The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-14

I improve the breed of native horses. the
money to be expended by the country s
racing clubs
| There are few areas in the world over
which gypsum IS so universally spread as
I along the shores Of the Persian gulf
| Pure selenite frequently is found tTaveTs
I iEg the beds.
Although the salt water used in New
York s high pressure fire mains has
proved an excellent eEtinguisheT OF
blazes. u does more damage to surround
ing property than fresh water.
The royal commission appointed to con-
slider the TeforestatiOu Of Great Britain
has recommended that about 1900. 90
acres be planted during q period to ex-
tend over about eighty years.
The geological survey is erecting at
PittSburg a testing plant for structural
material that will be able TO handle CORD
ers sixty-five feet long and give them a
tension of 100000 pounds.
Austria limits the number of drug stores
to the number of inhabitants Of a district
or city, and the need of an additional one
must be clearly shown before the license
is issued.
Government tests have shown that many
Goals which are too high in ash and sui
phur for economical use under boilers or
for cooking may be made commercially
valuable by proper washing.
In Belgium, where nothing is allowed to
go TO waste, newspapers and magazines
abandoned by travellers in trains are sys-
tematically gathered and converted into
cardboard Tor tickets
Upon their completion. in the near fu-
ture. the New York Central railroads
freight yards near Buffalo. N Y, will
be the largest in the country, with q ca
pscity for handling 26,500 cars day.
Cartoons for lights used in taking NOV
ing pictures aTS grooved toward the con-
denser. so that in burning away faster
on that side the arc VIII not cast shad-
ow, as frequently is the case with ordinary
carbons.
A,,.tr;o h. Iou- y3g,-fdo- So 7o-ts-.- =, 20.
two sharply defined classes. one of which
is allowed to prepare artificial teeth and
other appliances. but may not perform
any operations, the other full-fiedged den
tai surgeons.
Shoes may be waterproofed by first sp-
plying a mixture Of one part ozokerite,
two parts castor OF! and enough lamDtlack
to color it, then mixture of four parts
suet, sixteen parts Onve oil and one part
each wax and speTmEceti.
A projectoscope has been designed which
will throw q view Of . surgical operation
taken from just above Ii upon a screen in
an adjoining room. where students may
be seated to study it. Moving pictures
may also be taken with the same instru-
ment
A new wind Shield for automobiles. the
invention of d Massachusetts man, is so
formed that It shoots the air currents
over the drivers head so that it is not
necessary for him to have plate of glass
before his eyes 10 catch flying mud and
moisture.
A new German life preserver consists
Of a hollow rubber belt. to which is at
taohed a small metallic cylinder filled with
carbon-diOxid, liqufied, which may be
turned by a tap into the belt. where it
volatizes. initiating the belt to tn fullest
capacity almost Immediately.
Lace dressing, the process betweee
weaving and finishing. long was consid-
cred an unhealthful occupation because
carried on in a hot. humid atmosphere
until the British government investigated
and found that the workers enjoyed bet
ter health than those employed in other
branches of the lace industry.