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

found by N. Henri Coupin IN. larva
Of the beautiful floral beetle who's.
winged existence In mostly spent near
roses and other flowers. L. the best cN-
ample. This grub IL a lat worm that
does much damage to plant-roots In
gardens. II has three pairs OF lcgs.
seemingly designed for use, Yet II
crccps about grotesqucly ON lts back.
pushing itself forward six inches to a
foot minute by contracublc move
mcnts q It's scgments. aided by a
brush OF hairs. The aquatic world has
ita wnter-boatincn, or Noton.ctae, that
always swim back downward. AmonR
Edcnta,"s that spend most OF their
lives INSIDE down. Suspended from
trees by their claws.
The banks Of the Suez canal are be.
ing protected from shifting by trec-
and shrubs. Reeds, at first shielded
from the waves from passing vessel.
by fascinca have been placed aions;
nine miles Of the canal proper. and tho
whole length OF the Swcctwater canal.
Plantations Of shrubbcry, irrigated
from the Nile. are being established
on the slopes.
The French idea that home produced
alcohol could be substituted for Rus
HiAi uilu Ailfilthil llFnA ollh ltf nflNlnk
motor cars. has not been encouraged by
experiment Analysis proves that the
alcohol has only about one-half the
carbon OF mineral oil, with a. times
the oxygen, and Its calorlflc value In
little more than one-hnlf Tested In
Brolchot horizontal engine OF two to
three horse. power and In u Benz verti-
cal motor OF three 10 four horse power.
the new fuel showed nearly twice as
great consumption as that OF Hight oil.
The price Of the alcohol being double
that OF even fine Hight oils. II is calcu-
lated thht In France the power yielded
by 800 OF petroleum would cost the
equivalent OF sl.7b from light oil. and
at least $3.50 from alcohol.
The digger flea" Is n South African
pest whose recent spread from the
vicinity of Delngoa Hay to points
further south has been brought 10 gov
eminent notice. II differs greatly from
the ordinary flea. lacks the iattcr's
agility. and attacks only the solos OF
the feet. into which II borcs holes and
lays eggs therein. The results are liza
BILE to be very painful. Sanitary pre-
cautions have been recommended, and
medical men AT the various ports of the
Cape have been requested 10 give the
little invader their attention.
one OF the NntefnnhlnS OF TOrQuny-
ten-Inch cast-iron pipe. laid IN 1875
was so incrusted In eight years that the
delivery capacity was reduced 40 per
cent a piston somewhat smaller than
the tube and armed with projecting
knives In now regularly used TO acrape
out the rust, and II pushed through the
pipe by pressure Of the water al an
average rate OF two and ohe-hnlf miles
an hour n speed Of seven and one-hnlf
miles being reached In places. The 1885
scrnping increased the delivery from 1856
To 10S gallons per minute.
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A fortune awaits the inventor OF n
protective coating for pipes that will
Withstand soft waters, points out NJ, w
lngham to the British mechanical
engineers. Something has been done in
this direction, but the best coating IN
effective only short time. so that soft
waters cause rusting In n few years.
Engines run by the waste gnses of
blast furnices are suggested In Ger
many as possibly cheaper source OF
energy for making calcium carbide
than even water power
Men able TO treat plant diseases IL a
discovered by an English botnnist, who
predicts that the time Will come when