The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 01, 1889, Image 3
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1.
Miss Wilson ia China.
The following letter from Miss Essie
Wilson is clipped from the Southern
Presbyterian.
HANG Cno?.r, GUISA, |
February 19, 1889. j
Mr DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS : It ssem?
to me that by far the greater number of
letters written by; missionaries are for
growo people, at least I used to think
so when I was a little girl. So I am
going to write to the children, and I
hope all of :ny little friends and scholars
whoo I left in America, and many
others besides will read this, for I am
} sure you want to hear all you can about
your tittle Chinese sisters.
Now, when you read thia ? want you
to .get your atlases and Sud China, then
?cofc carefully until you find Hang
Chow. Well, that is where I am
When I look out of my window, I get
a lovely view of the mountains, and
DOW they are particularly beautiful, fer
they are covered with snow.
Within the same enclosure as oar
boase is the "Girls' Boardrag School/'
There are forty-three in it at present,
many of them bright and intelligent
looking and sone of them very pretty.
You may smile at that, bat it is true.
Just before the New Year holidays
they were examined ca their year's
work, a?d I do not believe they enjoyed
their examination any more than you do
yours. There was a class of little girls
examined in arithmetic through multi?
plication. Each one w?s sent io the
blackboard and nota single mistake was 1
made by any of them. I wonder how |
many American children can do as well, j
The smallest girls in the school wear ?
their hair in two knots, one on each '
side of the head, just above the ear. '?
The older coes have only one knot on j
the side; and the larger girls put it i
on the back of the head. In the morn- i
. iogs they study and recite their lessons j
and in the afternoons they are taught
various kinds of work, such as knitting, 1
sewing, winding silk, making silk cord j
and embroidery ; and very pretty work j
they do.
They study out loud, which seems j
very strange to me. I sometimes
wonder how they caa leara anything at I
all. But they seem to think it rather j
inspiriting to hear their neighbors ?
studying. It is astonishing the number j
of chapters they caa repeat of the Bible, i
and nearly all of them know the Shorter I
Catechism perfectly. The older girls :
are studying it now with the proof!
texts.
The feet of these girls are not bound f\
so that after their work is over they ?
enjoy maning aad playing in the yard i
as much as you do. They have a game ?
which is very muon jike our game of j
marbles, but they play with small j
shells, and very expert they are, too. |
I am teaching two cf the girls to play j
on the organ and they learn very j
quickly. They are ail fond of music j
and sing very nicely. Sometimes when !
they are singing the Go.-pel Hymns I j
can almost imagiue myself back ia my j
classroom in Columbia. The Chinese j
know nothing of singing except as they j
have been taught by foreigners.
A few weeks ago I had rov erst ex- !
penence in eating with chop-sticks. I
Mrs. Stuart, her two 'little boys, Miss !
Kirkland and myself were invited to j
eat dinner with one of our native teach
ers. ?h-mun. She is a very earnest j
Christian woman. As soon as we en- J
tered the room, tea was handed us with- i
ont milk or sugar. They draw tea by !
putting a few leaves in the cup, pour- ]
ing boiling water on it and putting the !
cover oa the cup.
Pretty soon we sat down to dinner.
I must admit I was rather timid about
trying to use my chop-stick?, for i ex- ;
pected to be very awkward. But to my
surprise, after the first attempt, I had j
no trouble at all. We had all the j
sweet things Srst, various kind? of cac- |
dies and sweetmeats. Then a bowl of :
steaming hot stew was brought In and .
put cn the centre of the table, consist?
ing of various things-bamboo roots,
onions, fish-balls, beef, water-nuts, etc.
We helped ourselves with our own stick?
from the bowl. Then we each had a j
bowl of rice, after which followed vari- .
ons stews aDd native dishes, and finally ;
we had oranges. I cannot say ? enjoy- !
ed ali of the dishes, bat I tested each of [
them. j
This is the great season here now for
"kite Sying." and the Chinese are very
ingenious in their designs. To-day \
paw quite a number of them Boating
about in the air, one in the form of a
centipede, another a large bird, another
a butterfly.
Now, children, ? have told y >u shout
these school girls who are taken care of
here, and taught to know and iove
Jesus, therefore th^y are happy. But
there are very, very many children in
China. even in th.s ci y, who know
nothing about Jesus. Now, I want
each of you iit'Ie boys and giris to ask
yr-ursel": What, crtn I do to help send
the gospel to my little Chinese brothers
and sisters ?
I am ?ure each of you otn do some?
thing if you cannot give money, you
can pray for them, ??'?nd ask <'?"d to send
us out some more men and women to
help us tell them about Jesus.
Your friend, Essis E WILSON,
Queer Things in Mail Bags.
The museum of the dead h 'ter oScc
is one of the most interesting resorts
for visitors in the cry. Many of ti.-;
more curions a1ic-?L-3 that have beeu
sent through the mail* and failed to
reach their destination have fi>und an
abiding place in the three large L'ia^s
cases which arc devoted to t : : f ir ?*?hi
bition, while a local auctioneer
disposes of thousands <<f the more com?
monplace articles ti:;;: come t . tha?
office. The museum contains soi.IP in?
teresting relics, but one's interest i
mainly claimed by s< eing how some
people have endeavored to u*c tue mails
for the transportation of articles th it 00
express company r ceive, knowing
what tiiey were A stick of cord wo ?
and a loaded pistol occupy positions of
honor in close proximity to aliigat :
and some sn ai; es. which were aliw
when tho attempt made to .'-end
them. Bread :?.u.-r have been ?carce at
one time, or ti'-* sender had a hungry
frieod, for somebody mailed a loaf of
bread, which is now one ot the relics of
the museum.
Some rural swain, who evidently
lived in a section of the country where
paper wa? a luxury, iudicted a loving
epistle to his best girl on a shingle.
Whether the girl still looks for the lef?
ter *hut never cam?, io a tjuestioo. At
all events the postofiice officers never
fcuud her to make the delivery. Ac
Indiau scalp, horned centipede, and a
I hitching post form a trinity of curious
j articles, while a skull that never found
j an owner makes thc background for the
j most miscellaneous collection of old
? combs that was ever gotten together.
i An old ajail bag stained with blood toils
i the storv of tho faithful devotion to
i . ....
! datv-which he sealed with his blood -
1
j of an Arizona mail carrier who was
j killed by Apache Indiau3 in 1SS?.
Washington Post.
-?? ?? i i?
j The Graded Schools of
Greenville.
Tc comcaoy with Mr. Thomas Simp
i son, of Anderson, and Mr. ilaynie,
i musk; teacher, formerly of Anderson,
j but now of Greenville, we made the in*
j spection of the graded schools cf Green
I ville, under the supervisiez of Prof.
! Morrison. To say that we were pleas
I cd doesn't express our feelings-we
! were more than deiigtVted. Greenville
i has been justly held up to the public
.; admiration for her factories and indus
. trial workshops, thus attesting, to a re
; markable degree, the enterprise and
. vim of her people, but these all pale
j before the splendor of her educational
I faci?r.ies, especially in her graded free
j school system. Here all classes of her
j people-the rich and po??? alike-meet
I on a common educational platform, and
, enjoy ail thc advantages of the very
I bess culture, by competent teachers,
? without one cent of cost to the iodivid
! na! patrons, except for books. &c.
j The Professor has bis entire school
I of several hundred scholars graded in
I different classes, and in separate rooms,
each under competent instructors. And
what is somewhat remarkable, every
one of his assistants are lady teachers.
Musses Dorroh, Hoyt and Easley con?
ducted the class rooms which we visited
and the performances cf the scholars on
the blackboard were truly wouderful.
The children are taught io a scientific
way the conformation c-f figures, and we
never have seen the uniformity and per?
fection of performance excelled. The
figures are made oz a system, which
gives elegance and precision to the
whole. So with the other perform?
ances of reading, spelling, &c. Every
department has a perfect system, both
in study and decorum ; and the whole
under the supervision of Prof. Morri
soo, who is certainly the right mau in
the right place.
The people of Greenville have volun?
tarily taxed themselves some $40,000
to establish these graded public schools,
two for the whites, and perhaps as
many for the blacks, all supplied with
competent teachers, and under the su?
pervision of the Professor, as aforesaid.
This voluntary tax is for the purpose, of
purchasing sites and putting up suit?
able buildings, paying teachers, &c.
The building where we found the Pro
fessor at work on the morning of our
visit, stands on a commanding eminence,
with a 6ne view of the mountaias, and
is built tc accommodate several hundred
pupils-boys and girls. It is located
on the East side of the river, accessible
to the posto?iae and most of the
churches and business streets They
have another building on the West, !
and under the direct control of Pro?
fessor Thaxton, a young and accom- ;
plished teacher. We did not learn the j
names of the colored teachers, but hear i
from the Professor that they are com- j
petent and effective in their work. The
Professor has control thus of ?'?n;c 800
or 1.000 white aod colored pupils. So
you can see that the educational work i
involved in these graded schools isa.
more important one to the fnture pros?
perity cf Greenville than ali the mate?
rial interests of this growing city pat
toggther. In these, und other like
schools, are to he trained the men and
women who are ?<> adorn and SH ali the
responsible positions of society iu the
future.
Our principal object in penning these
few lines is mainly to encourage the
good people of Anderson in their pro?
posed enterprise cf establishing graded
public schools for tho benefit; of her
children. While we commend their
enterprise in the establishment of a fac?
tory and hotel, which will do credit to
their sagacity in the future, let them
not forget the higher und more import?
ant duty of educating the children, rich
and poor alike.-Anderson ItUe?agen?
cer.
--.Ul- PHI - --
Tho Snake Had Swallowed
a Man.
GAISSVICLB, Texas, April 17- A
; stratid.scovery bas been made here
j by a Frenchman named Sonatas, in the
j Northwestern district of this County.
[laving occasion to sink a well, he
. se.eeted a sp.->t iu a valley, near a ravine
of ^re:u length, ard which, during a
heavy ram. ts transformed ?uto a raging
. torrent; depositing in the valley lime
stone, gravid, itud and oiher debris.
Airer reaching a dep'h of f>ur feet,
and while in a formation nf limestone
and gravel that had continued almost
uniterruptediy fro:.-) the surface d:;;7n.
Mr. Sonams carno upon thc vertebra)
at-v: ribs of an animal. The rios w;^r"
about the size of a small pig s, and
rapidly tapered. Carefully unearthing
'lit: bones toward the tapering end. Mr.
' ?>omms came to r.: t;*-s which when
counted numbered sev< n^c< n, the largest
?nt asariiig six inches aeros -;
; Attracted hy thc strange rind, the
ncghbors ga?hexed, and tho work of
I a:?earu-tng tue monster was prosecuted
' wish vigor Af* or laying har" nine
? tern fe< t of the remains of the monster.
! imagine their consternation at fi:?d::,g
riie skeleton of a rn;?:i it: th-'* stomach of
(U : s!;;.k :. Th** remains cf the mao
and serpent so far :j.s the serpent has
' been exhumed are as perfect as ?!?..:?
Srst denuded of S^sh, and were doubl?
iez Covered tv 'imt* and gravei soon
after death I"-- 'ir t?ie bones of tho?
rn an s ii?, t !.;...!.d is ? rud<"' ktonehatchet.
"!: ;.;. a loca] gco'ogi?! of ?-? (???' repute
says ?i the handiwork of Dulooiithic
J>.;-n orangies oj the Minnesota
? ^ .'. ...... ' ? i i M.
tj.-i .-...itute nave passed :? t>;?i making
drunkenness a crime, und it now v.v.:it..
' the Governor*-! S?-?OJ?HJ . The penalties
prescribed '?re s ivere^eo^j-h f,, ukeawav
the element of iodi'h-:t t.;- . w. ? .-.r.-. r.r
first offene*, a fi:te of not ? ?s l'unu > ? U
l nor ny.re than ? i-->. < r i :?pri..ut ,
r;;:t h ?<s 'hr.n R' ri'-r Q) . .' th::n Ai) d ?.. .. ;
sr-rot,'{ r.ff^nce $#0 r<> ? {(} <'r..>% ;.,
?i) days' ravprl-onment: third oil ucc
60 to ?? diy> imprisonment.
Ar.t:>ij Werck fell dead in Philadel?
phia thc (?thor <! y. At first it was sup
posed t:> be a case, of heart disease, hut
upon investigation it was found that
Werck had received a bullet n<;ur the
heart during the war, and this piece of
lead had killed him after twenty-five
years' delay.
Wilt Thou Be Mine.
Receipt for Making a Proposed.
A gi?' maj, in tire sweetness of her
heart, overlook the clumsiness of a
. wooer, and pledge herself to a man
: whose offer has not been mads in tbs
j prober form ; life is fal j of such in
j stances a.s feminine charily. But the
thing wili rankle in her mind, be the
thrice an angel, and sooner or later, he
will encounter the rebuff his awkward?
ness deserved at the outset, and suffer
the more because he hzs hoped to escape i
j his punishment.
j How then-ought a mas lo propose |
. How is he to avoid the method lacking .
in adroitness, the which, if he haplessly
employ it, must result in his moro or \
tess immediate discomfiture?
YOU PROPOSE TO A LADY, ASK i
HER TO MA HUY YOU.
j You must make it clear that you ask j
! her, for men have been known to betroth '
j themselves to Angela, when they really !
I meant to ask Angela to countenance j
j their suit to Angela's sister. A prc- j
j posai is like a bullet from a 100 ton ?
j gun, a forcible and weighty missive, j
i which must be speeded in the right j
j direction and no other.
? You must be sure that you ask her to j
j marry you. Nothing is easier than for
j a basil ful man to persuade himself that ;
j he hasarrauged a marriage with Angela, j
j when in fact he has only secured her j
! hand for the cotillion. The converse j
! obtains, too-it is a dreadful position in !
j which you place yourself, if you want to j
j dance with Augela for an hour, and in j
j your fervor give her to understand that
I it is a lifelong partnership which you j
' propose.
i Again- you must ask her to- marry !
j you. Make it plain that it is for your
j self that you propose ; Miles Standish j
j did well on another tack, but his was |
an exceptional case, if Angela had!
[ been iu doubt whether to give her heart
j to your friend Hilly, and you, in the j
j obliquity of your wretched delicacy,
I begin your set speech with a modest !
j disquisition upon Billy's superior claims j
i to her favor and (men not uncommonly j
j grow mock modest in the affairs ot the j
I heart) Angela may suppose that it is j
I for Billy that you plead, and be dis-;
[gusted with you both, thinking you a j
! numskull not to sneak for yourself, and :
I Billy doubly a numskull to let you con
duct for him a negotiation which e^ry ,
; man should couduct for himself.
? !
' AVOID FIGURES OF SPEECH AND CIR- ?
CUMLOCUTIONS.
I have heard a mao (he subsequently j
married a termagant, and served him- !
self rightly) boast that he had never !
put it in any woman's power to say to |
i him no, plumpy. It was the habit of j
[ this ruffian when he desired to offer his j
1 hand to a lady, to disguise his meaning j
? iu a parable : so to put the matter to '
? her that if she wanted to marry him she j
[ might say so, and if not might avoid j
' the issue, ile was a coward, of course, !
i m m 'j
j a sneak as well. I bink of it from the ;
' standpoint of Angela! In leaving'
I himself safe he put her in the most j
[ hideous position imaginable. For if J
i she inclined to marry him, and said so, ,
I she itft it quite open for him tc say I
j ' My dear Miss Augela, you altogether
j misunderstood oe. When I asked you i
! if you would confide youf life to my I
! keeping I had no such purpose as you '
'\ imagine, but intended morely to ask j
? if you would share my buggy with me !
? to morrow evening, and rely upon my !
; bringing you home in safety without 1
j an upset/'
AVOID DIGRESSION'S.
j Nothing is mere deplorable than an ;
j interval in a proposal. The marrer j
should be gene through with speedily, ;
once attack begins. It is an attack, j
: always. No matter how ready-hearted !
j Angela may be, there is a lit rle perfunc- [
: tory hesitancy, only natural to her :
; modesty ; ana yea must not give her ?
! the opportunity to turn tue current of j
! her wooing. Do not stop to tell her j
that the Herald is the only paper you j
j r.-.-?d, or that you don't owe a penny in
I tho world. Information of this s--r? j
[you should convey to her long before j
! you ask tbs momentous question ; it is
j relevant, no doubt, and may abet your j
j effort greatly, but yet it is prosaic and j
j out cf keeping at the moment of ?
. crisis. The more nakedly you confine
! vourself to declaring vour love and ask - !
, iug her hand, the better. Bear in mind |
! always that a proposal partakes of the ?
I nature of an onslaught ; that co matter j
j how apt and willing your lady love may
be, phe has still a maidenly sense of j
rr
j preservation, and you must afford her j
. no opportunity of avoidance, but bind i
j her most strenuously to ihe i>sue. Give !
j her but the slightest pretext for branch
1 ing o'T on a side issue of coolroversv,
; and you will never pin ncr to tue point.
ESCHEW ELA 110 li ATI?X3.
I Under the head of elaborations I in- j
j elude exaggerations, affectations and j
! false pretences cf all sons, objecting to
? them, not upon the ground of their
vitiating dishonesty, for ? entertain a I
certain regard for the immoral maxim |
? that ali is fair in love and war, but j
upon the score of inexpediency.
At ail '?mes a. woman's perception of
deceit is keener than a man s, and it is ?
peculiarly PO when the matter under !
I consideration concerns her affections j
it ; the charity, not the blindness, of
women which makes them t'derant of a j
chanty- in men they love. You eau not !
c sen Angela, at.? it is distinctly indis- j
ere? t ?.> make the attempt. Do not try j
i / :.. ike h< r believe that you are a bet- j
i':r fellow than you arc If aha gives !
you her heart it is not because vou arc '.
'!.<. noblest of mea. If we were loved i
for t.ur deserts only wc should al! die !
lorn bachelors; it is in spite of your;
defects th*.t she love.? yon, and it would ;
do you DO good to trick her if you could.
Tell loT honestly that yon arc but an
ind fferent honest fellow, not more than
passably clever, :;<>t too wi il furnished j
'.i worldly gear -suv this by way oft
prctaee, ?eavivg her r:'> opportunity for
other interruption than a fermai protest '
at your self depreciation -and then-j
then her, m> merry maa. teil her
how } 'z ! rye Ker. and nave no fear
of pitching your song too high on thi.- j
? .?o' swear ??.;t you love the stree!
>\\o. ' ves upon, and if yo'i do not vou
:?re o<> lover.- Orluvdn, (/*/?/.)
IkraUl.
. .--.<*' -
The !.'.:?: < i's Alliance ?.f t?eOrgia I
has resolved to j nb eli Ihe c tr n made ;
!.: the State in cnt'on bagging instead
rv: jato. If tho whole cotton cr'?p "f
'ii'- Sou?h v..is baled in cn'toa bagging j
?t would require ?::< hundred thousand :
bales of eott<?ii t.? make the bagging
. nough in itself t-> make cotton advance.
W l i Y w our. N IA i > B.
Wi,men lo?? their beauty because coldi un- j
der tot ne their Iii?. L>r. Ackert Lngli?h Kern- i
.<{>. f?>r Consumption t< an absolute cure for !
JJ.-. S-A-l by L>r. J. F. H\ DcWmo. 1
Mark Twain Talks to tho j
Baso Ball Boys.
I
At the New York banquet in honor'
of A. G. Spalding, who engineered the .
tour of the Chicago and Ail America
base bali teams around tire world, Mark j
Twain, in responding to a toast, said: j
'.Though not a native, as intimated !
by the chairman, I lia ve visited, a great j
many years ago, the Sandwich islands- ?
that peaceful land, that b< uutifui land, !
that far-off home of profound repose, i
aud soft indolence, and dreamy solitude, j
where life is one long, slutnberiess Sab- i
bath, the climate one long, delicious j
summer day, and the good that die j
experience no chaoge, for they but fall j
asleep in one heaven and wake up in I
another. And these boys have played J
baseball there!-base h?ll, which i&j
the very symbol, the outward and visible
expression of the drive and push and
rush and struggle of the raging, tearing, j
booming nineteenth century ! One can
not realize it. the place and Ce fact,
are so incongruous : it's like interrupt?
ing a funeral with a circus Why,
there's no legitimate point of contact,
no possible kinship between h.r>e bail
and the Sandwich Islands: base ball is
all fact ; the islands ail sentiment. In
base ball you've got to do everything
just right or you don't get there; in the
islands, you've got to do everytbirig just
wrong or you can't stay there, lou dc- j
it wrong to get it right, for if you do it [
right you get it wrong ; there isn't any
way to get it right but to do it wrong, j
and the wronger you do it the righter |
it is.
"The natives illustrate this every
day. They never mouot a horse from
the larboard side: they always mount
bini from the starboard. On thc other j
hand, they never milk a cow on the j
starboard side, they always miik her on j
the larboard. It's why you see so many
short people there-they've got their j
heads kicked off. When they meet cn ?
the road they don't turn our to the right, I
they turn out to tlie left. And so, from j
always doing everything wrong end first :
that way it makes them left handed- j
left-handed and cross-eyed; they arc j
ail so. When a cbil? is born the j
mother goes right along with her ordi- i
nary work, without loiin'g a half a day J.
-it's the father that knocks off and !
goe9 to bed till be gets over the circum- I
stance. And those natives dont trace j
decent through the male line, but I
through the female. They say they j
always know who a child's mother was. j
Well, that old system is well enough j
there, because there a woman often has !
as many as six or seven husbands, ali
at the same time-and all properly j
married to her, and no br;:::?i.-h about ;
the matter anywhere. Vet there is no I
fussing, and trouble. When a child is j
born the husbands all meet together in ?
convention, in perfectly orderly way,.j
and elect tho father. And the whole j
thing ?3 perfectly f;:ir; at least, as fair
as it would be anywhere. Of course, j
you can't keep politics out-you couldn't ?
do that in any country ; and so. if three j
of the husbands are Republicans and j
four are Democrats, ir don't make any j
difference how strong a Republican
aspect the baby got, thai election is ?
Coed Democratic every time. And j
in the matter of thai clem'ton those poor I
people stand at 'he proud altitude o? i
the very hw- .. si Christian civilization, ;
for they know, ns VTOII as we, that ali j
women are igm ran?, and so they don't '
allow that mother to vote. j
"In those Ulauds the cats haven't any j
tails, and th'; snr. k es haven': anv it* fe th. ,
and what is still mere in eg ular the I
man that loses a game gt-tr- the po*.
And as to dress, the native women all j
wear a ningle garment, but the men j
don't. ]No, the men don't wear any
thing at. all. They h:)te display : when i
they wear a smile they think they are
overdressed. Speaking of birds, the
only bird there that has ornamented j
feathers has only two, just hardy j
enough to squeeze through with, and j
they are under his wings instead of on I
t?>p of its head, where, of coarse, they j
ought to be to do any good. .
.'The native language is foft and
liquid and flexible, and in every way ?
efficient and satisfactory-tili you get
mad, then, there you are; there isn't
anything in it to swear with. Good
judges all say it is the best Sunday
language there is, hut then ail the other
six dacs io the week it just hangs idle
on your hands; it isn't any good for
business, and you can't work telephone
with it. Many a time the attention of
thc missionaries has been called to this
defect, and they are always promising j
they are going to fix it; but no, they
go fooling along, and fooling along,
and untiling is done.
"Speaking of education, everybody j
there is educated, from the highest to
the lowest; in fact, it is the only coun?
try in the world where education is
actually universal. And yet every now
and tuen you run across instances of
ignorance that are simply revolting -
simply degrading to the human race.
Think of it-there, the ten takes the
ace ! But let us not dweil on such
?hines, they make a person ashamed.
Well, the missionaries are always going j
to fix that, but they put it off, and put
it off, and so that nation is going to j
keep on going down, and down, and j
down, till some day you will see a pair j
of jacks beat a straight flush."
SSO-W DOCTOIIS CONOUKK DKATII.
Dr. Walter !'. Il.iii.iuun?! sa'vs: "'After ?long :
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G. W. DICK, D. ?. S.
Othes over Begin's New Store,
KNTRASCS ON MAIN S7KEKT,
SUMTER, S. C.
OfficeHours.~-9 to 1;30 ; 2:30 to 5.
Sept ?
Is now full and complete in all the leading Shades and Styles. Selected with
great care and to meet the wants of our people.
We shall be pleased to serve all our friends and the public, whose patronage
we appreciate, and for their interest it is our constant aim to serve, as heretofore,
and we guarantee to give you goods of
Superior Quality, Style and Workmanship,
at as low prices as can be obtained anywhere.
We are now connected with one of the best Merchant Tailors in New York
city and can get you up Suits made to order from samples here for your selection
at lower prices than ever seen in Sumter before. A Perfect Fit Guaranteed. Be
sure and see these samples and place your orders early.
Below we price a few of the many Bargains :
Double-breasted Prince Albert Suits, $18.00-worth $22.00.
Double-breasted Prince Albert Suits, $20.00 to $25.00-very cheap.
Black Cutaways for $ 10.00 to $24.00-Best value ever oiFered.
Light Colored Cutaway Suits and Sacks ranging $5.00 to $22.50.
And the most complete line of Clothing for plantation use ever offered by us# \
CLL LINE OF
LDREN'S CLOTHING.
Handsome line of Neckwear and the entire stock has been marked down to
such prices as means a sale whenever a close buyer calls.
Also a full line of the best, Sewing Machines on sale low and on easy terms.
April S, 1SS0.
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COMPRISING THE JU
We Court Compari
NOVELTIES IN
ITE GOODS, LACES, &&
of Qualities and Prices.
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A FEW BARGAINS IN OUR
3?-inch Beige Mixtures at 20 cents.
G-4 Side-band Suitings at 20 cents.
36-inch French Serges at 12A cts., good value at 20 cents.
Mohair Brilliantines, plain and striped, at 25 cents.
3S-inch Cashmeres at 25 and 85c, good value at 35 and 50c.
Henriettas in all shades and qualities from 25 cents to ?1.00 j
per jard. No better values can be lound.
india and China Silks in all the new colorings.
A big drive in Black Silks.
See our Black Goods and wo will show you the most com-j
plete line in the Stale and at prices that will astonish you.
Cashmeres, Henriettas, Drap D'A Ima. French Crepe Cloth,
Sicilian, Diagonal, Armures. Venetian and Serges in all qualities, j
There is nothing more desirable for summer wear than
Challies. We have them at ?i, 12J, 15 and 25 cents.
Our Trimmings were selected with great caro, each shade of i
Dress Goods bein." matched with the newest and most stylish,
trimmings.
Persian Hands in all colors and combinations at 25, 35, 40,
50 and 75 cents.
Passamentaries, Silk Gimps, Girdles, kc, at prices too nu
nierons to mention, in
We have a beautiful line of india and Persian Lawns. Milanere. !
. . ..... . . .
Louisine, Lorella, arni Devon suitings. Plaids ami stripes from
(?4 cents up, and many new patterns.
Some phenomenal willies in our
DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT.
French Sateens, all colors and designs :it 12? to 25ets.
A beautiful Sateen drench-pattern at 10 cents.
A nice line of Chal l?n Cloths al 12i cents.
Ont ins'Cloth ai '0i cen ts. Somet hinentire!v new. i
Dress Ginghams -from < conis to \'?-? cents.
A handsome Linc of Zephyr Ginghams.
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Respect!
We are now displaying the latest novelties in Laces and Nets?
Chantilly, Guipure, Venetian Flouneings with nets to match.
Hading "Veilings, something new. An immense line of
Ol OE III ES.
45-inch Flouncings from 50 cents up.
See the new Hemstiched Flouncings.
Parasols to please the most fastidious, in all shades, sizes an<?
qualities.
THING.
In our Clothing Department care and good taste have bee?
used in the selection of our stock. The fabrics are new, the
cuts artistic, and the ?t perfection. Nowhere in the city can be
found a 1-etter assortment of fashionable attire for Men, Youths,.
Boys and Children.
Emancipate yourself from high priced Clothiers. Let no one
stay away : an inspection of our stock incurs no obligation ta
purchase.
We have exclusive control of Strouse & Bros/ Square-shoul?
dered Tailor-made garments. They can not be surpassed.
Rivet your optics on these bargains:
Men's all wool Indigo Blue Flannel Suits at ?9.00. Soldj
elsewhere at ?12.50.
Children's Suits, 5 to lo years, from 90 cts. and upwards.
Children's Knee-Pants from 25 cents and upwards.
For Jobbing trade we have pants from $6.00 per dozen and
upwards. Also a large line of cheap suits.
In our CUSTOM DEPARTMENT we have an immense line,
of samples of Foreign and Domestic Goods. Suits made ta
order and lit guaranteed.
HATS. HATS.
The latest blocks in Sti<T. Fur, and Wool Hats.
Prepare yourself to see the most complete line of Straw Hata^
ever displayed in the city. .
Samples sent on application j all mail orders will receive
prompt and careful attention.
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Tg <& Sons.