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the force and magnitude and intensity of
my text: “By the breath of God frost is
given.” Oh, what a God we have! What
resources are implied by the fact that he
is able to do that by the ringer of the frost
fifty times in one winter and on lou.nuo
window panes for thousands of w liters
The great art galh ries of \ enice and
Naples and Dresden are carefully
guarded, and governments protect them,
for. once lost, they can never tie repro
duced. but God sets up in the royal
galleries of the frost pictures such as no
human art could ever produce, hundreds
of thousands of them, only for fo ir or five
hours, and then rubs them [out, making
the place clear for a display just as mag
nificent the next morning No one but a
God could afford to do that. It would
bankrupt everything but infinity and
omnipotence.
Standing here between the closed doors
of the pictured woods and the opening
doors of the transfigured window glass. I
want to cure my folly and your folly of
longing for glorious things in the dis
tance. while we neglect apprecia
tion of glorious things close by.
“O. if I could only go and seethe factories
of lace at Brussels." says someone. Why,
within twenty feet of where you awaken
some December morning, you will see
richer lace interwoven for your window
panes by divine fingers. “O, if 1 could
see the factories of silk at Lyons." says
someone. Whv, without leaving your
home on the north side of your
own house on Christmas morning you
may see where the Lord has spun silken
threads a! out your window this way and
that. Embroideries. such as no one but
God can work. Alas, for this glorifica
tion of the distant and this belittling of
the elose-b.v ! This crossing of oceans and
paying a high admission in expenses to
look at that which is not half as well
done as something we can see by crossing
our own room, and free of charge. This
praising of Raphaels hundreds of years
gone, when the greater Raphael, the
frost, will soon be busy at the entrances
to your own home.
Next I speak of the frost as a physician.
Standing at the gates of New York harbor
autumn before last, the fro>t drove back
the cholera saying. Thus far shalt thou
come and no farther. " From Memphis
and New Orleans and Jacksonville, he
smote the fever plague till it reeled back
and departed. The frost is a physician
that doctors cities, nations and conti
nents. He medicines the world. Quinine
for malaria, antifebrile for typhoids,
sulphonal for sleeplessness, antispasmodic
for disturbed nerves, hut in all thera
peutics there is no remedy like the small
pellets prepared by the cold, and no phy
sician. so skillful or so mighty as the
frost. Scotland has had great physicians,
but her greatest doctor has been the Ab
ernethies and Abercrombies that have
come down over the highlands horsed on
the north wind. England has had her
great physicians, but her greatest doctors
have been the Andrew Clarkes and the
Mackenzies who appeared the first night
the fields of England were rimmed
with white. America has had
its great physicians, but her great
est doctors have been the Wil
lard Parkers and Valentine Motts who
landed from bleak skies while our lingers
were benumbed and our cars tingled with
the cold O, it is high time that you add
another line to your liturgy. It is high
time that you make an addendum to your
prayers It is high time that you enlarge
the catalogue of your blessings. Thank
God for frost! It is the best of all Ger
micides It is the only hope of bacteriol
ogy. It is the medicament of contents.
It is the salvation of our temperate zone.
It is the best tonic that God ever gave the
human race. It is the only strong stimu
lant which has no reaction. The best
commentary on it 1 had while walking
near here one cool morning with my
brother John, who spent the most of his
life as a missionary in China, and in that
part of it where there are no frosts He
said there was a tingling gladness in his
nerves indescribable, and an almost in
toxication of delight from the fact that it
was the first time for years he had felt
the sensation of frost. We complain of
it, we scold it. we frown upon it. when we
ought to be stirred by it to gratitude, and
hoist it on a doxology.
But 1 must go further and speak of the
frost as a jeweler. As the snow is frozen
rain, so the frost is frozen dew. God
transforms it from a liquid into a crystal.
It is the dew glorified. In the 38th chap
ter of that inspired drama, the Book of
Job, God says to the inspired dramatist,
with ecstatic interrogation: "The hoary
frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?”
God there asks Job if he knows the parent
age of the frost. He enquires about its
pedigree. He suggests that Job study up
the frost’s genealogical line. A •minute
before God had asked about t he parentage
of a rain-drop in words that years ago
gave me a suggestive text fora sermon:
“Hath the rain a father?" Hut now the
Lord Almighty is catechising Job about
the frost. He practically says: “Do you
know its father? Do you know its mother?
In what cradle of the leaves did the wind
rock it? ‘The hoary frost of heaven, who
hath gendered it? - ” He is a stupid Chris
tian who thinks so much of the printed and
bound Bible that he neglects Ihe Old Tes
tament of the fields, nor reads the wis
dom and kindness and beauty of God
written in blossoms on the orchard, in
sparkles on the lake, in stars in the sky.
in frost on the meadows. The greatest
jeweler of all the earth is the frost. There
is nothing more wonderful in all crystal
lography. Some morning in December a
whole continent is found besprent with
diamonds, the result of one night's wont
by this jeweler. Do you make the depre
ciatory remark that the frost is imper
manent ami will last only two or three
hours? What of that! We go into Lon
don Towei and look at the crown jewels
of England, but wo arc in a procession
that the guards keep moving on, and five
minutes or less are your only opportunity
of looking at those crown jewels, hut at
the crown jewels bestarred of the frost
in parks and fields, you may stand to look
deliberately and for hours, and no one to
tell you to move on.
O, these regalias and diadems of beauty
flung out of heaven! Kings and queens
on eelebrative days have come riding
through the streets, throwing handfuls of
silver and gold among the people, but the
Queen of the Winter Morning is the only
queen rich enough to throw pearls, ana
the King of Frost the only king rich
rnough to throw opals and sapphires and
diamonds. Homer describes a necklace
of amjier given to Penelope, but the frost
necklaces a continent. I'he carcanet of
precious stones given to Harmonia bad
pinions of orange jasper and white moon
stone and Indian agate, but it was a mis
fortune to any one who owned or inherited
it. and its history, generation after gen
eration. was a history of disaster: but the
regalia of frost is the good fortune of
every morning that owns it. Theimpcrial
household of Louis XVI could not afford
the diamond necklace which had been
ordered for Queen Marie Antoinette, and
it was stolen and taken apart and lost,
but the necklace that the frost putson the
wintry morning, though made of as many
many brilliants as the withered grass
blades, is easily afforded by divine
opulence, and is never hist, but
after its use in the coronation of the
fields is taken hack to heaven.
O, men and women, accustomed to tro into
ecstasy when in foreign travel you come
upon the historical gems of nations
whether the jewel be called “Tile Moun
tain of Glory.” or the “Sea of Light." or
"I he Crown of the Moon." or "The Eye
?. Allah.” or "The Star of Sarawak." or
"Ihe Koh-i-noor." J implead you to study
the jewels strewn all round \our wintry
home, and realize that "By the breath of
God fro-t is given. •
But 1 go a step further ami speak of the
frost as an evangelis.. and a text of Scrip
i," I ?** n ° l (lf m US 'to me unless I can
nai heGo^’ el 1,1 U - Tlu ‘ Israelites in the
lookMUikn f leaklu i iU,Jon something that
tooked like frozen dew. The manna fell
on the dew. and the dew evaporated and
left a pulverized material, white, and
looking like frost, hut it was manna, and
of that they ate. So now. this morning,
mixed with the frozen dew of my text,
there is manna on which w.- may hr .ik
fast our souls. You say The frost kihs.
Yes, it kills some tilings, hut we have
already seen that it gives health and life
to others. This gospel is the s ivor of life
unto life or of death unto death. As the
fiost is mighty, the Gospel is mighty. As
the frost descends from heaven,
the Gospel descends from heaven.
By the breath of God frost is
given By’ the breath of God the
Gospel is given As the frost purifies, so
the grace of God purifies. As the frost
bestars the earth, so grace bejewels the
soul. As the frost prepares for food
many things that otherwise would be in
edible, so the frost of trial ripen* and
prepares food for the soul, in the tight
grip of the frost the hard shells of wal
nut and chestnut and hickory open and
the luxuries of the woods come into our
laps or upon our tables: so the frost of
trial takes many a hard and prickly shell
and crushes it until that whi h stung the
soul now feeds it. There are passages of
Scripture that once were enigmas, puz
zles. riddles, and impossible for you to
understand, but the frosts of trouble after
awhile exjiosed t'ne full meaning to your
soul. You said. "I do not see why David
keeps rolling over in his Psalms
the story of how he was pur
sued and persecuted." He describes him
self as surrounded by bees. He says:
" They compassed me about like bees: yea
they compassed me about like bees.”
You think what an exaggerating thing
for him to exclaim, “Out of the depths of
hell have Icried unto thee, O. Lord." And
there is so much of that style of lamenta
tion in his writings you think he over
does it. but after awhile the frost comes
upon you in the shape of persecution, and
you are stuck with t his censure and stuck
with that defamation, and stuck with
some falsehood, and lies in swarms are
buzzing, buzzing about your ears, and at
last you understand what David meant
when he said: ‘They compassed me about
like bees; yea, they compassed me aboyt
like bees," and you go down under
nervous prostration, and feel that you an
as far down as David when he cried,
“Out of thedepthsof hell." What opened
all those chapters that hitherto had
no appropriateness ! Frost! For a long
while the Bible seemed lop sided and a
disprojiortionate amount of it given up to
the consolatory. Why. page after page
and chapter after chapter and book after
book in the Bible taken up with allevia
tions, with pacifications, with condo
lences. The book seems like an apothe
cary store with one-half of the shelves
occupied with balsams. Why such a
superliuity of balsams' But after awhile
the membraneous croup carries off your
child, or your health gives way under
the grippe, or your property is swept off
b.v a bad investment, or perhaps all three
troubles come at once-bankruptcy, sick
ness and bereavement. Now the consola
tory parts of the Bible do not s tern to be
disproportionate. You want something
off i almost all the shelves of that
sacred dispensary. What has uncovered
and exposed to you the usefulness of so
much of the Bible that was before hid
den! The frosts have bceu fulfilling
their mission.
Put, down all the promises of the Bible
on a table for study, and put on otic side
the table a man who has never had any
trouble, or very little of it. but pile upon
the table beside him all encyclopedias and
all dictionaries and all archaeologies and
all commentaries, and on the other side
of the table put a man who has had trial
upon trial, disaster upon disaster, and let
him begin the study of the promises with
out lexicon, without commentary, with
out any book to explain or help, and this
latter man will understand far more of
the hight and depth and length and
breadth of those promises than the
learned exegete opposite almost sub
merged in sacred literature. The one has
the advantage over the other, because he
has felt the mission of the frosts. O, take
the consolation of this theme, ye, to
whom life is a struggle and a disappoint
ment and a gauntlet and a pang. That is
a beautiful proverb among the Hebrews
which says: "When the tale of bricks is
doubled, then Moses comes.”
Mild doses of medicine will do for mild
sickness, but violent pains need strong
doses, and so I stand over you and count
out some drops that will alleviate your
worst troubles if yon will only take the
medicine, and here it is: "In the world
ye shall have tlibulation. hut he of good
cheer; 1 have overcome the world.”
"Weeping may endure for a night, but
joy conieth in the morning." Thank God
for frosts. What helped make Milton the
greatest of poets! The frost of blindness.
What helped make Washington the great
est of generals? The frost of Valley
Forge. What made it appropriate for one
passing John Banyan's grave to exclaim,
"Sleep on, thou prince of dreamers?” The
frosts of imprisonment. The greatest
college from which weean graduate i- the
college of frosts. Especial trial fits for
especial work. Just now watch, and you
will see that trouble is preparative
and educational. That is the grindstone
on which battle-axes are sharpened. I
have always noticed in my own case that
when the Lord had some especial work
for me to do, it was preceded by especial
attack upon me. This is so pro.’crial in
my own house that if for something 1 say
or do 1 get poured upon me a volley of
censure and anathema, my wifealwtys
asks, l wonder what new opportunity of
usefulness is about to open: Something
good and grand is surely coming'.”
What is true in my case, is true on a
larger or smaller scale in the history of
every man and woman who wants to
serve the laird. Without complaint take
the hard knocks. You will see after
awhile, though you may not appreciate it
now, that b.v the breath of a good and
loving Got frost is given. Let the cor
ners of your mouth so long drawn down
in complaint be drawn up in smiles of
content.
For many years poets and essayists
have celebrated the grace and swiftness
of the Arabian horses. The most won
derful exhibition of horsemanship that I
ever witnessed was just outside of themity
of Jerusalem —an Arab steed mounted
by an Arab. Do you know where these
Arab horses get their fleet ness and poetry
of motion! Long centuries ago, Moham
med. with thirty thousand cavalry on the
march, could find for them not a drop of
water for three days. Coming to the top
of a hill a river was in sight. With a
wild dash the thirty thousand horses
started for the stream. A minute after
tin armed host was seen advancing, and
at Mohammed's command one hundred
bugles blew for the horses to fall in lino,
but all the thirty thousand continued the
wild gallop to the river, except live, and
they, almost dead with thirst, wheeled
into line of battle. Nothing in hu
man bravery and sel sacrifice excels
that bravery and sel:-sacrifice of
those five Arabian war horses. Those
five splendid steeds Mohammed chose for
his own use, and from those five came
that race of Arabian horses for ages the
glory of the equestrian world. And let
me say that in this great war of truth
against error, of Holiness against sin, and
heaven against lie’l. the best war horses
are descended from those who, under
pang and selfdenial and trouble, answered
the gospel trumpet and wheeled into line.
Out of great tribulation, ou’ of great
fires, out ot' great frosts, they came. And
let me say it will not tak long for Go Ito
make ut> to you in the next world for .til
you have suffered in this. As you enter
heaven he may say: "Give this man
one of those towered and colonnaded
palaces on that ri ige of gold over
looking the sea of glass Give this
woman a home among those amaran
thine blooms, and between those fount
ains tossing in tile everlasting sunlight.
(live her a couch canopied with rainbows
to pay her for all the fatigues of wife
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 189:5.
hood, and motherhood, and housekeep
ing. from which she had no rest for forty
years. CuptxUrers of heaven, give these
newly-arrived souls from earth the cost
liest beverages and roll to their door the
grandest chariots, and hang on their
walls the sweetest harps that ever
trummed to fingers seraphic. Give to
them rapture on rapture, celebration on
celebration, jubilee on jubilee, heaven on
heaven. They had a hard time on earth
earning a livelihood, or nursing sick
children, or waiting on querulous old
age, or battling falsehoods, chat
were told about them, or were
compelled to work after they got
short-breathed and rheumetic and dim
sighted Chamberlains of heaven!
Keepersiof the King s robes! Banqueters
of eternal royalty ! Make up to them a
hundred-fold, a thousand fold, a million
fold for all they suffered from swaddling
clothes to shroud, and let all those, who,
whether on the hills or in the temples, or
on the thrones, or on jasper wall, were
helped and sanctified and prepared for
this heavenly realm b.v the Mission of the
Frosts stand up and wave their sceptres!"
And X look, and. behold, nine-ti nt.is of
the ransomed rose to their feet, and
nine-tenths of the sceptres swayed to and
fro in the light of the sun that never sets,
and then I understood, far better than I
ever did before, that trouble comes for
benificent purpose, and that on the cold
est nights the Aurora is brightest in the
northern heavens, and that "By the
breath of God frost is given.”
OKEEFINOKEE SWAMP.
A Survey of It That Was Made a Num
ber of Years Ago.
Waycross, Ga., Dec. 2.—Several at
tempts have been made during the last
twenty years to get a correct survey of
the Okeeflnokee swamp, and. until three
years ago, they were all failures. The
great difficulty experienced b.v all ex
plorers of the swamp was caused by the
jungles and a treacherous and dangerous
mud, which is known as quick ntud. The
hearts of the bravest men have failed
them when their advance into the swamp
was interfered with by these obstacles.
Without a moment’s warning or any
signs of danger, the feet slip
into the treacherous mud, where the
depth ranges from live to fifteen feet in
depth or the jungles become so dense that
an entrance cannot be effected. There is
a dense growth of small pine sapplings
and black cypress. In some places the
sapplings give way when caught hold of
by a man who is sinking in the mud.
Thus the surveying of the swamp re
quires skill and judgment. A boat is not
sufficient to take one into the heart of the
swampon account of the shallowness of the
water where the quick mud is most
abundant. Three years ago a very
nearly correct survey of the swamp was
made under the auspices of the Suwanee
Canal Company. The survey was led by
Obadiah Barber, who has explored the
swamp over lot) times, and is familiar
with every nook and corner of the myste
rious place. Mr. Barber says that he led
the corps of engineers through the rough
places of the Okeeflnokee, and though the
party was composed of strong men they
were exhausted in strength when they
reached the opposite side. The swamp,
by this survey, proved to be 50 miles in
length and 20 miles in breadth. This sur
vey does not correspond with those on
maps of this state.
INTERESTING ENTERTAINMENT.
It Took Place at St. Joseph’s Male
Orphanage.
Washington, Ga., Dec. 2.—A delightful
entertainment was given to liev. Father
Buzin Friday night. Dee. 1, by the boys of
St. Joseph's Male Orphanage.
Among the many invited guests present
were Kev. Father Clifford, of Rome, Ga.,
and Rev. Father Colbert pastor ot St.
Refer and Paul's church Atlanta, Ga.
The programme consisted of songs, de
clamations, dialogues and debates. The
manner in which the boys performed
their respective parts showed that they
were well trained.
The audience was particularly charmed
with a debate in which eighteen boys took
part. The chairman, a boy of about 14,
was quite composed and performed the
duties of his high office admirably. The
question of debate was, "Are the mental
capacities of man an i woman equal!”
To the great dissatisfaction of the
“Lords of Creation” who watched the
whole affair so intently, all the members
of the debating club without exception
voted in favor of the ladies.
Father Bazin thanked the boys very
kindly for the charming entertainment.
Kev. Father Bazin lias made a great
many improvements lately. He is very
kind to the boys, and spares no pains to
make them happy and contented.
Cleanliness seems to he the prevailing
feature everywhere. The very devoted
and seif s leritieing sisters in charge,
seven in number, are certainly doing a
noble part by the boys. B. V.
A U3E FOR OLD STAMPS.
Those That Have Been Canceled Af
ford a Living for a Paralyzed Girl.
From the New York Times.
There are doubtless many pathetic
cases of patient resignation among the
di statute and disabled in this great city,
but one of the most peculiar and touching
is to be found in a modest apartment on
the fourth floor of 1,688 Third Avenue.
For seven years has the heroic spirit of
gentle Carrie Dickinson struggled there
against a cruel fate. A hopeless paralytic
and steadily growing weaker and weaker
| from the slow ravages of consumption,
I she has toiled, with remarkable fortitude
i and perseverance, on her couch to pro
-1 vide food and shelter for herself and her
mother.
The one earthly blessing granted to
this poor sufferer is her mother. By
force of circumstances mother and
daughter are inseparable. The .young
woman cannot move without aid. there
forehermother is obliged to attend upon
her cbustantly. Lying on her back, with
a paralyzed spine. Miss Carrie is able to
use only her arms. Although she cannot
move her head her eyesight is good, and
with eyes an t fingers she works hour af
ter hour decorating china plates with
canceled postage stamps, which are sent
to her b.v kind friends. Of course, even
in this work her watchful mother is
obliged to apply the preparatory and fin
ishing touches.
The cancelled Stamps are partially
cleansed, and then carefully trimmed by
the mother, in many cases the figure of
the head on the two-cent stamp is cut out
and with 70 or 100 of these heads Carrie
forms a pretty border around the edge of
a plate. In the center of the plate she
will paste a large stamp of odd design,
perhaps one of the round Columbian
stamps found on stamped envelopes.
Around that she will arrange the heads,
cut from given stamps grouped like three
leafed clovers. When the stamps are all
pasted in position, the plate is neatly var
nished, and. if its edge is of open work, it
is trimmed with a dainty ritmon of blue,
red. or pink. These plates are sold to
whomsoever will buy them for 75 cents
each, the profit to the patient decorator
being posaibiy 115 or 40 cents. Asmav well
be imagined, the income from this source
is very scant.
Carrie and her mother derive a few
dollars each month by the sale of can
celed postage stamps to a philanthropic
stamp collector, who lakes all that they
s. :ui to him. although a large proportion
of them may be of no value to him. He
pay- ut the rate of aiiout #7 for each
loo.noo stumps of the ordinary kind. For
canceled stamps that arc relatively scarce
he pays more. .Many individuals and
some church societies have interested
themselves in helping to collect stamps
for this very deserving young woman.
She is sweetly appreciative of any kind
ness extended to her.
PRICE OF COTTON TOO LOW.
That Is the Opinion of Hubbard,
Price & Cos.
New York, Dee. I. Another week
of large receipts at the ports,
says Hubbard, Price & Cos., has
caused a slight decline in prices, but
brought no change in the character of
the crop advices that have been received
by the commission houses in this city.
Reports of a decreased yield, as compared
with last season, are daily received from
Texas and South Carolina, while on all
sides a reduction in the previous estimate
of the yield are current from Arkansas,
Mississippi and Georgia. Nevertheless,
the movement of the crop has continued
upon such a large 'scale that we [shall
probably enter the month of December
with movement 250.0(10 bales in excess of
last season. Receipts at the ports, es
pecially at Galveston, have been swelled
this year by the diversion of overland
cotton to the seaports, through a desire of
the southern railroads to obtain the great
est possible amount of freight traffic
The Missouri. Kansas and Texas railroad,
which, in previous years, had shipped its
cotton traffic northward by way of Han
nibal, Mo., has this year opened a line
into Galveston, with the result of ship
ping but 227 baies this year, against 71,000
bales northward last year via Hannibal.
The introduction of this new line into
Galveston has led to a sharp competition
in freight rates throughout Texas, and
the cotton which, in other years, has
gone overland, has appeared at Galveston
and New Orleans.
Although the movement is 250.000 in
excess of last year on Dec. 1, it is also
250,000 bales behind the last movement of
a 7.000.000-bale crop, and the receipts at
the interior towns are upon such a scale
that large crop estimates which are cur
rent from New Orleans appear to be
without substantial confirmation. Nev
evertheless, it is not to be denied that re
ceipts at the ports have been heavier than
the market has anticipated, and we close
to-night at a small net decline for the
week. All the factors which would have
led this year to a heavy and early move
ment of the crop have been at work,
through the financial interests of the
southern farmers, merchants and bankers.
Last season it was not difficult for
the southern buyer or planter to
obtain advances from his local hank with
which to hold his cotton, but this year it
is practically impossible, excepting in the
larger towns, for them to secure any ad
vances upon the crop for the purpose of
withholding it from market. The cus
tomary reply is that all notes must he
met when due, and undoubtedly a larger
proportion of the cotton crop lias been
marketed under these conditions than
would obtain in normal years. Trade
throughout the United States is slowly
but surely improving, especially' in
cotton goods, and print cloths in Fall
River have advanced to 2 cents per yard,
at which price there is a handsome profit
to the manufacturers at the present
prices ruling for cotton.
American spinners under the influence
of the favorable auction goods sale have
been large buyers of cotton throughout
the south and their purchases have
swelled the movement of the crop, but
unless all the information which has been
received in this market from persons,
who in previous years have given correct
reports of the yield of the crop, the pro
jrortion of cotton remaining unpicked and
not marketed is smaller than for years.
A consensus of the opinions regarding the.
crop, of 140 members of the New York
Cotton Exchange, averaged 7.284.000
bales, and a similar estimate made in
Memphis averaged 7,209.000 bales. These
views would appear to be approximately
correct as to the ultimate '.yield and
the question of supply should, in our judg
ment, be considered upon this basis
rather than upon the estimates of 7,750,-
000 to 8.000,000 bales, for which it is diffi
cult, to discover any data in the corres
pondence of any of the commission houses.
A year ago cotton was selling for 810 per
bale higher than at the present time with
the prospects of trade in Europe bad, and
good in America. This year we have a
slightly improved trade in our country
and a good business doing across the
water. Therefore, we see no reason to
alter our opinion that cotton, with a crop
of 7,300,000 hales, is more valuable than
present quotations.
The Rival Did young Cubletgh propose to
you lasi night.
Miss ll add Yes, and I refused him. How
dirt you know:
’I hr.f(lvul He told me hr was going to pro
pose to the prettiest girl in town, and of
course 1 coulrtn t help knowing.—Times Dem
oerat.
Mrs. Brush Has the hanging committee
rtecirted about your picture yet-
Brush— tcs.
Mrs. Brush Are they going to han j it?
Brush -Dubious; 1 heard the chairman say
he thought harming was too gooil for it.—The
Bulletin.
"Mis3 Brown has jilted young Jones and
taken up with young Smith."
"ho l hear. What was tlie reason?”
T don't know ot any reason, except that
her parents arc in favor of Jones and opposed
to Smith.” - New York Press.
MEDICAL
Mrs. Isaiah Emerson
Of Manchester, N. H.
After the Grip
Hood’s Sarsapariila Restored
Health and Strength
“ Last winter I had the Grip and was quite
sick. After I began to get better, being
weak and run down, I concluded to try
Hood's Sarsaparilla, seeing it recommended
so highly. I must say that l was more titan
pleased with it I recovered my health com
pletely in a short time and tliiuk
I Am in Better Health
than before I was sick. I feel sure that this
is due to Hood’s Sarsaparilla. In the pack
age of Sarsaparilla when I opened it I found
a sample box of Hood's Pills. I was sur
prised and delighted to find how well they
agreed with me. no griping and no weaken
ing. 1 have tried other kinds of pills, but
Hood’s PiHs
have tlie preferenceevery time now. I think
they are just wonderful. I am glad to recom
mend two such good preparations as Hood's
Sarsaparilla and Hood's pills.” Mrs. Is.vt.vu
Emerson. East Manchester, N. 11.
HOOD'S PILLB rc tho best after-dinuct
Tills, assist digestion, prevent evustip-uoa.
MEDICAL.
rs i M-MONS'I
THE OLD FRIEND
with red Zon every package. It s the King
of Liver Medicines is better than pills, and
takes the place of Quinine and Calomel. Take
nothing offered you us a substitute. J. H.
ZEILIN * CO., proprietors. Philadelphia.
MARRIAGES.
GRADY—COIR VOISIER— ON Nov. 16.
at the home of the bride's uncle. Mr. lieni. P.
Johnson No. 2145 Seventh avenue. New York,
by Rev. Father Charles B. Parks. U. S. N..
Mr. W. Edw in Grady to Miss Mittib Coka
Col'BVoisier.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
HERNANDEZ.—The friends and acquaint
ance of Mrs. Vei.ase Hernandez, and Mrs.
M. C. Molina and Mrs. J. A Paeetti are re
spectfully invited to attend the funeral of the
former from the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist at :t o'clock this afternoon. Inter
ment, Cathedral cemetery.
, MtETiNGS.
UK KAI.B LODGE No. . I. O. O. F.
A regular meeting of this Lodge will beheld
THIS EVENING at 8 o'clock, in Odd Fellows
Hall.
Officers for the ensuing term will beeleted.
Visiting brothers are invited to meet with
us. D. A. HARRIS, N. G
Jno. \V. Smith, Secretary'.
GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The regular meeting of this society will he
held at Hodgson Hall THIS EVENING at 8
o'clock. GEO. T. CANN,
Recording Secretary.
NOTICE TO ROAI> COMMISSIONERS.
The annual meeting of the Board of Road
Commissioners will be held at the court house
on MONDAY, Dec. 4, at to o'clock a. m.
G. HOURQUIN. Chairman.
R. CoAKtxv. Secretary.
SAVANNAH AM) ATLANTIC RAILWAY
COM PAN if.
Notice to Bondholders.
The holders of bonds of the above named
railway company are hereby requested to
meet, at the office of the Oglethoi p • Savings
and Trust Company, in Savannah, Ga.. on the
fourteenth (14) day of December. 1893, at 12
o'clock m.
The object of said meeting is to determine
what course shalt be pursued, for bondhold
ers'protection, under the terms of the trust
deed, what steps shall be taken to effect the
repair of damages by storm to said railway,
and for all other purposes of interest to bond
holders in the premises. Bondholders can
vote in person, or by written proxy, and must
betprepared to show the numbers and amounts
of bonds held by each.
Savannah, Ga.. Nov. 28. 1893.
HERMAN MYERS.
SAMUEL P. HAMILTON,
HENRY BLUN.
JOHN J. MCDONOUGH.
J. H. ESTILL,
Bondholders.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH.
Renting of Pews.
Pews will be rented TO DAY. Advent Mon
day Dec. L between the hours ot 10 a. m. anil
2p.m .at the church. Bv order of
THE VESTRY,
D. > . Dancy. Treasurer.
ELECTION FOR DIRECTORS.
The central Raii.koao and Banking )
Company of Georgia. -
Savannah, ga.. Dec. I, 1893. I
An election for thirteen directors To serve
for the ensuing year will be held at the bank
ing house in Savannah. MONDAY. Jan. 1,
1894. between the hours of 10 o'clock, a. m.
and 1 o'clock p. m.
Stockholders and their families will he
passed free over the company’s road to at
tend the election from the 30th of December
to I st of January inclusive, and will be passed
free returning from the Ist to the 3d of
January inclusive, on presentation of their
stock certificates to the conductors.
T. M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier.
THE HAGEY INSTITUTE, OF ~~
SAVANNAH,
Will cure the Liquor, Opium. Morphine, Cos
came and Tobacco Diseases. It has made In
this city a Permanent cure of more than
THIRTY who were under the domination of
the liquor curse, and it can convince the most
skeptical of its ability to do what it promises.
It invites an examination into its work and
testimonials. It guarantees to cure the most
hopeless, if he really desires to be cured.
Its office rs and directors are among our nest
known citizens, whose names ought to he a
guarantee of our sincerity and reliability.
Rooms in the Lyons Block, corner Brough
ton and Whitaker Streets.
NOTICE TO LIQUOR DEALERS.
City or Savannah i
Office Clerk of Counttt,.
Savannah. Ga. Nov. 30. 1893. I
Liquor dealers are heiehv notified that
pursuant to ordinance of Nov. 8, l.sfti the City
ounoii of Savannah is now ready to receive
applications for retail liquor license for ls 4
and that it will be necessary for those now m
business who desire to continue, to have their
applications passed upon prior to Jan. 1. 1894.
hence, the matter should receive their prompt
attention.
Blank forms will be furnished bv the Clerk
of Council ou application at this office
F. E. REBARER.
____ Clerk of Council.
NLAY ARRIVALS.
Taper Shell Almonds,
Saratoga Chips. Edam Cheese,
Young America Cheese,
New Figs. Jellies and Preserves,
Trnnesand Evaporated Fruits. Lowest
Prices at'
WM. G. COOPER S,
28 Whitaker Street.
c. B. 11l IFT A CO.,
COTTON.GRAIN,PROVISIONS, STOCKS,
99 Bay street.
Board of Trade Building.
Representing Atwood. Violett & Cos . New
* ork an ,o New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Ramson Bros.. & Cos.. Chicago Board of Trade
anil I urnell Hagan.an & Cos., New York
stock Exchange. See Atwood Violett & Co.'a
-Ctter in this paper. Telephone 164.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Neither the captain nor consignees of ihe
steamship ELPHINSTONE will be responsi
ble for debts incurred by any member ot
the crew. J. M. LANG & CO.,
Consignee s.
_
SAVANNAH theater.
m m DEC. 6.
W. R. Ogden's
—SUPERB COMPANY OF PLAYERS—
Presenting for the first time in the South
Ilf IflfUfl
with a car load of scenery and special stage
appointments. Seats at Livingston's Drug
Store, Dec. 4. Next attractions: JAS. J.
CORBETT. Dec. 12. Ole Olson. Dec. 13.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NEW FIGS,
in all size packages.
SELECTED DATES.
Mixed Nuts.
SnELLED NUTS
and
GLACIA CITRON.
EST. S. W. BRANCH.
Telephone 76.
CONSULTING OPTICIANS.
A STARTLING FACT,
That very few persons have perfect eyes It
must be evident that it requires both know!
edge and skill to know what the eyes need
and to fit them properly with glasses. Those
who trust this work to uninstructed dealers
are criminally careless of the most valuable
of all the senses, their sight. In addition to
graduating in Germany end my thirty years'
practical experience I have taken a course
and graduated in a school of optics in New
York and learned the latest and best methods
of ascertaining the different defects of the
eyes and their proper correction, so that I
can fit you properly with glasses that will
strengthen and improve your eyesight instead
of rapidly ruining it, as poorly fitted glasses
will always do. No charge for examination.
DR. M. SCHWAB & SON,
Graduated Opticians,
No. 23 Bull Street.
GOOD LIQUORS AND V, INKS.
Our stock of Whiskies, Brandies, Ginn.
Rums and Wines are celebrated of old for
being absolutely pure and mellowed by
age. We sell only pure articles and at bot-,
tom prices, and have a large assortment.
All orders receive assured prompt and
careful attention.
HENRY SOLOMON & SON,
186, 188, 190 and 192 Bay Street,
Savannah. Ga.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 27, 1893.
-Steamship Nacocchee being temporarily
withdrawn, the following .sailings to New
York are proposed in place of the published
schedules:
Chattahoochee. Tuesday. Nov. 28, 9 p. m
Kansas City. Thursday, Nov. 20. 10:30 a. m.
City of Birmingham. Saturday. Dec. 2. 1 p m.
Tallahassee. Monday. Dec. 4 3 p m.
City of Augusta. Tuesday, Doc. 5, 4 p. m
Chattahoochee. Thursday, Dec. 7,3 p m .
Kansas City, Saturday. Dec. 9. 6 p. m.
Sailings from New York, unless otherwise
notified, are to continue on Monday, Wednes
day, Friday and Saturday.
C. G. ANDERSON, Agent.
ONION SETS,
Peas, Beans and Other Seasonable Seeds
just received. For sale by
SOLOMONS & CO.
ship ahoy:
I Yea. Sir!
What Sti p?
The Judge.
Why have you made fast
at—
Screven's Ferry Dock?
To get a supply of
-LEPANTO CIGARS—
—from—
HENRY GERKEN
before going to sea.
XMAS GOODS.
XMAS GOODS.
Canary Birds. Parrots and Cages,
Gold Fish. Globes,
Aquaria Ornaments, Fish Food.
J GARDNER, 118 Broughton street
GEO. U. NICHOLS,
PRINTING,
BINDING,
BLANK BOOKS.
93i Bs| St. SsiMqnnsb.
How are your Office Supplies?
'W ant anything fur next month
OR IN A HURRY?
If so, send your orders for
PRINTING.
LITHOGRAPHING,
and BLANK BOOKS
To HElilfg,
Savannah, Ca.
wa
+
;IT
To buy your SHOES
from us. We have the
stock to select from and
our prices are down to
bed rock. Try our
shoes for yourself and
family.
BWi ©IIS;
17 Whitaker Street.
£fT*We move to our new
quarters, southeast corner
Broughton and Whitaker
streets, about March 1,1894.
BANKS.
THE CITIZENS BANK
or savannah.
Capital 3500,000,
Transact* a general banking buainesa.
Maintains a Saving** Department andal
lows INTEREST AT 4 PER CENT., com
pounded quarterly.
The accounts of individuals. Arms, bsnltl
and corporations arc solicited-
With our large number of correspond
ents in GEORGIA, ADA HAMA. FLORIDA
and SOUTH CAROLINA, we arc prepared
to handle collections on the most favora
ble terms.
Correspondence Invited.
BRANTLEY A. DENMARK, President.
M. 11. LANE, Vice President.
GEORGE C. FREEMAN. Cashier.
SAVANNAH BANK
AND TRUST GO.
SAVANNAH, GA.
INTEREST AT
4%
ON DEPOSITS IN SAVINGS DEPART,
MJENT.
Collection, on Savannah and all wrath*
era pointo, we handle on the most favors
hie terms and remit at lowest exchaufi
rates on day of payment. Correspond*
sacs solicited.
JOSEPH D. WEED, President.
JOHN C. ROWLAND, Vice Preside
JAMES 11. HUNTER. Cashier.
Savannah Savings Bank,
CORNER ST. JULIAN AND WHITAKER
STREETS.
RECEIVES DEPOSITS OF 23c.
and upwards and allots 5 PER CENT.
INTEREST on deposit., rompouod.il
quarterly.
Loans made on Stocks, Bonds and R**l
Estate.
Rents boxes in Its safety deposit fault--
open until 6 o’clock p. in
Hank open mornings from 9 till 3
Saturdays 4 till 8 o’clock.
YV. K. WILKINSON, President.
C. 8. ROCK WFM . Treasurer^
SPECIALIST. ,
Dr. Broad foot,
SPECIALIST,
lias, passed the experimental stag' an “ '
now acting with full knowledge ™ *
tan do. Hi. stiaighttorward course M'**
ommended him to the public and hi- m>
ons success ir. the treatment of the most “
cate diseases which are peculiar to me" ”•
women and are private in their nature, n
made him a reputation as a true -pe nnf “
success.
fire write to him and he will send ,'"u r'“ I
tom blank No 1 for men: No. for w'm< fj - ■
3 for skin dlsanses, from which your <•’*■j, ■
te properly understood. If possible i- ' ■
his office. Consultation costs you n- j ■
and terms of treatment arc within rear ■
all. Address or call on I
1* It. BROAD FOOT. 1
lid Broughton St.. Savannah * I
Vto IS, 2to 3, and 'to 0 r 1 I
FOR SALE. I
Empty Syrup Barrels I
FOR SALE BV I
( ~ M.GILHEIiT^( (),I
Corner Hay ami West Broad direct* I