The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-15
Curious CONVERSATIONS
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An International coal smoke anate-
ment exhibition will he held in Lon
don in March and April.
The Salvation Army recently stated
that its property holdings in the
tinted States exceeded $4,000. 600 in
value.
a London judge has decided that a
purchaser of forged postage stamps
has no remedy against the seller.
The RICH, of way to the public to
the sea across a golf course at SkeS-
ness was recently sustained in the
British courts.
Belfast, which has recently been
the storm center for home rule agita-
ton. now contributes about three
quarters of all the customs and excise
revenues collected in Ireland.
h principal steel producing plants
Nf the ountry are said to be working
at present at 80 per cent of their
capacity. as against G5 or 20 per cent
AT this time last year.
Graham county, Arizona, has a Jail
cut NIT Of tine side of a hill of solid
rock. The l~oophol"s for ventilation
Yer" opened hN blasts. There is no
vaN of escape from tho prison except
by tho door AZ the front.
Noh"dr knows who is the busiest
'''''A Ai tAts 'SI ~ WINS
Tote for Nh" Cherokee county man
who breaches in Baxter Springs. teach
IS n sunday school in LAYTON. edits a
n"Nsrarer in Carl Junction. Mo, and
runs an engraving plant in Joplin.
Financing NOWADAYS, is limited by
no national boundaries. American
newspapers contain advertisements of
4 Cir of Toxic (Japan' Loan" for
tho purchase by that city of electric
{ r.; III It-o : and ,1,.rt r;r ljrJ3jro gig
TENS The loan. amounting to about
Si".oo0.nho, is apportioned between
New York. London n Paris.
The city of Seville. Spain. which is
on the hanks of tn" sweet Guadal-
%QriNir," has hren almost completely
bclcaguercd recen.ly ny reason of the
phenomenal rise of that river. which
has abandoned its role of a meander-
Ing. sentimental stream and become a
raging torrent. bearing death and de-
%tructlnn in its course. Several thou
.and people are said to be homeless
as a result of the floods.
There are over 1000 moving pic
t1lra t1eaters in Great Britain and Ire
land. Fully $4,000. 900 is said to be
invested in the provision and working
of halls alone n over $4,000 people
are employed. This leaves out of ac-
count the Development of auxiliary
branches of the industry. 4. total OF
10000 people represents approxi-
lnately the daily audiences at these
picture shows.
The Jungfrau tunnel. which pierces
in a semi-vertical direction one of the
highest mountains in Switzerland. has
been carried up 10 the site of another
station. the Ju~ngfraujoch. 11.40O feet
above the sea. II is hoped that the
tunnel will he finished in 1914. One of
tho most magnificent panoramas in
the Alps. heretofore seen only by the
"Npcrt mountain climber will then he
brought within reach of the average
tourist.
The Japanese navy at present COM
prises siNty-two vessels. with a total
displacement of A50.655 tons. In adj
dition eleven ships arc in course Of
Guiding the 1<awachi and the settus.
each Of 2G.S00 tons. which are near
ing completion. 4 third d~readnaught
Of 10000 ons will he built by 1915.
Other projected naval construction in
cludes four first class cruisers Of e.
500 tons. three third class cruisers of
1850 tons. 2 100-ton gunboat, two
1.200-tnn destroyers and one sub
marine.
According to the Scientific Ameri-
can, experiments at present in pro-
greSs in Paris. AS the result of which
ii is hoped TO secure an increased light
efficiency from in%candescent gas burn
crs. Under present conditions the gas
pressure in the mains is insufficient 10
draw IA certain amount Of air into the
burner, where it becomes mixed With
the gas, causing the characteristic
blue flame. But the moun of air
thus drawn into the flame is only
about three times that of the gas,
whereas. for the best effect, the ratio
should be five to one. II has been
found that by COMPRISING the gas in
the mains the desirable ratio of air
can be caused to enter the fame. One
of the b~oulevards in Paris has lamps
working on this system. and the re-
suits arc exceedingly satisfactory.