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PAKT TWO. THE CURTAIN HAS RISEN, And Yesterday Revealed a Sight of “Ye Good Olden Times.” The crowds flocked to the store and were pleased, and we were gratified that we could substantiate every promise we had made. It is the end-of-the-season sale with a vengeance. And although it is for Men's Clothing and Men’s attire principally, the ladies will be benefited, for the men will be pleased, and homes made bright with these additional bargains for ladies especially. Household Necessities. Our busy Housefurnishing Department has some thing new for you always. These are samples of the hundreds you find there: Jardineres. Clnelng out our stock, a* * special we ** . r a 9-Inch tint oat and gold traced one, rorth 15c, for sc. Decorated Cuspidors, worth 15c. gnat sc. JS2L 1-pound Decorat- Coffee and Tea Canisters go at 3c Each. One-pound Spice J Canisters. worth go at 2c. Q Polished Wood Potato J Mashers, 2c each. \ Wire SJoap Savers, 2ceach. On Monday from tO to 12, we will sell \ 000 Glass Oil Bottles, Decorated and gold filled; wort 25c each, for 10c each. Mail Order Department. The busiest portion of the hive. And we pay expressage on all or ders over $5. CONSULS AND CONSULSHIPS. there are aiioi t :mo ov them; OPPICMU IX ALE. < "nenlatilpe Much Souk hi—More A|- I'llcan is 1 him Places—Takr. Alrong Pollilt-nl I'ull to Qrt on Appoint* m.-iit—tomrtlilnjr Attaut n t'aneal'e Dalle*—'Tugrllirr With on Ar.-on.it ot llir Trial* Thr, Have to Endure unil lillll.-nltlra They llnve to Ovrr enntr—Other Matter* of General Internal. Washington, Bepl. 14.—1 t aeema odd. but i nevertheless, true, .that the poorly-paid < i uncertain poult lon of a consul of tho ' Mt*d States la more sought after, awl > ,’ilre* more political "pull" to obtain. '' '-n many home offices paying twice the • iry. Though the Land of the Free Is ' ue good enough for most people, and l> better for work performed than any '■ her country, the desire to go to a for* <in field Is strong In the breast ot the *'• iage American cltlten—especially when Ii traveling expenses are to be paid by le Samuel, with something of salary ‘•'“l standing thrown In. Therefore, these l-o-lilons rank high among the plums of I Itronage that fall to the share of sue ' fui r>olitlclon, and to secure one of them, when twenty are clamoring for the > 'me place, tans difficult as for the typ- I ■' 1 camel to squecse himself through the typical needles' eye. There are only three ■ ndred and odd consuls, all told. Inthe em l >y of Uncle Sam; and among these, vt ' ui' tea rarely occur except with change 'i-lnilnietratlon. Therefore prospects sre ' • particularly bright for the several is*anrl applicant* of consular honors f • always on r+cor*l at til* Btai* P*- 1 *ftment. Now and then *om* ' ’irewman. < omprllni to |ay a political ' t. or fulfill an antl-elsctlon promts, 1 *** so determined a raid on tne tonsu • ■ service that his man Is pushed In. hy t of pushing some other man out. Of l jfnbenis of the better fields. 14 Is said • t “Few die and none resign.” Rut as ' rywhere else In this uncertain world. ' 'h and change of purpose do make oe onel vacancies; whn* In such places B*ntos, Hraxll, Acapulco. Mexico. I.a > . Veneaueln, sml a few other*, the 1 'n Detroyer conspires with many dls ‘ forts to help the congressmen by cre -1 ff more frequent openings. • • • • • • • • ne could hardly Imagine a greater va r of home, than tho** inhabited by 1 --nnsuls In various parts of the earth. - er could one easily Imagine a great - •r irlety In the personnel of only three ’in tred and odd representatives of the '* country. It Is not the policy of our * e.nmant to own 1t consulate butid - ind grounds; but In one way and " the r , half a doaen or ao have fallen It* posaiaslon. They are In such far *w,y end widely aeparated places, as Ta * •I. tho fkcbdy Island*. Tangle*. Moroc- Areoy, China; Bangkok. Slam; Heuol. Korea; and Tokto Japan In thee* place* ihe consuls, of course have their rant Mainim Domestic Conveniences. W. ar. offering Chamber Bet* at rrtee, that will surprise you. A. a special for thin *k we have marked our 55.00 tinted and (old traced seta at 53.50. Strainers, Spout Tea Strainers. |c. worth 25c, go at sc. Strong well-made House Hatchets, worth 10c, go at sc. fr> e. but provide their own furniture. Everywhere < Ise they ant such quarters as they may need f.>r office*, and do the best they can for dwelling-places for their frfmill s. If tho families go along. In most eases they are allowed a small sum for office-rent, and tills Is generally used by the consul to pay house-rent, and then tils office Is set up In his reach nee Being something of a glolie-trotter myself, and with a f.tn.-y for out-of-the-way corners of the ear:h, I have been many t!m* * as tonished, by tinting charming consular families where least expected, living de lightfully on tho very border* of civilisa tion. For example; ther- la Consul Kauff man, brother of the eultor of tho Wash ington Star, who has lived many years In the coast-d'Sert of I’erti. remote from any town. Married to a Peruvian lady of high degree, he hi# reared s veral very handsome daughters (educated by govern esses from Until, and has a delightful home, overlooking the boundless Pacific. Another well-known Eastern gentleman, r* ’Jfjr lev fjfeMvt This genuinely captivating autumn hat called "The I.ady Randolph" ls of black velvet, the wide brtm faced with folds of white chiffon and dressed elaborately with peacock-colored QUllls and satin ribbon. disappointed In love, ehoae to exile him self as Uncle Samuel's representative In Ouayntas. Meg., for twenty year*, till ho died His bachelor heme was an Ideal one. even In that Henv*n-for**k' n village, and III) d- serving Amerl -an ever visited the plate without partaking of his generous hospitality. I Have met them In the nttle sunke-lnfest'd d.-erts of Baja. California, on the Isles of the set. In forgotten vll lagti of the And.*, tn the tr pica I wllder ntss of the Amaron. away up the \ aldt vta river In Southern Chill. In far Para . „tm-h ira-e--d n-,ghl...rh-. I of Ca,w Horn— and always th-y were gentßm.rn ready to extend a helping hand to the rarer But not all of them were American*. nor even nyurnUscd ottlxeni of "The Home of the Brave Indeed. In some cs.es. nationalities are ludicrously eommerclel Interest. of •" France, Frenchmen in Ckrmanjr, Germans SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1900. Special for Children’s Use. American Indian Print. ww Turkey Red I’r.nia, while dot. A tlguree and airlpea ™ll 30-lnch Percale* In gurnrts and fj n.tvy blue Assorted drees pi aide, 12*. Jc value 10c Assorted dress plaids. 15cvalue 12^0 Assorted drem plaids, In 10 to 12 yard length*, 25c value 15c Assorted worsted drees plaids, JS-Inch. 35c value .-fc Fleeced outing flannel, manufacturer', short end*, real value 12tc I'4c Out Ink flannels, fleeced on both aides, light, dark grounds, extra value, at. 10c Flannelettes. French flannel pattern, (yard wide! lIHc New style percales In lie value 12Ho Oarnet, blue, 12!*e value lfcJ Toilet Articles. Violet Talcum powder dc Solid back hair brushew *c I>jrsre bottle wllch hazel 10, (’ruddock's medicated blue soap 7c Vlolette toilet soap. 3 rakes tn b0x....10e Packer’s tar itoap 17c Ainolln powder ,9c Allen's foot-ease !*' Colgate's shaving eoap dc Hue triple extract*, assorted odors ...,15c Oal meal toilet soap 5c New Silks, Captivating Novelties. IS-lnoh Colored Taffetas, all silk, light snd dark colors, reduced from 6*c to 39c. lSdnch Black Taffeta Olaoe. suitable for waist*, under aklrt* or lining, reduced to 49c. 15-Inch Black Pe*u da Sole, reduced j from Jl.dO to 75c. / A t B BQUMIOM & BULL SISi tn Italy, and so on to the end of the chapter. Most of them were born tn for eign countries, but have taken out natur alisation papeneln America; and others never saw America, or learned to speak Its language But that fart 1* more than offset by the numbers of Americans repre senting tho United Stales tn countries of whose language they ere entirely Ig norant. In many out-of-the-way places It frequently happens that the United Slates consul cannot converse with citi zens of the coumry he represents without the aid of an interpreter. Even higher up In the diplomatic service, one occasion ally mi-ets a minister, like Mr. Egan, late of Chill, who always spoke Dublin at home, while representing the United States. Asa rule, however, where the American consul does not speak English. here Is no money In the post, and he ls a native merchant, holding the office mere ly for the honor, or to further some small business schemes of his own Happily, the posts which pay the Incumbent nothing at alt. are scarce; bu* there are a few which never yield the value of one red rent, either to *he government or the con sul. • •••••• • In a grent many of the post*. Death may be the American consul's next door neigh bor the year around. In the shape of cholera, smallpox, local cnlentura*. or some other agent of the King of Terror*, who !* liable to call upon him officially, at any minute. If disease docs no. visit the consul or some member of hi* family It Is sure to catch his native servants, who mtngle with tt more freely. Hhould sickness, or trouble in any form, be rajm pnnt tn the American colony of his post, the consul Is expected to do all tha4 he con for the victims, regardless of personal peril. He Is a sort of governor over tho colony of Americana within hls jurisdic tion—the patriarchal head of the family, so 40 any. and the people who come un der hls wing, rush to htin on slightest provocation. Imposters swarm at hls door, whether hls place lx- Important or Insig nificant. Beggars and deadbeat* work upon hi* sympathy and hls salary; and If there Is ony social life In hls eolony. It soon eats the very lining out of hls pook ettxxvk, Every traveler knows that of all the hot lads of gossiping slander on earth, a small colony In a foreign land Is the worst—unless It be an Isolated army-post, with a few Idle officers' wives. The con sul must keep out of all this, as carefully as he would out of ■ nest of venomous sergertts. at the same time being "all things to alt men”-and especially to all women. In the last named task, I fancy, lies the head and front of hls diplomacy. If there Is no social life In hls qplon V. the consul I* apt to tire very soon of the natives about h m and to pine for hls own country In almost every esse rnn- Mii* Who have lived lu strange and dis tant ’countib*. advise those who come after them not to marry. If they are un. married; or if a ready married, not lo bring thrtr wives along If the post hap liens to he tolerably salubrious, and If It can furnish some of the comforts of life which the average American man and w man eenalder Indispensable—then It may do well enough to bring th worn*), and trust to providence to spar* them the pangs of horn'sickness. . , . An American consul t given to under otand. whm he hangs out the Rtara and Stripe* (or * #tn, Uat he repreenu tb* Colored Dress Goods. Olford Buttings. tultab> for entire milts or separate Rainy I>ay Skirts, in Inches wide, sell $1.26. New OoK material*. Including all Ih# new season's design* and coloring*, extra heavy weight*, all width*, worth from I! 75 to 12 no. will sell for $1.25 and $1.50. St-Inch Black Batin Cloth, heavily bro caded. reduced from 50c to 35 c. Sd-lnch Black and Navy Storm Berga 25c. Satin and tiros Cirain Ribbons. No. 1. Haby Ribbon, lc yard .. 440 piece No. 2. (4 Inch wide, 2c yard .... 30c piece No. 4. 5. Inch wide. 4c yard .... Sic piece No. 5. 1 Inch wide. 6c yard *7c piece No. 7, l'.lnch wtde, •<- yard .... 4*c piece No. 5. U 4 Inch wide. 7c yard .... 63c piece No. 12, 2 Inch Wide. #c yard .. 4c piece No. 1. :> 4 Inch wide, lie yard . .*1 04 piece No. 22. 2*4 Inch wide, lie yard *1.24 piece No. 40, 2 Inch wide. 15c yard ..*l.4opleca For Art Work. Anew and pretty llna of Mexican Drawn Work. Sllknline In all color. THc yd Hemstitched linen tray cover*, ready stamped S* o Stamped pillow shams 25c pr Fast color red embroidery 00tt0n...10 skin Battenberg pattern* from 10c up Unen lialtenberg braid lc yd Zephyr worated for crocheting, all col or* Ic lop Irish point tabla cover* from 35c up •Individuals' of the United States and thetr commercial Interests, also any other Interests they may chance to have In hls jurisdiction. This makes him liable to be called upon to do a most anything, from bullyragging a local Alcalde, to being dc lecttvo. Jailer, Judge and Jury, all on the same case; and by ihe time ho has been In office a year or two, he l< generally prepared to do almost anything, at al most any hour of the day or night, for almost any type of the American cltl xn Aside from all these varied happening*, ho has routine duties, laid down on the consular regulations—a largo volume In small type, containing more than enough rule* lo keep an energetic man going every hour of tho twenty-four In a tol erably Important plai-e. In Chinese posts. Ihe ronsul Is sup|oeed to be the #pel.ll protector of Ihe missionaries In hi* dis trict; aisl long before the recent uprising, was often railed from hls bed In the mid dle of the night to run lo tho Celestial aultioHile*. at Ihe risk ot hls own life, to avert sons- outrage upon the missionary workers. The fact I*. If a discreet end tactful man, he may be a belief mission ary than most. In Ills own quiet "official" way. Where there Is a prison for Ihe es pecial conllnemrni of erring American*. Ihe consul Is the Jailer; and In rare In stances he may become an executioner. H- may try all criminal and civil cases In hls Jurisdiction, where the defendant* are rttlsens of the United Htates. He also performs marriages and grant* divorces, ami prolMtes will*. He ship* home bodies of dead Americans, and preaches funeral sermons; he looks out for moll matter lo and from America. Investlgaits* Auer lean shipwreck*. If bis l*x" l on a <’<>*: tiel|e strand'd seamen back lo Ihe United Siat.-s out bf hls own pocket and tuns Ihe risk of the treasury deportment si Washington disallowing the seaman's claim*—tn Which case ihe consul never gets hi* money back He nettles *ll dis putes between mariners, prevents pau per* from emtgr.itln* to this country; promptly reports all Invention* and .11*- coverles within hls territory; *ml re|iort* quickly ami elaborately upon everything which may be of the .lightest value to Ihe American commercial world. Hardly a day pusses without something of Inter est to the public, as well ss of great value to American business men who am seeking to enlarge their foreign trade, be ing taken from the advance sheets of the consular report* by the Washington cor respondents of the great newspapers and published tn every state in Ihe l nlon. *> the < on* a I must be a dterary mon. aw Well ns Mtnl*ter of the Gospel. lawyer. Do'- lor. Hsng-mun and Ji k a> n.l trades. After these consular reports have been given out to the newspaper*, they sre more carefully printed amt bound, for the chamber* of Commerce, boards of trade, and other business organisation*, and arts really of unealculable value In tnelr line. While reports upon all commercial mai ler* going on about him from a large part of the consul’s duties, hls biggest Job Is the recording of Invoice*. He has to make three separate Invoices of every shipment of good* from hi* pott to the United States. One of these Invoices ts retained by the shipper, who pays the consul a fee; on 1* sent hy Ihe consul to the American port for which the goods are bound; and the other he retains. All tho fees taken W at salaried port* nr® re- New Carpets, New Curtains, Draperies and Laces. This reaaonW colorings and design* are novel snd Inviting, and the price, aie mod erate. to aay the let. We are aelltng a good Brussel* 55 c. A lace curtain at 75c (That beata the world ) Chenille Portiere* $2.60. Tapestry curtain* $3.00 An Ingrain carpet 45c. (That Is really grand) Beautiful line of Cpholstry Goods. Fine Shoes. Imdles’ pat tip and kid tip Southern but tone. *1.75 end *2do quality at *1 29. New est shapes and nobby patterns. A good shoe for the boy* *n.l girl* Buy tho Bunker Hill School Shoe, the beet on eerlh at the price. Price* *1.60 to *2.00. Indies' kid. hand sewed, welt* and turns, button, and laces, odd slice, *2 50. *SO. end *1.50 grades, now ..*l.Ol Men's vlcl kid and box calf, laced, band eewed welt*. In the neweet shapes. *4.00 quality at *3 50 turned to the treasury department. *t Washington, where they are placed to th credll of the service, which uwd to he self-supponlng. but of late years has fallen for short of the mark ami now cos,* the government something like three hundred thousand dollars per annum. A WONDER FBI. MKII Him,. She Has Wandered All the Way From Delhi tn San F'ranelsrn. San Francisco. Sept. 14.—Rosie Arbldltty Is a Sikh girl who e home Is India. Hhe came to America three years ago on a mission. Now the Sikhs are /ioi an ad venturous p ople and prefer to slay where their easte rue*, whl h forbids them to cut what ha* been ao much a* touched by an outcast, can be strictly obeyed. But Bosle wanted to be rich ao she could help A bewitching little house dress, of heavy strawberry red grass cloth, trimmed with white braid and white linen. It I* a musi satisfactory school frock and can be worn until December. her people who are dying from famine and from the cholera, which follow* times of want. She was only sixteen when she landed In Han Francisco Bosle we* burn at Delhi, her father he. log a native and a soldier Her mother died of s arvatlon, though she managed to keep her chil l well enough while she lived, pro! ably giving It all the leant al lowance of Rod made for the family, and eating nothing herself. Ho Rosie ha* a right to be a heroine. It run* In her blood On* night her h-r came to the . amp with an officer, and Bosle was called to qpeak to him. "My service I* ftnsh'd here." he said to her. "I shall leava you with my peo ple *nd go to Chin* to earn money for you." Hhe was *ll he had left, and Roe" clung to him and sobbed, and refused to be comforted, until 4b* acer, who had a NEW FURNITURE. Thl* Golden Oak Exiension Table ad vertised ISM. cut to *4ttk J6.SB A 5-piece Parlor Suit, Ma hogany finished, carved frame, worth $35.00, cut $22.50. THRIFT IS WEALTH. Save your Umbrellas. We re cover them while you wait. little girl of hls own, said; "I/et her come, too. Hhe aliall go with my wife. Would you like to he n little nursemaid. Hosts?" Rosie had no Ideu what a nursemaid might be, but she knew It meant that atm could go with her father. There was a special pain fir the child In having her home, for In the camp were *ix little cousins Their mot lx r had died only a week lx foie, and when she was dying Boats had held hrr hand and promised to boa Bister to the half doaen mites of boys and gtrla left behind. They all sot and wept dlrmit y nt tho news of Houle's going, hut liad not life enough to make any vigorous protest*. "I shall earn a fortune and then we ean have our garden and our house again," she told them They were not very hope ful, and three of them died within Ihe tnont h. But Bole went to Shanghai, where her father worked icsr her as a fxjlU-eman, and she team'd a great many thing* from the officer's wife. "It tvse only when my father wo* kill ed on*> night." Rosie sold, that I was *ad. for he and 1 were saving all <ir money and could soon go hack to our home mid my cousins, who were to live with us." After hi* dealt) she resolved to come to America, the El Dorado of every Asiatic. "It la not possible," "You'll die 1n a A "They will not let you land." and a doaen olher objection* were nm le "If she has the grit, lei tier g*<." one of the office's said, and so they arranged evsryihlii* for her. and the Immigration Bureau at the |K>n of Han Francis.") allowed the tall Hike maiden, with her eager eyes and gentle voice, lo larxl from Ihe "Coptic." Alt" Showed them her trunk fill'd with *llk handkerchief# and her money tied up In a blue cloth bag which she wore around her neck, She look the bundle of handkerchiefs and sttfcxl on the street near a Idg shop People crowded around her. though Hail i Francisco Is us-d to strangers fioin ail over Ihe world. Pretty soon all the handkerchief* were ! gone It wat ihen that lh sohllsr* be gan marching up Market street from ih* Ferry out to the Presidio, watting till they I could go to the Philippines. "1 love soldiers." Kosle says, "my falh- I er. he was a soldier, belt taller and hand i somer. But these, too, are soldier*.” Rosie's American experience began now In earnest. She followed the volunteers anel found the Presidio. At the liegln -1 nln* the men hod long wait before they re< elve-d any pay. It giew very warm out : on Ihe sand hills, and the food wa* rath er more plain than the volunteers had been accusiomed U>. One <lay on Italian with a load of fruit pushed hi* cart to the ramp of the Trn iic.*sees Untie ss* there sitting on the ground when the Italian came along and offereel the fruit for sale. The men want ed It and offered him every bargoln they eouid think of, but be would none of them. "You got mono? Mona buy fruit. No mona, no fruit," and he was pushing hls cart along, though ther* was no doubt that but for the disgrace the Tenn w*r In. he would be pushing away an empty cart, "mona” or nor. Bosle took a dollar from her hag and I offered It to Tom Day. He heellalsd, and PA(iES 11 TO 20. Fine Velour Couches, Any color, tufted or not, as you want, SIO.OO kind, onlv $6.98. P GOLDEN OAK DRESSER. JFrench Bevel Plate, because 1 they arc odd, goat P : l $7.65. Sail sizes, few left. Tins Me $6.98 Full high Roll Top D*k. flnrt-rJium < Mon Oak Ilka cut, worth SCP <*>, only $(6.75. ~I Rich Golden Oak cane seat if—TL Revolving, screw and till B-O Ollice Chairs, worth SI.OO, • N $5.75. then Bosle told him he could pay back the money when he got hls pay. "All right, fellows! We'll make Roste banker, or whatever you call the fellow wlx> lend* money. Every dollar she lend* she gem two for,” They all agreed. "If any fellow doesn't p*y up he'll h*ve me to talk to," Tom warned them, and then they bought out th* Italian who had waited to see If there was not hope for him In the discussion. "Too much he charge," Roele said. "I sell you fruit, too.” Next morning she ceme pushing her own cart of fruit Hhe opened an ac count with half the men, and then she went to the other camps, for there were too many soldiers to camp at the Pre sidio. Bosle cannot read a word, and c*n only write enough to sign her name, and learned that when she set up a hank hook. Hhe had running accounts with hundreda and htindrels of men, all dres et alike, nearly ell strangers, hut that girl kept everyone of them tn her head, and no soldier ask'd hls standing with her that she could not give It Immed.ately. "You can't f >ol Bosle," Is a saying tb* men will carry to the Philippines and home again, for It came to be one of the camp express ons Bosle had mada vow with herself that she would take (t oon home, which mean* a big fortune to mg of Iter frugal people. When the /"idler*, all but a few regu lars, had gone, she hail 42.1*7''® Then *he tried peddling from door to door, hut In the city It did nut pay. "1 wl l go out to the country." ah* said, and alio walked from town to town over the northern portion of Ca lfornM, selling her stuck of notions and trinkets, an k this last June, when the warm weriher began and the fruit was ripe, she lack'd but two hundred do.lar* of he appointed sum. Hhe came hark and went to work In the cannery and stayed there till tlx- soldier# began coming again on the way lo I'i'lna. Now she has her fruit cart once more, and tri the afternoons goes out to the Presidio. Hhe has calculate.! her saving* and says that by the time the "Coptic" goes home again she will go too. for she will not travel hack except hy the ship which brought her to so much good luck. It will surely make her people forget that she ha* broken their law*, ha* lived and eaten among strangers, ha* worn their costume, but ha* also corned wealth fee them. Helen Grey. A Beenrd la Blood. The record of Hood's Sarsaparilla la lit erally written In the blend of millions of people to wlirm It ha* given go and health. It Is all the time curing disease' of .th* stomach, nerve*, kidneys and blrod. and It is doing good every day to thousand* who are taking It for poor appetite, tired feeling and general debility, It Is the best medicine money can buy. Hood's Pills ar* non-irritating. PH*# B carts -ad Abbott's East India Corn Paint cure* •very ttmo. U takes off th* corn; no pnm; curs* warts and bunions and Is conceded to baa wonderful corn cur*. Sold by nil druggists, -ed.