The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-29

line Australian government mas de-
cided to levy an import duty of 6
cents pound from Sept. 1 on all news
papers and periodicals containing more
than Is per cent. of printed matter
in the form of advertisements.
There are nearly as many "opti-
clans" in New York as barrooms, and
some of them do not care what they
do to a mans eyes so long as they
can sell a pair of glasses. Even push
cart opticians do a thriving business.
Incense is extensively used all over
the Orient, and last year 1887 .cwts.
Q,493,74 pounds) were shipped to Bonn
bay, which is great distributing point,
and 1910 cWts. Q,426,S80 pounds, to
European ports, the greater portion of
it going to Marseilles and Trieste.
Butter color is made from aniline.
and the desired shade is technically
called "azo." AS a very small guam
tity will color a large amount of but
ter, the presence of the chemical can
not be detected by the taste, but in
large amounts it is poisonous to a de-
gree.
In the state of Washington there
is a remarkable old tree. Inside of it
twenty adult persons have gathered
at one time, and, comfortably seated,
have eaten their lunch, which they
spread around the wonderful living
spring that bubbles up continually in
the center.
Lea Park. the home of the late
Whitaker Wright, together with LAP
acres of park and agriculture and 1000
acres of heath land, was offered at auc-
ton in London on July %. The estate
and its adornments cost Wright SO, $780,
600, but the most offered for it was
$725,000, and it was withdrawn.
Within a very few weeks active
work will begin in China upon what
is undoubtedly destined to be the larg-
est college in that country, devoted to
broad educational principles in the
English language and in accordance
with the most modern high school and
college methods. This institution is
the Canton Christian College.
What is declared to be the largest
boom of cedar logs ever moved on
Pudget sound was towed into Ballard
recently by the tug Tillicum, Capt.
Charles Worth. 1t contained thirty
eight sections of from sixty to one
hundred cedar logs each or the equiva--
lent of 100000 feet, according to the
estimate of those on the tug.
The Danes have a new field gun
which can fire 200 rounds a minute,
weighs less than fifteen pounds, and
has great range. Every Danish
cavalry regiment has a gun detach-
ment now. One man carries the gun
in a leather case attached to his sad
die, another carries ammunition and
horse is loaded with a reserve sup
ply. "a
of the many presents that the King
of Denmark has received during his
long life there is not one which he
prizes more than crown of gold which
was given to him on the occasion of
his golden wedding by the school chill
dren of Denmark, who had contribut-
ed but one penny each. The crown is
composed of golden corn ears and
clover ears.
Unfortunately the largest diamond
in the world is not of the crystalline
sort used as a gem. If it were, its
value would be fabulous for it is
seventeen times larger than the ia
nous Victoria diamond, the largest of
modern finds, which was sold for 81
100000. It's value depends upon the
broken up, for it is of the amorphous
kind, known technically as carbon.
In ten years Maryland has jumped
from fifth to third place in the will
low-ware industry of the United States
ranking now next to New York and
Pennsylvania. Baltimore is one of the
three willow-ware centers which only
have shown any actual growth in the
business. In Maryland the center of
the willow district lies in Howard coun-
ty In the neghborhood of Elkridge
alone the output of willow exceeds S.
600 per annum, while Anne Arundel
county contributes $500.
The Parsee. or Zoroastrian, COM
munity of Bombay, who number under
$4,000 in ALL are threatened with dis
integration by Western and Christian
influences. Their wealthy young men
visit and reside in London, Paris and
other European cities, where they fire.
quently take to themselves European
wives. Three cases have just occurred
Oh Parsees thus marrying white wom-
en-, one marrying a Jewess and one a
French woman. There are great dis
sensions among the Parsees in India
as TO whether the non-Parsee wives
should be received as proselytes.
~ - AiCN yet NAH d century since
Col. Drake discovered petroleum on
the waters of Oil creek, near Titus
vile, Pa. The total production of
crude petroleum from 1859 to 1902-for-
ty-three years-has been no less than
1,165,2S0,727 barrels. OF this output
Pennsylvania and New York contrib
uted 3D.. per cent; Ohio, 24.3 per cent:
West Virginia, 11.3 per cent; Indiana.
80 per cent; California, 3.6 per cent.
Texas, 2.1 per cent, leaving g per
cent. to be supplied by Kansas, Colora-
do, Louisiana, Illinois, Missouri. Indian
Territory, Wyoming, Michigan and Ok
lahoma.
Twelve years ago this summer the
'rainmakers" were at the hight of
their renown in Western Kansas. In
going back over its files the Smith
Center Pioneer finds that it published
this notice in 1892: Il wish to inform
the public of Smith county that If they
will deposit $500 in some bank Of Smith
Center l will make 1t rain any week a
committee appointed for the purpose
should suggest, and If satisfactory to
them l receive the $500. and If not /
receive nothing, after which, II desira-
Bile, l will enter into contract with
Smith county TO furnish rain for so
much per cultivated acre through the
crop season .-Rube Jarvis"
With the death Of John NJ. Jones.
Of Palmyra, at his home there, recent
ly the business world loses a man who