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A'D WOMEN SERVANTS 15.
fiIUTEFIL TOR KINDNESS
SHOWN THEM.
p rH ttll:ig Srrtf.nu Who Betray
Thrlr Conlitlparr, noil
t rr Horn Willa A Iclnui Natures.
IlrruklnK INelce Tubla- Ware, Peri
lling Family Secrets A run ml anil
impertinence for Explanations.
Ilm, Haiti* •ana' llntlera Eoaleavor
to Blackmail 'flaelr Employer*.
York. Feb. 9.—lt's pretty hard
, one's faith In humanity. Think
-t the unhappiness of the woman who.
„. v!! g her love to a man. finds out that
merely a play toy In his life,
fitm.i of the man who gives to a woman
. f:.endship and his confidence, only
, ji-cover that hls friendship is laughed
.. an d his secrets are handed over to
ijie .ossips. Think of the woman who,
the unhapplest hour of her life, throw
... ■. -self In the arms of another woman,
■ c m. of her trouble and her woe, only
to tear afterwards that the hour of her
unhappiness Is dramatically described for
the benefit of a ladles' luncheon party.
Think of the mistress who makes a com
'unable home and gives proper respect to
a servant, only to discover that, mate
riajiy. her belongings are stolen, and,
• mentally, she is badly treated. Inasmuch
.he family talk at the table is told
to the maids of Mrs. Tom, Mrs. Dick and
Yrs. Harry, and by them repeated to
i their mistresses.
There i* a decided tendency to condol
ing with the average servant. It is quite
lire .hat this “cipher In society” as
ili.zubeth Stuart I'helps called her, and
proved her not to be, should be truth
fully talked about. Of course, there are
bad mistresses; but I think the bad ser
vants outnumber them. A peasant girl,
seat ng her first pair of shoes. Ignorant
,i any food better than bread and tea.
u taken into a reputable housenold, given
a comfortable ted in which to sleep, a
tcmeihing she never knew before, as at
home there were five or six others to
sleep wi li her, provided with proper
'-Longings that she may keep clean. Is
*a :-ht the duties of a waitress, and is
given good wages and consideration.
A me end of a year the sfly, ret,r.tig
peasant girl t**, nine times out of ten,
developed into a loud-mouthed, loudly
r • i and sly American cu.zen. She
lister.* attentively to all that is said at
’he table and among the family. Sho
gets to know the friends of the house
and she is very keen at gaining a tip.
One day an objection is made to her
staying out until 2 o clock In the morning,
ar.j 'omlng In scented with bad whisky,
and rousing the household with doubtful
me ’y. After permitting herself to say
all the Impudent things possible, she
departs, and proves that she Is not a
cipher In society, but a power, and a
strong one, by writng anonymous letters
to idles whose names she has heard
mentioned by her former misti ;ss and who
have been discussed in her presence by
the members of the family. A deal of
trouble Is made, a number of women are
doubtful of their fr ends, and yet what
was oaid was not meant to be malicious,
s.nj was supposed to have died the minute
after it was borrt. This is the gratitude
shown by the average maid, and is but
j one of many such that have come to my
knowledge.
A uiri who landed here without even an
extra frock, was taken by a young lady
and trained as a first-class maid. Her
masculine admirers ware many, and in
'ime r.w to be objectionable. Then the
mistress discovered that her maid was
about to become a mother; she spoke to
her about it. offered to give her any help
she could, and her kindness w as met by
a 3a: denial and a flood of filthy words.
The afternoon saw the maid depart, but
the next day a letter, badly written and
spelled worse, reached the fiance of her
late mistress, and he was Informed of
horrible things that never happened, of
' ii.t: from men that never occurred, and,
as the recipient of this lying letter hap
rere. to be a jealous man, it was many
days before the woman he loved and the
woman who loved him could fee! absolute
ly happy. And this unhappiness was
caused by an ignorant creature, who re
turned gratitude with malice, and with
'-he wicked tools of the lgnoranu
H sterns a dreadful thing for women
*r> be governed in this way, and yet
‘here are few houses in which there does
rot exist a dread of what plight be done
■y a disc I rged and angrjr servant. Not
ior.g ago. lunching with a well-known
w oma,n. something was said by one of
hit guests of the fear she had of appear
in a certain notorious paper. Her
liostess rent the butler from the room,
and then said to her: “My dear, never
sty anything like that before a foreign
tenant; my servants may be intimate
"' •-h yours, and if'one of yours happens
10 Set angry and wishes to vent her spite
against you, there is a weapon that you
yourself have put into her hands.”
Hire is another. Some years ago a
■=ry i' e!l-known woman, living In one of
o :r i.-.rge cities, wa.-s sued by her husband
’.cr divorce. This woman was an inno
cc‘:r woman, but a fool. If she had been
i kr.avt she would have come out of
HrytkSng successfully. Nobody clung
0 iir like her mijid, but the very day
6fTt the trial she disappeared, and the
x: day was the chief w.tness against
dvr. Her foolish mistress had given
confidence to her, and th’ngs
that were absolutely innocent in them
told by the servant, were black as
--rebus. The result wras that, for the sake
• a hundred dal.ars, one woman had
U'.r,--"d another woman’s life, brought
’.o her children, and an end to all
Happiness to one who was only 24 years
■ ic. and simply foolish.
- ‘ - solution to the question would seem
'but, while physically we should
“■ s * £e ’-bore In our service comfortable,
w sbjr.’d regard them with suspicion,
'iu! a!v "~' ys believe the worst of them,
‘-'-t how can you do this? And
ran I do, this? You and I
have had our closets and our dress
' -i'ii-: robbed,, ourselves gossipped
tt, f an . ! our >fa-Itb knocked into what
,v ud call “sjnithereens.'' It seems
thing, but the woman am~ng
-. acquaintances \who has the best ser
f ; ' n/1 ?ets th i best service, treats
-,.-;v >o , ea j, e( j C ip, iers as jf they were
If-?,' 1 , T “tught. Tljey are given nothing
their wag,as; they are always
T'-T'd. 10 in a poj.ltlve. and never In a
manner, s.nd if even a tum’o'er
n us full value Is deducted from
I*7,.''' Th l treatment given to
•i‘ longings by servants is sotre
nstrous. An entire dishcloth is
isw. : r.'. a tiny Hquor glass, gnd then
l ' -'a you “It just parted in me
, ■; ma am."
ia V,* uoet >n the kitchen sticks, and
, ■ spoon is used to turn it wi’h.
; he pride bf the kitchen says
;' o been sc: (itched on the tab'ei
Itro'd "^f JSr Y w pes t|ie stoves, and em
’.,-7". teaclotlte are handed over to
A i., .' ' coming nut of the ragbag,
i: ... . ;* r i rt kerchlef ,1s missing, and, if
v , j e discovered again, there is
H.r 'l..''. ’-fiefi wonder, and It Is insisted
r ’ "it Is the one, miss, that the
... ” ve me at C hristmas."
ler t>j and J£ a w ' s ma p who told Ills bnt
” as at perfect liberty to help
ev?r*he wi T^ eT brandy or whisky when
ever he wished, but that he would be dls-
t'S, \ try mmu,e •* * discov
fJT? „ he had supplied the lack with
girlsVive^° W ‘V* 411 lo end? American
girls live wretched lives, work for starva
a** ln faclori es, shops and at
•ervlnm 'La' ' " 0t 80 OUI as
comfortlhit .r* lh * y would m °re
J b t' they wou!d m ke more
k sms a to in L m ° re “ “*• ouid.
The k’ more self-respectful,
would fr ,h between mistress and maid
the mald were a decent re
oT* m™? er t?rV C * n !?lrl ' f' arti *ke almost
girl oberinir hara 7 ter ' h u! the American
the famiic- n “ te ' and 8 °- into *h bosom of
aht ,- " I ''* tha * dar *gerous element
cletvf!.! , ' the lOWBSt stratum of so
man fhe TT Tal Swede ’ the sulky Ger-
Md thVfmri! neSt an<l lylnK In? h girl
woman a 'd positive Scotch
g-fu w heir own countries these
famil"f U Th 0 ' received ln respectable
and ,nany ‘‘“es* he vilest
have ZZ'l'T U ’ e elvu ,hfen * tar ” they
have neverhad and in time it i s laughe?!
MS lb ,■ them consideration such
wonder wK-. neVer llreamfd of. and they
iider what we do it for. They ire
“M haufff *? say ' - I heard one ma^
Does sh! e “ Iways PUhtc to me for?”
Personal,v n eCt , tC fl ° ex tra work?"
their gff h.~s br(n ‘he victim of
and t ß hf m d ' 1 Speak from ' he heart,
and I nave as proof of a broken faith
br ° krn diSht " ilt.cn.
off M ~7 r ' anonymous letters and im-
P h ce ‘ The !a?t being worse than all
the rest put together. And there was or
-6 WOman seeking a home a
comfortable room to herself, pientv of
clean linen, a pleasant place in which to
eat. a gentle mistress (not myself, 1 may
mention), care when Illness called for It
a share In all pleasures at holiday times
generous payment, and a never-ceasing
consideration, and the return has always
been the same. Each new arrival repre
sents a hope, and In six months' time the
hope is not only blighted, but battered,
torn, and having scarcely strength
enough to spring up again. Tills 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
lo know that on the list, among them and
of them, is— Bab.
A FRENCH FIANCEE AND BRIDE.
The Wife of n Famon, Novellut Ur*
lutes Her Emotions In These Roles
The betrothal and marriage of Mute.
Octave Feulllet ts told by hereelf. with
charming nalvet’e and wit in "Quelques
Annees de Ma Vie."
I was nearly 13 years old. My mother
insisted that X must marry. Every week
she presented anew aspirant, but when,
after each Interview, she asked. “Doss
this one suit you?” I replied: "No. not
this one."
My father urged me also. It was gener
ally during our horseback rides In the
country, while we let our horses walk
along the pretty routes, that he undertook
my conversion.
”1 know someone.” he said one day.
“who loves you, and w ho this morning has
asked for your hand.”
"Another? Good heavens!”
“Yes, another; but I hope you will not
rebel when you hear the name of this
one.”
"Tell me. my father, who Is it?”
"It is your cousin, Octave Feuillet.”
■‘What, my cousin! Is It possible that
he loves me! He hardly knows me, living
so far away. 1 have perhaps danced
three times with him, and that is all."
“Very well, that Is sufficient. He desires
you to become h.s wife. He desires it
ardently, dour mother and I would be in
despair should you disappoint him with a
refusal.”
"My father, let me have a little time for
reflection.”
“Not too long,” answered my father,
and may God Inspire you.”
God inspired me that same night to think
my cousin charming. Again, in imagina
tion, I saw h!m at those three balls where
I had danced w.th h.m. ar.d had recalled
,iiis handsome figure and bearing, hls dis
tinguished-looking features and his shgut
!y haughty air. I remembered the grace
with which he bowed to a woman, particu
larly to my mother. I recalled the words
he had spoken to the music of the orches
tra during the quadri les—words which
did not resemble in any way the trivial
phrases I was accustomed to hear, fie
talked as well as he wrote. Xle had al
ready a great literary ruputation among
literary persons, and his novels and ppems
were making a sensation In the world.
And was it I who was destined to become
the wife of this poet, of this gentleman?
I could not believe in such good fortune.
In accepting it I felt uneasy. It seemed
to me impossible not to- disappoint the
accomplished be'ng who had deigned to
choose me. When X thought of his worth
I felt my own infer ority. I found myself
provincial and Ignorant. Nevertheless,
my father had said tliai he loved me. He
loved me In spite of all my deficiencies. It
remained for me to recompense him by
working for self-improvement. After
having devoted my thoughts exclusively to
him, I turned in Imagination to the exist
ence we would lead. We should doubtless
live In Paris, this beautiful Paris which
I had not seen since the journey with the
ladles of . No more visits to the tombs
of St. Denis, but presentations to the
friends of my husband. And drives in
fiacres from museums to churches, and
from churches to museums. And then,
the installation of our apartment, and the
purchasing of elegant furniture which
would make it charming. How beautiful
did all these drefns appear when X com
pared them with the monotony of the pres-
ent.
The effect of all this was that I did not
sleep till morning. * * *
I shall never forget that evening when
my cousin came the first time as a fiance.
We waited him in my mother's room. My
father walked up and down, giving me hls
arm. My brothers were on the staircase
ready to fall on the neck of the visitor.
When I heard the bell ring, which caused
commotion throughout the house, I was so
agitated, so troubled, so nervous over the
new role assigned me that, losing all
thought of propriety, all desire to please
my fiance. I ran toward the window and
enveloped myself ir. the curtains. There I
should have remained intrenched behind
these curtain, a position which would
have given me confidence, had not my
father indignantly unrolled me and
thrown me into the arms of my cousin,
who appeared a little surprised at this
welcome. ... ..
“It is timidity, said my mother. In a
low voice, at the same time smoothing my
ruffled hair. "She loves you, lam sure.”
This undignified reception did not dis
courage my fiance. He made me pretty
speeches all the evening, and happy prom
ises to which I listened with down-cast
eves The next day came some charming
verses from him. addressed to my mother,
but’which 1 had inspired.
On the 25th of March, 1857, I awakened
at an early hour, being unable to sleep
on account of my emotion. It was the
day I was to leave the paternal home
and take in the presence of God my title
as madame.
Midnight was the customary hour for
marriages in our part of the country. I
was In hopes of having the day to myself,
but I was obliged to busy myself In all
sorts of ways, fa try on for tile last time
m y wedding gown, to arrange flowers, and
so forth.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY in, ist)3.
Toward the end of the day, while the
last touches were being added to my
toilet. Vietoire. my maid, who had been
occupied in carrying different things to
my new home, returned In consternation
saying that my cousin was not well, and
that they did not know- whether the wed
ding could take place.
“Oh' mon Dieuf" said my 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
to room calling ail the servants, ringing
bells, recommending calmness, and doing
her utmost to deprive me and everybody
elre of it.
Finally the ambassadors reappeared.
"He is coming; he will be here in a few
moments:" they cried, ascending the
"the indisposition has passed
away." and they wiped their foreheads
as they snread the good news.
After an hour's waiting the door opened,
and my cousin entered the room. He was
very pale, but very handsome, and I felt
proud to belong to him. "I have been a
little indisposed,” he said, giving me his
hand, "but I am quite well now. and I
love you." This "I love you” came like a
w fils per. and 1 felt myself growing pale
and flushed at the same time.
Ihe dinner was long and serious. XVe
war: surrounded by aged relatives. Mv
Grandmother Dubois did not break her
cold reserve, except to say to the ser
vants. "Do not spoil my dress.” My hus
band’s uncle, a retired officer, who sat at
m > right, had a stomach trouble and ute
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: It is not good for you."
And 1 could easily believe it. Emotion
closal my throat so completely that not
a cherry could have passed it.
While waiting for the departure for
church the men went to smoke, atid the
women gathered round me like bees.
"Ah, my dear," said one. "the great
moment Is at hand." "Your dress is very
beautiful,’ said another, "but dead white
lx not becoming to your complexion. It
makes you look so dark. How will you
arrab f e , your vell? " ill it cover your
huir?" "There are too many flowers Jn
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, I asked for a mo
ment’s respite and flew to my own little
chamber. It 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
mained, and against the wall, beweeen its
muslin curtains my basin of holy water.
I fell upon my knees, moistened myflngers
ln the sacred water, then, carrying them
to my forehead, murmured, "Lord, pro
tect me.’’
We set out for the mayor’s office, then
we proceeded to tt*e church. A tine rain
w as tailing, and the dampness penetrated
behind the glass of the carriage windows.
I ascended the steps of the cathedral shiv
ering. The harmonious notes of the organ
greeted me under the sombre arches.
Clouds of incense, were wafted toward
me. The cure, standing under the great
crucifix, addressed some remarks to me,
my husband placed upon my finger the
sacred rings, and all was over.
SORU I* A PLUTOCRAT.
Worth Fifteen Millions, ?Imle From
tlie Mnnnfneture of Plug Tobacco.
From the New York Sun.
Washington, Feb. I.—The richest man in
either House of congress is Paul Sorg of
Middletown, 0., who represents the Third
district, which lies Just r.or'h of
nati. He is said to be worth J 10,000,000, and
to have an Income of more than a million,
all of which he has made himself in the
manufacture of plug tobacco. His pa
rents came over from Germany, half a
century ago and settled ln Wheeling, W.
Va., where he was born shortly after
their arrival. In 1883 they removed to
Cincinnati, where they apprenticed him to
a molder, and all his education was ob
tained 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 hls 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 he 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 of tobacco daily, which is shipped
to ail parts of the world. Last May Mr.
Sorg was elected to congress, against his
wishes, to fill 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 a very narrow majority of
193.
Judging from appearances no one would
suspect Mr. Sorg of being a plutocrat. He
is an under-sized man of plain appearance
and unobtrusive manners, and probably
has smaller acquaintance with hls col
leagues than any other member of the
House. He has introduced but few bills,
has never made a speeph, and Is a mem
ber of only one committee—that on mili
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 al! that of their fellow
boarders combined. I.ast year Mr. Sorg's
net income from his tobacco factory
alone was over $5u0,000.
Tlie Mnn in (lie Dox,
From the Westminster Budget.
A Paris correspondent sends an amus
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 a human being. The detec
ttves 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 man! I'll take you round by the short
est cut..” The porter was followed at once
by the plain-clothes men. The cart con
taining the box was wheeled into a large
business premises in the Rue de Body, and
delivered over to a clerk, the porter ob
serving that he would call for it in he
morning and take it away to another des
tination. The clerk objected to receiving
the article, as he had no notice of its com
ing, but lie was prex ailed upon to let it
remain in the place.
The detectives entered soon after, and,
having mentioned their suspicions td :he
clerk, it arranged that they should
hide on the premises and await events.
On the stroke of midnight*the lid of the
box was observed ris'ng gently, and out
came a man, who walked toward a money
safe, opened it with the aid of tools which
he had in his possession and, after having
annexed a supply of gold and bank notes,
returned to bis orginal 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 w'tb
surprise, was despo’led of his booty
amounting to about £SO, and was quickly
dispatched to the depot.
THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
HOW THE BOCKIirCUER GIRLS
W ILL HVADE SOCIETY.
Mr. rirvelnml'* Future—Why the
I'eilrrnl Juiltffh I uiteil In
tion to the State Department.
Revelries In the llullrm.
Copyright.
New York, Feb. 9.—The Uo-k -filler
ftrirld. Miss Alta and Miss Edith, are at
tracting considerable attention on their
tour in the Mediterranean. They have
been abroad some weeks now. and pri
vate letters show that so far the trip
has been very successful in restoring
Miss Alta’s somewhat impaired health.
The interesting pair art* not accompanied
by their parents, but have stopped at
Kgypt. where they were, for at least
a week, the belles of the American col
ony in Cairo. The tour is interesting as
marking a decided deart lire from the
exclusive nature of the bringing up of
these young women. When they return
and they will be back in time for the
post lenten season in New York, the
somewhat sombre brb-k mansion of John
D. Rockefeller will for the first time be
•thrown open to so ' i \ li us th inten
tion of the Rockefellers to follow the
example of the Gould- and open the por
tals of the plutocratic palaces with the
never failing golden k**y. This circum
stance will lea source of surprise to
the many society people who have won
dered why it is that th*' family of the
oil magnate should be so retiring.
Miss Alta, it seems, is the cause of
this radical alteration of the family pol
icy. Her mother is so strict that sru*
has dubious feelings respecting the pro
priety of halls and Miss Alta is one of
the few great heiresses who have never
attended such a function. Hence the an
nouncement soon to be made that the
Rockefellers will give a gram! ball must
cause considerable comment. The family
will even go in for liveried footmen and
coachmen, and Mrs. Ro< kefeller herself
has planned a series of dinners for the
spring season, the first of them to bo
given on the Saturday following Easter.
It is understood that the Whitneys will
take the family under their protection,
so far a s concerns their social destinies.
There seems to be no doubt that the
Rockefellers will be vtry cordially re
ceived by society generally.
New Y’ork has been told so often that
great labor unions are on the eve of
organlation that very little interest
Is being taken in the statement that a
reorganization of labor union Is
now being arranged in the metrop
olis. The Idea is the familiar one
of bringing all the orders under a single
management with a president and cen
tralized authority. In fact the scheme is
to follow' the federal plan of organization.
Only recently, however, has much serious
attention being paid the movement and
this attention is the result of a positive
assertion that Gov. AH geld of Illinois,
conditionally accepted the presidency of
the coming union It w ill not be a per
fected organization until after the expira
tion of liis term of office and as the
leaders of the concern have received a
promise of the cordial support of the
American Federation of Labor and the
knight* and as considerable sums of
morey are pledged already, it is not unlike
ly that something will come of it.
It is proposed to take control of every
thing having even indirect reference to
the Interests of tabor. The new union
will, in fact, be organized on military
lines with commanders and lieutenants,
and for the sake of giving greater power
to the body, as a whole, the strictest mil
itary discipline is to be enforced. It Is
said that James R. Sovereign, John Mc-
Bride, Samuel Gompers and other equally
eminent labor leaders have endorsed the
new' universal. A decided departure from
the principle of these affairs is the admis
sion of women to the organization. Wo
men, as will be remembered, have taken
a prominent part in the recent strikes in
Brooklyn. The plan of the wive.i and
daughters of the strikers to form a mili
tary company in Brooklyn with all
the military accoutrements of such
concerns has been already par
tially carried out. There may he some
difficulty in procuring a charter, the
law does not contemplate the admission
of independent military bodies to the mil
itia establishment The women do not,
however, contemplate this. Their idea Is
to be able to take the field in opposition to
the militia when the latter are In arms
against their fathers, husbands and
brothers.
It would be difficult to convey any Idea
of the bitterness which the feeling of class
hatred has assumed In the metropolitan
district at this tim*. In no other part of
the world, probably, can class be found
solidly arayed against class under the
Inspiration of deep. Invincible
hatred, quite the degree now wit
nessed In the region Included 1n the
greater New York. Tills phenomenon has
already attracted attention from foreign
observers, but It has Intensified consid
erably in view of r cent eventa.
A great deal of comment has been
aroused in New York by assertions that
Mr. Cleveland will under no circum
stances permit the use of hls name Ur
the presidential nomination next year.
Mr. Cleveland is assumed to have nmd*
no utterance himself on the subject and
the question arises how those who thii3
speak for the President happen to get
their information. But it has long been
an opem secret in the Empire state that
the President intends to give up politics
altogether, when his present term ex
pires, and the reasons are likewise known.
Senator Hlil is partly acquainted with
the reason, for one, and these reasons.
It may be added, are of a purely personal
nature. Another man who knows thor
oughly why the President does not wish
any more of the cares of office, after 1897,
is Mr. Whitney, and still another Is Mr.
Lamont.
First of all, there are family consider
ations. Mrs. Cleveland will under no
circumstances consent to be the first lady
of the land when the present administra
tion ends and she has arranged that It
shall end in 1897. Mr. Cleveland and hls
wife have no family life at all. Their chil
dren cannot be educated upder their eye.
and very soon they will be of an age when
their education must seriously begin. In
the next place Mr. Cleveland finds the
presidency very trying to fils physique. It
is said that he sleeps on an average six
hours a day, not because he is troubled
with Insomnia, but because he has work
to do every day in the week, not except
ing Sundays. Again, Mr. Cleveland Is
said to have some literary ambitions.
He would like to have celebrity as a writer
on economic subjects. He has already, it
is said, made some beginnings ln that
dirsctlom and has planned a treatise on
monetary science. Everything, in short,
prompts the President to give up political
life.
Heretofore there have been sporadic
movements to put the President ln the way
of another nomination. Now, quite aside
from any considerations relative to a
third term, tt is almost a certainty that the
President himself is displeased by these
doings. He doesn't want to be President
again, and whatever skeptical Individuals
may think, he will not be if he can pre
vent it, and he thinks he can.
The efforts of our foreign ambassadors
to have thetr salaries raised have ended
abortively. The administration appears
to have sympathized with the movement,
but the present congress Is said to have
dreaded the outcome of such an increase.
not because the diplomats were deemed
to have made an exorbitant plea, but be
cause In case it bad been granted the fed
eral judiciary would, in a body, have in
sisted on a similar favor. It Is well known
that the judges of the United States courts
throughout the country are much dissat
isfied with their salaries of &.000 a year,
maintaining that the compensation does
not allow them to sustain the dignity of
their positions. It is further alleged that
If these same judges were to devote them
selves to legal practice they would easily
earn twice the amount of their salaries,
itnd the additional circumstance is pointed
that the judges of the state courts re
ceive very much more a year than do
their brethren of the federal courts judi
ciary. Even an inferior judge of a New
York court, for instance, gets $17,000 a
year, and in Pennsylvania the common
picas judges receive $10.Oi") am] all have
very long terms—terms far exceeding the
average service of a federal judge. Now
these federal judges have a national or
ganization which defrays the expenses of
its representatives at Washington, who
arc pushing the claims of the dispensers
of law for higher salaries. When it was
bruit, and about that the ambassadors were
to have their salaries doubled, the federal
judges insisted that they should be simi
larly treated. The great unpopularity of
this jud’oiarjr, however, caused the
congressmen from tha weat to
hesitate 10* finally to de
clare that they could not vote in fax r
of any such proposition. Thereupon the
lobby of the federal judges declared that
if they could not have a ‘•raise,'* the
ambassadors could not have one either,
and they frightened the friends of the
measure with threats of defeating it In
open session. Accordingly the ambassa
dors hive to do without their extra sal
aries. and much disgust Is expfessed by
their friends in consequence. The friends
of the judges allege, however, that our
ambassadors would only spend their ex
tra money If they got It in the vicious in
dulgences of European and that
the great ambassadorial salaries are Inva
riably spent upon ballet dancers and
actresses. Our ambassadors allege that
they must frequent theater lobbies an 1
the "cdulh-sos,'* not to speak of cultiva
ting the demi-monde, If they wish to bo
influential with the European type of pol
itician.
Mr. OUftolt R. Breckinridge, although
his commission os a full-fledged ambassa
dor Is In abeyance, and his authority at
the court of St. Petersburg extends no
further than that of a simple plenipo
tentiary. has given gratifying evidence
of hi3 tact and adaptability to circumstan
ces. One of the first measures called
to his official notice when he reached St.
Petersburg was the Standard OH mat
ter. It appears that the refiners of Rus
sia supposed that lie proposed Interesting
himself in furthering the Roekfeller
deals hi the czar's dominions, and one
of Mr. Breckinridge's first acts was to no
tify the Russian foreign office that our
government had nothing to do with Stand
ard Oil Intercet in any way. Hence the
negotiations of the oil company received
a act back, and as everybody knows they
fell through entirely. Asa result Mr.
Breckinridge Immediately got Into high
favor with the Russian business Inter
ests, and he proceeded to use this td
vantageous circumstance In negotiating
for th*- admi simi of American reading
matter and American travelers without
the embarrassment of the usual
inspection. Already word comes that
these efforts have be-n success
ful, and our citizens Interested in
Rust-dun affairs ar reaping the bene
fits. Alone among the foreign nations
of th** world, our country has the right,
of exempting its citizen? from the de
tective seach of private houses and per
sonal effects, once they have passed tho
customs authorities. A mere production
of a passport signed by our Secretary of
State, together with registry at the office
of any consul of our nation, stationed ln
Russia, will permit an American citizen
to go unmolested about czar’s domains
provided no charge of sedition Is pending
against him. This Is a rare concession
for o. man now in diplomacy to obtain.
Mr. Breckinridge Is now' endeavoring to
secure for American artists the privilege
of taking home with them pictures and
drawings of scenes and persons visited
by them. Heretofore this has not been al
lowed. and as a result some very arbi
trary Imprisonments have been made on
the charge of making unauthorized draw
ings of prisoners and suspects, dorfle of
the most noted persons in Russia cannot
be photograph! <i or painted by our ar
tists, although singularly enough, native
artists may make these pictures. An
American painter who ventured to sketch
on canvas from a photograph of the czar’s
mother, was arrested as a suspect and had
his painting ripper to pieces. It is not
likely that outrages of this description
will long be endured by our fellow citi
zens. Mr. Breckinridge will certainly not
resign in view of hls successful career ln
Russia so far.
For tho first time in many years the
liquors served at a fashionable New York
hall will be limited in amount. This is
the result of the disgraceful scenes once
In a while witnessed when some scion of
I lutocracy Indulges 100 freely. There lias
long been In circulation a report that the
men of wealth are nowadays light In
dulgent In drink at social affairs, but lat
terly the younger element has been get
ting reckless. Particularly was this the
case at one of the recent assemblies,
when a young man of the highest soclul
position was Ignomlnlously handed over
to an usher for expulsion, owing to the
freedom with which he insisted that debu
tantes dance with him, and he at the
time in an utterly Inebriated condition.
The Patriarchs’ bull is the function at
which this limiting of the conviviality will
be practiced, and from all accounts it is
high time that such a step was taken.
It must be confessed in fairness to New
York society, however, that very severe
punishment is visited upon such youths as
Iran: gross in this way. One young man
who Is a member of a family known all
over the country, threw an ice at a fellow
swell last spring and. as everylxaly knows,
will never be Invited to a fashionable
man’s homo as long as he lives, in spite
of the tremendous influence brought to
bear by hls socially powerful relatives.
There is no disposition, therefore, to find
fault with the step taken by the patron
esses of the Patriarchs', for it Is felt that
circumstances fully warranted it.
David Weehsler.
Sen red to Death by n Ghost.
From the New York World.
St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 2.—Armsted Hos
kins, a negro, 50 years old, died at hls
home, on Fifth street, a few days ago,
and the colored people who live in the
vicinity say he was frightened to death
bv a ghost.
A few nights before he died Hoskins was
out In Ms buck yard. The members of hls
family heard him scream, and a moment
later he fell headlong at the door, hls face
an ashen hue. He shook as though In a
chid, and it was plain he had received a
terrible fright. For several hours he was
unable to speak.
A physician was called, and the ease
was such a peculiar one that he took other
physicians to the house. The next day
Hoskins attempted to tell what had scared
him, but was seized with a shivering fit
and became speechless. It 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 shiver and tremble, growing
gradually worse until he died. Before he
died he endeavored to tell hls family about
the ghost he had seen, but was unable
to describe it.
He—l wonder when you will able to set
as good a table as my mother does?
She—By the time you are able to provide
as good a table as your father does, my
dear.—Burlington (la.) Gazette.
R % li.lt OAD9.
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t 'lime TaM la i licet Jan. 21. IBM. *
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‘u f-'on! *til® Ar St Au Stine. Lv j 700 am 3m pm
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as. pm • ,Ar Tallahassee Lv Sliami 940 am
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Ar .Silver Spriiufi Lv II Warn * . . Lj
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4ooum Ar Larab'inc Lv |of*pm 9**aS ....ZZ
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"I" It Ham Ai Winter Para I.v 2ft7 pm 707 am
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•Idipm Ar SL Peterahunt Lv| .. .i! .6 a m lllllllt
_7lopm .! e&ium Ar ,mpn Lv| 730 pm 700 am 11
•Niei r. I ally except Sunday. All otbeis daitv. l*’l” *
Elegant I* .liman vcMtlbuled compartment cars and dfn*ng cars on Nos. $3 snd St between
Sew York. Jacksonville and St Augustine, also Pullman buffet vealioul id alee do rs on 83 34. 35
and M N**sr \ ork. Jai kMUiville and Tampa
Through r<achcs Mivunnah and Augusta vis trains Nos. 38 anff 87. Throuith coach Jacksons
villc ami Washington on trains Nos $4 and .13. Pullman sleeper attached to trains Nos $4 and
33 between Salisbury and Richmond via Pauville.
Pullman uffet slec|r to Now Orleans and Mobile on No 35 from Jacksonvilfo
I*or full ufornmttnn apply to A. t>. MacDONELL. U. P. A., Jacksonville, Fla.
N. S. PENNING!ON, Traffic Manager Jackvonville. Fla.
. „ , . I* M FLEMING. D!v. Pass. Agent. Savannah, fita
T lekets to all points and sleeper acrotn modal ion* secured at city office, corner Bull and
Brynn s reels ami t' ntral depot. Savannah. Ga.
Train in have from ten rai depot, corner West Broad anff Liberty streets
I>. t\ ALLEN, City T icket Agent. *
THE TROPICAL THUNK LINE.
JmcU■onullle, I ainpn nnd Key Weal Hallways
_ JOSEPH H. DCItKEE, Receiver.
THE FLORIDA SOUTHERN RAIRO/D 00 1
INDIAN RIVER STEAMBOAT IMMP.I.O. R. B. CABLE. General Manager.
JITITHU AMI l,.\IO; IV.'lClll KA ,1 \V A V * *
. , : s V Un ' _ ... Time Table -NORTH- ~
ftslS. r;.o’ &£} In Efrcel Jan. 2,. 1891 llllr
mu n i ,’u|. 10 4ft a left aiLv JirkabnvTle Ar tTS Fli p fni
o*’o l*i H*P 11 aa a| IMA aAr Green < ove Springs Lv ft4s a liMp 508 pm
10 ft I' l!Hopi 18 30 p tsft aAr Palatka Lv 4 41a 18 10 p 480 pm
1141 || !85p 110 P 1107 aAr Seville Lv lilt 10Ma 106 pm
1-a 1 (, 7 p ... 114‘JuAr DeLeon Springs Lv 23s u 10 Ha ...
| <fopj 221 PllßlO p AT.. I nelj.n.l I ....Lv 020a 288 pm
_l 12 u| 4."4p] 810 I 1218 lAr Orange City H 205 a 0 88a 212 pm
* ft i PI in P Ar Enterprise Lv 1 A>'n IN
'~ "i 4". p ar Tltuavllle Lv 6Jfta*l22i pm
■,'oju ii 10p 850 p ioop \r Seniori Lv iaftn 9ioa; l 5o — Dm
* ioo p . . II 2ft aAr Hawthorne . l.v ....] iu it a IM pm
*4 o.p. II 20 a l.v . f Gainesville . Ar 1065 a 305 pm
•M4ip 120 p Ar. Ocala Lv 845 a 100 pm
;■ ’Bi p • r Brookm-lie |.y 90A im
ft l; > a ittp ftlP 207 p'Ar jbrlNda LvTTTTBIp Hroa T* mpm
Sft a| I4K|>; 020 p 243 p!Ar Klaalmmee Lv iloftp 650 a 1200 m
5(0 a 768 p 337 pAr Hurtow Junction Lv 10 0-2 p .... 11 lJam
2713 U 045 PI 5 if. pi A r Tampa Lv • p 146 am
i* 700 a ... . I* 445 pil V. Harlow Ar/* 410 p • 955 am
■ 4 00pj |* 815 pAr .... Punta corda. Lv *o0) a *O3O am
•'Dally except Sunday. {Dally except Men a/.
To THE INI.Ian HISEK AM* LAKE sVOKTH—Steamers are appointed to leave
Titusville nn arrival of Indian River Express, 4:15 p m. dully, except Sunday; due Kockledge,
7p. m.; Jupiter. 12 3u p. m. lollowlng day. connecting with J. A L W. Hallway for Juno thence
\ll Lake Wor h steamer due Palm Heath 3p. m Northbound, leave Palm Beach 10 a. m.
dally; Juno 110 oin . tonne llni at Jupiter with Indian River uieuiners. appointed to leava
dally, cxiept Saturday, at I p m.; Kockledge, *9 u. m.; due T t isviile. *ll su. m.
Cl LL.4IAN 4'Alt sEi \ice —T rain 50. la. lor ULflet tats between Jaekeonvllle,
Tampa and Punta ( ordtr Chair Cars Dalntka to Hrooasvllle. Train No. 71 (Indian River Ex
pressi Parlor Buffet Curs Jai ksonvillo to 3 ituevtlle. 'iralnNo. 85 Buffet Slctpng Car New
5 ork to 1 ort Tampa ruin u 15—Buffet Sleeping Car ( tndnnutl and Jacksonville to Tampa
Train o. 78- Pat lor Buffet Cars between Hunta Gorda Tumpa and Jackson-tile: Parlor Buffet
( ars TUnsvll oto Jacksonville: ( h ilr ( ars lirooks. Hie to Calatka. Truln No. 38—Buffet Sleep.
Ing Cars Hoit Tampa to New 4 ork and '1 icopa to Cincinnati.
G. D. AOi Kitl.4 , C.eneral Passenger Agent. Jacksonville. Fl*.
Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River R’y,
Tlmt 1 table In offret Jan. 11, 189S.
The All Rail Line to Lake Worth.
NOUTII HOUND. NORTH HOUND.
ft I’ATK )S '■ No mi No 31 i No' 35| No 871 nTATIO N ft. |No 7JNoM JNo 72|No 19 *
lv Jacksonville. 7 .20a l<iioa ii f.Op 7 l?*p Lv W. Palm 11 T i&m .....X
ArSt. Auk tine j 8 I6a 12 m 2 (XV H lftp Lv West Jupiter 7 b'M ..i
Lv St. A k tine f .l.'Oopj Lv Eau lalllo ... •••• 1115a
Lv Hasting* 12 40p I.v II .NOa
Ar East Palatka.! j 1 i .vp| Lv Cocoa 12 03p ..Zj
Ar Palatka . < j 1 tt'i> V!!: V !H
Lv falatka f I*:*p * r i * L#vr e t ?!?P -
L. mui Mateo j ill *•' ..... ..--..1 Lv New Smyrna I ton ...". ""2
ArCrmond 228 p.. Lv Port orange 8 lip l .
yrl.aviona 241 p Lv Daytona ... 8 I9p
Ar Port (.range 2!>op LvOrmond 2 38p J
Ar New Smyrna Bbp Ar I a-,t Palatka 4 Oftp
ArTU k vVlb> - J2K A7?,an Mateo ~ tap
l.v Tltuevllie ( 4 cop . x a *" ;gCT.--c--| •••ift
Ar< Ity Point 45<p Ar Palatka I 3 ?? g
(Ar Rock ledge 51 p Lv Hastings 4 20p| ...."
Ar san c.allle ..... 54,>p ArSt. Aug'Hne t 4 55p ~..
Ar West Jupiter KO'p Lv St Aug tine f 7 00a 955a 5 00p 8 00p.„ .J
A.4V Palm Beach 94.5 p Ar Jaekeonvllle si a. 10 50a UOOp 8 lOp .....j
Connections Via A. & W. Branch.
SOUTH BOUND. NORTH BOUND.
STAIIONS |No J f No 1J STATIONS. No tjNo 4
£▼ New Smyrna. 8 .;op| M a Ev lampa QlOa
l.v Lake Helen 415pi10 loa Lv Orlando kb,
Ar( (range City I 4 30plJ87a Lv Winter Park 9 25a
Lv Junciiou. . f 4 84p1045a Lv Sanford 10 20a P
Arbanford .... 6 10p i OOp Lv O. City June. 11 (S x 4 45p .!"![ ******
Ar Winter Park. '2 2(j) Lv Orange City. II o a 453a.. J
Ar Orlando ... 6 lftp 217, , Lv Lake Helen. 112 a 5 .ftp '
Ar Tampa .. ... 945| 5 4op— Ar New Smyrnu 120 p 646 p ..2
AH trains between Jacusonvll e and St. Aogcstlne run daily” *1
Trains south of t Augustine rin dally e<cept Sun lav. Hu7et Parlor Cars on tralna 31 sad
78 between Jacksonville anil West Palm Beach. Train 37 cant-a Pullman sleeping and dlata2
cars en route New Yo k to St. Augustine. 1 ralu 8H composed exclusively of Pul -man sleeping
and dining cars St. Augustine to New Cork via Atlautlc Coast Line except ou Sunday,when train
ts composed ol regular day couchca.
JOSEPH RICHARDSON, General Passenger Agent,
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF GEORGIA."
11. M, COMKK and K. S, HAYES, Receivers.
g oiN'. wI-,s. -anAu binv _ i ~ i uolng”eajTF Head ifp7~
No. 0 j No. 7 j No. 3 | No. I|| In Error Jan 6. 1895, ; No. 2 j No. 4 No. ~NoTI
ex. Sun.ex. Sun. dally, dally. || Central Time-9oth meridian. daily ; dully, ex. Sun ex. Sun
~2 oOpm 6121pm - 9(2jpm, s: oam Lv .Savannab Ar | ftfOpnT 5 56am - BCO tab Csopm
SU,pm ;(*7pmloopm yrn-am ,\r Guyton Lv ogJpm! 458 am 651a.n 34jpm
CJuprn 11 20om 105 am |Ar Rwk.vFord Lv 499 pm 8 40am B’luam
II 4g P m;il-.'oam .tr MUlen Lv 3 40pml 305 am ' "
63oam. l I6um Ar Augusta Lv ' 1 30pmj 8 lopm
8 f Sam I 8 40pm Ar Macon l.v 11 Siximili oOpm
1 4.pm!!o4opm :Ar Amerlcus Lv ftllam! I4:pm ’ ’*
8 0 pm Ar Troy .Lv 7 19am !.
II <Wau. |,Ar Columbus L**i 345 pm ....
- Ar Monte ornery HI 740pir ?4;.am(
rsA VANNAD, L i ONS. AMKHIC' S A 14 -mu TGOMEBY—Da ly.
74( pmi 700 am l.v Sava, uah A~740 pm~645 >m
11 56 pic 955 am Ar Lyons. Lv| 456 pm 180 am
j 300 pm Ar A.nerl. is Lv IkOO mi
I 800 pm; Ar Montgomery Lvj| < 15 am|l!‘.*
S onfy ßy Ually - SAVANNAH AND TYBEE. B Snfy T | Dally.
~~0 30 am 200 pm Lv Savannah. Arl 18 00 n <o(inm
10.0am' 3Obpm Ar Tyi.ej Lv 1100 am ftixi^n.
tTrains marked t run dally except Sunday. '
Meeilng .ars on night nains tetwe n savannah end Augusta, Savannah and Maoon Sa
vannah and Atlanta Parlor iars I etween Macon and Atlanta. '
T ((ket offee 19 Bull street and depot. ' >
bor further information, ana for schedules to potn’B beyond our line apply to ticket agent*
or to J. C. HAILE, General 1 assencer Agen'. savannah. Cla
TriE( ■■ D. lv INb:. General Superintendent
W F. SHELLMAN, Traffic Manager. J. C. SHAW, Traveling Passenger Agent
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