Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-26
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL

A famous restaurant keeper In Ger.
many has Just acknowledged In q
bankruptcy court that he has served
the flesh OF u number of horses aud
mules " his patrons Us veniaon.
Secretary Proctor intends 10 enli-,
5000 Sioux Indians In the United
States army, 200 as scouts and the
remainder n private soldlpm. This
viii absorb all the active young Indi-
aus, and the Secretary thinks II will
practically solve the Indian qurs-
ton ~ far NJ the Sioux are concerned.
In the vallse Of an English tourist 10
Greenland was big red apple, and
the custom-houee man, having never
seen onc before, and being unable 10
lind anyone who had, took II for u
bomb, aud made the Englishman ut
down aud eat Il. They were quite put
out when ho didn't explode and SKATER
things.
Maurice Relter, the man who had
an office In Berlin for the sale Of titles,
was arrested SOME time ago, tut on the
23rd inst. was acquitted. King Carl
OF Wertcmburg was said 10 be- la league
with him, and II was feared that roy
atty would be sDIrchcd N n trial was
persisted In. Americans were the
most liberal buyers Of titles, aud q
thriving industry wns destroyed, when
Maurice was pulled.
The largest kitchen In this world IL ia
the Bon Marchc In Paris. II has four
thousand employees. Tho smallest ket.
tie contains ono hundred quarts, and
the largest five hundred. Each Of my
roastlng.pans In big enough for three
hundred outlets. Every dish for bak.
ing potatoes holds 295 pounds. When
omelettes are ON the bill OF fare 1900
eggs are used at once. For cooking
alone sixty cooks and one hundred AS
sistants are always at the ranges.
The fellow who delights TO play
practical jokes In order TO alarm women
got his u-t desserts at Suspension,
Ala. He masqueraded M burglar,
but his sister-ln.law, whom he intended
10 frighten, very properly shot him
dead. IL would give the public relief
II all the practical Jokers who 40 often
frlght0n nervous women into hysler-
les or permanently inJure timld
children were served In the same way.
John w. Kelly, a telegraph operator
OF New York City, received an agree-
able surprise last Saturday. About
80 years age, an uncle Of his bought land
near Buffalo. Ii Ia now very valuable.
On Saturday last Kelly received SIS, 900
as the first Installment OF 100000 like
ly 10 be realized from the land. Kelly
Il 90 years OF age, and II said 10 have
.nu.I. AMI uNs,.t fnrtssn.a aI.aaI.s
IL popular, but his new wihdfall Is
likely 10 20 the way OF Others.
In all Thoroughly civilized countries
the members OF family and their
guests paTtakc Of meals while collected
around n central boari, but this IL not
NO with the majority or oven fraction
Of thc seml-civilized and harbafous
nations. The MaldivlAn Islanders
dine alone, retiring TO tho most secret
parts Of their huts for the purpose of
eNting their food. This custom prob.
ally arose among them IN an early
period Of their history, for fear, porhals,
that another with equally as sharp an
app tito md more bodily strength
would deprive the faster Of his meal.
Labor troubles Ia Australia have
always been marked with considerable
violence, but new feature IL furnished
by the sheep shearors OF Queensland,
who have cut the telegraph wires and
have tried 10 wreck the train that
brought troops 10 suppress the disturb
ance. In the Present temper OF the
Queensland Government II Will 20
hard with the strikers II they persist In
carrying on the Industrial war by force
ofarms. All tue Australian colonies