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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26

that's why she's singin' so bloomin' low.
as far as ives concerned
BE this time / gets up an says I'll
skate meself down to the Senate an see
what them old Bashi Bazauks bees doin'
with themself hut Olney insists | remain.
Sit youse down. man. says Olney,
givin me a poke i'm the chest. to make
me do II. Don't be so evanescent'
d" 1 can't help It, / says, it's the moth
balls me suits was packed in to keep the
You don't twlg me meanin,' says
Olney, what / says is don't make your
goin' away so brief. Stay with me a bit
so / goes aground be the stern in a
rockin chair like mud scow at ebb
tide, an thruns a query at Olney about
with the SlO0,O00OO0 dough%
" We do. an don't you forget it, says
Olney IT'S not on me time card TO make
any bond trips meself, but I'm dead post
ed, all the same. There's a lot of money
murderers who's talkin' and BLOWN off
their mouth, about how they's goin' to
nave Uncle Sam on his uppers an put the
country on the hog train. Such CUFF
makes me sick. Berry one hundred mill
lions! Say. Tim. understand me. i AIM
shootin me lin for luck but givin' Il to
you straight. Yves could get "A billion
dollars this blessed second II we wants to.
" But let these dubs do their song an
dance about thrunnin' the country down.
Yves are heatn' the water for them, an
we'sll give en- just about the right scald
before all Is over. They won't have no
more hair on EN- than a Chihuahua dog
when we gives EN- the last souse.
" Is Grove hot| / asks.
" AS the hinges of Gehenna,' says Olney
'Youse oughter lift one of the old man s.
griddles onct. Holt SAY He's steamin'
He thinks now that these muckers was
tryin to tout him agin brace-cod deck
him. See? An If he ever lays his ten
hooks on one of 'em, that laberick goes
in the sewer. The old man'll make n
tramp of 'em before he's through; he'll
| burn 'em like matchesp
Il sees Olney's oyerheated In his valves
about bonds, so l leads him one side,
| where it's cooler
DO youse think there's any chance
| for this Venezuela c'mmission.' / says, to
turn jack for the Englsh-to go decidin'
| their way?'
% Not on your waistband,' says Olney.
| It's most likely they're already out for
the Venezuelans. But If they heads up for
the British at any time, there's mark
in the House-Livingston of Georgia
who'll give Crespo quiet tip on the side
to chase out an beef a few Britons an.
bring things to a showdown before the
emission can report. No; they's out to
find for Venezuela, or they don't find
See2 We pulls on the dance over their
| cocos, an don't wait for no fool reports +"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26

flush at top and bottom. Turning around
she says sWeetly.
Mrs. Blancke. will you take that sill
yer hammer and give the top of this cork
a sharp blow with IL. An there, yes Let
the cork rest upon the nickel"
Mrs. Blancke wonders. but strikes the
cork a smart blow Pull the cork OF -
directs SOrosa. Mrs. Blancke Cbeys. and
there, sticking through the nickel, is the
delicate needle The blow upon the top
OF the cork drove ii through. This is a
trick any one can do with minutes prac-
tice.
And so Sorosa goes on through her re-
pertoire of mystic performances.
There is in Washington a lovely girl,
the daughter of a general who is making
specially of parlor entertainments. Her
OBJECT Is the begulllng of the long hours
spent at her home by patriots who have
contracted a habit of dropping in after
tea and remaining for a long evening.
Often they are moody and want to be lift
ed out of themselves and the warlike at
mosphere of this mundane earth.
The prettiest trick of this daughter or
a general is the rose trick. From on
the carvings of one of the chairs she lifts
a simple recticule of gay silk. 1t is no
larger than Gen. Shermans hand ana
surely no bigger than Gen. Schoheld's
mutton chop side-bOards.
Mr.. Colonel" she says to the old war
rior who happens to sit nearest to her,
will you kindly take a rose out of that
reticule? put one IN there this afternoon
for you"
Mr.. Colonel puts his hand in the reti-
Guile. But there isn't any rose there.
Must be a mistake" says he, apologet-
icaly.
why. no. colonel, here's a rose, and
here's anotherr' laughs the saucy miss.
slipping her hand in the reticule and bring
ing out a silk rose
"Why. why
Yes, and another and another! And
more, tool See, see!"
out they come tumbling, roses, white,
red pink all colors. SO many roses.
Maybe hundred. See, there are more
still. See!'
And out comes another heap of the Grim
son and white things.
By this time the floor is strewn with
them and the pretty mink sits to her
knees in roses. They are scented. and she
makes a picture like a sketch of a rose
garden.
Wild applause greets her and she retires
from the drawing-room. knowing that she
has given more than one old soldier some
thing pretty to think about.
The secret of the trick can be found
in the little punches of silk roses that
come wired in dozens for just this trick
Before being unwired a dozen roses are
no bigger than walnut. The little packet
is kept up the sleeve by a pin until time
TO do the trick. Then it drops into the
reticule and is unwired and shaken into
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26
CRUEL FUN WITH ANIMALS.
Some Devices Which Occur to tho
Mind of the Small Boy.
From the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
They were watching an unfortunate
mongrel dog drag tin can hilariously
down the street at the end of his tail.
THAT reminds me of a refinement of that
sort of thing 1 saw in the country on my
last vacation said one of them.
"Out there, when two or three boys are
gathered together without anything to do.
they go out into a neighbours pasture and
select healthy-looking yearling steer or
bull calf to furnish them a season OF
amusement. BY various Establishments
two of them secure the animal and hold
IL by the horns, while a third slips up be-
hind with a good-sized green stick split
up in the fashion of clothespin and fas-
ten it on the unsuspecting recature's tail.
Then they climb the nearest fence with
alacrity. The steer is for time in doubt
what ails him, not being built on a plan
which gives the same possibilities of retro
spection Is that of a dog, and stands star
ing around with a panied and undecided
expression. When the force of the situa-
ton once strikes him, however, he makes
up for lost time. He bellows and rolls,
and goes charging around the pasture
with various demonstrations of SURPRISE
and disgust that the delight the Roman
populace on the fence beyond expression.
and which would amuse the president OF
the society for the prevention of cruelty
to animals. This sort of solitaire bull
amusement, and the only draw back seems
to be that somebody has to take the stick
off the animals tail AS this has to be
done by the owner, it really adds to the
popularity of the sport among the pro-
motors, but the possessors of live stock
refuse to be reconciled to the custom.
your charming experiment in animal
psychology" said the second man, ire
minds me of another very interesting one
which is within the reach of all. The only
thing needed for this is a couple of good
sized cats and a very small quantity of
benzine. The boy enthusiasts who are con-
Quoting the experiment then take the ami
mails to the entryWay of some respected
citizen. where they think they will do the
most good. put one or two drops of ben
zine on each ones tongue and shut them
up together. The benzine is not given in
such quantity to cause any pain, but for
some unexplained psychological reason,
under its stimulating influence nothing
will satisfy the soul of either cat but the
instant and complete humiliation of the
other Their hair curls over backward.
their eyes start out of their sockets.
and they fall Immediately without any
of the preliminary courtesies of feline
warfare. uttering terrific and blood-curd-
ding battle cries. The effect on the family
Of the respected citizen is as sensational
as the most hardened of juvenile tyrants
could desire"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26

in' a great power like England?' he saws.
MS un-American.' he says, him bein A
puritan father that come over in tn Nav
hover or tn Etruria."
Ihin some wan lost a dollar an a
half in Wall street Maybe twas tn
same wan thatd been yellin f'r war f'r
TN years an maybe he took tn dollar am
halt away from tn likes iv you an
me. But fight England he says Hon
or " IN country he says. AN how
about tn visited inthristsG he says An
now about that coin w mine he saws.
wait till I'm short some stock he says,
.Deture We talk w honor he says All.
thin, twas all Off TIL Monroe sthreet
doctrine was where Hinnssy IS whin he
takes his summer tour-on tn hog train.
We been trim me poor head out read
IN about tn gloryous Traditions ~ our
common Anglo-SaXon ancisthry an Won
dhrin where / an Schwartzmeister and
little Angelo, tn fruitman, an tn Span
lard that sells me tn seeRars an Swede
BIZ comes in. I'm daft 10 know where
thin Apeeas was that we keerd so much
~; Have they gone home to Canada to
inlist2 Suppose Big Steve'd give US war
anyhow, wud tn Chicago Club an tn
Virginia hotel secede firm tn union? An
If we had war wud tn civic federation
solve tn problem iv rayform be sindfn'
all tn Irish to tn front?
Tn for preserving the national honor
at any, price" said Mr.. McKenna, ju-
diciously.
Have We tn price2' asked Mr.. DooIav
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26

shape by the nimble fingers II is a
pretty and easy trick.
Fruit is brought from a bag in the same
way. and paper favors can be cleveriy
distributed with an amusing accompani-
ment of talk.
In the billiard room of a very handsome
house on Fifth avenue, New York, there
sits figure that is a source of much pleas
ure to the young people who gather there
for fun The figure is a woman dressed
as a. gypsy In front of her lies pack
of cards, and in her lap are number Of
printed prophecies.
When any one approaches her and lays
out palm to he read, the figure bends
her head over it minute and silently
lifts a prophecy from her lap. This she
does until a very clever reading is given.
Finally she shuf1es the cards and tells
the birthday, age. and gives other figures
if asked for them.
The exact secret of this figure is not
known. But it must be recorded as a
noticeable fact that it refuses to talk
this winter since the elder brother or
the family went back to Harvard, and
as soon as he is home it talks again.
There is a large hollow carved box under
the gypsy figure, and her inside is cavern
Gus. while her breast is lightly covered
with draperies. under which there might
be a lOokng-glass.
Sorosa in her own circle. is getting
a great deal of credit for her cleverness,
but between you and me. there isn't any
thing she does that we could not do with
a little practice O. Sundays.
Helen Ward.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26

90 work. Jan. 25.-In a beautiful bou-
New York city-one one of those
''" .~a+ic side Streets that look toward
OIL park in the lovely region of the
- Ubrary-there stands every Mon
--S.-.r-srnoon a tall, graceful woman Civ
.vbibitions in the art of sOrcery,
-- r.r- and HindOo craft. She has been
'..trsmed 'Sorosa, Queen of the Mys-
ties ,,
49,. ,ristocratic set of women who. like
, 3D. II. p Belmont, have devoted
.rsmselves to an art. Hers is painting.
,.,ss ,yoman's is the sorcerer's art famed
srom Bible times as one of the most pow
uni mechauisms of the world. She is a
.isnd of Mrs. Alva," and quotes her ana
1rr Belmont as being very much inter
e.-ed in Hindoo charms.
This woman sorceress, as she proudly
..,us herself. is a woman of great wealth.
Her name is that of one of the most pow
,ru1 families of New York. This fad is
te- amusement. Often it keeps her from
socie y: for when she must chose one or
the other, she selects her Hindoo demon
STATIONS.
The boudoir in which the exhibitions
take place is hung in pink India silk with
orchids growing upon the walls and cur
tsins everywhere. Orchids are the plants
Of the jungles, and a jungle is sketched
in colors upon one wall. In the center
hangs a Theosophic HindoO globe, like
the ball of crystal for which Jay Gould
paid $4,000 to crafty his daughters Helen's
fancy for things mystic.
In the center of the room stands, beneath
the globe a stand with basket of or
,hids. The orchids have roots in the air
of the basket. and grow in 1t without wilt
ing In front of this the demonstrator
takes her stand. She dresses in white,
and though she mingles with her audi
euces before and after the show" she
preserves a certain degree of exclusive
ness.
Every Monday afternoon at ( o'clock the
demonstrations are given and. cafe to-say,
they are a great deal of fun to the fair
siren and her friends, or long ago they
would have been given up.
II is said that certain very well known
tricksters with world-famous names have
coached these fair society sorceresses
but learn the tricks as they may, they are
now letter perfect in them. The equip
ments are Hindoo charms, India silks and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26


brightly colored things and the tricks are
those Of the Hindoo fakirs of the Orient.
me principal trick OF "Sorosa" is the
olg one OF cutting and burning a scarf;
Sorosa, when she welcomes her guests,
wears long yellow silk fichu around her
throat 1t is becoming to her as she is
brunette Later the fichu comes in use.
AS soon as all are seated around the
room in the handsome diVans and velvet
coming chairs, SoroSa unWinds the scarf
rom around ner neck, and reckoning to
very pretty young woman, who has as
CS{{ea her in receiving. This is celebrated
Nahlornia heiress, who is herself an am
''sqr soceress of no mean merit.
G am going to cut up my scarf, says
norosd, smiling sweetly, land distribute
u among my friends as souvenirs of this
Vstaalon. Dear, viii YOU" turning to
,.e pretty girl assistant, "be kind enough
V,.Il IL Tor me as | hold it up for you?
weird music steals through the room
as ne SOrceress holds out her amber
1i 10 he cut. The assistant ships II,
ss ,lie sorceress ties the pieces together
a. ldst as cut Il will unite them in
"slule, explains she.
f9N umes the scissors snip, snip, each
u.e severing the cloth.
NOW, says the sorceress. you have
sua enough. Ladies, 1 will wind the scarf
pr oIna n my hands. that you may see how
Round and round the pretty hands goes
tme strip of silk. And the audience gasps
9 lnd il is again all in one piece, not cut,
G,-olSn they have seen it cut right be-
N'iNlI tN GS.
HoIoSa, if she will pardon being Tex
tu, managed by slight of hand to pre-
S me end only to her assistant who
bor. or trifle, concealing the piece in
' nand. The sorceress knots the scarf
i'm, ldst as it is cut as though tying the
t. pieces together, and afterwards. when
s"Sung the pieces around in her hands,
esi unlles the knots deity. This was her
ms t trick to master, but looks the
1lgst intricate
n,o oGGlIlon with celerysis served between
No. magic and Sorosa retires from the
terll1i nanifestly to recuperate her shat
re gH magnetic system, but really to get
MY TOT the next charm
tb Us she manages very cleverly. II is for
oehent of the elderly people of her au-
me- VINO cannot see well enough to ap-
s.UUidte the more intricate magic.
nieW qua you like to pierce a five-cent
ala r. with a needle?' she asks some dear
iday with money bags at home and a
t.1lete IN her hand.
,.ddFS, dearest, if
PlsD1n; nothing simplerl Now. dear Mrs.
fo5. ne, viii you not look in your reticule
coi,@ nickel? l want you to use your own
Uiec 10 be sure it is not a trick fiVe-cent
S5o,Ie.' Felice,' to the maid, bring me a
ha3o' cambria needle. All, yesl There you
ave one Now wait
sfrsn.sAly turning around, Sorosa alb
The ~ a cork from a small bottle. Into
CORK she slips the needle until it is
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26

Title and Lizzie, of Philadelphia, nine
teen years old, are remarkable twins, if
the stories told of them be true, says the
New York Tribune. When one suffers pain
the other feels il also. Either sister can
find the other in a crowd of any size
without hunting as they express 1t. The
resem blance between the two girls is re-
markabe Both weigh exactly the same
Their recollections of past events are pre-
cisely the same. Neither one can recall a
single occurrence that did not happen in
the presence of both. 1t takes the minds
of both to retain q lasting recollection Of
any happening, but when the fact is once
impressed upon the minds of both. neither
one forgets its least important feature.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26

The citizens of Smithiand, KY, recent
~ resorted to snowbalIs in order to extin-
guish fire. 1t seems the water was frozen
and some one hit upon the novel scheme
of using snow. 1t is announced that the
method employed served the purpose, and
the FIRE was extinguished before It had
gained any considerable Roadway.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26
SOROSA, QUEEN OF THE MYSTICS.
, Friend of ''NIrs. Alva and Mr. Belmont
She Works Charms i'm an Orchid
BOudOir.

roIonian Up Indian whole
and Needles
n Tiny
New-York tribune., 1896-02-05
AN INJUNCTION GRANTED.
BRIDGE TRUSTEES. RAILROAD DIRECTORS
AND THE CITY INVOLVED.

THERE WILL BE FIGHT BEFORE THE PLAZA
Is GIVEN Up TO THE BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
COMPANY FOR A TERMINAL STATION.
Because of the action Of the Bridge trustees
on Monday in giving the Brooklyn Heights Rail-
road Company part Of the Liberty-st. plaza,
an action begun yesterday In the Supreme
Court before Justice Clement by James c.
Church, counsel for Arthur ]. Hughes. tax
payer and property owner Of tie city OF Brook
lyn under the provision of the Tilden act. against
the trustees # the Brooklyn Bridge the Brook
lyn Heights Railroad Company and the city Of
Brooklyn.
Mr. Church. after various formal allegations
as TO who the different parties are, set out his
complaint that. under the act the city Of Brook
lyn was 10 acquire the land for the Bridge plaza
as avenue Of approach to the Bridge: that
the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company owned
for station purposes large portion OF such land,
which was acquired, together with other land
which 1t necessary TO take for such an ap-
proach. at an expense 10 the city Of over
81 600 900; and that. since the acquisition Of such
plaza the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company
had made application to the Bridge trustees
TO use such plaza a terminal station. Then the
papers go on to show that the defendants,
Keerey and Howell. Of the Board Of Bridge
trustees. are both shareholders ana largely IN
terested in the traction company which owns all
Of the stock Of the defendant. the Brooklyn
Heights Railroad, and that they have proposed.
as such trustees, for the purpose OF advancing
the interests of the brooklyn Heights Railroad,
10 grant the use OF the Bridge Plaza as a ter'ni-
nal for that road. and that they have. in fact,
passed a resolution purporting to give the rail
road company such right; and that the rail-
road company is about to construct its tracks
thereon.
Mr. Church then alleges that their action was
illegal the grounds % that the authorities Of
the city cf Brooklyn should pass upon the mat
ter: (2) that the trustees have no power, under
the act Of the Legislature to cucumber the
avenue OF approach 10 the Bridge with railroad
tracks: 90 that the grant proposed to be made
Is for an inadequate consideration and a vase
OF the funds of the city Of Brooklyn; cD that the
defendants, Keeney and Howell. are disqualified
from acting. and that consequently the resolution
Is void
Upon these papers Justice Clement granted
Temporary Injunction restraining all action in
the matter. and an order 10 show cause why the
Injunction should not be made permanent The
Injunction was made returnable on Friday morn
ing The papers were served on the Brooklyn
Heights Railroad Company between and 9
o'clock last evening
New-York tribune., 1896-02-05
NELL GVYNNE" AT THE PARK.

The play OF Nell Gwynne" by Pau Kestcr. is
being given by Nile. Rhea and her company at the
Park Theatre. The pay Is founded the historical
relationship between Nell Gwynnc and King Charles
II. No more romantic character fJr the heroine Of
the play could have been found by the author.
At the opening OF the play Nell Is represented
a vlvaclous young woman. by profession orange
girl and in many ways typical one OF her class.
She has friend IN a young man named Sir Roger
Fairfax who has had the misfortune to be banished.
In the first act Nol. meets King Charles. and. not
knowing who he Is. she chaffs him mentions her
inclination for the stage and nral.y lends him
money. At the close Of the act Neil discovers tho
Kings identity.
In the second act Nell has attained her desires. is
a great actress and favorits Of the King but her
equilibrium is disturbed by the return from ban.sh-
mcnt, without permission. OF Sir Roger Fairfax anI
his consequent arrest. The rest of the play Is oc-
cuped with the reseIe by Nell OF Sir Roger who .s
turned TO his ladylove: the overthrow OF Lord
Jeffreys, the Lord Chief Justice OF England. whose
shortcomings and ugliness are about all thai his
character contains: ana the reinstatement Of Neil
in the good graces OF the King. who has suspected
her o. making love TO Sir Roger
Tomorrow evening and during the remainder OF
the week Mile. Rhea VIII present "Josephinc E.l-
press OF the French"
New-York tribune., 1896-02-05
nlspnsAL OF ESTATES.

Gussle Belknap Ranken was the last o' the many
housekecpcn3 who ministercd to the wants Of te'
late FckfIrd Webb the wealthy shipbusld r. As Il
result; she was remembered In his VIII Tor her
many attentions 20 h's comfort and enjoyment
Among the things she received was the house al
40 :, Rush-sl. In which Mr.. Webb had lived Bat
this was not until jury had found In nor favor. AMI
agalnst the conteatlon Of William II. James. a
nephew ~ the shpbulli"r. Yestcrlay the Appel
late Division Of the supreme Court set the finding u
the Court below aside N the admission OF certain
evidence By the trial Judge.
In pursuance Of an order signed yesterday by
Tustice Gaynor vacatinE an Injunction Mrs. Cath
crime Goler. the widow OF Conrad Gc'er. VIII nave
to rclnuuiSh possession of the house at No. ''i
IIcrkimcr-si. where she has lived fox many years,
n Kaiharinn Frederick. Mrs Geler said her huS-
band intended to give her the property. but never
r,ade the requisite deed. He told her Oh his death
bed that ne had not left will. but one was after
weri produced and probated, and the property
rasse1 into the hands Of MIS-. Frederick. Mr. Geier
tas made brave but unsuccessful effort to Keep
By the will OF Ludwig scholI; who aied on Jan
uary Is at his home. No. $ Mcklbbin-st, an es,
tate of 5000 Is left to his widow, SOPHIA Scholli
The viii. which Is dated september .. 1871 was h'd
for prOblte Yesterday
New-York tribune., 1896-02-05
RAISED THE ISSUE.

A REFUSAL. TO PAY DEPARTMENTAL. EMPLOYEES
OPENS A QUESTION OF AUTONOMY.
Hubert G. Taylor. the County Treasurer last
Saturday declined to give to John II. Burtis. MEM
Der and the secretary OF the Department oi ChaTi-
ties and Corrections, money FOR tie payment Of
departmental employees. This as IL was intended II
should do raised the issue Of city control OF the
pcp.rtnent. or it's autonomous administration OF
its own affairs. resulting from the consolidation OF
the city and county. The question was raised hy
Controller Palmer. and the rights Of either s.do
Will he settled In the courts.
Originally IL the intention OF the Commis-
sioners to apply yesterday in the Supreme Court
for a pcremptory writ of mandamus against the
County Treasurer ana thus force him 10 furnish
money called for in the payroll. Mr.. Slmis. the
president OF the Board was prepared to take
charge OF the Department side Of the case himself
Owing, however. to the request or Mr.. Burr. the
Corporation Counsel, the Application VIII not he
made until Thursday morning, when Mr.. Burr Will
appear personally and make the arguments OF the
CITY Mir Smis VIII appear for the Charities Com
mlssioncrs and argue nst tho dlinInutlOn o any
OF the powers authority which the Charities
Board formerly had. and which. the Commissioners
say. guaranteed It in the act OF consolidation