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home annoyances. 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. if li i liiiiiri i rum run on UHb meridian time, which is oae hour low.*r than aouah city time.) t 'lime TaM la i licet Jan. 21. IBM. * T^ l “ I [ T y in i T ° AN N.LT^ IT,IE (kf 1 : !!'<*£ '• s ~h~~ • Si'S? en 11 -* tAf Fairfax, h. C Li 39UamIS 47 i!m •X3i im -..Unii IS Ham Ar Denmark, S. C !. I.v xu*m I.’(• doi >7lO am • ftuimi stoamAr Columbia. & C I.v, l;o*ni WLau - I if* "in Ar Axhevil e. N C L| Hooam | **l“ 40 am,Ar Charlotte. N , t.e".~n uimi ih,.S ~ ^ r ...Sattahury. VC Lv ul7 pm 7t* amL. I. 1 1 J" *? am Ar Grreaatoru. N. C L\ 7St pn: SMam !£' * ni Ar Daavt.tr. Va Lv .* N% pin 4 tft aui jm \ i JJJJPmAr Klrluannd. \a Lv liA:nm IS.49am] J r Churlouravu.eV a. Lv! 3i* pin lOt am ' *2*jA r Nr* N.lrk Lv 13 |s£ s{E [....’.Z’.Z I *** P***! **** I ltu Ar - Boston Lv 7;<lpm| >1)0 am; " Tn , j ,|to ~fXgT!CKO S ‘ ’Train I | Trak S's““ : Savannah Ar 13 3ft pmTT pm “..... V. I'll?* 1 " ; n. \r < ailahsn Lv SMnm " mf® 1 | il* pmAr Jacksonville I.v 1 *ls am 4IS pm ‘u f-'on! *til® Ar St Au Stine. Lv j 700 am 3m pm * 1 ’ p*l Xr \\ est r I V 7 15 ai£ JJHJ® Ar Ut'ClU Lv * ami is 44 pm ..1 'vXlUrn I r *' v It Mam Ar Montlcello I.v 340 am 9 15am as. pm • ,Ar Tallahassee Lv Sliami 940 am £ 1 - 1,1,1 < x r (Thattahoochoe Lv .7 15 put: ,Ar hiver J unci ion Lv | 12 A ami! ,Ar Pens* ola Lv 7 3ftpm; 11 . • A'*"'! I lAr New orlean* Lv| II (10am! I 1040 pm Ar VaMs ..i.v 362am"T to nm .ftOpm. 7tu amAr Gainesville Lv .. 1152 am IT Ar .Silver Spriiufi Lv II Warn * . . Lj ..vtpni l j I 3ft am A r Ocala Lv t 2ft am ltflftam*"" 1 i*:.2 P" 3 4ft urn Ar Wildwood Lv 3 Ift am 10 0) am 111111111. 4ooum Ar Larab'inc Lv |of*pm 9**aS ....ZZ Jr 1 P ni nt) amAr. Orlando Lv 730 pm 7J6 am 3 "I" It Ham Ai Winter Para I.v 2ft7 pm 707 am ,* V I I4 >7 amjAr .... lacoochee LtHo so pm - 9 ofii —' •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 15