The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25

Spirits of camphor viii freshen soiled
pls wing cards.
From coal are prodaced more than 90
different cOlored dyes.
An exposition Of musical instruments
win open at Rotterdam in May.
Spain buys more than one-quaTter Of its
tobacco from the United States.
Electric devices now are successfully
employed in branding cigar boxes.
There is an average Of one physician 10
each 1o9 persons IN the United States.
At the present rate the excavation OF
Pompeii viii not be completed before
1870
The sale Of white phosphorus matches in
Great Britain has been prohibited by Par
lament.
During the present year the entire street
railway system of Budapest viii be cleo
trified.
Ohio. Vermont and New York have led
in the production OF maple sugar con-
tinuOusly since 1880.
There are said to be 100000 horse power
available in the embarrassed waterfalls of
Wisconsin.
Washing linoleum with weak solution
of glue and allowing il TO dry thoroughly
Will restore its gloss.
Alcohol is obtained from peat by treat
ing the fibre with sulphuric acid and fer
menting with a special yeast.
Last winter was the dTyest on record IL
Tasmania. sheep dying by thousands,
while many rivers entirely dried up.
me SWISS government SJEalUS lAlDIt on
its comm ercial schools than for all other
educational purposes put together.
Ii is claimed that silicide and boride OF
titanium. products Of the electric furnace,
are as hard as the diamond.
In a rubber factory at SOUrabaya. Dutch
West Indies, the material IS extracted
from the leaves by chemical process.
Electric street cars. built IN Philadel-
phia. have been introduced by a private
company in the Turkish city Of SalOniki.
The first rnFrf in R-azrI will
be put in service in the near future on
railroads controlled by the government
The japanese cabinet recently repealed
an ordinance enacted in 1876. prohibiting
the use of foreign inks on official dOcu-
ments.
Serious experiments by a bevy Of French
scientists resulted IN figuring out the
average speed of a snail at fourteen days
to the mile.
Lead is the purest metal which is made
commercially. many good brands Of COM
mercial lead containing Se.s5 or more per
cent Of the metal.
a new hook for hanging Up mems hats
catches them by the brim IN such man
ner that they cannot be knocked off. be-
sides econOmiziuE room
The port OF Havre is to be improved
at a cost OF si6. 10000. which will be
shared by the nation, department and 10
cal chamber Of commerce
The majority Of Australia schools are
owned and operated by the state gov
eruments under the supervision Of the
fsderal minister of public instruction.
The erection Of the latest electric fur
mace for the production OF steel brought
the total number in service in the United
States and Europe up TO s.
The spraying Of diluted alcohol over
calcium carbide produces = new gas
known as aIkOethiDe. which is said 70
be a better and cheaper fuel than gasO-
line
In proportion to its area Maine is the
Of
Of the states. having a square mile OF
L. Ike to every 143 square miles Of land
One OF the largest csrbuilding compa-
MES il the country has decided 10 s0an-
don steam as a motive power and has
begun the erection OF a mammoth cleo
tlic plant
BraziPs budget for this wear includes
an appropriation OF over 5000 TO aid
various institutions which are fighting
the spread OF tuberculosis in that coun-
try.
A Michigan company IS trying ont q
horizontal smelter for iron ores which s.
said 10 utilize all the heat. while upright
shelters are said 10 lose over 8 per cent
More than 800 90. 90 telephone mes
sages were sent IN the United states
last year the number OF instruments in
service having grown 10 exceed the l-eo1--
of mark
new weed destroyer Tor gardeners
combines q narrow spade with a pair of
Jaws. operated from the handle IN such
8 manner as 70 lift weeds which the spade
IS loossned-
IT the Tuiliieres hTdro-eleetric works.
the largest m France, which sre near