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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18
WIND OF THE WINTER NIGHT.


Wind of the winter night! hear
Thy midnight voice, weird, wild and drear,
Sad, solemn, slow;
Hear it without my window pane -
Hear in the soul-arousing strain
The voice of long ago.
That hollow, voiceful spirit tone,
An instant heard, then vanished, gone,
Unlocks the past,
And lights of other days that lie
Deep in the mists of memory,
Flash bright and fast!
Some vivid scene of long ago,
OF hfes first fires, or loves first glow,
Buried for years
ashes of the past from sight,
Wakes, at the tone, again to light,
And re-appears.
The form, the words Of some loved one
Once by my side, now parted, gone
To the realms unseen;
Or, haply separated wide
BY weary leagues of land and tide -
And years between.
o, memory sad! o, memory sweet!
How often, thus evoked, 1 meet
Again my losti
My arms are outstretched to embrace,
But heart to heart, and face to face
Is but the ghost.
Mysterious nfel How little We
Know what you are, or what shall be
When "dust to dust"
Blu: that dread Power that formed the soul
Is wise to order and control;
There rest, and trust.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18
How Bret Earte Locks.

Mr.. II. L. Reade thus describes Bret
Harte: 81 spent a portion of two
days with him short time since in
San Francisco. He is a little below
the medium stature, well proportional,
has forehead more high than broad,
thin brown hair, fair complexion
originally, but his face is now badly
pitted with smallpox; eyes remarka-
bly, soft and brilliant, and an indiscrib-
able expression of countenance
that indicates spirit in complete SYM
pathy with all that is beautiful and
all that it good. His voice is pecu-
liarly sweet and musical, his powers
of endurance not over large; he is firm
in his opinions, but in the expression
of them, modest; shuns rather than
seeks society; never courts but avoids
notoriety: is delightful companion :;
does far more work than he ought; UNI
derstands what he can do, and never
attempts what he cannot: and, in gen
eral appearance, more nearly resembles
that poet and scholar and gentleman,
Donald g. Mitchell, than any person
with whom 1 am acquainted with on
this side of the continent"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18
A Woman Of Energy and Presence OF
Mind.
From the Geneva Courier.


On Monday of this week servant in
the family of DR.. d. w. Hallenbeck, OF
this village, was filling lamp with a
patent burning fluid, when by some
means she split some of the fluid on the
table. She wiped it up with piece OF
paper, aud then went to the stove with
the open lamp in one hand and the
paper in the other. She threw the pa
per in the stove, but it blazed up SO
quickly that she stepped back frighten-
ed, and in doing so dropped the lamp
on the floor, the contents running out
on the carpet The burning
paper also fell from the stove
on the floor, and in an instant large
flame arose. The servant was so fright
ened as to lose her self-possession, and
SO Mrs. Hallenbeck came to the rescue,
first taking the can and the lamp from
the room, and then tearing up the car
pet and throwing it out of the window.
By the time this was accomplished
Mrs. Hallenbeck's clothes were on fire,
and she had to direct her efforts to her
own preservation. She soon extin-
guished the flames, which threatened
speedily to envelop her, and escaped
with no more serious injury than Sc
we're burning of her hand and arm.
Mrs. Fl. displayed rare energy and
presence of mind, and doubtless saved
the dwelling from destruction.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18

A YOUNG man in Albany who wanted
to play trick on three pretty young
ladies who laughed at his slender nous
tache, hung basket on the knob of
their papa's door bell on New Years.
The young ladies sat in full dress from
IL a. m. until 9 p. m, without knowing
why they received no calls. The young
man who hung the basket thinks the
climate of Albany very severe in win
ter, and has gone to Texas for change
of air
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18

FoRBIDDING THE BANNs.-A good
story is told of Richard Mulcaster, who,
several centuries ago, was in the habit
of indOrsing the precepts of the wise
king upon the ingenious youth of Eng
land. One day as he was about to in
fict punishment upon pupil, he pa
used awhile, and there, according to
the chronicler, "a merry conceit tax
ing him." he said 81 ask the banns
of matrimony between this boy on the
one side and Lady Birch on the other
side; and if any of you know lawful
cause or impeachment why they should
not be joined together, let him speak,
for this is the last time of asking. y
Thereupon good sturdy boy and of
quick wit stood up and said: "Mas-
ter, I forbid the banns - 'EYea, sir
rah, and why so?" exclaimed the mas
ter Because both parties are not
agreed, F" was the answer. The old ped
agogue, who enjoyed the joke, admit
ted the validity of the objection, and
pardoned the fault of the one pupil and
thepreslm ption of the cCher
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18
The Climate of Alaska.

Capt. L. Hartwell, of New Bedford,
Mass, who has spent the past four
years on whaling voyages in the Pacific
and Arctic oceans, has written a letter
for publication, in which he gives his
observations on the climate of our pos
session IN Russian America. He says
the purchase was good bargain for
the United States. The climate is not
too severe for Americans, and not so
trying to the constitution as tropical
countries. The soil is adapted to
grazing, and the common vegetables
are raised in abundance, making it .
good recruiting ground for ships. The
captain has large faith in the extent
and value of the seal, cod and salmon
fisheries, timber, cranberry fields and
gold mines of Alaska, and he thinks
the new Oregon railroad, or North Pa
cltic railroad, viii start the tide of i'm
migration and adventure TO Alaska
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18

HE recent arrival at New Orleans of
a ship direct from China, with an assort-
ed cargo of Chinese productions, is look
ed upon by the Picayune as Z" a fact of
very considerable significance.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18

THE Vermont Central Railroad Com
pany have made arrangements to rent
Pullman ears on their road and it's con-
nections, extending some six hundred
miles, so that passengers may travel
through from Montreal to Boston and
SO on to Chicago by these conveyances
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18
The Indian Confederacy-SOme inter.
eSting Facts.

OF the various tribes which now form
the Indian Confederaey, we give some
interesting particulars taken from re-
cent correspondence. Their country,
directly south of Kansas, is 282 miles
long, by 26S broad, and embraces so,
100000 acres. The total population is
$1,000, of which the principal tribes
furnish the following quotas :-Chero-
KEGS, 10000; Greeks, IA, 800; Semi
noles, 2,160; Choctaws and Chickasaws;
$4,000. 1t is fact worthy of consider
alton that the population of these
tribes has been steadily on the decrease
IN the last two decades, although under
the influence of considerable
degree of civilization. In some tribes
the women are in great excess. Among
all are many negroes. With these the
Cherokees Will not amalgamate, though
the Greeks do The most of them have
good schools, and many belong to the
Baptist and Presbyterian churches. =
They oppose the two railroads which
are to pass through their Territory, sus-
pecting they may thereby be robbed of
their lands. The roads, however, are
going forward, as everything under
taken by the wl1ite man Will, IN spite of
tire IndIan. Taken all IN all, these
tribes are a quiet, law-abiding people,
seeming to have lost almost entirely
their bloody instincts. A mans life is
much safer than in some parts of our
large cities after nightfall
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18
Important Dates.

The following will refresh the minds
of our readers as to the dates of the
most important inventions, discoveries
and improvements, the advantages of
which we now enjoy:
Spinning-wheel invented, 1880.
Paper first made of rags, 1417.
Muskets invented and first used in
England, 1421.
Pumps invented, 1925.
Printing invented by Faust, 1441
Engraving on wood invented, 1850.
Post-offices established in England,
1864.
Almanacs first published, 147O.
Printing introduced into England by
CaxtoD, I474
Violins invented, 1477.
Maps and charts first brought to
England, 1889
Diamonds cut and polished, 1889.
Fortifcations built in the prest style,
1853.
Sugar refining first practised by the
Venetians, 1902
Roses first planted in England, 1905
Watches first made at Nuremburg,
1904.
Soaps was first made at Tendon and
Bristol, 1904.
Camera-obscura invented, 1915.
Gun-lock invented at Nuremburg,
1917.
Punctuation first used in literature,
1920.
Spinning jenny invented, 1859.
An extraordinary case is on trial be-
fore a United States Commissioner in
Rochester, n. Y. 1t is alleged that the
defendant and about thirty others en-
tered into formal written agreement
before the election to sell their votes to
whoever would pay the most, and that
one of the bylaws of their association
provided that twenty lashes should be
inflicted on any member who voted
contrary to the direction of their Presi-
dent.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18

A CHICAGO BEAU TO MARRY NEW
YORK BELLE have been
issued for the wedding of the daughter
OF the elegant barrister, Mr.. Moses B.
Maclay, who has been long associated
in partnership with Judge Bosworth.
The happy bridegroom who will lead
Miss JEANNE to the altar is Mr.. Thomas
Hoyne, of Chicago, son of the Ex-
District Attorney. The ceremony is to
take place at the Baptist church, Madi-
son avenue and 31st street, Wednesday,
January Goth, at p. M. and 500 cards
are out for the reception at the resi-
denee of the brides father, $50 West
Forty third street, New York. Home
Journal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18
Congressional Summary.

The Senate has passed bill increas-
ing the pensions of disabled soldiers
and sailors, and widows and children
of deceased soldiers and sailors 30 pei
cent. for five years from March 4th,
1871.
Frank P. Blair, elected to succeed
Drake in the Senate, from Missouri,
has taken his seat.
bill authorizing the sale of portion OF
the Leavenworth military reservation
to the Kansas Agricultural and Mechan-
ical Association for fair ground.
Stephen A Corker, a member elect
from Georgia, has been admitted to the
House. An effort was made to keep
him out on account Of alleged frauds
in his election.
The House has passed the Senate bill
to turn over to the Secretary of the
Interior, for disposal by sale after
appraisement, the United States mill
tary reservations of Forts Lane and
Walla Walla, Oregon; Fort Seriak,
Kansas; Camp McGarry, Nevada
Fort Sumner, New Mexico; Forts Jes-
sup and Sabine, Louisiana Fort
Wayne, Arkansas; Fort Collins Colora-
do; Fort Dakota, in Dakota, and such
portions of Fort Bridger, Wyoming, as
are no longer required for military pur-
poses, after being amended by adding
Fort Smith, Arkansas.
The Senate has passed a bill for the
repeal of the income tax, by a vote OF
yeas 26, nays %. The House, how
ever, adopted a resolution returning the
bill to the Senate, on the ground that
the Constitution vests in the House OF
Representatives the sole power to orig
mate such measures
A bill has been introduced into the
House allowing additional representa-
ton in the Forty third Congress as fol
lows: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Geor-
gia, Texas, Wisconsin and Kansas,
three each; Missouri and Michigan,
two each Massachusetts, New York,
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi,
California and Minnesota, one each /;
and Illinois four Such additional
members are to be elected by general
ticket
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18

An endowment policy in the WASH
INGToN will protect old age from want,
or save family from the trials of pow
erty, should death come.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18

PROVIDE for old age and infirmity by
lnsurlng IL the Mutual Life Insurance
Company, Of Chicago.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18

CHAPPED HANDS, face, rough skin,
p1mples, ringworm, salt-rheum, and
other cutaneous affections, cured, and
the skin made soft and smooth, by using
the JUMPER TAR SOAP, made by Cas-
WELL, HAZARD & Co., New York. 1t is
more convenient and easily applied than
other remedies, avoiding the trouble of
the greasy compounds now in Use
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18

FAST FREIGHT Mr. Chas. r. Capron,
agent Allentown Fast Freight Line,
Chicago, has been appointed North
western Agent Pennsylvania r. r., and
its fast freight lines-th ''Star Union
" National, and "Allentown,'' with
headquarters at ST. Paul, office corner
jackson and Third Sts., opposite Mer-
chants Hotel. VIII occupy the Office
about the middle of February.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18

AS the railways no longer suffice for
the transport of the enormous req uire-
ments In munitions, clothes and pro-
visions of six hundred and fifty thous-
and German troops at present on French
soil, long trains of wagons have again
begun to traverse the roads. Trains of
one hundred and fifty or two hundred
two-horse wagons repeatedly pass
through Cologne, bringing oats direct
from Dresden and Nancy to the troops
before Paris. From Dresden to Nancy
takes for such wagons four and a half
weeks, and from Cologne to Versailles
fourteen days, so that about seven
weeks elapse before the transport
reaches its destination. One NAV i'm
aglne the enormous expense of such a
transport
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18

bseg@ PRUssING's White Wine Vinegar
is most superb article for table use. Ask
for it. Warranted pure
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. contains over 400
churches
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18
What Becomes of the Coin.
From the Christia,i Union.


In the reign of Darius gold was thir
teen times more valuable, weight for
weight, than silver. In the time of
Plato it was twelve times as valuable
In that of julius Caesar gold was only
nine times more valuable, owing, per
haps, to the enormous quantities of
gold seized by him in his wars. 1t is
natural question to ask, what become
of the gold and silvera A paper read
before the Polytechnic Association by
DIR. Stephens, recently, is calculated to
meet this inquiry. He says, of our
annual gold product, full fifteen per
cent is melted down for manufacture;
thirty five per cent goes to Europe;
twenty five per cent to Cuba; fifteen
per cent to Brazil; five per cent direct
to Japan, China and the Indies; leaving
but five per cent for circulation in this
country. OF that which goes to Cuba,
the West Indies, Brazil, fully fifty per
cent finds its way to Europe, where,
after deducting large percentage used
in manufacturing, four-tifths Of the
remainder is exported to India Here
the transit of the precious metal is at
an end. Here the supply, however
WASH, lS dDSOlDou, anu ncNcI IcGuIuS W
the civilized world.
The Orientals consume but little,
while their productions have ever been
in demand among the Western nations
As mere recipients, therefore, these ma
tons have acquired the desire of accum-
ulation and boarding, passion com
mon alike to all classes among the
Egyptians, Indians, Chinese, and Per-
slams. A French economist states that
in his opinion the former nation hide
away $40, 600, 600 of gold and silver an
nually, and the present Emperor OF
Morocco is reported as so addicted to
this avaricious mania that he has filled
seventeen large chambers with the
precious metals. The passion of prime
es, it is not surprising that the same
spirit is shared by their subjects, and
it is in this prediction that we dis
cover the solution of the problem as to
the ultimate disposition of the precious
metals The absorption by the Eastern
nations has been uninterruptedly going
on since the most remote historical pc
Rod. According to Pliny, as much as
800, 900 in gold was, in his day, annu
ally exported to the East The balance
of trade in favor of these nations is
now given as $S0,000,0 00
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18
FOREIGN.

FIVE stores on Notre Dame street,
Montreal, were all more or less dam
aged by fire on Sunday. The total loss
is about S13, 900; insurance about one
half. Four or five of the inmates
sleeping over store occupied as a mil
hnery were rescued from the upper
windows, the staircase being on fire
before their danger was discovered.
The fremen, on entering the building,
found A. Teona dreadfully burned, and
his son Henry and a servant girl sutfo-
Gated.
The Legislature of British Columbia
has accepted the proposals for con-
federation with Canada.
A GORDON has been drawn around
Paris, and no person is allowed to en-
ter or leave without permit from the
German authorities. The revictualine
of the city will proceed under German
supervision. Confidence is expressed
at the German headquarters that peace
has been secured. The German sold
iers are chagrined at being prohibited
from entering Paris.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18
Summary of Late News.

JOHN LoUGHLIN, aged twenty-seven,
his wife, thirty, son, four, and Susan
Sands, twenty-five, were found dead in
a room at 1897 Third avenue, New York,
Monday afternoon. They were suffo-
Gated by gas stove.
COUNTY AUDITOR WILSON. of New
York, injured by a fall from sleigh a
few days ago, died Monday forenoon.
DETwILLER's powder manufactory,
Greenville, New Jersey, was blown up
Sunday evening. A quantity of powder
became ign1ted some way, exploded
and shattered the building. One hun
bred workmen had been engaged in the
building during the day, but had stop
ped work an hour before the accident
occurred.
ANoToRIoUs forger and bank swindler,
named Charles D. Vanderpool, alias
Charles Brockway, alias Charles Sey-
mour, alias WilliamF Waterman, alias
John Poke, was last week arrested in
Detroit by Chief-of-Police Bergman
and Detective Bishop, and Monday
morning he was started on his way to
New York III custody of Detectives
Filley and kelso, of that city, where
he is wanted for various crimes. This
man is a partner of l.. w. Vencter.
alias Livingston, whose arrest at New
Orleans was announced by telegraph
last week, and he and his fellow-crim
nails have for several years been engaged
in systematic swindling operations
There is reason to believe that they
have, during the whole of their opera
tions, defrauded over fifty banks in DIFF
ferent parts of the country out of sums
varying in extent from f25 to $1,000
Their game has been to purchase Unit
ed States certificates of deposit and
bank checks, either certified or other
wise, alter the numbers and the
amounts and collect the money accord
ingly. The prisoner was known here
as VIM. G. Waterman, and he was al
rested for robbing the Bank of North
America in New York city of S11, 200.
He had about $4,000 or $1,000 on de-
post in this city at the First and Sec
ond National Banks, and several hun
dred dollars in gold at Windsor, all of
which was seized by the police. He
also had several thousand dollars on
his person.
The roof of the Erie Locomotive shop
at Newburg, fell Sunday, in conse-
quence of the heavy snow upon it
-Four locomotives were smashed Loss,
SO, 900.
THE loss by the fire Sunday night in
Pittsburg, was heavier than was sup
posed. F.. Braun, drugs, loss about
S15, 900, insured for S20,000; Christian
Hess, dry goods, loss $4,000, fully
insured; Lane Bros, hardware, loss
$4,000, insured for $4,000. Nearly
the entire loss was caused by water
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18
The New Motive Power.
From the Cleveland Leader.

The complete success of the machln
cry employed to drill the Mont Gents
Tunnel has strongly attracted the at
tention of engineers and mechanics to
the subject of compressed air engines
and already it is proposed in this
country to try the experiment. OF adopt
ing it on large scale. The Mont GEMS
machine for cutting and boring the rock,
was mounted on car wheels, and, as
the work progressed, was moved along
the railway track laid in the bottom OF
the tunnel. The power which operated
it was supplied in the form of com
pressed air, which was sent IN through
long tubes The water power of a
mountain stream outside the tunnel
worked the powerful air pumps by
which the air was compressed, and, this
being carried in pipes to the boring
machine far inside the tunnel, at once
set that machine in motion and sup
piled fresh, pure atmosphere for the
workmen In precisely the same way
it is proposed to utilize the wasted
water power in many large American
towns. Take, as an example, the city
of Rochester, New York, whose water
power is abundant and constant in all
seasons. There it is proposed to erect
day throughout the year, forcing the
air into a large loaded magazine
like gasometer. From this a
system of strong underground pipes are
| to be laid to the various manufacturers
throughout the city where steam is now
used. The first cost of the apparatus
would be, of course, considerable, but,
once erected, power could be furnished
to almost any extent at no higher ex'
pense than that required to keep the
water wheels and pumps in order. In
principle, the plan is similar to that OF
our own water works, in which one en-
CINE pumps water for the houses and
workshops of the entire city, and it is
difficult to see any good reason why il
should not be equally successful. A
writer in the New York Post asserts
that the experiment is certain to be
tried in the spring at Rochester, and il
that should prove successful an attempt
viii be made to harness the enormous
water power of Niagara for the benefit
of Buffalo. Should the plan succeed
it will have an important effect on the
value of mill sites. Manufactures
could be built upon much more CHEAP
and convenient sites than is now
possible when all establishments which
use water power must be built upon the
bank of the stream which supplies it
no matter what may be the cost Of sucl
a location. The other advantages tt
be gained by the new system are
many and important What is known
as one "horse power" costing, in the
form of steam, $3.50 per annum, viii
then be furnished at an average ex
pense of So year, the damage of sud
den and disastrous explosions will be
forever ended, the machinery of manu-
factories greatly simplifed, and the
heat, smoke and noise incident to steam
machinery, avoided. With the success
of the Mont Gents machine as a basis
there is certainly enough plausibilit.
in the new plan to command a wide in
terest in the result of the experiment a
Rochester.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-02-18

TT is very rare to find in Lisbon any
one who has ever heard of Camoens,
the greatest of Portuguese poets. Such
is fame