The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1905-07-15
FACTS IN FEW LINES

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Natives Of central AFRICA make but
tsr out Of the nut OF the butter tee.
Pulque, the national tpple Of Mexico,
looks like buttermilk and is sold for
) cents quart
During the past year the night shell
ters Of Paris received 61,2S3 men. 2,000
women and 8Ss children.
Submarines are built Of sufficient
strength to permit them to sink to n
depth Of 100 feet II necessary, but Of
course they seldom so 80 far beneath
the surface.
Germany Is probably the most dense
ly wooded country In Europe. Over
rs per cent OF the area Of the empire IS
covered With forest
Twenty one and Il half columns OF
the Forthcoming Oxford English Die
ooIEry are devoted to the specific ap-
pueations Of the adjective red.
The Brooklyn bridge has 1873 feet OF
clear Roadway under the center of the
bridge at high water. The towers ex.
tend 27S feet above high water.
Alcoholism IS extremely rare in the
italian army. In 1901, the latest year
for which figures are available, only
twenty-five cases were admitted TO the
hospitals.
The raising of asparagus for export
az well as for domestic use Is an In
dustTy OF considerable Importance In
parts Of Germany. Ii is confined
chiefly to certain localities OF north
Germany and parts Of Baden.
There are many log cabins IN the
Adirondacks that cost their owners
over 100000 apiece. Even interior
furnishings of some are of logs, one
has piano Of log design, the whole
frame being made of seasoned birch
logs.
An irrigation canal nearly forty
seven miles in length will be the frs,
step In the plans TO reclaim 25,o00 acres
of land west of Grand Junction. Colo.
and reaching to the Utah line. The
work laid out Will cost over half
million dollars.
1t is estimated that nearly Sl5,00o,-
900 has been spent in Great Britain
upon rolling stock for the two new
South African colonies since the Brit
ish occupation and that from $1,000.
900 to 100000 per hnnum will be
spent for some years ~ soAIs.
AS result OF an offer by 7. y. Tay.
lor of Il firm of wooden manufacturers
t. -, g,ft tom, -,
each man, woman, boy and girl who
would give up smoking for twelve
months. $500 has been distributed TO
l41 men and boys and $40 women and
girls.
Massachusetts scientists are making
collections Of rain water for testing
| purposes The plan is TO nnalyze the
rain that falls In any part or the state
and then compare 1t with the spring
water. This shows whether there 10
| anything In the soil that oontamluates
the supply.
| Honeymoon, the new treaty port Of
| China. IS on the West river, Sunui dis
! trlCt, IN the province Of kwangtung,
and by tho river route is upward Of
sixty miles distant from Canton. Its
population within the walled oity is
about 10000. Including tie suburbs
| its population reaches 100000. There
are no foreign residents either In Kong
moon or It's immediate vicinity.
The Lapland limited is perhaps the
most curious Of through express trains
! In that It carries fewer passengers and
runs over u longer distance than any
other train This flier leaves Stock
/ holm, Sweden, once ii week during the
summer months and runs straight
through TO Naryik. n Norwegian hHrbor
within the arctic zone. The distance is
/ 1896 miles.
Accumulation OF waste products Is
/ the undOubtcd cause Of tissue fatigue,
| 1t Is saId that 1t probably does not
| much matter whether these waste
! products are our own or other people 5.
1 The material giving rise to the scnsa
| ton Of fatigue may be derived from
our own tissues by internal respiration
or It may be breathcd In with foul or
/ from the tissues Of others
The Cinnamon, Japs ana ChplOS tMeY
lean Mborcrsl In southern california
nre hnppy when olive picking time
comes and they leave the cities and
towns for the olive orchards. Picking
Is large item in the cost Of the olive
industry IN California. and the aver
age price paid or picking olives for
making oil Is $50 4 ton, aud for
rlck!ng purposes from SiS 10 $50 a
ton.
Experiments conducted by the ngri-
cultural department OF the University
OF Missouri have demonstrated that
The diseased chnch bugs sent out by
tie United states department Of ngri.
culture 10 KIN the chinch bugs by irfcC-
ton are entirely ineffective The dis
eased bugs not only DO not transfer
their disease to the healthy bugs, but
soon after liberation completely recover
and do as much damage rs the others
Tahlequah, which used TO be noted
on the maps OF NIL old Biographies rs
tIn pupifol 81 tho Indian TprTitBV IL Il