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S SANTA CLAUSA CHEAT?
iND OUGHT HE TO EE BANISHED
ACCORDINGLY?
{lla Wheeler Wilcox, Kate Banborn,
Mrs. John Sherwood, Jennie Jane,
Lillie Deverevux Blake and a Great
Many Other People Say No—The Old
Elf Deceives Nobody-Mrs. Lucy
Parsons and a Lately Landed Immi
grant on Christmas.
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New York, Dec. 22.—Must Santa Claus
;o?
Is the dear old fellow a mockery and a
(elusion ?
Do we trick our children with humbug
ill they find us out and refuse to believe us
orever after?
Must we bow Kris Kriugle to the door
cud slip the bolt on his cheeks like winter
*pples, his twinkling eyes, his frosted beard,
iis snapping whip for naughty urchius, his
>ack of toys for good ones? Must we stop
ho throats of the chimneys and cease to
isten for the jmgle of the bells of the rein
leer, all in the interest of righteousness?
There ba those who say that if we lie in
.bo nursery, we can hardly expect much
•everence for truth from its inhabitants;
hat when parents drop the fir st bits of
ifiid they cannot blame the world at large
for fouling the crystal pool of the infant
nind.
“What an idea!”
1 knew by the tone in which Ella Wheeler
(Yi cox said it that Santa Claus had one de
ler.der.
“Don’t toll any one tint you saw my
lesk in such an awful condition.”
The desk was bestrewn with grammar
iud dictionaries from a French lesson just
inded, and t o sweeten the dry dust of learn
ing a pretty little lad in Dresden china
shouldered a a&ket of roses which shed
fragrance over the room. In front of the
desk a pretty little woman in a white
muslin gown. There was a Mack velvet
belt fastening the short Josephine bodice
and a silver buckle fa toning the belt.
There was black velvet tied about the
plump white throat and mote velvet ribbon
lacing the open sleeves.
“1 behove in keening up the illusions an
long as we car. We spend our lives out
growing things. We have to outgrow
the immaculate conception and the Trinity
end all manner of other things. There’s no use
In beginning toe soon. Why, I would rather
*ee a girl go into raptures over every fresti
inu taebo than become the cynic so many
do before they are fairly grown. I belie red
in the world thoroughly at 18,and I would .’t
have had myself know then what I know
now for a great deal. Not that I don’t be
lieve in a good share of the world still. It
has been a kind world and used me well. )\
think we cheat children often unnecessarily.
I wouldn't te.l them, for instance, that ba
bies are dug out of the ground or that the
storks brine them, but I would let them en
joy Santa Claus. I enj ved the thought of
him w ith ail my heart myself, and I out
grew the myth s naturally and so grad
ually that 1 can’t in the least remember
when I stopped believing in him. My sis
ter had a terrible experience for a little one
when she found out that there wasn’t any
Kris Kringle, but I don’t believe that many
children take the disenchantment in su h
painful fashion. No, I pity children who
have never had a genuine faith in the eif. I
know from experience what they have
missed.”
Mrs. Wilcox professes to regard Thanks
giving, the home festival, more than Christ
mas and to do very little giflgiving, but
there are divers and sundry struggling girls
who could tell a different story. Her bounty
has much in. re mystery about it tlian
that of the average Santa Claus. She has
often put money into the hands of Gertrude
Garrison and otner women to he dispensed by
them where it might make a happy fireside
without having the faintest notion herself
in what quarter that fireside might be.
“Is tiie world resolving itself into an in
terrogation point?”
This is what Mias Kate Sanborn said
when 1 asked her if Santa Claus ought to
he abolished, and it did not seem to augur
well.
The rain was coming down in sheets and
it appeared that I need not trouble myself
about Santa Claus who could not c me to
disturb us this year unless he had learned
to swim. A tail girl in riding skirt and
trousers plodded past cracking her whip as
she went. If she could venture, so could I.
The elevator boy had large hearted compas
sion on my umb.eila. and set it a drying
while I enjoyed the light of the flower shaded
lanids in Miss Sanborn’s delightful rooms.
“There is so much decision required of
one. Somebody asked me if I wanted to
vote, and it took me t,wo days to make up
my mind. Then 1 decided that I did. But
it won’t take that length of time U> declare
my allegiance to Santa Claus. When Dr.
Hall proclaimed war on Kris Kringle and
Miss Frances Willard opened Are on the
doll, then I asked myself, ‘What is this
country coming to?’
“What a practical, matter-of-fact world
it is getting to be!
“And how it turns one’s ideas topsy tur
vy. William Tell, they say, never existed,
and Pocahontas was a very immoral sort
of Indian g rl, and Henry VIIL was a
model of virtue, And J udas Iscariot was no
traitor, but wanted to devolop his Ma ter’s
power. And now’ they find mischief in
poor old Santa Claus.
“Well, if one must be painfully accurate,
a very Gradgrind for facts, of course Santa
will have to go; but you ted the fable with
a twinkle in your eye, and the little folks
li&reu with an answering spark in theirs aud
nobody is deceived. Wliy, I like to think
of the dryads in the trees and gnomes down
in the mires and Kingsley’s water babies in
the brooks. You know Mut how Arnold
talks of the dramatic instinct in the race
which delights in myth weaving. Not trat
one believes, but it is so pleasant to maku
believe. I’d like to hang up my stocking
myself on Christmas Eve.”
exponent of the wit and wisdom of
woman, who posesses so large a share of
both herself, has a gracious and womanly
presence, which takes one captive immedi
ately. She is an optimist who looks on the
brightest side of life, but just here her cheery
face took a graver shade.
“I’ve supported myself since I was 17,
and I’ve learned that this is a world without
much sentiment in it, which values you
chiefly for what you can do to amuse it;
but it has, after all, its grand throes
of feeling. Christmas is sacred, though to
most people who have passed childhood it is
the saddest day of the year. One wouldn’t
mind taking a sleeping potion and not wak
ing till it was done.
“But.Santa Claus! hang up the baby’s
stocking and let’s come as near to believing
in the elf as we can.”
The umbrella still dripped and the wet
streets w ere uone the pleasanter for the con
trast with the soft yellow tones aud the
profusion of artistic trifles in that oasis of a
drawing room.
At Mrs. John Sherwood’s there were more
pretty things to look at; views of the Lake
of Como, Aix les Bains, and other spots
tantalizing to think of when the month is
December and it rains and blows. Mrs.
Sherwood was quite certain that Santa
Claus never would be abolished whether, or
not he ought to be.
At Mrs. Sylvanus Reed’s the sound of
a violin echoed through the house, causing
one to exclaim, “Still thsjtcomi. the mus
ical amateurs.” A photo of Mrs. Cleveland,
the girlish picture with black velvet about
the neck fastened by the daisy pin, stood on
a little table,paving room for conjecture
whether or no it were a relic of Mi>s Rote
Elizabeth Cleveland’s regime and her favor
ite picture of her sinter-in-law. Mrs. Reed
has the most fashionable misses of New
York under Iter care, aud she had no idea of
numbering the days of batUa Claus.
Jennie June thought that the reign of
Manta Claus was just begun. When tho
first came to the city, she said, bis authority
was hardly recognized, In the hou os of
the old Dutch families there were cruller
mountains to eat down and cider ocear.s to
drink down, but not much of the children’s
Christmas as now recognized. If I were
looking for an enemy of his jolly majesty, I
had come to quite the wrong person, for
Jennie June had talked Christmas aud
written Christmas, and she thought that
when she went to live in Rockford, 111., it
was she who introduced there the custom of
receiving holiday calls.
She who lias not heard Jennie June talk
Christmas has missed something. The
difficulty is lam afraid she forgot I was
there, and talked straight out of her own
Christmas enthusiasm, “reminiscing” in
utter oblivion of any listener. Under the
circumstances I don't know that I ought to
tell, but f erhaps you won’t tell her that I
did tell you.
She was quite sure in the first place that
in a great heart-winning myth there could
be nothing but good, and tuat Santa Claus
was no deception. You might tell the
children what story pleased you, but they
would only look up and lisp “maiuma Tanta
Caus.”
“Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas,” she
said, “without a touch of mystery. There
was one year when I was quite a girl when
I was staying over the holidays in the
house of a lady who wa>- an invalid and who
had gone away, leaving me in charge.
There were only two of us, the servant girl
and I, and I thought there never was such
a dreary time. The girl had a lover and lie
gave her a bouquet. That was her Christ
mas. She gave the flowers to me and that
was mine. I felt as if I must make Christ
mas for somebody, but the only person 1
could think of was a little girl in a family I
knew. So 1 had the servant bake a cake
the day before, and I got up at 3 o’clock
Christinas morning and carried the cake
and the flowers ad prowled about the house
looking for a chance to get in. I found ray
way into the kitchen and then up to the
dining room and put the things on the girl’s
lilate, and walked back again before day
light and climbed the stairs in the dark to
my lonesome room. It was three months
before anybody guessed where the gifts
cams from. Then a son came homo and he
said, ‘Why, Jon, anybody might have
guessed it was you.”
There was another Chris; mas story too
pretty to leave out which slipped inio the
air. “I used to know, when 1 kept house
for my brother, a woman who w.is a saint.
Who had when a girl a great desire to edu
cate herself and she worked in the Lynn
factories to earu the money until she was 15.
Then her mother was taken sick and she
spent the whole fund which she had so pa
tiently gathered on doctors and nurses and
medicines and in tho end, on a grave. Then
she had to take up her burden. There was
a ne’er-do-well father and a little sister
crippled from birth. She worked for them,
kept the family’ together and put by every
thought of herself. When I knew her she
was getting old and rheumatic. I asked her
one da v, ‘How do you keep Christmas,
NtiicyT She said, ‘I have never had a
Christmas present in my life.’ I hadn’t
much money to do with, but I bought a
very large pair of stockings—she was a big
woman—and I slipped one of them into the
too of th other and filled it up with trifles,
nothing of much value, but things to eat
aud one or two pretty things. How I
was get it to her without her knowing it
was a problem. I walked round to her
house very early Christmas morning on the
chance that she might l e out. aud sure
enough I saw her leave the house to fetch
kindlings for the breakfast fire. I dodged
in, hung the stocking, aid then out again.
When she came back I peeped through
theViudow and saw her find it, wonder
over it and then drop down in a heap on the
floor and cry. That was enough for me.”
When Mrs. Croly remembered my pres
ence—l am not sure that I wasn’t on the
edge of crying too —she repeated her con
viction that them was no harm in Santa
Claus. Her family of little folks used to
hang up their stockings regularly and each
had in addition a cha rin the sitting room
set out as a receptacle for toys. They would
wake up at unearthly hours an I run out
barefooted, and when she hurried after
them to pack them to bed, they would coax
her into joining with tjem. aud lor hours
there would be pandemonium. She was in
clined to agree with au ex-consul who ac
counted for the saturnine Spanish character
by the fact that there was no Mother Goose
in the Spanish language, and first, last aud
always she believed in his Christmas maj
esty.
“What ou ht parents to do if children
begin to question ‘ls there a Kris Kringle?’ ”
“Tell them the gif s come from a good
spirit, the spirit of love, the same spirit that
was in Christ aud that is in fathers aud
mothers now.”
Mrs. Croly, if I remember, wrote a story
once about v\ hat Christ did and where he
went on Christmas day.
Here is a scrap of letter which speaks
volumes on the other side. It comes to me
from the west from a young girl whose
family immigrated with me in the steerage
of the Aurauia. “Santa Claus is coming
to our house this year. We are going to
keep Christmas became we are giad we
have come to this land. The first three
months are over, we are getting acquainted
aud we are glad we are here. We wouldn't
go back again for much. We don’t wonder
it made you laugh to see tho sailors run up
the Stars and Stripes off Queenstown.”
Aud so Kris Kringle safe for another
year. Eliza Putnam Heaton.
REMOVED THE NERVES OF THIRST.
A Man who Had Become a Wreck
from Drink is Turned Over to a Sur
geon who Ventures on a Bold Opera
tion.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
New York, Doc. 15.—Drunkenness is the
curse ot the land.
It gets in its fine work everywhere.
Riches cannot buy a way to escape its
power, anil poverty is its best friend.
Statistics show that it is on the increase,
and tbe evil is getting to be so evident and
to n fleet so many people and interests that
the legislatures in every State will soon be
railed upon to pai laws to diminish it by
restricting in some way tho sale of stimu
lants. It is certain, however, that no
matter what laws may be passed to
regulate the sale of liquor, drunken
ness can never be blotted out, for the
reason that it depends more upon a con
stitutional condition than upon the quantity
of rum made and sold, l’hvsicians who have
made a study ot drunkenness do not agree
upon itswcaime. It is Leld by some to be a
Sjtecies of insanity, others class it at a disease
of the digestive organs, and still others at
tribute it tf> an affection ■ f tbe nervous sys
tem. They are all right in a measure, and
all agree that it will
certainly end in death.
It is hard to explain why an individual
will sacrifice himself, bis family, friends,
fortune, social position and hope of heaveu
on tbe altar of Bacchus, with bis eyes wide
open and in the full pos-es.ion of hit reason
ing faculties. It is an every-day experience,
and carries with it an awful lesson that is
not heeded by those who have given it the
most attention.
There have 1 een various plans and modes
of medical treatment tried to reclaim
drunkards and restore them to perfect
manhood, but iu most cases failure has been
recorded, and it is almost true that “Once
a drunkard, always a drunkard.” Drunk
ards’ specifics are us numerous as leaves on
a tree, but are about os useful in accomnlish
ing what is claimed for them as a plalo of
ice cream. Tbe trouble with them all is that
only a few branches ai n lopped off w hile
tbe root remains as vigorous in form as
ever. In tbe case about to lie related it is
certain that the root of the disease, if such
it can lie called, was reached and a radical
cure effected, though it is doubtful if tbe
remedy will ever become popular
Tbe patient is Oscar Tefft. Though only
35 yeurs old be has bad the delirium
tremens several times, and when he came
under the care of Dr. Bwoaeeyat Bellevue
Hospital bis condition was considersd hope
less, as he had got to the very bottom of the
pit ot drunkenness. Hit cate prese ts a
peculiar history. From his very birth he
uas bad au abnormal desire for Quids. Hi*
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1888.
mother, though a stout, rugged woman, was
unable to furnish enough milk to satisfy
him when a babe, and his thirst seemed to
increase with age. It could not be quenched.
No matter how much he drank, he wanted
more, and the persistent taking of large
quantities of fluid distended the abdomen
u util it became
ALMOST A DEFORMITY.
He did not care for solid food, and would
only take nourishment in a fluid form. In
stances •>f abnormal thirst have sometimes
followed severe injuries, but this case was
certainly a phenomenon, and could only be
explained on the theory that the nerve cen
ters of thirst were enormously developed.
While Tefft was yet a lad he got a taste for
liquor, and from the moment that the first
drop passed between his lips ho yearned for
it. He had to be taken from school on ac
count of drunkenness, and before ho became
of age was locked up in an inebriate asylum
at Fort Hamilton. There was a fair-sizad
fortune handed over to him when he be
came 31. It all went for rum, and he be
came
AN OUTCAST, PAUPER AND THIEF.
He was taken from the tombs to Bellevue
suffering from delirium tremens, and his
peculiar thirst attracted the attention of
physicians. All drunkards will bog and
pray for rum, but with him it was the cry
of a lost soul from Hades.
Dr. bweasey has for a long time been ex
perimenting on nerve centers, and has
written much on the subject. In tho lower
animals, by exposing the brain in different
parts of the head he has been able, by elec
tricity and other methods applied difiectly to
the brain, to control the action of certain
muscjps and organs, aud also to con pie tel y
check for a limited time tho movement
of the heart and respiratory apparatus. He
recently discovered the part of trie brain
which is intimately associated with the
nerves of thirst, aud which controls the de
sire of fluids. It was the result of an injury
received in the head of a man by a kick from
a horse, and is not necessary to bo detailed
here. The precise location of this nerve
center is ta the upper part of the back head
above the occipitul nrotu! erauce. By irri
tating this part of the brain in dogs an
artificial desire for water was created, and
the animal fairly asked for something to
drink. When loft alone the dog’s thirst be
came natural.
The case of Tefft afforded an excellent
opportunity to test the utility of the dis
covery, but the situation was one that
hardly rendered a trial justifiable, and it
was only by practicing a certain amount of
false protease upon him that his consent
was obtained to
AN OPERATION.
He was put under the influence of ether
after his system bad been toned up as much
as possible, a id the scalp was removed from
the skull directly over tho nerve center of
thirst An opening was made through tho
skull with a trephine ab ut au inch in
diameter, and tho openi g was enlarged
and made oval in shape with bone forceps.
The skull at this point was easily t wice as
thick as usual, and it gradually fell away
to the natural thickness. This indicated that
there had boon a great pressure upon
the brain in this part of the head, and sim
ply the removal of the bone might have re
sulted in curing the patient. But it was too
good a case to miss the establishment of a
fact, if such a thing were possible, and in
the interest of science the operation was
continued. The brain was punctured close
to the lower edge of the opening that had
been made, and an incision was made
around the territory where the nervous
power was supposed to be located. The
brain, to the depth of a quarter of au inch,
was
CAREFULLY DISSECTED OCT.
The braiu rose slightly in the wouud, but
there was ape oeptible hollow left. The
wound was dressed with the greate t care,
every atom of foreign substa.ice being re
moved, and the scalp was brought into posi
tion. Two fine b >ne drainage tubes were
i sorted, and the head was wrapped up in
antiseptic bandages. It was an alarming
risk to take, but it is boldness and determi
nation that brings success in surgery as in
anything else.
The patient was constantly under the sur
geon’s eye. aud he took special pains to pre
vent disease germs from coming in contact
with the wound, and saved the patient’s life.
It was a close calf,the chances ever
against recovery for i Wee*. The result is
even better than was anticipated. The
patient not only does not desire stimu
lants, but he has lest the idea of
thirst altogether. He refuses to take food
in the liquid form, for which be always had
a preference, and eats solids with a relish.
It is three weakfclfrape the operation. The
patient is fast recovering strength, and
while his system was so badly shattered by
dissipation that he will never be thoroughly
sound, it is certain that he will remain tem
perate for the rest of his life.
Mr. Ward McAllister's Substitute.
From the Epoch.
Col. Delancey Kane will assume charge of the
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McAllister. He is a Knickerbocker, and enjoys
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that The McAllister has reserved the right of
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CHAPTER L
Weary and disappointed. she had wandered
from store to store, seeking in vain to sauko her
slim pocketbook fit the macy wants which the
season's demand called for. The cold winds
pierced through her thin aud tattered garments,
nut, brave little woman t. at she was, sue heeded
it not. She had tried every store that she had
been accustomed to trading in, and many others
besides, but she found it impossible to make
anything like bothen.is meet. Tom. dear. good
hearted Tom, had handed her fll .V), his week’s
wags* in full. “ ’Tta hard, Kitty,” he said, “but
’twhs all I could make this week. Work whs
very scarce, and we had to divide it up.” So
brave little Kitty had started out to settle her
grocer and butcher bills and buy her “Santa
Claus” presents for the little ones. And now,
after sne had walked herself weary and foot
sore, disappointment was indeed truly aeen in
every movement. At last a sudden thought
came to her. “Perhaps,” she said, “perhaps at
that big store ou the corner they may have Just
what I want. But, no! I have tried every
where. and I cannot bear to get for one when I
cannot get for all.” So mused poor Kitty, but
a sudden resolution overcame her, and straight
way to the corner of Broughton and Bull
streets, to Altnmyer’s palace of bargains,
wended the dear little wife aud mother.
AT THE BIG STORE.
CHAPTER 11.
“Teddy wears No. Os,” she said, in answer to
the polite clerk'b query §s to the size shoe she
wanted. The price asked her was evidently en
couraging, for sh** ventured furt her. She bought
two pairs of stockings for sister. She had
promised Willie a brand new pair of pants, and
she got them. Her money seemed to bold out
so well iu this wonderful store, she bought a
necktie for her ewn dear Tom, a shoulder cape
for grandmother, uuderclothes for Lucy, and a
dozen other nick-nacks too numerous to men.
tion. She counted her change and found she
had fully enough to purchase a bonnet for her
self. “So I can accompany Tom to church on
Christmas,” she said. She started in the direction
of the milinerv department, when she thought
of Bubba, poor litt.e chubby-faced Bubba She
bad said to him that pr'aps •'Santa Claus”
might con e with his reindeer steeds and bring
little Bubba his heart's desire, a drum, a real
dium, just like the “BoomalalUes” had on
parad* day. And he, poor little fellew. bad
added in tiis evening pravers for weeks past that
“Bod” would pleese be sure to tell Munty Claws
to leave a drum for him when he can** down
the chiinblee. She purchased the dr nn. also
the bonnet. She bought numerous artl< I*a in
toys for the little ones, and still h r money was
not all gone. “Thank God. I came hers,'” she
muttered as she passed out, her arms filled wit n
bundles. “The butcher’s paid, the gi ocv's paid,
and my darlings at home will Indeed have a
taapoy Christmas, and to Altmayer A <|o I owe
it all.”
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Our offerings to-morrow will consist of a
general slaughter in the prices ot all
HOLIDAY GOODS!
Basement.
At figures which we have marked down
our entire stock of
TOYS, DOLLS
and Holiday Goods of every
description we believe that
with purchasers it will be a
game 6f grab as to whom will
get the Bargain Plums.
CATCH ON TO THIS
A good Man * Silk Tl* for Stic. However, If
A BAD MAN
comes along we will let him have it for the same
price. Our stock of Gents' Fixings surpaMCM
by far anything seen in Savannah.
A. MTJinT.
Not a base ball muff. A real fur ons,considered
a bargain at |B. We're selling 'em at 50c.
A Little Whirl in Our Shoe De
partment
Ladies' $5 Hand-sewed Button Boots this
we# >k 82 2d
IkSdien' $4 French Kid Button Boots this
week %2 90.
Toilet Slipj>ers.
Genu' Fine Vdvet Fmbroidered Everetts
and Operas, 08c. and upward.
Boys' and Youths' Velvet Toilet Slippers, sizes
12V| aud 8-5, 75c.
HANDKERCHIEFS
The most compete and lowest priced line
ever gathered together under one root. Bee us
on the handkerchief question.
BASEMENT!
Keep in mind the Baement, for in that section
will tne greatest bargains be seen You can
have any article in the Basement MONDAY at
any reasonable figure.
mm
CARPETS, DRY GOODS, ETC.
Carpels! fijffl
Without Exception the Best
Value Yet
Superfine Ingrain at 50c. per yard; worth flOe.
All-Wool Ingrain at 75c. per yard; worth 85c.
8-Tly Ingrain at 79c. per yard; worth 90c.
8-Ply All-Wool ibeat made) at 90c. per yard;
worth Si.
Tapestry Brussels at 85c. per yard; worth 75c.
Tapestry Brussels at 75c. per yard; worth 85c.
Body Brussels at $1 05 per yard; worth $1 25.
Boys’ Suits.
Boys’ Suita that were $3,
This week's price $1 50.
Boys’ Suits that were $1 75,
This week's price $1 85.
Boys' Suita that were $2 25,
This week's price $1 75.
Boys' Suits that were $2 50,
This week’s prioe $2.
Boys’ Suits that were SB,
This week's price 92 50.
Boys’ Suits that were $8 75,
Tins week's price SB.
Boys' Suita that were $4 50 and $5,
This week's price $3 75 and $4 25.
SPECIAL PRICES FOR THIS WEEK
LINEN'GOODS.
48 inch White Damask Kotted Fringe Towels,
25c.; regular price 4<>e.
43-inch Loom Damask Towels, 20o.; regular
prio* 85c.
46 inch Huck Towels, 25c.; regular price 45c.
Full Size All-Linen Towels at 10c.; worth 15c.
Special Bargains in WHITE and COLORED
TABLE DAMASK; also, in FANCY IMPORTED.
EMBROIDERED and JUTE COVERS. DOY
LIES. TRAY CLOTHS; NAPKINS from 85c.
per dozen upward in exteuslve variety.
DANIEL HOGAN’S
Blanket Emporium.
SAVE 25 PER CENT. BY BUYING YOUR
BLANKETS EARLY.
D. HOGAN.
PUBLICATIONS.
PLUTOCRACY^
OR,
AMERICAN WHITE SLAVERY.
A POLITICO-SOCIAL NOVEL.
By Hon. Thomas M. Norwood
prick, $i so.
FOR SALE AT—.
ESTILL’S NEWS DEPOT,
NO. 21W BULL STREET.
Mailed to any address on receipt of price.
Address all orders to
WILLIAM EBTILL,
Bavammax, ChL
CHRISTMAS PICTORIALS
AT
ESTILL'S NEWS DEPOT,
21 1-2 BULL STREET.
Christmas Number London Illustrated
Hewn $ 75
Christmas Number London Graphic 75
Christinas Number Yule Tide 75
Christmas Number Chatterbox 75
i hristmas Number Pioto tal World 75
< tiriHt asNumlterLe Figaro Illuatre. .r.. 1 00
Christmas Numlier Illustrated Paper 25
Christmas Number Life 80
Christmas Number Judge 80
Christmas Number Puck 80
Christmas Numtier M rror 80
Christmas Number Horseman.. 15
Chri t mu* Number Gulden Argosy. 1.4
Christmas Number spirit of the Times 29
Christmas Number Frank Leslie's Illus
trated Newspaper 20
Address all orders to
WILLIAM EBTILL,
Savannah, Go.
I'KLNTKK AMD BOOK BIN DUB.
ORDERS FOR
RULING, PRINTING, BINDING,
OR BLANK BOOKS.
Will always have careful attention.
GEO. N. NICHOLS.
PRINTER AND BINDER,
NS Bay Street.
STOVES.
Philadelphia, Nov. 12, 1888.
Mr turn. Thomas, Robert , Stevenson tf Cos.:
(i ENT*—The Gauze Door Range you put up in
my school room a month ago, has done its work
beautifully. For baking pastry 1 have never
seen its equal. Cakes aim bread require little,
or no attention, and in ats roast quickly with
very Hr tie loss in weight.
For the size of the range the small amount of
coal used is marvelous. In fact, I think it too
good not to be thoroughly known. Yours truly,
Sarah T. Koser,
Principal Philadelphia Cooking BchooL
FOR SALK BY
Cornwell & Chipman,
167 BROUGHTON ST,
omciAL.^
ORDINANCE."
A s Ordinance to permit the Noodle woman’•
Friend Society of Savannah to erect and use
an aw ning in front of the building of the
society.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and
alderman of the city of Savannah in council
assembled, that the Needlewoman's Friend
Koe*ty. a charitable institution of the city of
Savanna*!, is hereby permitted and authorized
to erect and use lu frout ot its depot, on the
corner of Drayton street and Chariton street
lane, on the west side of Drayton street, in th
city of Savannah an iron frame for use as an
awning, to b covered with wood, tt*at shall be
tinned, or to be covered with corrugated iron,
provided that the right shall be reserved in th
mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah tc
cause the removal of the said awning and framt
in the event it shall at any time bixoma
gen ms or unsafe
too. 2. Beit further ordained, that all ordl
nances and parts of ordinances iu conflict with
this ordinance sre hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed in Council Nov. 28, 1888.
BUFUH E. LLSTEK Mayor.
Attest: Fuanx fc. Krsareh,
Clerk of Council
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