The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1905-01-21
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\ copy Oh lut i'iNN
1890 has been presented to the Natloh'
III Bible Society O: Scotland.
The eagle was chosen rs the symDoi
CT the United States by congress ana
as such has been placed on certain OF
the coins Of the country.
Six soyereigns have paid visits 10
Dublin before Edward Nll.-name!y'
Henry H., Richard H., James H., WI
liam III, George " and Victoria
Il was stated in the house OF com
mons the other day that thirty mem
bcrs Of the Irish Nationalist party
had served terms OF hard labor In prls
on.
At a sale Of pictures In London
portrait of a lady by Gainsboroush
realized $500 guinness, while a Rcmney
portrait OF d lady fetched 1000 gum
eGg.
More than 100000 of the 100000
people Of Mexico 30 not work, and OF
those who 10 work 1850 arc In do
nestle service and 10000 are salary
earners.
The American Bible society, which
does not pretend to print its Bibles IN
ell languages, issues either the "hois
Bible or portions Of it in 242 languages
and dialects.
While scores of people were running
from a supposed mad dog in Ne" York
q black tomcat sprans upon the ant
malls back, and IT quickly disappeared
yelpins rs it went.
AbySsini4 produces the finest ostrich
feathers, the price there being Sl.H
to 1921 per dozen for the best white,
o. cents to $193 a dozen for black and
half as much for gray feathers.
Frank l.. Frucone CBig Frank },
editor OF the Italian Evening Bulletin
Of New York, is going to stand for con
gross, as Republican, against that
other big fellow, Tim sullivan.
The Norwegian adelsthing hNs passed
bill prohibiting the sale or export
abroad of ancient national relics such
as old Morse coins, arms, Runic inscrip'
tons, remains OF viking ships, etc.
The Montgolfer balloon wh4ch made
the journey from Paris to Rome on
Dec. ., 1904, the day Napoleon was
crowned by Plus VII, has just been
found In one of the storeroons Of the
Vatican.
During the last twenty-fOur Year,
| ES,GJl ,4T3 frozen meat carcasses have
been imported to London, and Of this
! huge total New Zealand has been re
spongible for 41,14,020 and Australia
12TG9,S5o.
1t was noted with mingled awe and
delight by attentive English reporter,
| that King Edward on his recent visit
to Ireland wore his hat slightly "tiltet
| to the right" All loyal hats will now
b worn slightly tilted TO the right.
! Some time ago it was decided tc
( plant In the garden OF Anne Hath
Always cottage at Shottery all the va
nous shrubs, flowers and plants men
toned il Shakespeare's plays and son
nets, and they are all in a fourishinG
condition.
The Egyptian government has got Sir
/ William Arrol g. Co., builders Of the
| Forth Tay and Glasgow railway
bridges, to construct the Nile bridge,
ut Rodda ialand, near Cairo. The con
/ tract which Is for 100000, was Sc
! cured III face Of strong continents
competition.
Statistics show that in the pas
/ twenty or thirty years New York has
lost much ground N the export trade
reln lively to outside ports. Its ship
ments Of wheat ana corn In 1881, fol-
/ instance. were 80 per cent OF the coun
try's entire exports, whereas in 1905
the ratio uas only ~ per cent.
/ 1t is reported that the North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship company and
| the Friedrich Krupp company intend
to erect shipbuilding yards on the Ems
Dortmund canal. in the vicinity Of The
coal lands which they recently pur
chased. These shIpyards are only tC
build canal and river craft,
Duke OK Wellington, the Old time
battlcship which led the British BsltiS
feet in the Russian war in lS54-5S. I,
TO be sold at auction. She is built OF
wood. has three decks and IL 2+O fee
long Che has been used as dcpo'
ship at Portsmouth for many years
In war times she carried l04 guns ant
had q crew OF over 1000 men.
A young New York broker whose ia
Their has dropped two fortunes in Wal
street about ycnr ago fell heir Il
$4,000 from the estate Of an aunt. HI
at once employed an expert and pur
chased at pawnbrokerS' sales and else
where diamonds that took his Who'll,
fortune The other day he sold tn,
whole lot at an advance Of $4,000.
Wrench society has begun to rebel a
the printed list Of wedding presents
Ii is no longer good form IN certain
sets to run down the samut In public
print Of the parental check down Il
tho fish carver Of the servants hall
The custom has become very osteuta
tious and given rise to much rulga
speculation aud mental arithmetic.
In order to encourage Industrial en-