The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-17
Curious Condensentions

Macaroni is cured in from three to
six days.
lohacco raising was forbidden in
England in the reign of Charles III.
cypress is now used instead of svca-
more for boxes in which to pack chew
ing tobacco.
Salt mines e Cracow, Poland,
nave been worked uninterruptedly for
900 Years.
One of III most active members of
the brokerage division of the cotton
seed product trade is Miss KATHRYN
i'allou of Memphis, Tenn. who is be
iieVed to be the only woman broker in
lhe business.
Tennyson possessed a pair of long
lived boots. William AlinCham notes
in his diary on March 5. 1881. that
"EroWning dined at %Tennyson's last
night. Tennyson was in great form.
He said: This pair Of dress boots is
forty years old We all looked at
them. and I said it was good evidence
OF the Immortality of the sole"
The work of former investigators.
Ilchomorrow, Toyama and kellogg.
has been s~ubstantiated by MIR. Ripley
OF the department of biology, Trinity
college. Hartford, Conn. Mr.. Ripley
has produced caterpillars from infer
>FS ~ ~ hANloIl vi sulphur IL
acid. and has therefore carried one
step farther the INVESTIGATION of his
predecessors in the production of
larvae.
%Jacquelin. the French champion
bicycle rider. is o satisfied with the
triumplls he has achieved in the rink
n long distance races. He has turn
ed out to be an inventor of a very
practical bent of mind. %Jacquelin has
just secured a patent for a tricycle. to
be used in street cleaning. A cylindri-
cal brush is fastened by gas pipes to
the tricycle.. In front OF 1t and be-
tween the two rear wheels is a basket
or scoop for the sweepings. The ma
chine does h street sweeping more
quickly and thoroughly than a num-
her of men can accomplish it.
a curious little building is situated
at Pinebluff. y. c.. and is believed to
be the smallest public library in the
world. Pinebluff is only a small place,
with a population of fewer than a
hundred in summer. and when the la.
dies Of h village decided that they
ought to have Il public library they
found themselves without a building
suitable tor the purpose. Finally, a
senticman offered them a bandstand
which he had built in the hope that
Pinehluif would 500 become a city,
ana tne c!ter was accepted with
thanks. BY giving entertainments and
50 on, the ladies We're able To raise
FUNDS to purchase materials TO fill in
the openings of the bandstand. and
generally tit it up into a snug little
building. Over 800 books have been
given and the tiny library, of which
Pinehlutf Is Very proud. is now il full
working order.
Charles Osgood. driver of the Els
Worth-2luehill (AIainel stage, thought
h. was going to be held up by a bull
moose on his way TO Bluehill. Near
III" top of %Girindle's hill. just out of
Surry, he saw a big bull in the road
and drove up TO within four rods of
him before the moose decided 10 WELD
the right-of-way to Uncle Sans mail
and step out of the road. CHANGING
up a wood road, Mir. Osgood saw Il
cow moose sucking d calf. ON re-
turning from Rluehill Mr.. Osgood saw
two bull moose in q field near the same
place.
Corsica has got rid of the old-fash-
Toned %hrigand, and the last of the
Sicilian neutrality-suspicious. a disputed
title-was lately laid by the heels and
is now facing the ordeal of his trial at
Aquila. He is Giuseppe Salomone.
He is a dandy. and has always paid
particular attention to his clothes. He
has al expensive taste in perfume and
in gloves. He is a poet. His time in
prison has been spent in writing a
poetic drama of his life's experiences,
and he has written a good deal of COM
mendable Verse. He is said to have
made a fortune in brigandage.