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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-24
THE POWER OF A FIEND.
A POISON THAT LEFT NO TRACE OF
ITS USE.
The Plot to DcthFone His Victims
Mind and How II Failed.

FROM the LOuupu answers
When / heard that Datchfocd had taken
Fooms in our buildings, for some reason
or other which l could not explain, l felt
angry. There was nothing wrong about
tDatchford that I was aware Of. He was
a decent enough fellow, and on the whole
he was we'll liked; but. personally, l had
taken dislike 10 him-a dislike that was
incomprehensibie and unreasonable.
He was not an attractive-looing man.
There was something almost sinister in
the expression n his dark eyes, and his
skin had that strange, unhealthy pallor
which Is found on people VINO have spent
ths greater part Of their lives in a hot
climate As a matter of fact, Datchford
lad lived most OF his life in India; but
whore, and why, and who ne actually
was none of US ever found out. We
knew nothing Of hin except what he
chose to tell us, and that very little; and
what seemed 10 enhance the mystery sur-
rounding him was Inc fact that he had
neither relations nor friends outside our
own Ittle circle.
When / say we l should not include
myself for | had grown old, and years
ago, when, by stroke of luck, had come
into a substantial fortune, 1 gave II all
up, and retained nothing except my rooms
in the old building, my books and my
Instruments l had felt, somehow that
10 part with those would De TO part with
life itself, and l could not tear myself
away from the things that were IN my
There were already five Others besides
myself in the building and Datchtord
would make the seventh.
Il dent like Datchford, l said to the
fellows one night when they were suppmS
in nay rooms Il can't tell you why. Its an
Othef case of DR. Fell 1 don't Ike MIN: "
That's funny" said Jack Bowden. He
was at the Turner'S ON Sunday, and Kitty
said the same thing. Dick brought him in
the afternoon, and he was an awful NUS
ance for ne stayed hours, and scarcely
get word with Kitty al night.
Poor old chapr' said Lawson, senti-
mentally. Lawson was engaged himself,
and knew what il meant
III he does it again, BoWden went on
~ snail detesL nm, too!
Poor jack He little thought how true
ms words would be.
As time went On We settled down, and
rev used to seeing DatchfOrds tan rgure
and DARK face on the stairs and landings. 1
even grew rccOnCiled 10 MIS- occasional VS.
lis to me, but ] never liked him; ana after
Tnila l noticed that some kind OF friend
sap mad sprung up between MIN ana JACK
BOWden-a friendship that had deterior-
ing effect on Jack. for he lost some OF
ms fresh looks and bouyant spirits, and
tock TO cards and late hours.
All this | scarcely knew until coming
rooms, established in my easy-chair AID
irving her oest TO master pamphlet on
meta physics.
she Jumped Up when she saw me.
OH she said, Il thought YOU were
lcFcr coming. I've been waiting here
had only been away % minutes.
Ny dear child. L began, IF 1 had only
known
but she interrupted me by pushing me
mo me vacated cnair and tossing my hat
20 a sofa on the other side Of the room.
want to talk TO you, she said. sud
ulAIy becoming serious, Il must talk 90
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-24

a conversatior-that Is to say I did. for
he spoke only in monosyllables-in short
utteranCes that We're broken off suddenly
as If he stopped TO listen to something /!
/ dragged the conversation to Jack and
told him that he had been crying all day
for Kitty, and that / daren't let her see
HIM
"Eut he will get better" said at last
And before the words were we'll out Of
my mouth Datchford had started to his
feet
You are sure Of that" he cried hoarse-
~ fancied / saw something glisten on his
forehead
Yes, sure" | repeated.
I felt a keen delight in telling him, and
waited eagerly for the effect
But to my surprise he broke into short
broken laughtcr-laughter that shook his
shoulders like sobs j walked out of the
room.
That was the last / saw Of Datchford
Next morning he had disappeared. WHAT
became Of him no one can say but a few
days later q body was picked up near the
mouth of the Thames. X was bruised and
battered beyond recognition; the clothes
were torn and draggled and quite discOl-
cred; but the hair was thick and dark, as
Datchfor1's had been and on the little
finger Of one hand, cutting into the pur-
pie flesh. was ring. IT was an ordinary
sienet ring and formed no clew to the
mans identity. But II was like one Datch-
ford had worn.
Three months later Jack was himself
again. He struggled back TO health and
reason almost by miracle and ! never
felt so cheerful in my life as on the day
when / gave him-no. / mean Kitty-away
at the lijtle church where they were mar
ried.
Sometimes / wonder whether Datchford
was quite such a fiend as | thought him
II seems to me that he may have been
seized by a species of madnegs--a mad
ness that ended with n fearful shock when
he realized how nearly ne had been the
means Of running fellow-creature' life
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-24

Tie care that next morning Il was much
improved ana Farmer sawyer rejoieed
Mary by telling her that 30 would live
ahd grow strong. such proved 10 be the
case, ana as IL grew the lambs affection
Tor Mary was so great that 10 was miscr-
able when separated from her"
Inc stanza which says
1t followed her to school one day.
Which was against the rule,
II made the children laugh and plav
To see a lamb at school,
records a fact. Mrs. Tyler said The oc-
cuffence led youth who attended the
school TO put the story of Mary and her
niue lamb into verse. The poets name
rs lost. The lamb grew up and had lambs
OF its own, but the fondness of the iam3
Tor Mary ana Of Mary for tho lamb never
grew less. one day as Il was followiue
Mary who had gone TO the pasture after
the cows, the lamb was attacked bv a
VICIOUS cow, which gOred II with her horns
ana threw II into the air 1t fell at Mary 3
ieet ana died Marys grief was doep and
lohB-lasungj The fleece was removed
from her Inflated pets body and she
spun II with her own hands into yarn q
quantity or which she kept ever after
among her treasures. She was wilfn.r
20 part with some Of 1t TO aid i'm raising
the nun for preserving tine Old South
church, and brought with her 10 r,oSton
perhaps a quarter Of an ounce After
she told the story Of Mary and her lIttIe
amp her yarn was in such demand thar
II was cut up into lengths sufficient to
net 50 ~ the sale / bought four HtUe
pieces OF II a 80 cents a piece. ana fhaf g.
now I,happen to have some OF the wool
OF Mary's little lamb"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-24
SOME SUBSTITUTES ron TOBACCO
= Lot or Queer Inventions Recorded
at the Patent once.

Washington Letter in Boston Transcrint
Among the queerest Inventions record
ed at the patent office are ideas for to-
bacco substitutes. Apparently the whole
vegetable kingdom has been ransaclSed for
material to take the place Of the herb
nicotian IN the manufacture Of cigars
plug for chewers. ana fuel for the nine
There Is hardly a familiar herb whose
leaves are not called into reqiiisit,on n
IS no Idle tale that the potato the beet
the cabbage and the turnip helm out the
commercial supply Of the nObler weed.
o. the preparation Of these plants ana
the initiative doctoring Of them there
are numberless ingenius processes.
Many OF the patented substitutes how
ever 40 not pretend TO counterfeit tobac-
GO. FOR example, one inventor has Sc
cured exclusive rights in the idea Of max
ing cigars with filters of pine-needles.
Inc needles are TO be gathered when they
are green and full of larry matter" 4
wrapper of moist tobacco leaf is nut
around them, and the cigar when drv Is
guaranteed TO burn readily. II is war
ranted to cure throat and lung troubles.
Another patent IS for cigars Of sunaovyar
leaves which are to be cut Off when the
seed ripens. The use Of a tobacco wrap
per In this case Is allowed to persons long
accustomed to that weed
woman has secured "A patent on cigars
OF eucalyptus leaves. Sc SAYS that thew
unlike tobacco, leave a clean and pleas
ant flavor in the mouth" Also She claims
priority in the notian OF employing them
for the pipe. for snuff as tooth-Dowder,
and with suitable fats in the manufacture
or soaps and candles. Another inventor
proposes TO use the leaves Of Indian corn
prepared Ike tobacco for chewing and
smoking The stalks Of the corn are TO
be boiled in water 10 a syrup, to which
is added quassia. of capsicum, or "other
bitter botanic product" The leaves hav-
ing been dried in the sun. are to be dipped
in this syrup before making them into
cigars and plug.
Not few inventions are for the purpose
Of robbing tobacco Of its alleged harmful
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-24
QUEEN vIcToRIA's WEDDING CAKE
The Germans Marvel at It's soliditx
and Size and an Editor studies 1t.

Z
From the New YORK sun
Germans are puzzled considerably by
the wedding cakes which Queen Victoria
sends to The royal couples that are mar
ried In German palaces. The cakes seem
10 pc ordinary tiuiu cakes, Of the same
most English ana American weddings
but their composition, solidity, weight
and appearance are matters Of uncor-
mon interest 70 the editors Of German
journals, as wei as the peonle atslarge
To the recent wedding IN C0burg the
queen sent q cake wheh the editor Of lie
GQtha Gazette studied deeply in order
that be might enlignten the anxious read
er5 OF MS newspaper lie found that its
diameter az the base WAS three feet four
inches and AT he top hree feet lis
nl5nt was fhrec feet SIX inches. Il Weigh-
cd 10 pounds or twenty-five less than
me cake her majesty sent TO the we1-
ding Of the Princess Marie Of Edinhureh
several years ago. The editor explains
that the density Of the cake was remark-
able SO remarkable, in faet, that a SN.fe
could moi prevail aga nst IL, and q saw
dlsLributed among the guests.
The cake had been iced heavily in Eng.
land, but its journey by sea and la1d
from London TO CobHrg shook .t up SO
thoroughly that most OF the icing was
IN fragments at the end + the trip, and
the cake was sent TO q COhurg confec-
toner for repairs. Before the cake
was sawed Up il was displayed. with is
TOP piece of artificial orange blossoms,
among the presents Of the princely cou-
PIE
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-24
WOOL FROM dARY's LITTLE LAMB.
Made Into Yarn Tint seventy-flve
Years Later sold for 5000 an Ounce.

Years Later Sold for 5000 an Ounce.
From the New York Sun.
Il have got some yarn that was male
from the fleece of the original 'Mary's
little lamb. said the wife Of a we'll
known Orange county lawyer. There are
only four strands of it, and each one Is
only a few inches in length, and it cost
90 cents a strand. There is no doubt
about its being the genuine wool Of that
immortal creature. ] was in Boston a few
years ago at the time the ladies Of that
city were raising funds to purchase the
Old South church. which was threatened
with destruction by the march OF modern
Improvement. Among other devices was
a fair called Aunt Tabithas Knitting
Bee, the attraction Of which was a num-
Der of venerable DANES who spun yarn
on ancient spinning wheels, just as they
and their mothers had spun il from the
wool In the early days. Some Boston lady
heard that Mary, the heroine of the little
lamb rhyme, was living at Sterling, Mass.
in the person Of Octogenarian Mrs Ty-
Ter a widow. This lady went to Sterling
and not only found that Mrs. Tyler was
duced her to come to Boston and spend a
day at the knitting bee. She was o.
delightful old lady and told the story OF
her little lamb.
her name being Mary Sawyer, among the
lambs born on her fathers farm one night
was one which was such a weakling that
Farmer Sawyer said II could not posi-
bly, live. The child Mary felt such a
pity for the helpless lambkin that she beg
ged her father to let her take 1t and try
to nurse it into strength. He told her
to take it, She carried It to the house
and all the rest Of the day and all the
following night treated 1t with such gen
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-24

properties one man proposes 10 accom-
pllsh this object Dy saturating ne Hlfera
~ gisa.a WIN preparation of The ueedics
ana lWlss ~ the pine. incidentally impart-
ing desirable fragrance The exfraef il
70 be prepared in summer when needles
ana shoots possess their aras1ss ~ et5
medicinal qualities in the highest degree
Ihe Yapor 81 alcohol IS applied 10 the To-
hacco M order 90 carry off the Nicotine
anu anu lNgn we tobacco ~ boiled M the ex-
49, ltiaily, me cigars made from the
tobacco thus treated arc wrapped in -in-
ION so that the properties at0reaaid may
A thoughtful individual has devised a
preparation that is guaranteed to destroy
inc appetite Tor tobacco in thirty DAYS
~ II C ON q gum resin, beeswaz.
root ana cayenne pepper. Another substi.
lule. warranted to allay the craving Is a
mixture Of spiEcnard. red clover hons
slippery elm bark pennyrovaL Wild char,
~ bark, hyssop, ginseng and tarred rome
All q these ingredients are to be dried
powdered and miXcd In certain propor-
lions. a patent has been granted for
plug tobacco consisting of gentian root
pIlckIy-ash bark, saasafras bark and ex-
tract Of icorice.
Ever so many receipts are extant for
preparing excellent smoking and chewing
ide0bacco from the most inferior rubbish
Ihe leaves Of various herbs and other
pants arc largely employed as adulter-
ants-notably sumac The eumac baa
been used since time immemorlal by the
lHdldns as tobacco substitute Rect
leaves potato leaves, cabbaee leaves ana
tufnip leaves are stepped in solutions 70
deprive them of their natural flavor and
are then subjected TO "a tobacco bath To-
bacco leaves are artifcially colored bv dip
ping them in mixtures. which have er-
tract OF coffee for the base They are also
DYED with yellow ochre, So ndalWGOd log
Wood, Venetian red and lamp black Ouin-
inc Is sometimes added 10 smoking tobac-
CO. A patent has been granted for a pro
cess by which the cheapest grade Of to-
bacco may be transferred into the finest
Havana. The leaves are TO be soaked IN
water until deprived Of their original fla
ban tobacco stems.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-24
BICYCLES

We are closing out orr line Of Clipper
Wheels. Call and get prices before buy
ing. See our Clipper Tandem, worth
$4,000; will sell for $4,000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-24

4 aides Evening Slippers,
all sizes, all colors, in
satin Kid and Ooze Calt-choice, 81 %,
worth 500
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-02
SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

ADMINISTRATORS SALE OF REAL
estate.-Notice is hereby given in pursu-
ance of an order of the probate branch of
the district court of the Third judicial
district of the State of Utah, made on
the 22d day of January, 1896, in the
matter of the estate of James Y. Mar
shall, deceased, the undersigned admin
istratrix of the said estate will sell at
private sale to the highest bidder for
cash lawful money of the United States
and subject to the confirmation of the
said court, on Tuesday the 18th day of
February, 1896. That offers or bids in
writing for the separate parcels of real
property hereinafter described, will be
received by the undersigned at the office
of Dey 81 Street, attorneys-at-law, No.
212 South Main street, Salt Lake City
perty to be sold is particularly described
as follows, to wit: One parcel situated
in Salt Lake County. Utah, and described
as follows, to wit: Beginning at point
nine chains fifty-tive links (9.55 south and
two chains twenty-five links (2.25) north
eighty-f1ve and three-fourths degrees east
On. S534o Ed from the northwest corner
of lot two (2) of section nineteen 90
township two ~ south of range one %
east of the Salt Lake base meridian and
running thence along the middle of a
county road north eighty-fve and three
fourth degrees east IN. $50 E.) three
chains and seventeen links GID thence
north two and one-half degrees east IN.
21ao Ed five chains fifty links $50 thence
south eighty-five and three-fourth de-
erees west Is S5Ao W.) three chains sew
enteen links GID thence south two and
one-half degrees Is. 2120 W. five chains
fifty links $50 to the place of beginning,
containing one and seventy-four hun
dredths Q.74) acres be the same more or
less. This tract is subject to the lien Of
deed of trust for $2,50O.00 recorded in
book "3 B" of mortgages, p. AT, Sale
Lake county records. Said Indebtedness
being further secured by other security.
Also a tract of land situated in Piute
county State of Utah, and described as
follows. to wit: The lot numbered three
(9) the southeast quarter of the north
west quarter and the northeast quarter
of the southwest quarter of section five
90 in township twenry-eight (2S), south
of range three go west Salt Lake meri-
dian in the district of lands subject to
sale at Salt Lake City, Utah, contain
ing one hundred and twenty acres and
twenty-nine hundreths of an acre. Also
a tract of land situated in said Piute
County and State of Utah, and described
as follows. to wit: The northeast quar-
ter of the northwest quarter and the
three 1887 and the southeast quarter of
the southwest quarter of, and the lots
numbered six and seven of section
twenty-eight (2S) in township twenty
seven CD south of range three 60 west
of the Salt Lake meridian, containing
one hundred and fifty-six and eighty
| hundredths Q56.80) acres. Terms of sale
! cash upon confirmation of sale by the
court. Deed at the expense of purchaser
MRS. MARY MARSHALL
! Administrative of the estate of James
Y. Marshall, deceased
Dey & Street. attorneys for estate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-02

gold that Stratton said he would dock
the boss if he allowed more than $4,000
worth Of gold to be taken out in a
day. It only costs Stratton four cents
for ever dollars worth of gold he takes
out. He has been offered $40. 900 for
the mines, and he laughed at the peo-
pie who made the offer
Stratton lives quietly but gives away
money to those he likes in liberal style.
He is a little man, five feet six inches
in height and weighs about 100 pounds.
Every one knows about Philip D.
Armour, the beef king, and the same
can be said of Cornelius Vanderbilt,
the premier railroad power of the
country. John D. Rockefeller was a
newsboy, and John w Mackay made
famous strike in the early California
mining days. Andrew Carnegie
worked up from a drudge in a Pitts
burg foundry to his present position.
j. Pierpont Morgan inherited some of
his wealth. but has made vast sums
by the handling of European money in
American securities and the doctoring
of sick corporations. The unhappy
stakeholder has always been his tar
get
Mrs. Richard King, the land queen,
owns the better part of three immense
counties in Texas. She has a single
ranch of 1,25O,OOO acres, and the front
door of her house is thirteen miles
from her front gate. Her husband left
her the property. 1t is fenced with
barbed wire from end to end and 2OO,-
600 cattle Craze in it. 1t is called the
Santa Gertrudis ranch. The bay of
Corpus Christi bounds one end Of it for
forty miles. Mrs. King is so years old
and gives literally to charity.
DAVID FERGUSON.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-02

IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND
for the Third judicial district of Utah
Kingsbury, plaintiff. vs. J; NJ Kennedy,
Nellie Kennedy, Agnes Poland r. M
Kennedy and Edward 2. Beck, as trustee
for r NJ Kennedy, defendants-S
IL The peopIe Of the terrifo,-1y -
Utah send greeting: To j. NJ. Kennedy.
Nellie Kennedy, Agnes Poland, R NJ
Kennels and Edward F. Beck, as trustee
for r. n. Kennedy, defendants. You are
hereby required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above named
plaintiff in the district cc1art Of the Third
judicial district of the territory of Utah
and to answer the complaint filed therein
within ten days exclusive of the day of
service) after the service on you of this
s11nmOnS-if served within this county: or
IF served out of this county, but in this
district, within twenty days; otherwise
within forty days-or judgment by default
will he taken against you, according to the
Traver of said complaint. The said action
is brought to have judgment against de-
fendant ! NJ. Kennedy for the principal
and interest due on a certain prOmiSsory
3ofa hereinafter described. with attorneys
fees and any taxes plaintiff may hereafter
nav on premises hereinafter described: said
pronnissory note alleSed TO nave been exc
cuted by defendant j. NJ. kennedy to
nIaintiff. November 3, 1890 for So 500, with
interest from date at per cent per an
mum, same being due and wholly unpaid
save interest to August .. 1895. and $500
principal and being secured by a. mort
"a ge upon premises hereinafter described,
executed by said j. NJ kennedy to plain
tiff. to have whatever right or title other
defendants may have in or to said prem
ises declared subsequent and subordinate
to mortgage lien of this plaintiff; for costs
and other equitable relief; said premises
are described as follows. tO-wit: Begin
ming at northeast corner of lot 3, block
40. pIat "B,'' Salt Lake City survey, run
ming thence west 43 feet, thence south
12512 feet, thence east 1914 feet, thence
south 391A feet to southern boundary OF
north one-half of said lot; thence east
247l feet to southeast corner Of north one
Ming. situate in Salt Lake City and coun-
ty, Utah territory. And you are hereby
answer the said complaint as above re-
0u5red, the said plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded therein.
witness the Hon. Samuel A. Merritt
Judge, and the seal of the district
court of the Third judicial district
in and for the territory of Utah
TSea1 this 23rd day of December in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-five.
DAVID c. DUNBAR, Clerk.
Williams, Van Colt & Sutherland. Attor-
neys for Plaintiff.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-02
IN JOHANNESBURG.

Long before daylight the square is
full of OK wagons, some from distances
occupying days to traverse. and the
buyers of forage, oats, corn, mealie-
meal, firewood, poultry, eggs, etc, are
busy as soon as they can see. Here
the middleman makes a good profit,
often riding far out on the roads to
get at the illiterate Dutch farmer be-
fore the latter reaches the market.
Here is an amusing instance of bar
gain recently overheard on the square:
An English trader purchased wagon
load of stuff from a Boer, and by
means of a few figures and calculations
easily tossed off with many fiourishes,
makes out that the amount he has to
pay the Dutchman is about half of
what it ought to be if correctly reck-
oned up at the price agreed. "Oom Paul.
cannot reckon much, but has a Ready
Reckone-. and points to and wants the
larger amount Whats that?" says
the other. Lets look at it," Then,
why, that's last years Ready Reck-
oner, Look here, man, it's marked
1894. It's no good now" "Allamach-
tai" says the Boer. II did not notice
that" And plods off home, wagon and
all, content with the lesser sum.
No expense is spared IN nigh living.
A special fruit train Is run daily from
Natal, and fish is brought enormous
distances. ALI South African fish, how
ever, are either tasteless or of a milk
and-water or insipid flavor. The veg
etable market opens each morning at
dawn; at the lots are all sold at auc-
ton, and Malays pile up their carts
and pannier baskets to sell their stuff
from house to house before the midday
heat In England meat is dear, and
Transvaal bread and vegetables are
dear "a small roll, not large enough to
be digniffed with the name of loaf,
costing 3D. and meat is cheap.-Cham-
bers' Journal.