Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-17


anything heretofore known. It Is a
thousand dimes better conductor OF
hoai shan hydrogen. and its molecular
velocity bears close relation
ship 90 neat clnductivity-.s 100 miles
"a second no freezing temp nature u
owes 80 name 60 10 supposed Identity
with Che hypothetical ether nllng
Apac1 between the starr.
Following his aucccsl in preparing
pure metallic calcium. 81 Henri Mols-
san has announced the discovery 81
ncw compound VI this mccall with by
dr1geu. one atom % fhc metal uniting
with two VI she gas when Soc former lH
heated o. a dar rcd In an atmosphere
% hydrogen. The mos, mtfkahle
gives vi pure hydrogen when thrown
Into wFier The new product W tho
electric furnace may be found valuable
ls means of siorllng hydrogen. Ia the
Same manner shat calcium carbide in
useful as a source OF acoiylcuo.
Thu use OF molly water" has come
under toe han OF science. Prof. VIM
ccnzi, VI che Unworthy M saFlri,
having found that thc practice OF
touchlug The face and llps 90 % taiu.
O. with such germs a. the bacllll %
appendicitis. coryze. ana even dph-
mora. During his iuvesilElti0n OF lhe
water four cases Of dlph,hsfIa broke
out among the ehurch-goerL
In thirty years, according to Or.
| John Sibbald. suicide has Increased In
/ Eugiaud from O. 90 20 Dor million In
/ hanainta. and IN Scotland from 40 90
/ %. Uric acid poisoning. Co. watch Il
due 20 much OF human misery. h held
by pr. Halgh 30 be leading cause VI
/ suicide.
In studying the relations u topo.
l praghy TO the frequency Of earth.
l qulkCu, Commandant Moutcssus d
/ Hallore. OF the French army has beer
able 10 refer 90 the records % as.sS
shocks at $3.50 contera. distributed 10
$50 regions Of the globe. These record
include the lists OF Mnllrt extending
back 10 i.e0s. They chow that noun
talnouH regions are moro unstable than
plains, Instability being favored by
snort ana steep slopes aud that earth.
quakca and volcanic phenomena are
| IN general, Independent ~ each other
Earthquakes ~ a rule, contrary 20 d
! wcll-rfiahllahed belief. are no NOR,
! frequent AZ one season Of the year thar
a. another To show the relative fire.
qucncy In different parts of the earth
the various areas have been divided In
To squares number 1f earthquakes, an,
.
klinmutera, II given lH .hc seismic mum
Der of the locality. IN eastern Java
Tor example. the tflrmlc number Z
%. an average of one earthquake a yea
occurring on a square ~ &c kllometer
t1t.sgi miles, on "a side. For western
lava. me side % tho square II 30 XII
omcirra: Porto Rico. 80; Island %
Luxon, IS, Manila, % central Cuba. 81
western cuba. i3s. Hawaii. 81, Csntra
| California, a.. New England. 10. III
Caroi'nas. $40. Michigan, Az. Toxic
Japan. 4. ~ IN surprising 10 be- tol,
| that parts OF The new territory Of IN
United states arr a1 much more dis
tuthOd than Japan. which We hav
been la 20 regard az the home Of earth
quakcs
Certain physicians ~ Europe hav
attempted 10 nN the time ~ day a
which most deaths occur, From man
thourand eases. glasgow medlcu
man 10 Inclined 90 believe that a. nj
" the faNor.ir farewell hour. nerll
| doctor finds tho time 90 BE- from d
z a. m, another ohHery or gives u at
to a. M. for men ana the evenln
hours for women. Hn Italian auihorl
~ has found the afternoon % be N
usual time, and q Paris hospital al
tsndant has noted a luli Ia death fror
20 II y. m.
The electric hcmnstat OF Mr.. Law
son TAFT consist ~ a platinum wire 4
u pair ~ steel f0rcnps, and this, wit
current heating only 20 about 10 def
r.. arrlutinatoa he arterlai walls IN
few seconds, ana stops all flow O
blood "