The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-05
FACTS IN FEW LINES

bar out OF the nut Of the butter treo, /
Pulque. the national tlpple Of Mexico
looks like buttermilk and .s sold for
3 cents quart
During the past year the night shek
ters Of Paris received 67.293 men. 2,006
women and 3SS children.
Submarines are built of sufficient
strength to permit them to sink to q
depth Of 100 feet II necessary, but Of
course they seldom go SO 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 ie
covered with forest -.
Twenty-one and a half columns af
the forthcoming Oxford English Die
tioAry are devoted To the specific ap-
puentions Of the adjective red
The Brooklyn bridge has 1873 feet Of
clear Roadway under the center Of tn
bridge at high water The towers e1-
TEND 27S feet above high water.
Alcoholism is extremely rare in ne
italian army. In 1901. the latest year
for which figures are available, only
twenty live cases were admitted to the
hospitals
The raising Of asparagus for export
~ we'll as for domestic use is an In
dustry Of considerable Importance IN
parts or Germany. 1t Is confined
chiefly to certain localities OF north
Germany and parts of Baden.
There are many log cabins in the
Adirondack that cost their owners
over 100000 apiece. Even interior
furnishings OF some are of logs. Ono
has Il 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 frst
step In the plans TO reclaim %. 900 acref
of land west of Grand Junction. Colo.,
and reaching to the Utah line. The
work laid out will cost over half
million dollars. i
1t is estimated that nearly $15,0O0,-
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 $780,.
600 to 100000 per annum will be
spent for some years to come.
AS result OF an offer by #. r. Tay-
lor Of firm of wooden manufacturers
In an English city of IL sovereign TO
each man. woman, boy and girl who
would give up smoking for twelve
months, $1,000 has been distributed to
al men and boys and $40 women and
girls.
Massachusetts scientists are making
collections OF rain water for testing
purposes The plan is to nAaly1s the
rain that falls in any part Of the state
and then compare 1t with the spring
wnter. This shows whether there II
anything in the soil that contaminatse
the supply.
Honeymoon, the new treaty port Of
China, is on the West river, Sunui dis
trict, In the province Of Kwnngtung.
and by the river route is upward o.
sixty miles distant from Canton. Its
population within the walled city Ia
about 10000 Including the suburbs.
It's population reaches 100000. There
are no foreign residents either In KoaR
moon or Its immediate vicinity.
The Lapland limited Is perhaps ting
most curious Of through express trains
In that 1t carries fewer passengers and
runs over n longer distance than any
other train. This fller leaves Stock
holm, Sweden, once a week during the
summer months and runs straight
through to Narylk, IL Norwegian harbor
within the arctic zone. The distance Is
1896 miles.
Accumulation OF waste products 10
the undoubtcd 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 sens0-
ton Of fatigue may be derived from
our own tissues by internal respiration
or it may be brcathcd in with foul air
from the tissues of others.
The Cinnamon, Japs and cholos Mex
lean laborcrsp in southern California
are happy when olive picking ting
comes and they leave the cities and
towns for the olive orchards Picking
IS a large item In the cost OF the olivo
Industry in California, and the aver
age price paid for picking olives for
making oil is $3.50 ton. and for
plckllng purposes from slS to 500 G
ton.
Experiments conducted by the agrt
cultural department OF the University
Of Missouri have demonstrated that
the diseased chInch bugs sent out by
the United States department OF agri.
culture to XIII the chinch bugs by iRfec-
ton are entirely ineffective. The dis
saScd bugs not only DO not transfer
their disease to the healthy bugs. bui
soon after liberation completely recover
aud do as much damage rs the others.
'rahloquah. which used to be noted
on The maps OF all old Biographies M
the capital OF the Indian Territory, is q
town low OF about $500 people, and
the majority Of It's population are Cher