Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-02

Inu OF lhtDN 10 NNF ana mar KNOTS
with a side or head wind. II seemed
clearly proven that n fuyorbalc wind
never helps a fast steamer, although
nm unfuvOrablc wind always binders 10
Ia the case Of slower steamers, some
Increase OF speed might be expected to
be Impaired by a favoring gale,
Calcium carbide cartridges arr made
by an Australian inventor In tho fol-
lowing manner; A plastic mixture A.
made u thirty parts by weight NJ tar.
thirty-aiN Of lime. one Of sugar and wa
ter and three Of coal slack. and this
~ placed In refractory moulds through
the ends of which pass carbon rlrc-
ttodcs that nearly meet n middle disc
Of carbon, The passage ~ an electric
current consumes moisture, electrodes
and disc, which combine TO form cal
cium carbide, The moulds are made Of
convenient cylindrical shapes, and "a
number OF them may be placed In one
circuit.
The heating apparatus Of the Odcon
Thcntcr AZ Buenos AyrcH, consists Of
o series NJ resistance coils, any or all OF
which can be instantly brought into or
cut out of the electric circuit. They are
placed beneath the building In "a brick
chamber, into which fresh air passes
through O tunnel. and, after being heat
ed Ia distributed through carthcnware
pipes 10 eight or ten rcgl8ters In the
floor OF the thcnter
Although 5000 persons IN the United
States are engaged In bee culture, the
annual value Of the product being pro-
baby S2O000,00o, Mr.. Frank Benton
finds that fora n capable OF supporting
ten times the present number of colon
les OF bees The industry not only does
not lmpoverish the soil but enau 30 bet
tor seed and fruit crops.
About nfty-one specimens OF the
great auks egg are now known 20 be
IN oNlstntCucc, and the last two sales
were at 800 gulnenB each.
Phantom sounds have been a subject
OF prolonged inquiry by an English In
ycstgptor, Mr.. John NJ Bacon, who
finds that they are often purely lmag-
mary and due to an overstrnined or
fntlgued condition Of ear or mind, while
I'm other cases vague and indiHtinct
noises are wrongly Interpreted. In this
way may be explained most Of the mys-
torious roar Of artillery from no earth
~ guns, boom Of waves days Journey
from the sea, and tolling Of bells In the
henrt NJ the mountain. A practical old
soldier was mystihed by q weird night
lament In his park, which was nt last
found 10 he produced by the rubbing to-
gethcr " two branches high up In an
OAK tree ana coast guardHmnn on
night duty heard the plalntive cry Of
an infant which seemed % move about
as he went from place 10 place IN search
OF the sound until this was proved to
be the blenting Of lamb hidden by Il
rock. An intrepid balloonist has de-
scrihcd the awful lmpresslveness OF the
closing Of the valve ~ his balloon after
a discharge N gas. The sudden sharp.
ness Of the click In the dead silence
nloft Its unexpected direction, rs posi-
BILE connection with the aeronhurs fate.
ana the drum-like echoes IN the tense
SILK always tended 10 give an effect
akin 10 the ghost-seer's terror.
The holgting power OF anchor bolts
fastened With Lad. cement and sulphur
has been o subject OF experiment by
Mr.. N. II. Wilcox. Holes IL 10 IN