The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-16
PREVENTED BY CUTICuRA SOAP.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

What promises 70 be che arsi cleo
tricity station in the Congo district Is
soon 70 be started a. he Roman Catholic
Mission q Lu.uabourg. which Us situated
on the river Lub.a. tributary % the
Kaosas river. which Is itself a tributary
Of the Congo. says the London Electrical
Engineer The head u the mission w'o
has for several years been To- Lnius-
hourg. is now proceeding there again.
taking with him a dynamo. turbine.
lamps cables wires. etc. he propose
20 obtain the necessary power nom q
waterfall the falI being some twenty
eight feet high The dynamo VIII light
'51 lamps. and Il ls proposed - install
l0o incandt scent lamps end three are
amps Tho dynamo was manufactured
hy a firm BOO CharleroL and the turbine
IS 81 French construction.
The "four-day" liner. says tho New
York Tribune IS the term used In spe1S-
Ing Of the propo "a new thirty-knot . an 2
Atlantic steamship. But 90 Is not yet a
fact. and there are many intelligent pc o.
sons on the other side % the Atllrtit
as well as on this side, who are not
sanguine that 80 great a stride lea speed
VIII De made ln the near future. n D s
been said by many that the present six
day ships move AZ the highest speed that
can be- probably attained. In table
prepared for the Scientific American %
S. shown that the expense per trip 81 "A
four-day liner would be 81 per cen. more
than that % the Deutschland which Is
the largest and fastest ship now In the
transatlantic steamship trade. and that
her first cost would Doe nearly double
that Of the Deutschland In an artisie
on Decades OF Speed" recently publ h
c3 in the London Shipping World. Il was
shown that in propo ton 90 the weight
moved a 2s-knot boat required Is per
cent more power 10 sain ~ per cent. on
the speed OF a slower vessel
A novelty IN messenger call.boxes is
about 20 be introduced in New York city.
The new boxes. which via take the place
Of the familiar messenger calls. viii each
carry telephone. In sign they are
circular. abous eight inches tn diameter.
and carrying on one side small lever.
which Is used when 20 Is desired simply
10 call messenger on the other side is
a hook from which hangs q telephone re-
eiver. the tran smittur being on tho front
of tho case There arc no call b lls and
as at present arranged the district mes
senFer Office cannot call up the house IN
which the box IS installed To call the
district Office the subscriber has only 20
remove he telephone from the hook when
he can give his message. can tho police
~ FIRE department. send q boy on any a.
sired errand or, In short hold any de-
sired communicat on with the district or
hcc. SO Tar no Arrangement for inter-
connecting subscribers has been made.
bus. % course he system may develop
IN the future. Il is TO be Introduced in
New York Immediately. There are now
N fas4 a.
that city.
The shah Of Persia. like our early
Quakers. religiously objects 20 taking on
his hat in Christian church. says the
Chicago Record on his way from 81.
Petersburg 10 Paris the Shah stopped al
Cologne. and expressed a wish to see the
Interior OF the famous cathedral. His
Grand Niz.er was sent 20 the eccle-
siastical authorities 20 make the nccdful
arrangcmorts for his masters visit how
ever sublime bis position. should uncover
his head while in The cathei ral "In chat
case" said the Grand Vlz'er. my master
win never come" Subsequently. how yer.
4 was arranged thai an ordinary visitors
should be excluded during the shah's
presence and that he and his ten min
listers should be permitted 20 inspect the
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for such f. the dedication Of the cathe-
dral-not, indeed with Their ten hats
but with ten small lambs wool caps un-
on their heads IL was realistically. but
very conveniently. determined that this
would be no more irrevcrent than tho
wearing q bereua by a priest or ~ a
inter by the archbishop with n tho sacred
walls
On the cycle track az the Crystal Pal
ace two motor cars ran a distance % 0oo
miles without stop. SAYS the Lon ION
Times. The two cars engaged were both
made by the societe Decauviue OF Paris
one being OF hve-horse- power ana tho
other OF eight Both we're driven by pc
troll, with electric Ignition The drivers
changed from time 20 lime the cars he
ing slowed down. though not stopped for
the purpose Ia tho same way the sun
piles Of oil and water were repicnishad
The only exception 10 the uon-etoD ritio
WAS IN tho case 81 the not unlikely con-
tlngeucy Of the failure Of one OF the m IL
maiir tires with which the cars are NJ
ted. II that happened the vehicle uleht
b stopped While q new tire Is substitute
ed but its engine must continue 20 work
Indeed strictly spc' king. the object OF
the trial IL 20 show ihat oil moters can now
BE made capable Of running without
stop for such a time a. would frlve
~ar 1000 miles. Neither the engines nor
the cars employed were specially huuf
for the occasion, and. therefore. dinlcul-
ties In lubrication may perhaps arise
which might easily be- guarded against
ia vehicle specially designed FOR the
purpose. TIE Two cars Travelled. the Ia =
er about twenty-five miles an hour am
the smaller about twenty-five As Il q
track measures three laps TO the mile
each car mad TO complete the circuit 1900
times. The trial ended In n SUCCESS FOR
the fve-horse-power car. which oon,,l.s-
ed the distance without having stoppe5
once The time occupied vas forty-eleht
hours aud tprcufv-fosr F7tfnusca