The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

quit work, being unable to handle tools.
"A marriage ceremony was performed
In Toronto recently with a substitute for
the ring which. though odd and amusing,
was appropriate for the OCCASION The
couple went over from the American side
of the st. Lawrence river but forgot to
take a ring. AS there was no ring to be
had in the house, the resourceful clergy
man sent for his wife's sewing scissors
and with the finger clasp completed the
ceremony.
The following curious advertisement
| recently appeared in London paper: "Old
False Teeth Bought-Many ladies and gen.
tlemen have by them old or disused false
teeth, which might as well be turned into
money. Messrs. r. d. and ]. B. of
-- -- Established since 1899, buy
old false teeth. If you send your teeth to
them, they will remit you by return post
the utmost value; or if preferred, they
will make you the best offer, and hold the
teeth over for your reply. If reference is
necessary, apply to Messrs. -, bank
ers, Ipswich"
THE Krupps beat the world in making
light field artillery" said one of the Eng
lsh officers in New Orleans looking after
stock shipments to newspaper man of
that city. II don't know any good reason
why the Germans should surpass the Eng
fish or American mechanics in that re-
spect,' he continued "but the fact re-
mains that they have set the pace ever
since the modern light, quick firing gun
was developed. The very latest piece they
have turned out is a wonder 1t is an
inch and half calibre field gun, built on
the take down principle. When bolt is
drawn il comes to pieces and makes a
load for three mules, one carrying the
gun proper, one the wheels and one the
trail and recol cylinders. The piece can
be re-assembled without tools in less than
two minutes The breech mechanism is
extremely ingenious. One jerk of a lever
throws it open. elects the empty shell
and pushes in a fresh cartridge which
has been deposited on a sort of carrier
In the rear All the gunner has to do then
is to shove the lever back into place and
pull the trigger"
The boat in which the adventurous
"Bowser" went through the Niagara rap
ids on Monday was a pioneer in its class.
but it was not the first vessel to accom-
plish the dangerous navigation of the
Niagara, says the Philadelphia Ledger. AS
long ago as 1861 the little steamer Maid
OF the Mist was taken through the rapids
from the foot of the falls to the placid
waters OF Lake Ontario, and in 1888 her
successor, another Maid of the Mist ac-
complished the same feat Nor is Bow
ser's' individual bravery without prece-
dent. Not to mention the large number of
men who have tried TO swim or float
through the rapids and lost their lives
by so doing, several men have passed
through safely, though, we believe. never
before by using a boat. In July, 1886, C.
d. Graham navigated the rapids in
barrel OF his own construction, and came
through alive, though very much ex-
hausted. In 1888 Charles A. Percy passed
safely through them, and the following
year Walter S. Campbell swan through
in cork jacket. So it has been demon
strated that the passage of the river
whirlpool and ALL can be accomplished
at favorable times, if one has luck but
as "Bowser" remarked, it is not likely to
become fashionable route for summer
tourists.
"A new method of making joints in
heavy wires and cables is explained as
follows: Sleeves of soft copper long
enough to receive the two cable ends for
distance about twice their diameter are
provided the walls of the sleeves being
sufficiently thick, so that the sleeve con-
tains as much metal to the running inch
as the cable, or more. The two ends are
butted in the sleeve, and the Jaws of
hydraulic press of considerab BILE power. but
lighter weight and small size, are set on
the joint One squeeze at pressure of
about forty tons to the square inch YIELDS
the sleeve and the cable into solid mass
so that If the joint is sawed apart, it is
impossible to tell where the metal of the
sleeve ends and that of the cable begins
An Italian electrician has invented an
electric cartridge which he offers as a
substitute for dynamite and smokeless
powder in mines, rock blasting and for
heavy ordnance. The composition used
in the cartridge is made up of carbonates
Of potash and chloride of ammonia. the
proportion varying according to the use.
The discharge is effected by an electric
spark, which produces electrolytic effects
upon the chemicals. The inventor claims
that the cartridges, until subjected to the
effect OF electricity, are entirely inoffen-
sive and perfectly safe; so that there will
be no necessity for isolating the magazines
where they are stored.
William T. Fee, United States consul
at Bombay, India, has the following 10
say on the question of electricity in In
dia: TN all India, Madras is the onlv
city where electricity is used as mower
for street railroads. Bombay's ira wovs
are run by horse power, and the civ is
lighted by gas. Electricity is used onIv
IN limited way; in some of the better
houses and bungalows and on an occo-
sional fete or holiday. a public park NAV
be lighted by a portable electric plant
me general merchant and dealer is not
sufficiently acquainted with electric man
fractures 10 make a successful agent
and, besides, the demand for goods of
this line is quite limited Bombay is an
immense city. with lord and sea SHINING
equal to the best. Il has large commerce
and trade and manufacturing interests
Its buildings are said to be the finest IN
india, and much wealth is conferred here
The appalling density of its populat ton and
the exorbitant rates of rental must fnd
relief in cheap and rapid electric transit
ELECTRICITY as motive power and light
must come soon, and l hope our manu-
facturers and capital seeking new fields
OF profitable and safe investment will
look well to this opportunity. The Rom
bay Tramway, an American comDanv
with head office in New York CITY some
time since applied to the municipality for
the privilege Of converting its power into
electricity. This has not as vet been
granted The municipal commissioner ~
H. Harvey, has declared his intention NJ
giving the city electric lighting and the
matter Is now open for bids and offers
Three or four local firms have rendered
bids. These firms, / understand are sir,-
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