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Nor Wogrn rue CANDLE. In bygese
days there was phrase used BY courts IL
ordering sales. aud to prevent the suetios.
Ger hastily disposing Of articles to favor
bidders to preclude which it was ordered
lha, the article, il Of great value. should
be up for competition during tho time r..
lnired by candle TO burn one inch bss
where articles we're not Of value equal to
lla, of the candle consumed, such formal
iiy was dispensed with. hence the appliea.
bility and use Of the term 10 any,hing Of
insignificant considcra,iou---.'not worth
the canile." In the earlier colonial ss-
cords OF Eennsylvania will be found de-.
cree of court condcmning q piratical erafl
which had been captured, to which 10 %.
nexcd the order .'thst she be sold the iseh
of candle The antiquity Of The ussgs Il
doubtless much greater than any illussrs.
ton our country can present, % 10 Praaes
the provcrb. lie jeu ne vaut pas ls chan
delle.' is Of no modern origin:
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4 new style Of bonnc. has jus, appeared
in Paris. called the capulct, which is dcs-
cribed as being very artistic and pretty.
The capulct is head dress combining the
grace Of a mantilla and veil when arrang-
ed on the head, but when held in the
hand /, is only n wreath Of flowers hidden
under a lace veil This veil is tastefully
gathered under the chin, half concealing
the ear. aud both screening and conceal
ing tho faoo. Muslin oapulets arc also
fashionable. Thoy consist Of . squsre.
trimmed with deep lace. under which
wrea,bs Of pink blossoms are arranged.
Capule,s for ladies' who are no longer
young. have black lnoo falling over au.
iu,nnal flowers aud fruit sarlands. clus-
tiers of grapes. cherries aud blsokberries,
or anything else that fancy may suggest.
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The ralmy days Of Greina Green exist
only in tradition No dashing coach and
four, with it. exhausted postllllons aud
weary horses comes from over the border
carrying the gay gallant aud his lady love.
safe at la, from the pursuit of the angry
father Aud the last OF its priests has
also departed Oh Simon Lang has jus,
died at Newcastle.on.Tync. and been bur
iel in Grcina Grcen Churchyard For
eighty years Simon Lang aud David Lang,
his father. oiheated as priests. and helped
the needy captain to secure the coveted
hcircss. or the daring alventurcss to bind
her ehains upon her dupcd prey. David,
the fther. married Thomas, Lord Erskinc,
in hi, old age to his mistress. Miss Sarah
Buck. and nelted thereby the snug little
suta Of eigh, hundred dollars as mar
riage fee. In ls27 Simon Lang succeed,
ed 10 hi. Office. ouillved all his COMPETE
tors. and saw The golden days Of old Gret-
na decline. He continued 70 claim tie
right 10 marry until the end of his life.
About twelve months since he went through
probably the las, marriage ceremony he
ever performed. in complete dishabille,
having nothing on but his shir, aud draw
ers The ,easog CT his gnwoEIel eShi-
bi,ion was the; the parties reached Gretna
from Dumfrcs by the midnigh, train
and. like all fond lovers. could brook no
ielay. So the old prizes, was aroused
from his slumbers to DO duty a, n mo-
meni's notice.
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RorA.Yr.-An English paper remarks: :

RorA.ff.-An Epclisb paper remsshs :
"A change in tho lead o8 ID govcrausss
every four years may suit the consultation
Of the tall American pine. bat would not
be SO favorable 70 the broad British oak..
The rcigns Of only ten sovsrcigns eevsssd
more than four centuries, the aeersgats
Of the following rcigus being 400 ysas |:
Henry l, SO: Henry II. 35; Hesey III.
56; Edward l, 35; Edward III. 50;
Henry VI. 80; Henry VIII. 50; Eliza.
beth. As; George II. 81; George Ill.
80, Queen victoris vill have rsieos1
,hir.y-6vs years st the pext susivssassj
Of her accession"
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TURKISH .AnsrgMiousSEss. .--Constanti-
noplc is the most temperate capital Of It's
size in the world. Spending day after
day in the open air, wandering among the
common folk, having at one time several
people in ny employ, even in the biting
air before daylight, | never found any
Turk drinking stronger beverage than
coffee Blu, that is nothing to their grea,
annual fast During the Ramadan, which
lasts a whole month from sunrise to sun
set the painting boatinen. the heavy laden
porter will touch nothing like food, not
even tobacco. and no drink whatever and
at sundown will make up for this ahsii
nence not by drunken carousc, but By q
largcr dish of pilau aud u longer smoke
OF Latakia To be sure. temperance is u
part Of the Turks religion. but it is not
Of onrst Aud that relgion--an impos-
turc as we call it--has something very
real in its worship at four in the morning
the year round. its indifference to lnh.
del gaze, the hcartincss Of all its obscr-
yances. the severity Of its daily scll-dc-
nias Often have found the shop en-
trely open while the shopman was at his
pra, err, aud have taken up the goods
to see if anybody would demonstrate. snl
laid them down again without pybudy's
intcriereree Aud hoY oitcn have |
watched the thn-clad boa'man kueclng in
prayer on the we, sand or in drizzing
rain j" the worll forgetting by the world
forgot." - LilpincoWs .nigs:ine.
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may II
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Selett toetrp.
" Borroboola Cha"

A stranger preached last Sunday,
And crowds Of people came
To hear u two hours sermon
With hnrbarous sounding name.
Twas all about some hcathcns,
Thousands Of miles afir.
Who lived in land Of darkness
Called Rorroboola Cha"
So well their wants he pictured
That when the plates were passed,
Each lis,'ner felt his pockets,
And goodly sums were cast,
For all mus, lend shoulder
To push ibc rolliag ear
That carries ligh, and comfort
To liorrobooia Cha"
TIM, night their wants and SORROWS
lay heavy on my soul,
And deep In meditation,
took my morning stroll
Till something caugh, my mantle
With eager grasp and wild.
And looking down with wonder,
saw u little child.
A pale aud puny creature,
In rags and dir, forlorn.
AMI wha, could SHE wan,P questioned,
inpatient 10 lie gone.
With trembling voice she answered.
' We live just dawn the street,
And nanny she dyin',
Ard we've noilIiu left TO cat
Down 10 q wrc,clci basement.
With mould upon the walls
Through whose half buried windows
Gob's sunshine never falls
Where cold. aud wan, aud hunger
crouched near her as she lay,
| fund It iellow-c roaiurc
Gaspius her life ava,
\ chat a broken table,
\ he'd Of dirty straw.
4 hearth all darl, aud chccrlcis--
Int these scarcely saw.
lr the uourfiul sight hrfurr M
Tie :al and irktulng show
oh ne.er lad itiarra
\ scegc 20 iell Of wee.
The furnished and the nakrl,
The babes that pine for bread.
That squalid group iha, huli!ca
Around the d!AHs led
Ali ihis distress and sorrow
Should he Ia ian!. aiar--
Was ! suddenly transported
To Borfoboola Ghag'
Al 10 the poor and wrqichcd
We're close hvh.n! the door.
Aad had Passed tAcm htrdlcss
y thousand times before.
Alas for the cull and hungry.
That meet mc cverY dny.
Nhlle nll ,ar tear wcrc given
To the suffering fir away.
There's sars enough ior Christians
Ia lisl8ai Anls ne know
out Lord commands lis servants
Through III! The world togo.
No ..aly lnr the ne,thcn
1hi, Was l'is thIrgc 10 hem:
90. iaearh ite Word, L,ginH.sg
Err, Il lcrps.lem
Oh. Christians Gsp has promised
Who. .er 10 ilesr nis g,.c;,
\ tnp df rutr cold water,
shali find reward in heaven.
Would taa secure the blessing,
lon need not seek Il far:
Go, find In fan:er hovei
4 Rdtrahoola Cha.
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A man st . camp meeting out West
boas,iug that he had been married twenty
Eve years during which time be had not
given his xife cross word or look. He
forgot to tell his bearers that be dared not
do one or the other. :"
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Horace Greeley. the ssaioasl Asnss.
vas applied to for . ssusdy fbs ''ssssAeA.
es in horses" "PHro ihsir ~ no1k.
close" responded the sssswssd eGflonla,
culturist. "asd hey sss'S sssaf1I n
more" ~.,
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Geo. w. Ingram.
AUCTION.

There will he AN auction .: Boots, Shoes, No
,ious, clolhing, litrscss, sc. sc. every Sa,Grda,
yigl., II you want to save money, call al ans
time and ste iur ioulsei!.
GEO. W. INGRAM.
may .-if
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epsaking u thsoss>isol oeuise. -
Billises says b esss - eG1o g.
wouldn't essa ~ : Gn1oDoG) 6oAmo r
ing The erousd aaalysod - - = = &|l
sesssd IL pssDDs iaGuo1lso15 5ltrU
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-06-29
i Mysterious Telegram.
From the N. Y. Evening Post.

\ strange story comes from Worces-
ter, Mass. On Friday last man ar
rived in that town and asked police
man, a Freemason, to send the follow
ing dispatch tor him to ID. Schulz. No.
III West Forty-fourth street
Keep quiet; don't say a word we'll come
out AL right.
The same man later in the day visit
ed Mr. Charles Belcber, who lives
near the city, and after telling him that
he had murdered man in New York
went into barn and committed sui
eide by cutting his throat with a scythe
The body was afterwards identified as
that of Henry Schulz. A reporter who
visited No. All West Forty fourth
street found a German, who, after adj
hitting that his name was Schulz, said
that it was Schneider, and abruptly
left the room, refusing TO give any
further information. A woman who
was in the room at the time, and who
was observed to signal the man to
leave, also pleaded entire ignorance on
the subject. Both denied that any
despatch had been received by them
from Worcester
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-06-29
SIGNS OF AN EARTHQUAKE.
A Tidal Wave on Lake Ontario.

From the Oswego Palladium of Friday.
Yesterday afternoon, between the
hours of two or three o. clock, Fremont
tory signs were seen in and about the
harbor and adjacent waters of the
lake, that an earthquake was at hand
At 2:4O the government gauge at the
west pier indicated 1, l, point at
which the water remained till three
O'Clock, when suddenly it rose to
2, l, a rise of two feet, where it remain
ed till three o'clock and ten minutes,
when the waters rapidly receded until
the gauge indicated zero, fall of about
two feet below the mark before the
wave. From this time to seven o'clock,
the rise and fall grew gradually less
as the waves expended themselves, aud
at fifteen minutes past seven the lake
had resumed its wonted quiet
Just previous to the great rise white
squall to the westward had gathered the
waters of the lake into water spout of
huge dimensions, which came bowling
and rushing down the lake, passing
Sheldon's point about half a mile to
the northward, and going in north
easterly direction till it was lost
to view. During this time the great
est CONSERVATION prevailed among
the hundreds who were on and about
the waters of the harbor and lake Mil
lions of air bubbles covered the wa
tiers, between the hour of 3: 10 and 3: 40.
and rising rapidly, and exploding with
a report as loud as the discharge of a
pistol. A dull rumbling was heard
coming from the water, and thousands
of fish came to the surface, turned over
on their backs, and awaited their final
end
Whether the wave, or waves, was Oc-
casioned by an earthquake, the comet,
which is due us August Dist, the recent
eruption of Vesuvius, or the mighty
swell in favor of Greeley, we will leave
TO s0r0nts to solve. But we incline to
the earthquake theory, as it will be re-
membered that just before the earth
quakes in California some years since,
tidal waves of immense proportions
rolled in through the Golden Gate, -
and inundated many of the streets of
San Francisco.
The water spout, which passed to the
northeast, must have broken before it
reached the st. Lawrence, as heavy
report was heard in that direction, and
the water came back to us. carried by
a strong northeast wind, drenching the
streets till every gutter became small
river.
We would congratulate our citizens
upon their fortunate escape from the
full force of the earthquake, and hope
that our fair city may never again be
visited by even the tail end of one.
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MOrganatic NavrjaueS.

American society in Paris is having a
sensation over the approaching mar
riage of New York young lady to u
German Baron. 1t Is one of those mar
rlages known as "morganatic, in
which the wife will be acknowledged
married, yet without The right to the
husbands title or fortune. Miss w.
IS said to be one of the American beau
ties, and has been the reigning belle in
Paris this winter. Why she descends
to form This left-handed marriage :"
is very strange, though not without
precedent, as a Boston girl, not long
ago, became the morganatic wife of a
member of the royal house of Ger
many. Certainly, in these cases, no
unrepublican desire for tide can be
the motive, as in both instances the
real wife secures it.
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Another Mammoth Balloon.

Professor King, of Boston, undis-
mayed by the burning of the s'Colos-
sus, " has set to work to repair it, and
declares he will ascend from the Com
mon on July 4. At Philadelphia he
made arrangements for the construction
of a car of novel design, unlike any
thing heretofore used 1t will be of
wicker work, and will seat IA persons,
It's dimensions being 8 feet in length
and 81 feet i'll width. A great draw
back to the pleasure of a balloon-trip
has been the cramped position of the
legs caused by sitting on the flat bot
tom of the basket; but IN the new car
this will be obviated by sort of basin
6 by a feet, and sunk feet, giving an
oval seat feet wide all around the
basket.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-06-29
Localities of Silver.

Experienced miners know very well
that silver mines of much value are
only found IN mountainous regions
where the indications to the geologis
are beyond doubt. Volcanic agencies
have III some remote period been exert
ed on gigantic scale. Thus in Mexico,
and the rich silver leads in Utah, the
evidences of an upheaval force that ell
evated extensive ranges of frightful
ragged mountain ridges from profound
depths, are so possible as to be admit
ted at sight, even by those who have no
scientific qualifications for guiding
them to that conclusion.
1t seems that silver is thrown up
from a vast depth of the earth, where,
from the quantity commingled with
rocks in a condition of hquefaction, the
quantity from which that on the sur
face was derived must be in great
abundance in it's primitive state below
Scarcely more than superficial scratch
ngs characterize silver mining in the
West. The deeper the excavations
the richer will probably be the pro-
duct
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-06-29
New York Stock Brokers Off for Europe

The steamers which cleared from
New York for Europe, on Saturday,
took out a number of premium Stock
Exchange spectators, and more are
going away the present week. The
number of absentees this summer will
be much larger than in previous years
Some estimate that fully two-thirds of
tn men who make up the stock mar
ket Will be absent during July and
August. The activity during the past
few da"s in the stock market has been
caused BY the settlement of accounts
of this class, some selling out stock
which they held, and others buying to
close up their speculative sales.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-06-29
Humorous,

JUDGE" Well, you are fond of steal
ing If | should let you steal now, what
would you steal 2" Prisoner would
steal away, your Honor"
AN artist painted cannon so natur-
ally, that when he was finishing the
touch-hole it went off-at very good
price.
A JUDGE, pointing with his cane at
prisoner before him, remarked, 'There
is a great rogue at the end of this stick ="
the man replied, "At which end, my
lord
A GERMAN settler in Canada being.
required to give receipt III full, -
produced the following after much
mental labor: " ish full wants no
more monish. John Jwack hammer.
A WESTERN editor places over the
marriage notices in his paper a cut
representing large trap, sprung, with
this motto: ''The trap down-another
ninyhammer caught.
JOSH BILLINGS says that the differerue;
between blunder and a mistake is
this: When man puts down bad
umbrella and takes up gOoi one, he
makes a mistake; but whcn he puts
down a good one and takes up a bad
one, he makes blunder.
A NOTED wag in Wester,l college
on morning read theme Of unusual
merit. The President berg suspicious,
asked pointedly if it was original
"Why, yes, SIR" was the reply, it
had original over it i'll the paper ! took
it from"
A GENTLEMAN inquired of a carpen-
ter's boy, MY lad, when will this Job
you have on hand be done? ~ 81 can't
tell, SIR" replied the honest boy, art
les.,ly. " It's days job, and it will
depend upon how soon the boss has an
other order"
In New Hampshire, the following is
posted on fence "Nottis-know how
is aloud IN these medders, eny men or
women letten thare kows run the rode,
wot gifts inter my medders aforeseed
shall have his tail cut orr by me, Oba-
dIah Rogers
A PRISONER arraIgned before a Re
corder in New Orleans was told: Il
really don't know whether [ had better
fine you 81 or so; what's yonr idea
about it?' Prisoner, "YoIr Homer, all
| have 10 plead is that you Will not set
down dugH in malice
A BAND, which serenaded a young
married couple, in one of our subur-
ban towns, the other evening, selected a
peculiarly happy and fattering piece
known as 1.-The Monkey Married the
Baboons Sister"
AT German boarding housen'' In
Chicago, common fish oil is used in the
lamps. The proprietor, who evidently
has a sharp eye to business, says that
e it lsh goot, as der boarders goes to
bed SO quick cause he smells so bad"
A LAWYER and parsou were talk
ing about which way the wind was
The former said eve go by the Court
House Vane." "And we" replied the
parsen, ego by the church vane"
"Well, " said the lawyer, Sin the mat
ter of wind that is the best authority"
and the parsons went cogitate.
A SCoTCH nurse was out with baby
in the masters garden, and the garden
er inquired, Is't iaddie or a lassie 2"
A laddie, said the maid g Weel,"
said he, "I'm glad o that, for there's
over mony women in the world
" Hech, mon,n says Jess, did We no
ken there's ay maist sown o the best
crap Z"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-06-29
W0man's Rights i'm Illinois.
From the Chicago Tribune.

On the first day of July the women of
Illinois will be eligible to hold APP
pointive offices in this State, under the
act passed by the Legislature last win
ter. The law is very brief and plain,
and ought to satisfy the most strenuous
''woman shrieker" that ever walked
up the editor of the Chicago Times.
Section one enacts that no person
shall be precluded from any occupa-
ton, profession or employment, except
military, on account of sex The only
other exception is that women cannot
be eligible to elective Offices and moth
ing in the act shall be construed az re-
quiring any female to work on the
streets or roads, or serve on juries.
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MireiO.

he turned and faced her. All, she was enchanting
And as charmed bird falls dizzy, painting
80 he Mireio, thou'rt a sorceress
Else were not 50 dazZled by thy face
my voice. too, mounts into this head Of mine,
And makes me like man o'ercome will, wine.
"Why can't it be, Mireis See'st thou not
Even now with thy embrace my brain is hot?
i am pack-bearer, and we'll may be
laughng-stock for evermore TO thee,
But thou shalt have the truth dear, at this hour
l love thee with love that could degouri
Vert thou to ask-lo, love 1 thee much =
The golden goat that ne'er felt mortal touch
Upon its udders, but doth only lick
Moss from the base of the preeipitous peak
OF Baux,-Id perish in the quarries there,
Or bring thee down the goat with golden hair.
so much that if thou saidst. 4 want STAR
There is no stream so Wild. no sea so far.
But would cross !; no headsmap, steel, fire,
That could withhold me. Yea. would climb higher
Than peaks that kiss the sky, that star to seek;
And Sunday thou shouldst il on thy neck,
90 my AIireio Ever as gaze,
Thy beauty fills me with ueep amaze.
Once, when by Vaucluse grotto was going,
/ saw a fg-tree in the bare rock growing
SO very spare il was, the lizards gray
Had found more shade beneath jasmine spray
But, round about tie roots once every year,
The neighboring stream comes gushing, as L hear
And the shrub drinks the water as it rises,
And that one drink for the whole year sufhces.
Even as the gem is cut to fit the ring,
This parable to us is answering.
am the hg-tree on the barren mountain:
ANA thou, mine own, art the revving fountain;
Surely 1t would suffice me, could feel
That once year might before thee kneel
And sun myself in thy sweet face, and lay
My lips unto thy fingers to-day
Trembling with love, Mireio hears him speak,
And lets him wind his arms about her neck
And clasp her as bewidercd. Suddenly,
Through the green walks quasers old wife's cry
" How now Mireoi Are you coming soon?
What will the silk-worms have to eat at noon2'
As oft-tmes at the coming on of night
A flock of sparrows on pine alight
And fill the air with joyous chirruping,
Yet, if a passing CLEANER pause and fling
A stone that way, they to the neighboring wood
By terror winged, their instant fight make good.
SO. with a tumult of emotion thrilled
Fled the enamored two across the field
But when, her leaves upon her head. the maid
Turned silently towards the farm, he stayed.-
Nincen,-and GREATNESS watched her in her flight
Over the fallow, till she passed from sight
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SWALLOWED UP.
The Earth Opens ana EnguIphs II
Team.

The Earth Opens ana Engulphs 4,
Team.
The community in the neighborhood
of Joseph Doors, i'll Snake Spring val
ley, about two miles above town, was
thrown into fever of excitement on
Friday,by the report that the earth had
suddenly opened and swallowed two
horses belonging to Mr.. B. Several of
the neighbors repaired to the spot,
only to find the story too true. 1t
seems that two SONS of Mr.. Boor were
engaged i'll hauling rails from piece
of woodland, and as they were driving
along at a certain spot, without any
warning, the ground suddenly gave
way under one of the horses and he
disappeared, dragging the other ami.
NAL after him. The aperture
through which they had recently
passed was barely large enough
to admit of their bodies. The BOYS
were terribly frightened, and gave the
alarm. Ropes were provided, and sew
eral gentlemen descended into the
cavern. One horse was found lodged
about twenty feet from the surface, at
apolnt where the cavity changed direc-
ton, but the other was nowhere to be
seen. The first animal was lifted from
his position, and search made for the
other, the body of which was finally
found about thirty feet further under
ground. The extent of the opening has
not been ascertained, but from the in
dicatlons it seems almost bottomless
The fact that the same spot has been
driven over for years, and no sign of
such an extensive opening discovered
until now, is most strange. Bedford
%. iIO.O Press
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Russian HOLIDAY.

Russit is country much gwen to
HOLIDAYS. Indeed, so frequent have
they become nd SO lasting are their
effects that sar;o,, attention is being
gwen to reducing ne i ae1 al
good Russians are nameu after taSorlte
SCENTS, and then the saintA day Is
festive one in the family, as Wei as the
anniversary of the birth OF the nam {
sake, and a large family, after cele'
bratlng all its own holidays, and as
slsting friends in the celebration of
theirs, finds its time pretty well broken
up, and occupation interrupted. The
celebrations themselves would not be
SO formidable ifthe whole comp.en did
not usually have to be conveyed 70 the
police station to recover from the Q, fects
OF the joyful festivities.