The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1905-10-28
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Pulque. the national tippls OF Mexico,
looks like buttarmilk and is sold for
3 cents quart
During the past year the night shell
ters Of Paris received G7,2S8 men, 2,o06
women and 38S children.
Submarines arc built Of sufficient
strength to permit them to sink to a
depth of 100 feet II necessary. but Of
course they seldom go 80 far beneath
the surface.
Germany Is probably the most dense
~ wooded country In Europe. Over
25 per cent OF the area Of the empire Is
covered with forest.
Twenty-one and a bali columns OF
the forthcoming Oxford English Die
tonry are devoted tn the specific APP
plleations 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
as we'll az for domestic use Is an In
dustry Of considerable Importance In
parts OF Germany. 1t IS confined
chiefly to certain localities Of north
Germany aud parts of Baden.
There are many log cabins In the
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,
stcp In the plans TO reclaim 5000 acrea
Of land west OF Grand Junction, Colo,
and reaching to the Utah line. This
work laid out will cost over half
million dollars.
1t is estimated that nearly $4,000.
600 has been spent in Great Britain
upon rolling stock for the two new
South African colonies since the Brit.
ish occupation and that from $500,
900 to 100000 per annum will be
spent for some years to come.
As result Of an offer by r. r. Tay-
lor Of frm OF wooden manufacturers
In an English city of n sovereign to
each man, woman, boy and girl who
would give up smoking for twelve
months, $4,000 has been distributed to
14l men and boys and 510 women and
girls.
Massachusetts scientists are making
collections Of rain water for testing
purposes. The plan is to aAalyZe the
rain that falls In any part OF the state
and then compare it with the spring
water. This shows whether there Is
anything In the soil that communicates
the supply.
Honeymoon, the new treaty port of
China, is on the West river, sunul dis
trlct, In the province Of kwangtung
and by the river route Is upward OF
sixty miles distant from Canton. Its
about 10000. Including the suburbs.
Its population reaches 100000. There
are no foreign residents either In Kong
moon or It's immediate vicinity.
The Laplsnd limited is perhaps the
most curious OF through express trains
In that 1t carries fewer passengers and
runs over n longer distance than any
other train. This nler leaves Stock
holm. Sweden, once a week during the
summer months and runs straight
through to Naryik. a Norwegian harbo'
within the apctic zone. The distance is
1886 miles.
Accumulation OF waste products is
the undoubted cause OF tissue fatigue.
1t is said that It probably does not
much matter whether these waste
products are our own or other peoples.
The material giving rise TO the -ensa
ton Of fntigu, may be derived from
our own tissues by internal respiration
or It may be breathcd In with foul air
from tho tissues OF others.
The Cinnamon. laps and cholos (Mex
lean lahorcrs) In southern California
are happy when olive picking time
comes and they leave the cities and
towns for the olive orchards. Picking
Is II large Item in the cost OF me olive
industry in California, and the aver
age price paid for picking olives for
making oil is $50 II ton, and FOR
TIckling purposes from SIS TO $50 a
ton.
Experiments condusted by the Ggri
cultural department Of tile University
Of Missouri have demonstrated that
tho diseased chtuch huCH scut ont by
the United States department OF ngri
culture to XIII the chiuCh bugs by infec
ton are entirely ineffective, The dis
easod bugs not only do not transfer
their disease 10 the healthy bugs, but
coon after liberation completely recover
and do as much damage as the others.
TahleQuah. which used 10 be noted
on the maps OF all old Biographies s.
the capital Of the Indian Territory, is a
town now OF about $500 people. snd