The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-26
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

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OF 1000 persons only one reaches the
age of 100 years.
Opal mining is one of the latest Aus
! tralian mineral industries.
| Landmarks club is one of SOUTH
| ern California's organizations.
! In all Spain there are only $3.50 chill
dren in the Sunday schools.
] Toronto has. according to tine asses
sor's returns. l92S07. of popula ton.
Socialists will hold at Paris next year
the largest congress in their history.
Bubbles made of filtered CASTLE soap
! suds and glycerine will last for days.
The word Bible means simply book.
! but 1t is now confined to the Book of
Books
Alcohol was first distilled by the Ara
bans. and when we talk about coffee and
alcohol we are using Arabian words.
The lead pencil originated with the dis
covery of the graphite mines in England
in 1864, during the reign of Queen Eliza
beth.
The latest Chinese papers state that
there are at present six smokeless powder
factories in operation in the Chinese en-
pire.
The wood of the red wood tree never
decays 1t is said, and fallen trunks which
have been overgrown by old forests are
as solid as the day they fell.
First-class passengers in England have
increased only 10 per cent in ten wears
while the number of the third-class pas
The origin of Roentgen rays and Bee
querel rays has not been ascertained.
though a hundred scientists have been
tormenting nature to let the secret go.
There is new railroad car that by its
own motion congresses ammonia gas to
liquid. which in going through The pipes
expands and produces the necessary cold
ness in the air.
On the basis of results of previous ex-
hbitions at Paris it is assumed that % =
fha
stiles. and 1t is possible that the total
number may reach 10000. COO
A Kansas family of eight brothers and
sisters boasts an aggregate age of 545
years. an average of 6Si2. The Oldest is
IS, and the youngest so. They lately had
a reunion-all well and active.
During the past summer there were
59i2 visitors in Yellowstone park who
lived in camps. and am who stayed at
the hotels. The expense of the tour how
ever is yet too large for the great ma
jority of the people.
The thirteen trees planted by Alexander
Hamilton at One Hundred and Forty-sec-
ond street and Nicholas avenue. New
York, have nearly all died. but stand
there yet rather unsightly monument
TO the thirteen original states.
The famous shot fired in che Jubilee
year of Queen Victoria from a twenty
two-ton grn to ascertain how far a shot
could be carried remained in the air
sixty-nine and one-hah seconds and the
highest point reached in its flight OF
twelve miles was LOO feet.
In the year ended June 30. 1907 the
United States purchased 2S70i.190 pounds
of coffee from Mexico. valued at H.513.-
s65: the following year. 3,5l1.i6S ponds
valued at s3.599, se2: last year. 1884, SGT
pounds, valued at s2.6S6. 24S.
One of the richest copper deposits
known in the south lies in Person county
n. c. The mine is taking out about 100
tons of ore day. This ore, when cobbed
that Is picked for shipment-will aver
age 30 per cent OF cooDer.
Corundum, of which sandpaper and
like polishing materials are made, is be-
ing largely worked al Waynesboro. n. c.,
and they have orders there for all they
can produce. 1t Is one of the growing in
terests of the state.
A new feature of the 1900 Paris exhibi-
ton Is the United States Publishers
building, now in course of construction.
in which will be displayed the history of
the printing press in America, and speci-
mems OF work done In the United States.