The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-04-04
oElGIS OF TIE HlFII.

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As for the Malta. now that society Is
not what il once was; il has degener-
ated from its noble origin, 80 that q
present il Is no different from Molly /
Naguires. Ku-Klux. White Caps, or I
| Bald KnObbers, which sre all united /
far self alone. | will tell you the
origin of the word Malta and thea
hone the press will stop using the
worl and call the society by the
nroper name. outlaws. The word
Malta is made up of aa arrostie each
letter of which is the initial OF
sentence which was used first al the
time of the Sieilian NespeFs, or the
revolt of Palermo, in the year lZez.
These words are: ~Morte Aia
Fraueia Italia Amelia" and the Iransla-
tion is death TO the French. OF
sDeath to France Italy desires II
' was The war-ery Of the Sieilians during
the revolt of Palermo.
The revolt aud cry arose IN TINS
vav: 1t was at grand festival on
!. Easter Tuesday that a multitude OF the
inhabitants of Palmero and the neigh
borhood had thronged to church
I, about half a mile out of town, dedl-
Gated TO the Holy Ghost. The religious
Z service was over aud the merrimenl
!, had begun; the tables were spreau
y and amusements of all sorts, dancing
= and games. were going on under the
10 ,raas Everything was going gally on
when the harmony was suddenly "a,
terrupted and the joyousness chilled
~ ~ by the appearance of a body OF frenei
y .oldiery. under the pretext Of keeping
~ the peace. -,
u u The French mingled famillarly wiz
!" !. the people and paid court, not III 'h'
y, most respectful manner, to the women
~ The young men made sullen reloi
~ strances aud told them to go thel
nv Nv way. The Frenchmen began to dra'
., together, saving, "These ebellious Ia
,a ermins must have arms or they woul
nv not venture on such insolenee." Inc
'a' y. then began to search some OF them !,
y, arms. The two parties were alrea1
m mln' glaring at each other angrily when u
'n1 beautiful daughter of Mastrangel
-" maiden of exquisite beauty au
nc modesty, approached the church WI
- - her bridegroom. A Ffenehman name
we we Drouet, either in wantonness or lnsu
wy came np to her, and under the pI
tense of searching for arms, thrust
~" hand into her bosom. The glrl ialn, :
lns in her bridegroom's arms, and IN
w" wv. agony he uttered the fatal cry, "pea
wy 10 the French Y A youth rushed i'
~ ward and stabbed Drouet to the he'
~ with his sword. and was himself slru
W. WI down. The cry then ran through
NV crowd aud spread 10 the city, NJ
'iao traugelo took tho lead, aud ov'
lo'v house was stormed, every corr
! " searched. The dress, speech ana M
" ners of the French denounced th'
Two thousand of them were slalh
'io,e u piled in great pit, and neither
'ue sex nor infancy was spared by the
- ~ surgents. When Frencnlnah
nv seen the one who discovered
roao would shout 9Mafla' Instead OF III
' n,o. the long sentence "Morte Ala Fra
.'eis Italia Anela,n which was too l'
,. en. they would simply shout the one "
''ne' ,,'' "MaGa,' which Is composed oi
y" initial letter of each word III
sentence, aud those who heard the
would turn on the F'renchman. "
)otton A person was suspected OF bell
Frenchman the Slclllans had q
test by which they used to decide
matter. A Frencbman cannot
,losed, nounce properly the Italian "
cvow aceci," which means a sort OF g
ID SEQ pease, or brown pea with niue
onger on the end. Tho Italian pronunci,'
is like "chechi,n but frencl
Mem would have to pronounce IL like "
cotton using the soft sound. When
about suspect was caught, II no other mt
could be found he was made 10
10000 uounce "ceci,7 aud II ho gave
AZ for loft sound he was stabbed at ono
This Is the origin of tho word
J to 80 and It eventually designated me s.
rought which used its means to delcn
revious poor and innocent against the q
sions of the rich when they coul
during obtain Justice. From this me
0 cents. however, the Malta has, as ! hav
lowered sadly degenerated until now the
roo hill !. 10 battar than outlawsp