The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-05

nually. According to the director gen
erals report, only $4,000 are examined
annually, and Of these about 2S,5OO are
rejected, giving a deficiency of $500 per
annum, which England hopes to make
up by colonial assistance.
Says a writer in The Worlds Work:
Eastern people still speak of the
Wild West, but there is more wild land
within two hours ride of Boston, to
say nothing of Western Massachusetts
| and parts of Northern New York, than
can be found in the whole corn belt.
The people of this section, which is
destined to become the center of our
population and wealth, will soon be
speaking of the Wild East"
The ship canal from Lake Huron.
in Georgian bay, almost due south to
Lake Ontario, near Toronto, upon
which work has been in progress for
several years, will shorten the lake
route 250 miles. The highest point is
600 feet higher than Lake Ontario, and
the drop Of sixty-six feet in four miles,
| at PeteTboro, made necessary the
| building of the largest locks of the
kind in the world. They are now conn.,
pieted.
Kerosene inebriety is becoming
common in many cities. The boys
climb upon the tank ear, place their
noses over the manhole and thus in
hale the fumes. The effects produced
are similar to those produced by alco-
hol First a feeling of exhiaration,
then a period of stupor, and following
is the period of deep sleep. 1t is stated
that in. several instances boys, drunk
from these fumes, have been taken to
hospitals.
The town of CIaye, in the depart
ment of Seine-et- Marine. France, re-,
ports a new way to cure the cigarette
habit. A man in that town had been
smoking cigarettes for thirty years.
One day he began to reckon up the
number he had consumed. He found
that he had smoked enough to reach,
If placed in a continuous line, from
his house to Paris, a distance Of twen-
ty-five miles. He computed the total
number at 100000, or an average of
eighty day. He no longer smokes.
, Not long ago much was heard about
an American family in. Athens the
members of which were exciting much
lnirth by visiting the scenes of Greece's
ancient greatness, clad in classic robes,
men and women. 1t turns out now that
this family was no other than that of
which Isadora Duncan. the dancer. is
the most noted member. Miss Duncan,
it will be remembered, dances poems
in Greek costumes. Doubtless she was
preparing for a season in Athens and
found little advertising advisable.
Mrs. Overton, who lives near Glea-
son, Tenn, came in town the other day
for the purpose of seeing a passenger
train. She is 80 years old and has
lived within fifteen miles of the rail-
way nearly all her life, but had never
even seen the track up to this time
Or hearing the train approaching she
became very much excited and refused
to so near the track, thinking the train
a great monster capable of doing her
harm If it desired. She returned home
greatly worked up over her adventure.
of the recent visit of the King and
Queen of Italy in Paris. the most note
worthy feature was the part taken In
all the ceremonieg by Nine. Loubet.
Heretofore, because she has no official
station. the wife of the French, Pres-
dent has been compelled to remain in
| the Background during royal VISITS.
This time, however, Nine Loubet was
placed on terms of equality with
Queen Elena, with whom she estaD-
lished most cordial relations. Now,
the question which is agitating Paris
is whether Nine. Loubet will be invited
to accompany her husband when he re-
| turns the italian visit in the spring
1t has been semi-offlcially announced
that an invitation will be sent to her.
If this is so a completely new social
tradition will be established by Italy's
Economically inclined monarch.
Between India and Africa lies the
| hottest place on earth, says Golden
Penny. The Avail Islands cover a fair
ly extensive area, of the Persian Gulf,
lying off the southwest coast of Persia
and it is the largest of them which
enjoys the doubtful distinction of lead
ing all perspiring competitors in the
matter of heat. The mean tempera-
ture of Bahrein for the entire year is
| SO degrees. July, August and Septem-
Der are uncomfortable save for the ma
tives. Night after night as midnight
comes, the thermometer shows 100. BY
in the morning it is 107 or 1OS degrees.
| and by in the afternoon 140 1t is
stated by various travellers that $4,000
Arabs inhabit the Avail group, fully
'2o,OO0 living on Bahrein, in which con-
nectfon Sir Henry Layard adds: ut
would seem that man can accustom
himself to anything" The following
are the temperatures at some of the
hottest places in different countries:
Hyderabad, los degrees; Lahore, 1O7 de-
grees; Ell Paso, 113 degrees; Mosul.
III degrees; Agra, lit degrees: Death
Valley, 122 degrees; Algeria, 1877 de-
grees: Fort Yuma, 12s degrees; Jacob
nodad, 122 degrees; Bahrein, 14O de-
grees.
Prof. Sir William Ramsay the
other day inaugurated the coming SEES
sion of University College, London. bv
delivering a lecture on THE Recent
Researches Which Have Led to the
Discovery of the Properties of the EN-
anatlons from Radium," says the Lon
uon standard. A great advance he
sara, mad been made since it had heen
manifest that there was a material
constituent in these phenomena. one
700, that already co-existed in the air
history had shown, noteworthy de-
Nelopment in our notions CONCERNING
the atmosphere. Originally it was.
synonymous with all elementary "ras''
or spirit" but ever since the age Of
experimental chemistry there had been
a gradual growth in the knowledge of
IT'S really complicated composition Its
| existence as mixture of oxygen and
nitrogen had been matter of every
DAY knowledge for nearly a ceflturyi
but only the last few years had seen
the discovery of several obscure con-
stltuents, one of which (helium) was
now known to be an integral factor
IN the composition of radium, These
carnations, about which so much had
peen said for year past, were real
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