The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-16
Curious CONVERSATIONS
Japan has more telephones than all
the rest of Asia.

IL ISGl VI asia.
A fungus of the jungles of Java
grows SO rapidly that it cannot be
Photographed by time exposure.
Electricity has been adopted as the
cleanest and safest power for flour
mills and grain elevators.
Russia's army In times Of peace
numbers 1900. 900. and in Ease of wal
It can be nearly quadrupled.
In many establishments making use
Of mechanical ventilation plants a
proportion of ozone enters into the
purified air and greatly stimulates the
activities Of the employees.
The Swiss watch industry is in bet
ter condition than it has v been be-
fore. Orders from Americans as we'll
as European countries are increasing
steadily. The value of the exports of
Swiss watches and parts thereof was
s31.657.165 last year..
Mexico's government has Cancelled
the concession that rave to a London
company the control of pearl fishing
In lower California and the register is
now ope for the Inscription Of the
names of persons desiring to take out
licenses to dive for pearl oysters.
The practice Of deserving japanese
ships by jumping overheard at Amer
lean ports is not an uncommon one
and several japanese have lost their
lives at various Puget Sound ports, as
they seem willing to make a break for
swim we'll.
A French author. quoted by the
Gas World" points out that there is
room for improvement in the manu-
facture OF gas nantes: what is want
ed Is uniformity rather than durabili-
ty. At present, he says. the differences
In lighting power among nantes from
the same batch may amount to 40 per
cent.
KEEL possesses a sight which no visi-
tor should miss. On the lawn outside
the yacht club stands a statue Of AL
fred krupp-frock coated. bare head
and parted, and holding a top hat and
walking stick In his right hand. In
the opinion of many critics this is the
most grotesque public monument in
Europe.
The largest pharmacy in the world
is not to be found in this country, but
in Moscow. 1t goes by the name Of
the odd Ntkolska Pharmacy" for it
was established more than two cen
turtles 60. The present immense
quarters were especially constructed
for the business when it was acquired
in 1888 by the father of the present
manager.
At the entrance of a New York city
department store is a placard an
nouncing that twelve foreign Ian
guages are spoken by employees. These
are: French, German. Italian. Rus
sian, Polish. Hungarian. Danish. Swed-
ish. Norwegian. Spanish. Portuguese
and Rumantan. Can any foreign store
oner equal inducements. in the poly
glot line. to its customers?
Making health certificates requisite
for the granting Of marriage licenses
ment OF st. Louis. which In its first
monthly bulletin Of sanitary advice
and information declares that mo
measure or custom can be established
whose enforcement will operate more
radically for the promotion of the
health n happiness Of the future Of
the nation"
Some observations have been recent
ly made on the trains passing under
changes taking place while passing
from n end Of the tunnel to the
other. The greater the speed the
greater and more sudden are the baro-
metric Quotations, and naturally also
the effect on the ears. In the ear car
more marked changes were noticed.
On two occasions there was a fall Of
owe four-tenths inch mercury within
the space of about one second. Such
a change would seem to be go slight as
to he negligible. but Or. Fowler. who
made the tests. estimates that q pres
SUR OF one-half inch mercury is
equivalent to %one-fourth pound to the
square inch.
The navy department spends every
year 10000 for Libraries for it's ships.
Each ships library includes 800
books. mostly technical. and more or
less expensive on that account. A
CREWS" library is usually made up
Of about 500 books on fiction and Of
such character suitable for entertain
ment. About one-third of the books
are replaced each year. The changes
are made upon recommendation Of
those in charge Of the ships. but 1t
has developed that this is not a satis-
factory method. as much depends up
on the points OF view on literature
possessed by the responsible persons.
SO II is proposed to standardize the lib
rarie by making the changes in WASH
ineton. applying them generally to all
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