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Show in ISS-i, th-c sound is said by j-cicii-tii-tij to be the loudL'L the world, ever lizard. In tho Vietirii Plains, West Australia, the shepherds were startled hy noises like heavy can nonadin. It w:is some time afterward before they learned that their tramjiiility had been disturbed dis-turbed by the grand events then proceeding near Java, 1 ,700 miles aw ay. Tiik '':sTii-::ti;s little English sparrow, whieh has of late years made himself so numerous in and '.. around Hrigham City, is said to be about the only bird that does not kill and eat destructive insects. The sparrow apparently has few redeeming qualities about him and by his lighting propensity ho i d r i v i n g a n ay f r o m o u r d 00 r s a n d orchards the really meritorious birds. The cmMNANCES of Brigham City arc said to be in such an unstable un-stable condition that the officers are afraid to make arrests under thein for fear the cases won't "stick," and counter-arrests will rebound upon the heads of the plaintilTs Two movements, during the last three years, have had renovation renova-tion in view, but so far the ordinances or-dinances remain untouched and as shrikcy as ever. This is certainly a bad state of things. A erie.no, even one who thinks himself true and sincere, if he lacks moral backbone he-is more dangerous danger-ous than an open enemy. The I'rovo Enquirer boasts that it has reduced the subscription lisL in Frovo of a certain named Salt Lake daily "from over fifLy to less than a dozen." The famous engine of New York, No. flOt), recently beat the world's record for fast time by running for some distance at the phenomenal rate of 1 1 2 A miles an hour. It is now no unusual sight in progress! ve eastern cities -to sec ordinary looking buggies, with no horses attached, Hying along the roads at a ten mile an hour gait. These carriages weigh -100 pounds; will carry two persons and aro run bv steam, the yearly annual expense ex-pense being less than thai required to maintain a horse. At the wi nderfiil volcanic explosion ex-plosion whieh occurred near Java |