The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-22
Ayers SarsaparilIa

| link.
The difference between ancient and
modern slang was amusingly illustrat-
ed in recent incident at the Chautau-
! qua assembly, when the teacher of En-
| glish literature asked What is the
meaning of the Shakespearian phrase
Got to| and a member Of the class
replied. "Oh. that is only the 18th cen
fury expression of the modern Come
| on The two phrases. while apDar-
/ emily opposite, do, in fact, substan-
| TALLY mean the same thing
| A safety brake invented by John
Schuman, poor machinest Of Pitts
| burg, Pa, was tested recently on the
| line of the Pittsburg & Birmingham
Traction company. By small lever
the motorman may lift the car off the
rails. The shoe is in the form of
wheel, and when applied forms a sort
of sled on the track, bearing the weight
of the car. A car running at full speed
was stopped within a, space of 25 feet
by this device.
CONSERVATION is felt in West vir-
ginia legal circles over the alleged dis
coyery that the last legislature, through
an act passed Feb 20, to take effect
from its passage, and which act was
approved by. the governor on the 22nd
of the same month. actually abolish
ing all the circuit courts in the state.
Many prominent lawyers believe this to
be the case. If SO, then special judges
will have to be appointed to hold courts
throughout the state.
Vice Admiral Makaroff of the Rus
sian navy has started for the Arctic
ocean, north of Siberia. to try the ex-
pertinent of keeping the sea open to
navigation by means of ice breakers.
which have been used with success on
the Siberian rivers. The attempt is one
result OF Captain Virgins endeavors
to establish a commercial route by sea
from western Europe to the Obi and
Yenisei.
Sine time ago it was discovered that
the crimson hued Holsters and cray fish
in the great central markets OF Paris
owed their brilliant cOloring to a lib
eral application of red paint. which
gave the stalest fish an appearance of
pristine freshness. Several prOsecu-
lions took place and the offenders were
convicted of adulteration and fraud.
The injection of morphine is q habit
that is on the increase in France, es-
pecially among the middle classes. On
statistics furnished by the pharmacists.
it is estimated that there are in Paris
at least $4,000 victims of the morphine
habit, the majority of whom are wo-
men.
a paper in western Ontario is being
sued for libel because it asserted that a
member of the local base ball team
could not play base ball All the rest
Of the papers in the province are await
ing the outcome with interest and some
apprehension.
The Penny-in- the-Slot Electric Sup
ply company, with a capital OF $3.50, 900,
of which 100000 is reserved for work
ing capital, has been incorporated in
England Its object is Ito develop a
slot electric meter and to work on the
free wiring lines"
On the front gate of an up town
church in New York hangs the notice:
Services all summer" The words
convey cynical reference TO the sys-
tenn which prevails in many cases of
long clerical holidays, and closed
places Of worship.
The only daily paper edited by ne
grces in the world has just made it's
appearance in Wilmington, N c. 1t is
an afternoon six column folio sheet.
The population of Wilmington is 5000.
a little more than half of whom are
whites.
KIondike reports were not believed in
England at first, and the newspapers
for a week spoke of the alleged dis
coveries in Alaska. They changed at
once to "the gold finds in Canada
when they became convinced of the
truth.
a first sergeant who has Just retired
from the army at Fort iLeayenWorth,
Kan. after 81 years service. is named
Enemey. His comrades never wearied
of punning him on his name.
Library students in Paris now fire.
quently wear 'rnuzZles when peruSing
the old books in the national library. to
prevent the inhalation of the book mi
crobes into their lungs.
There are about 2,COO persons in
France who ara set down as anarchists.
and are under the constant watch Of
the police of the various European
countries.
Victoria, dowager empress of Ger
many. is the holder of S31. 700 in Central
park 3 per cent bonds, and S43377 inter
est was RENTED to her a few days ago
by the city chamberlain. She has been
drawing interest on these bonds for Is
years. 1t is said that the princess was
presented with the bonds by a wealthy
school friend when she was young
Professor E. c. Lindemann. after
whom the great lake N Alaska was
named, in talking of his recent trip
there, said the other day: In dress I
were silk underwear and red hannels,
which l STEPPED in lard oil. Outside my
WOODEN clothing l wore Hamburger
overalls Of corduroy. never suffered
from cold in that dress.
The French method of administering
castor Gil to their ailng children is
characteristic. The oil is poured into a
pan over a moderate fire. an egg broken
into it. and the mixture We'll stirred.
The onnelette thus made is served with
a little salt, sugar, or a spoonful of cur