Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-26

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It II not 10 the calendar ;hat we
should go 10 ma out the exact date Of
auiumn's beginning. says Rev. Thco-
dore Wood. che English naturalist. but
to the birds and the spiders, who indl-
cate the varying time with infalllblc
precision. His own pct winter prophet,
however. IL the caterpillar Of the Goat
Moih-a huge. evii.smelllng creature n
reddish brown hue. with n broad chocp-
late stripe running down iis back. For
three long years these 0dorous creatures
lnhablt the trunks ~ willow trees, Dor
Ink their way backward and forward
through ihe solid wood. and making
light but sufficient meal on the wood
which they cut away. During that
period trey Increase some 1000 times
IN bodily welFht-a r1te Of Increase
which would convert the io.pound hu-
man baby into monster OF about 3ii'
tons. And then. always In the nrtt
week In autumn. they leave ihe tree for
ever. and wander forth On the palinrs
In search Of secluded nook wherein
to turn TO chtysallds.
Probably the most compact hca; en-
CINE ever attempted il that driven by
carbon di1xide. A horizontal motor -
this Kind exhibited by Mr. W. y. Rob
efia To- the Franklin Institute had a bed
plate q by 10 Inches In Size. and total
weight OF only NJ pounds. Yet II was
claimed that the engine could develop
3 horse power. running az 1000 revolu.
lions per minute under pressure %
1900 pounds per square inch. The car.
bon dl0xide WIS contained In liqulncd
form In steel cylinders, and was heated
on Ne way 10 the engine In q small coll
OF copper pipe.
The later rercarches u Surgeon Ross.
% the British army, have not only
proved that malaria can be acquired
from a mosquito bite. but that the ma
laria parasite II mostly one ~ Insects
and only an occasional visitor 90 man.
Particular species ~ malaria parasites
even demand particular species OF mos.
qultoeH-a fact nt least partly explain
lng apparent vagariea In the dlftribu.
lion Of varieties ~ malaria. When nll
IL known. Europeans may be able 20
i've In climates now made deadly by
this pest
The new primary battery % o'Keen.
an, GAINED 20 D. cheaper source OF
electric ensrgy shan any other primary
battery yts devised. has negative pole
u xilc. aud a positive plate % Hppngy
lead, like the negative ~ a lead uccum-
ui1tjr. Tue lead plates are prepared
f0r use by uNldlxing W the air and
chars ng Mih sulphaie ~ lead In dilute
sulnhurir acid. The necessary acid for
eiectr5lyilc action IL contained IN fhe
positive plate IN the form % inert aul-
phhie u lad. and IN a MUD % water
containing Mtlc aulphaie Of zinc
suirhiie " lead 4,elng riuc,d %
mcsalllc lead and the zinc dissolved
when the circuit 4 cnsrd. The POSI-
tive plates arr rettrargrd by exposing
20 The air ansi then aulphrilns M ths
lcL. The realizing cells are feC,argu'
lar boxes Of uHnfd iron, nn'i these ar,
protested frm c0rr1sl0n by c1arrctinf
The zinc uAirH - them, The blfterS
resembles the Danieu cell Ia consianoy
The purc watr distributed To she IN.
hahIiaf's IT iilankeH1erEc h ihit al
ne nrugcs clrnl after diterlng throuE,
hsit ~ sand and thsn Hubieciing b.
f.urillErrs % an clccirlc current az
pressure u 1 900 vlka An traces %
microbes ar, destroyed. The slecrica
piifi has a capacity ~ about % hers
power. nnd about $4,000 cubic fea %
wafer .sr day are treated a aummc
ara 1900 In wtHer.
Cape Colony Il aimn-, frcelfss, "
forests covering only aia,2so acres, ~
llitlo murc than n quarter 81 une %
cent ~ she total area ~ the country
ilussla and SWEDEN each have ~ %
cent. France, 10 per cent. and Gfet
britain. and Ireland, /, per cent, Tn
need n cape Colony Il emphasized d!
tho heavy Importation Of wood. a-d m
o1laerNatur u forests urges that ire