The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-18

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In a course of lectures delivered
before the. Engineering Society Of. Biz
bingham University, Sir Oliver Lodge
recently advocated the use of the steam
T. turbine. He expressed belief that
the turbine engine OF the future would
use gas rather than steam. -
THE French Minister of Public
Works NJ Maruejouls, has, laid the
foundation stone of a new dry dock at
Brest. This has been planned to be
the largest in France, and is con-
sidered the first step toward, increas-
ing the importance Of the commercial
harbor at Brest, with a view TO att
tracing transatlantic shipping COM
panies.
The British Board of Inland Rev
enue. is making change in its prac-}
tice of taxing patent medicines. The
board regards the title ambitious
pills. liver pills. and head and
stomach pills" as Involving liability to-
medicine stamp duty, whereas the IT,
ties '"toflic mixture" Soothing SYRUP"
and "sBin lotion would not in them
selves involve liability.
The Paris municipal returns for the
week ended Aug. IS show that the
number of deaths registered was S12;
as compared with $40 during the week
previous and with the average of 918.
ALI zymotic diseases are at present
very rare. The number Of deaths from
violence was SO, including 10 suicides,
The number of marriages celebrated
was 494; 1,055 children were born (512
boys. 543 giEis), 27S of the total being
illegitimate.
The. Berlin Royal Institute of APP
piled Chemists has just published the
result of the examination of two speci-
mems of gold sent from two different
places near Ikoma, in German South.
east. Africa. One of them contains
$685. :, grammes of gold and 59.5
grammes of silver. The other, it is
stated, is even richer. 1t, is reported
that there is continuous arrival, of
gold seekers at Mombassa on their
way up country.
Recently British merchant, ship
took fire, and it BECAME necessary to
call the assistance of German man
of-war: lying near by. The German
bluejackets arrived on the scene Of
the fire promptly, clad In asbestos
suits, being practically fire-proof, An
English journal, in commenting on the
in the British navy for the protection
of our .bluejackets and stokers. under
like conditions?"
IA dog turns round several times
before lying down simply because his
far-away progenitors did it in order
toimake a bed In the grass or the snow.
In placing his noseA on his paws he
is doing what those same progenitOrs
10 nil fad
In the careful cleaning OF her fur" the
modern cat initiates her remote ans
=. cestoEs, which were able in this way
to remove odors likely to betray their
presence to their enemies and to the
animals they, were hunting =. c'..@ !.
1t seems that the ateachersA of {
France and England are also striving,
TO cement the union between the two
countries. !, : The National Union OF
Teachers in London has received inyi-s
tatiags from the French, Society Of
SdhoaImasters X and ,,SchoQ ln1istg ssses,
rAnd. from the .Associatiop, deS, ,Apeiens
EleYes, the first, TO a. conference at
Marseillesr and the. second to one at
Lille, The British Organization has
ANNOUNCED that it will be. represented !,
by four Of, its most n, distinguished /.
Is iieliipgslSS s.-&". ss..es.r -,.Te .f~yA.R
Copper rnelts at about 600 degrees
/ Fair, or 1,O5S degrees centr1grade
When 1T is heated within two or threea
hundred degrees of it's melting peint<
1T becomes. brittle and. friable, and
may be- actually pulVerized. When cop
per is fused it possesses. a, sea green
color Molten copper has the prop
erty of absorbing certain, gases, such
as hydrogen, carbonic oxide, sulphur
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/ on selidifying. This. causes serious
difficulties in. making castings, and
requires the employment of special pre-
cautions to prevent porosity.
The new buildings of the French
National Library in Paris are now
nearing completion. Among the orna-
nentation is a clock measuring, with
the decorations that surround 1t, six
feet in hight, with a diameter of a
meter and a half The carving is be-
|. ing done by M. Barrias. The dial is
surrounded by a laurel wreath in low
relief. s The figures on each side of it,
represent day and night. Underneath
is. the figure of a woman, reading,
sYmbofzing study. Above the dial ,isT
rthe head: Off Minerva, and. a, Greek
lamp seems to throw a light upon an
inscription composed by the Academic
DIES Inscriptions ct Belles-lettres.
Baron Burian Won Rajez,s who has, !.
been appointed by Emperor Francis
/ Joseph to succeed the late Herr Won
Kallay as Governor of Bosnia and
Herzegovina and Austro Hungarian
Minister of Finance, is acquainted
with. these provinces, having visited!
them some years ago with Won Kali
lay. He speaks their language, as
we'll as Greek Bulgarian, and Russian.
He entered the Oriental Consular Serv-
ice Gin 1872 and 5since then has held
various. posts at Alexandria, Buch-
Arrest, Belgrade. Moscow, Sofia and
>AAthens. He was born In 1850 OF a
Hungarian noble family. HIS principal
services were connected with the cleo
.tioR of Prince Ferdinand as chief Of
the. Principally of Bulgaria and the
thwarting of the Kadbars Mission to
that state. ~ = 81 tr.5tt =. ~
+ "A writer in the Rappe1 Of Paris
takes up the democratic reforms that.
according to. the Judgment of the
French Radical Socialists, ought to
accompany the two years. military
service. He suggests that the regi-
mental bands be done away with, and
points out that over 1900 men are
needed. to make the music. He also
calls the attention of the French Min
lister of War, Gen. Andre, to the dis
proporttonate number of men drawn
from, the ranks and practical service
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