The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-03-26
FACTS IN FEW LINES

The average yield OF wheat In Rus.
STA IL less than half that Of the United
States.
The export OF sole leather from the
United States averages about $500, 600
a month.
/ Sugar beets thrive in different kinds
Of soil In divers climates and over
large area
/ Exclusive of locomotives we manu-
facture 10000 engines Of 100000
horsepower every year.
/ An admiral flies his flag at the main
mast, vice admiral at the fore and a
rear admiral at the mizzen.
The Russian official organ in St Pc
terEburg has II fine name for the news
boys 1t Is the Prauitelstvini Viestnlk.
In the province Of Samara. Russia,
ZOO persons get their subsistence
from less than three acres of land per
capita.
This Is how a Welsh paper wished
its readers ii happy new year; "Diolch
YIN fawr chi; yr un peth | chwithau,
lawer o hOnyn' nhw."
An orange measuring twelve inches
In diameter and weighing nine pounds
has been grown by f. Gerber of Braam
River, kOuga, South Africa.
A sealed bottle containing four pints
Of liquid air was sent from Berlin to
Geneva, but on arrival it was found
that three and a half pints had evapo
rated
With Il population Of about 2,5OO0O
Paris has fewer than 100 negroes with
in Its limits 1t Is claimed that the
colored population of all France is less
than 800.
Tie new cathedral at Liverpool will
be remarkable for its high yaulting OF
the nave and choir 10 feet, measured
In the barrel vaultlng, and in the high
uansepts 40 feet
A monumental work Of reference, an
encyclopedia of sixteen large volumes,
Is just being published in New York
city. Whether by design or accident,
not page is numbered.
The United States Is not the only
government that is feeling n little nerv-
Gus about the big guns on its war
ships The new British 90 inch gun
" not coming up to expectations.
Adult suffrage was tried for tile first
time IN the commonwealth of Australia
in tie fede raj elections held on Dec
49, 1903. The total number of voters
registered was 100000. of whom In
round numbers 100000 were women.
IL one could save Il cent the first day
of tie month, cents the next day, I
cents the next and 80 on, doubling the
amount each day, he would have near
ly 100000 at the end of the month,
provided the month had thirty one
days and his salary could stand the
pressure.
The characteristic feature of the au-
tonobie train invented in France is
the principle that each car propes
itself. The prcpelling force only Is
furnished by the locomotive. The lat
ter, therefore, as it has no pulling To
perform but only to supply power,
can be built proportionately very light
The coal for Japan's navy comes
from Hakodate and Otaru, on the Is
land of lesso, which lies directly north
Of Nippon, upon which Tokyo is sit
uatod. They are two Of the greatest
coul shipping ports In the world. The
island Is about 800 miles, or two days
steatning for a man-of-war. from Vlad-
ivostol,
A Boston professor lakes a whack
at history by declaring that Columbus
was highly respectable and fairly
wealthy gentleman, who paid Il large
part,of the cost of his voyage. that he
was tall and red haired, utterly unlike
his portraits and that Isabella had no
jewels to pawn, having hypothecated
them several years before 1902
A recent bulletin of the department
OF agriculture says, 1T appears that
practically all soils contain sufficient
plant food for good crop yield, that
this supply Will be indefinitely main
tained and that this actual yield OF
plants adapted to the soil depends
mainly under favorable conditions up
on the cultural methods and suitable
cropTotation.
The navy department has been max
In experiments as 10 the possibility
Of crew escaping from submarine
In cas- of an accident while the boat
Is submerged, Two dogs We're expelled
successfully from the torpedo tubes by
means Of compressed air, with Il wood
on plug behind them, just as the tor
pedoes are fired. The tests show that
men could escape In the same way.
Newspaper work in Russia is not
pleasant. The government spends more
money on its press ccnsors than ON its
schools. Last year eighty three papers
We're suspended for various periods
and twenty six were forbidden To ac-
cept MI advertisements. while go edi-
tors were told they could have short
vacation In Siberia If they continued
their methods OF reyiving various pub
| lie questions
The Irish potato crop last year sold
for Sl51, 63S, O94 and yies with the to
baceo crop with returning - greatest
amount per acre Of any OF the princi-
pal crops Although there We're less
than 100000 acres devoted to Il, the
yield Of SUI bushels an acre, at an
average price " Ola cents Is equiv
aleut to an average net realization OF
So an acre Tobacco yields, according
10 the figures given, sos 40 IN acre
AZ nearly all the larger railroad sta
tons In Maughuria Russian settle
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