Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-03
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

wife have often been noted, aud have
been ascribed 10 the influence exertcd
by each on the other during many
years Of life together. This explanation,
however, does not satisfy NJ. Her
mann Fol, careful French observer,
who Ia convinced that In large num-
Der OF cases there IL a more or less
striking similarity from the begin
ming and who concludes that In
such cases marriage " due to qualities
poscssed by the couple IN common,
not TO those In which they differ Tho
resemblance In the many newly mar
ried peopie visiting Nice flrst drew his
attention TO tho subject. The curious
phenomenon no impressed him that he
obtained the photographs Of 25i cou.
pies for comparison, and he found n 10.
semblance between husband and wife
In 1872 (atout 60 go per cent OF the 1875
young couples represented, and In ~
tabout 7l4 per cent? Of the 80 old
couples.
A BLOOMING REoIoS.---Thc Mari.
timo ALPS, n small department In
Southern France blessed with mn eS-
ceptionally mild climate, makes n
specially Of growing flowers, particu.
larry In the winter eeason. The pro-
duct has become really astonishing,
reaching an annual total Of 3,B0s, 900
Kilograms (nenrly 100000 pounds)
having u value OF about i5,O0O,OOO
francs. This includes 100000 kilo.
grams Of orange blossoms, the chief
crop; 1000, 900 Kilograms Of roses; lo7,.
900 Kilograms OF violet-; $4,000 kilo.
grams Of Jnsmlnc; 1905 Kilograms Of
tuberoses; 10000 Kilograms Of Jonquilr,
and D,0DJ Kilograms VI mignonette.
The bluish.grry color OF the shell OF
the crab and the lobster II found 10 be
due 20 the superstition Of two pig
ncnts, one red aud the other blue. The
blue pigment Is easily destroyed, ~ by
boiling and sometimes by disease, lcav.
Ing the more stable red In NIL liz bril-
liancy.
A green tree frog In the London
Geological Gardens prefers wnsps to
other food, despite occssional stings.
A rgfcycLE DRIVEN ny rrIRuLEuM.
Among the latest attempts 10 pro.
duco satisfactory motor Tor light road
vehicles IL that OF Mr.. Edward Butler,
Of Greenwich, England. Ills appa-
ratus IA a petroleum motor tricycle.,
which isexpecied 10 run forty miles, nj
a rate OF three 10 ten miles an hour, on
n consumption Of one gallon OF pc
troleum or benzolene. The motor Il
placed on the rear wheel, which Il
covered by Al oil rrs,tvoirsi n cal acity
Of the. and \ half gallons, aud has a
cylinder IN each side aud ny-wherl
close TO It, spokcs. The first stroke "
the pistons draws In the air and
oil vnpDr. the second stroke com.
presses the charge, which Ia
exploded nj the third stroke, aud OK.
hausicd ON the fourth. The crank
shaft operated by the plstons IL gcareI
TO give motion 10 the rear or driving
wheel In the ratio OF toi. Tn. com.
pressed charges are alternately ignitcd
by spark from an electric battery
under the seat between the two forward
wheels. Stopping and starting are ac-
complished by raising and lowering
the driving wheel by foot lever on
csstorr, steering Ia effected by pair Of
rocking handles actuating the front
wheels, aud the speed In regulated ny
throitle-vslvc lever. Tho complies
machine weighs 80 pounds.
1ifE srEfANirE ALUMINIUM rROCYss.
"A minute Percentage of aluminium
has the effect, NJ !. well known, OF
lowering the melting point 81 Iron or
rieel, making II extremely fiuid, and
facilitating the production Of castingr
ffee from hlow-holes. Tho new Stef.
ahite process, with which experiments
have been made In Germany, Il de-
signed 10 lrEsen the cost Of the alloy
aud mako Its general use practicable.
This process consists simply IA the
addition Of emery md alum before the
iron ore or pig II melted, the reaction
OF the alum on the emery giving rise
to. vapors Of metallic aluminium,
which Instantly alloy themselves with
the Iron, inpaftlng the improved quail.
ties which have hitherto been gained
by the addition Of manufactured luml.
mum or fcrro-ailuminium.
Or. Corpul, Belgian sanitary ON.
dial, reports the animal army death.
rate 10 De s.e7 pet cent Ia Germany,
i.07 In belgium, 0 In France, and G.Si
In Austria-hunsary.
BuILDISo STONES AND FRosr.-.
An English chemical journal reports
series OF experiments by Mr.. Ban.
achingcr 10 determine the resistance 10
frost of natural and artificial building
stones. From tire 10 Nix pieces OF
ench kind were selected, and their
tensile strength, wet and dry, their
capacity for absorbing water, alteration
OF volume, tensile strength and bchav-
Tor toward water after freezing aud
thawing twenty-five times, and their
specific gravity were determined. OF
sanplaa OF twenty-one Different kinds
Of natural stone only slx-one OF do
lorlte, one Of dioritc, and four sand.
stoues-werc found TO resist repeated
freezing, though four others resisted
fairly, but not absolutely. OF forty.
one samples Of artificial stone similarly
tested, only three were thoroughly I'M
affected, while eight were fairly re.
sistant.
TELEpRAPHic cAnLEs. - When u
" considered that some 10000
messages daily are sent over the ten
cables connecting Europe and North
America, something win be- realized
Of the present Importance OF submarine
telegraphy. The cables OF the world,
according to Mr.. Geo. w. Nlven, now
number l0ib, of which 7Os belong 10
governments and 2i1 10 private com.
panies. The total length IA 10000
nautical miles, Of which lO7,5i9 miles
are owned by private telegraph COM
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