The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-04
Curious CONVERSATIONS
tTaken from Exchanges.)

Zurich has a midnight curfew for
automobiles.
In the course of a year it is said
that the thcaters of London spend
100000 in printing and 340,0 900 in
advertising.
Baguio. in the Philippine Islands. is
probably the wettest place. at times
in the whole domain Of the United
States. Last July SS.14 inches of rain
fell there in four days. of which one
day contributed nc less than thirty.
four inches. Haguio is the officia,
health resort of the islands. The by.
dropathic treatment. it would seem
should be popular there.
Jewels Of the late Sultan Abdu.
Hamid of Turkey arc realizing fabul.
Gus prices in London. The first nine
lots offered by the a%uctionecr pro.
duccd over 100000 and there are
many more lots to ONE A repre-.
sentative of the Turkish government,
Who was present was heard to con.
graduate himself upon the size of the
bids. One larger offer. he remarked
would lay down the keel of a new
warship. and he could easily foresee
III" beginning of a new Turkish navy
Nenice's Campanile is so near com.
pletion that the angel which sur.
mounted 1t Is about to be hoisted tc
its former place. The angel was shat.
tered when the tower collapsed, bu,
the pieces have been put together
again. The head. arms and legs arc
Of solid bronze. the body is made OF
plates of hammered copper. and the
whole figure weighs 2.40O pounds. In
stead Of being fixed as it was before,
IL Will he set on a moving base, so
that the outspread wings will make
1t act as a weather vane. The cost
is paid by Pope Plus X.
In the library Of congress are found
the most valuable newspaper files in
existence. so far as this country is
concerned. Recently the government
purchased the files of the Augusta
(Ga.D Chronicle. the issues covering
the period between 1856 and 1909,
with the exception of five years. This
is said to be one of the most import
ant files yet obtained. The apers had
been in the possession OF an old book
and junk man for over forty years.
He purchased them for $50. sold them
Tor $1,000. and the buyer in urn got
$1,000 for them from the government.
The whale. which for a century fair
~ held its W against the harpoon
and the wooden sailing ship. Is an.
parently doomed to extinction with
the extension of new methods of whale
hunting. Within two years eight steel
steamers armed with powerful ms.
chine guns have begun to hunt the
whales Of the north Pacific, and five
additional steam whnlers are nov I'm.
der construction. These vessels arc
primarily d%estroyers: they do not try
out the oil as the old whalers did. but
Kill the whales with explosive shells
and then tow the %carcasscs to a CEN
trial station, where the work OF getting
out the oil. whalebone. ETC., is dom
on a large scale.
1t is reported in the Lancet that the
chief medical officer OF one Of the Aus
TRAN army corps has recently ordered
the use OF Calmette's serum against
serpent bites. and a fairly large stock
of it has o been issued to each reri.
ment in the south OF the empire. The
men and the medical officers are in.
structed in the 8 of 1t. and regular
inspections Of the stock, as well az
lectures on the natural history OF the
poisonous kinds OF serpents. are pro.
vided for. In addition to the serum.
the various appliances necessary for
its proper application have been sup.
piled to the army hospitals. Hitherto
much dependence has been placed on
the treatment Of such injuries by al
cohoi n h application # perman-
ganate of potash.
in h course Of. a very vigorous
campaign for business the manufac.
tursrs Of an electric truck are max.