The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-26
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brute animals formed as prominent part in
the devotional ceremonies of the time as they
had in the old religion of Egypt, The cat
-Elurus, was embalmed after death and buried
IN the city of Bubastis, because, according TO
Herodotus, Diana Bubastis, the chief deity of
the place. WAS said to have transformed herself
into a cat when the gods fed into Egypt. The
cat, says Mr.. Mil in his History Of the CRU
ssdes," was very important parsonage in the
religious festivals of the times which he de-
scribes, At AK, in Provence, on the festival of
Corpus Christi, the finest tomcat in the canton
wrapped like child in swaddiing clothes, was
exhibited in a magnificent shrine to public ad-
miration. Every knee was bent aud every hand
strewed flowers or poured incense; and Griual-
kin was treated in all respects the god of the
day. But on the festival of st. John June 24)
poor Toms fate was reversed A number Of
cats were put into a wicker basket and thrown
alive into the midst or large fire, klndled in
the public square, by the bishop and his clergy.
Hymns and anthems were sung, and PROFESSIONS
were made by the priests and people in honor
of the sacrifice.
i've noticed one thing said the doctor
who was stationed with an ambulance at the
police booth at the corner of Thirty-flfth street
and Fifth avenue during the Colum Gus parades
says the New York Sun, "and that is that the
women are generally all right in a crowd until
the assemblage begins swaying. Then they 20.
took particular notice of that this morning.
So long as the crowd remained stiil'there wasn't
bit of trouble, but as soon as it began to sway
the women began to drop. In four hours got
twenty eight patients out OF one crowd and al
most all from the same spot. They suffered
only from palpitation Of the heart or fainting.
Why they should be more susceptible to either
one OF these things when swaying with the
crowd than they are when standing stock still,
having the life nearly squeezed out Of them,
can't tell There! Do you ses that crowd 80
he exclaimed, pointing across the street. See
II sway! I'll wager have a there in less
than five minutes" The closely packed mass
OF humanity was swaying back and forth.
Every body in 1t was laughing. The doctor took
out his watch. Sure enough, 1t was hardly two
minutes before young woman near the front
line began gaspinR. Two men around her called
for the doctor. The woman was carried across
the street to the booth. She had tainted. A
few minutes later another woman was taken
from the crowd in faintug condition. "Curi-
GUS, isn't 1t? said the doctor, when 10 had fin
iShed attending the patients. Il am going to
study up on that matter. don't see what can
be the cause OF it. ..+ ..
UP until about the middle of April, 1890, the
BLACK Hole OF Middle Mountain" was one Of
the best known of Virginia's natural euriosi ties
the Natural Bridge. Of course, always excepted,
The Black Hole was q natural well about 30 feet
in diameter, situated at the foot OF Middle
mountain. on the farm Of A. H. SlitlinEtoa In
Pocahontas county 1t was of unknown depth,
and locally believed to be poisonous from the
fact that cattle, horses and other animals in
common refused to drink Of the water although
almost Vanishing from thirst. Black Hole has
bsen known since at least 100 years before the
opening OF the revolutionary wal, and was given
The namo it bore because its waters looked as
black as Ink, even though the eyes OF the Oe-
holder were not more than two feet distance
| from its surface. When dipped out by the Gun
pail or barreful it appeared as clear as crystal
the original coal-black appearance being a
! pheuemena never satisfactorily accounted
! for. At about the time mentioned in the open
ing, Black Hole, which had stood with it's waters
at uniform level for two centuries OF white
| mans history during which time tne water line
| had never In the least been affected by Hood or
| drought, suddenly disappeared. One Warner.
! who lives on the SlitlngtoR farm, was the first
/ IA and kaN,.
| a neighborhood calamity. He had went to salt
the cattle which usually congregated III the
shade around the brink OF the pool and was
amazingly astonished to find that tue old blot
! tomless well" had become thing of the past
| Its waters had been mysteriously drained its
sides had fallen in and Black Hole had truly
persisted on the face and out Of the depths Of
the earth"
THE MILKY WAY. the grandest feature of the
armament which bends above US, the hay
path which so majeStically bands the whole
| fabric Of the skies together. is now known to be
| composed Of q grand aggregation Of at least
iS,oOO'OOO OF suns, each as large or larger than
| that which makes vegetable and animal
life an earthly possibility, says the Sc,
| Louis Republic One is apt, when allowing
| the mind to revert to the contemplation of
these misty and indistinct astronomical sub
lects, TO measure their magnitude, or attempt
| TO measure it, by making terrestrial comparis-
| ions. 1t is obvious, however, upon more mature
, reflection, that such comparisons are worse than
"odious. The bulK of our sun exceeds that of the
earth eco 0OJ times, being 600 times greater than
that of the bulk Of his whole train OF planets
! taken collectively. This being the case what
| basis can we use for calculating the magnitude
| OF lS,COO,0@0 suns, each. as have said before
| probably larger than that which gives us heat
| and light: The inf lite number of suns VIII CHI
| taken together, make up the Milky Way are
not set at a uniform distance from our earth
| or even from our sun; in fact, they appear to
work altogether independently OF either this
| mundane sphere or our glorious orb of day +"
The majority OF them are planted at distance
too remote to be evey imperfectly measured or
| understood Some Of them are so near O. that
| light, which travels at the rate OF
| $4,000 miles per second would cross
| the distance between us and them In the
period OF about an ten years Others
| however, are so remote that it would take full
| thousand years for their light to reach usl
Some argue that light. the Astronomers only
! basis Of search in the unbelievable regions Of
space, expands and decomposes in its progress
and that at best IL gives US only very imperfect
| data upon which to base calculations This ia
| conceded without argument; but l want to say
this much before closing this mote" These
curious calculations cannot help but force upon
US the reflection that other solar systems still
throag beyond the farthest yet discovered and
that though man may, by aid Of modern in
struments, behold the immensely OF nature he
will never be able to bring its bounds within the
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