The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-04
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Cincinnati will have an industrial ex-
position next year,
Greater New York proposes to expend
81. 100000 on two bridges.
New York has the largest local tele-
phone exchange system in the world.
Ground has been broken at Murfrees-
boro Tenn, for one Of the largest cotton
mills in the south to cost 100000.
The city council of Atlanta. Ga. has
repealed the law against pool selling, and
horsemeB viii begin races soon.
+ New Orleans represents more than the
total valuation of Louisiana, and cOnse-
quentiy pays more than half the taxes
Albemarle Island is the largest of the
Galapagos Islands. Its area is ], 80 square
miles and it has peak AGO feet in height
There is practically no difference. so
far as the food value is concerned. be
tween the white-shelled and the brown
shelled egg.
Omaha Is making strenuous efforts at
Washington to secure the proposed new
mint. TO be located somewhere in the
middle west.
Bishop Satterlee episcopal of Wash
ingtOn is a lifelong friend Of Secretary of
War Root. with whom he went TO school
when a boy.
sAny artist in any country may COM
pete for the annual prize Of $500 left by
Rosa BOrheur, to be awarded the best
painting in the Paris salon.
The three chief characteristics Of Pc
king. the Chinese capital, which most inn
press the newly arrived visitor, are dust,
stencil and dogs
Brighton. England. is about to brave
British prudeTy, the corporation having
decided to allow mixed bathing next
summer under restrictions
In looking up a word for wireless teleg-
raphy, the suggestions are WaVeWrlt-
ing, undigraphy,, atmography" and
'magnO-electrOgTaphy
in Denver IS the envy Of the Colorado
bar. The senator recently refused an
offer Of $4,000 for it's 1000O volumes.
HOLSTERS are becoming extremely
scarce Where wholesale dealers formerly
shipped 1000 pounds a day they now
think 100 pounds fair average.
The only embassy in Washington that
flies the flag of foreign country is that
Of China The Gag Of the Chinese empire
is always displayed there
The report of the new Panama Canal
company shows that nearly half of the
new capital Of 65G00O00 francs has been
expended in the four years outlay.
A medical paper directs attention to
the curious fact that scarlet fever has
never been observed in an epidemic form
in the tropical or substropical regions Of
Asia or Africa
With all their superstition and disdain
for the Christian religion, the Chinese
people have great faith in the "fOrei en-
erS knowledge or m6diclne ana their
powers for healing.
New Mexico contains nearly 70 09a,000
acres. OF these there are about 2 600 900
acres contained in land grants. Indian
and military reservations, railroad grants
and government entries.
John ]. Corning Of New York has form
ally turned over to the city of Hartford
Conn the $1,000 public fountain in Bush
nell park, that city. which he has erected
in memory Of his father.
The tallest members on the Democratic
side Of the house are Congressman SulZer
and Richmond, but both of these are
Overtopped at least by a head by Repre-
sentative Cyrus Holloway Of New Hamp-
shire.
The papers Of India speak of Lady
! Curzon as q heroine because of her noble
courage in accompanying the vicerOy on
his tour for the relief Of the plague
stricken districts. The personal devotion
and se,f-sacTifce of the vicerene is said
to be winning the hearts of-all classes
The water used at President Mckinley s
table at the White. House is obtained
from an old spring in Franklin square.
! which once supplied several other houses
1 in Washington but which. since the in
| PRODUCTION of more modern systems, is
now used by the White House alone.