The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-15

Down in Florida they catch catfish
and use them 10 fertilize the orange
groves.
The lack of roots. stems. leaves,
flowers and seeds entities the truf1ie
10 the distinction of being the reigning
freak of the vegetable Kingdom.
1t is a striking fact that two of the
great statesmen of Europe, on whom
vast reforms STANDARDIZATION and
Crispi-are both incapacitated by
growing blindness.
When Queen Victoria lays down the
scepter it will be with the cheering
knowledge that the percentage of il
literacy in England has decreased dur
ing her reign from Al to Z per cent.
The New York market is livestock
ed with strawberries from the south.
They are icing peddled about the
street by hucksters who have great diff
flculty in selling them, at even spring
time prices. Another evidence of
hard times in the big city.
In resigning his charge a Methodist
preacher in Kansas stated to his con-
gregation that, while there were thirty
manageable young men in MS con-
gregation and ever so many marriage
able young women. he had not received
d single wedding fee within a year.
The Kings Daughters in Brooklyn
are going to give a spectacular enter
tainment illustrating scenes in the life
of Martin Luther. People prominent
in society will take part. Mayor
Schieren was asked to take the part Of
Luther. but declined on account of i'll
ness. There will be $50 people on the
stage, and the professionals, chorU ses,
marches by priests, nuns and soldiers
viii be gorgeous
There is a man in Washington who
has a, most uncommon name. His
mother was on the lookout for some
thing original and one day before his
christening she noticed on the door of
a building the word fNosmo" This
struck her fancy. Now for a middle
name. Later coming along by the
same building she saw the word King.
That was the very thing ''Nosmo
King Jones he shall be- she said. and
he was so christened. After the chris
tening she passed the building once
more. The doors We're shut together
and on them she beheld, not "eIosmo
King but No Smoking
A New York lawyer paid a visit to
his alma mater, SWarthmore college,
recently to see the boys and tell
them stories Of hazing in his day They
were much interested in his stories. but
pronounced his methods antiauated
and not up to the most scientific meth
they knew more about hazing than
about Greek they threw him down.
cut off one side of his moustache.
and dragged him by the legs three
miles through the mud. They were
very Jovial and genial through it all.
and merely wanted to revive pleasant
memories of his old college days. He
has had them all arrested and prom
ises to pull them through the courts
until he lands them in Jail
The aluminium life boats which were
made expressly for Walter Wellman's
arctic expedition have been tested at
baltimore and proved very satisfac-
DRY. One Of the boats is Is fesf~foner
feet beam and 2 feet amidships and
weighs $50 pounds. 1t was put into
the water and two men found it i'm
possible TO capsize it. A weight of 2H
tons was put in, but the boat remained
"a inches above water amidships. The
air tight compartments We're then
opened and an attempt made to sink
II, but the boat could not be filed
as 1t remained so high out of water as
to act as a self-bailer. A report of the
test was sent to the secretary Of the
aluminium boats win be introduced in
to the navy.
A rift in the clouds let in a wa,gonful
of Sunshine into the lives of the news
boys of Park row. New York. one dav
recently A wagon belonging to the
New England Pie company broke
down In the street. The driver tried
IN vain to repair it and finally u1hitch-
ing his horses started out to find q
blacksmith He had scarcely d;san-
peaTed around the corner when a
horde OF newsboys descended On the
wagon and started in on the pies All
xmas CT pies were destroyed BY the
boys, who all seemed to he bollon1
down to their soies. Cheese it" veil
ed one of them, as the driver appea red
with a blacksmith. and the bows scat
tered with their faces and hands smear
ed with the filings of apricot. back
berry, lemon and plum pies. 'rhe dl.iv-
er swore and cursed as he leaked a.
the wreck of his stock. for not ME
remained, nothing but crumbs and ,
little juice. For once in .heir lives
those newsboys were full of pie.