The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-13

telsseops some time before. the first re-
corded mention of it was in a German
newspaper published 800 years ago tiiiS
month. 49,, -.
the entire worlds supply of platinum p
obtained. produced out 10, 81 pouhus ie91
wear. as against 11.S3S pounds In lsJ'-
Through trains between seattie anu
Galveston. Tex 300 miles apart, Which
are promised for this summer, VIII MAJ i.A,
the longest run Of the kind in the Unlteu
States --,,,,y1
fbv first vanishing the latter and thor
oughly covering it with pure copper prone
powder before the varnish has thoroughly
dried. -
ed a harmless auaesthetic which soldier
may carry in his pocket and administer
TO himself 10 ease his suffering When
The largest cargo Of creosote ever
brought to this country, l25e,00 gallons
recently arrived at Philadelphia Tor the
/ Pennsylvania railroad to use in presefN-
6urine the mast five years H,423,00o
| frozen rabbits have been exported from
| Victoria, principally 10 England IN adul,
| ton to which there have been exporter
/ %, 600 skins.
cartridges containing powdered calcium
oxide into which water is admitted %
| form steam. are used TO break down coai
/ in some European mines instead OF dyna-
mite or gunpOwder
den ina February automobiles were useu
I TO tow ice yachts to the starting poi!l,
/ the tires being wrapped with cnaln 10
enable them to grip the ice
A large deposit Of Manganese ore mas
! been discovered in the Australian state
/ Of Victoria. The lode IS about miles
/ long by 400 feet wide. and has been proven
/ to a depth of 20 feet.
/ The use of rat skins in various indus
| tries has created a demand IN Lohdoh
alone amounting to nearly S1oO-v1o year.
Among other things, they are useu loi
the thumbs of women's gloves.
| Carbon diOXide may be hQuefled al a
| pressure Of ton to the square incn- LID
l Grated at a low temperature, II cIystal-
I Lies into snow that Is said 70 De cure
for certain skin diseases.
/ The prize offered by the University OF
I Jena for the best essay on the condltlOn
. Of the interior Of the earth was awarded
/ to a writer who argued that its density
was about that of steel
A French chemist claims TO have sue
] ceeded in obtaining an oil from the resld-
ium left oy tuTpentine manufactures
/ which has the same chemical properties
| and composition as the natural Oil
/ More than thirty snow gauglng stations
/ have been erected in Colorado bN tue
/ weather bureau, with view TO forecast
ing the amount Of water the rivers VIII
/ receive each year after the snow meits
/ France produced 31622.556 tons OF coal
/ last year. an increase over 1897 OF Sos,s-s
tons. and smelter 3.4l2.S9S tons Of iron
I from native ores. a decrease o. lH,S42 tons
/ from the year before
/ In a new type Of field gun adopted for
I the German army. the wheels SWING To-
/ getheT under the barrel and lock, giving
/ greater stability when fired and furnish
I ing more room for the soldiers handling IT,
/ To make the gathering of swarm OF
/ bees less hazardous than usual an Ohio
man has patented a funnel-shaped affair
I which may be placed about q swarm ana
/ closed without any of the bees escaping
! For ten years after he Is licensed 10
practice. q japanese physician Is required
J to keep books showing the names ages
and addresses of patients. their diseases
I and the treatment given them
/ BY administering simultaneous inJec-
/ tons Of tuberculin TO the monkeys at
the Philadelphia Geological Garden the
/ officials have not in eighteen months lost
/ one from consumption. to which disease
/ smians are much subject.
] To dry shoes in hotels. clubs and other
! places where they accumulate in numbers.
/ there has been devised a cylinder with a
/ gas burner at the base. from which radi-
J ate a mum Der of tubes on which the shoes
are hung TO receive uniform heat.
I Previous to 1873 there was not a cocoa
nut tree in Florida. In that year some
nuts that washed ashore from wreck
were planted. with the result that the
! shores of Lake Worth and Biscayne Bay
now are lined with profitable groves
Each female oyster lays from l5otV0
. to 100000 eggs year. Of which only
about one in each 2Ocd.UUJ reaches ma
/ turity. according to Dr. Charles r. Bacon.
president of the National Association of
; Shell Fish Commissioners
l The first person other than a Peruvian
| to visit ChoQquequirau, the Lost City Of
| the Incas." in over 40 years. Dr.. Hiram
[ Bingham of Yale university. recently re-
/ turned to this country with a glowing
/ account Of a trip encompassed by almost
/ insurmountable difficulties.
With a view to lessening the destruction
/ of crops by locusts this year the Turkish
/ government required every rural resident
l of northern Syria to deliver to a commits
I sion at least So pounds of eggs thus de-
E posted By the insects Of last year and
! go 600 pounds If eggs were thus destroyed.
As / am about to leave my present
| quarters at 221 Main street ] am in the
market for a new location. oscar Gro