The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-06
SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1907.

OF the 12,703 newspapers printed In
Germany 81 per cent are In other Ian.
Gunges.
Coal is dearer in South Africa than
n any other part OF the world. 1t Ia
cheapest In ChiI-a.
There IS trouble over the new two
shilling English coin. AS It shows Bri.
eannia she has only one foot
A copy Of Poor Richards Almanac,
printed in 1880, was sold at auction in
Philadelphia recently for $685..
4 cargo OF $4,000 Australian birds
Aas been taken to London by one
steamer. They were sold TT the dock
- dealers.
In q recent CASE In Paris court II
vas stated TINT the defendant n young
oflcer OF cavalry, had spent 100000
In five months.
Owing TO the improved plague out.
box In johannesburg some 5000 M
uvcs who had been segregated ut
Klipspruit camp hive been allowed to
fe-enter the town.
Spruce gum Is becoming scarce and
harder to get in the Maine woods, and
schoolgirls who chew that sort will
have to pay more for 1t hereafter. The
sum now costs f1.35 pound.
Tho Mount Vernon Ladies' assocla-
t3on has received valuable gift. an
original portrait Of Washington by Gil.
osrt Stuart, presented by Mrs. Ida A.
Richardson. viceregsnt for Louisiana.
According to Professor Mosso people
AZ able to live longer the more their
nsrves are enfeebled. The less robust
q person Ii. he points out. the ADLER he
= to resist the ravagss Of time anf
disease.
A gristmill on thu shore OF Oyster
Bay, n. Y. which was built 900 year,
ago ana which IL now run by Jesse
Aollineaux IL to be demolished. The
building has not been changed sinos
ohe Revolution.
Including the higher officials London
hAs over 10000 persons on its police
torco. A policeman's pay ID at frs,
emily 80 week. rising to 81. Inspect.
ers get $1,000 a year The commits
sioncr's salary Is $4,000
The district Of Guayaquil, In the 70
public OF Ecuador. leads the world In
the production OF cacao and has lar
ger output than the whole of Africa
which continent however. Is In man)
parts well adapted for It's culture.
A London postman stole stamps from
the letters he collected from boxes
Finally stamps marked with invisible
sensitive Ink were posted for hls bene
a. He was caught with some OF them
upon him. and they were developed"
n his presence.
In Algeria the grinding OF corn t.
considered II mental employment nm.
falls to the lot Of women now as ~
eeriptural times She performs this
duty OH q portable hand mill. which is
strapped on q camel or donkey, duriI
the nomadic tribal wnnderings
The pipe line from the Bnku retro
leum fields, on the Caspian sea to IN
tum. on the Black SEA. go miles, vii
be completed during 1905 and Will dou
bls the transportation facilities FOR oil
A part OF this line, li3 miles at the
eastern end, has beSn In operation for
OeyWal years.
According 70 n recent report Of tho
geological survey the total anthracite
production for 1909 was 66.3al7l3 tons.
The average price Of 50 30 brought the
value up to $3.50 O31 44s. The number
Of men cmploycd 70 mine the OUTPUT
which amounted TO 5, 600, 900 more tons
than In 1902, was $50. 4a3.
Nv n recent decision OF tho suprcmc
court OF Illinois against Chicago that
rttv will be called unon TO c,ncnl from
~ COO. 900 10 $4,000 600 in deferred
stro.t having besides much moro for
.sver water nine md other snc,,o, ns
..,sm.nt work More than ono hun.
Ar.,. miles ~ streets are ,nr,t,,l
a., h.v. ma, rrcn ,o,,, ,,. r,o
French in a few years VIII be able to