Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-21

astrophe or some external action.
Prof. Loeb secs no certain evidence OK
natural death. although the cessation
OF life In certain eggs Of the sea
hedgehog a few hours after being dis
charged may be such. Metchnlkoff
rejects this possible exception as ac-
cidental death, resulting from a kind
OF starvation, and agrees that natural
death Is unproven The so-called
deaths from old age gentle and pain.
less. prove to be violent. the action OF
disease microbes being revealed by
LESSONS of the internal organs.
Mysterious polsonings that occur
occasionally In farm stock have been
traced to the development OF prussic
acid IN fodder plants DR.. j. w.
Leather. In India, has found that
green jowari (Andropogum Gorghum)
flax, the Rangoon and certain other
beans. and the tapicoa plant contain
gluosides that produce prussic acid
when acted upon by particular en-
zyne, and that this ferment becomes
active only under rare conditions.
when the ordinarily wholesome plants
become suddenly poisonous Young
jowarl that had proven fatal 10 cattle
showed 1.25 grains OF prusslc acid TO
the pound OF green fodder.
A new alloy. which serves electri-
clans as a substitute for platinum,
consists OF 1871 ounces OF silver, IA
pounds OF nickel y ounce OF bismuth.
and SO pennyweights OF gold, The
cost IL about one-thirtleth OF that or
platinum.
One apple stump of an Oregon
farmer has been SUCCESSFULLY grated
with % varieties OF fruit, Including
peaches, plums, prunes, and even
some nuts,
The late German fishery expert
ments promise quite revolutionary re-
suits. The tests extending over sew
eral months have shown that deep-sea
fishes may be accllmatized In fresh
water, and may be made To live ana
breed In our rivers. Whiting, sole,
herring. founders and other salt water
fish were first placed in a pond OF SAT-
water. Fresh water was then added
gradually until the salt was all carried
away, but the fish continued healthy
and active, with no apparent change.
The effect upon habits and general
characteristics can be told only after
the ispse OF considerable time. The
extensive introduction of deep-sea fish
into ponds and rivers Is next In ORDER,
and with supplies near at hand In In
terror localities. the fishery industry
is expected to be transformed within
few years.
The rescue chamber" Is n safety
provision of some Of the largest Aus
trlan mines II is a strongly-timbered
retreat and its single entrance has
door that can be made tight against
air and water by means OF rubber
fittings. II has three cylinders of oxy-
gen, sufficient to enable thirty men TO
breathe three days. Inhalation gear Is
at hand for parties leaving the cham
her for reconnaissance or signaling,
and canned food, medicines and first
aid appliances are also Kept in the
place. The standard room will ac-
commodate "a men for a reasonable
time for rescue.
A vegetable milk Is prepared by the
Japanese from soy beans, which are
soaked, crushed and boiled In water,
the resulting liquid resembling cows
milk, but differing much In compost
ton II contains 92.5 per cent OF
voter 9 no ~ nOta'n, 2 " " fpt, md
iss OF nitrogen free extract. A con-
ue.tseu nti4A 49, nov mace Dy I. ha,a-
yama by adding sugar and little dip
otassium phosphate and then eyapor-
ating. The yellowish product. having
an agreeable taste of cows milk with
a slight odor OF beans, is recommended
as a cheap substitute for ordinary con-
densed milk.