The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-20
Curious CONVERSATIONS
tTaken from ExchangeA)
,Takcn from EXchanecs.)
til agc pensions in England for the


Dtd 9 pensions in England for the
current Year arc expected to amount
of tl2.l35.000.
\ new jewish colony is TO hc plant
ed in Hebron. II will devote itself es-
pccially to dairying.
Immigrants TO Canada last year
were divided as follows: United King
DOM. 1@3.Ol3: United States, 121.451;
Europeans. 6l,6.o.
The aluminium industry has grown
enormously from a production of less
than 100000 pounds in the United
States in 1883. In the next ten years
it hHd become $4,000 pounds, and in
1903 it was 100000 pounds. while
today it is $4,000 900 pounds.
Miss Mary Woods of the Brooklyn
navy yard cuts the patterns for all
the flags made there. She has been
making flags for the government for
more than 80 years. Besides Miss
Woods there are tw%enty-nine women
employed in the Brooklyn navy yard
making flags ut the rate of $4,000 each
Year. !. modern ships outfit consists
of about $50 flags.
The Navajos. numbering 10000. live
in northern Arizona and northwest
crn New Mexico. They occupy an area
about the size of the state of Penn
~Sylvania. most Of which is a desert.
Here for centuries they havc made
their own living by raising sheep and
goats. \ part of the wool is woven
by their industrious. rcSourceful wo-
men into the beautiful and durable
Navajo blankets. which promise to be-
come a fair competitor of the import
ed rug.
Not all the queues cut off in China
IIpIln,. fln rrfnr,,o tnus nrnDrnScini ~
there are to find their way into
"switchos' and rats and other things
feminine. Consul General Anderson
writes from Hong Kong that. sener-
ally contrary to the impression in
Europe and the United States, the
queues when cut arc not sold. This
is an absolute rule, so far as south
China is concerned. and it is the Gus
tom all over those portions of China
from which the writer has boon able
to secure reliablc data on this Sob
iecf. The queues are preserved. ac-
cording to general statement, for bur-
ia! with tho owner
Though town patriotism" exists all
over the world. nowhere. perhaps. is
it tiercer than in the little grand
duchN Of Luxembourg. The tourist
can turn it to excellent advantage.
When he arrives at the inn of any lit
tie town he should get into convcrsa-
ton with tho master. or better still.
with the mistress of the house, and
mention that at tho last town at which
he stayed the best and cheapest meals
he ever had in his life were served.
Madam will depart to the kitchen de-
termined to demonstrate to the tourist
hat he has neve in his life before
really had a decentlv cooked meal.
And by the time for coffee and cigars
he will como near to believing it. The
finest cooks In Europe are women Of
Luxembourg.
Great accuracy in colors is claimed
for the photogra phic pictures shown
by the modified th%rce-color process OF
Captain Otto Fulton. an English pho
tographcr. Three Impressions made
by h usual blue. green and red light
screens are printed in black and white
on non-inflammahle opaque paper. and
the images reflected by these three
pictures pass respectively through a
white. Il pale green and n pale orange
tinting screen. and are by three lenses
supcrimposed upon the projecting
screen. The delicate tints and shade
resulting seem to be the closest APP
proach to natural colors yet reached.
The process is we'll adapted for NOV
ing pictures, powerful electric lamps
in front and at the side Of tho paper
band producing the reflection. and the
avoidance Of the risk Of fire from cell
!uloid films is not the least important
advantage.