The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-04
NOTES OF THE DAY.


about three miles from Reigate is
Duxhurst, the place where Lady Henry
Somerset's scheme for an industrial
farm house for female inebriates is IN
operation. The purpose of the instltu-
ton is the reclamation of habItuaI IN
ebriates, and one of the chief means
to this end is interesting outdoor en-
ploymSnt. Ample scope for this is FUR
niShed by the Is acres of arabic, grass
and wooded land covered by the farm.
Arrangements are now making to
honor John Cabot by a special COM
memoration at Halifax Nova Scotia,
on June "a, 1897, of the four hundredJh
anniversary of his discovery of the
mainland of America The movement
is under the auspices of the Royal So
ciety of Canada and has the active
support of Mr.. Clement Markham,
president of the British Royal Geo
graphical society; DR.. Justin Winsor,
librarian of Harvard university, and
other distinguished Americans.
The recent Republican convention
was the first that the Republican party
ever held in an ex-slave state. The
apparent contradiction to this in the
nomination OF Lincoln in 1864 by the
convention at Baltimore, is more ap-
parent than real because the call un-
der which that convention met did not
use the word Republican. 1t was term
ed a national union convention, all
though, of course, the great majority
of those who attended it and voted
for its ticket were Republicans.
By coating glass with a very thin
deposit of silver Alfred Rost, a Ger
man inventor, has produced mirrors
which reflect oblique rays while allow
ing direct rays to- pass through They
reflect the image and at the same time
are transparent, the intensity OF the
effect depending largely upon proper
ton of light in front of and behind the
mirror. A person in a dark closet be
hind door of this glass could see all
that was going on in the room outside
without being visible himself.
When the island volcano Krakatoa.
at the northwest end of Sumatra, blew
up thirteen years ago, destroying over
100000 lives, every vestige of vegetable
life was destroyed. An observer after
the eruption found that what was left
of the island was red hot. Four years
later naturalist found that the ashes
had cooled enough TO allow plants to
grow and that 246 different species of
plants had started up, the seeds for
many of which must have been blown
across the surrounding water.
Cornell university has abolished the
degrees of bachelor of philosophy and
bachelor of science. Only that of bach
elor of arts is retained. Hereafter stud
ents who pass the entrance eXamina-
tons for the four years academic
course may devote themselves to any
studies they please provided they COM
plete satisfactorily the amount of work
required for each term. All studies
are elective, including those of the
freshmen year. The only exceptions
are military drill and physical culture.
A recent number of the Fortnightly
Review states that 10000 larks daily
come into the London markets, where
poulterers sell them by the bushel Be
sides these sold for table purposes there
are thousands killed for their feathers,
their wings, when dyed SO as to coun-
terfeit tropical birds, being worn for
ornaments. Large numbers are also
trapped to let fly at shooting matches,
and many more are sold to be confined
not as a household pet, but by gam
bleTs, who, strangely enough, keep
them and bet ON their powers Of song
Antistrepttococcoic serum has led to
the forced resignation of one Of the
laboratory directors of the Paris medi-
cal faculty. He had discovered a SER
UNI that would cure erysipelas, pepper
al fever, etc, which, however, is said
not to be so effective as the Mannorek
serum, and made his discovery public.
A firm of druggists began to manufac-
ture the serum and employed the doc
tors assistant to direct the process;
the doctor found this out, but did not
dismiss the assistant, and for the
breach of professional etiquette he had
to resign his place.
The Cleveland city authorities have
ordered the drinking fountains through
ioI, -
ance union has been dispensing a con-
coction known as wild cherry pros
phate, removed. Novel arguments
against the fountains are made 1t
is held that they are inducing news
boys and other children to play that
they are drinking beer, to treat, and
even gamble for the harmless liquid
that flows when penny is inserted
in the slot. The ladies of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union are in
dignant.
The number of barmaids pure and
simple in England has been reckoned
at between $4,000 and $4,000, and w. H.
Wilkins tells that on making investiga-
tons he found very few who disliked
their calling or who were dissatisfied
with their lc6. He gives from his
notebook two typical cases for and
against. No. l was a. serving girl at
one of the largest bars in London and
this is her statement: Like the work?
OF course L like it," she said. and
what's more it likes me. Do you think
1 should keep on with it if 1 didn't like
it? 1 get more money at this than
I should at anything else, and though
1 get bit tired with standing SO long,
when I'm off duty L can do what 1
please. as a girl ought to do when she
works as hard as do. Oh! of course
it has it draw backs, but it's a BOT bet
ter than drudging as 1ady-help,' or
being mewed up somewhere as a nurs-
cry governess, or clickclicking with a
typewriter all day long. Anyway,
see life