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COMING IHRIH ' H THE WOOD.
I (■.!• 1; r cti...u. uuuugk the wood,
My„rviy -me. m -V .r:
I F‘w i u“^" I v"”r; ry “ e ’
A,! I* \ gi\ \ 5•; kr. jrown.
A. o'ii v. fi *n*lv >rr if
■5. ;• had a h r rm,
i* -■r- v r* f ■ i i- * 3 . town
-ir.;.*! ior -ft tn **ln* came back
S * 11 a ni'l* sn l or her hair
A iho wc.-at and c !eivl what
'I ** c ::n ytar voulu 1-r n?;
\i \ dll < ihioic jhr * l t iarry me
•'** ■ t }f ’ ■
Mr. Wingate’s C r ri tmas Dinner.
i;v rovLr IMHGLAS.
f *- Morning Mew.
Tl, broad tborm .blare was brilliant
'■ ‘..a lizas* ami thronged with an eaitet
• '■!, anti tae frosty atiuo-qibere was
. :*oi.,fiit v\ ith gay voicf sand laughter as
Mr. \\ inga’.* tnreod fr’-m it into the more
..elusive and quiet quarter wherein he
”td hie residence, lie pau and a moment
~ v i-ii iris key in the and the big,
•ra-sv letters,* .i. Allen Wineat*on the
. .or plat*-st&r'n j him out of countenance,
to glance back a;, the twinkling lights of
t i-- avenue ar.-.l the softer Roods that
>jurt*i lurough lac - art tmei and frost* and
window panes alor.ir the street. Every
Si h.)ki set men to be gathered at its
-wn fireside, and yet toe streets over
flowed with moving .if-, for it l icked but
"■ lay ■ r two of Cnristmas, and the pulses
of the universe w ere qoi-kfi.e<L
A small house oppusit.;, sutiug close to
tte sidewalk, had .'s parlor curtains
irawnbaek; the room was ruddy with
iireligbt, and in the generous blaze a
younir girl roroj od a i frolicked with a
•svy of children, tL w hole zroup resem
a family of pi:i;. !u! kit*, ns.
ihe dark an l iu; ssive mansion, which
re the name ot J. Aden Wingate, was I
not a heerfui iiu ••* , ion to enter on a
lisp winter ni. It was so sombre as j
to be a blot on the g* r.i-ral bri Illness ol I
’.ue neighboroo'.rt: i>> kind y human iace |
r; noi even a j
> tally cur wajq. .1 him a welcome,
tr. fher was •: huefi sfa s dug on the ]
• a diirnifi . pontoons animal,
imp • -'ti and by his owner from France j
r imtuense exp list-, who felt his i
•wn imiortan e, who could bark !
in 1 >ut wno scorned 1
such trivialities as bsrkisg s borne oa
to bis master. i’iat master bad iiut |
• ■ 8) ipathies w tli his kind; he was at I
too mercy i.t his servant* and a prey to j
Ais hous-keeper. .Mrs. Flanituran was a '
hilanous soul, fond ol “a bit o’ com- i
c.e .. given ii . .in her 1
enormous tribe of relatives about her. j
■ ~ ••dative-, a cording to Mrs. Flan
igan, consisted almost entirely of eons-j
"|- to - mi -t part divisible, and ex- j
i.bi't and sonic of the most remarkable and I
eakisn ecu* utrlcities ever developed in
*e> lari: ■ family on record. When they ;
' 1 I* r. eli !i win amnz ngly often,
appeared to be chi* fly* engaged in
■ turo al rolling !
"•’> *—. .t ' if too'itlt Mrs. Fianni- ;
-a*s UenMir.g strength ap,. irent’y to
i. On casion, ;
v. i.t.: Upt ■■ ;i* fie rear re--ions was j
■c-.iali'. tvrnii.;, Mr Win-rate started to i
;i * sfi.u'e nidi- his housekeeper ly- 1
: : : a a *■• ap .'t fie* fo-*t of the back |
-.is. -ae pi ■ U< i -‘if up, \**ry red j
ry ye#, u.r; volubly ,
rising. "You see, sir, it was til - j
an’ uc's t|uct r-liko an’ h always .
i-lg lie*, ifi-iic! is s d*is, nn' St < if, j
Mary Fiannigan,’ sez uc, -I'll lay you
an’-.'gi t down stairs as fist as 1 can/{
- • ■ he, an’ w ith that he save me a bit of t
.-a an’ I feii - ihat's all, sii, indad**.”
.'icre ■ as ar. atmsphorc about her sus
e. '.islv sngccstive of his best brandy,
t she vowed l*y all the saints in the j
tiendar it was only *‘a dhropol pepper- >
/.lint,” which s*’t- to.-k f**r her rheumatism
. .1 declared tnis new remedy did ber‘*a ;
<-• nruld of good.” So the master oi the )
.- was la.a t abut "*l the flood gates ]
u.r expianati -us and return to lii? j
- m re and solitary musipgs.
He clwed tLe streei uoor reluctantly '
-~ts - ' a lit ami lingered ats>ut the vast balls !
, :d looked into the great, dark unused j
l. iors and reception rooms. Tney were j
: ;e splendid mausoleums and lie with- :
•hoodning, and grop* and Us way to
t Lie little study oa the other side of the:
house, where he was accustomed to bold j
his lonelv night watches and ponder his j
hitter thougb's. It was unlighted and
cheerless, and the lire in the grate showed
only a tiitul gleam among the ashes. He
withdrew the curtain from the window
and looked again, long and almost envi
ously at the bright room across the way,
as though both to relinuuish the happy
Picture: the children h *ddrawn about the
hearth now and were listening eagerly to
a storv from the lips of the elder girl.
Thiß girl was about the only one or bis
neighbors with whom he was cn any
terms of kindly intimacy. She was a
music teacher, an orphan .girl of perhaps
twenty, whom her landlady loved like a
daughter, and for whom the children
would cheerfully have laid down their
lives. Every morniug as he left his door
she started on the rounds of her busy day,
lor she had a goodly list of scholars and
sang in the choir of a fashionable church,
tail was altogether as brave and blithe,
as sunshinv and comforting a little wo
man as one could find in a year’s travel.
The gray-haired mao and the blooming
girl usually mpt at the crossing, at first
with a half smile and afterward with a
cherry “good morning” on her part and
occasionally a hand-shake from him, and
by-and-by, as their ways would lie in the
-ame direction, they walked a block or so
together. He was'drawn toward her at
first because she looked so like the little
daughter he had lost so long ago, his dead
f. for whom the father’s heart had
•;cver ceased its smothered aching. She
had the same sweet name, the same lull
lark eyes and sunny smile; her hair was
irowner, for the dead Lily’s bright head
had uever lost its hue of baby gold when
it lav in the eoflin. Ilis own child, too,
would lie now about the same age, were
she in life. He trembled to think of her
lacing the hard world like this patient
little Lily Sterlinsr. How the memory of
that little grave filled his heart to-night.
There was another close beside it, white
under the winter snows, for the dear
mother had not waited long from her
treasure. And there should have l*een
one more—yes, thore was one far out on
the Mexican plains, in that norror of
loneliness, with the quiet stars shining on
forever over it. 'that was something that
drove him mad to remember.
Allen Wingate was a stem and an
exact man. "Tight” and “close ’ his bu
siness associates called him, but he locked
seme torturing spirits in his ewn bosom
sccmvly from the workl, and let them
feed upon his heart in silence and apart.
Once it had not been so—he had been blest
with such a lot as tails to lew mortals.
Hut he had not called his blessing by its
oame nor lifted a thankful prayer as his
daily otiering. He took it as his due, a
thing to be expected, ana rejoiced ir it.
He knew the world around him was full
of graves, and each upheaval of the sod
tore some human heartstrings in helpless
agony; out he was careless of sympathy,
his own cup of happiness 6eemedsofull
he could never drain it dry. At last the
chastening hand was laid upon him; his
little daughter was taken and his heart
and soul refused to be comforted. lie could
not be resigned; he chafed and rebeled
and turned from gentler thoughts to his
own deep despair. Then the dear, sweet
mother closed her eyes In death, and he
was alone, save one. This was his first
t*orn, his high-spirited, passionate, head
strong boy—full of the quick impulses of
youth, rash and self-willed, but with a
warm and loving heart withal, which the
father had never entirely understood.
While the little mother lived he had never
needed curbing other than her loving
counsels: she gathered her little brood
under her wings and there was never a
jarring discord in the household music.
But with her death came a change; parent
and ebild were not in unison: they could
not understand each other’s desires and
purposes, and they grew apart day
iby day. He revolted from the
- drudgery of his father’s counting
house and pleaded for the univer
sity. Once fitted to its routine bis way
ward impulses sought some diversion
from “grubbing among Greek roots;” he
was arraigned for some wild college
prank growing out of bis mischief-loving
spirit, and immediately returned to bis
home. His father, impatient and irri
tated, upbraided him harshly; the boy,
stung with a sense of wrong,' retorted in
the hot temper of youth, but knocked in
vain at the doors of his parent’s blinded
udgment.
“Father, you are unjust—yes, more;
you are hard and cruel a>d wi -ked.
Men call you so, and 1 say it is true!”
11l- I tber .. -eu Ills hand a- if to
-tnk*- him. and the bov, panting with in
t.'> :u.t passion, with eyes and face
tflatpe. step**-d back, ami, takina some
•■■ i-< t fr.-m ih<- tal.le, nurliit it nlindly
■v i*ie of its aim. Then Allen Winoate,
• hi; with stippr* s-ed wrath, pointed t<>
h door and t-ii*l: Bcynel never crus*
Mirestiold of mine again: cev*-r com*-
into my pn seiu-e >r let me see your f tee
so lona us you may live!”
Ami he ho hn desi-e. From lhe mo
mutt bis son tuned from him his an
,'Uishf and face to the present hour, never
had that face looked into his own, except
is a phantom in bis uh 'Stiy meditations.
t horr it was on-sent day and night un
'•casinMy. A year a ter th:s separation
h< hc-*rd in a roundabout manner that
r*is boy Howard bad been murdered on an
Indian t ail in New Mexico months bo
f'To. Then be closed up his inn* r sell
*' t became a ore machine of business.
He planned and devistd and executed,
and the w< rld prospered w ith h:m, hut
■t r and ever thee was the awful sight
*1 a white skeleion ttleaming on the arid
'•-t*rn desert, where human footsteps
iis*ver trod and birds of pey
hovered over it. He lived
alone b -i-ause near companionships
wearied nim, and it was only of late that
an orphan girl, a friendless waif, bail
'tol n into his vacant regard beiore he
was aware. Once as they passed down
:’o‘ir own street Lily Sterling pointed to a
a-go -Hid banusome house a block distant
from the Wlegate stone walls. **l>u you
remem!*er that hot.se and the people who
used to Eve there?” she asked. Mr. Wlu
cate shook his head blankly: neighbors
•-ame and went, he took little account ol
'hem.
"That wrs ir,y earliest home. I lived
'here when 1 was a little girl like your
Lily, and she was my best friend and
.lay mat-.”
He looked gently down upon her, and
-aw that her sweet mouth was quivc ing
and her eyes were full of tears. Then it
all flashed up >n him in a moment. He
renumbered her lather’s name in com
mercial circles, and the financial i*isaster
that overtook him. He had never enter
tained great respect for his business
abilities, and the bankrupt and his affairs
had utterly faded from view. And now
fie was dead, and this was bis brave,
honest, self-reliant child, and she hail
been his own dead Lily’s friend! After
this he took the youns stranger uiuas
servedly into a daughter’s place inWs
heart, and conceived a plan that was to
make them both very happy forever after
ward, if only—if!
It was but the day before Christmas
vetbat the two friends encountered each
other at the street corner, she with her
happy face aglow and agleam with inner
sunshine. “Where are you going, tny
pretty maid?” quoth Mr..L Alien Wingate
almost as jauntily as though his h> a<>
were not whitening with the crowding
years. “Wheie? Ah! that is par'ly a
secret, tut I will let you into it if iou
cure enough to come along w ith me. You
know we are decorating the church and ! !
must finish up the evening th. re,
bur first 1 am going to give the
1 ist touches to a little house where some
intimate friends of mine are to spend
their honeym .on. This is to be-iheir
luturebomc- and they ur? to take immedi
ate possession as soon as they are mar
ried and 1 have been deputed to see that
everything is in order. See!” and
she held out a big door-key
on her finger and laughed gloeiully.
While she tal el she led the way u*r *uga
a quiet side stieet toward tne suburbs,
and stopped before an old fashioned 1
double cottage, with a wide balcony and |
rubied roof, all set in a shrubberied gar- j
don. She seemed to tread upon air, arid !
her spirits I rimmed over in ht-r happy face 1
and voice. “Isn i it the sweetest, doa est, j
quaintest in ok for two noopie to com j
ineiiee life in ! Look at this maple tree at I
this window; imagine lio'" the birds will :
revel in if all spring and summer, and see
how vigorous itiose rose hushes arc. They
**. ill lie ready w ith a perfect shower of
blossoms next June; and the low win
(lows and the balcony—isn’t it all delight
lul?” She danced from room to room, ex
cited, flush* and, eager, puttin * the finishing
magical touch with her deft fingers to
everything. Every room was in order anil
perfect in its arrangements; nothingcouid
have been suggested that they lacked.
They stood in the dainty parlor after
each object bad been finally settled in its
place. “When the lamps are lit an:! the
fires are blazing the pictu.'C w ill bo com
plete,” said lhe radiant Lily, taking a last
complacent glance over her work.
••Yes,” said Sir. Wingate, joining in the
gratified inspection, “you have fulfilled i
your task well, and your friends should •
be amply satisfied. Do you think they
will be happv here?”
••Do I think? 1 know they will.”
“Do you think you could be happy
here?”
••I would lie an ingratc- if 1 could not.”
She se* med so buoyant and content that
as he looked gently down into her pure,
fair lace he felt a strong desire to protect
and shield her from the weary work and
hardship of her lot, and his secret plan
took unpremeditated shape and speech.
“Lily, suppose someone were to tell
you that a good fairy had bestowed upon
you a gorgeous Christmas present that
would make your life henceforth a per
petual holiday, how would you like to ex
change your daily task-work and struggle
for bread for some of the ease and luxury
of existence that wo ail sigh for?”
She looked at him, speechless and be
wildered.
“I mean, little one, that I am getting
to be an old man. I am rich and child
less; when I die strangers and aliens will
squabble over and divide what I leave.
Why not let me formally adopt you, give
you' my name and make you my legal
heir*”
Her eyes flashed and she drew herself
up with something like scorn in them.
“No; a thousand times, no. I have an
honest name; I would not exchange it
for another’s unless I had the right to
bear it. Ido not wish to step into anoth
er’s lawful place nor usurp another’s law
ful heritage.”
She stopped, blushing violently.
“Your wealth, if you poured upon me
the revenues of an empire, could not
make me happier than 1 am to-day.”
“But there is no question of another's
lawful heritage. >!yown Lily is gone
lorever; I cannot make her live again ex
cept in you. You are like what her wo
manhood would have been; 1 could not
wish her otherwise than as you are—as
brave and patient, as true and unselfish.
1 did not think, mv child, this bard old
heart of mine would ever yearn over any
living thing again as it does over you;
what a comfort you might be to the lonely
old age that is coming upon me.”
Her eyes gazed firmly and steadfastly
into his, but she did not take the hand 9
he held out to her.
“Yes,” she said, “I remember Lily. She
was my childhood’s friend; and I remem
ber Howard, too.” Here her voice fal
tered and broke. “Did I not tell rou ? He
was my playmate and friend and brother.
All his life we never forgot each other.
You drove him from you to death: had
you been more of a father you need not
now mourn yourself childless.
Allen Wingate turned from her like a
guilty being when she called Howard’s
name, but he could bear her reproaches
no longer. “Child, child,” he broke forth;
“you torture me. You do not know what
long years of unspeakable agony have ex
piated that offense. You cannot tell what
scciet torture 1 bore in my breast while
that name never passed my lips. Freely
would I give my all of fortune aDd life if
I could recall that hour of my existence.”
Lily stole her hand through his arm and
laid her flushed and tearful face agaimt
his sleeve. “Forgive me if I hurt you; 1
wish 1 were really your daughter, your
very own. I could love you dearly if you
were my father. But money isn’t every
thing to all of us; it hasn’t made you
happy: I would not exchange my lot for
that of any other creature on the globe
this minute.”
So there seemed to be a scttlemeatot the
subject without more words. They went
out and closed the door and fastened the
gate, and Lily turned to look once more
at the place. “Dear Little Nest!” she said,
lingeringly and lovingly, “dear, precious
little home,’’ she repeated, smiling back
at it. She took his am, for he seemwf all
at once to have grown aged and feeble,
and airily chattered on until they reached
the church door. “Now, I want you to
promise to come to the service Christmas
morning; you must see bow beautiful the
decorations are, and you must hot the
music.” And he, who had not entered a
church for years, save the promise.
Christmas morning dawned over the
city “clothed in white samite, mys
tic, wonderful:” a sparkling anew lay
soft and brilliant over the brown
earth; light voices sounded crisp and
clear through the keen air, and the sweet,
shrill clsmor ol Christmas bells went car
oling wildly over earth and sky. Mr.
Wingate, looking forth from his window,
could not recall such another fair, white
Christmas world. His neighbors across
the way seemed determined to be prompt
in church going, for a carriage crowded
with the landlady and her children drove
away from her door far ahead of the hour.
When he walked up the aisle Lily was in
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her place Ir* Llsr. etnfr. and evidently on
the watch for him She was radiant and
her dimp ed face bloomed in the depths
•■f her poke bonnet as fresh and pink and
sweet as a blossom. Eaeh tim*- he el meed
at her he caught herdark eyes fixed wist
fully on bis face, but she sang lhe carols
and anthems as though sorrow bad never
touch'd her. Her r**-h, swe*-t voice, rev
eling in its own ine’mly. seemed to soar
to the verv gates * f heaven, and to be
flung back to earth with something of
angelic rapture in i's strains.
Allen Wingate lingered somewhat
Christians greeting, but a group of
surrounded Lily, and be turned to his
own dwelling, which wore as much of a
holiday aspect as an ancient tomb. Never
theless there was a sumptuous dinner
spread in the great dining-room, to which
he repaired in solitary state to partake
cf it. As Le 6ank into bis seat at that
i dismal board, and contemplated the gllt
! tering array of silver and glass, and satin
; damask, and the delicate viands before
j him his soul sicken'd within him. ll**
j dismissed tne waiter, whose presence
' was oppressive, and bowed his head upon
j his clasped hands. He could not touch a
morsel. Was this the Christmas feast,
I this spread table with no lriend to sit
j with him at its bounty ? Was this to be
I the end of it all, that iie should finish his
I days apart from his kind, and die at
| last hating and bated? Even tneoutcasts
' were less friendless than he,
for there is a community in vaga
! bondage. In every household in every
| land to-dav the bonds ot tainily love were
| strengthened and scaled'rinew. Through
all the world joyful feet hastened to some
Christmas board and hearth where love
awaited and expected them. Somewhere
thore was room in the household mirth
for the stranger guest—except for him;
no human being spared him one thought
or throb of sympathy from pis store.
Once it had not been thus, but he bad for
feiteil the rigiit to the peace and goodwill
which sanctified happy homes with its
benediction. Dared he call down a
gracious blessing on him and bis! Long I
he sat with his bands pressed against his j
burning eyes; hi* did not bear the remote j
peal oi the door bell nor a movement in
the next room. He did not stir |
even when the folding doors '
were noiselessly swung back and |
a girlish figure stood on the threshold. I
The attitude of utter dejection, of hopeless I
misery, sent, a pang to the womanly heart j
ot the spectator. “Father!” she called, !
and springing across the room she drew
his gray head to her shoulder and laid]
her tear-wet cheek against it. “Father,
I am here too," and a stalwart, bearded |
figure rushed Itehind his chair and threw |
two strong arms about the bent torm. i
Then Allen Wingate rose up trembling
and white as ashes. “What dots this !
mean? Who are you?” But he did not |
need to ask twice; tie tell back in his seat
sobbing, “My boy—my dear boy!” When
the first rush of ecstacy subsided Howard
and Lily began explaining things in a
contusing duet. “The best part of the
affair is you have gained a son and daugh
ter at one stroV.e; you see, I am Mrs.
Howard Wingate, if you please.”
M'.p ti .wii prment on the part of Mr.
Wingate, senior.
**r.ut now i-.it—when? 1 can’t under
stand; are you not Lily Sterling?"
“She was*until about three hours ago,"
b<"vm Howard, but Lity chimed in regard
less of polite propriety:
* \w were man leu this morning at St.
Luke's just la-fore service. Howard only
came last night, and 1 did want to tell
you so much, but I was bait afraid, and,
then, I wafited to surprise you with every
tdrg at once. And now I am your real
daughter. Don’t you know I said 1 would
not bear vour name until 1 had a right to
it ? And we are the people who are going
to live in the cottage where I took you tne
orb riiav. I >n’t it all too delightful tocon
tcniplato s>*rinusl\ and Lily’s counte
nance struggled with s.giles and blushes
until it was as bright as a quivering sun
beam.
‘•But it is like a dream—that my son.
my boy Howard, who left me a beardless j
youth, and w hom I have mourned as dead
these long years, should come to life like
this." anil the glad old man gazed anew
into the sunburned, whiskered face of the
young fellow who stood head and shoul
ders above him and shook him like an
affectionate young bear.
It was a glorious Christmas dinner at
last—such a reunion as comes to few men
in one lifetime. Mrs. Wingate threw
aside her bonnet and took her seat at the
head of the table with a matronly grace
bewitchinglv becoming. And the long
story came out by piecemeal, Howard
putting bis fragments together and
Lily assisting him out with
h<*r version, and both sometimes
coming together in the narration in
breathless chorus. And Mr. Wingate
heard how bis son’s adventurous spirit
hd him in the first bitterness ot his ,
banishment to the far West; how in an
Indian fight he had been left by bis
scouting party among the dead; that with
the ass'stance of a friendly Indian he was
revived and his wounds attended to, and
how after several weeks he struggled
back to his camp. How he went into the
mines alter that and dug and delved,
proving to himself a good share of pluck
and grit as well as bone and sinew; how
he had never relinquished the
memory of liis childish playmate,
and when he had forced Fortune to
smile a little upon lrm he determined
to return to the scenes of his boyhood and
make bis future stand if Lily would only
help to hold him up. And then that young
person told how she had discovered How
ard’s father and had found a vacant nook
in his heart and had crept into it, some
what for Howard’s sake at first, but at
last for his own, and that she feared to
tell him of Howard’s existence or her own
interest in him, lest the father should be
still unforgiving and sternly withdraw
himself from them. That she found out
his secret sorrow and remorse that day at
the cottage and saw her way clear, and
that they intended to enter as self-invited
guests to his Christmas board, and when
she stood in the doorway and saw reveal
ed his lonely wretchedness it went to her
heart like the stroke of a dagger.
“And, please God,” she said, coming
behind bis chair and putting her soft
arms about his neck, while she laid her
bright face on his gray head, “you shall
never sit down to another forlorn Christ
mas dinner while there are two people
I living to make a joyful feast for you,
You have two children now, and it is as
tonishing,” she continued, sententiously,
“how much comforting affection can be
evolved out of one human heart when
you rub the right spot, and when you put
two hearts together the arithmetic of the
matter is vastly increased.”
Upon one point the young Wingates
were inexorable; they could not be in
duced to take up their abode in the great,
grim house, but held staunchly to their
cottage. So there was nothing to do but
to hang out a big placard “to let” on the
front wall, and the elder Wingate was
installed in the cottage. Mrs.
Flannigan, upon hearing the
turn affairs had taken, went to led
outright, and her rheumatism returning
with terrific violence, she assuaged its
pangs with so many drops of peppermint
that she shouted and howled until it be
came evident that all her cousins had
come to see her at once and were bolding
one last high carnival together; indeed,
(fee whole neighborhood became con
vinced that Mrs. Flannigan’s wake was
being celebrated with all the accessories.
As for the lofty and elegant stag dog,
the thought of coming down in the social
scale from an aristocratic establishment
where he had held a high head above all
the rest of the brute creation to living in
a cottage, appeared to break him all up,
and as he took it so to heart, and being s
proud and sensitive spirit, he was thrown
in with the furniture and was let to a
fashionable family altogether congenial
to his nature.
“So in somewise all things wear round be
times
And wind up well."
Tbe Secret of Lons Life.
rhUndtlphia Timet.
Simon Cameron is about the only man I
have ever known to quit public life while
be was still able to deal with the world.
It haa been something more than ten
years since he went out of the Senate and
voluntarily retired to hla country home to
spend the reet of his days in enjoying the
best pleasure# of old age. He has
traveled eight or ten thousand milea a
year since, and devoted himself to his
own comfort. He loves young company.
In health, spirit and ambition he la not
over 40, although he is turning 86. He
seeks men of his own spirit and with
blood warm enough to make them see the
roey side of life. He hasn’t' a single
characteristic of an old man about him,
and I have often beard him say:
“The secret of life ie to keep moving.
Men grow old only when they eit down
long enough to nt rusty. I want to live
juat as long as I can be happy. When I
reached the point when my friends, stand
ing on the corners and seeing me come up
the street, say, 'Let’s get on the other
side; there comes that old fool;’ I want
to die. Men make a great mistake in tbia
life by holding on to any position after
they have lost their grip and their com
pany has become unpleasant to their
associates.”
s-ENATOR SAULSBURY HAUNTED.
AVhy he is Afraid to Venture Out Alone
Aft-r Dark.
“Is this Pennsylvania avenue, sir?”
asked a beautiful young girl this after
noon of a dignified old gentleman, sa>> a
Washington special to the New Yoik
Morning Journal.
“No you don’t!” shouted the old man,
as he pulled off hi, spectacle' • and uopped
over the curb. ■•] kc w • ”*out you
young flirts, av,l dn*> •v- as I ! k."
The cld man threv uatje over ini iefi
shoulder anu spurt . down the avenue at
top speed, leaving Miss Eva Dwyer
covered with bushes and confusion.
The old man who acted in such a r*-
markable manner is Senator Saulsbury,of
Delaware. He is a pinchefl-’aced man,
and is distinguished by his inordinate
love ot Morris Cove ovsters and aversion
to marriageable Inmates. A re ent at
tack of inflammatory rheuma'ism in the
L*ot has not improved the old gentleman’s
disposition, and his curtness' toward his
brother Senators hae made him unpopu
lar.
Recently Senator Wade Hampton, who
is a bigger wag since he lost his leg than
ever, started a storv about Saulsbury that
has the effect of making the latter a
species of monomaniac.
The story is that Saulsbury took a
solemn oatn in 1860 never to marry until
tne Democracy won a President and that
he now intends to lead an heiress, wrh
whose cbarm9 he ba9 long been smitten,
to the altar.
The wide circulation of this story has
had the effect to bringing a cumber oi
"heiresses" to Washington whose hearts
have fallen a prey to the accomplished
flirt from Dover, and the aged statesraun’s
existence has lately been a succession of
spasms. A good "looking temale in a
GainesbTOUgh hat will give him a kink
in the back as though he had been kicked
by a pile-driver, while'the approach of a
giddy little creature in curls will drive
him to the verge of epilepsy.
Ilis experience to-day is but one of the
twenty or more that he has every day,
arid his friends begin to fear teat il
something isn't soon done for his relict
the old man will go off in an attack oi
“ oily waffles.”
Whenever there is a rustle of silks in
the Diplomatic Gallery, the old gentleman
will hop up as much as though a pin has
been stuck into nim. and four times out of
every tivo that he thus jumps he will
strike his game foot against something
and howl with pain.
A laughable scene occurred in the
rotunda the other day when Mary, iihe
apple-woman, tried to induce the Senator
to purchase some of her last year's fruit.
B :.e approached him with an ancient red
apple in eaeh baud, and smiled as sweetly
as tne loss of her teeth would permit.
‘•Stand back!" cried the Senator, pok
ing his cane at her, "Don’t you dare to j
come near me, or I’ll have you arrested.”
• But, Senator, sure,” pleaded Mary,
••you engaged ”
“Engagedshrieked the Delawarean.
And the old man forgot his rheumatism
ior once and bounded up the steps lead
ing to the Senate Chamber like a young
colt.
"1 had no idea,” remarked Senator
Hampton, - that Saulsbury had been so
play lul in his youth or I would not have
cracked the joke on him. It is too had,
indeed, but 1 suppose it can’t be helped
now."
When Senator Saulsbury enters the
Senate Chamber now be is at mice the
objective point of every opera glass in tne
gallery, and many an old sweetheart of
his grown gray and wrinkled with weary
i wailing for the old veteran to heave to
I anil pop the question, sighs like a walrus
! when he ports his helm and sinks into
I ms seat. He tries his best, poor man, to
I read newspapers and write letters to his
I constituents, but it isplain tha’ his miud
I is not wedded to cither. He will stick his
pen in the paste pot, and the paste-brush
in the ink-bottle, and almost invariably
has his paper upside down. He tried to
pass off this latter absence of purp se,
toe other day. when bi3 attention was
directed to it, by saying that he was lef
Landed, but the excuse was a palpa y
laino one. Occasionally he will hide his
head in the Congressional Jiecord. but
then he invariably goes to sleep and has
horrrible dreams, from which he will
awake with a start and call upon the
Sergent-at-Arms for protection.
The condition of the Senator, thougn
painful to his friends, is regardedas a
wholesome example to the junior Aewfltors,
\\ ho may, it is hoped, avoid much nnfery
in their old age by leaving fluttering
hearts to flutter all alone.
GHOSTLY LOVERS WEDDED.
A Phantom Marriage Feast—lloyal
Spirits Present.
Many curious cabinet tricks of spirit
ualists have been exposed from time to
time, says a San Francisco special, but
probably the most remarkable seance on
record is that in which a ghostly mar
riage and a phantom wedding-feast took
place under the direction of Elsie Rey
nolds. She was determined to excel all
the other mediums in the world, and do
something in the spiritual line that had
never been attempted before. Elsie Rey
nolds is a materializing medium. Several
years ago she converted to the spiritualist
ideas Mrs. Eunice S. Sleeper, an aged and
wealthy widow. Mrs. Sleeper’s only
daughter died in 1876. She has a hand
some residence on Fremont street, this
city, and ot late has become, under
the' tuition of Elsie Reynolds, a per
fect monomaniac on spiritualism. Mrs.
Sleeper took the spiritualistic Elsie to her
heart and home, and fitted up a suite of
apartments especially for seances and
ghostly visitors. Mrs. Sleeper, during
these seances, used to derive great con
solation in communicating with her de
ceased husband and daughter, whose
spirits were summoned and occasionally
materialized. The climax was capped
the other evening by the spiritual mar
riage of the deceased Miss Sieeper to the
defunct Prince Otto, of Germany, a rela
tive of the Premier Bismarck. The wed
ding was held in the room of the medium
described above, and was witnessed ty a
mixed company of mortals and spirits.
When the lights had been lowered, the
curtains of the cabinet were drawn and
the materialized bride and groom ap
peared. A “diamond” crown adorned the
head of the bride and her form was com
pletely enveloped by a long white veil.
The groom was dressed in garments of the
ancient pattern,comprising knee breeches,
stockings and slippers, and his head was
encircled by glittering jewels in com
formity to his rank.
The officiating priest was clad in black
and wore on his head a white turban.
His face was ghastly and his eyes gleam
ed with an unnatural lustre. On the con
clusion of the ceremony he gave the cou
ple his blessing and faded away. The
bride was attended by two bridesmaids,
and asked her mother when they appear
ed, “Do we not look like the three graces,
Agalia, Euphrosyne and Thalia?” The
queen mother of the groom and Empress
Josephine oi France, were among the dis
tinguished spirit guests, while Dc Ad
ams, P. H. Jackson, James Platte, Geo.
W. Brooks, Mr. ana Mrs. Wm. Hay, Mrs.
Leonard and many others were present in
the flesh. A bridal supper succeeded the
wedding. Mrs. Sleeper was seated by the
bride at the head of the table, bearing
light refreshments, such as cake, fruit,
etc., with the queen mother to her right
and Mr. Sleeper to her left. The remaining
guests also seated themselves around the
table, a spirit alternating with a person in
the flesh. After wine had been served
the bride and groom complained that they
were becoming weak, and passing around
the table raised the wine glasses and
touched them to their lips. They then,
followed by all of the spirits, trooped into
the cabinet, the curtain of which fell and
concealed them from view. The lights
were next turned on, and the glasses and
decanters on the table contributed about
all that remained in evidence of the spiri
tual supper and wedding, the material
guests alone being left to tell the tale.
Mrs. Sleeper was interviewed recently
and said:
“My dauzhter was but 6 years old when
she died in 1876. She appears to me almost
every night in a materialized shape. I’ve
talked with her and walked with her, and
she has lain with me in my bed. Her
voice has changed somewhat, and she haa
grown larger and stronger since her
death. A few weeks ago she appeared,
told me of her contemplated marriage to
Prince Otto, who is also an inhabitant of
the spirit world, and asked and obtained
my consent.”
Those ladies who cannot or will not
wear the high coiffure, with the hair
drawn up from the nape of the neck,
compromise by wearing nigh or conspicu
ous back combs and side combs, and for
evening wear these must be jeweled.
Diamonds, instead of orange buda and
blossoms, are the popular wear this
season. The diamonds are worn m the
ears, on the arms, neck, and bosom, as
well as in the hair; the orange flowers
loop the lace ruffles,
TAKEN FOR A TRAMP.
A Cl*>rk Who Exp(*t-I to Pars'jze a
t*trauj; Oue-t, but ff:u Pulverized.
AV Ynrl //mil.
Thf-re is no <l*-nyinz the fact that he
looked seedy. Hi- bat was of tiie“sho<-k
--iu bad” or. er, the cut ol bis coat of sn
tiuue style, tua gi acral make-up of the
modern irump school. Crying to dodge a
■ •art in oio-;-iiur upper B oadway recent
ly. a gentleman answering the above, de
-(•ription blundered against a vehicle
coming ft.itn the opposite direction and
qpea.ti! His hand v.itu tar grease oozing
* ou one of tuc* bub-. It is a g-*od thing
t i have clean hands, although manual un
fit holiness is no uncommon thing in this
great, n;ut Hv. Walking luto an ad
jacent hotel, the man of smeared hand
_:roee<-ded to wash himself in one of the
marble basins tor lav itor. use.
“Can’t you read?” a-k :1 a stylish
young man with a. cutaway coat, richly
parti-col<>red scarf and a glittering dia
mond scarf pm.
“i can," answered the stranger, as he
vigorously ru .bed tiie ball ol soap over his
she ared band “Why do you ask?”
“Because tnere is a primed notice over
your head you should read and heed.”
“Ab ! l see." was the strait er’s cool re
joinder, raising his eyes and reading the
leitiee, “For exclusive use of the guests,”
and then he continued in the same cool
tone: “I had not observed the notice be
lli. e. It is not an original idea, by any
means. I nave seen it frequently in ho
tels, tmt it's intensely stupid, has no
meaning in it. One of the rules of the
house, is it? What nonsense! Whatcon
stitutes a hotel guestP’
“I don’t wan- any of your conun
drums, old fellow.” indignantly inter
rupted the young man, hi- flashing dia
mond paied ny the fiery flashing of his
eyes. “You are not a guest of the hotel,
so get out ot here.”
'•Who are you that you should talk to
me in that way ?’’ asked the stranger in
tne same tone of imperturbable calmness
and scanning his interlocutor with a keen
ly scrutinizing gaze as he b gan to w ipe
his hands on the immaculate towel sus
pended from a roller.
“I belong to the hotel. I am the clerk,”
quickly answered the young man, with
that protessionai air of colossal impor
tance and supreme contempt for ordinary
mortals which it is expected will bo fol
lowed by an immediate paraly zing effect.
"Then 1 don’t mind,” said the stranger.
•“I atu not as frightened a- I might have
been. 1 thought surely th hotel belonged
ro you mstead of your belonging to the
hotel.’ y
"i don’t want any more words; you get
out of here quick.* r
“Young m in,” and the words were ut
tered in a slow and deliberate tone, **l
want to give you some advice; it’s very
old and trite, but it is very good for a fast
young man like you. ‘Think before you
speak:’ ‘Never from appearances.’
impress these aphorisms on your feeble
brain. The fact is—"
**Bul 1 1< 11 you again, get out of here,”
fairly screamed the young man in his in
creasing rage,-“or I’M cal! a policeman.”
“i won’t get out of liere, ar.d n police
man will put me out, eitner. You in-ult
ingly■called nay attention to that printed
notice, *Far exclusiveuse of .he guests.’
Now understand clearly, the moment a
stranger steps-loot over the threshold of a
hotel he is the guest of that hotel and eu
titled to its privileges and comforts. For
all tie* privileges and comforts he chooses
t> avail himseii ot be can be charged.
There is no law restricting him in the
fre dom of his choice,, and neither is there
any law compelling him to stay longer
than he wisnes. I desire to avail myself
ot no urtber privileges at this hotel, and
I propose to leave at once. Now 1 want
to se • the proprietor and pay my bill."
“There’s nothing to pay. and if there
was you probably haven't a dime alien
your clothes. There’s the door."
“My young ftiend. I see mat avenue of
egress, and l propose to utilize it in m\
own good time; but lsee you will not t ike
advice. I’ve only one word moie
with you," taking the young man by tne
collar, who paled and quivered under his
wrathful grasp and menacing eye. “I
have only just arrived in this city, hut if
I meet any more like you 1 shall do two
things—enlarge the boundaries of my pri
vate burying ground and tound an asylum
so long needed in this country for that
large class of imbecile damned fools—ho
tel clerks."
“I have used your wash basin, soap
and towel,” the stranger said to the pro
prietor whom he found in the office, “and
I want to pay my bill.”
“There’s nothing to pay," politely an- I
swered the proprietor.
“But 1 insist upon it," taking out a
large roll of bills and extracting a. $lO
note and laying it on the counter, "it it’s
more than the bill would be, use the bal
ance in trying to germinate brains and
develop good manners in your hotel
clerk."
“But, sir— ’’
The stranger disappeared. Later on in
the evening The gentleman—a prominent
lawyer of this city and ex-Judge of one
of the higher courts —recited the above
story to a party of gentlemen dining with
him at Delmonico’s. He has just come
from the mines o! California, having gone
there in a spirit of adventure and to im
prove his health, and he retained his min
ing garb until after his arrival to aston
ish his friends and amuse himself over
their puzzling failures to recognize him.
It is hardly necessary to add that the idea
of an asylum for hotel clerks was re
ceived as one of the brightest indications
of the progressively philanthropic spirit
of the age.
. John Watkins’ Baby.
Philadelphia Record.
As Johnnie Watkins, a diminutive
newsboy, was standing at the corner of
Sixth and Filbert streets, bawling forth
the most sensational news contained in
his stock of atternoon papers, he was ap
proached by a well-dressed young woman
who carried a brown paper parcel with
great care. She stopped on the corner,
glanced up the narrow throughfare, for
Filbert street at this point is only an al
leyway, and remarked in a pleasant tone
to Johnnie:
“Bubby, here is a quarter; take this
bundle to No. 610, that little house right
there: it’s too muddy for me to try it,”
and she pointed to a small three-story
brick dwelling a few doors from the cor
ner.
Johnnie pocketed the quarter and
seized the bundle.
“Look out, be careful; don’t shake It,
or it’ll break,” said the young woman,and
Johnnie bore it away carefully.
A knock at the door of 610 was an
swered by a Mrs. Rees, who lived there
with her sou, daughter and son-in-law.
Johnnie banded in the bundle, said where
he got it, and was asked if there was any
answer. He did not know, and was
asked to wait. Mrs. Rees carried it into
the house and stripped off the brown pa
per. Inside she found a plump and healthy
young lady, about 1 month old, sleeping
peacefully. Naturally Mrs. Rees was
astonished, and when Johnnie was called
in he was so absolutely dumfounded that
all he could say was:
“Well, I’ll oe gosh hanged!”
“You’ve got to take it away again; I
won’t have anything to do with it,” said
Mrs. Reees.
, “But what’ll I do with the darned
thing?” protested Johnnie.
He protested in vain, however, and with
the now wide awake infant, squalling
loudly, in his arms he was put out and
the door closed. He looked in vain for
the young woman who had given it to
him, and after dropping the unhappy and
homeless waif once or twice in his ignor
ance of the proper method of holding ba
bies. he was collared by Officer Greenwood
of the Fourth district, who relieved him
of the fearful responsibity.
Manx Hire Reason for TbankggiTinc
This year, but none more so than the
fortunate winners in the 174th Grand
Monthly Drawing of the Louisiana State
Lottery at New Orleans, on Tuesday
(always Tuesday), Nov. 11. Ticket No.
68,680 drew the First Capital Prize of
$75,000. It was sold in fifths at $1 each
one of which was held by Frank Crockett,
Engineer of No. 12 engine, in the Fire
Department of San Francisco, and col
lected through the Bank of California—
another fifth was held by John M. Mober
ley, Assistant Cashier of the Mercer
National Bank of Harrodsburg, Ky.—
another by Mr. Thos. Mulhearn, liquor
dealer, No. 2.020 U Washington street,
Boston, Mass., ana the balance elsewhere.
No. 13,023 drew Second Capital, $26,000;
two-fifths of which were held by Louis J.
Wild, Donaldsonville, La.—another fifth
by Master Frank K. Duffv, an 8-year-old
son of Mr. Thos. Duffy, No. 47 Washln—
ton street, Hartford, Conn.—another
Mr. Robert Richter, at No. 2541 Christian
street, Philadelphia, Pa. No. 69,339 drew
the Third Caoital Prize of $10,000; sold
also in fifths, one to D. L. Orr, of Stephen
ville, Tex.—another to Hy. Brotherhood,
of Milwaukee, Wis., and the balance
elsewhere. Nos. 75,733 and 97,135 drew
each one of the Fourth Capital Prizes of
$6,000, scattered in fractional parte in St.
Louis, Mo.; Victoria, Tex.; Indianapolis,
lad.; Cincinnati, O.
Jurniofting ©oofte.
what"
La F ar las in Stock
Daul<>i> & Co.’* <>'■ brated Huts,
In Silk and Derbys.
KSOX tliC HATTER’ FINE OPERA and
SILK II *TS.
Children's Plush and Cloth i’tfifc' > CAPS.
Youths’ Soft FELT and PERCY HATS.
MEN’S CAMELS HAIR UNDERWEAR
White and Red all Wool UNDERWEAR,
Men’s and Boys.
All Wool and Merino all sizes.
CANTON FLANS LL DRAWERS *8 per doz.
The Finest Unlnundried SHIRT at $1 each.
TBEFOI'SSE KO> GLOVES. BUCK DRIV
ING GLOVES. FI R-TOP KIP GLOVES,
and DOG-SKIS GPU ES.
CHAMOIS-sK N UNDERWEAR and
CIIE-T PROTECTORS.
SILK and LINES II \SI)KERCHIEFS a
line Hemstitched Handkerchief at |3 a
dozen.
SCARES. TIES, VALISES and BUGGY UM
BRELLAS.
BUGGY ROBES and WRAPS.
In fact, anything needed by first-class trade
in the line of
Gentlemen’s Wear
—AT
LIAR’S,
NO. 23 BULL STREET.
Sljoro anft iiato.
SHOES. SHOES.
SOMETHING"' SPECIAL.
I will offer for tile next
in DAYS
\ LADY’S KID BUTTON at *2 50, worth
$3 00.
A GENTS’ HAND-WELTED SHOE at $5,
worth SG.
Agent for JAMES MEANS’
OO SHOES
Full stock of MISSES’ and CHILDREN’S
SPRING HEELS.
GENT - EMBROIDERED and GOAT
Si IPPERS for CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
H A ’ T s-i .
I have a full line of GENTS’ and BOYS
-opr and -TIFF H YT> from 5 c. t. i 3.
STETSON’S celebrated STIFF and SOFT
II ATS from $3 £0 to >l.
A. S. NICHOLS,
Tie M Grocery
IS OFFERING THE CHEAPEST
HOLIDAY GROCERIES
IN THE CITY.*
N’KW Citron, Currants. Raisin", Mince
Meats, .Tellies in buckets, all kind of
Nuts, French Candies ami Lemons and Ap
ples.
Fine Butter at 25, 30 and *5 CPnts.
Coffees roasted at 20 and 25 cents.
Teas at 50 cents.
Fine Hams at 15 cents.
Pigs’ Feet, White Meats at 3 pounds for 25
cents. Fine Corned Beef.
Presents given away on Coffees
and Teas.
Fine Box Raisins for sl. You can save
money bv calling at
RUSSAK & CO.’S,
22 AND 22% BARNARD STREET.
AT A. DOYLE’S,
1A B ARRELS CRYSTAL QUINCES.
1U 5 bar rels PARS NIPS.
10 barrels C ARm <TS.
50 barrels BURB ANK POTATOES.
25 barrels NF.BRON BEAUTIES.
20 barrels E A RLY ROSE POTA l OES.
15 barrels RED ONIONS.
20 barrels SILVER-sKIN ONIONS.
1(0 bunches Fine RED B \NAN\S.
100 boxes Choice FLORID \ ORANGES.
25. barrels New York SPYF APPLES.
FULTON MARKET BFEF.
PIG’- HEAD, PIG’S FEET.
ATLANTA SAUSAGES
On hand fresh from the factory.
Also BOLOGNA SAUSAGES.
No. i PIG HAMS at 15c.
STRIP BACON at 13c.
New Currants, Faisins aud Cuuoanuts
—AT—
A. DOYLE’S,
GOODS.
DEIIESA RAISINS, whole and quarter
boxes.
LONDON LAYER RAISINS, whole, half
and quarter boxes.
SULTANA RAISINS (Seedless).
LOOSE MUSCATEL RAISINS.
New CURRANTS.
LEGHORN CITRON.
Fresh NUTS.
Whole and Ground SPICES.
TABLE and COOKING WINES.
For sale by
F. L. GEORGE,
OOR. STATE AND WHITAKER STS
ttuluj’o Hotial ©lifting.
jRUBYS ai I
(GILDING!
Heady for Instant Use.
“Rich as gold leaf and wondrously cheap.”
— Herald.
This splendid Gilding is the exact color of
English Sterling Gold. It is very easily ap
plied with-a brush, and may be used by the
most inexperienced. It dries hard in a few
moments and presents a surface of rich ham
mered gold.
FOR HOME USE.
RUBY’S GILDING is valuable for Gliding
Household Ornaments, Furniture, Frames,
Cornices, Baskets, Fans, Decorative Paint
ing, etc.
A Camel’s Hair Brush in each box.
Any one can use it. Price 50c. Refuse all
substitutes. Sold by
JOHN OLIVER, 5 Whitaker,
T ft. BUTLER, 6 Whitaker,
1 . HANLEY', Whitaker and York,
o. r. HA v KGS, 143 Broughton,
And all dealers in Art Materials.
New York Chemical Cos., 3 E. 4th at., N. Y.
gopartwereftiy jlotlteg,
NOTICE.
THE copartnership heretofore existing un
der tne firm name of CRAWFORD A
LOVELL, having been dissolved on Aug. 22
last, by the death of Mr. WILLIAM C.
CRAWFORD, the undersigned have associ
ated themselves together for the transaction
of a general Hardware business, and will con
tinue the business of tbe late firm at the old
stand, 156 Broughton street, under the firm
name and style of EDWARD LOVELL &
SONB.
Savanhah, Dee. 18, 1884.
EDWARD LOVELL.
EDWARD F. LOVELL.
ROBERT P. LOVELL.
jlnftnrtahFr.
JNO. H. FOX/
Cabinet Maker and Undertaker,
(Under Masonic Temple),
WHITAKER AND LIBERT Y STREETS.
Residence corner Gordon and Lincoln streets
lumber, etc.
BACON, JOHNSON & C 0„
Planning Mill, Lumber & Wood Yard,
Large stock of
Dressed and Rough Lumber
* At low prices.
A good lot ol Wood just received.
Sljoco, (Hoalto, fforocto, C?tr.
rommi m
Gr RAND
Holiday Dispii y !
THE LARGEST AND FINEST COLLECTION OF USEFUL AND ORNAMENT\i
ARTICLES ADAPTED For
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
COMPRISING AN ELEGANT LINE OF
Autograph and Mi tograph Albums. Sc-an Books, Work Bose’, Celluloid Sets ;n p]
and Leather cases, verv elaborate, at remarkable low figures; Cigar and Cigarette Ca.-,.
Portmanteaus. Hand Rag* and Mur Cases. Writing Dc*ks, Ink 'tand*. Card t'uMti
Artiflcial Flowers, m Majolica Pots. Hindso nc lino of Fans, solid Sterling Silver JewCrv*
Ojiera Gia-ses 'ilk Urabro las with Solid Gold and Mlver ban-ties Beautiful line of i.ant(o-
- Scarfs, Silk Braces, Silk Socks, Kid Gloves, silk Handkerchiefs.
Fine Selection of Christmas Odrds
IN LATEST DESIGNS. And hundreds of other useful articles TOO .NUMEROUS TO
MENTION.
CLOAKS—ENORMOUS REDUCTION!
Itt Rich, *ho>t Wraps, Holmans, Newmarkets, Russian Circulars, etc.
Those who have no purchased mayconsMer themselves rather fortunate than
otherwise in having deferred buying’, if ihcy attach any importance to s.ving
dollars, winch the extremely low prices that will pretail in this department
this week will accomplish for them.
SPECIAL.
Having just closed from one of the largest manufacturers another lot of sfo all w ~1
CASHM KBE SHOUT WRAP*. richly trimmed with heavy Chenille Fringe, in Navy, MyHli,
(jrav and Brown, at a tremendous los-to the latter, we have placed the same for sale on
Special ■ ountcr at the remarkable low price of FV K DOLT AUS—which hardly pays r
cost of fringe These goods are warranted all ure wool, and have never been dieted Defers
for less than $lO to ‘l2. i.ood reason why every lady should s cure one of them.
We wil* offer a manufacturers stock of Misses’ and Chitdre X wmarkets and If .ve
locks at FIF > Y CKM son the dollar—at *1 50. $1 75. *2 00. $2 25, $2 50, up to $2O.
We are off* ring special inducements in Trimmed and Untrimmed lIATB. Our prices aro
far be ow all other houses.
JUST RE EIVI I) .’>oo dozen Hlack Ostrich I ips, three in a bnncli. which
we shnil oß'er while they last at 33c. a bnncli; sroud vane at 7*>c.
"ILK VELVET* in Cardinal. Garnet, Brown, Nay, Myrtle, Bronze, Olive,
Limn and Black, rli good shade , at tpl 23 a yard: worth $2.
We are <ole Agents for tlte Celebrated
Piicsss si Wales MjitaMs Bnstie!
Which is the onlv Bustle ever made that will give a Lady the correct form. Being adjust
able, it can-be made more or less prominent to suit the taste o£ the wearer. IT NEVER
MOV ES IN WEARING. We would recommend our Lady Patrons to examine it.
OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT
The most attractive in the store. Never before have, our Shoes so fully met every require
ment of Elegance and Ta-teas they do now. Never before have we been so confident 'hat
they will prove -atisfactory when put to the test of wear, and never, sim-e we have sold these
goods, have we been able to offer you so much value for so litt-c in return The many opjior
tunitics for buying goods greatly under value accounts for the LOW PRICES that are so
prominent a feature in this Department—a feature remarked by all who have examined our
large sto -k. While this fullne sof value is clearly evident throughout our entire assortment,
it. is most noticeable iu our Finest Grade of Goods, and can be readily understood when we
speak of FRENCH KID HAND-SEWED BUTT iNS at $4 00. This is not only a good Shoe,
hut is also a beautiful one. Some of our Shoes, material and style considered, are non
cheaper than tins.
GENTS’ SLIPPERS.
GENTS’ EMBROIDERED SLIPPERS and HOWARD TIES at $1 00, $1 25, $1 50 and $2.
Gents’ Maroon Goat Opera Slippe s. Patent Leather Trimmed. $1 50 and $2.
Men’s Genuine Alligator Skin Opera Slippers, in black and colors, $1 50 and $2.
Men’s Patent Leather Slippers, $1 50.
*1 08 for our Fine Glove Top Curacoa Kid Foxed Button Boot and Shoe. Store price, $3.
$3 00 for our Fine Curacoa id Boot on Opera or commo ■ sense style, worth $4.
$3 50 for our liand-se.wed Flexible Sole Boot. Would be cheap at $4 50.
We have a large number of lots—each small in themselves but large in the aggregate—
which we shall close much below cost.
Cash down on the epot tempts Manufacturers tosel goods far below cost. WhPn we say
we can give you one and liar on a shoe at four dollars—as good as can be purchased in regular
shoe stores in Savannah at five dollars—or, in other words, reduce our shoe bill twenty-five
per cent., we hardly think it possible for you to believe this statement until you see the goods
with your own eyes. But we know when you do see them, that what here appears extrava
gant are simply undeniable facts.
PROMPT ATTENTION TO MAIL ORDERS.
A. R. ALTMA7ER& CO.,
iDafiliro anft
M. STERNBERG, JEWELER.
WHEN moving into my new Store I made very extensive purchases, and compliments have
been showered upon me from all sides upon my
Elegant and Tasty Stock!
I presumed that my stock would have been ample for the Holiday Trade, but I was com
pelled, owing to the appreciation I met with, to make continual additions to my stock, and
yet my purchases could hardly keep apace with
The Unprecedented Demand!
I have now made arrangement sso ample that I can assure my friends and the public that
after to-day my stock will be again as complete in every respect as can only be found in the
very best houses in the leading Northern cities.
MY SPECIALTIES ARE
Diamonds, and the Most Celebrated and Reliable Makes
of Gold Watches, and my Fancy Jewelry is not Want
ing in Either Taste, Design or Workmanship.
NO FANCY PRICES!
Every Article Guaranteed as Represented. .
My unprecedented success is summed up in these few words. No matter how ignorant one
may be as to the quality or value of Jewelry, he receives honest goods at honest prices.
>l. STERNBERG,
glotfriltg.
Everybody Wants to Know Wby
A. FALK & SON ARE
SELLING their clothing eo cheap. Simnly, they bought that immense Wholesale Stock of
CLOTHING of this season’s manufacture, for Men’s, Boys’, Youths’ andl Children s wear
from Z. FALK, and in order to reduce same they are giving their patrons and the public gen
erally the benefit of LOW PRICES at retail, guaranteeing all goods as represented, and
Refunding the Money on
All unsatisfactory purchases, provided goods are returned uninjured within TEN (1C)
DAYS after purchase. Their stock is still well assorted, and they would advise all who are
in need of, not cheap Clothing, but
Fine Clothing at Cheap Prices
To give them a call before purchasing elsewhere. Remember the stand of
A. FALK & SON,
lhe One Price Clothiers and Romish or*,
Successors to I. L. FALK A CO..
COBNEB CONGRESS, WBIT4BBB AND ST. JULIAN STREETS.