The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-14

bleau.
The Presidents March," composed
by Fyles in honor of President Wash
ington in 17SS and to which the words
of Hail Columbia" were set in 1913.
was probably the most popular patri-
otto air about 1900.
Wake Island in the North Pacific,
which the United States owns, is bare
ly one square mile in area and has
little economic value except for the
guano deposits on its rocky surface
and possibly as a stepping stone OF
cable connection between the United
States and its Asiatic possessions.
The gold dollars which were is
sued in connection with the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition have been on
sale for some time, and some of the
New York banks must have them.
Price, SO each. There are two kinds
one with the bust of Mckinley and
the other with the bust of Jefferson.
Soap, tobacco and stationery cam
not be sold after $50 in the evening
or before o'clock in the morning here
after in Belleville, H., by decree of
the Clerk Union. The prohibition
on tobacco after shutdown was extend
ed to soap, stationery and other ar
ticles sold by druggists and other
stores.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Drew of Big
Rapids celebrated their golden we'd
ding Sunday, five of their ten children
all of whom live out of the state, be-
ing present. One feature of the oc-
casion was the presence at breakfast
nf CT xyh ar
down to the wedding breakfast fifty
years ago.
Candidates for admission to the
West Point Military Academy, if be-
tween II and Is years of age, must
not fall below five feet three inches in
hight and 100 pounds in weight; if
between Is and 10 years, five feet three
and a half inches in hight and los
pounds in weight; if over 10, five feet
four inches in hight and ITO pounds
in weight.
Canada pays to the British gov
eminent one-half the cost of the main
tenance of the Imperial troops pro-
Vided for her defense. while New
Zealand Is a party to the naval agree
ment of 1903, under which she pays
her proportion of an annual colonial
contribution of $1,000, 900 for the naval
defense of herself and the Common
wealth of Australia.
According to the best modern au
thorities the so-called amber found in
Syria, India and Madagascar is not
amber at all, but a resin, nerly allied
to copal, which is the product of leaf
bearing trees growing at the present
day- True amber is the resin of aci-
cular trees long since extinct, and there
Is good deal of conflict among scien-
usts as to which geological period
it belongs to.
In 1912 party of English adventur-
ers direct from New England attempt
ed to settle at Oyster Bay, and actual
~ purchased the land from the In
Qlans, put the Dutch drove them out.
eventually compromise was made
and the Dutch and English divided
Long Island between them. The flrst
permanent settlement on the site of
the present village of Oyster Bay was
then made in 1858.
1t is stated that over 100000 acres
of land in the United States are own
ed by members of the English aristo-
cracy ana British land companies and
syndlcates. Most of these estates are
situated in the Southern and Western
states. A Dutch corporation is said
70 own 100000 acres of land in the
wesl ana a German company 1000, 900
acres IN several states. Alien land
i io OWN property In most of the
larger cities of the Union.
"A remarkable suggestion, bearing
upon the survival of organic life at ex-
trerely low temperatures. was made
In a paper by Prof. Travers of ITni-
Verslty College, Bristol, read recently
DeIore the Royal Society in London. He
SAID II was quite possible that If living
organisms were cooled only to tenn
peratures at which physical changes
such as capitalization, take place with
measurable velocity, the process world
be fatal whereas if they once were
cooled to the temperature of liquid air
no such change could take place in
nlIte time. and the organism would
survive.
"A remarkable appliance, the in
vention of an Englishman, says the
London Express, will shortly make it's
appearance at the seat of war, and
may be expected to have considera Bile
eHect on the progress of the campaign.
1t consists of an automatic aeroplane
containing powerful photographic
apparatus. 1t can be sent up to a
considerable hight and driven four
miles away from the base, at which il
is held captive, and brought back after
taking a complete Photographic map of
two miles of the country over which il
has lowered. Thus an army possess
ing this apparatus can safely obtain a
detailed plan of an enemy's position
showing In every particular the dis
position of guns trenches and forces
moreover. the aeroplane will register
the exact distances or all the objects
FRANK w. Mahin, the United States
consul at Nottingham. England. sends
copy of the LEICESTER Hosiery Trade
Journal, which contains an account of
an enterprise in Algeria to manufac-
ture natural soap on large scale from
d tree known as "Sapindas utilis." This
plant, which has long been known In
apan, emma and India, bears a fruit
ABOUT the size OF a horse chestnut
shlooth ana round. The color varies
from a yellowish green to brown. The
inner part is of a dark color and has
an oily kernel The tree bears fruit IL,
Its sixth year, and yields from IS TO 2ao
pounds OF fruit, which can easily he |
harvested in the fall BY using water
Oh alcohol, the saponaceous ingredient
OF the fruit is extracted. The cost ~ |
production Is said to be small and the |
soap, on account of possessing NO AL
kaline qualities, is claimed to be an
perior to the ordinary soap of com
merce.
When an old fr,.I