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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-09
An English. Travellers Salt Water Bath
Oh Beard All Ocean Steamship.
From the New York sun.


Among Judge Dowling's fellow
passengers III the Queen was an Eng
Iish traveller, who had taken delight in
sea-bathing at Bath9atc. lie privately
told Justice Bowling, one day after
dinner that the only discomfort of
crossing the Atlantic was the depriva-
ton of saltwater baths.
"Why," said his honor, 81 have my
saltwater baths every morning."
Tell me how you do it.
"Have the mate call you at o'clock
tomorrow morning" replied the Judge.
"Come on deck with your night-shirt
and slippers, and the sailors will pump
salt water all over you
Thanks, my dear Judge.
Forthwith Justice Bowling sought
the mate and "put up job" on the
Englishman. He sent a dozen bottles
of champagne to the watch, and ex
tracted a promise from each and every
man that when the Englishman appear
ed IN the morning he should be deluged
with water from both the fore and after
force pumps. To each of these pumps
was attached one hundred feet of leath-
er hose and a three-inch brass nozzle.
At precisely / o'clock on the next
morning the English traveller was called
to take his salt water bath. Ro made
his appearance dressed in long rllffied
linen night shirt, and on his feet were
pair of finely worked pump-soled slip
pers. He stationed himself near the
ferecastle, and Invested himself of his
light apparel. Then he shouted:
"Go ahead, Mr. Mate
eco ahead echoed the mate, and
the sailors played upon the bather
At breakfast seat was vacant. At
lunch also a seat was vacant; but at
dinner the Englishman reappeared,
and found chair as far as possible
from Justice Bowling.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-09
Suspended from Burning Balloon.


At the close of the afternoon perfor-
mances of Grady's circus in Columbus
on Thursday, Mr. Charles Fisher made
an ascent III a huge hot-air balloon, or
rather the balloon went up with Fisher
dangling to a couple of ropes suspend
ed below. Immediately blue smoke
was seen to issue from a point on the
side of the balloon, about one-third the
way up from the mouth to the top.
Experienced eyes at once detected that
the balloon was on fire, but the nronaut,
all unconscious of his danger, went on
with his frightful performance on the
trapez. When the balloon was about
800 feet in the air, the flames were
seen suddenly to burst from its side,
and simultaneously cry of horror went
up from the great crowd below. Many
turned away their eyes, and one woman
tainted, all expecting that Fisher would
at once meet a horrible death. But
whether it was that the material of the
balloon was not very lnhamable, or that
the hot air near the flame was not favor
able to combustion, certain it is that
the balloon did not burn rapidly, and
the aeronaut landed safely upon the top
of a slaughter house, near the end of
the Heching Valley bridge over the
Scioto, while the burning balloon lit III
the river, the waters OF which speedily
eXtinguiahed the flames.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-09
Hope.

Child of pleasure, say, what is it
This bright phantom which we love7
Thou canst claim its longest visit
As its fleeing footsteps rove.
Then, oh! name this Phoenix treasure,
Born anew WIENER it dies,
Say, what is it, child of pleasure
Whish we all so dearly prize?
Child of sorrow, canst tnou name il?
Dark despair was in thine heart
Till, with gentle mercy, came it,
Bidding that deep gloom depart;
Here to-day, and fed tomorrow,
Yet to tnee the dearest boon.
Say, what is it, child of sorrow,
That can change thy night to noon?
Dark were life-most dark and lonely
If, when pleasures days were DER,
We could feel remembrance only,
And could never hope for more
Dark were ife-what creature human
Could the weight of sorrow bear.
Did not Hopes sweet trust illumine.
lis the smile that angels wear.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-09
Personal.

WACHTEL is to pursue the even tenor
of his way to this country. Musical
people can watch till he comes.
Miss FANNY DRAPER is on the list of
New York millionaires to the sum of
81, 500,0 900.
LYDIA Thompson asks if it will pay
to come here with her troupe, and the
newspapers respond "Barely."
GEORGE CATL1N, the artist, will soon
return to America, after an absence of
thirty years. He is in his 10th year,
and hale and hearty.
Mss MAMIE BLACK, youngest daugh
ter of Hon jeremiah s. Black, died at
YORK, Pennsylvania, on the 9Th inst.
FERNANDO WOOD is about to erect
princely residence at Saratoga. The
Home Journal is authority for stating
that the site alone cost him 800, 900.
CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE is said to have
recently purchased five acres of land
on the heights of Narraganset, Rhode
Island, intending to erect a summer
residence there.
The champion woodchuckist Of Yer
mont is a dog belonging to Edgar
during the summer, and Is good for as
many more.
REV. HENRY WILSON, a successful
preacher in Illinois, is i'll Jail for being
too much married. Seven of his wives
have been discovered, and few more
are believed to be extant
A MONUMENT to Alexander Dumas is
to be erected in his birth place, Villers
Cotterets. NJ Michel Mason, Secretary
of the Societe des Gems de Letters, I'M
deItakes to receive subscriptions.
LORD CoURrENAY has achieved an in
debtedness scarcely less than his tina
of his lordly boon companion, the
Duke of Hamilton. He was declared
bankrupt, with debts exceeding 81
1l5,0
The estate of the late Henry J.
Wright, of Hartford, is inventoried at
about $50, 900, and the property is all
left to the widowed mother Of the de-
ceased, Gin grateful remembrance of
the years of her answering kindness
and love"
VICTOR HUGo's fortune is estimated
at over 1000, 900 francs, and yet since
the Franco-Prussian war he has had an
apprehension that he might come to
want, and many believe he has grown
deranged on the subject of money; in
other words that he is a money maniac.
A LETTER from Miss Risley, one of
ex-Secretary Stewards travelling COM
panions, to her father, under date of
July Z, says that owing to the fatigue
of SO long-continued travel, their con-
templated European tour will probably
be given up, and they may be expected
hone in August.
A MAN standing on one of the wharves
of Galveston, Texas, recently, saw the
dead body of man floating in the bay,
and a large shark feeding upon it. He
hastily jumped into boat and rowed
to the spot to brighten away the mon
ster, but it seized the body, and made
off with it.
Mr.. JOHN SNYDER, of Salisbury, n
c., has a genuine horned rooster The
horns resemble the spurs of the rooster,
and are attached to that part of the
comb that hangs down over the side of
the head. He has also some young
chickens that have horns of similar
shape.
THE Hon. Hugh Mccullough, ex-
Secretary of the Treasury, has secured
a sumptuous home in London, and dis
penses graceful and acceptable hospi-
tality TO Americans visiting that capt.
tai. His receptions are attended by
the most distinguished people in the
land.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-09
American Railroad Bond Troubles at
Frankfort

4 correspondent of the New York
Herald, writing from Frankfort on-the
Main, nnder date of August 10th, says:
" The financial world has been much
scandalized by the non-payment Of
over -due-coupons of the Rockford,
Rock Island and st. Louis Railroad.
Seven millions of bonds-according to
some statements upwards of nine mil
h0ns-have been placed here and in
Holland through the agency of Morris
J. Ridge. At meeting held here on
the Sth inst, resolutions were passed
for the purpose of concerning measures
calculated to protect the interests of the
unfortunate bond holders. In the
course Of a discussion it TRANSFERRED
thatinformation conveyed to II. Y. Poors
Manual OF Railways III the United
States, led investors to believe that a
large amount Of authorized capital had
been used in the purchase of land. No
less than two millions, it had been as
serted, had thus been invested, while
now, on investigation, it appears that
the amount does not exceed sixty thou
sand dollars. Bonds to the amount OF
between one and two million dollars
were placed here this week of the H.
inois, Springfield and Southern Road
at IS or 75l, and another million of the
Chicago and Southeastern Road found
purchasers also. The discrepancy is
accounted for by the tact of the man
agement of the roads having been in
the hands Of Baron ErIanger, who
placed them on the market through the
agency of an Austrian bank, who prob
ably Numbered somewhat in the mat
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-09
iEind0os in LoHdoa-FEhe First Ds.i;lii.in
Woman Visitor.

A London letter to the Boston Adyer
hser says
"The spectacle is common enough of
natives in India, dressed in their pic
turesque costume, hurrying to and fro
in the neighborhood of the temple
The Parasees, i'll particular, affect the
law, and considerable numbers Of them
are preparing for the career of solicitor
or barrister Two Hindoos have just
been called to The bar, and will shortly
be returning to India; and q Brahmin
has arrived to pursue his medical stud
les. A sensation has been caused
among the little circle Of amiable men
and women who have been persuaded
by Miss Carpenter to constitute them
selves "National Indian Association
in aid of social progress iii India, by
the arrival of a Hindoo Brahmin lady
with her husband, the first, it IS said,
who has crossed the ocean and trOdden
on British ground. 1t is a drawback
with some of us who have seen this in
teresting stranger that she cannot speak
a word of English; and as Hindostanee
is little out of the way of an ordinary
English education, there Is not much to
be gained on either side. But we can
stare-and, / fear, do this freely. The
face resembles that of the average Jap
anese. 1t does not suggest much intel
lectual life. The idea of torpor is fur
Their conveyed by the apparent indispo-
sition to any kind of bodily exertion.-
A short stout lady, dressed in all the
colors of the rainbow, but scarcely able
to walk, and sitting without an express
sion on her features or word on her
tongue, may be significant my lady
friends assure me is the case-of the
beginning of a new era," but in itself
it is rather depressing than enlivening
object"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-09
tnpapuiarity of Queen Victoria.
From the Londcn Times.

Wise men look at facts more than
arguments, ana as fact there can be
no question how much of the power and
even HE OF the monarchy resides in its
personal and direct influences. Lord
Derby says institutions to be defended
in these days must carry their justitica-
ton on then face. Ii so, no institution
ought to be SO easy to defend as mon
archy, for it carries its justification on
its face whenever it shows its face to its
subjects. There is no justification so
evident and So strong as that of the
heart, and this is the strength which
the personal influence of monarchy may
add to all the institutions and acts with
which it is identified But, if tins is
to be reality, the personality Of the
crown must be visible aud sensible. A
sovereign who is never or rarely seen
in all institution. and not g person. 1t
is not merely what the Queen does that
renders her important it is that what
would have to be done in any case is
done by the Queen. If she ceases to
do it, there IS so far an allegiance of the
most essential features Of monarch
zeal system. The allegiance may be
endured for time without harm but
every year of its continuance Weakens
the sentiments it condemns to disuse,
and we trust advice which is offered
from the most loyal motives will be re
ceiyed without offense.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-09

OLD JOE GILBERT, a colored wood.
hauler of Atlanta, Ga, has outGved
three wives, and is standing the test of
life with the fourth. By these three
wives he had thirty-seven children,
thirty of whom are living, and within
his parental sight.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-09


The Empress Eugene will make a visit to
Spain
inE Emperor Napoleon will pass some time
at Iorquay.
II is now denied that the Russian Minister.
NJ. de Catacazy, has been recalled
CONSUL MCGOWAN. at Shanghai. writes 70
the State Department a warming against the
introduction into this country of the Under
pest from Sierra
The British Consul at Carthagen has gone
to England TO organize canal COMPANY II
connect the interior of the Island with the
MaSdalena river.
1T Is rumored that an attempt has been
made to assassinate King Amadeus of Snain.
IL II, Is added that the King received no injury.
tlon. ''1i' lnN
HE failure of the potato crop in ireland and
the news In regard to the grain crop of Europe
have produced an impression on Wall street
that the foreign markets will take all orr s,Ir
plus of wheat as fast as it can come to MAJ
ket. ~ NJ
1HE German ambassador, Count Waldersee
has complained to the French Minister of Fo
reign Affairs, Count de Remusat, of the exist
ence of league for the deliverance of Alsace
and Lorraine from the hands of the Germans.
Count Remusat replied that such leagues were
illegal, and that it should be dissolved.
THE Overland China Mail mentions the ru-
NOR prevailing at Hong Kong said to have
been brought by a junk from Corea to Chefoo.
that two American men-of-war had run ashore
on the Corean coast, one of them Icing the
Colorado, and that thereupon the Coreans
surrounded them and killed every soul Oh
board except Minister Lowe, whom they were
keeping as a hostage.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-23
N% Saturday night, llth

B Saturday night, llth
inst, at Henryville, Clark county,
Indiana, Mr.. Park, his wife, and
three children were murdered by
three negroes named Squire Tay-
Ior, Charles Davis and George
johnson, who were arrested, and
confessed the crime. Taylor &C
knowledged the killing, while
Davis held the light, and Johnson
watched in front Of the house
Mr.. Park, as treasurer of a church,
held $500 or $500, and the muir
der was planned to get the mon
ey. On Friday, 18th, the negroes
were taken from the Jail by a
bout 100 men, and roasted and
hung.
Ii the occurrence had taken
place in Tennessee-Lincoln coun-
ty, for instance-Grant would
have had us under martial law ere
this. Locality has much to do with
determining whether occurrences
like the one detailed are indiscre-
tions or heinous offences.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-23
Be Guided by what you Know

There is an old proverb which says, Expert
ence is the safest guide" To this the sick and.
ailing naturally turn when casting about for
the means of reliet. They inquire what med
icine has done for others, before they adopt it
themselves. Of all the remedies and proven
tives in use, Hostettcr s Stomach Bitters meets
the test most triumphantly, and hence its i'm
mense popularity and vast sales. The sufferer
from indigestion is sure to find some one among
his friends who has been cured of that ailment
BY the famous vegetable stomacbic The vic
tim of fever and ague, liver complaint consti-
patton, nervous prUstratiOn, OF general debility,
has only to make inquiry in the neighborhood
where he resides in order to discover what this
standard restorative has effected in cases similar
to his own. In the published testimony to its
merits he will find volume Of proofs of its
sanitary properties which is impossible for his
common sense to resist He tries it, and thecf
feet it produces on his system adds another to
the host of witnesses IN its favor. Thus, its
reputation, founded on facts, not assertions, con-
tinuslly grows and spreads. Churlatans and
impustors, some of them mere local tricksters,
and others no takea somewhat wider range,
s,ten,pt TO thrust into the hands and down the
,hroats of invalids, their haphazard concoc-
lions. as substitutes for the tonic which for so
manv yesrs has been medical staple through
! out The United States. Spanish America, Cana
da. and the West Indies, but only succeed ~ n
yorv limited extent. In tLi. reasoning age
the people having ascertained what Is really de-
serving of their confidence, decline running,
! altar strange gods -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-23
ga Scribner's for d. cembe

69 ScFt6nerS Tor ID CemOer
opens with charming German
legend in verse. "The Counts
Little daughter" by Mrs. Green
Ough, wife of the celebrated sculp-
tor. 1t is very daintily and poet.
ically illustrated. Other illustra.
ted papers are Bayard Taylor's
Sights in and around Yedo;'
Colonels Thorpe's pictures from
the Plains;' very valuable and
interesting article on The Boston
Public Library a bright little
story by Miss Hopkins, Miss Mar.
igold's Thanksgiving" Cyprus
-Afoat and Ashore" by A. j.
Johnson, formerly U. S. Consul in
Syria, with q number of queer
pictures of curious old pottery, ETC.,
discovered by the American Con-
sui General Cesnola and poem,
with one Bollcs's designs, by DR..
Hake, the recluse poet, who has
recently been brought before the
English world under the auspices
of Rossetti. 1t is called "The
Blind Boy-a PARABLE and is
quantity imaginative and winning.
ly tender. Besides this poem from
over the sea and Mrs. Greenough's,
we have in the present number an
autumn song, by E. C. Stedman,
"The Flight of the Birds" and
fMare Ignotum," by EIlice Wood
ruffe. The remarkable story,
Esther Wynn's Love Letters" by
SAKE Holm (author of "Whose
Wife was She" in the September
number also contains several ex-
q1isite little poems. There are
two articles which bear upon Rus
sia--one timely sketch of the
Imperial Family,by Colonel Knox,
and the other story of San Elope-
ment in Moscow" by Eugene
Schuyler. Mr.George P. Putnam,
the eminent publisher, contributes
IA gossipy paper on "London Re-
visited" and Miss Trafton an de-
count of "a Visit to Charlotte
Bronte's School in Brussels"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-23
Second edition Of a Short
Catechism not usually
taught in Sabbath
Schools

Question-How is it that you
and family dress we'll and at SO
little expense?
Auswer-Because | buy my
goods at the greer. brick front, the
cheapest house in the State.
Ques--Ilow do you make that
appear, when all merchants say
they sell the cheapest?
Ansxer--For the reason that
they sell for cash or barter, which
enables them to buy for cash at
the best jobbing houses in New
York AID Boston.
Ques--Have you any other
reason for speaking 50 favorably OF
them?
Answer--Yes, they buy many
of their goods by the case; by
watching their chances they are
enabled often to buy at a sacrifice.
Boots and Shoes they buy invaria-
bly, from the n anutac urers,a great
many of them made expressly to
order, and warranted whole stock
and double soles.
Cues Are they strictly honest
and upright in all their dealings?
Ans They are all this, and in
addition thereto subscribe for their
county paper and pay the printer,
SO have no fear Of hereafter before
their eyes.
Ques-Ah; all these?--then
for the future l will buy my goods
from MURRAY & MORGAN.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-23
rs Organised Robbery.

The appending precious docu.
ment shows how the people Of
what was once free and indepen.
dent Texas are now being robbed
by Davis s marauders:
NOTICE SPECIAL MILITARY TAX.
OFFICE SPECIAL Act, STATE OF TEXAS,
Groesbeck, Limestone Co.. Texas.
Pursuant borders received from
Major. General A. G. Malloy, com.
manding State forces in Limestone
county, | am ordered to assess and
levy a special military tax of forty
thousand dollars 100000 to be
paid by the citizens of Limestone
county, to defray the expenses of
military commission and State
troops now on duty in said county.
therefore levy tax of three
per cent. on the hundred dollars
of all taxable property situated in
ssld county, as per assessment
rolls of 1871.
All persons owning property in
Limestone county are notified to
appear at my Office, in the city of
Groesbeck Immediately, and pay
the same. All persons refusing
or failing to pay said tax within
three days (3) days from above
date, ten (lO) per cent. will be adj
ded, and their property levied upon
and sold to satisfy said tax.
GEO. W. FARROw,
Special Agent for the State Of Tex
as for Limestone county.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-23
A "LoSt River"

A leading article in late num-
Ter Of the St. Paul Press, gives
the following mourDiul account
of the condition of things at the
"hcad of navigation y
The Mississippi has almost dried
up. The majestic river, whose
magnificent volume two thousand
miles from its outlet, has been the
theme of the tourists admiration /;
so broad and deep that it seemed
some grand estuary of the sea on
which the navies of the world
might ride; has sunk to a mere
ridiculous creek, and its thin and
attenuated current crawls lazily,
as if it were ashamed of its
shanks, among low, red, bare, and
submarine ridges and beaches of
sand that have never seen the sun
before, SO far as human knowledge
goes, slrce God separated the WA
tiers from dry land. The water has
never been so low within the
memory of the Oldest inhabitant.
Herds of cattle bask in the sun
shine on the dry bed of the great
river Ten or fifteen fee: under the
level Of the waters where q few
months ago great fleets OF steam
boats rode at will. Boys with
their trousers rolled up to their
knees sound with their feet the
grand mysterious depths which
have engulted SO many wayward
boys and hapless men whom &C.
cidents or rashness has entangled
in the strong, swift undertow.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-23
Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers of real
estate have been acknowledged
since our last, in the County Court
Clerks Office:
J. B. Drake to ]. C. Bright, in
terest in estate, $320.69.
J. 3. Drake to Ewin, Pendle-
ton & Co., interest in estate,
$508.75.
Samuel Rutledge to Rosanna
Whitaker ct al, Sc acres in End
dis, 81 $50.
Hugh Thomson to j. NJ. Ack-
len, lot near Fayetteville, 900.
J. NJ. Smith to S. Nj. McElroy,
interest in land, consideration not
mentioned.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-23
Great Attraction.

ID. McRae is selling out his
entire stock of dry goods, boots,
shoes, hats, &C., &c, at COST
The stock amounts to about ten
thousand dollars, and will be
sold positively at cost. Now is
the time to get goods cheap.
MCRAE 81 PETTY.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-23

G& Mr.. John t. Tanner, Of
Athens, Ala, in a letter TO the
editor of the OBSERVER, dated llth
inst, says:
The article in the Nashua
Telegraph" is utterly false. | do
not owe the Government a single
cent, and have been ready for q
settlement from the expiration of
my commission, March 4th, 1867,
I'D to the present moment.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-23
Atlnnta, GrOrgih.

[ Reported 'ceekty for the OBSERVER, by II.
4. Coz d. Bro, Produce Merchants
Con-white, 90@921. Oats, 60@65. 8.
Flour, sack SO bs-fancyS4 25@4 80; fam
ily,3 50@4 90; extra,$3 25@3 80; supertine,
2 50@3 90. . d.. Bacon-shoulders, ~ @81a;
hams, 14@141a; clear sides, 81 @91@ 49,.
Rye, goal 25. Barley, 90@$l co..
Meal, 9O@ 92X =. Lard, Dbl, 1O@ll; cans,
l0@l1 Butter, 1925. ..... Eggs, FOG
rs Feathers. new, 70@75 Dry Hides,
l7@19. "A sheeting, l2ya -: =
Shifting, IO1s@II. Cotton Yarns, 40
per bunch. Tenn. hay, 81 35@l 10.
Dressed Turkeys, l6@18; Chickens, l4@l5
:. Hogs, 405 gross; 7@8net.
Corn scarce and firm. VIII at, good de-
mand for seed. Rye, none in market. Oats,
moderate request for seed. Flour moves
regular, stocks moderate. Butter, Eggs ana
Onions good demand, if fresh.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-23

|" D. C. Hall invites the at
tention of all cash buyers to his
large stock of Staple and Fancy
Dry Goods, ready-made Clothing,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Hardware,
Queensware, SC.
He has made a second purchase,
consisting Of Furs, Prints and 9TH
er Staple and Fancy Dry Goods.
oct l9-tf ID. T.. HALL.