The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-09
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NATIVES e central Africa nlaAs but.
~ out Of the nut OF the butter tree.
Pulque, tie .ational tipple Of Mexico.
hooks IKE butt9nilk and u cold for
. cents quart
During the past year the night shsh
tsFs Of Par1s received 81. 2S3 men, 200o
women and 8oS children.
Submarines are built Of sufficient
strength to permit them to sink to .
Aepth OF 100 net II necessary. but Of
course they seldom 90 10 far beneath
he surface.
Germany Ii probably the most denss-
y wooded country in Europe. Over
25 per cent Of the area Of the empire Il
covered with forest.
Twenty-one and a half columns Of
tho forthcoming Oxford English Die
uoury are devoted tn the specific ap-
pueations OF the adjective red.
The Brooklyn bridge has 13S feet Of
clear Roadway under the center OF the
bridge at high water. The towers sx-
tend 27S feet above high water.
Alcoholism is extremely rare In the
italian army. In 1901. the latest yeay
for which, figures are available, only
twenty-five cases were admitted to the
hospitals.
The raising Of asparagus for export
as well as for domestic use Is an In.
dustry OF considerable Importance in
parts Of 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. One
has a 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,
step in the plans to reclaim 5000 acres
Of land west Of Grand Junction. Colo,
and reaching to the Utah line. The
work laid out will cost over half Q
UllllO0 OOlldr6.
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 $2.5OO,.
600 to 100000 per annum will be
spent for some years to come.
Al a result Of an offer by T. F. Tay.
lor Of a firm Of wooden manufacturers
each man. woman. boy and girl who
would give up smoking for twelve
months. $500 has been distributed to
141 men and boys and $40 women and
girls.
Massachusetts scientists are making
collections Of rain water for testing
purposes. The plan is to analyze the
rain that falls in any part Of the state
and then compare 1t with the spring
water. This shows whether there 10
any thing in the soil that centaminates
the supply.
Honeymoon. the new treaty port Of
China, Is on the West river, Sunui dis
trict. In the province OF KwanGtung
and by the river route Is upward o.
sixty miles distant from CaRpn. Its
population within the walled city 10
about 10000. Including the suburbs.
its population reaches 100000. There
are no foreign residents either In KoAg
moon or Its immediate vicinity.
Il,
most curious Of through express trains
in that 1t carries fewer passengers and
runs over a longer distance than any
other train. This nler leaves Stock.
holm, Sweden. once a week during the
summer months and runs straight
through to Narvik. a Norwegian harbor
within the arctic zone. The distan nee II
1886 miles
Accumulation Of waste products 10
the undoubted cause Of tissue fatigue.
1t = said that It probably does not
much matter whether these waste
products are our own or other people'A
The material giving rise to the sensA.
ton Of fatigue may be derived from
our own tissues by internal respiration
or It may be breathcd in with foul air
from the tissues Of others.
The Cinnamon, laps and cholos (Afex-
lean laborers) In southern California
are happy when olive picking time
comes and they leave the cities and
towns for the olive orchards. Picking
Il large item In the cost Of the olive
industry In California. and the aver.
age price paid for picking olives for
making oil Is $3.50 a ton. and for
picking purposes from SIS to $40 .
ton.
Experiments conducted BY the agri
culturnl department Of the Univefsity
Of Missouri have demonstrated that
ths diseased chinch bugs sent out by
tho United States department OF aSrt
culture to kill the chinch bugs by iRfec.
ton arc entirely ineffective. Tho dis.
eascd bugs not only do not transfer
their disease to the healthy bugs, but
coon after liberation completely recover
and do A. much damage az the others. |
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