Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-29

food afforded by the fast-spreading
pricltly near Another South African
cvampie Is the s1-cailnd wet gat
spreouw"- tspreo bicoloD. This animal
Is now very destructive to FRUIT. when
n few years ago II waN never known 10
touch, its food consisting chiefly OF in
sects. The Maanhaar jackai seems to
have partially acquired n new liking.
While Its ordinary food Is insects. AMI
DIR. Schonland has been unable to ma
anything else in It's stomach. farmers
in certain dlstricts-possibiy where
man has reduced It's food--insist that
1t Is very destructive to small stock.
The new rust preventing paint of
DR.. B. Kossman, of Charlottenburs.
Germany. Is composed e. the peroxides
of earths of the ceriuf. group. These
are incorporated with linseed oil
varnlsh, with the addition of drier Of
lirseed oil boiled with a mixture Of
boric acid and the peroxides. Graphite,
lnmpblack, heavy spar. etc, may pc
used for coloring. The paint is claimed
to fulhll all requirements, having sur
flcient oxygen to insure hardening OF
the linseed varnsh. with freedom from
any metallic base capable of causing
rust by setting up an electrical action
with iron.
Illumination or cud-chewing in man.
according to NJ. NattanL arrer Is not
known TO be, as has been stated.
chiefly found In males. II may be
hereditary. and when involuntary Is
especially prevalent among nervous
dyspeptics 1t is not associated with
special chemical change of saliva or
inalformatlon. or lesion of stomach or
esophagus. When voluntary. 1t usual
~ occurs in the weak minded. but in
children It may be initiative. Some
idiots bring their food up at will for
re-chewing after retaining 1t for
hours.
From experiments by NJ. Ravel, II
appears that 6.35 cubic feet OF acety-
lene gas generate in the gas engine
one horsepower per hour. which Is n
reduction in fuel of two-thirds as com
pared with petroleum. The mixture
OF air with acetylene begins to be eS-
plosve when the proportion reaches
l. 30 parts of gas 70 | of air. while the
explosive OF force reaches its maxi
mum with ~ volumes of air to of
gas. and disappears at 20 to l. The
| flashing point is about 900 degrees T.,
most other gases used for power re-
| quiring II temperature of LOO degrees
| to ignite them. The temperature of
combustion is much higher than that
of other gases. Great rapidity of the
| temperature, high combustion tenn
| perature and extraordinary energy of
| explosion are therefore the special
| characteristics of this gas.
| Since the domestication of the zebra.
| 1t has been suggested that mixture
with the horse would give a half-bree
combining the qualities of the two ami
| mails, as the mule combines the horse
and the ass. The new hybrid is an
nounced by the Baron de Parana, the
animal being now in the second half of
lee ntrt-t rl,s. "A 4
called, Is a male of a bay color. with
zebra-lil<e stripes which are hidden on
| the body by the thick winter coat.
| The black name resembles that of the
zebra, the tale being like a mules. The
haunch is large and wen rounded, the
| chest long and high. the eyes and nos
trils are large. the lips and head small
the legs muscular but delicate. and the
| hoofs small, black and hard. The
creature is very lively, but gentle.
The high quality of Swedish steel
was strikingly illustrated at the Scan
dinavian exhibition. A steel ribbon
cold rolled. was twined like a silken
| band about one of the pavilions, the
length of this monster tape being 1854
feet its width inches, and its weight
! 1,146 pounds.
The Borohardt automatic pistol I.
cited as an example of rapidity in com,
plicated mechanical movements. AS s
shots have been fired in Ia of u second
liza of a second must suffice for ad-
vancing the firing bolt, exploding the
charge, extracting the cartridge AND
reloading and cooking for the next
| shot.
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