Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-13

DC superior 70 the right lobe in fla I'm.
I,uence upon the bodily functions. H.
nnelps, recent investigator. lnsists
thal we lelt brain Is also the in,si
lectual mar. He has studied nearl,,
SVV cases OF brain injury and disease
ann mas round that the right side MAJ
De severely injured without materials,
AFFECTING the thinking powers.
Copper In certain druggists supnllo.
mas been traced by Mr.. Il. II Gnna 20
copper rivets used IN the driving hoi,o
OF the manufacturing machinery, '
II Is generally supposed thar aouna
like light, passes through solid bodies
as an elastic penetrating wave Inv,
late experiments by Dr. II. L. Tnp,s
show that this II not the case m
transmission Is by to-and-fru vIhra
ton of the solid itself. setting up ns,,,
wave on the opposite side II il fonns
that nothing Is gained by providing az
air-space between the double walls ~
telephone-booths and of other room
intended to be sound-proof, but thar he
greater rigldity secured by placing The
walls In contact would more than az
set any advantage OF the air-cushlon.
The meteorite Of BacubIrito No
ico) Is estimated TO weigh 50 tons. ana
tnat OF Anaghito, (Greenland) N Il
placed at the same weight, II being
doubtful which Of the two i3 the heayi.
est known The Chupaderos tMeNlch
meteorite has been shown on the scales
10 weigh 10 2-3 tons the San GregorIo
(Mexlco), llla tons. and the Bendego
(BraziD, l-S tons, Mexicos claim 10
preemlnence as country OF meteorltes
is really justified by the size of fhs
specimens instead Of the number m
Tails, and the ten largest Mexican mete.
orltes, according to Prof Henry A
ward have an average weight Of 91.9
tons, while the average Of the ten larq'
est of the United States is only ia
hundred-welght. Only 81 distinct Inete'
orite localities are known IN Mexico
against CT and IS In like areas of lila
United States and India respectively
Novel first-ald-to-injured boxes ara
to be scattered In the streets of Paris
Outwardly the apparatus resembles n
lamp-post letterbox, and Il contains n
small medicine chest. folding stretch.
or, and telephone for signaling the
nearest ambulance station. Access 10
the box Is gained by breaking q glass
panel.
The regulation Of automobile speeds
IS likely TO prove an increasingly serl-
Gus matter In late instance, careful
measurement for two furlongs showed a
speed OF Is miles an hour, yet the dry-
err testified that he was not exceeding
rate OF six miles, Perhaps some IN
yentor may supply police authorities
with a cheap continuous speed-record-
er whose attachment to motor vehicles
may be made compulsory
One Of the great centers OF chemical
Industry is Hamburg The census OF
1900 showed l4S establishments and A
total of 1869 persons employed-a gain
In II years Of 22 establishments and l2C9
employees, Including the factories OF
several adjoining towns, the district
has total Of 256 chemical establish.
nents, employing 1886 hands. There
are eight factories for refining nitrate.
two for making borax, and eight fol
making sulphuric, hydrochloric, nitric
and carbolic acids, and many other
compounds Matches and fireworks
have four factories. Gold silver and
other ores are refined at three works.
and there is large laboratory for ore
analysis, Several factories are devoted
to artificial manures and cattle-food, "a
glue and TO gelatine. There are several
reflneries for beet root and sugar cane,
a camphor refinery, several factories
for artificial honey and various kinds Of
syrup, factories for ether and choro.
form, and for ethereal oils and essences
Numerous smaller factories are given
UP to other chemicals,
In the crusade against the mosquito
the more intimate and numerous asso.
c!ate of man has been overlooked
s'r James Critchton Browne has
now pointed out that cultures Of
many disease bacteria have been oh.
tanned lately from the excreta OF thu
common house-hy. and that many
germs-as those OF enteric fever In
south Africa-are doubtless spread By
this insect The enormous fertility OF
the fly in itself discourages any hope Of
determination, calculation having
shown 25,000,0O0 descendants for a sim
gle female In one season.