The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-27
Curious Conversations
The Russian government Is maklnR

The Russian government is making
experiments at tea growing.
"A woman has been arrested in Den.
Yer Tor smoking q cigaret In a public
thoroughfare.
a total OF $4,000 0 in prizes was
awarded at various horse shows in the
United states and Canada last year.
me oank tote washing machine
winch has been In operation at Wash.
ington for Il short time has a capacity
OF 10000 to $4,000 pieces In an eight
hour day.
A new machine little larger than a
standard typewriter seals, stamps and
counts letters at a rate Of 1000 an
hour. irrespective Of their size. shape
or thickness.
Natural gas is found in various
parts of Holland. In n Of the parks
OF Amsterdam its presence is shown
oy the bubbles on the small. shallow
lakes. and it ran be lighted. although
no practical use Is made Of It.
Complaints are heard on all sides
In Paris that tomatoes. melons. Gu
cumbers. squashes-nearly everything
except potatoes-have become lux
uries beyond the reach Of the vast
multitude Of working people whose
daily earnings do not exceed so cents
or 81.
The natives Of Hawaii are large
consumers of albatross eggs. which
are secured principally from the ISL
and of LaNson. In the Pacific, not far
away from the Hawaiian group. These
eggs are so plentiful on this island
that they are gathered in wheelbar.
rows and carried to the shore in boxes
and loaded on a small industrial rail-
road.
The ministry of education has made
a new investigation into the educa-
tional statistics of the country. Now
the investigation is completed and a
report is prepared. according to which
there are 35,99S institutions Of learn
ing of all grades. military and naval
schools moi included. The number Of
students studying in these schools Is
S75,16O.
Goa research is the purpose Of the
institute proposed by the Kaiser Will
helm society for the advancement Of
science. Its site is to be in the Rhen-
ish- Westphalian district-probably at
Mulheim-and it will investigate not
only coal. but tar, gas coke, etc, CIV
ing special attention to production.
control of wastes. and uses. Occasion
al reports will give the establishment
value to the general public as we'll as
to the private iron and coal works
that will maintain it.
4 taste for European clothes. cheap
~ A!tuiS, lOOu, DfcyCleS. TN
trunks. etc. is reported to be develop
ing among the colored native popula-
ton of South Africa, according to the
official trade report. The commits
sioner estimates that i6.351.000 is the
value of the native population to over
seas exporters Of goods. Hitherto
trade with the natives-known as
"kaffir truck" trade-has comprised
chiefly cheap goods. such as beads.
cotton blankets, brass, copper and
steel wire n cheap cutlery. The ma
tives are now earning better wages
and this is developing their taste.
There ia a gla14foflI'rench invention
which is i~ntendedstn be proof against
the ordinary attacks Of burglars. So
many cases of burglary have been
committed by the breaking Of show
windows and snatchihg Of valuables
on exhibition that a special effort has
been made to end this particular form
Of theft. The French glass is produce
ed by a secret process. but the makers
admit that thickness and are in It's
manufacture are its. principal essen
tials. 1t is about three-quarters of
an inch thick. and on test has resisted
the blow Of a ten-pound iron disk.
The same blow would have shattered
ordinary %plateglass completely.