The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02
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in a temple in the secluded village of
Oodwada India, there burns fire which
was first kindled about 1920 years ago
and has been burning continuously ever
since, says an exchange. 1t is the sacred
fire of Beheram. consecrated by the an
Gent Parsees in commemoration of the
voyage they had just safely completed in
their migration from Persia to India. The
fire is kept going in fulhllment of a vow.
1t is fed at five stated times during the
day. The fuel is composed of sandal
wood, benZine and other odorous mate
rails, each of which is first subjected to
a peculiar form of religious ceremony.
During certain months of the year spe-
cially allotted to the worship of the ge-
MUS of fire the little village of Oodwada
is the Mecca of thousands of pilgrims.
William Harold. the cigar dealer, has
Just won a good hot fight, says the San
Francisco Post. For months his country
residence at Mill Valley has been infested
with hornets. Whence they came was
mystery, but every once in a while one
would dart out, stab some one, and dis
appear as mysteriously as it came. After
months of suffering Harold discovered
that the hornets had taken up their abode
between the walls on the shady side of his
house. He made a small aperture and
burned sulphur, but the disturbance was
only temporary, and resulted in more an
noyance to the owner of the house than to
it's vicious little tenants Then Harold
rled -chloroform, but the hornets only
slumbered for a while and woke with re-
newed energy. Finally he was compelled
TO tear out the whole side of his house, re-
move the pests and their mud houses, and
board it up again.
Few Americans know that this coun-
try owns a cemetery at Saltillo, Mexico,
and fewer stin are aware of it's shameful
neglect" said Col. ]. S. Ross of New Or
leans, according to the ST. Louis Repub-
lie Il visited the place not long ago and
felt Inundated by the evidences of the
lack of attention which are manifest.
Thousands of the bravest men who volun,
teered their services for the Mexican war
are buried there. Niggardly little head
stones mark most of the graves, but there
is no effort at decoration or orderly treat
ment of the cemetery. A few hundred dol
lars properly expended every year would
keep the graveyard in good shape, SO that
Americans would not feel ashamed of their
country when they visit it. l believe Col.
E. c. Moore of Missouri, while consul
general to Mexico during President Cleve>
lands first administration, tried to arouse
a sense of national pride in this matter
but further than the earnest and feeling
appeal he made to his countrymen moth
ing has been done SO far as I know
There is a singular vitality in Mormon
ism, says the New Orleans Picayune. Some
would have supposed that the admission
of Utah to statehood. with the special pro-
visions of the abolition of polygamy. the
cornerstone of this strange organization.
would have been fatal to it's existence.
How far the pledge is kept in good faith
it were impossible to say. Thus far Utah
has not asserted it as her sovereign pre-
negative to legislate on her own domestic
matters. But the organization still sur
wives in full glory and power. To an eX
tent that is little dreamed of, Mormon mis-
| sionarles, by twos and on foot are pene-
trating all parts of our country, away from
| cities and towns, and disseminating their
| literature and preaching the gospel of Jo-
seph Smith and Brigham Young, and with
some success. 1t is hard to know how, in
| this free country, to deal with this repul-
| sive problem. In some places they are
| given so many hours to leave. A coat or
| tar and feathers is the alternative offered,
| but, thus far they have shown no incli-
nation for this ignominious martyrdom.
Many amusing experiences nave been
the lot of the scientists who have been
says the Chicago News. Large birds are
| floating in the air and cannot quite make
| out what they are. Prompted by sharp
| curiosity they hover around the floating
| kites and subject themselves to the dan
| ger of becoming entangled in the silken
| string and being dragged down to earth.
| No bird, however has ever alighted Oh
| kite or attacked one While one seien-
fist was flying a train of five kites, a cou-
| Pile of years ago, a large silver-tipped
| eagle came suddenly out of the higher air
| and swooped round and round the first
| kite, looking against the sunset sky like
| a huge silver ball. AS the train of kites
was pulled in the eagle followed visiting
| one kite and then another seeming un-
| certain just what to do In few min
utes, when he seemed to have decided that
| they were not good to eat, and he knew
| nothing about them, anyway, he indig-
uantly flew off and was lost to view. An
| other experience was had with a stOrk
| that came from the New Jersey side OF
the Hudson and flew straight for the queer
object in the air. He apparently had made
| up his mind to go straight through l.,
| but changed and dived underneath. He
| went around and above it, and through
| a glass it could be seen that he cooked
| his eye at the intruder in most comical
manner. Re started away a few hundred
| feet, changed his mind and came swoop-
| Ing back He finally reluctantly went
to the inhabitants of the air. While kites
/ were high in the air one March focks
of geese Tying in the B-wedge flew oven
! They invariable stopped, broke up and
| lowered above the queer object, and az
last slowly reformed and few away. Will
the larger birds all come from hight
above the kites, the small birds Of the ali
will allght on the string holding the kite
and sway to and fro.
As a rule, no one is received in ar
exclusive Mexican home, unless his 50
cial caste is equal to that of the family
! he desires TO visit. and then he must needs
be presented and vouched for by friend
| IN whom the household has implicit con
/ ddence. says the Ladies Home Journal
| sutton, therefore, is not admitted to the
| residence OF his inamorata on her invi-
| tation alone, for the portero. I'm charg
day and night Of the great douby barred
| zahuan. giving entrance from the stree
/ to the inner courts of the house, is uude
instructions to admit no one. except 10y
order Of the parents of the senorlta, who's,
| audience is being so eagerly sought The
| young gentleman may earnestly pound
/ upon the massive brass knocker for hours