The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1905-02-04
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Ham Ill, george ~. ana Nlctorla'
It wss stated in the house of com.
mons ghe othH day that thirty mem
bers Of the Irish Nationalist party
had served terms OF hard labor IN pris-
on.
At sale Of pictures In London
portrait Of n lady by GainsborouSh
realized 2,s0o guinness, while Romney
portrait Of lady fetched 1000 gum
ekg.
More than 100000 Of the 1S,J00ooo
people Of Mexico DO not work, and or
| those who DO work 1888 %! are In do
nestle service and 10000 are salary
( earucrs.
/ The American Bible society, which
/ does not pretend TO print Its Bibles IN
/ ell languages, Issues either the whole
| Bible or portions Of it in 2t2 Languages
| and dialects.
While scores Of people were running
! from supposed MD dog in New YORK
q black tomcat sprang upon the AMI
mails back, and it quickly disappeared,
ycipln& az II went.
| Abvssinia produces the finest ostrich
! feathers the price there being sl.44
to 1921 per dozen for the best white.
&c cents to 81 % dozen for black and
half as much for gray feathers.
Frank L. Frugone C'Blg Frank'),
editor Of the Italian Evening Bulletin
Of New York, is going to stand for con-
gross, as 4 Republican, against that
other big fellow, Tim sullivan
Tho Norwegian adelsthing has passed
n bill prohibiting the sale or export
abroad Of ancient national relics, such
as old Morse coins, arms, Runtc 1nscrlp-
lions, remains OF Viking ships. etc.
The Montpelier balloon which made
the journey from Paris to Rome on
Dec. ., 1904, the day Napoleon wss
crowned by Piu5 VII, has just been
found in one of the storerooms of the
Vatican.
During the last twenty-four year,
5S,65I ,473 frozen meat carcasses have
been imported to London, ana OF this
huge total New Zealand has been re
sponsible for 41,154,020 and Australia
l2,769,SJ0.
1t was noted with mingled awe and
delight by attentive English reporters
that King Edward on his recent visit
to Ireland wore his hat slightly tilted
to the right" All loyal hats viii, now
be worn slightly tilted to the right.
Some time ago it was decided 10
plant In the garden OF Anne Hath.
away's cottage ut Shottery all the va
lious shrubs, flowers and plants men.
toned in Shakcsgeare's plays and SON
nets, and they are all in a flourinhin2
condition.
The Egyptian government has got Sir
William Arrol Il Co., builders Of the
Forth, Tay end Glasgow railway
bridges, to construct the Nile bridges
ct Rodda island, near Cairo. The con.
tract, which is for 100000, YVES &C.
cured In face Of strong continental
competition.
Statistics show that IN the past
twenty or thirty years New York has
lost much ground in the export trade
relatively to outside ports. lts ship
mcnts Of wheat and ooyn in 1881, for
Instance, We're 80 per cent Of the coun-
try's entire exports, where's in 1903
the ratio was only Il per cent,
1t is reported that the North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship company and
the Friedrich Krupp company iatend
to erect shipbuiidinR yards on the Ems
Do-mund canal. in the vicinity Of the
coal lands which they recently pur-
chased. These sh'pyards are only to
build canal and river craft.
Duke oe Wellington, the old time
battoshIp which led tho British Baltic
feet in tie Russian war In lS54-5S, Ia
to be sold at auction. shc is built OF
wood, has three decks and 10 2s0 feet
long She has been used as depot
ship at Portsmouth for many years
In war times she carried lQ+ guns ana
had a crew OF over 600 mon.
young New York broker whose 70
Their has dropped two fortunes In Wall
street about i year ago fell heir 10
$4,000 from the estate Of IN aunt. Hs
at once employed an expert and pur.
chased At pIwuArOkeTs' salos and else
whore diamonds that took bis whole
fortune AZ other day he sold the
Whole lot at an advance Of $1,000,
French society has begun to rebol at
Tie printed list OF wedding presents
, "a. loo,