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2 SIN LIKE UNTO LEPROSY. FAITFI IS THK LORD GOD OF ELISHA THE ONLY CURE. Ya-mnjjfl Teaches a Magnificent Lesson from the Life of Naman— Simplicity’ of the Requirements Causing Countless IhousHuds to Scoff When They liar! Only to Cross the Threshold to Gain Salvation, Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 12.—The Rev. T. Deffitt Talmage, D. D., preached this morning from the text II Kings v., 1: “He was a leper.” He said: Here we have a warrior sick, not with pleurisies, or rheumatisms, or consump tions, but with a disease worse than all these put together; a red mark has come out on the forehead, precursor of complete disfigurement and dissolution. 1 have something awful to tell you. General* Kaaman, the commander-in-chier of all the Syrian forces, has the leprosy 1 It is ©n his hands, on his face, on his feet, on his entire person. The leprosy 1 Get out of the way of the pestilence! If bis breath strike you, you are a dead man. The commander-in-chief of ail the forces in Syrial And yet he would be glad to ex change conditions with the boy at his stirrup, or the hostler that blankets his charger, l’ne news goes like wildfire all through the realm, and the people are sympathetic and they cry out: “Is it possible that our great hero who shot Abab, and around whom we came with 'such vociferation when he returned from victorious battle—can it be possible that cur grand and glorious N'aaman has the leprosy ? Yes. Everybody has something he •wishes he had not—David, an Absalom to disgrace him; Paul, a thorn to sting Juki; job, carbuncles to plague him; Samson, a Delilah to shear him; Abab, a Is a both to denv him; Haman. a Mordecai to irritate him; George Washington, childlessness to afflict him; John Wesley, a termagant wile to pester him; Dealt, ■weak eyes; Pope, a crooked back; Byron, a club foot; John Milton, blind eyes; Charles Lamb, an insane sister, and you, and you, and you, and you, something which you never bargained for, and would like to get rid of. The reason of this is that God does not want this world to be tooteight; otherwise, we would always want to stay, and eat these fruits, and lie on these lounges, and shake hands in this pleasant society. We are only in the vestibule of a grand temple. God does not want us to stay on tbe doorstep, and therefore he sends aches, and annoyances, and sorrows, and bereavements of all sorts to push us on, and push us up to ward riper fruits, and brighter society, 'and more radiant prosperities. God js only whipping us ahead. Tne treason that Edward Payson and Robert Hail had more rapturous views of Heaven than other people had was because, •through their aches and pains,God pushed them nearer up to it. If God dashes out one of vour pictures it is only to show you a brighter one. If He sting your foot with gout, vour brain with neuralgia, your tongue with an inextinguishable thirst, it is only because He is preparing to substitute a better body than you ever dreamed of when the mortal shall put on immortality. It is to push you on and push you up toward something grander and better that God sends upon you, as Hedid upon General Naaraau, something you do not want. Seated in his Syrian mansion—all the walls glittering with the shields which he had captured in battle; the corridors crowded with admiring visitors who just wanted to see him once; music and mirth and banqueting filling all the mansion, [from tesselated floor to pictured ceiling— • Kasman would have forgotten that there was anything better, and would have been glad to stay there ten thousand years. But, ob, how the shields dim. and how the visitors flv trom the hall, and how tbe music drops dead from the string and bow the gates of the mansion slam, shut with sepulchral bang, as you read tbe closing words oi tlie eulogium: “lie was a leper! Be was a leper 1” There was ore person more sympathetic with General Naaman than any other [person. Naaman’s wife walks the floor, wringing her hands and trying to think what she can do to alleviate tier husband’s suffering. All remedies have failed. The Surgeon General and the doctors of the royal staff have met, and they have shaken their heads as much as to say: “No cure; no cure.” I think that the office-seekers had all folded up their rec. ornmendations and gone home. Probably mostof the employes oi the establishment had dropped their work and were think ing of looking for some other situation. “What shall now become of poor Naaman’s wife? She must have sympathy some where. In herdespair sha goes to a little Hebrew captive, a servant girl in her bouse, to whom she teils the whole story; as sometimes, when overborne with tiie sorrows of the world, and finding no sympathy anywhere else, you have gone out and found In the sympathy ot some bumble domestic —Rose, or Dinah, or Bridget—a help which the world could not give you. What a scene it was! One of the grandest women in all Syria, in cabinet council with a waiting' inaid over the declining health of the mighty General! | “I know something,” says the’ little cap tive maid, “1 know something,” as she bounds to her bare feet. “In the land from wnich I was stolen there is a certain prophet known by the name of Elisha, who can cure almost everything, and 1 shouldn’t wonder if he could cure mv master. Send for him right away.” Ob, hush!” you say. “If the highest medical talent in all the land cannot cure that leper, there is no need of your listen ing to any talk of a servant girl.” But do not ecofl', do not sneer. The finger of that little captive maid is pointing in the right direction. She might have said: “This is a judgment, on you for stealing me Irom my native land. Didn’t they snatch me off in the night, breaking iny faiher’s and mother’s heart? and many a time I have laid and cried all night because I was so home sick.” Then flushing up into childish in dignation she might have said: “Good tor them; I’m glad Naaman's got the lep rosy; 1 wish all the Syrians had the lep rosy.” No. Forgetting her own personal sorrows, she sympathizes with the suffer ing of her master and recommends him to the famous Hebrew prophet. And bow otten it is that tbe flutter of childhood has pointed grown persons in the right direction. O Christian soul, how long is it since that you cot, rid of the leprosy of sin? You say: ‘-Let. tne see. It must be live years now.” “Five years. Who was it that pointed you to the Divine Physician?” “O,” you say, “it was mv little Annie, or h red, orChar ley, that clambered up on my knees and looked in my face and asked mo why 1 didn’t become a Christian, und all the time stroking my cheek so 1 couldn’t get angry, insisted upon knowing why 1 didn’t have family prayers.” There are grandparents here who have been brought to Christ by '.heir little grandchildren. There are many Christian mothers here who had their attention first called to .Jesus by their little children. How did you get rid of the leprosy ol sin? How did you find your way to tne Divine Physician. "Oh.” you say. “my child, my dying child, with wan and wasted linger pidnt and tbut, wav! Oh, I shall never forget,” you say, ”that scene at the oradle and the crib that awful nichtl it was bard, hard, very bard; hut If that little one on its dying bed had not pointed me to Christ, 1 don’t think 1 ever would have got rid of my leprosy.” Cos Into ths Sabbath school this alternoon and you will find hundreds of little lingers pointing in the same direction, toward Jesus Christ aud toward heaven. Years ago the astronomers calculated that there must be a world hanging at a certain point in tne heavens, and a large prize was offered for someone who could nit-cover that world. The telescopes from the great observatories were pointed in vain, but a girl at Nantucket, Mass., fashioned a telescope and, looking through it, discovered that star, and won the prize and the admiration ot all the as tronomical world, that stood amazed at her genius. And so it is often the case that grown people cannot see the light, while some little child beholds the star of pardon, the star of hope, the 6tar of con solation, the starot Bethlehem, the morn ing star of Jesus. “Not many mighty men, not many wise men are called: but God hath chosen the weak thiugß of the world to confound the mighty; and base things and things that are not, to bring to naught things that are.” Oh, do not de spise the prattle of little children when they are speaking about God, and Christ, ami heaven! You see the way your child is pointing; will you take that pointing or wait until, in the wrench ot some awful bereavement, God shall lift that child to another world, and then it will beckon you upward? Will you take the pointing, or will you wait, for the beck oning? Blessed bo God that the little Hebrew captive pointed in the right direc tion ! Blessed be God tor the saving min istry of Christian children! No wonder the advice of this little He brew captive threw ali Naaman’s man sion and Benbadad’s palace into excite ment, Good-bye, Naaman! With face scarified, and ridged, and inflamed by the pestilence, and aided by those who sup ported him on either side, he staggers out to the chariot. Hold last the fiery cours ers of the royal stable while the poor sick man lifts his swollen feet and pain-struck limbs into the vehicle. Bols ter him up with the pillows, and let him take a lingering look at his bright apart ment, for perhaps the Hebrew captive may be mistaken, and the next time Naaman comes to that place he may be a dead weight on the shoulders of those who carry him—an expired chieftain seeking sepulture amid the lamentations of an admiring uation. Good-bye. Naaman! Let the charioteer drive gently over the hills of Hermon lest he jolt the invalid. Here goes the bravest man of all his day, a captive ot a horrible disease. As tiie ambulance winds through the streets of Damascus the tears and prayers of all the people go after the world-renowned invalid. Perhaps you have had an invalid go out from your’house on a health ex cursion. You know how the neighbors stood around and said: “Ah, he will never come back alive!” Oh, it was a solemn moment, I tell you, when the in valid had departed and you went into the room to make the bed, and to remove the medicine phials from the shelf, and to throw open the shutters so that the fresh air might rush into the long-closed room! Good bye, Naaman! There is only one cheerful face looking at him, and that is the face of the little Hebrew cap tive, who is sure he will get cured and who is so glad she helped him. As the chariot winds out and the escort of mounted.courtiers, and the mules, laden with sacks of gold and silver and em broidered suits of apparel, went through the gates of Damascus and out on the long way, the hills of Napbtali and Ephraim look down on the procession, and the retinue goes right past the battle tiebis where Naaman, in the days of his health, used to rally his troops for fearful onset; and then the procession stops and reclines awhile in the groves of olives and oleander, aud General Naaman so sick— and so very, very sick. How the countrymen gaped as the pro cession passed! They nad seen Naaman go past like a whirlwind in days gone by, and had stood aghast atr the clank of his war equipments; but now they commis erate him. They say: “Poor man, he wiil never get home alive! Poor man!” General Naaman wakes up from a rest less sleep in the chariot and he says to the charioteer; “How long before we shall reach this prophet, Elisha’s?” The charioteer says to a waysider: “How far is it to Elisha’s house?” “He says: “Two miles.” “Two miles.” Then they whip up tbe lathered and fagged-out horses. The whole procession bright ensupatthe prospect of speedy arrival. They drive up to the door of the prophet. The charioteers shout: “Whoa!” to the horses, and the tramping hoofs aud grind ing wheels cease shaking the earth. Come out, Elisiia, come out, you have company; the grandest company that ever came to your house has come to it now. No stir inside Elisha’s house. The fact was, the Lord had informed Elisha that the sick captain was coming and just how to treat him. Indeed, when you are sick and the Lord wauts you to get well He always tells the doctor how to treat you; and the reason we have so many bungling doctors is because they depend upon their own strength and in structions and not on the Lord God, and that always makes malpractice. Come out, Elish *, and attend to your business. General Naaman and his retinue waited, and waited, and waited. The fact was, Naaman had two diseases—pride and leprosy; the one was as hard to get rid of as the other. Elisha sits quietly' in his house and does not go out. After a while, when he thinks he has humbled this proud man, he says to a servant: “Go out aud tell General Naaman to bathe seven times in the river Jordan, out yon der tive miles, and lie will get entirely well.” The message comes out. “What!” says the commander-in-chief of the Syrian forces, his eye kindling with an anima tion which it had not shown for weeks, and his swollen foot stamping ou the bot tom of the chariot, regardless ot pavn, “What! Isn’t he coming out to see me! Why, 1 thought certainly he would come and utter some cabalistic words over me, or make some enigmatical passes over ray wounds. Why, ldou’t think he knows who 1 am. Isn’t he coming out ? Why, why, when the Shunamite woman canie to him, be rushed out aiul cried: “Is it well with thee? Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child? And will he treat a poor unknown woman like that, and let me, a titled personage, sit here in my chariot and wait and wait? 1 won’t endure it any longer. Charioteer, drive on! Wash in the .Jordan! Ha! ha! The slimy Jordan —the muddy Jordan—the monotonous Jordan, i wouldn’t be seen washing in such a river as that. Why. we watered our horses in a better river than that on our way h*re. The beauti ful river, the jasper-paved river of Phar par. Besides that, we have in our coun try another Damascene river, Abana, with foliaged bank and torrent e.ver swift and ever clear, under the flickering shadows of sycamore and oleander. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damas cus, better than ail tne waters of Israel?” 1 suppose Naarnan felt very much as we would feel if, o.v way of medical prescrip tion, someone should tell us to go and wash in the Danube or the Ithine. We would answer: "Are not the Connecticut or the Hudson just as good?” Or, as an Englishman would feel i* be were told, by way ot medical prescription, he must go and wash in tbe Mississippi or St. Law rence. He would cry out' "Are not the Tunnies and the Snannon just as well?” The tact was that baugbtv N'aaman need ed to learn what every Englishman mid every American needs to learn—that when God tells you to do a tbing you must goand do It, whether you understand fhe reason or not. l ake tne prescription, whether you like it or not. One thing is certain: Unless haughty NHainan does as Elisha com mands him, ho will die of bis aw tul sick ness. And unless you do as Christ com mands you, you will be seized upon by an everlasting wusting away. Obey and live—disobey and die. Thrilling, over arching, under-girding, stupendous alternative! , Well, General Nasunan could not stand SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 13,1886. the test. The charioteer gives a jerk to the right line until the bit snaps in the horses’ mouth.l and the whirr of the wheels and the flying of the dust show the indignation of the great commander. “He turned and went away in a rage.” So people now often get mad at religion. They vituperate against ministers, against churches, against Christian peo ple. One would think from their irate behavior that God had heed studying how to annoy and exasperate and demolish them. What has He been doing? Only trying to cure their death-dealing leprosy. That is all. \ T et they whip up their horses, they dig in the spurs, and they go away in a rage. So, after all, it seems that this health excursion of General Naaman is to be a dead lailure. That little Hebrew captive might as well have not told him of the prophet, and this long journey might as well not have been taken. Poor, sick, dying Naaman! Are you going away in high dudgeon and worse than when you came? As his chariot halts a moment, his servants clamber up in it and coax him to do as Elisha said. They say: “It’s easy. If tho prophet had told you to walk lor a mile on sharp spikes in order to get rid of this awful disease you would liavo done it. It is easy. Come, my lord, just get down and wash in the Jordan. You take a bath every day, anyhow, and in this climate it is so hot that it will do you good. Do it on our account, and tor the sake of the army you com mand, and for the sake of tiie nation that admires you. Corns, mv lord, just try this Jordanic bath.” “Well,” he says, “to pisase you 1 will do as you say.” The retinue drive to the brink of the Jordan. The horses paw and neigh to tget into the stream them selves and cool their flanks. General Naaman, assisted by his attendants, gets down out of the chariot and painfully comes to the brink of the river, and steps in until the water comes to the ankle, and goes on deeper until the water comes to the girdle, and now standing so far down in the stream, just a little inclination of the head wili thoroughly immerse him. H bows onceinto the flood and comes up and shakes the water out of nostrils aud eyes, and tus attendants look at him aud say: “Why, General, how much better you do look.” Aud he bows a sec ind time into the flood and comes up, and the wild stare is gone out of his eye. He bows the third time into the flood and comes up, and the shriveled flesh has got smooth again. He bows the fourth time into the flood and comes up, and the hair that had fallen out is restored in thick locks again all over the brow. He bows the filth time into the flood and comes up, and the hoarseness has gone out of his throat. He bows tne sixth time aud comes up, and all the soreness and anguish have gone oat of the limbs. “Why,” he says, “1 am almost well, but 1 wili make a complete cure,” aud he bows the seventh time into the flood aud be comes up, and not so much as a tester, or scale, or an eruption as big as the head of a pin, is to he seen on him. He steps out on the bank and says: “Is it possible?” And the attendants look and say: “is it possible?” And as, witn the health of an athlete, he hounds back into the chariot and drives on, there goes up from ail his attendants a wild “Huzza! huzza!” Of course they go back to pay and thank the man of God for nis counsel so fraught with wisdom. When they left the prophet’s house, they went off mad; they have come back glad. People always think better of a minis ter after they are converted than they do before conversion. Now we are to them an intolerable nuisance because we tell them to do things that go against the grain; but some of us have a great many letters from those who tell us that once they were angry at what we preached, but afterward gladly received the Gospel at our hands. They once called us fanatics or terrorists or enemies; now tbey call us friends. Yonder is a man—l speak a literal fact—who said that he would never come into the church again. He said that two rears ago. He said: “My family shall never come here again if such doc trines as that are preached.” But he came again, and his family came again. He is a Christian, his wife a Christian, all bis children Christian, the whole house hold Christian, and 1 shall dwell with them in the house of the Lord forever. Our undying coadjutors are those who once heard the Gospel aud “weut away in a rage.” Now, my hearers, you notice that this General Naaman did two things in order to get well. The first was, he got out of his chariot. He might have stayed there with his swollen feet on the stuffed otto man, seated on that embroidered cushion, until his last gasp, he never would have got any relief. He had to get down outof his chariot. And you have got to got down out of the chariot of your pride if you ever become a Christian. You can not drive up to the cross with a coach and-four, and be saved among all the spangles. Y’ou seem to think that the Lord is going to be complimented by your coming. Oh, no: you poor, miserable, scaly, leprous sinner, get down outof that,! We all come m the same haughty way. We expect to ride into the Kingdom of God. Never until we get down on our kuees will we find mercy. The Lord has unhorsed us, uncharioted us. Get down out of your pride, Get down out of your self-righteous ness and your hypercriticism. We have all got to do that. ’ That is the journey we have got to make on our knees. It is our infernal pride that keeps us from getting rid of the leprosy of sin. Dear Lord, what have we to be proud of? l’roud of our scales? Proud of our uncleanness? Proud of this killing infection ? Bring us down at Thy feet, weeping, praying, pen itent, believing supplicants! For sinners. Lord, Tlion earnest to bleed, And I’m a sinner vile indeed; Lord, 1 believe Thy grace is free, Oh, magnify that grace in me. But be had not only to get down out of his chariot. He bad to wash. “Ob,” you say, “1 am very careful of my ablu tions. Every day 1 plunge into a bright and beautiful bath.” Ati, my heaver, there is a flood brighter than any other. It is the flood that breaks from the gran ite of the eternal hills. It is the flood ot pardon, and peace, and life, and heaven. That flood started in the tears of Christ anil the sweat of Gethsemane, anil rolled on. accumulating flood, until all earth and heaven could bntue in it. Zchariah called it the "lountain open for sin aud uncleanness.” William Cowper called it the “fountain filled with blood.” Your lathers and mothers washed all their sins and sorrows away in that lountain. Oh, my hearers, do you not to-day feel like wading into it? Wade down uow | into this glorious flood, deeper, deeper, deeper. Plunge once, twice, thrice, lour times, five times, six tunes, seven times, it will take as much as that to cure your soul. Oh, wash, wash, wash, aud be clean! I suppose that was a great time at Damascus when General Naaman got hack. The charioteers did not have to drive slowly ativ longer, lest they jolt the invalid; but as the horses dashed through the streets of Damascus, l think the people rushed out to bail back their chief tain, Naainan’s wife hardly recognized her husband; he was so wonderfully changed she had to look at him two or | three times before she made out that it was her restored husband. And the little cap live maid, she rushed out, clapping her hands, and shouting: “Did he cure vou? Did he cure you?” Then music woke up the palace, and the tapestry of the win down was drawn away, that the multi tude outside might mingle with the priuoely mirth inside, and the feet went up and down in the dance, and all the streets of Damascus that night echoed and re.echoeu with tne news: “Naaman's cured! Naaman’s cured!” But a gladder tune than that It would he in all this place or wherever this ser mon shall be read, if the soul should get cured of its leprosy. The swiftest white horse hitched to the King’s cnariot would rush the news into the Eternal City. Our loved ones before the throne would wel come the glad tidings. Your children on earth with more emotion than the littie Hebrew captive would notice the change in your look, and tne change in your man ner, and would put their arms around your neck and say: “Mother. I guess you must have become a Christian. Father, 1 think you have got rid of the leprosy.” O, Lord God of Elisha, have mercy on us! HOKSFOKD’S ACID PHOSPHATE In Indigestion. Drs. M arshali, and Long acre, Olnev, HI., sav: “We have used it in cases of in digestion, with good results,” A series of paints, wmea are made ready for use simply by the addition of cold water, have for some time past beon successfully introduced abroad, the paint thus produced drying, it is stated, with a fine, hard surface, which, although mixed only with water, is impervious to rain and uninjured by frequent washings,even with diluted disinfectants; as oij and tur pentine are also dispensed with, these paints nave the additional advantage of being free from objectionable smell. They can ns used lor exterior work on wood as well as on brick, plaster, iron or stone, and for interiors they are of course pecu liarly applicable. The paint can likewise be reduced by oil, which produces a hard and glossy surface. Young girls wear jackets finished with hoods lined with some harmonizing con trasting color. “Rough on Bile” Pills. Small granules, small dose, big results, pleasant in operation, don’t disturb the stomach. 10c. aud 25c. A lIAKi; OFFORI UNITY, A Physician who Makes no Charge. Dr. W. H. Whitehead, the originator and one of the present proprietors of Prickiy Ash, Poke Root aud Potassium Compound (P. P. P.), the great blood purifier, has opened an office at the cor ner of State and Barnard streets, and offers to treat all cases o! blood disorders that will present themselves at his office, for the next sixty days, free of charge. The objeet the doctor has in doing this is to introduce to the people of Savannah his preparation as a remedy iu blood dis eases. Oniy those suffering from blood diseases will be received as patients. If you have rheumatism, soroiula syphilis, old sores, skin eruptions, or malarial poison come to see the Doctor, and he will make.no charge for consultation, ex amination and prescription for the next sixty days. Office hours 8 to 12 a. m. and 2 to 6 p. m. Sundays, 8 to 12 a. m. Lowest Prices. After fine and satisfactory quality and fit B H. Lew & liro. are noted for their low prices on Clothing. CITY GOVERNMENT. Official Proceedings of Council. Savannah, Ga.. Dec. 9, 1886. Council met pursuant to adjournment, at the call of the Mayor, at 12 o’clock M. this day. Present: His Honor the Mayor; Aider man Myers. Bogart, Derst, Mills, Nichols, Sheldon and Thoma 9. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. The Committee on Streets and Lanes, to which was referred the petition of John H. Estill et al for the approval of Council to a bill to be entitled “An Act to Incorporate the Savannah Street Railway,” have examined said bill and report that as said proposed bill contains a section subjecting said railway company to the provisions of the ordinance passed in Council Aug. )5, ISS't, which ordinance subjects corporations building railways in the city of Savannah to the provisions of said ordinance, and to such other conditions as may be pre scribed by Council and to the police power of the city, it seems that said petition should be granted, aud your committee recommend that a resolution he passed approving the grant of the franchises asked for in said bill. Geo. N. Nichols, Acting Chairman Com. on Streets ami Lanes. On motion the matter was laid on the table until the next meeting of Council. PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS. Application of C. C. Casey for permission to reshingle building on Liberty street lane, two doors west of East Broad. Referred to Committee on Eire. Application of S. J. Dadin for permission to reshingle house on lot 32. Wylly ward. Be‘erred to Committee on Fire. Anplic&tion of Miss Sarah Sexton to repair shed and enlarge same on lot, 31, Merer ward. Referred to Committee on Fire. Petition of City-and suburban railway, of Savannah, for permission to extend its track through certain streets. Referred to Commit tee on Stroets and Eai:ca. Application of McDonough & Cos. for per mission to repair houselon east half of lotTO, White ward. Referred to Committee on Fire with power to act. Application of James J. McGowan for per mission to repair budding at No. 71 Congress street. Referred to Committee on Fire with power to act. Application of H. L. Schreiner for permis sion to display goods in front of his store dur ing the mouth ot December. Referred to Committee on streets and Lanes. Application of Mrs. E. S Zittrour for per mission to repair house ou Lot No, 10, Elliott ward. Referred to Committee on Fire. Petition of William Hone relative to pur chase of lot 54 Forsyth ward. Referred to Committees on City Lots aud Streets and Lanes. Application of William Symons for permis sion to make i-ewer connection with East Broad street sewer from premises corner East Broad and Hull sireeis. Referred to Committee on streets and Lanes with power to act. MISCELLANEOUS. A communication was received from P. W. Meldrim, Esq,, relative to the hill entitled “an act to incorporate the Savannah Street Railway” and petition relating thereto. On motion the communication was received for information. Council adjourned. FRANK E. REBAREIt, Clerk of Council. MORTUARY REPORT OftheUityof Savannah for the Week Ending Friday, Dee. 10, 188 U. Whites. j Bl’ks&C’l’d Over Un- (Oyer lin- Cauecs of Death. 10 derlO j 10 derio I I M.jK AI. F jM. F M. K Bruin, embolism . j 1 Brain, congestion. ... ... 1 . Congestion Innas ..1 1 1 Consumption,lungs . ~j.. 1 1 Itronsy 1 ... Fever, ma .tr’l r< m . .. 1 Heart, undefined . 2 . Inanition ... 1 .. Marasmus 1 ... .. < .'id age l I’ueumonla ... 1 Syphilis, tertiary 1 .. . Undefined 1 112 1 Total. 8 2 2 14 1 R EC VPfIU I, A riON Deaths In oitv —Whites. 7; blacks and col ored, u; total, 2). Exclusive of st 11 births— Blacks and o-.ilored, :i. Barn—Black, L SCI9IVI A It V . A'icx. win to,- Color’d ~ M. F. M. K. E Under 1 year I 2 1 16 Between 1 and 2 years . 1 12 Between 2 and 5 years X ... 1 Between 6 and 10 years,, 1 . 1 Between 20 and HO oars. 1 12 Between SO and 4u years 1 1 2 Between 60 and SO years.. 2 2 2 <1 Between 70 and So years 1 1 Between 80and90 years.. 1 1 ... ... 1 Total.. . B 4 * 2l Population—Whites, 26,720; blacks, 19,111. Total 4CHHI. Annual ntlo per 1,090 for Weok—Whites, 11.2; blacks, J. X, McFarland, m. and„ Health OfUecr. iitrrttnse. DeKalb Lodge No. 9, I. O. O. F. A regular meeting will be held THIS (Mon day) EVENING at 8 o’clock. There will Le an initiation, and the Second Decree will be coofeired. Members of other Lodges and visiting brothers are cordially invited to attend. By order AV. K. SWANSTON, N. G, John Kilby, Secretary. ___ Georgia Tent No. 151, I. O. of 15. Attend a regular session of your Tent THIS MONDAY Dec. 13th at 8 o’clock. Every member is requested to be present. By order of P. B. FINNEY, C. E. Attest: Chas. H, Siikftall, B, S. Special Notice. Headquarters ) IST Volunteer regiment oe Ga. > Savannah, Dec. 11, 188R.5 A regular meeting of the Board of Ollicers will be held at the armory of the Republican Blues on MONDAY 13th" inst. at 8 o’clock p. m. Come prepared to pay fines and dues. By order of Maj. JOHN SCHWARZ, Commanding. JOHN W. WILSON. Adjutant. Irish Jasper Greens. A company drill of the corps will take place THIS (Monday) EVENING at the armory in citizens dress at 8 o’clock. After the dri'l a meeting will he held when im portant business will he presented for con sideration. Every member should be present. JOHN FLANNERY, Capt. Commanding. P. F. Gleason . Acting O, S. The Southern Mutual Loan Associa tion. The fifth regular meeting of Series B will be held at Metropolitan Hall THIS (Monday) EVENING at 8 o’clock. M. J. SOL iMONS, President. Wm. I). Harden, Secretary. Savannah. Ga., Dec. 13. 1886. Meeting of Stockholders. Central R. R. & Banking Cos. op Ga., i Savannah, Ga., Dec. Ist, 1886.) The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of this Company will take place at the Banking House, in Savannah, on WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23d, at 10 o’clock a. m, Stocknolders and their families will be passed free over the Company’s road to the meeting from the 19th to the 22d inclusive, and will he passed free returning from the 22d to the 25th inclusive, on presen tation of their stock certificates to the con ductors. T. M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier. Special Jtoticro. Attention Property Owners. A free exhibition will be given TO-DAY at 12:30 under the direction of Chief Fernan dez on Bay street at the foot of Drayton in front of Cotton Exchange. Eddison Electric Fire Extinguisher Cos. Office and salesroom 176 Broughton street. Election for Directors. Merchants’ National Bank j of Savannah, Ga., Y Savannah, Ga .. Dec. 11. 1886. J The annual election for Directors will be held at the Banking House on TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1887, between the hours of 12 and l o’clock. THOS. GADSDEN. Notice. Anew Telephone Directory will be pub lished about the 20th inst., and all persons de siring Telephone Service are requested to send in their orders in time for this issue. It will be found a great convenience at resi dences, and one month’s trial will he given free. B. F. DILLON, Manager. December 11, lssfi. Notice. Subscribers whose names were incorrectly printed in last Telephone Directory, or those decinng names changed will please notify this office in writing at once, as anew Direc tory is now being prepared. B. F. DILLON, Manager. December u, 1886. Dividend So. 48. Avgusta & Savannah Railroad, j Savannah, Ga.. Dec. 7, 1888.! On ana after this date a Dividend of $3 50 per share will be paid to the stockholders of the Augusta & Savannah Railroad at the Banking House of Charles H.Olmstead A Cos., between the hours of 10 a. m. and lp, m. W. S. LAWTON, President. Central Railroad and Banking Com pany of Georgia. savannah, Ga ~ Dec. Ist, 1886. A Dividend of FOUR DOLLARS per share from the earnings ot this Company and its dependencies has been declared, payable on and after DECKMI!ER2Oth, tottie Stockhold ers as of record this day. T. M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier. Election for Directors. Central ß. R. & Banking Cos. of Ga., ) Savannah, Ga.. Dec. Ist, 1886.! An election for Thirteen Directors to man age the affairs of this Company for the ensu ing year will be held at the Banking House, m Savannah, MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF JANUARY', ISS7, between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and 2 o’clock r. M. Stockholders and their families will be passed free over the Comnany’s road to attend the election from the Ist to the 3d of January inclusive, and be passed free returning from the 3d to the 7th of January inclusive, on presentation of their stock certificates to the conductors. T. M. CUNNINGHAM. Cashier, The Burglar Alarm and I). T. Co-, Beg to notify the live business men of Sa vannah that they are prepared to protect banks, warehouses, stores, offices, etc., bv means of their special electrical apparatus. Refer to Southern Hank, C. R. It. Bank, Na tional Bank,John Flannery & Cos., Weed & Cornwell, and others using it for years. For terms, etc., call on or address CHAS. WHITE, Superintendent, 148 St. Ju'ian street. C. P. Miller, President. N. B.—All kindsof electrical work promptly attended to. Dr. Henry S. Colding, STJ&GKON DENTIST, Office corner Jones and Drayton street, Graduate Baltimore College of Dental ‘Sur- ge ry, Dr. H. 11. Hitchcock Offers his professional services to the citizens of Savannah, Office I(lol.lberty street. L’lnter’s Liver corrector. This vegetable preparation is invaluable for tho restoration of tone and strength to the system. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other ills, caused by a disordered liver, it can not bo excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and Indorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ulmer’s Diver Corrector and take no other. $1 OH a bottle. Freight paid to any address. 11. F. ULMER, M. D., Pharmacist. Savannah, Qa. Alteutiou Truckers. Now is the time to put in your peas for the early spring crop. Our slock of Marrowfat, Buist Premium, Extra Early and Early Framo Peas is large enough to BUpply all demands, and our figures are rock bottom. A full supply of other seed of 18811 crop on hand. Mall orders given prompt attention. K.J.KIEFFER, Druggist nnd Seedsman. Special JJoiitca. Notice. Citv op Savannah, > Office Clerk of council.S December 9, 1886. ) Notice is hereby given that it is contrary to the ordinances of the div for persons to throw ashes, i übbith, etc., into the streets or lanes, and also to p si bills, etc. on the public trees, fences or (ire alarm poles. Parties violating either of the above ordinances will be placed on the information docket without further notice. By order of the Mayor. FRANK E, R BEARER. Clerk of Council. jltmiaemcma. S A VAN NAH THE AT RE. Wednesday aud Thursday, Dee. 15 and 10. C. R GARDINER’S Z O Z O.” The most gorgeous and elaborate spectacu lar production of modern times. Car loses of costly scenery. Ail army of ladies and gememen. BLANCHE CURTISSE The Famous ‘‘Vassar Beauty” as The Btfagic Queen! An entire change of programme on Thurs day evening. NEW VERSION of ZO ZO; all the characters changed. Seats on sale at Davis Bros.’ Dec. 14th. Next attraction, Harry Baccy’s ‘‘Planter’s Wife,” Dec. 17 and 18. • GRAfIJD BAZAR NOW OPEN —AT— SAVANNAH VOLUNTEER GUARDS’ -A-iasic rv^L,. Pm tOoo&c. DANIEL HOGAN WILL COMMENCE ON MONDAY A SPECIAL SALE OF Eoys’ and Misses’ Clothing. Boys’ Plain and Plaided Suits, 4 to 12 years, of goodCassimere and thoroughly made, $2 75. The New Norfolk Suit. 4 to 12 years, neat patterns, durable material, box-piaited back and front, at £125 and $3 75. Boys’ lirst-class Suiis. Dark Brown. Mixed Cassimeres. 4to 12 years, $4. Norfolk blouse, box-plaited back ana front, splendid mate rial, will give excellent satisfaction in wear, *5. Boys’ Handsome Dress Suits of ail-wool French Corkscrew. Worsted. Biue and Brown, 4 to 12 years, made in the very best manner m Plain Norfolk or plaited blouse style ami lined throughout wish silk-llnislied Serge, reduced from $9 to $7 50. Misses’ and Children’s Suits I will offer on Monday morning 500 Misses’ and Children’s Suitsat prices entirely regard less of value. The sizes range from 2 to 16 years, aud the prices from $1 to sl2 50. It takes but a very short time to examine this line of goods, and it will pay. CARPETS. CABPETB Made and Laid at the Shortest Notice. 25 pieces Tapestry Brussels at 55c, former price 75c. 25 pieces Tapestry Brussels at 75c, former price 80c. yrd. 40 pieces Ingrain Carpets, ranging in prices from 25c, to 41 per yard. Extra quality 3-ply at $1 laid and made. 100 Rolls Canton Matting Prices ranging from 22'/ a c to 50c per yard. Oisck and Colored Siiks. 1,500 yards colored Gros Grain Silk at 25c per yard. These goods have been sold at 50c and 60c a yard. 800 yards colored Gros Grain Silk at 60c, re duced from sl. 1,200 yards Black Silk at 50c a yard, former price 75c yard. 1,000 yards Black Silk at sl, reduced from SATIN RHADAMES, Atf)se.,irl 15 and $1 ‘25 per Yard. Cloaks and Wraps. Ladles’ Jackets in Bouele and Jersey Cloth, ranging in prices from $3 to sl2 50. Ladies’ Newmarkets from $1 50 to S2O. KID OL. O VE @ , Ladies’ 4-button Kid Gloves, 50y„ Ladies’ 4-button Kid Gloves, every pair warranted, 75c. Janran’s 4-button black and colored Genu ine Kid Gloves, 05c per pair. Janran’s Embroidered black and colorod Genuine Kid Gloves, $l5O a pair. There is no better Glove imported than this. Blankets, Blankets. 250 pairs white and colored Blankets, sizes ranging from 10-4 to 13-4, and prices from 90c to S2O per pair. 100 dozen Gents’ Silk Handkerchiefs, rang ing in prices from 45c to $1 25 apiece. 50 dozen Gents’ Merino Half Hose at 45c a pair. to dozen Gents’ Shaker Wool Hose at 25c a pair. 25 dozen Gents’ Scarlet all wool Shirts at 65<- each. 20 dozen Gents’ Scarlet all wool Shirts atsl. worth $! 25. DANIEL HOGAN, jPrtntittg. 1834. ESTABLISHED 38 "YEARS. 1886 CEO. mraCLS, Job Printing, Book Binding, Blank Books. Every facility for all kinds of work. New Type, uow Machinery, largo stock, of Papers, good work. Prices as low as quality of work and mate rial w anted will warrant. 93-* Bay St. - Telephone 39. Barbed Wire. ( HE A TEST PENCE KNOWN. —FOR SALK BY— WEED & COItIS WELL. Flotfjittfl. W E have D'is season made extra exertions* T ’ to please our many old customers and make new ones. In thanking the public for the hearty approval accorded our efforts we would state t hat whilst the result has been more than satisfactory, we have by close and strict attention to our stock and frequently duplicating the most desirable styles managed to keep our stock of (Mini, Minis ait Eats For 3fen, Boys sind Children Complete and perfect in every detail as to fabrics, colorings, designs and fit. It is ab solutely impossible for U3 to give in this space any idea of our stock, and would ask all who have not received one yet to send us their ad dress and have sent free our Illustrated Cata logue, with full description of styles, prices and hints as to how to dress on different oc casions. We cordially invite a call of inspec tion, and promise that a few minutes spent at our store will be well spent. Respectfully, A. FALK & SON. N. B.—When purchasing Holiday Goods give usa call. We can offer some excellent suggestions as to appropriate gifts for the sterner sex. Ladles can be served in orr Ladies’ Department and be spared the annoy ance of the crowd of gentlemen customer.. __ Doutsail csoiotso. AT SILVA’S ! What Do You Want ? A Dinner Set ? A Tea Set ? A Chamber Set? A Tin Set ? A Parlor Lamp ? A Hanging Lamp ? A Nice Cup and Saucer? “Hungarian,” “Peach Blow, “Crown Derby,” Royal Worcester,” “Royal Dres den,” anything at all? We have reduced the prices on most of our stock, and have the finest and largest assort ment in the city. Jas. S. Sill I Son, MO BROUGHTON. lUoßoUstion llntitio. Dissolution of Copartnership JgY mutual consent tho firm of KENNEDY & MALLETTE is dissolved, DANIEL fi. KENNEDY continuing the business and as suming all liabilities. Either partner will sign in liquidation. DANIEL R. KENNEDY. ELI M. MALLETTE. Notice of Dissolution THE copartnership heretoforeexietingun der the Arm name and style of Acosta & Einstein is this day dissolved by mutual cons nt. Mr. Acosta retires from ttie business and Mr. Einstein assumes the liabilities. All de mands on the said partnership are to be pre sented to Mr. Einstein for payment, and all amounts due said liJSi are to be paid to him. Signed, j&. J. ACOSTA, Jr., S. A. EINSTEIN. SAVANNAH, Deo. 7, 1880. A. CARD. IN retiring from the business heretofore conducted by Acosta A Einstein, I beg to thank my friends and the public for the patronage ex'ended to the old firm and to solicit a continuance of the same for Sir. Ein stein. Signed, E. J. ACOSTA. Savannah, Dec. 7, 1886. The business heretofore conducted by Acosta & Einstein will be conducted by me. Signed, a, A. EINSTEIN, December 7. 1886. UtiHittertf. Mrs. KATE POWER, 137 St. Julian Street, UP STAIRS, Opposite Southern Express office. THE LADIES are invited to examine my New Stamped Goods, Whisk Broom Holders, Umbrella. Slipper, Knitting, Silk and Crewel Cases. Duster and Laundry Bags, Pillow Shams, Splashers, Mats and Covers, ad sizes. NEW BRAIDS. NEW BRAIDS. Crocheted Patterns only 10c. Crocheted Caps, Sacks. Leggins, Mittens, Shoes aud Shirts for Children. Silk Handkerchiefs—no extra charge for initial. Embroidery Hoops and Frames. Wash Silks and Ribbons, £W Stamping & Specialty. Millinery. Millinery. AT Mrs* Kate Power’s. fcJropoojilo iUattttJ*. Unitkd States Engineer Office, Vrmy) Building. New York, Not. 29,1888. i SEALED PROPOSALS, in triplicate, to be opened in tins office at 12 o’clock noon on the TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF DECEM BER, 1886, are invited for the construction and repair of sving dams and shore pw* tuitions in tho Savannah river, below Au gusta, Georgia. Tho indorsement on ‘he en velope must name tho work for which tne proposal Ib offered. , Specifications, instructions to bidders, ana blank forms for proposals, may be obtained at this office, or from First Lieutenant r . V. au bot. Corps of Engineers, U S. Army, at tr.e U. S. Engineer Office, Charleston. S. C. Q. A. GILLMORE, Colonel of Engineers, Bvt. MtJ. Oon.u. A. Hutchinson Island. Citv of Savannah, j Office Citv Surveyor,/ December rd, 18'b. ’ I PROPOSALS will be received at theoffice of the Clerk of Council until 1* • WEDNESDAY, the 15th inst .for the the whole, or or one or more sections of one hundred acres each of the city s ‘ an( *, Hutchison Island. The entire tract contains six hundred acres. The lessee will be ex pee.led to keep the ditches free from W< J?' and a( a depth to insure good drainage *“ city will maintain the outer emoankmen ” Thcr'ight’to reject any or all bids reservoL For further Information and plan of island apply to the undersigned. JOHN B. HOWARD, City Surveyor' LADlESilllllfi Indispensable, safe, always reliable. ' .WEALED particulars, sample, etc., enci live 2-eeut stamps. Address in sac rod JNj denes, pammg tnie paper,The French Speein. Co.,st. Alban’s Place, Philadelphia, la. liable ladv event* wanted