The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-03
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RUSSIA still has many odd and curious mar
rage customs. One is for the bride and bride
groom to race rapidly down the sisle as soon as
the bridal procession enters the church. because
of the belief that whoever places a foot first on
the cloth In front Of the altar will be master in
the household.
1T is SAID that we are indebted to the POM
peians for our knowledge Of fruit canning.
When excavations were first made on the site
or the old city jars Of figs were discovered BY a
party OF Americans. When these were opened
Q contents were found to be as perfect as
when poured into the lar nineteen centuries
before. Investigation showed that the fruit
| had been put into the jar when heated, and
sealed over after the steam had been allowed to
escape. The following year saw the establish
ment OF canning factories all over the United
States.
HERON Of Syracuse, AS, B, c, issued piece
OF money called drachm with his picture on
| one side and a chariot driven by man with
four horses attached to it on the other, says the
! Bankers MolthIV. About this date came into
| existence the first bank Of which we have any
record, that was bank established at Babylon
| b. Q. SIG, which was in existence for over 100
years. as shown by its records, and its name
| was Egtbi's Bank. This bank probably used
coinage Of this period which was In circulation
and we think that 1t had considerable Mace
| donian, Hebrew and coinage of it's own country
! Babylon, in its vaults. Some of the bills re-
ceivable or notes dus this bank are nowin the
| British museum at London. Th9 notes were
writted on little round clay cylinders. which
were put In stone jars. These records wore
lately uneartbed at Babylon.
MOSES BRADFORD, an 66-year-old millionaire
Of Marion. Grant county, Indiana, wants
another wife in spite OF the hard experience
| that he had three years ago with a woman who
| married him, deserted him and sued him suo-
cessfully for large damages all in the course Of
| a few months Recently he offered a woman In
| Muncie, Ind, $1,000 to find him . pretty and
| cultivated wife. She found q Mrs Indiana
Danto, aged %, said to be the widow of a French
detective OF New Orleans, and very handsome
| woman, who said she would marry Bradford if
| be would give her a wedding present of 81. Goo
| The bargain was made and the wedding about
to take place when Joseph Duckworthy. a
| wealthy widower of Munce, heard OF IL. He
went to interview Mrs Danto immediately and
| put his band and fortune at her disposal. She
decided at once TO become Mrs. Duckworthy,
and Mr.. Bradford's offer is still open.
ORIGINALLY gotten or for the pure fun of
the thing, jokes have now become a regular
article Of merchandise, and the professional
| joker sells these products Of the brain at prices
| raging from 20 cents to 81 so apiece and
Joke which Is easily illustrated often brings as
| high as S.. The magazines and papers which
: pay for their jokes have regular prices Pro
tessional Jokers send supply of from ten to
| nifty jokes TO the papers paying the best, and
the editor In charge Of that department chooses
those which suit him, and sends back the rest
| These are then sent to the next best paying
publication, and 30 on, until they reach the
| papers which pay but 80 cents Such as are
n
| professional joker can make about 100 jokes .
week, and as joNe-mau z must soon become
| habit, perhaps the brain Is not too greatly
| tasked In their manufacture.
So FAR as is known the rorthernmost news
paper In the world is the Nerd-KaD, Published
and edited in Hsmmerfest, Norway, by P. Jonah
sen. A member Of the stan of the Copenha gen
| Potttken. recently paid visit to his distln-
| guished colleague in the far-of town. Mr. Jo-
| hansen received him with open arms as 1t was
/ the first h6 had a fOFAjOn
| paper man. The ord kan is published In
small wooden house covered by an earthen roof
| Despite his surroundings, however, the editor
appeared TO be in the best Of spirits, and to fol-
| low his profession with the eRthusiakm which
| characterl1es so many OF his fellows The sub
sorioers OF the Word KdD, it is true, are obliged
| to wait some time for the news OF important
| events taking place in the various parts OF the
world. AS yet there Ia no telegraph offics 10 the
! small town, and Mr. Johansen Is obliged to de-
| pend upon the mails and newspapers which ar
| rive by the vessels landing at Hammsrfest
| Many OF the subscribers, too live = long dis
| lance from the town, and week or mora passes
| by before the paper can reach them after pub
! LEGATION. Many of the readers, however call
| at the office for the Nork-KuD, and present the
| editor with fish Of various kinds in exchange
| for his paper. MI Johansen is net a million
| alre.
KING DAVID died Of old age, says the st. Louis
| Globe Democrat; Louis XVI, died on the scat
fold; Richard III. was killed in battle; Abra-
ham Lincoln was assassinated; James A. Gar
| field was assassinated; Charles l. of England
was osheaded Louis V. was poisoned by his
| queen; Mustapha ii. was strangled 10 prison:
| Darius Codomanus was killed in battle; Attila
| the Hun died in drunken spree; Willard Fill
more died of paralysis at "a; Andrew Johnson
| died Of paralysis al 81; Achmet Ill was
strsngled by his guards; Chester A. Arthur died
| of apoplexy at So; Louis l. died OF a fever dur
| Ing q campaign; James II. died in exile of glut-
tonous habits; NerVa was supposed to have
! been poisoned; Gen. Grant died of cancer Of the
throat at So; Emperor William of Ger
was smothered by one one of bis
| favorites. Louis V. was poisoned by his mother
| and his wife; Solyman I was dethroned aud
| murdered in prison. Henry vi of England was
| murdered in prison; Mustaphs l. was deposed
and strangled in prison. Charles III LIE Fou
was deposed and died in prison; George ".
| died from a complication of disorders; Feodor
| II. Of Russia was assassinated IN church; John
Adams passed away at 81 from senie debility;
Queen Anne died of dropsy, brought on BY
| brandy; Gregory V. was driven from Rome
and died in exil-; Louis Ma loleon died In exile
at Chiselhurst, England; Adolphus Of Germany
fell at the battle of GeIhem;
John Tyler died at 70 from a mysterious
disorder; Richard II. il su posed to have been
died in captivity in Egypt; Lotlaire of France
was poisoned BY female rela ives; George l.
died from apoplexy, induced by drinking; Pope
LAndo supposed to have been poisoned;
Feodor l. of Russia was deposed and died in
prison; Gustavus AdOlphus was killed in the
battle of LutZen Sultan MuSa- Chelebi was de-
posed and stran yled; Pope Douus II. dei sud
died in prison, 1t is believed by poison; Solomon
died of WEAKNESS at the vanity of human life,
aud Josiah King of Judah, was killed in battle
at Meiiddo by an arrow.