The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-11
Curious CONVERSATIONS

The salt deposits Of the United
States are ample enough to supply the
nations demands for many years to
come.
Polishing with stone gives alligator
leather its beautiful gloss that neither
japanning nor vanishing can initiate.
With gradients of n~inety-two feet in
1000. a railroad in Brazil is the Steep
est in he world of any built Of ordin-
airy rails.
In one street of Paris, the Champs
Elysee, there have been during the last
twelve months $50 accidents. Of which
thirty have proved fatal.
A French scientist is endeavoring to
bring about a sleeping reform which
threatens to displace the pillow. He
says II the pillow is to be used at all
It should be placed under the feet.
Nightmare n insomnia will be avoid
ed in this manner. he claims.
Some birds have a long range Of
flight. such as the martingale. wild
goose and several members of the vul-
lure tribe. In general birds are re-
strtcted to certain geographical areas.
although tho same fishing eagle that
inhabits the shores Of Scotland is seen
in south Europe.
In making selections Of horses for
service in the tropics the color line
should be drawn. according to reports
made by Colonel Woodruff, surgeon in
the United States army. At Manila
the only horses to survive after a few
years are gray. white, light yellow or
roam. In 1909. 100 mules were taken
to the Philippines for the use of the
constabulary. After eve years there
S'nra four cyNry'tS,Nrc oil NTH h1oC1,
skins and snow-white hair.
CAUTIOUSLY enough. a beam of light
made be made to produce sound. A
lens on a glass vessel containing lamp
black, colored silk or worsted. or any
like s%ustance. A disk having Sits or
openings cut in it is made to revolve
swiftly in this beam Of light. SO as to
'cut 1t up" thus causing alternate
flashes Of light and shadow. When
one places his q to the glass ves-
sci he hears strange sounds SO long
as the flashing beam falls upon the
vessel.
The only salaried cat in the United
States, SO far as one can find out. has
just died in New Orleans. and was
Tom. which for years had been carried
on the board Of trade as official rat
catcher. with a salary Of 10 cents "A
day. and was never discharged. though
in his later years he was as reluctant
as other veteran oficeholders to get
busy. But he had no enemies except
Of the feline sort, and his framed pic
ture is to adOrn the directors room
at the board of trade.
The number of women studying
medicine Is decreasing. according ia
the annual report on medical educa-
ton In a recent number OF the Journal
Of the American Medical association.
In the last year there were 679 WON.
en- studying medicine. This is one less
than in 1911. 228 less than in 1910 and
242 less than in 1909. This year 142
women were graduated from medical
schools. In 1910 there were 1877 WON.
en- graduated and In 1909 1872 gradu-
ated. while In 1904 there were ga
women graduated from medical
schools and 1929 women studying
medicine.
Few cathedrals had such monu-
mental anachronisms as Rochester. r.
w. Harvey Piper. +. s. A., said In a
lecture at the Royal Photographic o
ciety's exhibition In Suffolk street. One
Of Its finest statues was of a BISHOP
Of the thirteenth century. who was
shown dressed in a cap and gown Of a
fashion which did not come into vogue
until the sixteenth century. and there
were similar errors elsewhere. Roch.
ester's standing joke in the shape OF
1.-THE head of Il bearded bishop on a fe.