Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-26

proved 70 De variable me uNat RESULTS
were given By beef-fat. olive. peanut
and cocoanut oil. and tho oxperlmeuter
has concluded that mixture NJ these
four fats. with the addition Of little
Glove oil, - much superior 10 cod-llver
oil.
Small tanks Of pure oxygen, 20 be
used for rcauscltaung persons over
come by smoke or gas have been sur-
FeEted as part " the desirable equip
ment Of hook-and-lndder trucks going
TO fires.
Among the interesting South Amori.
can fruits lately described IL that 81
Saliplchrou rhomhoidcn, plant re-
lated 90 the potato and tomato. " is
a native of Argentina, whore u forms
struggling, buahy masses ON the pnre
hot ground. IT, leaves being small and
rounded. and ~ solitary bell-ahapcd
flowers not unlike the Wild llly-of.the
valley. The fruit. pale yellow when
ripe. resembles "a small olive IN size
and shape. n ~ filled with pulp aud
seeds. and Il said TO taste like q mix
turo ~ ncctariuo and pineapple. with "a
dash - lemon. and a. liked hy some.
II IL hardly expected 70 become Import
ant, although the plant is easily cul-
tivated with the treatment usually
given tomatoes Indoors.
The discovery that graphite l. an al
lotropic form ~ carbon was made IN
1900. ana u 10 expected that IN 1900 the
artificial production NJ this mineral VIII
take ltn place na an important lndustry.
Grnphitlzed carbon electrodes have
now been made at Niagara Fails for
year or more. The prucc7a-thht
patented by Mr.. y. q. Acheson, who
believes Il the only commercial way ~
making Eraphltc-CuuHiHta In breaking
up "a carbide by heat. practically frcc-
Ing carbon from chemical combination
by ovuporatinE the associated elcmcn-
tary substances. The form 81 product
expected to be- In greatest demand ~
an intimate mixture u pure umorphouH
carbon and graphite. this mixture be-
Ink most desirable Tor paint and found
~ faclngs.
a collection Of bricks lately shown the
Academy u Inscriptions and Bellies
Lottrra. Ia Paris. Included the oldest
one known. Il was excayntcd at Tcllo.
the ancient Sirpulo In Chnldca, IL baked
but crudely formed without press OF
mould, and ~ estimated to date from
the fortirth century ~ q. n iH one Of
the earliest products Of civilization.
Among later bricks were some bearing
the cnnta0f.nrma Of Sirpulo. an eagle
with the head NJ a Hon, and others hav-
ing the name of the rciEuing monarch.
Aluminium shoppers ~ bottles are
now being made az the rate ~ several
thousand pounds per week The blanks
ARE cut from sheet metal. and after
shaping rubber gasketa are forced over
them. Such SHOPPERS have retained the
EaH Of cnervesccnt nuidH for four
years, Will. they are cheaper than
cork, and easily removed.
BactorioloEista seem to be on the
verge OF important discoveries The
old Idea that all bacteria are either dis
ease producing or harmless proves TO
be an error, and by experiments with
the blcilluh megnthcrium OF garden
soil ana the potato hiciluH. Vincent has
shown that such organisms may be
transformed by cultivation into dan
gerous germs. . The biclli. though Or
lginnlly harmlfas when inoculnted
Into animals. become capable OF eNclt-
ing specific disease. II " pointed out
that this fact may explain such mys-
terica us Isolated outbreaks OF contugi-
Gus disease, and n bacteria are capa-
bel " assuming sudden virulence ar
ter many generations OF harmleHsncaH.
a now problem Is presented for study.
The artificial coal OF Montague. n
Baden workman, ~ claimed 10 cost only
half uH much as the best sllcuian or
Scotch coal. while having three times
the heating power. Peat moss and u
special clay. with several residual
substances. aro understood 10 be con-
stituentH. Most OF these materials ex-
lst In the soil Ina tho suburbs OF Mann
helm. and Il " nt this spot that new
coal factory u projected.
A promising now Industry In Ger
many is the manufacture OF alcohol
from Huwduat The sawdust ~ first
changed 10 glucoa with O.5 per cent
sulphuric acid at "A pressure OF nlno
ntmospherea, then yeast IL added.
with compound " magnesium and
| potassium nulphuto, ammonium nitrate
and calcium phosphate, and the mix
/ ture IL kept at 20 deg. G.. Tor two or
/ three days. The resulting alcohol 10
/ distilled and rcctlncd.
An English observer has called at
| tcntion To- "a long overlooked source Of
/ error In the magnetic compass. This
! n tho nickel uf which nearly all cases
are made. the Huppoaition that this
metal II non-mngnotic seeming TO be-
| general, although nA long ago as 1876
! Furnday referred 20 It's magnetic char
acter as wGil known.
SO great has been tho Improvement
OF storage batteries OF late that, az.
Cording to an English engineer. car
| now requires 800 pounds ~ cell that
two years ago needed 1000 pounds.
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THE CHURCH IN MEXICO.