The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-05-21
FACTS IN FEW LINES

times as many factories rs Russia
A man named oliver twist was fined
the other day in Il London court for
being drunk ANA disugdcriy.
The guns of the artillery service Of
Japan used to bc purchased abroad.
but are now chiefly manufactured in
Osaka.
each of the children in the Hampstead
workhouse. and they are to he trained
to use ii in class drill.
Brook lyn has y. W c. A. for col.
ored women The membership has al.
ready reached over 100 Most of the
members are servant girls
The ravages of drrf in Edinburgh
have, ii appears, reached the worst
proportion ever known in the expert
ence OF the Edinburgh Lunatic asylum.
1t il now the style IN England to
bob courtesy to royalty The low
sweeping salute has gone out also one
says "ma'am," not "madam," to the
queen.
Fashoda has ceased To exist Here
after the province. town ana village
OF that name will he known ms Upper
Nile province, Kodok and Dalwar re
spectively.
A drinking cup pronounced by the
British museum to be 1900 years old
has been found in a field at Stoning
field Essex. 1t is now in the ChelmS.
ford museum
The number of bills discounted 10y
the Bank of France aud it's branches
in 1903 was lS.435,93S The number Of
notes In circulation on Jan 2S. 1904.
was 35,OGO,2t
Port Arthur was named after Lieu
tenant Commander Arthur of the Brit.
ish navy, who anchored his ship in the
bay one day about fifty years ago His
was the first foreign ship that had Wis
ited the bay.
The British admiralty is about to try
the experiment If giving premium To
the workmeu in its service who finish n
job in the quickest time IhoS, who
do work in the ordinary time will re
ceive the ordinary wage
The Advance states that in Britain's
Indian empire there are los languages
spoken by 100000 people which
have not yet been given the Bible. In
the Philippines there are fifty or more
languages without Bibles
Anthracite coal has been discovered
IN the vicinity of Cumberland British
Columbia, and the mine Is being de
veloped. Samples contain S3 per cent
carbon ana 5.T5 per cent ash The
coal is compact and lustrous in APP
pearance.
Among the ancient treasures of ia
pan which the mikado has poured into
the military chest are gold coins issued
three centuries ago They are of large
size and of almost pure metal and
worth much more than their intrinsic
value, of course.
Hitherto cantaloupe raising in Colo
RADIO has been mostly confined to the
famous Rockyford district, in the Ar
kansas valley, but the farmers of
northern Colorado have now deter
mined to enter that very profitable
field of horticulture.
The London Daily News wants to
know whether the Napoleon statue IN
Washington Will represent the Corsi
can In his uniform MS a general of the
republic or In the uniform he designed
for himself when "thc pear was ripe
and he overturned the republic In 1904
A Swiss newspaper contains uu al
yertiscment of which this is Il tranSla
ton. THE report having been spread
that f. G.. - has appeared TO MS sine"
his death, we hereby declare that this
Lis quite untrue and warn all persons
against spreading tie report under palm
OF prosecution.
According to Paris newspapers, the
surgeons are now dressing wounds
with silver leaf The silver is simply
placed on the wound or ulcer. and rs it
sticks closely to the surface u little
cotton soaked in coIIodion Is sufficient
to keep it in place lhv effects Of this
sheet Of silver are said to be very re-
markable
Sunlight fresh mir food and eXercis"
are the great ueccssaries Of life, says
Or, J. ". Scaycr the Yale director of
nhysicaI education And SO many
man in business heartily believes; but
being unable to get his fair share Of
the other three. be makes up for the
lack by consuming thrice the amount
of food be needs