The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-15
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

apSl water pipes are possibility.
Florida railroad is to have wood
rails.
Fifty-one per cent of the foreigners
IN England live in London.
About the only use the natives of
Alaska put the horns of the reindeer
to is for bents to sleds.
Byron's first poems appeared at 49,.
When he was "a he had reached the
highest pinnacle of his fame.
1t is said that stammerers rarely,
If ever, show any impeachment of
speech when speaking in whispers.
One fashionable dress designer in
the West End of London is computed
to make between $4,000 and $4,000 a
year.
Fk5ter egg of pure gold. contain
ing a pearl necklace, to wear on her
wedding day, was the present re-
ceived by London beauty this year.
The color of the fur of the reindeer
IS varied. Perhaps the most common
is seal-brown. and when free from
other shades is decidedly rich in APP
pearance.
At one time the natives of Alaska
relied solely on the reindeer skin for
clothing and tents. but now the seal
and ground squirrel skins play an i'm
portant part.
The tree of the French cavalry sad
die and the stirrupS are TO be hence
forth made of aluminium, with bands
of steel let in when the metal is in
state of fusion.
Divers now communicate with per
sons above by means of the telephone.
The mouthpiece is placed near the
s.-l.k e .,
head brings the mouth close to it.
A London exchange says: There IS
to be seen in the gardens connected
with Greencroft Hall. near Lanches-
ter an apple tree, which is partly in
boom, the flowers being very large.
The white rhinoceros has become
nearly. if not quite extinct. There
are two stuffed specimens in England
and one in the Cape Town museum.
1t is the largest species of the genus
1t is a very common thing for
reindeer to have a horn broken off.
and it is very easily done. Indeed by
the middle of winter, nearly every
reindeer has lost one or both of its
horns, or fragments only are left.
A tax is in force in most of the Aus
tralian colonies, called the Marsupial
tax, levied for the purpose of obtain
ing money to pay the official rewards
for bringing in scalps of kangaroos,
wallabies, bandicoots. kangaroo rats,
and SO on.
1t is not always in big centers of
life that Understanding names are en-
countered At Newport Pagnen, in
England. there is
a drinking house rejoicing in the lofty
and unique title. THE March of In
tellect."
Reindeer, although possessing endur-
ance to a remarkable extent, notably
in severely cold climates. are in some
respects extremely tender. Their
flesh is easily torn, and the bones of
their legs break almost as easily as
pipe stems.
at certain seasons voluntary sounds is
well authenticated. Many travellers
have given accounts of the strange
noises they have heard coming from
under water and which could APP
parently be explained by attributing
them TO fishes.
Melancthon pinned his faith TO
dreams or apparitions. He used to as-
sert that one directed him to his
friend Guynoeus to depart for some
lime, as the inquisition sought his
life. Guynoeus went away in conse-
Iuence, and this accident, as it hap
pened. saved his life.
Citric acid, the active principle of
lines and lemons, was first extracted
by Scheele. 1t is found in consider
able quantities in many fruits besides
-hese, the acid OF commerce being, it
s said, extracted from almost any
'ruit, the cheapness being the main
factor in selection.
At the Bordeaux exhibition the |
special feature will be the largest |
bottle ever made. 1t will be 100 feet |
owest of which there will be a res
A winding staircase Will
cad up to the neck to a kiosque,
.aking the place of the cork, where
here will be room for So persqAs at
1 time to sit and look over the ex-
libition grounds and city.
It is related of the great Duke of
that when he was Wis
ted by Prince Eugene on the night be-
ore a battle, he called his servant
@ account for lighting four candles
n the tent upon that occasion; and
yet the two generals were no doubt
n consultation upon measure that
night decide the fate Of an empire.
At another time he was actually seen
m horseback darning his gloves.
The effect on labor of the introduce
ion of new machinery forms a chap |
err in the report of the labor commits
Toner of New York. According to his
,stimate the number of men EN-
,loyed as carpenters in New York has |
,een decreased 10 per cent by new ma
,hinery, the numebr of buttonhole
makers 80 per cent. Of shirtmakers 80 !
,er cent, of furniture workers 80 per |
ent, printers Al per cent, typefound- |
RS 80 per cent, six ribbon weavers |
0 per cent wood carvers 81 per cent. |