Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-02

found by NJ, Henri Coupin. The larva
Of the beautiful floral beetle, whose
| winged existence In mostly spent near
roses and other flowers, is the best ex-
| ample. This grub Is a fat worm that
does much damage to plant-roots In
gardens. 1t has three pairs OF legs.
seemingly designed for use, yet II
creeps about grotesquely on its back,
! pushing Itself forward six inches 10 a
foot minute by conirachble move
ments Of It's segments, aided by a
brush Of hairs. The aquatic world has
its water-b0stmen or Notonectae. that
always swim back downward. Among
mammals are the sloths and other
Edentates that spend most Of their
lives UPSIDE down. suspended from
trees by their claws.
The banks Of the Suez canal are be,
ing protected from shifting by trees
and shrubs. Reeds, at first shielded
from the waves from passing vessels
by fascines have been placed along
nine miles Of the canal proper. and the
whole length Of the Sweetwater canal.
Plantations Of shrubbery irrigated
from the Nile, are being established
on the slopes.
The French idea that home produced
alcohol could be substituted for Rus
sian and American light oils for driving
motor cars. has not been encouraged by
experiment Analysis proves that the
alcohol has only about one-half the
carbon OF a mineral oil, with IS times
the oxygen, and its caiOriflc value Is
little more than one-half. Tested In a
Broichot horizontal engine OF two 10
three horse power and In q Benz verti-
cal motor Of three TO four horsepower.
the new fuel showed nearly twice as
great consumption as that Of light OIL
The price Of the alcohol being double
that Of even fine light oils, II is calcu-
lated that In France the power yielded
by sl.00 Of petroleum would cost the
equivalent OF sl75 from light oil, and
at least $3.50 from alcohol
The digger flea" is a South African
pest whose recent spread from the
vicinity Of Deagoa Ray 10 points
further south. has been brought 10 gov
eminent notice. Il differs greatly from
the ordinary flea. lacks the latter's
the feet, into which II bores holes and
lays eggs therein The results are liza
BILE TO be very painful Sanitary pre-
cautions have been recommended, and
medical men az the various ports OF the
Cape have been requested 10 give the
little invader their attention.
One OF the watermains OF Torauay-
n e.W,. tssHh &c 4 ~ Iaf Il
was so incrus;ed in eight years that the
delivery capacity was reduced 40 per
cent A piston somewhat smaller than
the tube and armed with projecting
knives Is now regularly used 20 scrape
out the rust, and is pushed through the
pipe by pressure OF the water al an
average rate OF two and one-half miles
an hour, a speed Of seven and one-half
miles being reached in places. The 1898
scraplng increased the delivery from $50
10 Jos gallons per minute
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A fortune awaits the inventor OF n
protective coating for pipes that will
soft waters, points out NJ. W.
lngham 20 the British mechanical |
engineers. Something has been done in |
this direction, bat the best coating is
only a short time, so that soft |
waters cause rusting In a few years.
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Engines run by the waste gases OF |
blast furnlces are suggested In Ger |
many as a possibly cheaper source Of |
energy for making calcium carbide
than even water power.
Men able TO treat plant diseases Is a
4l.. - 49, ~
predicts that the time VIII come when