The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-04

the Transvaai in producing gold worth
$10,2S6,7 1S last year. an increase over
the previous years figures Of $14.550,-
375.
'Cobbling is recognized as a trade in
the vocational schools Of Buffalo. Sew
eral schools are set aside for teaching
trades to young boys and girls and the
latest addition to the course is one in
cobbling. A. competent instructor has
been engaged to teach the young men
how to. repair shoes. There are a
number Of them taking up the course.
and it is certain that the, trade will
generation studying the principles Of
rejuvenating old shoes.
A work Of Observation-Disclosures
Plucking a Fowl"-recently sold in
Paris for $4,000, appears to hold the
record price for that artists work
The same picture was sold in Amster-
dam Ut was probably painted about
1640) for $40. In 1s45 in London it
brought about $1.625. and in 1884 was
sold in Paris. to tho family which has
now resold 1t, for about $4,000. The
previous record price for a Rembrandt
was that paid for the Girl Holding a
Medal" in the Hoe collection. sold
here last year for $4,000.
The Maldive archipelago. lying in
the Indian ocean,, several hundred
mile. southwest Of the southern point
of Hindustan, il inhabited, but 1t rare
ly sees visitors from the civilized
world. These islands. all composed Of
coral rocks, are no fewer than fourteen
thousand in number. Few of them
rise more than seven or eight feet
above the sea level. although they
contain cocoanut palms and other
forms Of vegetation. Hundreds and
hundreds of little islands. ranged
around in a circle. form atoils or rings.
having quiet waters within. Occa-
Vidual island IL found in the form Of
q ring with a smooth lake Enclosed in
its coral embrace.
Every person who has received gym
nasium training 10 aware of the fact
that an exercise which calls for painful
effort on the part of the beginner is
often performed almost without any
conscious effort at all after q certain
amount of training has been received.
Again. 1t is perfectly we'll known that
brute strength alone does not make a
gymnast. and that even q simple ex-
ercise may offer great difficulty to. a
muscular and we'll developed individ-
ual who has not been trained in the
gymnasium. The explanation for this
is made plain in an article by Profess
sor du Bots Raymond In Die Umschau,
who points out that one of the essen
tial functions of gymnasium work is
not so much to build up muscle as to
train nerves and nerve groups to work
in proper unison and coordination.
There are several ways in which
two persons can correspond with each
other unknown to even the persons be-
fore whose eyes the very letter is
held. For instance. new milk may be
used as ink. When dried this is in
visible, u if Goa dust or. SCOT be
scattered upon the paper the writing
becomes legible. Diluted sulphuric
acid. lemon juice. solution Of nitrate
and chloride Of cobalt or of chloride
Of copper write colorless. but on be-
ing heated the. characters written with
the first W become black or brown.
and the latter green. And when the
paper becomes cool the writing dis
appears, leaving the paper blank
again. Two good invisible inks are
made by saltpeter dissolved in water
and equal parts Of copper and sal
ammoniac dissolved in water.
In the consideration Of a change
from steam to electric drive 1 n a st.
Paul (Minn.) saw and box mill, the
one stumbling block was the matter