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Show ! It is believed to be no rare occurrence occur-rence for a condor to soar 4.000 feet above the earth. An electrical process to prevent boilers boil-ers corroding and scaling has been invented in-vented by an Englishman. Turkeys derived their name from the fact that they were imported first into Europe through Turkey. With a view to enabling war mutilated mu-tilated soldiers to become teachers in the elementary schools, the French government has opened special colleges col-leges for their rapid training. INTERESTING ITEMS a revolving steel barrel tests the relative durability of different paving bricks. October 2, at Philadelphia, the International Inter-national Association of Heat and Frost Insulator and Asbestos Workers will meet In convention. Ireland has 84,869 landholders having hav-ing plots not exceeding an acre, 61,730 who hold more than one acre and not more than five acres; 153,209 under 15, and 13G.05S not exceeding 3C The first American linotype machine in Tripoli recently was installed by an Italian newspaper. Because it is difficult for a man aiming aim-ing a searchlight to see the object at which It is pointed, a French naval officer of-ficer has invented an electrical aiming device to be operated from a distance. Of a staff of 2,000, 752 clerks of the British railway clearing house have enlisted and 342 have attested under the Derby scheme. In the post office 75,000 of a possible 85,000 have enlisted en-listed or attested. |