Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-08-15
ROUND \ WORLD.

st. Louis, Mo-, has abolished munic-
ipal ash hauling. n s, WA s8s sSS y!
n New York's health com missioner has
started a crusade for pure pies. WIN
f, Philadelphia has a savings bank
which has over 1000 women depositors.
Emperor William Of Germany owns
fifty palaces and 5000 suits Of clothes.
Diamond production In German
Southwest Africa is reported unusually
large. s. d,
: Megaphones are used by teachers on
noisy Fairgrounds in Brooklyn, N. Y,
to make themselves heard W.:
There are nearly 5000 useless gas
lampposts in Providence, and it is fig
ured that it will cost $4,000 to remove
them. s&s5.. ',.s.5,5, 1.5$jsls.} s@
A Chicago artist has discovered that
he can satisfactorily mix paints at
night by wearing violet colored spec
tacles. III; -.l
A German scientist has produced
coal from several substances by sub
hitting them to intense heat under
pressure. ,#&
A Canadian electric light company
employs Chinese solicitor to intro
duce electric irons to the Celestial
laundrymen. .5, =
The University of California English
club recently gave a performance Of
Twelfth Night on the summit Of
Mount Tamalpais. =.
The Chinese government has armed
and equipped fourteen automobiles for
patrol work against outlaw bands in
the interior Of Mongolia.
An apparatus invented by Paris
scientist matches chickens and pro-
tects them from all microbes until
they reach desired age ~
A st. Louis (Mo.) woman insisted
the other day on giving ceremonial
funeral to her fifteen-year-old pet cat,
using mahogany casket. 81
Coffee. crude rubber, OK hides. cheese,
pepper and Benedictine were the prin-
cipal exports from Havre, France, to
the United States last year.
The Balkan war has brought about
q rise in certain lumber prices in Eu-
rope because Of the big demand for
wood for ammunition boxes. &
! Tiny but efficient electric lamps to
be worn on their caps by bandsmen at
night and supplied with current by
storage batteries have been invented.
| Cooperative house building is being
tried out in Hongkong in an effort I'd
house the steadily increasing popula-
ton and at the same time to reduce
1 rents. .4E Al:
According to a prominent financial
1 journal Of Paris, the consumption Of
coffee in the different countries Of the
world varies in inverse ratio to the
import duty. 55s s
A will has been found under eleven
thicknesses Of wall paper by workmen
engaged in stripping the walls Of a
house adjoining the Royal Marine
hotel, Cowes. :I.
The total Indian population Of the
Dominion of Canada on March 81 last
was 104.956. In addition there were
1900 Eskimos, making native popu
lation Of 1O9,556. Z r. ~. .1@&'>'
The proposed mid-Scotland canal, II
is now stated, will be 20 miles long. sc
feet deep and 14S feet wide at the
bottom, flooded with sea water. with
only sea gates at each end, through
which may pass the largest battleship
Anton Dartleyand, Turk, spoke
English with German accent when ap
plying for citizenship papers il
Queens, N. T.: "vell, live by der, Col
lege Point. NIT Germans, for twendty
five years under / learn dere. to spike
dose languages" ia
Modern laws of France help the
workingmen to buy homes at small
price and to rent quarters at desirable
rates, it being recognized that this
form Of philanthropy" / is potent
factor in combating both race suicide
and alcoholism Y. ,f7s s3!i:
Among the gifts to the kaiser't
daughter at her wedding was 4
clock sent by the city of Hamelin.. I
is made from a wine cask sawed II
two The hours are champagne corks
The hands are corkscrews and thu
weights are bottles filled with cham
payne. s.I Y q .y5s ..3
"a great typhoon in 1872 did damage
estimated at $1.O00,000 in Nagoya har
Dor and at S75O,000 in Yokkaichi har
bor In both these harbors extensive
improvements were in progress at tht
! time, and these were set back at leas
a year Goods for America are car
ried by lighters to Yokkaichi, ant
there placed aboard ocean going yes
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