The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-09
Curious CONVERSATIONS
tTaken from Exchanges.)

Metal Poisoning from handling cop
per CONS was the curious cause Tor
death rcovntI> assigned at West Ham,
England. The deceased. aged II, had
been employed 70 collect coins from
pennv-in-ihe-s.ot gas meters. and his
physician testified IA the coins wcr.
pftr; GrrcN with Vc~rligris. which rc-
manned on the collectors hands and
VAS an$u>h"3 through his habit Of
curling his :" Nusttchc With his :inscr.
-ArrangeiN"!.s are proceeding rap
idly Coz Nc removal of the winter
ca pltaI af india from Calcutta Ia
I'"lh!. IN, announcement of which
was tn. most striking event of I'll"
lat" durhar. Il is now expected that
by nest .lrni;HlN accommodations tor
al! q, p~"rine,.,s of the government
IL" ttnHnc, ana controller generals
departments are expected to move
lCNt October.
In the rural parts OF Se~hlcswig-
Holst"in pcopl" do not commonly
nleasUr distance 10y miles or by
hours. AS III other parts ot Germany.
They say that IL place is J pipe, or
w." pipes. or three pipes off. accord
ing I" til" number NJ pipes II could
smoke whil" walking there. shorter
distances are rerkon@d by dogs' banks.
- 1ii"-' ''it'!'I 81 !iI!if tNd| Nntifl
be wv, oder drei hunds' blaet" two
OF three dogs harks.l
y new money cleaning machine IS
being experimental! with by the gov
eminent. 1t restores old greasy
wrinkled bills u their original clean,
crisp condition. The note is first
washed in a miXturc of hot water.
soap, germicide and bleaching chemi-
Gals. and Their sized. dried, pressed
and ironed. After this renovation II
is said that only experts can distin-
suish the old bill from a new one
fresh from the press.
An obstacle TO the use of the in
ternal combustion engine for hauling
railroad trains has been the impossi-
hllity of accelerating the train from
standstill with an engine of norma!
SIZE and Of maintaining II consid-
cradle overload at any speed. a pc
troleum-elcCtric locomotive is now
proposed, in which the prime mover
is AN internal combustion engine. us
ing crude oil. kept continuously run
ming to drive an electric generator
which in turn delivers electrical en-
ergy TO four 220-horse power poly
phase motors.
Abandoning a successful grocery
business in 1871. Frederick Krupl
founded what has long since beer
famous as the great cannon works a,
Essen. In the enterprise TO manu-.
facturc what was then known as
.Ingiish steel we're the two Nor
Nechels. bat krupp had the capital
The firm started its operations in ar
old water power mill at Altencssrn
The experiments of the Won Kechcl:
We're unsuccessful. krupp decided
TO get rid Of them after having spcn
one-halt of his fortune In expert.
ments, anu took over the
ment himself.
My house is on a high hill nea,
Godalnling. and as l sat reading tn.
other afternoon I heard, or rather
felt. a long vibrating boom aevera
times repeated. thought it mus
be IL motor van maneuvering behine
the house. but found nothing there
Then Guessed what it might be, anl
forthwith wrote To the chief gunner,
officer OF the II. NJ. s. Orion to make
sure. Through h Very kind cour
t@sy of this gentleman. l am able t,
state for certain that the discharg,
OF the Orion's guns was distinct,
audible ninety-seven statute mile
where about eleven minutes to travc
the distance.-Letter In London Spec
tator.
Hatching the egg by means of ar
ttficial heat has been practiced /,
China and Egypt from prehistori,
times. In the latter country there still
exist ancient egg %hatcheries or ma
mails that have been in continuou
use in The same family for many gen
erations. These incubators consist o
large brick ovens hat will hold abou
10000 to $4,000 eggs al a time. Tn,
fire is built inside the oven and /
watched carefully for ten days, afte
which no additional heat is necessary
The method of building the fires an,
maintaining them so as to presery
the right temperature is a trade Sc
cret that is jealousy guarded an
usually kept in the family.