Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-07
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.

collective length wonld reach over
1000 miles.
The combined armies and navies Of
France, Germany and Russia number
1888, 1874 men, anu cost S523, IBl 200.
There are 4ls species Of trees found
within the limits Of the United States
and Territories, 10 OF which, when per-
f,ctly seasoned, will sink In water.
In the national printing office, 81.
Petersburg, documents can he printed
In every known language. II Ia the
most complete Office Of It's Kind In the
world.
Tho woites. place In the world IN
CheffapoouJee, about $50 miles north.
east ~ Calcutta, just outside the tould
zone; there this rainfall Is upward ofsix
hundred Inches every year.
II IN n curious fact that the honey. bee
was never known In ihe United States
TIL brought nom England; anu, though
now found In all parts Of the country, II
did not reach California until 1850, and
south America until lsi5.
Uhe army Of the United States con-
sists OF 2l07 commissioned officers and
little over $1,000 real private soldiers,
exclusive OF those performing civilian
duties, thus one-tenth Of the military
force consists Of Ia officers.
The chief religions Of the world may
be classified rs follows; Christianity,
i60, 100000; Confucianism, 800, 900, 900;
Hindoolsm, 100, 900, 900; Mohammed.
anism, ls,0eO,0O0; Fetiohism, 100, 900, q.
900; Buddhism, 100, 900, 900; Spirit
Worship, bo,0O0,000; Shintoism, o.
600, 900; Jews, |, 500, 900; Parsees, /, OO0,-
oO0--totsl, Az, 100000
London has an AREA larger than Now
York, Paris aud Berlin all put together.
Berlin has an area OF twenty.nIne
square miles; Paris IN only n trifie
larger; New York has an area OF forty.
two square miles. London OF l2l, and
Chicago Of l24 square miles. This
makes Chicago the largest city Of tbs
world In ARIA.
Arthur Talbot and BERTHE Davis. two
American lads crossed the Atlantic In
tho cattle ship Uhar. They are now
destitute In London. They claim that
they were 'shanghicd" aboard the
ship at Brooklyn, and treated barbar-
ously on the voyage. Both the lads adj
nit being runaways from home. An
investigation IL In progress.
The State Supreme Court Of Idaho
declared the Alta.Iincoln bill unron.
stitutional on the 9th Inst. Tho towns
OF BELLEVUE aud Bradford are pleased
and arc celebrating the event with
bonfres. This bill was passed by the
last legislature. IL was championed
by the people OF Shoshonc, but they
accept the late decision.
News from Clarkleigh, Manitoba. no.
lates n thrilling experience which n
census enumerator had Ina settlement
thirty.five miles from thnt place, Hc
got mixed up and wandered about for
days, until his horse could 40 no fur.
ther, when no turned II loose and be.
gan himself to dig roots 10 appease his
hunger. He managed 10 tubsIst On
roots for three or four days, but his
horse was getting NO weak he thought
II would be better TO kill II, which he
lid, and fed himself on horsoflesh.
He finally succeeded In reaching Lake
Ms,iitoba, some miles north OF lupdy.
willie postofiice.
Nepotb rom tnicaRo speak Of nm
alarming Increase IN the number ~
cerebro'splDnl meningitis cases, ms n
sequel 10 tho grippe. DIR. Tomlinson,
OF the health department VI that city
says that there Is also All Increase In
cases Of bronchitis, pneumonia and
consumption. For the week ending
April Goth there were ll9 deaths from
pneumonia, 90 from bronchitis, and a.
from consumption. The doctor saws
the trouble with grippe patients ia
oarelessness. They DON'T observe
proper precautions against taking cold
anu a. their condition renders them
peculiarly liable to pneumonia, bron.
chitis, etc., an increased mortality list
Ia the result.
A disgraceful scene occurred In
Chieago ON the 9TH inst. Father ID. ID.
hsnen' priest. was administering at