The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

A prisoner in New York got eleven
years in prison the other day for steal
ing 50.
A school of porpoises thrashed a huge
octopus off the coast of Florida recent
~.
A mortgage of $1,000, 600 was recently
placed on a single building in New
York
The report of the Boston assessors
shows that with 49, 900 voters the city
has property assessed at 1891. 100000.
At the present time there is more
steel used in the manufacture of pens
than in all the sword and gun factories
in the world.
now makes up the empire, 2S000,000
sheep in 1873, she had "a, 999. 406; in 1888,
Is, 1S9, us; in December, 1899, 13s5S9,612
Germany has had the horseless car
riages for several years. There are a
variety of kinds. They have not, how
ever, the speed or elegance OF the
French models.
Mr.. Smyser of Summerville, Ga, al
though nearly 81 years old, is still a
crack shot. At recent practice shoot
he put seven bullets out of ten into a
target at sixty feet.
A Chicago fireman spends all his
is said that his brother firemen and all
his acquaintance among the police de-
partment act as agents for him.
The number of spind4es in Germany S
wooden industries went up from l.
669, 759 in 1861, TO 2,7S7,S73 in 1875, and to
$500, 600 in 1896 OF these, 100000 spin
worsted and 100000 carded yarn.
DR.. w. G. Grace, in a recent cricket
match between Gloucester and Sussex,
made 301 runs, the largest score of the
year and the third 800 that he has made
in first-class matches in his long
cricketing career.
Cruden labored nineteen years on his
concordance of the Bible and imme-
diately after its publication was sent
to an asylum. He never entirely. re-
covered from the mental disease in
duced by this gigantic undertaking.
AS much as 400, 900 pounds is annually
spent in England on the purchase of hu-
man hair. AS much as one hundred
and fifty pounds has been given for a
good crop OF white hair, this color be-
ing the most difficult to procure.
A remarkable case OF accomplished
prophecy was furnished by Daniel Col
Inns of Belvidere, N. Y, who was run
down by a railroad train and killed as
he was walking on the track, a fate
he had long ago predicted for himself.
While repairing some cottages at
Terrington, near Castle Howard, Eng
land, recently, one Of the workmen came
across mustard tin in a bedroom
chimney, which, on being opened, was
found to contain one hundred sOver-
signs.
There are at least 200 horse butcher
shops il; Paris. The first one dates
from July 1, 1866, since when the con-
sumption has grown continuously. In
1872, 5,034 horses were eaten in Paris;
in 1873 10000; in 1894, 21,227; il 1895,
more than 10000
The treadwheeI, or treadmill, as it is
usually termed, its purpose generally
having been for grinding corn or turn
ing machinery, was the invention of Mr.
Cubitt. an engineer of Lowestoft, Eng
land. the notion of such a piece of
mechanism owing its conception to an
accident
The bicycles offered for sale ON the
French market are manufactured in
every land. France can hardly hold
her own in manufacturing these ma
chimes England supplies the largest
quantity of the foreign wheels a few
are imported from Belgium, and many
from the United States.
The Holsters legs, all told, are ten in
number, but only eight of these are
largely used for walking The front
pair, or big claws, have been special-
lied, as in the crab, and most other of
the higher crustaceans, into prehen-
sfve organs for catching and crushing
the prey. Their use is obvious.
During the month of July the follow
ing animals were received at the insti-
tuition in Crows Nest Lane, Haymar-
ket, Newcastle, England: Fifty-one
dogs, of which 9 were claimed and re-
turned, 8 sold, painlessly destroyed
and Is remain; 81 cats of which were
claimed or returned, q destroyed, and
10 remain at the shelter.
India sent to Europe, from the 1st of
September. 1895. to Aug 81. 1896. 1870
200, 400-pound bales of cotton. The year
previous she sent no, 900 bales OF In
dia's yield, England takes only 10 to Is
per cent, japan Is per cent. and China
4 small amount, the bulk-7O to rs per
cent.-g-oes to continental Europe
George Mogle. of Cheney. Kan. at
tempted to cross the Walnut river a.
day or two ago, and the stream being
swolled the horse lost its footing. Mo-
gle fell into the water. but caught hold
of the horses tail and it swan ashore
with him. When it reached the bank
1t kicked Mogle in the forehead and
killed him Instantly
The whistle of a locomotive is hea I'd
$500 yards through the air: the noise
of a railway train, $500 yards: the re-
port of a musket and the bark of a.
dog, 1S00 yards; AN orchestra or the
roll of a, drum, 1900 yards; the human
voice reaches to a distance of 1000
yards; the croaking OF frogs, 900 yards:
the chirping of crickets. 500 yards,
An annual event of great Importance
at FolkestOne. England, Is the cyclists
church parade. which has just taken
place. Wheelmen from far and near
gather in a. meet and ride in a body to
st. Michael's church. There an appro-
PIRATE special service, lasting an hour.
is read. While the wfeelmen are in
church their bicycles are stored in a.
neghboring schoodhouse.
Miss NJ. Jennie Morrill, and Henry w.
Robinson, both of Waltham. Mass.
We're married at Mr.. Robinsons home
on Tuesday in their bicycle suits After
the ceremony they started on their tan
dem for a tour through New Hamp-
shire The bridesmaids and best man
were also in knickerbockers and fetch
ing blooner costumes. They threw rice
after the couple as they wheeled away
A Maryland man got into trouble
with his employer and fed. When in
a safe place he grew a, beard and al
tered his personal appearance in other
particulars Then he returned to his
EN- ployers and said he was a brother
of the defaulter and wanted to settle
the case for him. They were about to
comply. when his old sweetheart, who
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