The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-19


strange plant which possesses astonish-
ing magnetic power The hand touch
ing it Immediately receives a strong
magnetic shock. while at distance of
20 feet a magnetic needle is affected
by it.
The oldest university in the world is
at Pel1in. 1t is called the ''School for
the Sons of the Empire Its antiquity
is very great, and a granite register,
consisting of stone columns, 800 in
number, contains the names of 60, 900
graduates.
This in memoriam notice has again
pers: I'm loving memory of our dear
son. Windsor Dudley Cecil Ham
brough. found shot dead in 4 wood at
Ardamount, Argyllshire Aug. 10, 1898,
in his 21st year. Vengeance is mine;
viii repay, saith the Lord :"
Two lives for one cent is a recent
Sicilian record. A saloonkeeper in Pal
ermo drove a knife into the heart of a
15-year-old boy who was unable TO pay
a cent he owed for his drinks. The
boys three brothers shot down the as
sassin before the police got on his track
and are now under arrest.
c. Godfrey Compel, an English sci
enlist, has spent q years in studying
the effects of salt upon the body, and
is about to publish q book which, he
thinks. will be revolutionary. He at
tributes diphtheria, apopleyy and vari-
Gus other diseases to a deficiency of
common salt in the system.
Lancaster was the capital of the
United States from Sept. n, 1777, to
Sept. 90 1777. The national capital has
also been located for a time at Balti-
more. York, Princeton, Annapolis,
Trenton and New York. In 1860 the seat
of government was transferred perlna-
nently from Philadelphia to Washing
ton.
The Spanish prisoners lately located
at SeaveyS island, near Portsmouth. N.
H, got good prices for relics. Half dol
lar was demanded for a common naval
button, rs cents for a hat button and 81
for an officers cap button. The Viz
caya and the Cristobal Colon hatbands
sold Tor several dollars, and the
price is steadily going up.
The Prince of Wales is The third
member of the royal family who has
received an injury to the knee. The
queen slipped about Is years ago and
hurt her knee-an occurrence which has
caused her to refrain from unnecessary
walking exercise ever since. The late
Duke of Albany also fell and injured
his knee. an accident Which greatly
tried his delicate health.
1t costs about $4,000 to equip regi-
ment of infantry with uniforms, arrus,
ammunition, etc, exclusive of camp
outfit, and to maintain regiment of
1000 men would entail an expenditure
approximating 100000 in round num-
bers, depending upon the amount of
travel and the location of the COM
rand. Of this sum about $275,000, or
considerably more than one-half, is
charSeable to pay.
Domenico Vigorito is a bootblack in
one of the tallest of New York City's
tall buildings. and for the small room
in which he plies his trade he pays S25
rent per month. Recently he was or
dered by the manager of the building
TO keep his door closed because of COM
plants of another tenant opposite. He
obeyed and lost nearly all his custom
ers. who could not stand the heat of
the room with the door shut, and now
he is suing for $1,000 damages. The
case, in the opinion of lawyers, will
raise new question.