The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-21
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Only one man in 20S is over six feet
in height.
Many of the elephants of Abyssinia are
without tusks.
In Portugal married women retain their
maiden names. A
The people of London are computed to
spend 100000 daily.
Two-thirds Of Spain's population can
neither read nor write.
The flower trade of London exceeds in
value $lO.000,0OO per annum-
The population of Russia is increasing
at the rate of over sloe0,Ooo year
England carries about IS per cent of
the sea-borne merchandise of the world,
1t is estimated that two-thirds of the
male population OF the world use tobacco.
A doctor says that the growth of chill
dren takes place entirely when they are
asleep.
There is more exertion used in running
200 yards than in riding bicycle four
miles.
The coast line of Spain extends 1917
miies-712 on the Mediterranean and COS
on the Atlantic. ~
In Mexico the family of dead dueiist
can claim support from the person who
shot him.
Some elephants can draw IS tons, lift
ten ~hundredweight and carry on their
backs three tons.
Every German soldier carries a four
personal equipment.
Scientists say that the orange was for
merly a berry. and that ii has been de-
veloping for over 1900 years.
The toll on an ordinary ship passing
through the Suez canal averages about
81 900. The distance is 90 miles
A medical authority in Berlin declares
that not one of Germans professional BIZ
cyclists has a sound heart.
Thousands of young Spaniards, fearing
conScription, skip from the frontier prov
inces OF Spain into France
A Japanese BRIDE gives her wedding
presents to her parents as some slight
recompense for their trouble in rearing
her.
Rubber tires on a carriage add % per
cent TO the durability of the vehicle and
decrease the cost of repairs 80 per cent
The outside walls of many of the houses
in Mexico are from three 10 six feet
thick TO withstand earthquake shocks
In modern naval conflicts opposing yes
sells seldom come within two miles or
each other until the vanquished vessel
strikes her cOlors.
ANY Spaniard over the age of Is is liable
to be called into military service Tor three
years. By the payment of 1,50 pesetas.
(S3G0) he can escape military duty
The best houses in the city of Manila
are of stone and are handsome residences
Glass is not used for the windows, Wn.eh
are glazed with translucent oyster Shehs-
A
fell on a warehouse in F1ume. Austria.
and set il on fire. The stone crashed
through the house and was found buried
in the callar-
Cigarette smoking is a common practice
among the colored washerwOmen OF New
Orleans They lean over the tub ana
make a quaint picture as the smoke rolls
from their lips
From youth to far beyond middle age
Humboldt seldom slept more than two
hours a day From the time he was 40
until his death. at the age of 80, ne slept
four hours day.
Long hours of labor and small pay
cause much dissatisfaction among the
wOrkmen of Persia. In the manufacturers
of that country days labor extends nom
a. m 10 D. M
The caribou, or reindeer of Newtound-
land has it's home in vast areas OF IN
broken wilderness. Some Of the larger
species which have been shot have each
weighed from 500 TO 600 pounds
To be classed as a millionaire in the
United States a man must be worth at
least 81. 600 600; in England he must nave
FIVE times as much, or s5.o09.960; IN Ger
many 1e06 goo marks. or Sz53eJ9
British sailors, by recent order OF
the admiralty. must hereafter feA t..e
order of lacing thei- trousers Hereafter
the bow must be tied at the bottom OF
the eyelet holes instead OF at the top
1t has been reckoned that II the whole
ocean were dried up all the water passing
away as YaDor. the amount OF salt re-
naming would be enough TO cover s5.es.OJo
square miles with layer one mile thick
The succulent sausage was invented in
Germany in the year S9I. 1t was nrst
made of a goats stomach stuHed Win
blood and little pieces OF fat chopped
nork was not used until the tenth cen
fury.
Inc earliest known statue is one that
has been recovered from an Egyptian
tomb 1t is that of sheikh. or head
man of a village. is made of wood, with
eyes of glass. and is evidently portrait.
1t is 5000 years old
Fresh meat easily absorbs nicotine from
tobacco smoke and soon becomes tainted
Aware of this fact, the Dro9rietors of
some of the New York hotels viii not
permit kitchen employees TO smoke in the
kitchen or storerooms-
The big guns of modern battleships are
dangerous TO those who use them In
the war between the Chinese and jay
anese, in 1894. the commander or the
Chinese vessel Chen-Yuen had both OF
his ear-drums rent by me conclusion or
his own guns at the bstttle or the falu-
Several of his crew were similarly pess
manently injured.