Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-16

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marhsbie Find of Eggs.
The Milky Way, says Miss Agnei
M. Cierke In Popular Astronomy, u
made up OF Il lite number OF star
collections, each OF finite Dimensions
while the remainder OF the sky,
Instead OF being yelled with shining
orbs, thick.set In endless backward
files, shows a Gear back Rround
sprinkleu with stars, the proportions.
Numbers OF which diminish rapidly
with penetration into tho eIhefeh!
nbyssss. The siRr.depthe, ns Sir John
Herechel distinctly perceived, are
open, but, beyond Certain poidi,
empty. The eIsre and neoulae form
together q slupendous eystem, iraueu
on lines dimly significant OF 40 origin
una progressive relations. But sys.
ten cannot BIS inflnite-nOi, at any
rate, 10 sense inteliiglbls 10 The
human intellect. Both Observation
and rational iDierencs lnueed, while
setting no bounds to tue display oil
creative energy, enforce BELIEF In
terminated bidereal world, only u
certain horror vacui in the human
mind shfinks back from the void be-
JUuus anu tNDhNt
populacea to inbabit Imaginary wilder.
nesses.
A singular effect Of nomenclature
upon commerce nas been p0lnted tut
by an English chemist. Nitrate Of
soda, an imported manure, lie much
used by the farmers OF Great Britain,
while sulpbRte OF ammonia, d home
product at about tue came price, 10
strangely neglected. The suggested
explanation 10 that the name OF the
former chemical carries with 1t the
idea VI nitrogen, AS suIphate OF am
monia really contains 25 yer cent more
nitrogen, and Is the richest nitrogen
Jus manure available, 1t is proposed to
change its tsade name 10 Heterogeneous
suiphate."
Some iron tonics OF the phnrmn-
copeia are useless, others are harmful.
IL has been suggested that the iron
should be obtained In au ossimi able
form from vegetables, and the Idea has
been extended by French chemist,
NJ. Gabriel Viaud, who proposes to
feed tho vegetables with iron to pre-
pare them specially for use np tonic.
BY Bybtemstic msnuring, no would
provide vegetsD erlhavlng apyirequired
proportion OF iron.
"A little heat engine OF greater som
siveness than the radiometer OF
Crookes has been devised by MIR. A.
r. Bennett, an Euglish physiciat. Tho
motor begins to revJive the moment It
is exposed to daylight In the open air,
whether the sun is shining or not, the
action being uue to connection cur
rents yet up by the slight heating OF tho
motal surfaces and const quent expan.
sion OF the air thereon, wnlle the glass
ehade covering tue working part Ia not
heated anu cOndenses the air. In one
modification surpiue heat ia auto matic-
ally stored by the day Tor use at night,
fuch INCORPORATING continued to rotnte
throughout three favorablv months
without stopping day or night. Toe
instrument varies Ia speed with bato.
metric pressure and moisture OF the
air, IL capable OF making the dew point,
anu Can be used las cnlorimetor by
cooling 1t to the temperature, at which
rotation tceases, and then suspendlng
pieces oil heated metal inside. Ia this
way the specific hea,s OF substances
can be accurately compared, the mum.
Der OF rotptioBs caused being 10 dire OF
proportion TO the amount of INTRODUCED
heat. The instrument also promises to
DO OF service in measuring the com.
psrative neat retaining power OF
textile fabrics, boiler compositions, etc.,
anu toe relative heat cOnductiveness
OF thin threads and wires, white II Is
now being employed Ia n series OF
scientifically interesting teats OF the
comparative eensitivensss TO cOnvec.
ton effects OF various gases.s
The northern limit of true forest
land he's been found by Herr X. ROlcr,
n German student, TO reach its highest
latitude, 724 degrees, in tho Faimyr
peninsuia, from wbioh 1t rams east
ward to tho TschuLtschee peninsula,
then bends rapidly southwark. On
the Alaska coast 1t 10 near the Arctic
circle, and goeB gradually northward
to the Mackenzie delta, where IL al
tains tho highest American latitude
In about 90 upsrees. lis most southsrly
point is in 81 degrees [52 degrees 81 on
the East Main river, from wnlcn 1t
crosses Labrador, Greenland AMI Ice
land 10 the direction OF the Norm
cape.
The Heilmann locomolive--1r tray.
cling electric statidn-hRs attracted 30
favorable attention In France that tn.
applicability OF the system 10 the pro.
pultion OF large vessels Is TO be tested
on the Seine. The propelleTs will be
driven by electric motors Receiving
their energy from generatora urivon
by steam engine on board.
The recsnt starving OF some dogs ON
LIBERAL allowances OF water and nnsat
broth Ieapectivoly--iho former dying
In eighteen days, the latter In nine.
teen, has demonstrated the iusignin.
cant nutritive value Of meat brOths.
Refrigeration having been en-.
ployed for some years TO Tetard the
blooming time o. plant, the tech % ical
education committee Of the Kent
Connty Council, England, has ex,
perimented to determine whether the
ripening OF fruits could be delayed In
like manner. On August 20, apples,
pears, plane, French beans anu
Tomatoes were piRcol In two special
re!rigerating chambers, which were
then KEEP. III q temperature OF 50 10 40
degrees Fahr. 1t was soon found thai
the piums and vegetables could not be
kept long, but the appleB were sue.
cessiully ripened after the PROCESS had
been arrested Tor at least month. 1t
10 concluded that the cold storage ays.
lem on large scale offers consider
able advantage TO iruit growers, rs IL
viii enable them to keep bacE their
fruit during periods Of oyer.htockeu
markets.