Iditarod pioneer., 1913-11-29
THINGS WORTH KNOWING

The Canadian Alaskan boundary IS l,507 miles long.
 The foot of the ancients varied from S.75 to 2322 inches.
 An "artifcial meat" has been devised of grain by Belgian chemist
 A mirror which reflects true colors is said to have been invented.
 Concrete fooled by hand has Q rlaasan: ! effect which is approved by the artistic,
 The Atlantic's greatest depth is 2!,3G5 1. ,ect and its area 34,0OO,0O0 square miles,
 Taking the country at large, there is one automobile for each 1l0 inhabitants.
 The South African oxen are clad in trousers" to ward off the rayages of the .setse fly.
 A door which raises slightly as it is opened is designed to dispense with the threshold
 The latest automobile goggles have re doctors, so that the wcarer may see behind him. An electric street car system is being built in Picking by Chinese contractor at cost of $1 ,50O,OO0.
 An electric meter has been in constant ieryicc in New York for seventeen years and Is st.ll accurate
 The greatest recorded depth of the Ant arctic ocean is 25,200 feet, and its area T.500,000 square miles.
 An Australian wood called yate is said to Dc the strongest known, and is imported for automobile construction.
 The average depth of the ocean bed is about 12 G0J feet, as against the average land height above sea level of 2300 feet
 The precise difference between the longi- tude of Wa hng,on and Paris is to be de tor.lined by repre-. catatives Of both nations
 The city of Los Angeles has Illuminated 1 s.ns indicating the names of the streets which are turned cn and of by clockwork mechanism.
 There are nineteen fuel briquetting I,laAts in this country, and last year the>o han l lsG 22OG64 tons of material, having a value of SG52 261.
 ! A dummy aeror lane secured to pivot, but swayed by the wind, has been designed l.. gos students acquainted with the sensa- -.,n ei flying
 E. means i an inductor recently invent ed by Professor PuIin of Columbia college il is hoped to send wireless mess age around toe world
 The B2rin telephone station has a chcma by which the movements of phySi- c.su, are re rasd in case Of an urgent call @, CT their er,iccs will be desired quickly.
 The electric smoothing iron which vas introduced cIIy a few years ago. has iA the course of very snort time achieved an i'm mense vogue, owing to several reasons. | ProbatIy the most notable is the fact thar the electric comIanies realized that this lfas current consumer that would be made ! use cf during the daytime, when the Gc nanGs cn the central station were Gghtc~t. ! and, therefore, q yc,y desirable thing to cU!- 1 tivate So m2ny of them have conducte! special c2mnaiGns to introduce the electric ron very generally throughout the terri tory covered A great teal of ingenuity was | in,rcG~ced into yLe.e campaigns, with the result tEat great number of irons were 1 ,laced n h1mcs and, as a rule, wherever women have become acquainted w:lh the 1 clectcic iron it has won permanent place n their hearts becavsc of its convenience. Is q resvl. of this in 1913 near.y 5Go,G0t l aIactric irons were in the United States. It a daimed that the cost of heating an cleo ,ric iron is less than 4 cents an hour
 There is a very simple manner, which is not generally known of determining rIe 1 character of the electricity which one may | Eap9en to want to make use of. It IS well | known that implements which are made for 1 the direct current are not available W'.ele | the alternating current is used, and in orLer to ascertain which kind of current is passing through the wires 1t is only nee aszarv to held a small horseshoe magnet up to one of the lamps. If it is alternating current the flamcut will vibrate, but i it is direct current the tlament will lean toward the magnet.