The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-28

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Mrs. Mary F. Cobb of Russiaville,
Ind, is the oldest Of the original
Daughters of the Revolution. having
reached her 1O1st year. She is the
daughter of a private of the Revolu-
ton and the granddaughter or one OF
Washingtons captains.
The Royal Academy was 1874 years
old Dec. TO- 1t was founded in 1853 by
King George III, who nominated
tnirty-six members and appointed
Joshua Reynolds, who was knighted on
that occasion, to be the first president.
Sir 2. J. Poynter is the tenth holder
of this distinguished position.
The waterfalls of Japan are almost
countless. Where there was not one in
the beginning the Japanese have made
one. Every little garden has fan or
two, without which it. would not be
considered a garden. Many beautiful
ones in various parts of the country
are visited by thousands of pilgrims
each year.
The Kayak oil fields of Alaska will
soon rival those of Pennsylvania and
Ohio, according to reports that come
from there. A tremendous gusher has
been struck about seventy-five miles
east of the mouth of the Copper river.
The oil is an Illuminating fluid having
a paraffine base. The region is ire
mendously rich in oil, which seeps from
the cliffs and rocks.
"A European letter to the Country
Gentleman says that the past year has
left England three inches short on the
average rainfall, and that there is con-
tinued cutlery among the farmers with
in a radius of forty miles about Lon
don. The underground reservoirs have
| been drained to a lower depth than
| usual, and diggers are badly needed
for deepening village wells that never
gave out before.
The enormous length of the names
of some of the native recipients of hon
ors in connection with the Durbar has
given rise to the suggestion that the
possessors of these should be known at
official functions by a number, says the
London Chronicle, One can imagine,
for instance, the embarrassment of the
servant who has to announce to the
yiceroy the advent of his highness, Sir
Padmanabha Dasa Varji Sir Bala RAJ
ma Varma Kulashekhara Kiritapati
Mani Sultan Maharaja Raja Rama
Raja Bahadur Shamsher Jang of Ira
Yancore. AS many of these titles are
recurrent, it would perhaps be wise of
the authorities to initiate the example
set by country clergyman. 1t fell to
his lot to have to read the third chap
ter of Daniel in which there is fire.
quent reference to the Sound of the
cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery,
dulcimer and all kinds of musick," and
having, as he thought, done full JUS
tice to the composition of the orches-
ira on the first reference, he skilfully
avoided all further detail by SUBSTITUTE
ing the words. land the band as be-
fore:'
At a recent meeting of the Nation
al Agricultural Society (of France),
says the Cosmos, M. Lamey reported
that the eucalyptus is a dangerous
tree in the neighborhood of springs,
which it dries UP rapidly. II have
SEEM said he. "a eucalyptus whose
roots had penetrated into the pipe of
a sink. The fountain that supplied
the house had been destroyed by the
roots of a neighboring eucalyptus tree,
which it was necessary to cut down.
At the forestry station of ST. Ferdi-'
nand, built near a spring that issues
from a natural grotto, the roots of the
eucalyptus trees planted above have
penetrated the assures in the rock
| anu nave y. covered the lIlle-
rior of the grotto with a thick, vel
vety layer formed by an innumera BILE
quantity of tiny rootlets, short and
tufted similar to those by which the
ivy clings to walls. Owing to their
energetic absorptive power these root
let's, greedy for water had also in
vaded and choked the conduits, so that
the outflow from the spring was great
ly reduced. We may say, then that al
though certain species of eucalyptus
are valuable aids in drying marshy
land, it is prudent to keep from plant
ing them in the neighborhood of
| springs used for domestic purposes or
irrigation"
Owls are really much cornmoner in
winter than one is led to believe by
the occasional specimens which are
seen abroad in the daytime, says the
, Woman's Home Companion. If we
searched the hollow trees systemati-
cally this morning we should probabl
| discover several screech- and per
haps some of the larger species We
might be surprised to find some of the
screech-owls red and others gray, and,
like the early ornithologists, we nigh
conclude that the difference in color
was due to difference in age or sex 1t
is now known that there are two dis
tinct color phases of this species not
| dependent on either age or sex, though
just what they are dependent on is not
! yet known. When taken from their
retreats in winter these birds frequent
ly feign death-shutting their eyes,
and lying perfectly still in the hand
[ BY and by, when they find that their
little ruse does not succeed, they will
snap their bills and bite and scratch
in a solemn but very effective manner
How they manage to get enough to eat
on these dark, cold nights is inys-
; terry to those unacquainted with the
woods, but as a matter of fact there
Is more prey abroad on winter nights
than is generally supposed Wild mice
are very 1iumerous-a fact which is at
tested by their footprints on the newly
fallen snow-and owls are most expert
mouse catchers. Their hearing is so
acute that not a squeak escapes them
and they themselves are so soft on the
wing that they do not alarm the game
"A watch which was made for King
Charles I of England is according TO
the Philadelphia Record, in possession
of one of the inhabitants of that city,
and in good working order 1t is of
the oldest matchmaking pattern and
made entirely by hand. The case is of
solid silver and adorned with beautiful
fllagree work. There is an outer case
of copper and a leather cover studded
with silver. Within the case there is