The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-23

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ment except the treasury.
In case of a cold wave warning
! 100000 kilograms are often distributed
within a few hours, and the weather
/ bureau claims that in one instance
sS,4OO,OO0 worth of property was saved.
The British cavalry soldier is to
/ carry a rife in place of a carbine. The
! but of the rifle will rest in leather
socket fastened to the saddle, just be-
hind the trooper, and will stand up
right, the muzzle being attached TO
the left shoulder by a sling.
The foundations of Roman villa
have been laid bare in Greenwich
Park, London, by the park keeper. The
space opened has an area of about six
teen feet, and the only loose materials
found, so far, are some tiles. The dis
| coVery is regarded with great interest
by local antiquarians.
Out of 1900 species of plants gath
cred in Europe for commercial pur-
poses, one tenth have a pleasing per-
fJune and are used in the manufacture
of scents and soaps. The color of LIZA
| species is white, 1877 having perfume;
951 are yellow, II with a scent; 1913 are
red, 594 blue and 20S violet, the num-
Der of these having a pleasant odor
being "a, "a and 199, respectively.
The little town of Malin, in Bohe-
mia, would doubtless never have been
heard of outside of local districts were
it not for the fact that it produces the
| finest horseradish in the world. Malin
horseradish is known all over Europe,
and one of the Department of Agri-
| culture experts at Washington, Mr..
| Fairchild, has been successful in OBJ
| tanning a large number of cuttings of
the best variety of this famous plant
which are to be distributed among the
growers in this country.
The largest induction coil, which
produces the longest spark for service
in wireless telegraphy, is said to be the
| one which was recently made for
flashing messages between the coast
Of Japan and Korea. 1t can produce,
In fact, miniature streak of light
| ming forty-fiVe inches in length, capa-
| Bile of killing any number of persons
who might get in its way, and when
IN operation sends out something like
| thunder rolls. The entire apparatus
weighs about 1000 pounds.
Every one is familiar with the hook
eyelet now commonly used on boots
and shoes. The man who invented it
could dispose of it only by selling the
complete title to his patent to a shoe
company. Even the shoe company did
not fully appreciate the value of the
| invention which they had acquired, for
the hook and eyelet was regarded as
an eccentricity and would require ex-
| penslve machinery in it's manufacture
1t is said that the inventor realized
| but $500 for his hook and eyelet.
The other day a priest presented
himself to the cashier of the Parker
House, in Boston, and handed him $50
for which he asked receipt. When
asked to whose account the money
| should be credited the priest replied
that 1t came from one of his flock who
| had requested him to hand it to the
Parker House cashier, and to have it
credited to the conscience fund, with
out revealing the identity of the per-
| son Tor whom he was acting. The
money was credited as directed.
Fifty years ago Alexander Grant of
Glengarry, Ontario, went to California
in search of gold. AS nothing was
heard of him within reasonable time.
younger brother, Lewis, started out
in search of him, and he, too, vanished.
| Then the youngest brother, Thomas.
took up the quest. and, like the others.
ne passed from his parents ken Re
Gently Alexander and Lewis accidental
ly met at Kalamazoo, where the child
OF the latter was attending a school
Taught by the formers daughter Moth
ing has yet been heard of Thomas.
The American navy has undergone
oo1.lys HI
last generation. The new navy had
its beginning in 1882, when, on Feb.
l OF that year, Secretary Hunt submit
ted to Congress the minority report of
the Advisory Board, appointed on June
~, 1881, upon the condition of the navy
and the plans for building steel and
iron vessels of modern type Since
the war with Spain the navy has risen
by leaps and bounds, and has actually
been almost quadrupled in the last four
years. No such progress has been
achieved by any other navy-in fact,
the advance made by other big naval
powers sinks into insignificance beside
the stupendous development in the
United States. In 1880 the appropria-
tons amounted to about ST., OOO, 900, in
1887 they were about SIS, 000, 900, and it
had not passed much beyond 800 900, 600
when, in 1893, came the war with
Spain The present Congress is asked
for about $780, 900 for the navy, but
large proportion of this amount is
asked for the construction of new YES
sells and the continuance of work on
those under construction.
"A rather singular example of sac
rifice in the cause of science was men
toned by Prof. Poulton in his lecture
at the Royal Institution, says the
Daily Graphic of recent issue, on the
protective colors of insects. When |
the reasons for the coloring of butter
flies wings was first examined, and
put on basis of agreement with the |
theory of natural selection, it was
pointed out that there were two kinds |
OF coloring, THE reasons for which APP
peared at first sight mutually contra
dictory. There was the coloring which !
insects appeared to assume so as to |
identify themselves as closely as pos |
sible with their surroundings, and so |
to ecape observation; and this was
easily understood, because insects |
which eluded the observation of their |
enemies survived longest But there |
were besides many butterflies and cat |
erpillars which were extremely con-
spicuous in their coloring whose fiaunt-
ing hueS were a constant advertise |
ment of their presence. Why had
natural selection given them these
characteristics? The reply was sug-
gested by Darwin that possibly these
colorS were associated with insects
which made distasteful food for their
enemies. SO it was found to be. The
very bright caterpillar was us,aIlv