The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST,

| when John Mullanphy, rich citizen OF st.
Louis, died in 1893, he left very large sum
| OF money with Bishop Rosally Of that city,
in trust for the benefit Of the heirs OF his old
partner in ireland, John Walsh. Bishop Ros-
ally gave place TO Archbishop Kenrick to
| whom the trust fun reverted Efforts were
made repeatedly to discover the legal heirs,
| but without success, as they had emigrated to
! America and we're lost sight Of In 1890 the
! descendants Of Walsh learned of the trust
| fund, and made claim TO It, Archbishop K en-
RI * admitted the existence of the fund. but
! would take no steps until the claimants
| legally established their rights. Tuesday the
alleged heirs formally entered suit in the St.
/ Louis courts
Visitors to Sitka pronounce it not bad
thing at all to be girl in Alaska society, for
girls are q long way above par in the social
/ swim. There'are card parties and receptions.
| says the Globe Democrat there are teas and
! dinners on the trim little gunboatS. with men
| TO preside at the urn and show how badly
| even the best of the sex do the things a
! woman doessO gracefully. There are balls in
| inc Russian castle on the hill, where in the Old
| days the MuscOvtte governors brought their
| high-bred wives and held carnival through
! the long Alaskan winters. Like the japanese,
! In case Of company everybody borrowS OF
| everybody. The governors wife is served from
| her own china at the captain dinner, and the
lleutennnt's bride may eat from her own we'd
| ding spoons at the paymaSters party. but
| there is less strife and envy and uncharitable-
ness than in social circles at the great centers
| OF civilization. where everybody is striving to
| OutuO 9pOuy olSc'
The title Justice, applied to justice comes
from England, where many judicial officers
| for ages have been termed Justices The title
| of reverend, once used only with reference TO
the pope. is now generally applied to clergy
men Of any denomination. The first duke was
| Edward the Black Prince, who was created
! Duke Of Cornwall by his father, Edward III
In 1887. The title Of marquis wa IS first given
| by Richard II. to Robert de We're. Earl
| of Oxford, who was made MARQUIS OF Dublin
! in 1885 Cardinals W. 1od
| most reverend and most illustrious In 1890
| Urban VIII. directed that the title eminence
should be given them. Majesty IS an old title
! with modern use. 1t was first assumed by
| Dlocletlan, and It's use gradually pread until
| 1t is now universal among kings The present
title holiness. as given to the pope, dates only
from the fourteenth century. Before that
! time II was used by kings and emperOrs. BY
| old English law, baron was required to have
at least five hides of land, church a kitchen.
| bell house, and borough gate with seat
| IN 1t. Sire was originally used to designate
| the proprietor OF farm. Rising IN dignity it
! was afterward applied to q nobleman, then
| used IN d tressing monarch,
The Parsees will not burn or bury their
dead, because they consider a dead body i'm
| pure. and they will not suffer themselves TO
| dchle any OF the elements, says q writer in
the Nineteenth Century They therefore OK
| pose their corpSeS to vultureS, method re-
voting, perhaps. TO the imagination, but one
which commends itself to oil those who are
acquainted Herewith. And. after all, one
sees nothing out the quiet white-ro pro-
cession white is mourning among the Par
Sees) following the bier to the tower of
silence. At the entrance they look their last
on the dead and the corpse bearers-a caste
ofsuch-carry it within the PIE ,incts and lay
1t down, 10 be finally disposed Of b. the vul-
lures which crowd the tower. And why should
the swoop of Ia flock Of white birds be more
revolving than what happens at the grave.
Meanwhile, and for three days after, the
priests say constant prayers for the de
parted, for his soul is supposed not TO leave
the world till the fourth day after death. On
the fourth day there is the Uthanna ceremony,
when large sums of money are given away in
memory Of the departed. The liturgy. in use
is series OF funeral sermons by Zoroaster
OF superSt1tions. the Parsees have had more
than they retain. Connected with burial is
the popular conception as to the hcacy of a
dog gaze after death. Dogs are sacred
and supposed to guide the souls Of the dead
to heaven, and to ward on evil spirits; hence
1t IS customary to lead a dog into the cham
Der OF death, that he may look at the corpse
before IL is carried o the tower.
OF the zoos counted victims Of the Louisi-
ana coast floods, says the Troy Times, only
| tfty-three were negroes. There are few col
ored people in the section visited by the
storm. They are a miXed-up people in that
part OF Louisiana. The predominating races
are Acadians, Austrians, CreoleS IslingueS
Italians Manillamen, Chinese and Spaniards
| the number of each ranging in the order
| named The Aeadians are descendants OF
! the people, who have been immortalized in
LonRfellow's poem, "Evangeline" These
! people have large families, frequently from
! twelve to mite On children each The Manila
men are fullbloOded TagHls from the Philip
pine Islands, these people had!no women
among them; they had only one stove in the
whole colony, and they eat their fish raw
They fraterniZe well with the Chinese and
are treated by the whites on egual terms
| The people called Austrians are genuine
Slavs generally MOrlachs from Dalmatia
days when ibpgak yen tGap pn,ed 9f of the
are all fishermen, and are an industrious
bold and hardy people The ISlngueS are the
descendants of a colony of Canary Islanders,
who came over to Louisiana during the Span
ish invasion. They have dash Of the Der
Der blood OF the Canary abOrigineS and are
darker than the Average Spaniard Scat
| tered among these various peoIl3 are few
Americans and Germans and many creoles
In spite of their propinQuity. these races gen
orally live separate, and one can, in travelling
few miles, lind settlements of pure blooded
people OF each nationa lily This is a remark
able fact as many families are natives who
can count their American descent back for
ten or a dozen generations. They live in the
swlmps and lowlands and this accounts for
the terrible destruction OF life by the storm.
They control the entire fishing industry but
the packing houses for oysters and shrimpS
are owned by Americans There were ZOO
fishermen lost i n the floods; the others were
sailors traders, storelIt e2ers and farmers
The absence of negroes is due to the fact that
they have been driven out bv the
overwhelming numbers of these queer people
'Seventenths Of the people of China are
opium smokers, and 2OOOOOO of them die an
nually from its eff ects," said a Chinese mis-
slonary recently, who has spent - years of
his life In the Flowery Kingdom, to Herald
writer. This habit is rapidly growing" he
went on, tits confined to no class or sex but
men and women. officials and coolies use it
alike. AS soon as opium smoking becomes a
confirmed habit with u Chinese coOlie he
knows that he has about ten years to live.
That seems to be the average. 1 consider it |
easier to reform O sot in the gutter one of |
your lowest type of drunkards. than an opuuc |
smoker. Place them behind iron bars ii Won |
like, and after being imprisoned for short |
time they begin to Reg and plead for opium. |
They rave like manlacS, and their suheringS |
are terrible. to behold. They act like wild |
men. The opium vice Is running China The |
people know 1T, and the government knows it |
but they take no action. In 2? years il has |
increased 90 per cont. Fertile fields !
that were once used in the cuI- |
tivation Of rice are now GROW |
ing the opium weed. The provinces in north |
ern China, where the terrible famine occurred |
few years ago and where thousands perished |
for want offood. had been for years given over |
to the production OF opium instead of food |
grains. When food was short the pcople |
found they could not live on opium so thov !
starved to death. parallel to the SUFFERING |
during that famine is hardly equaled nv anv
event in the history of the world Human he |
ings died in tie streets of villages and ON the |
roads. People turned cannibals Some duo |
up roots and others were found on the road |
side where they had died biting the bar, of |
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