The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-07-09
FACTS IN FEW LINES

1913 mas D's'f presenter To tue Nhlipn'
al Bible Society OF Scotland.
The eagle was chosen as the symbol
of the United States by congress and
as such has been placed on certain Of
the coins of the country.
Six soyereigns have paid visits to
Dublin before Edward NIl.-namely,
Henry H., Richard H., James H., VIII
liam Ill. George ". and Victoria.
1t was stated IN the house Of com
mons the other day that thirty mem
bers Of the Irish Nationalist party
had served terms Of hard labor In prls-
on.
At sale of pictures In London
portrait Of a lady by Gansborough
realized $500 gulneas. while Romney
portrait Of lady fetched 1000 gum
cas-.
More than 100000 Of the 100000
people of Mexico do not work, and Of
those who do work 1,4S9,024 are in do
nestle service and 10000 are salary
earncrs.
The American Bible society, which
does not pretend to print its Bibles In
all languages, issues either the whole
Bible or portions OF II In 2I2 languages
and dialects.
While scores Of people were running
from u supposed mad dog IN New York
Il black tomcat spranR upon the ami
mails back, and it quickly disappeared,
yclpIng as II went.
AbyssinIa produces the finest ostrich
feathers, the price there being Sl.Ii
to S2.31 per dozen for the best white,
! so cents TO Sl03 a dozen for black and
| half az much for gray feathers.
| Frank l.. Frugonc CHG Frank
! editor of the Italian Evening Bulletin
Of New York, Is going to stand for con
/ grcss. "a Republican, against TINT
| other big" fellow, Tim Sullivan.
The Norw cgian adelsthing has passed
bill prohibiting the sale or export
| abroad of ancient national relies. such
as old Norsc coins arms, Kunic inscrip
! tons. remains of viking ships, etc.
| The Montgolncr balloon which made
the journey from Paris 10 Rome on
Dec. 2, 1904 the dry Napoleon was
crowned 10y Plus VII, has just been
found In one OF the storerooms of the
| Vatican
During the last twenty -fOur years
! 5s,G5l, l13 frozen meat carcasses have
| been imported to London ana Of this
! huge total New Zealand has been re-
| sponsIbe for II, t5I 900 and Australia
| l2,7GD, 500
II was noted with mingled awe md
delight by attentive English reporters
! that King Edward on his recent visit
to Ireland wore his hat slightly tilted
to the right" All loyal hats Will now
| be worn slightly tilted to the right.
Some time ago It was decided TO
! plant In the garden of Anne Hath
Always cottage AZ Shottery all the va
rious shrubs, flowers and plants men
| toned In Shnkcspcarc's plays and son
nets. aud they are all In hourlshng
condition
The Egyptian government has got Sir
! William Arro 4 Co, builders of the
| Forth 1ny end Glasgow railway
! bridges to construct the Nile bridges
ut Eoddn island. near Cairo, The con.
tract. which Is for t2oo.Ooo, WIS Sc
cured IN face of strong continental
competition
Statistics show that in the past
twenty or thirty years New York has
lost much ground In the export trade
relatively To outside ports. Its ship
mrnts OF wheat and corn in 1851 for
| instance were go per cent of the cuun
trys entire exports whereas in 1908
the ratio was only ~ per cent
1t Is reported that the North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship company aud
the Friedrich krupp company intend
to erect shiphulldIug yards on the t.ms
uurimund canal, IN the vicinity OF tn"
coal lands which they recently pur
chased These shlpy ards are only To
build caunl aud river craft
Duke of Wellington. the old time
battlcship which led the British Baltic
fleet Ia the Russian war in 1854 81 is
10 he sold at auction She IL built of
wood. has three decks and Is 90 feet
long She has been USED as depot
ship at Portsmouth for many years
In war times she carried lui guns and
had crew Of over l.ON0 men
A young New YORK broker whose ia
thcr has dropped two fortunes In Wall
street about year ago fell heir e.
$50 900 from the estate of an aunt IL,
at once employed an expert and pur
chased nt puwnhrokcrs' sales aud else
where diamonds that took his whop
fortune The other day he sold IN,
whole lot at an advance of S9unN
French society has begun TO rebel al
the printed list Of wedding presents
II is mo longer good form 10 certain
sets to run down the gamut In public
print ur the parental check down {,
the fish carver OF the servants hall
The custom has become very ostcnta
tlous aud given rise TO much yulGal
speculation and mental arithmetic
In order TO encourage Industrial Ell
terprlse the municipality of Cutania
Italy. has decided to award premium
OF $1,000 10 any new industry whicl
is established In the town aud cw
ploys not fewer than luo workWeu o
individuals daily such an industry
which further develops VIII receive
Sa.uuO for each batch ot ttty Iud,F ii
uals employed IN excess of the hrs
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