con fessed they had refused to believe John’s tales of the accommodations he got at home; some of them have quite tearfully begged permission to repeat the experi ence, so w ary are they of club and res taurant food, and I’ve had the offer of a f 1 j • - ■ • ' ■'"" ■ *■" - V ■ * b ' I • ■:•’ v •• This li tie autumn dress for a child of eight years cf age is a wool mixture in two shades of blue, and is gracefully trimmed with cream wool lace. fabulous prlte fer a book of my Ideas on how to keep house for homeless business m?n in summer." "And you look as If you had really en joyid it," said the sun-burned wearer of the blue linen enviously. "So I have," assented the black and whi'e dimity cheefully. “It has been hot at times, but I've picked up some bar gains In the shops that would make you cry with envy. I flare say, I’ve had more compliments and really flatrering mascu line attentions than the prettiest belle at any of the watering p;lace3, and John as sures me that with the success he has had this summer we can run over to Farts next year, and I can buy all the frocks I want.” Emily Holt. ALLURING TITLES. Cleverness Shown by Popular An thors In Nninlng Their Books. From the London Glob*. The effect whioh a taking title may or may not have on the fortunes of a book is an open question. When books are spoken of in this connection it is usually fiction that is in the speaker’s thoughts. There Is little need or excuse in the fields of history and biography, topogra phy, theology and science for the use of other than perfectly plain, straightfor ward titles. In the domain of the essay fancy has more scope, and here some writers have been happidly inspired. Thackeray’s “Roundabout Papers” have a title at once pleasant and truthfully de scriptive. Dlcken’s "Uncommercial Traveler” was also rather a happy thought. The various titles Invented by such present day graceful essay writers as Mrs. Meynell and “Vernon Lee" are perhaps more ingenious than alluring. The American essayist. Miss Agnes Rep plier, has chosen very happy names for several of her charming books. No one can deny that “In the Dozy Hours,” "Es says in Idleness' and "Essays In Minia ture” sound decidedly enticing: and if the volumes be opened the headings of the various papers—"A Short Defense of Villains." "Books That Have Hindered Me!" "In Behalf of Parents,” and so forth are equally alluring. But If we al low ourselves to open the books, and go from the title without to the sub-titles within, we cannot forget Charles Lamb, many of whose essays have names which are fragrant with his own fancy and hu mor, such as, for Instance, "Imperfect Sympathies.” "Dream Children,” "The Praise of Chimney Sweepers," and "A Bachelor's Complaint of the Behavior of Married People.” Ruskln may be said to have made a specialty of titles which, although attrac tive, were apt to be misleading. His "Notes on the Construction of Sheepfolds” Is said to have been in considerable de mand for a short time after it* flrrt ap pearance among moorland farmers, and great must hove been their disgust when they found that the sheepfolds had no re lation to hurdles, but were distinctly he ological. Ailustvenes# nnd figurativeness were always the characteristic features of Ruskin’s titles. What can he more en ticing, more picturesquely worded, than such phrnse# as "The Crown of Wild Olive," "Sesame and Lilies." and "The Queen of the Air?” Rut. after all. ll Is In regard to fiction that the question of titles become* of most Importance. So great novelists have taken hut little trouble In the matter. "Waverley,” "Jane Eyre,” "Nicholas Nk'kelby," "Mlddlemarch,” "Tom Jones” —to name a few examples at random—of I fer no special attraction to catch the at [ tention of possible readers. None of l Thackeray’s or Dickens’s titles are of an alluring or particularly suggestive turn, ! save perhaps "Vanity Fair.” The Myste \ ry of Edwin Drood.” and "A Tale of Two Cities.” Some other novelists have de voted special care and thought to the in vention of attractive titles. Wilkie Col lins was much exercised about the naming of the book known to fame as "The Wo man In White." The story was finished, and part of It was already In type for se rial publication in "All the Year Round,” before a name had been found. "Literally at the eleventh hour." said Collins himself long afterward. "I thought of "The 'Wo nsan in White.’ In various quarters this was declared to be a vile melodramatic title that would ruin the book. Among the very few friends who encouraged me the first and foremost was Charles Dick ens. ‘Are you, too. disappointed?’ I said to him. ’Northing of the sort. Wilkie! A better title there cannot be’ —a verdict which the reading public was not slow to indorse. "No Thoroughfare"—the title of the story written in collaboration by Dick ens and Collins—was another happy in spiration. Collins carefully studied ef fectiveness In most of the titles of his novels. "No Name,” “After Dark," "Miss or Mrs.?’’ "The Haunted Hotel,” and the like, have all proved alluring enough to hesitating readers. George Eliot's titles are mostly of the straightforward, pedes trian order, but she is said to have had great trouble in fixing on one for the book which tells the history of Maggie Tulli ver, Stephen Guest and Philip Wakem. "The Tuliivera” and various others were suggested before it was finally decided to call the book by the not very happy ti tle of "The Mill on the Floss.’’ Haw thorne, with his natural instinct for the picturesque and the suggestive, found ti tles which were not only attractive, but full of suggestion. What could be better than “The Scarlet Letter.” "The House of the Seven Gables” and “The Marble Faun"? Of recent years novelties have vied with one another In the invention of far fetched names, intended to be arresting and enticing, but which are often merely "conceited,” in the old sense of the word, and strained. But for titles which are full of quaint conceits we must go back to the earlier days of our literature. 'Grammar Is not precisely an Inviting study, though in the "Diversions of Purity" it became almost attractive; but Horne Tooke’s absurd title is altogether put in the shade by a sixteenth Latin grammar, which had for a sub-title the following honeyed description: "A delysious Syrupe newly Claryfied for Younge Scholars yt thurste for the Swete Lycore of Latin Speche.” We wonder whether this highly sugared pill deceived a single one of the urchins for whom it was so carefully prepared. Old dictionary makers adopted similar devices. A lexi con sounded much more inviting when termed an "Altearle,” or a “New World of Words." or when dubbed "IManlpulus Vocabuiorum.” For titles of the fanciful kind, the Puritan writers distance ail competitors. In their hands illusion and metaphor often become simply grotesque. Here are a few tiiles of theological pamphlets and books: "A moat delectable Sweet Per fumed Nosegay for God’s Saints to smell at.” a pamphlet issued in 1686: "The Snuffers of Divine Love”; "Heel Pieces for Limping Sinners"; The Spiritual Mustard-Pot to make the Soul Sneeze with Devotion." and so forth. Devotion Is hardly the feeling which seems most likely to be inspired by the perusal of such absurdities. But the Puritans, In the adoption of these high-flown and gro tesque phrases, simply oped the ways of more secular writers. The romancers of Elizabethan days revelled and fantastic titles, which were doubtless enticing enough to Ihe. limited reading public of that day. Painter's "Palace of Pleas ure” Is a type of many book titles sim ilarly constructed. The ephuslstlc school, of course, let their fancy run riot in the invention of etrange names for the tedi ous romances In which they discoursed of strange birds and beast# and plants. Greene's "Philomela; the Lady Fitz W aters Nightingale.” or "Morando, or the Trltameron of Love," sound much more attractive than any modern reader could possibly find it to be. Fashions in names hove changed, but the object aimed at remains the same. The modern novelist invents a far-fetched or a startling title In the home of stimu lating curiosity and alluring readers and buyers, Just in ihe *ame way that his pre decessors of three centuries ago strove to secure attention by inventions oast In the mould of the vocabulary which then hap pened to bo fashionable. Clilnn• Crack Regiment. # From the London Mail. All armies have their crack regiments. China's is known as the "Tiger Guard." Ita members are supposed to be very ti gers when turned loose in war. Tttpn. too, they arc dressed in yellow, the imperial color, wllh stripes of black, in imitation of a tiger's skin. The cap is made of spilt bamboo and has ears to It. A bamboo shield, wlih a monster's head painted on it, completes the fantastic uni form. A "Tiger'’ officer in full uniform, as he appears on occasions of review or parade, Is a matter of no small Interest and won der to the stranger. A highly polished helmet te*-minatiug in a crest of gold and a tuft of colored hair on a rod eight inches alovo the cap; a robe of purple or blue silk, richly adorned with gilt buttons, and reaching to the feet, which are Incas ed in black satin boots, constitute a cos tume of plcturesqueue&s aud lncyn' emetic*. 11 111 II II S BP. Here Are the Best Fruit Jars In the World And at Greatly Reduced Prices. lie til <ii. Porcelain Lined Tops. Pints.... 85c the doz. Quarts ..$(.10 the doz. 2 Quarts $ i .25 the doz. Jelly Tumblers. Preserving Kettles. All Summer Qoods Less Than Cost. mmWni 11 Broughton St, West. His implements of war are in keeping with the uniform. All of them glitter with gems and precious metals. What sort of fighters the "Tiger*” make remains to be seen. The general belief is that they are not superior to other branches of the Chinese army except when thoroughly Impregnated with the spirit of fanaticism. Their, repu tation is largely based upon past glories, and they now appear to think more of their adornments than of the serious bus iness of warfare. They are carefully selected men. of good proportions, and enjoy numerous privileges. On whose side they are fight ing now is largely a matter of conjecture. They should be defending the Dowager Empress and the Emperor Kwang-Su, it still alive. —Physicians In the state prison at Co lumbus. 0.. have just taken a fifth finger from the hand of Will Byers, a convict. Byers is serving a term for robbing the mails and found that hie extra finger interfered with hla work in the glove shop of the prison. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. PERSON AJL. aware? Dressmakers, tailors, barbers, bankers, editors or any persons using scissors, either for lace work, cutting bonds or Chinese clippings, that all scis sors stamped with the name Fegeas are sharpened free of charge by the old ex perienced barber, 28 East Broughton, hair. Jewelry and shaving supply house; the place for fine razore, scissors, shears; bar ber chairs for sale or rent; barber shops bought and sold. ANY PARTY WHcTcANTnFORU T'S of the present whereabout* of Rachael L. Hicks (colored) will be rewarded. Address Box 166, Postofflce, Savannah, Ga. BEND TWELVE CENTS IN STAMPS for Gifford’s song, "In an Old-Fashioned Garden;” regular price 50 cents. Cable Piano Cos., Savannah. IS YOUR IRON SAFE FIRE PROOF? We are selling the celebrated StiffeT & Freeman’s fire proof safes. The makers have a standing offer of SI,OOO for every safe that docs not preserve Its contents. Drop us a postal and our safe man will call on you. C. P. Miller, Agt. 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Regular price, one dollar. We want ten thousand new customer? to use Lebord’s French Pills;*better ~Tfian Tansy and Pennyroyal; every box war. ranted; only two boxes to any one. Re member only 90 days; take advantage while this offer lasts Beard Chemical Company, 2426 Olive street, Louisville, Ky. WATER COOLERS, BALDWIN RE frigerators. hammocks, lawn chair* and all summer goods closing out at lowest prices. C. P. Miller, Agent. HAVE - YOUR OLD _ MATTRESSES renovated, one dollar; returned seme day. Telephone 4148. GARDNER’S BAZA AR~AOENT ' FOR Oelschig'z nursery, headquarters for floral decorations; designs, plants and cut flow | ers. “FOR FURNITURE AND PIANO packing, moving or storing, telephone 2. District Messenger Company, the only warehouse in the city specially fitted to care for furniture and carpets. I 'HATS; RIBBON*, FLOWERS, lETC., at cost; hat trimmed for 25c. Miss C. D. Kenner, 117 York, west. "MILLER’S AWNINGS INCREASE circulation of air and keep out the heat. You need one. Let us put it up at once. C. P. Miller, Agent, MOUNTAIN RESORTS are delightful places to rest and grow strong, but not very good places to buy SHOES. Bring in the children before you leave for the sum mer and let us fit them properly. Strong shoes for climbing. Dainty slippers for dress. Seasonable styles for mamma and j|nwV\ We Fit the FAMILY, i and the - PRICES are RIGHT. mMm PERSONAL,. tain to-day the following sherbets: Cho colate, peach, lemon, orange, banana and the new one, royal princess. Furber. “M’GILLIS" SELL3 SIXTY-INCH RUGS —Smyrna patterns—for 99 cents. MOSQUITO NETS. ALL GRADES OF American and Imported lace nets, with beet fixtures; prices low. C. P. Miller, Agent.. “HAVE YOUR OLD MATTRESSES renovated, one dollar; returned same day. Telephone 4143. M’GILLIS 18 CHEAP ON RUGS. NETS, lace curtains, hammocks, water coolers, pillows, pictures, (stove*, bedroom suites, and furniture of every description. WISE BUYERS ARE PLACING their orders for furniture and carpels lo be delivered any time this fall. We have plenty of bargains for early buyers. See up to-day. C. P. Miller, Agt. GUARANTEED FOUNTAIN PEN, sl. At Gardner’s Bazaar. SOUTHERN - UMBRELLA FACTORY; largest umbrella factory south of Balti more; all repairings neatly done; all covers cut from piece; mourning umbrellas made to order; we call your special attention to our fresh stock of alpaca covers. 330 West Broad street; second block of Cen tral depot. WE WILL~ REPAIR - YOUR OLD trunks and sachels to look and be good as new; or take them in exchange; um brellas recovered and repaired. Chatham Trunk Factory, Broughton, corner Aber corn. ABOUT MATTRESSES! DON’T - BE fooled by unknown cheap Johns; Fox’s established sixteen years, owns his own building, has patent machine for picking material; largest and best equipped work shop; employs White mechanics only; ren ovates mattresses thoroughly; sl, up wards. Fox’s, 214 Whitaker. M’GILLIS' LACE - CURTAINS - WILL beautify your parlor. A CASH INVESTMENT-IN-FURNl ture and carpels with me to-day will prove immensely profitable to you. Verbum sap. C. T. Miller, Agt. HAVE YOUR OLD MATTRESSES renovated, one dollar; returned same day. Telephone 4143. f AM PREPARED - T6 — tfPH6LSTER parlor and dining room furniture, in leath er. eilk, damask, and other fabrics, in the best manner. Special facilities for reno vating curled hair. moss, and cotton mat tresses. All classes of work skillfully done. I have none but experienced me chanics and will guarantee satisfaction C. P. Miller, Agt. M’GILLIS MOVES, PACKS. SHIPS and stores pianos and furniture; best work only; no “Cheap-John” prices—no “Cheap- John” Jobs. WHEN YOU SEE M’GILLIS’ SlXTY inch 99 cents rugs, you will buy them. Just can't help it; will sell In any quan tity. “IF - YOU " WANT - A" GOOD ' TRUNK, sachel or telescope, for half you pay oth ers, buy at Chatham. Trunk Factory, Broughton, corner Abereorn. Georgia ’phone 1061. WE ARE - READY TO 'SHOW LARGE lines of furniture for bedroom, dining room, parlor and office. Also choice lino of carpets, mattings, window shades, art squares, rugs, lace curtains, etc. It will pay you to see us to-day and make your selections. C. P. Miller. Agent. A -- CONUNDRUM: - WHY WILL A great many owners of horses pay us much to make their horses suffer from ill fitting shoes as it would cost to have the Job done by an expert horseshoer, and there fore. done right. I guarantee the fit and work every time. Monahan, the horse shoer and fitter, Jefferson street, near Liberty. - “FURNITUREMOVBD WITH CARE." is a specialty with McGlllis. if you want good - material and work, older your lithographed and printed stationery and blank books from Morning News. Savannah. Ga. MEDICAL. Pennyroyal Pills are the best. Safe, re liable. Take no other. Send 4e stamps for particulars. “Relief for Ladles," in letter by return mall. Ask your druggist. Chichester Chemical Cos., Phllada., Pa. ThaVE FOUND A POSITIVE CURE for drunkenness; can be given secretly; will gladly tell you what It is; don’t send money. Mrs. May Hawkins, Lock Box L. H. 131, Grand Rapids, Mich. MORPHINE, OPIUM, LAUDANUM, cocaine habit; myself cured; will inform you of harmless, permanent home cure. Mrs. Baldwin, Box 1212, Chicago. HOW ARE YOUR FEET? IF YOUR feet are troubling you. call on me and I will give you relief; I cure ingrowing nails, corns and all diseases of the feet without pain; charges reasonable; can give the best references in the city; pa tients treated at residences; orders can be left a Livingston’s drug store, Bull and Congress streets; telephone 293. Lem Davis, surgeon chiropodist. j._ _ _ 1 HELP WANTED—MALE. understands trucking and is willing to work. D. B. Lester. “WAITED _ A FIRST-CLASS BARBER; steady employment. 551 East Liberty. Jas. R. Davis. ‘ WANTED - COLORED - BOY - OR MAN to milk and do dairy work. Address 523 East Liberty street. SIP * W Gentlemen who have stout, fleshu feet we ask to kindlu call and examine our specialty for them, Why wear a clumsy looking shoe when we can dress your feet in a neat, stulish and same time com fortable shoe at as small a price as you pay for the or dinary kind? This is a special last and must be seen to be appreciated, No one else has it, Come to-day, GEILjSc QUINT fHONE m. 203 BROUGHTON, WEST HELP IVAM'BD—MALE. TWO OR three months, first-class stenographer and type writer; man with railroad experience pre ferred. Lane, Morning News. WANTED, ‘ A BARBER. APPLY 513 liberty street, east. “wanted AN~“A 1” MILK scan, none other need apply. Kensington Farm Dairy. wanted7 - a - good - MAN IN~ EVERY town in Georgia, to handle our account; write for terms; furnish references. Grantham Bros., wholesale fruits and pro duce. Savannah, Ga. WANTED, BROOMMAKERR AD dress Box 556, Charleston, S. C. SALESMEN To BELL PERFUMES, toilet soaps, etc., to dealers; 3100 monthly and expenses; experience unnecessary. Plumber Perfumery Cos.. St. Louis, Mo. “WANTED, SEVERAL TRUST worthy persons to manage our business in their own and nearby counties; mainly of fice work conducted at home; salary, S9OO a year and expenses; mention reference and enclose self-addreseed stamped envel ope. The Dominion Company, Dept. K., Chicago. “312 WEEKLY AND EXPENSES, DEFl nite bona-fide salary; men and women as general agents; rapid promotion, increase; local and traveling; reference required, Butler & Alger, New Haven, Conn. “HUSTITiNG SALESMAN WANTED BY well-known house; natural ability and aptness counts for more than experience; give references. Box Three, Detroit. Mich. TRAVELING SALESMAN WANTED by established house; no technical knowl edge necessary, bdt simply all around hustler of good appearance and address. First-class line; special contract; entire time required; references. Box 432, De troit, Mich. EXPERIENCED*"SPECiAL^TY-BALES man to visit dry goods, general store and drug trade; must have best of references and give bond. Address Box 814, Chicago. EARN BIG MONEY; WRITE ADVBJR tlsements; we teach it. Page-Davia Advertising School, Chicago. “SIDE LINE OFFERED BY~HIGH rated corporation on uncovered ground; several earn $25 week cash; free outfit. Factory, P. 0., 1371, New York. “WANTED - A FIRST-CLASS SALE - man; thoroughly experienced in clothing, shoes and hots; good salary guaranteed; none but first-class and with good refer ence need apply; send reference with ap plication. Address m. D., office, Savan nah Morning News. “wantedTtraveling SALESMAN, for Sept. 1 engagement, acquainted with Florida trade; roust be sober and relia ble, with references. Address Traveler, Box 352, Jacksonville, Fla. YOUNG MAN TO TRAVEL IN GEOR gla; SSO monthly to start and all expenses; position permanent If satisfactory; self addressed envelope for particulars. Ad dress Manager Gillis, Pontiac building, Chicago. WANTED EVERYWHERE—HUST lers to tack signs, distribute circular*, samples, etc.; no canvassing; good pay. Sun Advertising Bureau, Chicago. HEI.P WAITED—FEMALE. ' preferred, cook, wash and iron for fami ly cf six. Must have beat recommenda tions. Isle of Hope. Mrs. J. B. Wiley. ~ WANTED — COOK FOR SMALL FAM ily; references required. Apply 235 Gor don street, east. WANTED. WOMAN TO COOK AND wash at White Bluff. G. H. Remshart, U Bryan, east. COOK, FIRST - CLASS COOK~WAITD ed. 206 Fifth street, west. “WANTED'Ta - GOOD, - HONEStT - 3ET - tied woman 4o nurse. Apply 403 Liberty street, west. “EXPERIENCED HANDS CAM GET employment at E. & W. Laundry, 712 An derson, west. “WANTED, NEAT, INTELLIGENT house girl; call Sunday. 113 Liberty street, west. “WANTED^a'T - ONCE, A GOOD"COOK - ; none need apply unless well recommended. Apply to H. H. Hull, Henry street and Waters avenue. 'HOUSEGIP.L WANTED 3 — STATE street, west. “any - lady can'easily make!fi to $25 weekly by representing us In hr locality, and as the position is both pleas ant and profitable the year round. I will gladly send full particulars to all. Even your spare time Is valuable and if you really want to make money, address, with 2c stamp, Mis. Mary E. Wheeler, 87 ■Washington street, Chicag-o, 111. “LADY TO TRAVEL IN GEORGIA’. SSO monthly and all expenses to start; perma nent position If satisfactory; self-ad dressed envelope for reply. Address Man ager Macßrady. Star building, Chicago. K Axsw ANTED. 'TgentTwantbo' to'”"be inde pendent, learn Ihe grandest paying pro fession of the age. A beautiful book and information absolutely free. American In stitute of Science, Nevada, Mo. “$1,500 CAN BE MADE DURING-CAM paign season selling our campaign ties; greatest sellers ever Introduced; territory going; write immediately; full line wTiite nnd fancy rubber collars; enclose stamp Dept. C., M. & M. Mfg. Cos.. Springfield, Mass.