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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-11
FAMILY FINANoIERINe
How Senators Furnish Employment for
Their Relatives.
From Godey's Magazlne.


More than $4,000 is paid out annually to
the sons. nephews, daughters and grand
sons Of senator's who are borne on the pay
roll. The Vice-President himself leads the
way in this respect, and Mr.. Stevenson EN-
ploys his son nominally as his private sec
rotary to look after his correspondence,
but all this work is done by the Vice
Presidents messenger.
Probably the most fragrant case of
nepotlsm is in connection with Senator
Cockrel Of Missouri Cockrell is the
economist Of the Senate. His voice is al
ways raised denouncing extravaganza and
waste He processes to look after the gov
crnment funds with the greatest diligence.
He fights against large appropriations
with all his energy and objects to all sorts
Of expenditures Yet the gaunt senator
from Missouri has a record. There has
hardly been a time since his offspring ar
rived at the age of active intelligence that
he has not had at least one Of them on the
government pay-rolls and one of them en-
joyed a salary from Uncle Sam while he
was a student at Yale. Voorhees, Of In
diana is another man who Is opposed TO
extravaganza. He is chairman OF the
finance committee. a committee that is the
u
IL does with all the tariff matters and fl
nancial measures. Yet he appointed his
son as clerk OF the committee. Nobody
has been able to learn what young Mr..
Voorhees, qualifications as a financial ex-
pert arc. He has been lawyer, an actor
and a sculptor in turn, but never has done
anything In the course of varied career
to indicate any special fondness for figures
other than those nodded in clay.
Senator Colquitt dlstanced All his coll
leagues by naming as q messenger OF his
committee on postofices his 13-year-old
son. thus adding $3.50 to the family in
come. There are several other shrewd bits
Of family financiering. Senator Palmer
has employed his married daughter, Mrs
Weber by name, as assistant clerk Of the
pension committee. and among the mes
sen gers TO that committee drawing a good
salary rs j. r. Donovan, who IL connected
with the senator's law firm out In illinois,
Senator PETER outdoes his Illinois col
league by letting his daughter, Miss Nellie
PETER. draw 81 500 as assistant clerk Of his
committee, while his son DAVIS o. similar
amount as messenger 20 the same COM
mittee. George Of Mississippi has also
made a record for himself by appointing
his grandson, J. q. Hemingway, as clerk
OF the committee on agriculture.
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A writer IN the Critic says Dr. oliver
Wendell Holmes left an estate worth
$300G00. Yet Or. Holmes q few years ego,
when appealed 10 by "a young man for en-
ploymCnt as private secretary. answered
that literary men. as a rule, neither need
ed nor were able 10 pay for such luxu-
ries. most writers being poor as church
mice. Probably he made but q small
portion Of his fortune from the sale Of his
books.
Queen Victoria has "a great horror Of
IRE and has arranged quite complete
fire brigade among her servants. so that 70
They had very aucctasful "false alarm"
The other day nt Osborne. and everyone
was 90 his post according 10 order. gH ~
On board Thip Prince Hfnry. among bis
little Lrrade. Tho queen haH takan the
prentert Interest in Che whole concern ana
frequently amuaes hrrHof by watching the
arlu.
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Tho BATS Raid.
From tho ] owlston 0IeJ ID

From the ] ewlston (ale) Journal
a gentleman who went into the woods
region on hi nung excursion, and "put
up al "a farmhouse in remote clearing.
was annoyed during tho doyti ne with
the abundance Of dies that found access
10 the hou1e but when tgdnrht 81 even.
Ing came b. Fs8 trated 20 an exhibition
% ny catch lg that moro than repaid
him Tor iia fEatlgu. The Windowa svaFn
opened aH . daikuce8 settled down. and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-11
O'RElLLY SAW SNAKES.
He Went Out Looking fer Them and Was
Net DISAPPOINTED.
In Putnam County, New York, He
Found Heavy Crop of Reptnes-It
Was Their Day TO Fight and They bad
Fun With the Visitor j e Escaped
Alive.

as 'Ahe2r Day 20 Eight and They Had
Fun With the Visitor Re Escaped
Alive.
From the Chicago Times
Troy, n. Y. Nov. 3-Up in Putnam
county. Just short distance east of Cold
Sprlng, on the Hudson, is a famous place
for the most dangerous game to be found
in this part Of the country-the copper
head. So common are these venomous
snakes that hunters when intending TO
tramp through the thick underbrush or
the tall marsh reeds, which flank all the
roads about there wear heavy boots reach
ing above the knee for protection against
the bites. In the very hot and dry weather
when snakes are liveliest and tiercest
sportsmen scarcely venture in the thicker
parts of the woods at all. The snake fame
of this locality reached the ears of G.
r. O'Reilly of the Royal Geological So
ciety Of Ireland, an ophiologist who is in
this country studying snakes, and he
decided to so up to Cold Spring and try
to get some copperheads alive. Mr.
O'Reilly has had experiences with the
cobra of Africa, the fer-de-lance of the
West Indies, the diamond back rattle
snake of this country, and most of the
other venemous snakes known to science,
but never did he come nearer to a dis
astrous termination of his career than on
his little jaunt to Cold Spring. Also he
was treated to a repetition of a lesson in
snakery which he learned long ago, thai
one must be prepared for everything in
hunting snakes
It was not very favorable day when he
reached Cold Spring with a companion
from this city. The two went directly to
I. c. Hanyen of Jacksonville, who knows
more about snakes than any other man in
Putnam county, and asked him for in
formation regarding the haunts of the
copperheads
Go right down TO Muddy Bridge. about
.hree miles from here" said the veteran
You can find more copperheads there
han there is in a barrel of appIejack
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-31

indigestion between. He required n
physician at least twice a week. not 40
much TO treat any particular disorder
as TO prevent the disorder which was
always about 20 attack him lie had a
keen appreciation Of the doctor. who
besides being master Of his p-ofes-
sion was as charming companion as
the good Scotch universities have ever
graduated The doctor said rood nigh.
and went out on the veranda 81.
chair and porters were waiting for him,
but he preferred 20 walk the brief dis
tance that lay between him and kis
home.
There had been a change II weather
since dinner-tlroe. The wind had died
out. the clouds had disappeared and the
blue sky Of the tropics seemed all ihe
oiuer and darker from ti.e nun t-srs-sz
stars tina. shone down Upon The Cab
uese Landscape.
As he swung around Ike road pear
Banyan villa an old woman tottered
toward him and almost fell upon
the ground from sheer exhaustion lie
her "a the servant II poor
Iainese family in the nsighborkoo1. 4
AID asked Der kindly SHAT her trozbIe .
Wa TAI gave al ineoberen: state /
'nent, IN which ,he mixed the descrip- 4
ton Il the night and the sickness vita 4
: pathetic appeal for his assistance
IL took S-e minutes FOR the do-ctor
Ind bis head porter 20 make cat Via.
ne old servan; meant, sDd then with
as customary g@ilsHtrr he tod Der
hat be would 70 70 the hozsse lsnrr~-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-31
THE ORUMMER'S RUSE.
How DE Got Into st. Louis Dsr.ng a Ei>
Railroad strikc.

The Pullman strike, with the DELAY
To trains, reminds me of how 1 c.n,e
near being mobbed a. "scab" during
the southwestern strike some eiyat
years ago, said commercial traveller.
the other day. was at Little Rock at
the time. and had to be in ST Loui, on
matters Of urgent importance the fol-
lowing day. The Texas express had
been delayed by broken bridges and all
sorts of contingencies, and | ascer-
tanned that il would not arrive within
twelve hours OF its time. | also p armed
that locomotive and "a car were going
to be run out If possible with q hanlfuI
of men who were To take strikers places
in ~. Louis. Ny business involving in
terests Of great importance, I deter
mined TO take the risk of rendering nv
services and thus getting Transports
ton, although had my raiirosi and
ticket in my pocket Pur.
some suitable clothing, aud n
most uncomfortable cap, and taking
of tho fact that haa not
visited a barber for a day or two. sue
ceeded in having my services accepted.
and formed ono of the party which
was got through that night | was
very cxultaDt over nv successful ruse.
Ind anticipated no difficulty in slip
ping away when | got 10 81 Louis.
But the fact that the men were being
brought in had got noised abroad. and,
although the precaution was taken OF
iiss mbarking Us west Of where the
oundatiops were bsing laid for the
present Grand avenue bridge, thera
vas = considerable party Of indignant
nen 20 welcome us. As / tried 10
ningle with the crowd and sneak away
was mobbed, finally escaping with a
ut hand and terribly demOralized coat.
got down town In q street car and
my business, bu. never want
D go through similar experience
gsin--St- Louis Globe Democrat
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HE GAVE THE PROOF,
How an Itmerant Tinker Earned the RICH,
to Be Called a Plumber


to Be Called Plumber.
The plumber joke is worked to
death, but l will tell you one anyhow,
just because it is true. The young
woman that figures in the story was
sprinkling the street that morning and
used hose that was sadly in need Of
repair. An itinerant plumber came
along with kit of tools slung over his
shoulder. He asked the young WON an
II she wanted her hose fixed. What
will you charger she answered. The
man looked at the hose critically and
then said he would repair it for fifteen
cents This was contrary to all tradi-
lions relating to plumbers prices, so
the young woman told the man she did
not believe he was what he represented
himself to be. Still she said, go
ahead and fix the hose The man
took out his tools and soon had
the hose nearly as good as new.
The miss gave the man fifteen cents.
He shook his head and said he
wanted forty-five. Why said the
young woman in surprise, you said YOU
would do the work for fifteen cents
Yes, know he returned, but there
was more work than thought well,
was afraid you wasn't plumber
when you first came up. but now L
know you are, and am willing to give
you certificate to that effect was
what the young woman said when she
gave the man his pay. "-Louisville Cour-
ier-J Journal
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SAVED BY SPIRITS
BIZ WILLIAM E. S. FALES.
COPYRIGHT. Iss4l

COPYRIGHT. Iss4l
It was the festival of the Wandering
Spirits in Annoy. Usually the day is
warm and balmy. The breeze from
the great Formosa channel flakes the
lower bay with silver dashesa and aaunts
every flag upon the numerous junks
which lie In the water edge Of that
populous city. But this year it was
different Gray clouds hung over the
universe and q cold and cherries wind
from the north made fire positively
ogreeabl Die despite the fact that the
place lies almost within the tropics.
Inc festival is an old and popular
one IN this part of China and was OBJ
served as it always is with unending
ceremony and form. It is the day and
night when spirits are permitted to
wander wheresoever they will: good
spirits upon errands OF mercy or kind
ness or upon visits TO living relatives
scattered over the empire: evil spirits
upon missions Of malevolence and
cruelty or on trips to those wicked
human beings who delight in wrong
doing; baby spirits looking for their
earthly parents. and the spirits of dis
ease and death In search of victims.
The old astrologer who does bust
ness on the Lin Tow road remarked
early in the morning: This is a very
bad day for human beings: the winds
and waters are favoring the influences
OF evil rather than those of good The
few people who heard him went home
and lit fresh joss sticks to exercise any
unwelcosne invisible guest and hung
talisInans over the doors to keep away
the supernatural powers Of wrong. In
a small house near Banyan villa
lived a poor Chinese family. The
father, Tan Sin, was away at the time
In the tea gardens of Formosa where he
went every year to earn the little
money that supported his household.
The mother, All Ho. a bright-eyed and
pretty woman, was at home nursing
the baby. 1t had been very sick for
several days, so sick that the ordinary
had produced no result. All
Ho had been compelled to call in an
aged and distinguished physician from
Annoy.
The wise man had examined the in.
FAINT, shaken his head. given some mys-
ferrous drugs, again shaken his head
and gone off in his chair carried by
four stout coolies. Before he went he :
said to Tai, the old family servant:
THAT is very sick child and | am /
afraid it will not live until Tomorrow /
After he had gone All Ho cooked the !
drugs into a tea and administered it in
the patient and mechanical manner
which is so characteristic Of the people
Of the east.
AS the afternoon wore on the baby
grew worse. The little face became
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him and talk 20 him moment he
would come to the house aud bring
with him that which would make the
child strong and well once more.
1t had grown dark by this time and
the clouds had become heavier snd
heavier. Grasping her old walking
stick she started out into the night in
/ search OF the English surgeon.
/ The sick child had grown heavier as
the hours rolled by. All Ho had fallen
1 into a doze. seeing nothing but the
baby's face in her arms. Of a sudden
she started, looked at the child and
broke into u passionate scream. The
feeble pulse no longer seemed TO beat
and the hands were turning cold
Then she remembered it WAS the
night OF the Wandering spirits, and
fell upon her knees with her face
toward the little buddhist altar In
the corner of the room. She began
her prayer as she had been taught
when little girl by her mother, but
the words sounded Hat and hollow as
they were uttered. She burst into a
frenzied appeal to Buddha and all the
good spirits, her voice broken with
sobs and her eyes blinded with tears.
As she prayed, the wind which had in
creased IN volume as the evening wore
on seemed TO change into a confused
mass of sounds and the sounds To sep
arate into voices. Some were whispers
whose accents fell upon her ear
strangely familiar, others were wild
walls as of people dying in some dread
full catastrophe: others again were
songs of ineffable sweetness. while
still others We're like the notes OF
birds The sounds ever deepened and
varied; the prattling of children, the
noise of boys at play. the hubbub of
the market place, the chant of the sing
er, the call of the soldier, the shout
OF the sampan man. mingled and
yet were separate and apart. Then the
air grew lighter and began to break |
into shadowy faces and forms Some /
she half recognized and some were ut
ter strangers. some smiled upon her in 1
love and others glared with the fierce
eyes of tiger, but as she prayed the /
sounds died away and the
ugly looks and cruel faces dimmed and
She was surrounded BY
thousands of spirits who loved her and
her baby and who seemed TO be bear
ing them up and away into the heavens
toward the stars. Then there came a
great light, like the sun rising over the
of Annoy, and the walls van.
ished and she became unconscious.
1t was about one o'clock in the morn
Ing when DIR. Hugh McDowgle but
toned up his coat and said good-by to
Jassius Blank, one Of the tea kings Of
the east. Mr.. Blank was a charming
gentleman who by careful cultivation
IF Old Burgundy, Comet ports and
natchless sherries had succeeded in
tetting his system into that simple con-
iition which IS best described as being
bounded by govt on one side, hobnail
iver on the other, with sprinkling Of
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diately and would let her nc, az hk
guide. She gasped: I'm too weak
DOCTOR you so ahead and will follow
YOU"
he walked rapidly forward to The
naf-open door of Tan Sins horse and
Passed in On the foor lay Alb uo and
the baby, both seemingly Gesd. lie
took IN the situation az a Claaee. He
had the woman raised into her hed,
and gave her some sleeping potion
which he luckily had brought with
him he then turned To the baby and
after half an hours hard work snc..
ceeded In restoring its animation. he
laid the little one in its mothers arm,
aud leaving snail amount OF money
IN case she should he in need. he
placed one of his coolies on guard ana
then weat home
toward i've in the morning. the
oaoy began % manifest Svuap:or,s Of
munger. The chair coolie smiles. Grim
~ and placed the child where nature
could do the rest The arms OF the
sleeping mother closed conyulsivelv
over The frail body and the room lapsed
into silence broken only by an occas-
ionaI gurgling sound beneath the covers
let where the two reposed.
The coolie sat still for another hour
one half of his mind axed upon thn
hstle pile of coins the gcod doctor had
left ami the other half upon disa and
fantastic idea of duty. Then he rose.
put the money into some receSs of his
coat amt dis a r,f>a~r..3 So -. -, HI
house on the main road. shortly after
that the sun rose and bathed Arpov
IN unutterable splendor. The gold and
scarlet went through the uarrow win.
dows of All dos house and painted the
rooIns IN huss and tins worthy Of "A
mandarin \ clear morning breeze
stole through the cascL1 suts and shook
the little coiored papers that hang
around the altar where she had xneit
the night before. From the street CANA
the noise of the busy world outside. Al
Ito woke with q start and gasp, and
then burst into a great sn.ic Shot
through with tears as she law the
sleeping child in her arms with 3 faint
biush ON Its checks and : pulse To
longer feeble or uncertain. She anew
that the wandering spirit had heard
her prayer and had preserved her babe.
But IN the yard lay the body OF Tai,
the old servant, and on her aged face
were light and beauty such a. shine
within the celestial walls. b4t are never
seen on living beings
That afternoon the old ast-ploger
said that Tai had given up her life 10
the wandering spirits in order 20 save
the lie of the little master che loved.
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wan and pinched, the eyes closed as II
tired with the weight of the evelids
and the feeble pulse beat moro slowly
and slowly. Tai got ready the simple
evening meal, but All Ho could not eat.
1t was her only child and this was the
first time that she had ever been face
to face with the great mystery we call
death. The old servant lit the
lamps, and then remembering it
was the night of the Wandering
Spirits lit handful of Joss sticks
and placed them in groups of three
upon the mantel-piece in the sick room.
in the ancient bronze vase before the
ancestral tablets and in the wainscot-
ing OF the door opening into the quad
rangular yard. AS she did the last she
looked mp and noticed that the sacred
talisman which had been fastened To
the wall early in the morning had
either dropped off or been blown away.
When she noticed the fact she trernbled
and began to weep IL was her duty
to have seen that the talisman re-
manned where 1t was The moment it
fell the house became open 70 any evil
spirit that might be passing, and this
was the day and the night Of the Wan
dering Spirits.
She looked about the quadrangle
and finally found the yellow cardboard
inscribed with the curved characters OF |
a language that died seven thousand /
years ago. when greater and wiser I
race had ruled in the far off districts OF 4
Quin-Lun- She picked IL up, and with I
her palsied fingers reaftixed It 20 the /
wall She looked sideways in through 4
the doorway and saw All Ho sitting
there Grooming a lsve song over the
sick child, and saw the ehild's face
thinner and paler than before. There
came terrible fright over Tai's mind
IL might be that through her careless
ness some wicked spirit had entered
the house and was about 20 carry away
the soul OF the little one.
The old woman wrung her hands and
numbled prayer To Buddha- Then
She stood still with her old head bowed
down upon her breast snd tried to
think. The medicine had done no good !
The great doctor had done no god |
The joss sticks and the talisulan had
been Of no avail There was no dOub.
but what the little boy in the room be
yond must cross the sacred river. Then
he remembered the grea, English
soct0r who lived IN KGlsngsu. lie Wa
N eminent man. who had made more
money N day than a Chinese reehanic :
'ould make II year He lived II =
salace and had a retiEue OF servants ia .
uniforms who said that Ne
new more than al the Chine-e doctors q
} Annoy together
coee long before when she vas sick Z
ign unto death he had taken pity upon
- and visited her miserable abode :
e had given her costly medicine ADD
ao~n her strange instruments and she
.d recovered This was The Only laxn
no could % Il srr h~u.=; 20 her
TIE master Bu: eoclG ~ - is.geei
ccEn.. Al To had neither money
~ 5e-yel.- and "a for hcr-eif her sol-
se-e re- cio;hes he wore
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Ingenious Defenae.

In Australia great kangaroo hunt
are organized. Generally the capture
Is sufficiently easy, but sometimes the
kangaroo makes an original defense.
Ii possible, the kangaroo directs his
flight toward a river. If he reaches il
he enters, and thanks to his great
height, Is able to go on foot to depth
where the dogs are obliged TO swim.
Iher, he plants himself on his two
hind legs and his tail, and up to his
shoulders in the water awaits the ar
rival of the pack With his forepaws
he selzes by the head the first dog that
approaches, and as he is more soli6lv
balanced than his assallant, he holds the
dogs nose beneath the water as long
Is he can Unless a second dog speed
lily comes to the rescue. the first one
Is inevitably drowned. II a COMPANION
arrives and sets him free. he is glad to
regain the bank as quickly as possible.
A strong and courageous old male kan
CARGO VIII hold his own against twenty
or thirty dogs. drowning some ard
others, and the hunter is
Obliged to intervene with a bullet
me Industries of Animals
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a Pair Question

Judge-This gentleman charges you
with stealing his bull-pup, valued at
seventy-hve dollars What have you
70 say?
Prisoner-WelL judge, do you honest
" think that man wot's fool enough
10 pay seventy-fve dollars for q snub-
noSed- pig-eyed little brute ike that
has got sense enough 20 know mis- own
dog VIXEN he sees hiu,?-Good News