The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-09-24
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, philadelphlan has a reservoir and force
feed by means Of which the putty is
supplied as it IS needed for use,
Americans are the most excessive
| coffee drinkers IN the world. over
billion pounds OF coffee are imported
into the United States each year.
Sachs, who was both an alb,no ana
q scientist demonstrated that the hair
of albnos contains less iron than thar
of normally constituted individuals.
The male human noel; more food
than the female Tie man tends to
cxpend energy and the woman TO store
It up in the form of fat. He burns the
faster.
Some of the inhabitants of Cam
bridge, England, are trusting to the
presence Of a goat to protect them ana
! their houses from the infection Of
! smallpox.
/ Or. koulapye a Russian surgeon,
! has succeeded in restoring circulation
in the human heart after apparent
death. This is done By treatment with
I saline solutions.
| Anybody may practice medicine in
! China. No license or special course OF
/ study is required. Many Of the ply
! sicans are students who haze failed
! to pass the government examinations.
Owing to great losses Of cattle by the
rlnlcrpest IN Egypt, the large planta-
lions and farmers there nre about 10
introduce steam plows and automobile
machines for the cultivation OF grain
and cotton.
A hotel keeper in the City Of Mexico
has been condemned 10 years impriS
oument and has been fined $3.50 for
stealing from the electric light compa-
ny the current with which his hotel
! was lighted
Endorsed by Queen Alexandra, rouge
/ is used as openly in England nowadays
! as In the unregenerate period of Louis
! Ky. After the wicked French days
paint fell into discredit, and Victorian
responsibility placed ban on rouge.
/ Plants SO highly charged with essen
] tial oil that fragments of their leaves
fashion. owing TO capillary action due
TO the spreading OF the oil on the sur
! face, are described by NJ. Nirgi'e Bran.
dicourt.
Ancient timekeepinG has received
! new light from two remarkable stones
lately unearthed by the German ex-
I plorers on the site OF the old Ionic port
! of Miletus. These stones are the re-
mains Of calendars, OF which one is
I shown to date from 100 A. ID.
A species Of natural soap tree is
found in Japan, China and India, BY
using water Of alcohol the sapona-
.-eous ingredient OF the fruit is extract
ed. The soap. possessing no alkaline
qualities, Ia claimed TO be superior 10
the ordinary soap OF commerce.
4 cows horn Is combination OF
! phosphate of lime. gelatin and albu-
min. inside the horn IL a core, which
is bone. To get 1t out the horn is
soaked in water for several weeks, and
when the core comes out II is ground
up and made into crucibles which are
used for melting gold and silver in.
The quaGga, South African animal
Of the horse family resembling the ze-
bra. which was hunted out OF existence
by the Beers for its hide. appears to
have become extinct f. e Colony
nbout the year 1866, VIII. lie last sur
vivor Of Its kind, as far as Is known,
died in the London geological gardens
in 1872
The typhoid bacillus is rapidly do
stroyed by cold and heat. Rapidly.
however, does not mean instantly Mt
freezing temperature, as n typhoid
germ may survive when frozen in ice
for considerable length OF time. al
though the number OF living organisms
Is rapidly diminished They are much
more sensitive TO heat
Mine owners of South Africa are en-
tering into contracts with Chinese la
borers TO work In the mines of that
country. The coolies are to be trans
ported free OF all charge. with rea-
sonable supply Of baggage, and are TO
be housed, fed and have medical at
tendance, and In cnse OF death their re-
mains are TO be sent 10 China
The government tried TO import oxen
from China and Java into the Philip
pines and to furnish them TO the farm
ers at reasonable prices. but did not
secure favorable results. as most OF the
animals died en- route. The native OK
is very peculiar and susceptible ami.
NAL. suffering even from transporta.
ton from one island 10 another.
How readily Americans move" Is
shown by the fact that hardly two
thirds OF the representative and only
about half the senator's In congress
were born in the states which they
now serve, No member Of either house
from Colorado. Idaho, Montana. Da-
kotas Washington or Wyoming is .
native Of tie state he represents.
Herr Aycl Hamberg o. the Unlver.
sity OF Stockholm has, with the help
OF Herr Lnderoth, Swedish clock
maker, constructed "A registering me
teorograph, which has been installed
or the Sariekttokko. one OF the Alps
Of Swedish Lapland. II registers the
tempers turc, barometric pressure. hu
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