The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-09-10

1 NJ maj IlulIltu lItt'IN llOIt lOOu
than the female. Tie man tends to
expend energy and the woman to store
1t 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 and
their houses from the infection OF
smallpox.
DR.. Kouapyc, Russian surgeon.
has succeeded in restoring circulation
In the human heart after apparent
death. This is done by treatment with
saline solutions.
Anybody may practice medicine in
China. No license or special course of
study is required. Many of the ply
sicians are students who have failed
to pass the government examinations.
Owing 20 great losses of cattle ly the
rndcrpest in Egypt, the large planta-
tions ana farmers there are about to
Introduce steam plows and automobile
machines for the cultivation of grain
and cotton.
\ hotel keeper in the City Of Mexico
has been condemned to a years impris-
onment and has been fined $33 20 for
stealing from the electric light compa-
ny the current with which his hotel
was lighted.
IndorScd by Queen Alexandra, rouge
is used as openly IN England nowadays
rs in the unregcncratc period of Louis
Ky. After the wicked French days
paint fell into diSCreiit. and Victorian
responsibility placed II ban on rouge.
Plants so highly charged with essen
tial oil that fragments of their leaves
move about on water in mysterious
fashion, owing to capillary action due
to the spreading of the oil on the sur
face, are described by NJ, Nirgile Bran
dicourt
Ancient tmckecpinG has received
new light from two remarkable stones
lately unearthcd by the German eX-
plorcrs on the site of the old Ionic port
of Miletus. These stones are the re
mains of calendars, of which one Is
shown to date from 100 4. -.
a species & natural soap tree is
found in Japan, China and India. BY
using water Of alcohol the sapOna-
ceous ingredient Of the fruit Is extract
ed The soap, possessing no alkaline
qualities, IS claimed to be superior to
the ordinary soap Of commerce.
A 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 It is ground
UP and made into cruCibles which are
used for melting gold and silver in.
The quagGa, q South African animal
of the horse family resembling the zc-
bra. which was hunted out OF existence
hy the Beers for its hide, appears to
have become extinct in Cape Colony
about the year 1869, while the last sur
yivOr OF its kind, us far as Is known,
died in the London geological gardens
in 1872
The typhoid bacillus Is rapidly de.
Stroyed by cold and heat Rapidly,
however, does not mean instantly Mt
a freezing temperature, as n typhoid
germ may survive when frozen in ice
for IA 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 Ia
hprcrs to work ln the mines Of that
country. The coolies are 10 be trans
ported free OF all charge, with ren-
sonable supply Of baggage, and are to
be housed, fed and have medical AT.
tendance. and in case OF death their re.
mains are to be sent 10 China.
The government tried 10 Import oxen
from China and Java into the Philip
pines and to furnish them 10 the farm
ers at reasonable prices, but did not
secure favorable results, as most Of the
animals died en- route. Tho native OK
IS n very peculiar and susceptible AMI
NAL, suffering even from tranSporta
ton from one island TO another
How readily Americans move is
shown By the fact that hardly two
thirds of the representatives ana only
about half the senator's IN congress
were born in the states which they
now serve. No member of either houS"
from Colorado, Idaho. Montana, Ia.
kotas, Washington or Wyoming IS a
native Of the state be represents
Herr AXcl IIambcrg Of the lniyer-
sity of Stockholm las, with tie help
of Herr Linderoth, Swedish clock.
maker. CONSTRUCTED registering mc-
tc5rograph. which has been installed
un the SIrirhJokko. one " the Nip.
Of Swedish laplaud. II registers t."
temperature. baromctr.c pressure hui
mtdty ~ tie air velocity ana d.rec-
tlon Of the wind, as well as the amount