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The morning call., 1890-09-23
THE TWENTY-FlFTH
INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION !
...oF THE.
Mechanics Institute, 1890,

Opens Sept 18th, Closes Oct. 25th.
with grand display of Inventions, Manufactures
and Art The Latest Novelties and Improvements
in Electricity Will be made special feature includ-
ing the celebrated Edison Flower OF Light" The
Music will consist of a band OF forty-two talented
musicians supplemented by the best vocal talent
obtanable Miss Mathilde Lennon. noted con-
traIto singer from London, and late from Boston,
has been engaged, as also Miss Pearl Noble, the
accomplished young California Cornetlst. The Art
Gallery 800 feet long and so feet wide. will be filed
with rare and beautiful works by local and foreign
artists in oil and water-co Photography will
be shown In the most attractive form by profession
ais and amateurs. Machinery of all kinds will be
in operation, and many novelties exhibited for the
first time.
ADMISSION-Double season tickets, IS: single
season tickets SO; single adult tickets, soc; chill
dren Csc; season tickets to members OF the Insti
tute half rates. DAVID KERR, President.
1 IL CuLVER. Superintendent sel4 I'd
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Bi'DoNALD NOMINATED.

Stewart Menzies was then recognized, and
requested to take the platform. He spoke
briefly and placed in nomination for the
office of Mayor Captain James NJ. Nc
Donald. the mention Of whose name was
greeted with ringing cheers.
Stuart M. Taylor seconded the nomination
and expressed a belief that if chosen he
would be elected, and would turn out the
unconvicted felOns who have so long dis
graced the city.
On motion, and amid great applause, Mr..
Mcdonald was nominated by reclamation.
The convention then adjourned until s
O'Clock this evening, when other nomina-
tions will follow.
Mr.. Mcdonald, who was nominated for
Mayor, served one term in the Board OF
Supervisors, from 1886 to 1888, and was re-
elected for the second term, but subsequently
resigned. The cause of his action, his friends
say, was due to feeling Of disgust at the
course pursued by the Solid Nine"
Among those being discussed for the
The morning call., 1890-09-23

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WILD. DUCK SHOOTING.
SPORT THAT rs CONSIDERED RARE
NJ THE BEST HUNTERS.

1lsthods OF Capturing the Web Footed
0sms-How Ducks Are Protected
Shooting ON the Chesapeako-Experi-
ence Of N Novice.
Especial Correspcndence.l
No form Of sport is more enjoyed by
the experienced hunter than duck shoot
ing The wild duck is one of the most
widely spread in its labitat of game
fowls, is strong Of flight and generally
difa cult to get a shot at, and the hunter
who bags q canvasback, redhead, show.
eller, or blue winged teal, has secured a
prize of which he can we'll boast. In
the judgment Of the great majority Of
sportsmen and gourmonds. the canvas.
back duck is the king of fowls, and very
large prices are paid at times to secure
the priced birds for banquets and the
tables of the rich.
Duck shooting begins in summer and
early fall in Canada and the northern
parts Of this country. In October the
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THE DREADED MALTA.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE ITALIAN
ASSASSINS IN NEW ORLEANS.

Origin NJ the Malta Its Rtse and Prog
ress in This Country-Its Methods and
Acts Of Vengeance Eold Actions Of
Chief Hennessy.
Especial New Orleans Correspondence
The murder Of David c. Hennessy,
chief of police of the city of New Or.
Leans. by order of the Malta" "a gang
of Sicilian thieves and cutthroats who
dave made the great Southern metrop-
oils their headquarters). has startled the
country with the possibilities of crime
and public danger involved in the whole
sale importation Of European paupers
aud criminals to this country.
What is the "Maiia?" 1t is n secret
organization composed entirely of Sicil-
ians. and was founded by an Italian
cutthroat Boosting the name of Malta at
Palermo about 100 years ago. Malta was
a noted thief counterfeiter, and brig.
and, and the object of his society was
to organize all representatives of his
six, SO as to protect, by threats, terror
ism. and secret assassination such menu
1lcrs us might be brought to the bar Of
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well known, however. and, although he
ure. and continually went about day and
night unaccompanied. the desperadoes
hesitated to attack him.
1t is pretty we'll settled that Hen
nessy's murderer was Macheca,
prominent Italian fruit vender. OF late
years he had not prospered in business,
and it is surmised that lie joined the
Malta and resolved to handle counter.
felt money. and that he suspected Chief
Hennessy of having obtained knowledge
of his operations
Public sentiment is thoroughly aroused
here, and there is no doubt that the
Malta will be thoroughly ferreted out
and crushed SO far as this city is con.
cerned.
The police authorities here have OBJ
tanned some very interesting facts in re-
gard to the history of the Malta from
the Italian counsel.
La Malta is modern organization
based on medieval sentiment 1t is re.
lated to the Camorra, of Naples 1t is q
society confined not to Italians, but tc
Sicilians, the baser kind of Greeks, who
bring their national customs, their secret
societies and traditions Of murder with
them. If Sicilian believes that he can
provide for the protection of his person
and property without having recours,
to law that person is a Matiosa.
Murder is the cc-ner stone Of the social
fabric of Sicily. A Sicilian wishes to
sell farm. A Copo Malta wishes to
buy it. Nobody dares to bid against
him. If anybody is so foolhardy lie
would be shot next day from behind a
wall or the corner of house. If a
Copo Malta runs for the mayoralty Of a
village nobody runs against him. He
invariably has unanimous election.
His hands may be red with a dozen
murders. and his pockets filled with
blackmail. Not servant can be dis
charged without reference to the unseen
Malta. The Matiosi rule their district as
despots. If they have rivalries the
knife decides it.
With the advent of Victor Emanuel
the power of the Malta began to decline.
1t still has hold in Naples and through.
out Sicily, and occasionally its power is
made known by secret assassinations.
Most of the prominent members of the
society, however, have been compelled
to flee from Italy.
The organization in this country has
begun its struggle with Anglo Saxon law
aud order. There is happily no question
as to the result ST. CLAIR
A cat at Tombstone, Arizona, Ii rear
ing three young wildcat kittens that
wore captured in the woods by her mas
ter. She takes the best Of care Of them.
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A POTOMAC SHOOTING BOX.

ducks begin their southern flight, and
appear on ponds and streams, where
they are eagerly pursued by sportsmen.
Large numbers frequent the Great South
Bay of Long Island, the shallow waters
Of the New Jersey coast, and the estu-
airy of the Delaware during this month,
and in November vast flocks appear on
the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and
the Potomac River.
Wild ducks are divided into two fami-
lies, river and sea ducks They mingle
together along the Atlantic coast, how
ever, and frequent the same feeding
grounds. The sea ducks, of which the
canvasback, redhead, ringneck and
scaup or blackhead. are the chief repre-.
sentatives. are the real game birds to
secure which the hunters direct their
chief attention.
The great feeding grounds Of these
ducks is on the Chesapeake Bay and
about the mouths of the Potomac River
and Gunpowder Creek, and here alone
by feeding ON wild celery they acquire
that fine flavor for which they are
famous, even the canvasback being
tough and fishy in taste before it fat.
tens up on the wild celery, and again
losing its flesh and flavor when it
reaches the coast of North Carolina.
The sea ducks are we'll protected by
the laws Of Delaware. Maryland, and
Virginia, and by the regulations of the
shooting clubs that control the shores of
the waters where they feed. Such is
their avidity for the root of the wild
celery that they can not be driven from
the feeding grounds by any amount Of
slaughter. They would soon be de.
stroyed were it not for the legal protec
ton afforded.
Duck shooting on the Chesapeake is
permitted only three days in each week,
beginning on the 10th of November.
Hunters are restricted to the use of an
ordinary shotgun. and heavy penalties
are enforced against the use of swivels,
traps, nets, etc. Agents of the law are
constantly on the alert during the open
season, and the "bush hackers, as the
illegal hunters are called, have little OPP
po.tunity to ply their trade.
In spite Of all precautions the canvas
back ducks are growing fewer every
year. Swift and strong of flight though
they be. these ducks have a remarkable
and fatal curiosity. which can be taken
advantage of to their destruction. The
hunter builds screen along the shore.
and employs a trick dog or some other
method Of attraction, and, so totally
are they blinded by their curiosity. that
they can be shot down as they approach,
and they seem utterly regardless of dan
ger so long as the hunter lies concealed.
This is called "tolling."
Another prohibited method is night
hunting with reflectors. A stand is
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How Stonewall Jackson Died.

Historians always stop to describe
the dying Of Wolfe aud Montcalm, the
two opposing commanders in the bat
tie OF Quebec. But their deaths were
simply heroic compared with the
Christian death OF Stonewall Jackson.
About 1880 on the day OF his death
he was told that he had about two
hours to live, and he answered feebly
but firmly: Very good; it is all
right"
A few moments before he died he
cried out in his delirium: Order A.
z. Hill to prepare for action. Pass
the infantry to the front rapidly. Tell
Major Hawks" then stopped, leav.
ing the sentence unfinished
Presently smile OF ineffable sweet
ness spread itself over his pale face
and then no said quietly and with an
expression OF relief: '.Let us cross
over the river and rest under the
shade OF the trees" And then, with
out pain or the least struggle, his
spirit passed. -Philade!phia Press.
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Farm Notes.


Grooming the horse aids to keep the
pores OF the skin open, and in this way
aids mate rally to keep the animals in
good health.
If sheep are fed on the ground they
will run over and trample down more
or less of their feed, and then will re.
fuse to eat it.
In all feeding it is the food that is
digested that affords the nutrimcnt
and not the amount of food that is
taken into the stomach.
BY feeding bran and oil-meal to
stock on the farm the objection to SELL
ing grain is partly overcome. as bot h
these materials return to the soil al
most their full value as fertilizers.
In marketing poultry quality is
quite an item, and the highest prices
ut any season can only be realized by
taking the necessary pains both in
feeding and preparing for market. to
have them OF the best quality.
The question of profit and economy
IN the production OF beef cattle is one
that every farmer should study. They
must be made ready for market at as
low cost as possible, without lower
ing the quality of the product.
When the cows hind legs are so
close together that you cannot have
full view OF the udder from behind, or
rub against it so as to make the udder
swing backward and forward, you can
depend upon it she is not correctly
built for a first-class COW. The teats
should be full size and set we'll apart,
says the American Dairyman.
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erected for this purpose. and the light
from rejecting lamp flashed over the
water, when the ducks will approach
to investigate and are easily shot, dog
being used to retrieve.
The most popular way to shoot ducks
is from a "blind" or sink box" Any
body can enjoy this method OF sport
who is willing to pay for it. MS it is pro-
tected by law and enforced by all good
sportsmen. 1t is said that 5000, 900 are
invested in shooting paraphernaliao on the
Chesapeake alone. Many large sloop,
or shooting boxes, are owned at Havre
de Grace, provided with all the appur.
tenances of the sport and sufficient
crew. and these can be hired by the day.
week. or month at cost of about $40
per day. All boats are required to leave
the shooting grounds at night fall, and
can not cross "the line" again before 8
o'clock in the morning Of the second
succeeding day.
The novice having made his arrange
ments, goes on the boat at night, alone
or with one or two friends, and is soon
asleep in the coy cabin, dreaming of
the sport OF the morrow. Few boats
accommodate more than four hunters.
In the morning he is aroused betimes,
and goes on deck to find the captain
waiting with watch in hand to give the
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FMS assassination against some OF his
cOuntrymen, who We're counterfeiters,
as we'll as brother members of La Malta
nFlaccomio was sentenced to death. and
two brothers, Carlo and Vincenzo Quar-
Tara, were selected to kill him. The
former plunged the stiletto into the
doomed mans heart
The secret service Of the United States
has been aware for several years of the
operations of La Malta in this country.
Their counterfeiting. which is their
diversion. as well as part of the
duties Of their profession and crime, could
not fail sooner or later to bring them
before the eye Of the Government de-
tective force Sabastiano LAMA, who
held meetings with regular group at
:95 Thompson street, New York city.
cold Malta counterfeits at 40 cents on the
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dollar TO colored people, boys, girls, hi9
own countyrmen, and any American he
could find simple minded enought to buy.
Each counterfeit distributor organ.
lied a group around him and turned his
revenues into the general Malta treasury.
LAMA was watched and arrested on the
charge of counterfeitinG.
Eight out of the ten of the Malta muir.
derers committed in this country were
ostensibly done in the heat of passion
over a game of cards. Flaccomio had
been playing game of cards called
trinocria shortly before he \ent to his
death on the fatal Sunday IL, Int in the
shadow of the Cooper Institute. But
that is a ruse Of the Malta in majority
of cases. The killing and quarreling
are alike arranged beforehand The
murderer has no fear of his fellow
eountrymen appearing in court as wit
nesses against him. They dare not
testify against him, much. less accuse
him.
) The Malta probably made a mistake
in locating in this city. There still ex.
lists here and throughout the Southwest
a sentiment of personal honor or "chiv-
airy" as it is called, that leads society
generally to abhor the secret assassin.
True courage and grit is honored. The
man who faces his enemy in fair fight
is a hero.
Such man was David c. Hennessy,
chief of police of New Orleans. He was
type of the cool and fearless South.
erner He was born in this city. His
father died with his boots on" having
fallen by pistol shot in an affray in a
we'll known bar room. "Dave" grew to
manhood a delicate and slender strip.
ling. but with the cool courage and
fearIcsness of Il lion. He had special
talent for detective work, and. before
he was twenty, was special officer on
the police force in this city.
In 1879, Michael Hennessy, a cousin
of ID. G. Hennessy, was shot by Thomas
Deveraux in a saloon in this city. Hen.
Messy happened to enter during the
brawl, and. as his cousin fell dead,
pulled his pistol and blew Devereaux's
brains out. He was tried for murder
and acquitted.
After this he rapidly rose in his pro.
fession as detective. One of his most
notable feats was the clever capture OF
Exposito, the famous chief of Italian
brigands, and the promptncss with which
he secured the arrest of the Provenzano
gang, after the attempted assassination
of number of Italians at the corner Of
Claiborne and Esplanade streets, was
warmly commended by every law abid.
ing citizen of New Orleans
From this time he set himself to root
out the Malta, of whose organization
and existence here he had the fullest
knowledge. He knew that his efforts
would lead to his assassination. and often
stated that he expected death at any
moment His reckless bravery was
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word to "cross the line" It is still des,
night. and glimmering lights appear
here and there ON the bay where other
boats are waiting to join in the race for
the ducking grounds A race it is to be.
for the first boat to arrive has the choice
Of position. and 1t is the law of custom
that no other boat shall anchor nearer
than mile.
At last the captain gives the word.
The anchor is hauled up, the great fan
ping sail is hoisted, and two strappinp
fellows seize long poles and assist the
progress of the boat by polling against
the shallow bottom.
At last you reach the ground, and the
captain, by what appears an exercise of
instinct selects a position amidst the
dense fog that is sure to cover the bav.
The "sink box" and decoys are now
got ready. and put in the water. The
sink box Is the exact size and shape of a
coffin, when intended for one person. bur
is made double width with partition if
intended for two. The box is water tight.
and is set into the middle of fine board
platform about by II feet in size. The
wy Va ChO OO-N 10 hctblAy ACNcl Will the
top of the platform, and is secured
thereto with knees and braces under.
meath. Around the outer edges are Sc
cured wings covered with canvas, which
lay upon the water when open, and,
being fastened by hinges, rise and fall
with the waves, and thus protect the
sportsman in his box from wettng.
The decoy ducks, loaded with lead and
anchored by stone and string. are placed
in position, the gunners get in place, and
the sloop withdraws to distance of a
quarter of mile. Seen now from the
deck of the sloop, nothing of the sink
box is visible, it being entirely hidden
from sight by the hundreds of decoys
that float about in strikingly lifelike
way. l will remark that, the first time
I lay in a sink box my companion, an
old duck hunter. shot off the head of
one of the decoys in mistake for /.
genuine duck.
Reader. were you ever in sink box?
If SO, you probably found the sport
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Bereaved.

Let me come in where you sit weeping
aye,
Let me, who have not any child to die,
Weep with you for the little one whose
love
have known nothing Of
The little arms that slowly, slowly loosed
Their pressure round your neck -the hands
you used
To kiss. Such arms, such hands I never
knew,
May not weep with yous
Fain would be of service-say something
Between the tears that would be comfort
ing,
But ah SO sadder than yourselves am l,
Who have no child to die.
James Whitcomb Riley.
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Justice for their crimes The "Mafia"
soon camc into notoriety. Swift ven-
geance followed the efforts of the pub
lie authorities to punish any of its men,
bers. Grimes of inhuman cruelty and
harbarity became frequent and the arm
of civil justice was almost paraly zed by
the boldness and vindictiveness of the
.assassins.
For tho better part Of a century, dur
ing the reign of revolution and despot-
ism in Italy, the "Mafia" fourished and
had pretty much its own way. 1t
was undoubtedly at times in alliance
with the police powers of the govern
ment, and brigandage and robbery
reigned supreme in Italy outside of the
large cities. and often in the very cen.
tiers of population.
OF latc years, however, the restora-
ton of stable government in Italy
has led to the gradual suppression and
expulsion Of the Malta. Undoubtedly
members of the gang came to this coun.
try and established an organization here.
Vincenzo Arditi was one of these.
For some grievance he set fire to house
IN New Orleans, seeking to burn the
owner to death at the same time. He
was sent to the penitentiary; organized
= branch of the Malta among his fellow
criminals; escaped from prison. and was
next heard of at st. Louis, where he
committed murder. He next went to
Chicago. opened saloon, organized a
gang of cutthroats there, and left
fdllow countryman whom he suspected
vi treachery, lying dead OH the floor
of his room, using knife SO long that
it stuck out from both sides of the dead
nnan when he was discovered where he
1el1.
Arditi escaped to New York. opened a
store. which he fired to obtain the in.
ssurance, and, failing his purpose, horri-
'hly n,utilated fellow countryman whom
he believed to be instrumental in caus.
ing his defeat
He invited his victim to private
apartment to have a glass OF beer,
Offered beaker with one hand. and
with the other. by one stroke of the
razor, laid the poor wretch's face open
from his forehead to the point of his
chin. When the wounded man, almost
by a miracle. recovered. and was able
sto leave the Chambers Street Hospital
The was afraid to complain against Arditi,
who went scot free.
In October. 1888, Antonio Flaccomio
was assassinated in the shadow of the
. Cooper Union Building. in New York
icity. jFlaccomio had been adjudged a
traitor to the organization, of which at
one time he was prominent member.
! The cause Of his assassination was the
testimony that he gave shortly before
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with limited ideas as to the fitness Of
any one variety for their locality and
market AS a consequence. when the
tree come into bearing it is found that.
there are too many kinds. and some Of:
these never likely to be profita BILE. |
There was wisdom in the remark of
an old farmer that it he had 100 apple
trees to sell the fruit. ninety-nine Of
them should be Bald wins. 'And what
should the other tree be?'' he was
asked. After thinking moment he
replied, THAT would be Baldwin too"
Live stock Items
A lazy acre of land is as costly a
possession as lazy. balky horse or
dry COW. 1t costs something to keep.
interest on money. taxes. repair OF
fences. ETC.. and brings nothing in. A
lazy acre OF land always points to B.
lazy owner.
Sugar beets are the most valuable
of all feeding roots. They contain
nearly us much sugar as potatoes do
starch, but as the starch in the food is
always converted into sugar before it
is digested, the sugar is the more
valuable food. Every particle OF the
sugar beet is digestible and can be
fed without loss when fed with hay.
A farmer should count, weigh or
measure everything he buys or sells.
A platform scale will save its cost in
two or three years. Every time
farmer sells by guess he loses, because
he cannot be as good u guesser as Il
buyer who is continually at it. and
the odds are against him in the pro-
portion OF the more experience of the
buyer.
One acre Of good pea vine clover
and timothy if pastured swill summer
one COW or one horse. But if the
clover is. cut aud fed to the animals,
the acre will summer two head. Sup
posing that a little more labor is re-
CURED to do this, is not a saving of
one half the feeding worth it when
one man can thus supply thirty head
OF cattle?
The animal system contains seventy
five per cent. of water, the rest is
solid matter; if the water is impure,
seventy-tive per cent. of the system be-
comes vitiated and as the water is
dispersed through the whole system
the animal becomes completely i'm
pregnated with impurities 1t is not
at all strange therefore that the most
serious diseases are caused by impure
water.