The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-11-26
FACTS IN FEW LINES

barge.
Germany possesses the only known
workable deposit OF potash minerals in
the world.
Commercial failures to the number
! of 1851 were reported in Germany
! in 1908. The average amount of each
failure was S10,S56.
In forty nine countries the Salvation
Army now has 1900 separate societies,
1900 paid officers, 451, $50 unpaid Of
fcers and 17.170 bandmen.
Though the Dutch have been in tie
island Of Sumatra. in the East Indies,
over 800 years they have not yet sub
dued the natives of that small patch of
territory.
There is a wild flower in Turkey
which is the exact floral image of
humming bird. The breast is green, the
j throat yellow, the head and beail al
most black.
The population of Brazil is 100000,
of which 100000 are Italians, 1,000,-
900 Portuguese 2J0000 Germans, 1000
English, 400 Americans and about 1000
Of various other nationalities.
A recent United States labor bureau
bulletin states that trade unionism in
England is twenty-five years in adj
vance of that of this country in its
methods, and that sympathetic strikes
are becoming unknown in England.
The largest Of the burial mounds
built by the aborigines in America is
the Cahokia, situated eight miles west
Of the Mississippi river, between the
mouth of the Missouri and ST. Louis.
which is 100 feet high, 1850 feet long
and 10 feet wide.
A test case in New York has estab-
lished the constitutionality of the state
child labor law. 1t was held that an
employer was liable to fine when he
employed child under twelve years
old even though the parents made af1i-
davit that he was of proper age.
There is movement OH foot to ap-
ply the curfew law to the national cap
ital. About 1000 cities and towns in
the United States, mostly in the west,
now have curfew laws to keep children
who are unattended off the streets aft
er a stated hour in the evening.
The loss Of life from accidents and
disasters in the United States last year
was: Fires, 1892; drowning. 2,471; ex-
blossoms, 1856; falling buildings. etc.,
474; steam railways, 1920; electric
railways, 513; electricity, 1855; mines,
78S; cyclones and storms, 4S7; light
ming, 1870.
The German emperor has drawn an
ornamental sketch which is described
as memorial sheet" to be presented,
with the official announcement of
death, to the relatives of those soldiers
of the southwest African colony who
have fallen. or will TALL. in battle
against the Herreros.
DR.. George Mcclellan, demonstration
Of anatomy at the Philadelphia Acad
envy of Fine Arts. declares that the
perfect form Of man is more beautiful
than that Of woman. AS an artist he
abhors the abnormally developed man
and says grace and symmetry Of mus
Giles are preferable to the development
Of the athlete.
The British regiments are to have
their old historic numbers restored to
which it was once hoped that a terri
torial esprit de corps would be built
up. But it Is found that there is more
magic in the memories of Salamanca
and Waterloo than in the associations
Of Sussex or West Yorkshire.
1t is said that of all colols violet is
the one most stimulating to the eye
coats and that the electric light, and
more especially that given out by the
large lamps used in many public places,
is rich In violet rays. 1t is claimed
violet dresses and draperies are re-
sponsible for many eye cases and for
| not few of the skin troubles about
which the dermatologist is frequently
consulted.
The United States Statistician says
two-thirds of a school year would be
saved to American boys and girls by
putting the metric system in place of
| tie other twelve or thirteen systems.
! carry tle enormous saving OF time III
20 the counting houses of the country.
into all kinds of calculations from the
farm to the factory. and fairly good
/ idea is obtained of what the metric
system would save.
Whether the people of Kentucky
shall return to the system of viva voce
voting is to be decided by them at the
/ state election in 1905. During the dis
/ cuSSioa OF the matter in the house Of
! representatives one member said that
/ the open ballot would prevent voters
: from sailing under false colors. and
! another member retortcd that it would
result in the corporations getting con-
troll of the elections
/ The Hongkong Daily Press says.
4 'The European seeker after curios out
I here is source of revenue 20 many an
INSCRIPTIONS native yendcr \ method
whereby the appearance of century old
china is simulated is to kill dog and
place the new, comparatively valueless
porcelain IN its inside. afterward bury
ing it in the earth. At the end of