The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-03-11
BRIEF MENTION

aaa ao0 I'm Colorado during 1891.
state insurance against hail In
North Dakota has proved a success.
Last year was the driest European
agriculture has known for a century
or more.
The bridal veil of Princess Mary
was the one worn by Queen Victoria
and Queen Alexandra.
More than 10000 men and wo-
men in the United States past SO
wears of age are unmarried.
Insects of the United States de-
stroy s1,10o, 100000 worth of farm
products a year, according to reliable
reports.
An artificial stone, marble-like and
with a glazed surface, is being made
in England. The stone is colored in
various hues to suit the maker.
Hard coal is the one important
commodity which did not drop a cent
I'm price during the depression period,
but has actually increased steadily.
Motor trucks transportation has
cut into the business Of British rail-
ways so severely that several lines
contemplate running trucks them
selves.
An oil we'll drilled In 1860 in Penn
s~lyvania is still producing oil. 1t was
recently drilled to the third sand and
shot and is producing about 10 bar
rels daily.
A new calendar watch runs for
eight days with one winding. 1t
shows the days of the week and
month, besides the hours. minutes
and seconds.
Defeating rs graduates Of high
schools and colleges, a woman 81
years old. won a spelling bee in Blu
cyrus, Ohio. The contest lasted more
than three hours.
Periodical rat hunts in Paris are
conducted by an expert engineer US
ing ferrets. Paris spent 100000
francs last year in an endeavor to rid
the city OF the rodents.
1t Is said that the color Of birds can
be changed within five generations
by keeping them in a white room.
xytth aurrcurHfno of uhffa and ar
tended by persons attired in white.
Tank cars. with glass lining and in
sulated with cork, are used for stor-
ing milk in Pittsburgh. Each tank is
equipped with a motor-driven agita-
tor, which Is run FIVE minutes before
emptying the tank to give uniformity
to the contents.
A turkey an acre is a novel farm
rent fee In effect In South Dakota.
A farmer near White Rock, South Da-
kota, has offered to rent his farm of
100 acres to a tenant on the sole con-
dition that the tenant shall turn over
to him one turkey for each acre OF
land In the farm.
Banana figs are d~ehydrated bananas.
their water content being reduced to
20 per cent. The finished product is
a rich golden yellow and of sticky.
fig-like appearance. When properly
packed they will keep their fine flavor
for months II stored in w~ell-venti-
lated cool and dry places.
Public dancing In cafes Is. not per-
mitted in Vienna, except by special
license, and then for only two hours
at tea time. This is because of the
effect descriptions OF a revelous and
laughing Vienna had on subscribers
to foreign relief organizations feed
ing a few hundred thousand Austrian
children.
Paper made from water lilies will
be produced in a new factory in Ocot-
Ian. Mexico. The lilies are of such a
peculiarly fibrous nature that they
form the best material for a high
grade OF paper and the supply Is in
exhaustible, because the lilies cover
the rivers in that vicinity and grow
rapidly.
Great reefs of copper. totaling 240
miles and averaging more than a
foot In width. have been discovered
in Morocco recently, according to
Paris reports. More than 100000
pounds Of ore are exposed. yielding
from eight to 10 per cent copper.
which means 100000 tons Of the ore
without sinking a single shaft.