The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-10-29
FACTS IN FEW LINES


tyr ant Of the nut Of the butter tree.
pu,oue the national tipple OF Mexico,
looks IKE buttermilk and Is so!d LOT
cents q quart
During the past year the night sheI-
ters o! Paris received GI2S3 men, -'Uv"
women and 3SS children.
Submarines are built of sufficient
strength 10 perIn!t them to SIN" 70 Il
depth Of 100 feet If necessary, but 81
course they seldom go 50 fur beneath
the surface.
Germany Ia probably the most dense
BY wooded country in Europe. over
Is per cent OF the area OF the empire IS
covered with forest.
Twenty one and half columns OF
the forthcoming oxford English Die
tlonary are devoted TO TIE specie ap-
plea ions Of the adjective red
The Brooklyn bridge has los feet OF
clear Roadway under the center OF the
bridge at high water, The towers e1'
tend rs feet above high water.
Alcoholism Is extremely IRE In the
Italian army. In 1901. tie Ia est year
for which figures are available, only
TWENTY-FIVE cuses were admitted to the
hosp tails,
The raising Of asparagus for export
az ell as for domestic use Is N IN.
dusty OF considerable import nee IN
parts Of Germany. 1t Is confined
chiefly 70 certain localities Of north
Germany and parts Of Bacon.
There are many log cabins In the
Adrondacks that cost tier owners
over 100000 apiece. Even Interior
furnishings Of some are OF logs. Cne
has plano OF log design, the whole
frame being made Of seasoned birch
logs
An irrigation canal nearly forty
en- miles Ia length will be the first
step In TIE plans TO reclaim $1,000 acres
OF land west OF Grand junction, Colo.
and reaching to the Utah line. The
work laid out Will cost over half
million dollars,
II IL estimated that nearly $4,000
600 has been spent In Great Eritaln
upon rolling stock for tie two new
South Afric colonies since the Brit
ish occupation and that from $500
900 to 100000 per annum will be
spent for some years 10 come.
As result OF an offer by T. f. Tay-
Tor Of firm OF woo.cn manufacturers
In an English city OF sovereign to
each man. woman, boy and girl who
would give up smoking for twelve
months. 5000 has been distributed TO
l4l men and boys and 5lJ women and
girls,
Massachusetts, scientists are making
collections of rain water for testing
vurposes The plan IL to ana.yze the
rain that falls in any part Of tie state
and then compare II with the sprInr
water This shows whether there is
anything In the soil that contaminates
the supply.
Honeymoon, the new treaty port of
China. is on the West river, SunuI dis
trIct, In the province OF kwan.tung
and by the river route Is upward of
sixty m!les distant from Canton lts
population within the walled city Is
about 3O,0st. including the suburbs,
ats population reaches 100000. There
are no foreign residents either In Kong
moon or its immediate vicinity.
The Lapland limited Is perhaps the
most curious OF through express trains
In that II carries fewer passengers AMI
runs over a longer distance than any
other train. This fier leaves Stock
holm. Sweden, once week during the
summer months and runs straight
through TO Narylk, n Norwegian harbor
within the arctic zone. The distance 10
l,836 miles
Accumulation Of waste products II
the undoubtcd cause OF tissue fatigue.
II Is said that It probably does not
much matter whether these waste
products are our own or other peoples
The material giving rise 10 the senss
ton OF fatigue may be derived from
our own tissues by Internal respira alton
or IL may be brenthed In with foul air
from the tissues OF others.
The Cinnamon. Japs and cholos NieY
lean iaborers, in southern California
are happy when olive picking tim
comes and they leave the cities and
towns for the olive orchards. Picking
Is large Item in the cost OF the oily,
industry in California, and the AVE-.
age price paid for picking Gives ( 81"
making oil Ia $40 ton. and T..
picking purposes from $lS to 500 n
ton.
Experiments conducted by the a-ri
cultural department Of the University
Of Missouri have demons .rd thai
the diseased chlnch bugs sent out by
the United Stytcs dep rta,'' Of acrl.
,ulture to Kill the chiuoh bugs Ly infrc-
ton are entirely inc. cciiye The G.
eased bugs not only 90 not transit
their disease 10 tie healthy bu~s. hu
soon after liberation completely rrcoy,
AMI do as much damage rs tie other
TahIeQuah which used 10 IT, no,
IN tie maps Of all Old geo rapLics
the capital OF the Indian Tr 9i.a~y. is
town now of about 900 people. and
the maloyity of It's population are cher
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