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THE SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES. VOL. 6.—NO. 7. BY CABLE AND WIRE. CABINET TALK IN WASHINGTON. The Chances of McClellan, Hunton, Gar land, Vilas and Pendleton. New Y’obk, Jan. I.—A speciil from Washington to the World says : General George B. McClellan has for some time been quietly pressed for a position in the Cabinet. Early in November, when his name was first mentioned oy Cabinet goss'p ers, it was connected with the office of Sec retary of War. It is now known that Gen - eral McClellan does not desire that position but that he would be pleased to have the Secretaryship of the Navy- As the reor ganization of the navy and the strengthen ing of our coast defenses are to be taken up by the next Secretary of this department, it is necessary that he should possess the edu cation and experience of a great engineer, McClellan is considered one of the finest de fensive engineers of his time. From very good authority here it is kuown that Gen eral McClellan has been seriously consid ered in connection with this office, although no decision has been made. One of the embarrassing features in connection with it is the indorsement by the New Jersey Dem ocrats of ex-Senator Stockton. McClellan’s friends say that this should not stand in the way of General McClellan, because the General is more of a national than a State man. \ In the division of the Cabinet offices it is believed that of the twd* which are to go to the South one will be given to the Western part of this section and one to the Eastern. If the Attorney-Generalship goes to Gar land it is believed the Postmaster-General ship will be given to the Eastern section. General Eppa Hunton, of Virginia, is developing a good deal of support for the last-named office. Hunton was a General in the Confederate army. He has served for a number of years in the House and was a member of the Electoral Commission. He is ergaged in the practice of law in this city, although he retains his residence in Vir ginia. When in Congress he was Chairman of the House Investigating Committee, which brought out the episode of the Mulli gan letters. The West his had for a long time at least three of the Cabinet places. Under the next Administration, the South being rep resented, the West will especially insist upon having the Interior Department. There is a movement among Illinois Dem ocrats to press Congressman Springer for this place. In case Vilas, of Wisconsin, does not go into the Cabinet the Illinois Democrats think that their State should be recognized. They believe that with a little help Illinois would become a Democratic State. The Democrats there without any help in the last campaign succeeded in tie ing the Legislature and by so doing defeat ing Gen. Logan for re-election. They think; therefore, that this work entitles them to consideration. The question of whether Ohio is to be recognized, or not, is one that interests the Western men very much. The McLean influence, which is opposed to any Cabinet selection from that State, is not considered here one of very great weight. MR. FRANK HURD Thinks Cleveland Is a Free Trader. Cincinnati, Jan. 1. —Frank Hurd, in conversation here Tuesday, said that just after the war a number of free trade Demo crats and Republicans met in Bissell & Cleveland’s law office in Buffalo and organ ized a free trade club, the first one ever formed in this country. Grover Cleveland was its president, and is still. Mr. Hurd declared that it has been a matter of mutual agreement among the members of the club not to reveal these facts lest their publica tion should injure Mr. Cleveland’s political prospects. He believes the President-elect is a radical free trader. ARTHUR’S LAST RECEPTION. Tne Most Brilliant of His Administration. Washington, Jan. I.—The fourth and last year’s reception of President Arthur at the White House to-day was perhaps the most brilliant of any during his administra tion. The White House was crowded from 11 o’clock, when the reception began, until 2, when it closed. The President was as sisted by twelve ladies, arrayed jin brilliant and rich toilets. An immense concourse of people were present, and everything passed off pleasantly. INTO HIS HEART. Result of a Long Feud. Blountsville, Ala., Jan. I—A feud has existed for years between the Stewart and Wharton families here. Yesterday Wm. Wharton met L. M. Stewart and slapped his face. Stewart plunged a knife into Wharton’s heart, who dropped dead. Stew art was arested. BUSINESS FAILURES During the Old Year. New York, Jan. I.—Bradstreets annual report shows that 1884 was a disastrous year in business throughout the country. There were more failures than in any other year since 1878, and 2874 more than in 1883—an increase of about twenty per cent. Fatal Collision. London, Jan. 1. —An excursion train on the Sheffield Road collided with a coal train to-day. Four persons were killed and thirty more or less injured. Three Thousand Earthquake Victims. Madrid, Jan. I.—lt is now estimated that 3,ooojpeople have perished since last Thurs day by the earthquakes in Spain, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1885. A NEW KING-KILLER. Experiments With an Explosive More Powerful than Dynamite. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. I.—A special from Huntington, this State, to the Phila delphia Times, states that a gentleman from an Eastern city, who has devoted some time to the investigation of the power and prop erties of explosives, has come to the inte rior of the State to further prosecute his ex periments. He found it necessary to leave the populous centres and to retire to ase eluded and unfrequented spot where he could handle and use his dangerous com pounds without disturbing, and perhaps, injuring others with violent detonationsand the accompanying results. His exact location is known to but few and he desires that it shall not be disclosed, so that he may not be interrupted during the week or two that he may remain. He desires also that his name shall be withheld from the public until he has fully tested the comparative value of a new explosive he claims to have discovered. Various trials of its effectiveness have been made, all of which, he states, have been entirely satisfactory and have proved it to be more destructive than dynamite. He says he can furnish the Nihilists a better king killer than any they have yet had. Three of the most important of these trials have been made this week. A solid rock protruding from the base of Fussey Moun tain, of which 1,600 cubic feet, estimated to weigh 85 tons, were exposed, was drilled to a depth of six feet, more than half its thick ness, and a glass tube, seven-eighths of an inch in diame'er and ten inches long, filled with the explosive, was introduced. The rest of the operation was precisely the same as blasting with dynamite and the result was as complete a breaking up of the rock as could possibly have been accomplished. Nearly half of the exposed part was broken into fragments that a man can handle, some of them being thrown to a great distance, and it was shattered and loosened for many feet under the mountain side. A sound white oak tree, three feet in diameter, was perforated to the heart at a distance of eight feet from its roots and a small glass ball, containing the compound, was inserted and exploded. The body of the tree was split into kindling wood, the roots were torn from the earth and no two of the limbs within thirty feet of the ground remained together. A rifle was charged with powder and the ball fired into a pine tree, which was pene trated two and a half inches. The gun was then charged with the same quantity of the new explosive and the ball fired into the same tree, the penetration being nearly five inches. The substance is in liquid form when made, but may be solidified by mixing with it another substance, which is itself com | bustible and is entirely consumed in the I explosion. It can then be broken into small particles or granulated, so as to be in appear ance very much like gunpowder. As to its chemical composition no information can be obtained, except that suggested by its name: It is called nitro-petrolene. ATI ANTA AFFAIRS. The Number of Federal Offices at the Cap ital-Discharged Convicts—A Set-up Game and a Tame Affair. Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times. Atlanta, Jan. I.—The Constitution pub lishes an articles this morning on the amount of Federal patronage that will be obtained in the Custom House offices here if Cleve land decides to bounce the officials now in. t is believed by many that only one or two changes will be made here. Probably Bryant will be the first to move. If they all go, there will be the following warm chairs: Bryant’s berth at §6,000 a year and almost twenty subordinate appointments; Speer’s place at §6,000, with practically two appointments—one worth §2,000 and the other at §1,200; Walter H. Johnson’s place as Internal Revenue Collector, at §3,250, with the appointment of about seventy five subordinates; Postmaster Wilson’s place at §3,300, and about 35 appointments worth from §4OO to §2,200 a year. W. A. Pledgers place as Customs Surveyor is worth §I,OOO a year. A. E. Buck, the clerk of the courts, gets §7,000 a year, and it seems to be impossible to dislodge him. It is said that all the United States officials have pre pared to march, if Cleveland should give the word, but it is considered by many that only Bryant and Pledger will have to go under Cleveland’s recent utterance on the subject of civil service. Captain John W. Nelms, principal keep er of the penitentiary, has just issued his list of discharges for January and February. James Johnson who was sent up for two years, is.the only Chatham county convict who gets his walking papers. He will be released from English & Murphy’s camp, near this city on the 21st of January. The East Point negroes who were charged with counterfeiting, have been released on their own recognizance, It is believed that the whole affair was a put up game to make witness fees. The sensational attempt at suicide pub lished here yesterday, turns out to have been a very tame affair. The young man, J. R. Barr, simply took some morphine to ease the pain of an aching tooth. FATAL AFFRAY Between a White Man and Some Negroes. Lexington, Ky., Jan. 1. —The news of a terrible fight at Beattyville, Lee county, reached here yesterday, in which K. F. Hargis, a clerk, was killed. Hargis had some difficulty with a party of negroes, and after some words he drew a pistol and fired several shots. One of the negroes dropped dead. The firing was returned by the negreo’s friends, and Hargis fell mortally wounded, expiring in a short time. The prettiest goods for men, youths and boys in the city can be found at B. H Levy <S Bra’s. GONE TO CANADA TO JOIN THE DEFAULTER’S CLUB. Ewen Brother!-, the Cotton Merchants, Flee From New York—A Number of Swindles—Liabilities, 81,000,000. New York, Jan. 1. —The office of Ewen . Brothers, the cotton merchants, who failed . last week, and one of whose members has . been expelled from the Cotton Exchange for mercantile misconduct, presents a , deserted appearance. The desks are all closed, and the only man in charge is the assignee, David M. Pidley. Neither John M. or Warren Ewen is to be seen, nor have they been seen at their office since Friday last. The belief at the Cottou Exchange is that they have left for Canada to escape crim inal prosecution. Mr. Flag, the firm’s at : torney, said he had not seen the Ewens since Friday. They were not at their office or at their residence, in Flushing, Long Island. He did not believe they had skipped to Canada, but thought they had left to attend to some of their interests out of town. Another lawyer who has a case against the Ewen Brothers, said he had heard they had left town for Canada or Europe, “but wherever they may be I will bring them back,” he said. His case is that of a person who claims to have lost a large sum of money in one of the Ewens’ blind pools. The case, he said had been brought to the attention of the District Attorney, but as yet no criminal proceedings had been begun. It is said at the Cotton Exchange that it was the knowledge of this fact that induced the Ewens to leave town. Warren Ewen, it is said, had to borrow the money with which to get away. On ’Change it is said that the claims of one lawyer amount to §120,000. A gentleman called at the Ex change Saturday and said that he had been swindled out of §B,OOO by the Ewens. A Broadway lawyer has in his hands thirty five claims against the Ewens aggregating §68,000. Twelve of the claims are made by women. Members of the Cotton Exchange es timate that Ewen Bros.’ liabilities will probably mount up to §1,000,000. The assignee says that the books are very much behind. ST. JOHN. How His Campaign Hurt the Republicans. Philadelphia, Jan. I.—The Evening i Bulletin publishes a special from Washing ton, stating that a day or two ago four members of the House were warming them selves before one of the grates in the cham .' ber, when they began to tell reminiscences lof the recent campaign, touching upon, | among other things, the effect of the pro hibition canvass. All four were Republi ! i cans and temperance men from principle. In each of the four districts they represented that the Prohibition party had run a candi date of their own for Congress. The result was that in two of the districts the Republicans failed of a re-election. One of the defeated . ones said, in commenting upon the result: “I have been a temperance man all my life, have spoken in probably every church and school house in my district on the subject, and have given probably as much or more money in aid of the cause as any man in my district; yet the Prohibitionists ran a candidate - against me and secured my defeat by draw l ing from me the Republican vote. They made it their boast throughout the campaign that while they did not expect to elect a man of their candidates, they hoped to split ’ up the Republican party so as to insure its defeat.” CLEVELAND’S INAUGURAL. The Tickets and Invitations to the Grand Ball Being Printed. Washington, Jan. I.—The committee having in charge the inaugural tickets and invitations have awarded the contract for engraving and printing some twenty thou sand. The Bureau of Engraving and Print ing were asked by the committee to com pete for the work, but this they could not do under the law,as they are limited in busi ness. The Homer Lee Bank Note Com pany, of New York, who engraved the Gar field-Arthur tickets, have submitted several designs and estimates for the work. If the ceremonies attending the inaugura tim of Cleveland are at all in keeping with the elaborate designs followed in the for mation of the committee on arrangements for that event, there need be no fear that it will be an affair of immense proportions. The names of the members of the several committees fill three solidly printed col umns of a local newspaper. Trouble Threatened. Tombstone, Arizona, Jan. 1.-The Mayor of Tombstone has telegraphed the Presi dent that several American citizens are held by Mexicans, in prison in Sonora, without any charges, against them, and unless soon released, trouble will oucur. Probabilities. Washington, Jan. I—For the South Atlantic States decidedly colder, partly cloudy weather, local rains, followed by clearing weather, winds shifting to north erly, increasing in force on the North Car olina coast. The Ice-Bouud West. Fort Keogh, Montana, Jan. 1. —The average range of the thermomater for the past sixteen days has been 31 degrees below zero. < 0 THE HARNETT HOUSE, SAVANNAH. Visitors to Savannah, Ga., will find the Harnett House a comfortable and desirable stopping place, where the charges are mod erate, while the uniform excellence of the table is a subject of general remark-.-Chi cago National Hotel Reporter. BRAVE ELLA REED. i A YOUNG GIRL'S ADVENTURE. She Holds a Party of Kobbers at Bay Until the Arrival of Succor—The Im mense Strain on Her Nerves. The Rocky Mountain News has the fol- ■ lowing story: Reed’s ranch did not differ materially from hundreds of others in Col- . orado—the same straggling, one-storied 1 structure, perfectly innocent of paint, with out-buildings looking as if they were ready | to tumble down. The family consisted, at ■ the time of this story, of Joe Reed, the pro prietor, his wife and two children. Ella, the eldest, was a rather pretty girl of eighteen who for several years had relieved the tired | mother of much of the burden of the house work, attended to the duties of the dairy, and was a good horsewoman withal, often ! accompanying her father in rough rides of j miles when looking for stray cattle. Suddenly sue heard the voices of men in i the road near the barn. Listening and , scarcely daring to breathe, she heard the I words that almost froze her with terror: “The old man keeps bis money box in ; the drawer of the old bureau, but the old I woman carries the key.” “How can we get at it?” said another j voice. “We can bind both women, and if they | make any noice we can stop that.” For a I moment the terrified listener was fairly : paralyzed with fear; then she started up ; and, running quickly round to the back of the house; went to a closet and took from it two revolvers, which were always kept loaded for emergencies, concealing them in ■ the folds of her dress. Hastily rejoining I her mother in the larger room, she was just i in time to see two burly looking ruffians ' enter by the door. The taller of the two I men demanded supper, “and let it come i quickly, too,” he said, in a menacing tone- The brave girl placed the food on the table, knowing that the scoundrels would satisfy their hunger before putting their purpose of robbery, and, possibly, mur der, into execution. She then sat down in front of them and watched them. The moment their meal was completed, she sud denly thrust the muzzles of the pistols in their faces, threatening to shoot if they j moved. Expostulations and protestations were in vain; the heroic girl stood there with eyes flashing and determined for what to her seemed ages. The poor mother, as soon as she comprehended the situation, had fainted and was lying on the floor. At last the sound of wagon wheels was heard coming toward the house, and in a moment the father and brother entered the house in company with an uncle who had arrived in Denver from their old Eastern home in Pennsylvania, and by the mere ac cident met Mr. Reed on Sixteenth sheet, in Denver. As soon as they comprehended the situation they compelled the ruffians with ! revolvers at their heads, to submit to being i bound with ropes, and when daylLht came they were taken to the county seat and j placed in jail. This brave girl, as soon as she was re lieved from her terrible guard duty and the horrible strain on her nerves was taken off, went into a succession of hysterical spasms, and it was for weeks that her reason, if not her life, was despaired of. She eventually recovered, however, and afterward married a wealthy Denver gentleman, and is now living in Queen City. The two men were recognized as old offenders, in fact they were fugitives from justice from a distant county, and afterward served a long time in the penitentiary in Canon City. Business Marriages. New York World. The decision of Justice Brown, of the Supreme Court,one of the ablest jurists in the State, that a wife may contract a copartner ship with her own husband, as if she were a femme sole, for the purposes of carrying on a trade or business, and that contracts made by such a firm are enforcible against the wife’s estate, has been looked for with some anxiety by lawyers. It is a decision quite abreast of the practical tendency of the moment, and it shows with almost startling clearness how this whole matter of the relation of the sexes is getting away from the old-time sentiment and beautiful superstition which made man and wife “one-flesh.” Statutes and legal decisions are the out come of social conditions, and the adjudica tion of woman’s rights obligations in the business world only brings us face to face with the fact that woman is actively in the business world, and nothing in the evolution of modern society is so indicative of the utilitarian drift of our times as this. Those matters which our fathers relegated to the exclusive domain of affection are now regulated by statute; the relationship of man and wife, which under the common law was lost in the husband’s identity, is now a mat ter of contract, specification, agreement and personal rights. It does not yet appear that this practical improvement in matrimonial methods has reduced the rate of disagreement or lessened the lists of divorces, and it is jnst possible that, after all, that union of the sexes upon which the framework of society rests must itself rest on something more than a busi ness arrangement. He Thought She Had. Texas Siftings. “Darter,” said old Mr. Jimplicute to his eldest offspring, who had just returned from Vassar, “ain’t them there Hot Springs down in Ar-kan-sass?” ‘Uh, paw,” replied Arabella Cordelia, “you should no' say ‘Arkansas,’ you should say ‘Arkansaw.’” “Should, hey!” replied the old man; “well, let that paw. I s’pese you I’arnt that in yer claw at school. Mother, just paw the apple saw while Bellar goes out and looks in the glaw to see if she hain’t made a jack-aw of herself.” “ROUGH ON CORNS.” Ask for Wells’ “Rough on Corns.” 156 Quick complete cure. Hard or soft corn warts, bunions. GREETINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES. What Our Contemporaries Say of the “Times.” We clip a few of the kindly greetings from our exchanges, on the recent change ■ of the Daily Times from a folio to quarto: A BRILLIANT EVENING PAPER. j Jacksonville, Florida, Herald: “The Savannah Daily Times has made an other stride forward, and changed its form ] from a four to an eight-page paper, and j presents more life and vigor than one-half iof the boasted morning journals. It is now j one of the leading dailies of Georgia, and ! will prove a strong competitor of the Morning News, Savannah.” PRETTY AND ATTRACTIVE. Macon Telegraph: “The Savannah ' Times greets its patrons in a new and im ! proved dress, which is quite pretty and at tractive. At the recent annual meeting of j the stockholders of the Times Publishing Company, the condition of the business was I found to be so satisfactory that it was deter l mined to increase the capital, that the i greater facilities demanded by the necessi- I ties of the growing business could be se -1 cured and the paper’s sphere of usefulness i enlarged.” DECIDED EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY. j Brunswick Breeze: “ The Savannah i Daily Times reaches us in an enlarge! ' quarto shape. This is the third time the j Times has been enlarged and improved in : the last two years, and we congratulate its I enterprising publisher upon this decided evidence of prosperity.” SUCCESS IN LARGE HUNKS. Brunswick Herald: “The Savannah Daily Times comes very irregularly. But its Christmas issue—six column quarto form—got in on time. It is the first after noon paper in the South to adopt the quarto form. Success in large hunks to the Times. MACON MATTERS. A Romantic Elopement, Which Creates a Sensation. Special Correspondence Daily Times. Macon, Dec. 31. —Living in Jones coun ty, not far from the city, was a farmer named I John Bush, who had a beautiful daughter who he loved very much. She loved a young man, her first cousin, named Alph Speer. He was refused to be allowed to see her. To prevent it the parent moved to Florida, where he farmed. The young man went also, and, disguised as a laborer, worked at a neighbor’s. They met clandes tinely. Monday she consented to run away with him, and they left and came to Macon. A telegram reached here before they did, and an officer met the train. He saw Speer and conversed with him. He was e’uded. The young lady was slipped out of a side gate of the car shed and taken to East Ma- I con, wheere the young man followed soon afterward. They were married by Rev. ' John N. Simmons, and went at once to the i house of the groom’s parents, in Jones ' county. When he passed the line of the city limits he raised up, and with a yell, said: “I went a long ways for her, and 1 have got her. She is all mine.” The elopement created much sensation. Wynton. How They Regard the Decision. A San Francisco dispatch states ex- Senator Sharon being asked what he intend ed to do in regard to the decision in favor of Miss Hill, or Mrs. Sharon, as Judge Sul livan declares her to be, replied : “Fight it the bitter end in all the courts and on all sides. That decision is not sustained by facts. The contracts and letters are forgeries and that knowledge keeps me in the ring. I shall appeal the case and oppose the de cision to the last.” Mrs. Sharon is report ed as saying : “I’m so happy I feel just like a young kitten that has just been brought into the house and set before the fire. The poor, dear old ‘Sen I’ I’m sorry I beat the old man, for I love him still. He’s a dear sweet old fellow. Only for the principle of the thing I would have compromised long ago, but I was after his name, not his money. I married that old man fully be lieving he would act fairly. Our marriage was on the quiet, but it was only done at his request for fear it would scandalize his relatives. lam glad that he did not com promise by giving me his name according to the offer I made in court, as I am now set right before the public.” Handsome and Creditable. Baltimore Sun. The Daily Times, Savannah, Ga., of which Mr. B. H. Richardson, a former Bal-« timorean, is editor and general manager, has appeared in a new dress and in an en larged form. It is now a handsome eight page paper, the present enlargement being the third within two years. The Times has greatly improved as a newspaper under the management of Mr. Richardson, and is now a credit to the beautiful and thriving city of Savannah. Good News from Canada. Philadelphia Call. Canada Chief of Police—Any news to day?” His Secretary—Yes, 25 more American cashiers have arrived. “How much did they bring?” “Two or three millions.” “Good. That will help the holiday trade a little.” The Cat Disappearing. Chicago Inter-Ocean. People take notice that twenty-five years ago there were fifty house cats to every single cat now in existence, but cat skins are quite an article of commerce. Doctor—But, dear madam, why let you me not before be called? Ycur husband lies indeed alreadyin the highest delirium. Mad am—Yes, see you, so long as my husband by his understanding was, would he nothieg to do with a doctor have.—Flicyende Blatter A Bargain. We have got a fine lot of Lyon’s makeof Silk Umbrellas, 28 inches; good size Gentle men’s Umbrellas, which we offer at *3.50. $6 00 A YEAR. THE COMING ATTRACTIONS. Manager Johnson Opens His Engagement Book and Tells What the January Attractions Will Be. Although the theatrical season has so far been anything but a financial success both to the local manager and the companies playing here, Mr. Johnson intends to give the people a chance to see all the best attractions traveling in the South. Among the January attractions are the following : Aldridge’s “My Partner,” which will open on the Bth. This will be followed by seven other companies, who will swell the number of nights during the month to about 16. Atkinson’s “Peck’s Bad Boy” is among the number, and is said to be a very funny play. The“ Count of Monte Cristo,” with James O’Neil in the leading role, will prob ably draw a big house, as this is the best “Monte Cristo” combination on the road. Tnen comes John T. Raymond, too well known to need more than a word of mention. “Our Irish Visitors” is a funny play and said to be replete with that best of all wit—the Irish wit. “La Charo bonniers,” —the coal burners—with Mrs. D. P. Bowers,in the leading role is also said by the dramatic press to be very fine, and Mrs. Bowers is a card of herself. Mlle. Rhea will give Savannah the benefit ot her talent during the month also. The Madame Rentz-Santley Female Minstrels will prob ably play to an empty house during their coming engagement of the present month, as this style of entertainment is not at all popular in Savannah. This closes the list so far booked by Mr. Johnson, although a few more companies may be booked during the month. A Use for Bustles. Fall Mall Budget. An amusing story reaches us from Paris. On Friday last a lady, having paid her ho tel bill, sent away her boxes on a cab and sallied forth on foot. No sooner had she departed than the landlord discovered tha t the clock had disappeared from the mantel piece of the room which his late lodger had been occupying, though he remembered to have seen it there subsequent to her trunk s being despatched. Convinced that she must be the thief he rushed out in hot pur suit, and overtaking her, he charged her with the robbery and gave her into cus tody, the lady meanwhile protesting loudly against the indignity offered her, and vow ing vengeance against the traducer. She was, however, taken before the judge d’in struction, to wh >m she resumed her torrent of indignant denial with the extraordinary volubility peculiar t> the daughters of Gaul. Her indignation was at its height when, lo! twelve o’clock rang forth in clear tones from the region of madam’s dress impr. ver. The expression of consternation depicted upon the fair pilferer’s countenance, together with the oppositeness of the quaint phenom enon, were too much lor the gravity of the offie’als, who burst into a fit of uncontrolla ble laughter. Five minutes la era female warder returned the telltale timepiece to its owner. Will Mr. Oscar Wilde still in sist upon “the utter uselessness of that hid eous monstrosity—the bustle?” Sweet Gum and Mullein, The sweet gum, as gathered from a tree of the same name, growing along the small streams in the Southern States, contains a stimulating expectorant principle that loos ens the phlegm producing the early morning cough, and stimulates the child to throw off the false membrane in croup and whooping cough. When combined with the healing mucilaginous principle in the mullein plant of the old fields, presents in Taylor's Cnero kee Remedy of Sweet num and Mullein, the finest known remedy for coughs, croup, whooping cough and consumption; and so palatable any child can take if. Ask your fruggist for it. Send two-cent stamp for Taylor’s Riddle Book, which is not only for the amusement of the little ones, who will gather around your knee to hear the puzzling questions, but contains information for the aealth and welfare of every home. Manufactured by Walter A. Taylor, propri etor Taylor’s Premium Cologne, Atlanta, Ga. Too Many to the Acre. Our crop of Overcoats has been too plenti ful for this season, and as the wealbtr proph ets predict mild weather for next year—lßßs and ’B6—we have decided not to burn our stock, but to put them on the market, and ■sell them for what they will bring. Our Overcoats must be sold. It is only a question for you if you will take advantage of our low prices and supply yourself with an Overcoat, and save money. We will sell you a good, strong 8U Overcoat for 86, a 815 Overcoat for 812, and the finest 830 Overcoat in Savannah lor 820. Boys’ Overcoats, from 4 to 12 years old, as low as 8-3, Youths' Overcoats, from 12 to 17 years, from 85 up. We have plenty of fine suits on hand which w*e will sell at greatly reduced prices. Rememberaud buy of the “Famous,” as we give a prize of half the purchase money to every twentieth purchaser. “Famous ’ New York Clothing House, Hu Congress Street. , Ridge, Mclntosh County, Ga. 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