Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-27

claimed as an occasional phenomenon
OF every day life. VI. Fere reports hnv-
Ing observed II ~ three cases, bur he
has found nobody else who has seen II.
Two o. the subjects were women affect
ed With Migrate. the halo show
ing only during the paroxysu. The
phenomenon lasted for hours In one
case. but only a few minutes In the 9TH
err. In one subject the orange-colored
luminosity left the skin OF the same
color. The third subject was woman
who sometimes awoks IN agony from a
deep sleep, the halo accompanying these
attacks.
The sailing OF newborn babies seems
10 be a practise Of certain European
nurses A tribe OF Asia Minor keep the
skin covered with salt for "a hours. ana
the modern Greeks sprinkle SAT- over
the bodies. The practise Is traced to
a superstition that the salt ensures
health and strength, and keeps away
ell evil spirits.
The many species Of yeast hitherto
known are AL useless tn tropical cOnn-
tries as they are destroyed by very
moderate heat. A remarkable new rer-
nlent has been obtained by Johnson
this has proven so resistant to tenn
perature that it converts sugar into al
cohol at los degrees r. and has even
withstood for a short time tempera-
ture of 40 degrees. A further adYant-
age Ia that foreign micro-organisnis
can be destroyed by heat without In
Turing the yeast. The name sacchar-
onyces therrnantitonum has been Civ
en- the new yeast. and II Is regarded as
so valuable that 1t has been protected
by IS patents in different parts Of the
world. The cells are more oval and
rather smaller than those Of ordinary
yeast
Radium breaks up into helium and
lead. II Rutherford's differences are
true. Radium has an atomic weight OF
225, and II each OF the five alpha par
ticles given of Is an atom OF heiium OF
mass I, the residue must have an atomic
weight Of POS. about that Of lead. This
metal, moreover, Is present In al radio
active minerals.
A simple method OF nature printing Is
supplied by the "physlotypeN of an
English inventor. impressions are
made on white paper OF ferns, leaves.
feathers, sections OF wood, or other OBJ
Jects, and these are made visible as
clear and permanent pictures by the
chemical action of tine powder that Is
busted over the paper. The designs may
be transferred TO photographic stones
or aluminium plates. for reproducing
any number OF copies.
Banaharina, the new -four OF fine
quality from the plantain, Is reported
20 an n
healthful food. In Venezuela, where II
seems to be gaining favor. It Is especi-
ally recommended as a nutritious food
for children and invalids.
Mice exposed to radium for 20 days.
in the experiments OF Or. Roux OF
Paris, lost their hair. and when the
hair grew again IL was quite white.
Longer exposure developed muscular
paralysis.
In calcium carbide cartridges for
mining, "a membrane separates the
carbide from the water. The men,
branc Is ruptured electrically and Ave
minutes later the gas generated Is ex-
ploded by another electric spark.
II has been decided that tie meat OF
animals used for obtaining ccine IS
not made unfit for food. The carcasses
Of many calves that have been vac
clnated are sold In the London market.
and their use as food effects saving
OF many thousand dollars annually
The Zee flowers OF many OF the
lakes constitute a curious feature OF
Alpine scenery. In n llttle take at
Davos Platz. for instance, beds are
formed every year OF these strange
flowers" which are not flowers at
all bur radiating patches OF soft ice
from an inch to eight iches or more