Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-07

potassium, nitrate Of ammonium, SUE
phur. wood meal, and oxide Of iron;
and IL derives It's name from ~ abso-
lutte freedom from noxious vapors. II
~ already In successful use In the
mines of Australia and India. In
recent British test. "a charge of i've
ounces. In ~ Incl hole sunk 80 feet
In the floor Of n granite quarry brought
out 90 tons OF stone In large blocks
when unCOnnncd.it burns quietly with-
out explosion. II has not tho local
smashing eject of dynamite. but "a
hcaviug and rendinr action that breaks
out the stone In large masses.
The earthquake compiler says DR.
Charles Dawson. IN liable 90 error from
two sources. Slight shocks are often
attributed 90 other sources. nud many
supposed earthquakes are produced by
tho firing OF heavy guns, the bursting
OF mctcorltcs, and the fall Of rocks IN
underground channels. \ reported
earthquake " West Essex In January,
1890, was traced 10 the nring OF "a no.
ton gun 90 Woolwich. while one folt IN
tho Isle u Man In May, 1893, proved TO
DO due 10 n battlcship sun practice at
sea. A shock felt nt places forty miles
apart In January, 1894 was caused by
the explosion OF a metcorltc at "a height
| NJ four miles near TrwkHbury: and
| similar shocks from n bursting meteor
! lie In the south % Norwnlk were noted
/ lh November, 1857 Frequent earth
trcmora az Sunderland seems 10 be- due
| 90 rock-fnlla IN the cavities ~ the mag
uoslnn limestone. while similar shnk-
| inga In southeast Wales nrc produced
BY rocks falling In deserted mines.
The British Inventor a. awakening TO
/ the importance OF inbor-suving machin-
/ cry A mechanical hrlclg-lnycr IL the
/ UTUNuDf Of fNNN IfirrNIrmNnfft fUuTW..Va
ana q II designed 10 automatically lay,
/ cement and level bricks, slabs, stones
| etc, In piers, bridges. and build.
ingH OF all kinds. the machine ~ cx-
! poct.d 10 save two-thlrds OF tho time OF
hand labor.
The now whistlinE buoy Intended for
| the ManuclcH, near which the Paris
went ashore, IN the invention Of H.
| Fletcher Robinson. A large horizontal
disc beneath tho buoy ~ sunk 10
| certain depth. where IL is sustained by
several tubes rising above the water,
ana In this position II remains pructi-
! cally stationary ON account OF the re-
distance 20 wave motion offered by Ia
size and shape. Tho buoy floating
above, however. rises and falls with
every wave Tho buoy carries a cyiln-
der, In which slides a piston held by
| the disc, and the rise and fall OF the
float ~ thus made TO yield power that
can be utilized IN various ways. In the
| place mentioned Il ~ 10 be- used Tor
COMPRISING air ana blowing foghorn
nt intervals.
The microbes Of flowers Is tho sub
/ jcct u investigation opened up and
| mNcn unexpected Significance by Dr.
| nomlngos Frcirc. the famous pioneer
in yellow FOYER incubation nt RIO de
! Jnnclro, II has bcen suspected that
! cancer and even tuberculosis may have
/ q vegetable origin, and there ia moth
Inf surprising In tho idea that blossoms
may catch and retain the bacteria
floating In the air. but Dr. Frelre's re-
searches Hccm a. prove that the chomi-
| cal changes producing both color and
odor In flowers are due 10 bacteria, and
| further that these bacteria are not ale
! ways NJ harmless kinds. The puH bacll-
lus was found on n variety ~ rose. with
unknown organisms In other flowers.
Protection from heat ia ingcnlously
secured 90 workers In a glass factory
at Altoona nahrcnfeld. Below the OPEN
inrs for drawing the glass from the
furnace are iron pipes with fno per-
foratlons delivering compressed air -
nH TO form n MIN u cold air above the
stream Of melted glass, while fans
above assist In keeping tho workers
cool.
The destruction " the larger wild
animals IL making Il impossible for
theuI 10 gather In such herds as the
American huffaloos once formed. Per.
hnpa tho last great migration 10 be-
known was that Of July 1895, IN cape
Colony. when. a. Cronwrlght Rchrelnor
estimates, the numbers ~ Hpringbuck
must have reached many millions,
single herd N half a million of those
nntelopeH having been In sight at one
time.
Large greenhouses are plant worlds
IN themselves. and =. Hennlngs finds
not few NJ the fungi ~ the Berlin
Botanic Garden to be elsewhere I'M
known.
The lack Of British Interest In az
rlculturnl science IL doplored by Mr..
Boyd-klnnear. n IL now necessary for
the farmer to understand the little that
| has hcon learned NJ tho action upon
plants ~ soil and air and OF tho opera
lions OF ne, and TO strive 10 extend
this KNOWLEDGE. England is the only
country without research stations
maintained by the state. For half a
century Germany has had not less than
CT agricultural teaching and research
stations: France has 63 Austria. 30:
oven Russia, ~ and the other Eu-
roponn countries together On. In tho
United States are a. these being sup
ported by the individual states; Canada
| has HeNerul, ana hfuAllt Japan ana
Java have each one The only British
work In this direction has been the cH-
tahlshing by counties ana private In
dlvlduala Of a Few teaching colleges.
and the splendid private researches for
half century OF Sir John Lawcs. T'hoso
small efforts have been insufficient oven
20 direct public attention 10 the existing
need.
An automatic recorder ~ n vessels
steering has been devised By J. y LIAR
det. The movement of tho wheel nc-
uatcs two drums, winding "a long pa
Dor tape from one 10 the other and NJ
the same time a pencil fixed 20 n holder
H. caused 20 pnsa from one side 60 tho
other N the central line Of the paper
AS the holm Is put 10 port or 10 star
board. 4 cloclwork arrangement IA
10 be added. continuously unwindlug
! the paper at uniform speed. so that the
| time and extent of any movement OF
the helm may be- recorded.
A use FOR seleuium. which n chiefly
known as "a laboratory substance Of
; curious ana interesting properties has
been found by the glnssmnker Rose
tinted glass lH produced by adding
.6lenium directly TO the materials In
| a.. ..,.ttIpg NOT md "A beautifui orange.