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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-10

nlInselI 70 either brandy or whisky Uhen-
sseI ne wished. but that he would be dis
N-i-Is eu the very minute il was discov-
sleu lhal ne had supplied the lack with
wafer. How is il all TO end2 American
siIls i've Wretched lives. work for starva-
-oI wages In factories, shops and at
.-1-es' Out viii not so out as domestic
servants, and vet thew vrouI5 - -
In VI laole, they would make more
money and, being more al ease. vyoui5
-, ellis 70 me- be more self-respectfrll
- .eiat-1lls between mistress and maid
- me maid were decent re-
Stectaoie American girl, partake almost
- ateiitl character: but the American
~ = Ops innate, and so. into the bosom of
---isiy comes that dangerous element
sl.uelea from the lowest stratum 81 49,
Sists-the immoral SWede- the suil-,, 80
No. lne dishonest and lying Irish efri
,,-. lil7 Impairment and positive Scotch
--'-i- an their own countries thas.
80, NOuiI not be received In respectab HE
t te'.--ii-es. The servants are chosen from, :,
'.eI sfadei but We, we take to our arms
Ut confidence, we give the honor ~
80 iI-1useiold' many times. to the viIelest
90 ~. go or women We give them com
- = 'HeS nave never known. and In tir,,s
- seorn them. We give them care tbav,
never had and in time it is laughed
W snow them consideration sucb
'',1' nave never dreamed of. and tbe,,
MoHuer what We DO it for. They Az
.l,7s, enough 70 say. as heard one mail.
" nat IS she always so polite to me- for -,
- she expect me to 90 extra v-oylr o.,
I, 81 sonaily, having been the victim Of
1Lsir sfautude, ] speak from the heart
anu anu nave as proof of a broken faitb
Slnpty bottles. broken dishes. stolen linen
catered silver. anonymous letters and i'm
puuehce- The last being worse than an
SAe rest put together. And there was Of
iereo 10 the woman seeking home a
conn ortable room 10 herself. plenty Of
cream men, a pleasant place in which 10
eat gentle mistress mot myself. I NAV
menuon), care when illness called for il
share in all pleasures at holiday times
generous payment, and a never-ceasju7
consideration, and the return has ALWAYS
oeen the same. Each new arrival repre-
sents hope, and In six months time the
nope IS not only blighted. but battered.
torn, and having scarcely strength
enough to spring up again. This is a very
feminine talk-it is between my women
friends and me. I feel that they have all
been sufferers, and it may interest them
TO know that on the list. among them and
OF lhen' Is Bah.
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Toward the END Of the day. while the
last touches were being added 20 my
toilet, Nictoire. my maid. who had been
occupied in carrying different things TO
my new home. returned In CONSERVATION
saying that my cousin was not Wei, and
that they did not know whether the we'd
ding could take place.
oh mon Dieur' said nv mother, and
she ran TO carry her anxiety into the
bosom OF the united family. They took
counsel together, and two relatives were
sent as ambassadors to the fiance. Dur
ing this time my mother ran from room
70 room calling all the servants, ringing
bells, recommending calmness. and doing
her utmost 70 deprive me and everybody
else OF it,
Finally the ambassadors reappeared.
lie IS coming; he viii be here in a few
moments" they cried, ascending the
stars the indisposition has passed
away, and they wiped their foreheads
as they spread the good news.
AFTER an hours waiting the door opened.
ana my cousin entered the room. He was
very pale, but very handsome, and I felt
proud 10 belong to him. Il have been d
little indisposed," he said giving me his
nand, but ] am quite well now. and /
love you. This Il love you" came like a
whisper. and 1 felt myself growing pale
and flushed at the same time.
me oinner was long and serious. We
We're surrounded by aged relatives NV
grandmother Dubois did not break her
cold reserve. except to say 10 the SER
wants. do not spoil nv dress" NV bus-
oand 5 uncle, retired officer. who sat at
my right, had a stomach trouble and ate
nothing. He spent his time in finding
fault with the others because they ate so
much.
My child" he said to me. do not eat
TOO much to-day; il is not good for you. -
Ana ! could easily believe 1t. Emotion
closed my throat so completely that not
cherry could have passed it,
Whlie waiting for the departure for
church the men went to smoke, and the
women gathered round me like bees.
All, my dear" said one the great
moment is at hand" Your dress Is very
beautiful said another, but dead white
is not becoming to your complexion. 1t
arrange your veil? VIII it cover your
hair?' There are too many flowers in
your wreath said another: give me the
scissors and let me cut out some of them. -
Harassed with this feminine enthusiasm
and this idle chatter, / asked for a mo-
ments respite and few to my own little
chamber 1t was almost empty. Nearly
everything that belonged to me had been
carried away during the day and taken
to my future home. The bed alone re-
NAMED and against the wall. beweeen its
muslin curtains my basin of holy water.
I fell upon my knees. moistened myfingers
IN the sacred water, then. carrying them
TO my forehead, murmured, Lord, pro-
tect me-"
We set out for the mayors office. then
we proceeded TO the church A fine rain
was falling, and the dampness penetrated
behind the glass Of the carriage windows.
l assembled the steps Of the cathedral shiv-
erng. The harmonious notes of the organ
greeted me under the sombre arches.
Clouds Of incense were waited toward
me. The cure, standing under the great
crucihN addressed some remarks to me,
my husband placed upon my finger the
sacred rings, and all was over.
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scared 10 Death by n Ghost.

From the New York World.
St. Joseph. No, Feb. 2.-Armsted Hos
kins, a negro, 50 years old, died at his
home, on Fifth street, few days ago,
and the colored people who live in the
vicinity say he was frightened to death
by a ghost
A few nights before he died Hoskins was
out in his back yard The members Of his
family heard him scream, and a moment
later he fell headlong at the door. his face
an ashen hue He shook as though i'm a
chill and it was plain he had received a
terrible fright. For several hours he was
unable to speak.
A physician was called, and the case
was such peculiar one that he took other
physicians to the house. The next day
Hoslyins attempted to tell what had scared
him. but was seized with shvering fit
and became speechless. II was gathered
from his jabber, however, that he had
seen a ghost. The physicians advised that
his mind be kept off the subject. but that
was found to be impossible. Hoskins con-
tinued to SILVER and trembe, growing
gradually worse until he died. Before he
died he endeavored 10 tell his family about
the ghost he had seen, but was unable
to describe it.
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From the Westminster Budget.


A Paris correspondent sends an anus
ing story about a burglar in a box. Ac-
cording to a presumably veracious narra-
tor, two detectives who were on duty the
other evening in the Rue Saint-Martin
heard a man address a large box which
he was wheeling before him on a cart
as if it were q human being. The detec-
tives may, or may not, have thought
OF the story Of the wooden horse but, at
all events, they listened attentively, and
distinctly heard the words Don't stir,
old mani I'll take you round by the short
est cut" The porter was followed at once
by the plain-clothes men. The cart con-
tanning the box was wheeled into a large
business premises in the Rue de Body, and
delivered over TO a clerk. the porter OBJ
serving that ne would call for il in he
morning and take it away to another .des-
tination. The clerk objected to receiving
the article. as he had no notice of It's com
ing, but he was prevailed upon to let IL
remain in the place.
The detectives entered soon after, and,
having mentioned their suspicious to he
clerk It was arranged that they should
hide on the premises and await events
on the stroke of midnight the lid of the
box was observed rising gently, and out
came a man, who walked toward money
safe. opened il with the aid Of tools which
he had in his possession and, after having
annexed a supply Of gold and bank notes
returned to his or ginal hiding-place The
detectives waited until the morning
which brought the porter, who was ar
rested, and the box with the safe-breaker
in it was conveyed to the Office Of the
surete. There the thief. overcome with
surprise, was despoiled OF his booty
amounting to about $50, and was quickly
dispatched TO the depot.
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sORG Is \ PLUTOCsAT.
Worth Fifteen Millions. sIade From
the Manufacture OF Plug Tobacco.

From the New York Sun.
Washington, Feb. 1.-The richest man in
either House of congress Is Paul Sorg of
Middletown. O., who represents the Third
district, which lies just north of Cineln-
natl. He Is said to be worth SIS, 900, and
to have an income of more than million.
all of which he has made himself in the
manufacture of plug tobacco. His pa
rents came over from Germany. half
century ago and settled in Wheeling, w
Va, where he was born shortly after
their arrival. In 1862 they removed to
Cincinnati. where they apprenticed him to
a molder, and all mis- education was OBJ
tanned at night school down on the
wharVes of the Ohio river. As soon as he
learned his trade he found himself bur
dened with the maintenance of a large
family, for his father died and he was the
Oldest son. Shortly after the war he
dropped his trade and began to manu-
facture plug tobacco on a small scale,
which ne found so profitable that he soon
enlarged his business and removed his
shop TO Middletown, where he could get
cheaper help and lower rents There he
has prospered until he now owns one of
the largest, perhaps the largest, factories
in the world, employing more than a
thousand men and turning out several
carloads or tobacco daily, which Is shipped
to all parts of the world Last May Mr..
Sorg was elected to congress, against his
wishes, to ill the vacancy caused by the
death of George w. Houk, and now en-
joys the distinction of being one of the
two democratic representatives from Ohio
who survived the November cyclone; but
he came in on very narrow majority of
199
Judging from appearances no one would
suspect Mr. Sorg OF being a plutocrat. He
is an understood man Of plain appearance
and unobtrusiVe manners, and probably
has smaller acquaintance with his col
leagues than any other member of the
House. He has introduced but few bills,
has never made a speech, and is a mem
Der of only one conlmittee-that on mill
tary affairs. He lives at the Arlington
hotel with his wife, and occupies very ex-
pensive apartments, but neither he nor
Mrs. Sorg has ever been seen in fashion
able society and make no display of their
wealth. They know very few people
even at their hotel, and it will surprise
many who see the plain-looking couple
daily to learn that their wealth would
probably surpass all that of their fellow
boarders combined. Last year Mr. Sorg's
net income fropG his tobacco factory
alone was over $4,000.
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Connections Via a. & w. BrancI

q w cen n Aug run
49, - General
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fTrains marked run daily except Sunday.
leel ing ars on night tialns Letwe SaYar
vannah and Atlanta PariOr tars tetween Macon al
Ticket ofFce ~ Bull street and depot
For further information, ana for schedules TO 20
or to J. c. HALLE, Gen
TIL
" r. sHELLMAN, Traffic Manager.
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annah end Augusta, Savannah and Macon. sa.
and Atlanta.
POINTS beyond our line apply to ticket agents
neral aSsenger Agent. savannah Ga
nc. d. "a me, General Superintendent
J. 9. SHAW Travelling Passenger Agent
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Hell wonder when you will able to set
as good a table IS my mother does2
Shelby the time you are able to provide
as good a table as your father does, my
dear. Burlington Ua.) Gazette.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-08
The Maid OF Fiji.

From the Somerville Journal
There was a young maiden in Fiji,
And in number her lovers were three;
But which she loved best
She needed a test
To tell her, so doubtful was she.
So she stirred UP a cannibal war,
Till the whole land was Redeemed with
gore,
And young man No.
Got slain with a gun;
But her heart was as light as before.
So she knew that she didn't love him,
That her fancy was only a whim;
But still there were two,
Both eager to WOO,
And still her loves eyesight was dim.
But youth No. in a fight
Was captured one terrible night,
And they made him the meat
At a cannibal treat;
And she found that her heart was still
light.
So she didn't love that one, she knew,
But she still was in doubt what to do,
For young man No. 3.
For all she could see.
Was no dearer than youth No. Q
But her fears in due time were allayed,
For the enemy made a fierce raid.
And, with arrow points filled,
Her last lover was killed;
And she lived and she died an old maid
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fearful shock and Mrs. Holpin tainted.
When she was rescued from ner pefaOus
position il was found that the edge OF thc
broken glass had made a fearful gasn JUS
below the knee on her right leg she Mas
removed to her room at the Granlte anu
medical aid summoned The cut IS AeIy
deep and long and the young lady VIII De
confined to her room FOR seNeral days
The trap was thoroughly testel IN w
afternoon, and why ii broke Frlday hlsht
Is a mystery
The city court of Augusta was occu-
pied for some time Friday on the continl-
alton of the trial of the case OF 4. y.
Davis VS.. the Port Royal and Western
Carolina railroad. After being out 1T
tie while, the jury returned with q YER
dict awarding the plainuH S5,2JJ. Al
previous trial Mr.. Davis was AWARDED
$500. He was suing for 5000 for the loss
of several fingers while in the employ or
the Port Royal and Western Carolina ran
road. coupling cars
r. I. Bird. a well connected young man
of Blakely. was arrested and lodged in
BIakely jail last Monday night by AcunS
Sheriff +. b. Mann on a charge OF larceny
after trust, made by q. II. Cox, traNei-
ing salesman representing a North caro-
lima tobacco house Mr. Bird succeeded IN
obtaining his discharge on account OF the
absence of the prosecutor, VINO IS SAID 80
be on his way TO Blakely. The amount
claimed TO have been misapproprllted y
AR Bird is about 500. Mr.. Birds intention
is to return and stand trial.
The correspondent of the Morning News
at Lumpkin writes as follows: Stewart
COunty's new court house IS now in process
of construction The corner stone viii be
laid by the Masonic fraternity on Dec.
%. John Bob, a negro boy, living on the
old Thornton place, while pulling a load
ed gun toward himself, was instantly KILL
ed. The gun was in some way
fired. The quantity of hogs in this
county is very large and more meat has
been saved that at any time before or
since the war.
Ouitman Free Press: A peculiar case
came up in Justice J. G. Hudson's court
in Methe township. The case was an at
tachment suit instituted by Mrs. Charles
Ford against G. NJ. Wykon. Charles Ford,
the old man who gave the Widow Meek,
OF St. Joseph, 40 acres of land to marry
him about a year ago, had rented the
land to Mr. WylSoff and claimed the rent
corn as his own, and refused to allow
Mr.. WykOff to deliver the rent to his vile,
who claimed it by right of ownership
of the land. Mrs. Ford attached the corn
in Mr.. Wykon's possession. Mrs. Ford
saws she married him for the land, and
she intends to have the rent of il, or
know the reason why. The old man
claims he was to have the use of the
land during his life but 1t seems he was
so eager to get married that he failed TO
get this in black and white. BY mutual
consent the case was submitted to a
Jury of six women selected from the au-
diencc who had assembled at the new
town hall to hear the trial. The jury, of
course could not agree on a verdict. the
case was, accordingly, certified on to the
circuit court. Ford is 70 and his wife 80
years old.
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FLORIDA.


Contractor F. G. Gilmore Of Quincy has
the contract to furnish plans and specin-
cations for a fine brick business block,
soon TO be erected in Quincy.
one of the largest of the Southern States
Land and Timber Company's mills, at
Muscogee in Escambia county, started up
Thursday. They have been idle for sew
eral months.
From 1850 TO 1854 there were several
cigar factories in Ocala. There was also
one at Silver Springs. In those days
there were no taxes and no revenue, con-
sequently good cigars sold for 30 cents
per hundred.
Arnold Kurth has purchased Comanche
Island, about half mile north of the city
limits of St. Augustine on which he IN
tends to erect a greenhouse for the culti-
walton of choice flowers. The island con-
sists of about $40 acres.
The farmers in Marion county are in
better shape than for years, so Tar as
plenty of corn, potatoes, peanuts and
other feed crops are concerned. The
farms are really self-sustaining for the
first time probably in twenty years.
A deed was filed in the county clerk
office at Ocala Friday, conveying all the
lands owned by the Florida Southern Rail-
road Company in Marion county of Frank
Q. Brown, trustee. The consideration was
81 and other valuable considerations.
A bill for divorce in the case of Charles
Whitfield VS.. Clara Whitfield was filed
for record in the county clerks office at
Jacksonville Friday. The couple was
married at GAINESVILLE IN 1891, ana Sepa-
rated in 1898. Desertion is given as the
ground for divorce.
The frost has not done any damage to
speak of in the Rocky Point section of
Alachua county. Lettuce that was ready
for shipping was damaged slightly The
cabbage crop in this section is looking eX-
ceedingly we'll Cabbage planted Nov.
! is now spreading and will soon begin to
head. The truck farmers are very hopes
full.
w. j. Allen, a broker and groceryman
the carelessness of a driver. There is a
large hole in the ground in Mr. Allen s
lot, and a plank was lying across it. The
driver led the animal near the pit, when
the horse backed in the hole. AS the horse
fell the plank was broken and both ends
stuck in the animals abdomen, which
caused almost instant death.
At o'clock Friday morning fire was
discovered in a house in West Tampa
occupied by Edward Butler and family
and in spite of the eXertions of the neigh
bors the building and its contents proved
a total loss. The origin of the fire is un-
known, although some of the neighbors
say that sparks were seen beneath the
! house earlier in the morning. The build.
| ing was owned by Benjamin e Collins.
| Messrs. Holloway and Sessions of Brooks
| vile have recently invented a process fol
making rollers for cotton gins which bid:
] fair to net them a fortune The roller!
| are made of palmetto fiber instead o.
/ leather and can be made by the new pro
Two attachments were issued at Tampa
/ Friday against the property of B. S. Han
! kins-one out of the county court, i
favor Of the William Clark Fertilize
/ Company. for $75, and one out of the cir
cult court, in favor of Einstein Bros, To-
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TRAINING LOCOMOTIVES.
They Need TO be Handled with the
Same Care as Race Horses.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Pnlladeip ma Record.
It may not be generally known that To-
comotives intended for express trains re-
quire as much training, in their way, for
fast running as TO do race horses. The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company builds its
own engines, and those built for express
trains are known as class +. They are
very large, and built with slight Varia-
tions. after the pattern of the big Eng
iish engine imported into this country sew
eral years ago, and which at that time
was a curiosity in its way. When one Of
these big engines was taken out Of the
shops TO be placed on the road, instead
OF putting IL to the work IL Is intended
for at once it is run for two or three
weeks on some one Of the local brafmN s.
IN order 10 train u, 80 10 speak, Tor
faster running. BY his means All the
bearings and journals connected with the
running gear become settled 20 their
work. for, should anything about the new
machine not Work tremendously, there is
ample time ~ ADJUST the defect Usually
the new engine proves troublesome on as
count ~ lfs propensity % make faft lime.
and at almost every station the Train III
found ~ De- IItle ahead ~ achndula
slime. and must Half FOR from fen seconds
go minute. 30. ln ~ ciaeH b WIU ba
ruuulnE one day ou AN afeommodafion
fraln, buf NlN soon be lying over fhe
fnHa nf sn ftpfffr 40 tfe fftf, lu many
fr
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CURIOUS RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS.
Followers of MahOmet Who Believe
in Killing


At different times some very remarkable
customs have been practiced in the name
of religion, both by heathens and Chris
tians. The followers of Mahomet for
example have always had n reputation
for bloodthirStineSs in the course of heir
efforts to conquer the world but Derhaps
the sect called Assassins, from which
the modern word assassin is derived
have been among the most cruel. They
had large settlements in Persia and
in Syria, and existed for about 200 years
during the eleventh, twelfth and thir-
tenth centuries.
The chief of the sect was called the
Old Man of the Mountain. All the mem
bers were trained in absolute obedience
to him, holding themselves ready at any
moment to murder any person that he
might point out. 1t was customary to
give to these murderers an inebTiatine
draught when they were about to execute
the chiefs commands, called haShish
made from the leaves of hemp. ]. is
from this that the word assassin is de-
rived.
The Thugs were an Indian sect with
customs not unlike the Assassins. With
them the great object was to kill by
stealthy means, and the stories that
have come down to US of their doing
show that their skill in approaching and
Staying their victims unobSerVed was
perfectly extraordinary The mama is de-
rived from Hindu word, thag, de-
ceiVer. Every victim was counted M n
sacrifice offered to their Goddess Kali
It is not known how long they existed
lHty were lOuHQ III active operation
when the English conquered India. hut
ii was not until 1910 that measures were
taken to eXterminate them. 1t was some
twenty or thirty years after this date
that they were ultimately crushed
The followers of Simon Stylites offer
one of the most curious examples This
man was one of a number of Christian
ascetics in very early times who en-
deavOred TO live the most austere lives.
and were apparently always on the look
out for some new method of giving them
selves pain.
St. Simon conceived the idea Of living
on the top Of a pillar, so that he could
never lie down. but had to be ALWAYS
standing, kneeling or sitting. In this
way he IS said 10 have passed thirty wears
and died in AL. The name Is derived from
the Greek word stulos, a pillar, and the
followers OF Simon were called Stylites.
or pillar saints.
The Zanzaleens were followers ~ a y,,,,
named Lanzalee, who collected a bOdv
% adherents IN Syria IN the wear ~
They We're called Christians. thoiieb H..
held the belief that baptism vas ~, !,
be performed with water but ,Vitb a.
Carrying this belief into practice ~,
used red-hOt irons with which tbov brs,,f
81 and burned their converts
The Abecfdarans looked uron an
worldly knowledge az sinful becafis. \.
Was supposed ~ lead them from ne @t,,,1.-
~ spiritual things True ~ fhig nrfr'.g
ple. fhey would nof even have fhe Et,.t
hef taught ana from ihis tha.r ra,,,a
which y formed from he nrst fo,,,A W.
ters NJ fle alptsbrf was drrIgaa q,f..