The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-30
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A Medieval WRITER on demonology places
the total number Of devils at precisely 44,435,-
$50
IT is calculated that 20 o0O, 900 pieces or 5000.
OOJ worth OF chewing gum will be sold at the
worlds fair.
A woMAN's tombstone is the only one In
England upon which the epitaph Is written in
shorthand.
LoNDoN's six principal railway lines carry an
nually over 200, OO0, 900 people and the tramways
about 15O.0O0O00.
A ST. LOUIS MAN describes the honeymoon as
that state of ecstattc idiocy that will cause
supreme court judy to shin up a shellbark
hickory in his bathing NN!t e harvest q hornets
nest for his innocent little tootsie wootsie."
A STRANGE CUSTOM is followed by Mexican
farmers. They use oxen of one color in the
morning, and another color in the afternoon
They do not know why; but they know that 1t
must be the right thing TO do, because their
forefatners did it.
THE French Order of the Legion of Honor at
present counts no less than $4,000 members of
which number u, 45S are civilians. OF grand
crosses, including Il civil members there are SO;
the grand officers and commanders number
l,4oO the officers, including the army, 5000
ONE DAY during the late haying season David
Huiibut of Whitneyville, Me-, went to the barn
TO harness his horse to the hay wagon. He
found the horse, but not the harness After a
lengthy search the latter was discovered on the
other side OF the fence which separates the sta
bic fIom the garden. Mr.. Huibut is of the
opinion that the horse, thinking that he had done
his share In the hay field, took the harness out
OF the barn and hid it.
CHICAGoS MONSTER CAPTIVE BALLOON, Christie
pher Columbus, has displacement of 100. 600
cubic feet, and s made of the finest oiled pongee
silk The cost exclusive of hydrogen apparatus
and stationary engine controlling the ropes is
$4,000. 1t costs 500 to generate enough hydro
gen gas to fill the balloon once. The balloon is
anchored by guy rope, and doesn't 20 more
than / 300 feet high. 1t will make trip every
half hour until the end of October. Its diameter
is SIS feet.
THE punishment of Private Iams was brut al,
says the New Orleans Pic1yune. But It seems
quite mild when compared with the punishment
INFLICTED on raw recruit by . corporal in the
Eighty sixth infantry, Hungarian army After
drilling the recruits u few minutes the CORPORAL
Fehr, by name. struck and kicked him He
then asked him what he meant by coming into
the army with his hair uncut. IN response 70
the mans offer to go at once 10 the barber the
corporal caught him by the collar, aud, after
pouring kerosene over his head set Are TO il
The man ran to the barracks, where the fame
we're extinQutshed by his comrades, but not be-
fore his head and face had been horribly burned
1t is a weird and shocking incident of history
that was commemorated on Sunday last in the
CITY Of Mexico upon the anniversary of the
torture OF the last of the AEte. emperors
Guatemozin or Cuauhtemoc, in the sixteenth
century, says the New York Sun. In front OF
the heroic statue of that romantic leader OF a
conquered race. President Diaz appeared on
Sunday at the head Of the Mexican army and
In presence of a great concourse of people as
the leader OF celebration held in honor of his
memory, the memory Of ''Guatemoziu's bei of
fire" When Guatemozin was captured after
the defeat of the Aztecs by the victorious
Spaniards, the cruel Cortez commanded that he
should he put to the torture, In order that he
might reveal the treasure which he was sup
posed TO possess; and part of the torture was
the burning of his feet at a slow fire Though
agony of the victim was inten 10, he b4re It with
firmness, and even spoke stoicaly to the
Cacique OF Tacuba, another Aztec who suffered
with him. He survived this torture, but many
years afterward, when a false accusation Yves
brought against him, Cortez gave orders for his
execution land, according to Prescott, Guatemo~
Yin hanged on large ceibR tree growing nv
the roadside. The tale Of the Emperor Guatemo-
zin S one of the tragic tales OF the Spanish con-
quest OF Mexico. His name is now honored In
the country over VIII en- he ruled $40 years ago
aud the grand ceremony of Sunday last before
his statue in the city of Mexico is one of the
proofs of the fact. Speeches Of euogy were
made in the Aztec language which Guatemozn
spoke and in the Spanish language which Cor
teZ, his executioner, spoke. From what ia
known of his character. life and Deeds 1t may
be said that he was worthy of the honor.
SELDOM does one hear Of an elopement when
the man is the moneyed one of the partnership
about to be formed, says the PHILADELPHIA
Times. II he s able to take his wife to pretty
home, has an established position in business
and society, neither of them see any reason for
running walking away and having the GER
emory performed clandestinely. They have
either a church or home wedding with all
their friends around them, and start out In
their married life in an open and above board
manner which, even though the future wears
may bring much of sorrow, is the only cor
rect way to bagin venture that is for life
When couples elope it is their excuse that
they loved each other so much that they saw no
use in living apart any longer. Hardly ever
has the groom enough to more than pay the
minister. and nine times out Of ten his great
love is for the prospective future of the bride
who is a young thing believing implicitly in his
vows of love, and thinking il a very romantic
thing to defy parents and friends by thus be-
ginning her married lite ny an act of deceit.
There is not mucn romance about 1t when
the necessaries of life seem far more unattain-
aole than did the luxuries when she
was In her own home, aud too fire.
quently the great love that prompted
the hasty step turns to bitterness
before the first year Of married life has elapsed
Now a marriage purely for money, whether on
the bride or the grooms part, is a commercial
transaction thoroughly despcable in the eyes
OF any rlght-minded man or woman, yet many
such have proved far more happy than the one
which started out in the love of two Young
hearts with no financial backing. when pov.
erty comes in at the door love flies out at the
window" sounds very cynical, but there can be
no sentiment when there is NO steak no ro-
nance without roast beef