The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-29
Curious Condensentions

Wine is said TO stimulate the laying
capacity of hens.
There is a in the canal zone
from which two oceans may be seen.
More than 10000 900 square miles
are embraced in the British empire.
parsmen at indoor practice work
before a mirror in order hat they
may see their own shortcomings.
In a Hungarian theater the patrons
are seated according to size, the
shorter ones being placed in the front
row.
1t is said that the wild duck yields
ii serum which gives immunity from
hay fever, asthma and similar trou-
bles.
The first steam fire engine was
made in 1929 in London from the
designs of Captain John Ericsson. the
designer of the Monitor. The fire en-
eine was a failure.
Because of it's high melting point
tungsten is being used in an expert
mental WAY in tho place of platinum
on tn" contact points of induction and
spark coils.
In the French acrodome at Villa
couhlay n Well known aviator tool up
'ii ms 'i'ii''l'itIlt ms NIUE SUN W ITO
thus made his debut i'm the air At the
age of 3 IL years.
The ma who polished the first
sheet of plato glass manufactured in
til" United States died a few days ago.
His name was Samuel Lewis. Mr..
Lewis learned the trade of polishing
plate glass in England before he came
10 the United States He went to work
for John b. Ford when he arrived in
this country.
G%ustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
whose reign began in 1911. is credited
by history with The invention Of iXed
ammunition. In his cartridge bullet
and charge We're united in a paper
case. 1t was not. however. until 1850
that the first successful metallic cart
ridge was patented-by an American.
There has been "A marked improve
ment in the Sicilian sulphur industry
during the years 1910 and III. when
4i5.5Sl metric ms We're exported.
The improved demand for birthstone
is attributed mainly I improved con-
ditions of the wine market in Wine
growing countries. There is also some
increase in the use of birthstone for
Sweden, where it is used in the prep
~aration of wood pulp.
Within the next day or two the
British Eeekeepers' association will at
tain an object for which they have
been working for the last twenty
years-the establishment of an edu-
"%ational apiary under government ~
spices. All that is now wanted for
the completion of the scheme is the
arrival of s.x colonies of bees at a
small Enclosure which has been pre-
pared neal the owl house in the ZOO
logical gardens.
Do YOU know there is one state in
the union that loans its money TO
farmers in sums of $3.50 and $4,000
Yes. that freak state of oregon, and
she has been at it a long time-ever
since territorial days back in 1856.
The small borrower is preferred. In
terest is six per cent. In 1910 the
state was loaning her people a total
of S6,351.3i, and though her rules are
strict, not Il single farm loan was in
process of foreclosure. Interest goes
to the school fund.
II is found that some of the coal
mined At Cambria. Wyo., contains
free gold. The coal was sold for only
$50 a ton, and it ran 50 worth of
s-d To the ton. The explanation of
the presence of the gold probably is
that the sand that covered up the
prehistoric peat bog which became the
coal stratum contained gold, and this
sand sifted down into the coal while
il was still soft.