The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

A kind of paper is made from Seaweed
which is so transparent that it may be
used instead of glass for windows.
The Methodist Church Extension So
ciety has furnished aid to build churches
at the rate of two day for several years.
In the years 1892 to 1891 England lost
140O0,e00 of its population by emigration.
Germany lost 100000 between 1882 and
1891.
Barbed-wire fences are used extern
sively in South Africa. and most of the
material is imported from the United
States.
The Icesanders will not burn ash for
firowood, because they believe that those
who sit about such a fire VIII become
enemies.
The historic Where's pecan tree. near
New Orleans. never bore fruit after
General Packenham was wounded and
afterward buried beEeath it,
A curious feature of cycling. which
seems to be confined practically to the
northern midlands of Great Britain, is the
hill-climbing competition
The most curious paper weight in the
world is said to belong TO the Prince
of Wales II is the mummied hand or
one of the daughters of Pharaoh.
A New York man claims to have shot
crane up in the Adirondacks that haI
forty-five trout in its stomach none or
which weighed less than pound
Oklahoma Indians have developed
praise for the Inescal bean. little
known narcotic of wonderful properties
producing marvellous color visions
a recent discovery in the vatican
library among some eleventh century
rnanuscripts was a set of maps OF tina
time of Ptolemy the geographer.
Nearly 800 claims for pensions made
by soldiers who served in the spanish,
American war have already been allowed
by the United States government
An imperial institute for ''oceanogra-
ply is planned for Kiel. and the German
Co. f1a n
government Will be asked LOT tne lui'os
at the next session of the reichstag
The little town of Moorehead Kan,
has a cooperative hotel. laundry. hail.
creamery and canning factory and CO.
operative dining hail. with seVerH CO
opera tive farms nearby
Natural gas found at Heathfie;d.
Sussex. is being used to light the rail-
road station there. This Is SAID 70 pc Ine
first practical use to wnich natural gas
has been put in EUROPE
The two zebras sent by the emperor OF
Abyssinia TO Queen Victoria have reached
England. to the climate and fare OF
which the geological garden Is now oofnG
its best to accustom them.
States work In this number are teach
ers. professors lawyers. ciergymen.
journalists. chemists. aSsayers. detec-
lives. postmen. guides and veterinary
surgeons
The London authorities have decided
upon the novel municipal step OF devot-
ing ffc coo to the erection OF q DulluinS 10
shelter families whose houses are in pro-
press of disinfection after outbreaks OF
infectious disease.
st Louis pays an average of nearly
san eco a week into the United states
treasury This revenue represents the
earnings of the internal revenue depart
ment. the postoffic. the customs office and
the federal courts
AT watkins N V. water is now sold
hx the cubic foot instead of by the gal
Inn. The rates are 50 cents per lOo Tor the
first 1OO9 10 cents per 100 for the third,
COO and cents per 100 for each addi-
rional LOCO feet These rates make the
water a little more expensive TO the
largest consumer
The Pixies Peak Power company pro-
poses to develop. 300 horsepower for
distribution for mines in the neighbcr-
hood of Cripple Creek. Colo The source
of the water supply Is Beaver canyon.
and a steel and rock dam will be built:
having a storage capacity OF loo'voV0O
cubic feet
The eagle which originally decorated
the stern OF the famous schooner yacht
America-which first won what Is now
known as the Americas cup-iS now the
sign Of the Royal Eagle hotel at Ryde.
Isle Of Wight. overlooking the scene OF
the vessels triumph over her English
competitors in 1S5l-