The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24

the collar was all paper Later real
linen was glued on the outside and il
was good for a week
Secretary Long finds that the naval
academy at Annapolis needs to be en-
tirely reorganized. Hardly a modern
Improvement has been made in recent
years and the neglect Sill be costly for
the government. II is strange how red
tape and precedent will rule in manag-
ing such institutions. Only few years
ago a regular allowance was made for
candles for West Point cadets to study
by.
A Springfield, Mass, gentleman who
is fond of playing practical jokes upon
his wife. no matter who is present,
gave a little party the other night,
asking his wife TO provide a light sup
per. In due time the guests were ush-
cred to the dining room, TO find on the
table simply a dozen kerosene lamps,
brightly burning. The joker is not so
fond of light refreshments" as he
was.
The Bristol copper mine, the largest
in Connecticut, will again be re-
opened. 1t was first opened 100 years
ago and has been re-oDened and dis
continued number of times, the vari-
Gus enterprises entailing the loss of
several hundred thousand dollars.
There are several thousand feet of
drifts and eight shafts. one of them 400
feet deep, all now filled with water.
Professor Lucy Salmon, Vassar COL
lege, is strongly in favor of the aboli-
ton of the college commencement,
which she characterizes as "a relic of
mediaevalism." She claims that much
harm is done by the overshadowing of
the purposes of education by the love
of public show created by college and
school commandments as commonly
observed.
Kentucky strawberry grower re-
ports clear profit this season of 1929 SO
on seven acres of ground. Numbers of
women and children who would have
earned money in no other way made 81
or 81 day picking the berries. Another
grower of strawberries reports his clear
profit to have been S357.50 on two acres
Of ground.
The distinguished electrician, Profess
sor Forbes, has been employed by the
Egyptian government to make a study
of the feasibility of utilizing the power
of the cataracts of the Nile for gener-
ating electricity, and he reports the
general circumstances of Egypt to be
exceptionally we'll adapted for its use
as a motive power.
When P. T. Manning of Caldwell was
asked if he knew any reason why SEN
tence should not be passed upon him
for beating his wife he glowered at the
judge and said: Things is coming to
a HI of a pass when a man can't lick
his woman in this jaybird of a coun-
try" Then he passed into Jail for u
months.
A remarkable fall without injury
was that of an infant thrown by her
insane mother the ether day from the
roof of a three-story building in Brook
lyn. The baby fell into an open coal
box on the sidewalk, and though there
was absolutely nothing TO break the
force of the fall. it escaped without
any injury.
The Bertillon system for the identifi-
cation Of criminals. which was last
year begun in all the penal Institutions
of New York. is now complete, and
10000 cards. each bearing two photo
graphs and a full description of the
criminal, are indeXed at the superin-
tendent's office.
Next September, for the third time
South Carolina viii elect a United
States senator by popular party vote
The candidates appear before the peO-
pie in joint debate for several weeks
prior TO the election and the legislature
accepts the general verdict.
A rock has been found in Mexico
which is said to prove by inscriptions
that the Chinese were in Sonora 20
centuries ago.