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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-01-13
OLD JOE ELLIOTT.
How he Studied For nm Actor-Junius
Brutus Booth Scares MIR. Elliott out
of "a Years Growth.

How he Studied For nm ActOr-.Junfus
Brutus Booth Scares MIR. Elliott out
of a Years Growth.
From the Jersey City Herald.
Joe Che is never called Joseph Eli
oft, of the New York Herald, has a
worldwide reputation. His name is a
household word. Joe was born i'll Bal
timore city on the Dist day of Novem-
Der, 1910, and is therefore 81 years
old His father, Thomas Elliott, came
to this country from Newcastle-on-
Tyne, III company with Roosevelt Ham
father of the popular and well known
Benn Ham of this city. Thomas Eli
oft and Roosevelt Ham were the orig
inal contractors to build the Ohio and
Baltimore Railroad. The contract was
not favorable to their interests. They
spent their money, made mess of 1t,
cleared out and went to Richmond,
where they succeeded in making a hit.
Joe lived in Baltimore until he was
seventeen. He had great liking for
the drama. He saw George Frederick
Cooke and was impressed with his Sir
Giles Overreach. He saw Booth,
and was amazed at his crook backed
Gloster. Joe loved what he had seen,
After devouring the whole of Colly
Cibber's version of Shakespeare, armed
with talent and stueffd with knowledge,
he sought patron That patron was
Booth. They met in the usual way. 1t
was in a porter house. Booth was
drunk, but he was handsome. His nose
had not then been broken. By way of
breaking the ice, Joe waved his hand
toward the bar and asked the tragic
buccaneer to take snoutful.
They drank. Joe made known his
hopes and aspirations. With terrible
glare Booth fastened the young man
where he stood. Booth raised his
right arm slowly and with studied de-
termination, and shouted, with terrific
effect
1.-THE north What do your friends
i the north when they should serve
their sovereign i the west?"
Joe bolted for the door Booth
seized him by the jacket, and throwing
the young man to the floor, shouted:
"Tll hear no more. Die, prophet in
thy speech. For this among the rest
was | ordered"
AS Booth stepped over the PROSTATE
form, Joe made leap for the door,
shaking with terror and fright But
Booth, with demoniac yell, seized the
poor boy once more, and, hurting him
to the ground, shouted
"Down, down to hell, and say sent
thee thither."
Joe was now motionless. The terri
bic utterances of the crazed tragedian
so shocked Joes nerves that he believed
he lay just in the bottomless pit. The
proprietor came to his aid, picked him
ont of the savdust Gave him q dust ON
the back, and told him to start. He
started. After some reflection when he
recovered his pose of mind, he thought
he wouldn't be an actor
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-01-13
4 New Chemical Compound.

A substance called aseptin has re-
Gently been introduced into trade by a
Swedish dealer as a preventative ma
terlal for milk, meat, &c. This is said
to be simply boracic acid, or borax,
the double aseptIn consisting of two
parts OF bOrax to one part of alnm.
Putrefaction is said to be prevented by
the addition of this preparation, but
moldiness in animal substances is not
Although a very short time has elapsed
since aseptin has been brought into
notice, thousands of pounds are now
sold almost daily in Scandinavia and
Germany. 1t has also, under the meme
of sepan, been patented in our own
country. THE compound is said to
consist Of bOric acid, alum, sugar,
common salt, gum tragacant and
chOlrc acid. 1t is said to
be an excellent food preventative. Oys-
ters treated with it were, during the
hottest weather of last summer, sent
from New York to Chicago without be-
coming IN the least tainted. and other
demonstrations Of its preventative pow
ers have been given. Its use for this
purpose has been, however, abandoned.
because of the wider field of profit and
usefulness, which its introducer prof.
Oldberg, of Howard University saw
open before him through the creative
properties he considered it to possess.
Repeated successful trials have, he
states, satisfied him that as a remedy
for skin diseases it is destined to SUI
percede all others. The discovery is
said to be awakening considerable in
terest among scientific men.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-01-13
The Coal Business.

A gloomy view is generally taken of
the coal business in Schuylkill county.
Pa. The Scranton Republican saws a
very large number of the collieries in
that region are now idle, not because of
any serious trouble between the opera
tors and the men, but because there
are no orders for coal It is stated by
those who should know, that MANY
more collleries in that region will soon
have to stop, and operations be almost.
II not entirely suspended. That there
should be no orders at this season of
the year, can only be accounted for by
the hypothesis that there is sufficient
coal III the market to meet all demands.
even at the present low prices. Such
beng the case, it follows that the
production of coal has been
IN excess of the demand. The
fact is, the productions in SchuvI-
Kill county during the present year
thus far IS more than 1000 900 tons
ahead of last year, as the tonnage on
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
cause of the present stagnation of the
trade in that region is, that the greater
portion of the coal there is mined by
individual operators who are unable to
continue work for any length of time
after orders for their production cease.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-01-13
Another Year.

4" Another year" she said, "another year,
These roses 1 have watched with so much care,
Have watched and tended without pain or fear,
Shall bud and bloom for me exceeding fair
80 Another year" she said, 'another year."
" Another year." she said, +" another year,
My life perhaps may bud and bloom again,
May bud and bloom like these red roses here,
Unlike them, tended with regret and pain
Another year perhaps, another year.
" Another year, ali yes, another year,
When bloom my roses, all my life shall bloom;
When summer comes, my summer toon be here
And shall cease to wander in this gloom
Another year, all yes, another year.
For alb, another year, another year,
III set my life in richer, stronger soil,
And prune the weeds away that creep too near,
And watch and tend with never-ceasing toll
Another year, ah yes, another year."
Another year, alas another year,
The roses all lay whitening ere their prime,
Poor blighted buds, with scanty leaves and sere,
Dropping and dying long before their time
Another year, alas another year.
And an another year, another year,
Low, like the blighted, dying buds, she lay,
Whose voice had prophesied without fear,
Whose hand had trimmed the rose-tree day by da
To Bloom another year, another year.
N0rah Perry, IN January GALAXY.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-01-13
The Coal Prnduci.

The Miners Journal estimates that
the yield of the anthracite coal district
will this year reach fifteen and hall
millions of tons For 1872, the produce
is set down at l9, 900, 900 of tons. OF the
increased production of three and a hall
millions of tors, it is presumed that
the market can, during 1872, take of
two millions of tons, leaving a glut in
the mhrket of one million and half.
The conclusions deduced from these
figures are, that this ability to over
stock the market will prevent any rise
in the price of coal from the present
rates and that it would be folly in the
men to demand any thing beyond the
prices fixed in May, 1871, viz, basis
of 81 Is sliding down to 81 %. With
ccai at 81 so as q basis for labor, the
Journal states that miners would re-
ceive So d week, inside laborers $40,
and outside iaborers 50. This, we may
readily agree with the Journal, is as
low as labor ought to 60"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-01-13
Sir Roger Tichborne and the Donkey
A Scene from the Great Trial.

Ifon INC ran Mail Gazette.
William Davis-I was in the Carabi-
neers from lS49 to 1861, and went
through the Crimean and Indian mu-
tiny campaigns. Iknew Mr.. Tichborne
In the regiment, and L was in his com
pany for four hours to four hours and
a half day for twelve months. have
seen the plaintiff and told him that if
he would answer two questions | put he
must be the man or the devil. Laugh
ter. One question was about young
donkey being put into his bed. Laugh
ter. | asked him if he could tell the
man who fetched the young donkey out
of his bed. he said, &" William Davis.
1 believe" That is me. ibid fetch
the donkey out. | asked him what he
gave me three days drill for. He said
he did not recollect, but afterwards he
said he had gwen me three days drill
for rubbing an oil rag over my horse s
leg to make it shine. | had done it to
hide the dirt. It was the sergeant
major who found it out, ana brought
me before Mr. Tichborne. 1t was Ser
geant Major Till. He was killed in the
Indian mutiny.
Cfoss- eAamf ned-I ana living at han
ley, IN Staffordshire, and work 500
yards below the surface of the earth.
After the witnesses cross-examination
the Lord Chief Justice asked him.
What did You do with the donkey {?
When Mr.. Tichborne went in he drop
ped the cahdle-I suppose in his fright
and ran ont, calling to me, . Sentry,
sentry Il was the sentry), the devil is
n my bed " Laughter [ said to him,
II dOn'G want to see the devil, sir. -
Renewed laughter. But he says,
you must fetch him out of my bed. .
| said, Sir, it is death for soldier
to desert his post until he is properly
relieved you must get me relieved" |
did not want to go, for Twas no hero then,
and [ did not want to see the donkey
or devil, as he called it. Laughter
He told me he would be answerable for
my post, l had to obey him. When [
went i'll [ poked up the candlestick and
the candle fell out, and [ was expecting
every moment that the devil would
take hold of me. Loud laughter.
He shouted to me "D-n you, yo II
have let the candle out. - Laughter !
The Lord Chief Justice-What did
you do with tho donkey? Renewed
laughter. Witness-The donkey was
tied down to the bed; / undid the fore
legs first; there was a night cap on tho
donkey. Laughter. ] undid the fore
legs of the donkey and he sat up, and
Sir Roger looked in and bolted again.
Laughter. shouted to him, cts a
young donkey, sir; and when he came
IN second tine the young donkey was
going about the room, and he said,
% you, DON'T you let him kick up
a row there; let us carry him down
| said, Take the fore part; it is the
lghtest"-(a liugh)-but he said, "No,
L will take the hind part"
The Lord Chief Justice-But what
did you do WITH the donkey? Laugh
ter. Ave carried it down and put
it into the barack yard to run about.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-01-13

with all her strength between the log
and one of the planks, she essayed with
all her strength to raise it from its
place, but without success. Finding
this immovable, she tried another with
like success.
Hotter andmore sitting grew the all
about her, louder cracked the flames
below, and fiercer became the cries of
the imprisoned wolf, while the cries of
her child rang above all, and rendered
her well nigh desperate. Hope was
fast leaving her. But one more plank
renamed untried, and she had gone
the length of the front side of the
cab n. With the energy born of des-
PAIR, she inserted the stick, and pried
upward with all her strength, and to
her great Joy it moved slowly, and the
welcome fresh air of heaven came pour
ing in upon her.
Inspired by hope, she attempted to
start another one by it's side, but, with
all her strength, she found it impossi-
BILE, and yet the aperture was not large
enough to admit her passing through,
and again the pangs of despair seized
hold upon her
The heat was becoming terrible, and
the opening she had made in the roof
seemed only an outlet for the smoke,
which, as it poured out, well nigh
stuffed her. Clasping her child. she
thrust him through the opening and
holding him on the roof for moment.
she was about to let him slide to the
ground, at the risk of dashing the life
from his body, when the sound OF rapid
footsteps were heard and the next mo-
ment the well-known voice of her hus
band souaded like music in her ears,
az ne cg1 'oss the clearing, and by
the light of~the flames that had begun
to break out in several places, saw the
child and the head of his wife on the
roof.
"Quick, husband, for the love of
God !" shouted tie mother, as she
still retained hold upon her child.
And IN hardly more time than it takes
to tell it, he was upon the roof, and
with his strong arms had torn up an
other plank, and spfang to the ground
with his child, and in a moment more
his wife was by his side, with a heart
Overlooking with JOY at their escape.
The cabin was burned to the ground
with all It's contents, including the
wolf, the author of all the mischief. A
new one was erected, and therein, in
after years, the story we have narrated
was often rehearsed to those that
claimed their hospitality.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-01-13
A Chicago Mystery,

CINCINNATI, December q. - VIM.
Herb, "a baggage master on the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago rail
road, left Chicago last Saturday on the
day express, having in charge the body
of Mrs. Mccoy, who it seems died there
very suddenly, under suspicious cir
cumstances. He was arrested on his
arrival at Lima, Ohio, in compliance
with telegram from Chicago officers,
and was taken to Chicago, where an in
vestigation will be held. The officers
stated that the corpse was seen to come
out of a well-known designation house,
and there had been foul play either by
poison or abortion.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-01-13
AneCdOth OF Ethan Allen.

Ethan Allen once passed up through
the Hoosac Valley and spent the Sab
bath with friend in Wiliamstown,
attending church with him and his
family. The first and second Presi-
dents of Williams College were square
toed in their orthodoxy, having far
more faith in Divine wrath and Justice
than in his love and mercy, and their
sermons gave evidence of their ODE
dlence to belief On this Sabbath the
text of the worthy President Fitch was,
"And If the righteous scarcely be saved,
where shall the umgodly and the sinner
appear"
Flrstly-He laid it down as q fact
beyond question that not more than
one In one thousand would be saved.
Secondly, thirdly, to twelfthly-He
said that not one in fifty thousand
could be saved.
Ethan Alien took his hat and cane
and prepared to leave. His friend
said, don't leave now"
Seventeenthly dropped from the
Presidents lips, who said he had come
to the conclusion that Of the countless
millions of men, not more than one IN
an hundred thousand would be saved.
The old soldier had been growing I'M
easy under this rapidly sliding scale,
IN which the blanks so multiplied and
the prizes faded from view. He grasped
his hat and cane, when his friend said
to him, Don't go out. He will be
through shortly. He's now up to sew
"Oh, no matter" said
Ethan Allen, "any of you are welcome
to my chance, if It's as slim as he tells
of y and left the church. Cor. Pitts
tieId San.
THE minister of tho interior Tho
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-01-13
4 Newark Burglar Killed By a Spring
GUu
From the New York Tribune of Monday.

From the New York Tribune of Monday
About 3 P. NJ. yesterday, George
Parker went to his brass foundry. No.
% River street, Newark, n. j., aud saw
that the front door had been broken
open, apparently by burglars. He i'm
mediately informed the police, and de-
tectives were sent to investigate the
case. On entering the establishment
bundle of plumber was found, and the
dead body of burglar beside it upon
the floor. Several robberies had been
perpetrated at tins foundry previously.
and the proprietor had arranged a
spring gun with a string attached to the
trigger passing along one side Of the
building. The burglar, in searching
for plumber, had evidently come in con
tact with the string, and received the
contents of the gun in his left loin.
His name is William Healy, a notorious
thief, who had served terms in the
State Prison and in the county jail.
He lived within a few doors of the
foundry.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-01-13
THE HERALD'S CRY.
By CONSTANCE FENIMoRE wooLseN.

Through frost, through the ice, through the snow
flakes,
Through the blackness of darkness ON high,
Borne along on the wings of the north wind,
In the midnight there cometh a cry:
awaken world wsken, world from thy dresp =
ing
Mount and ride, moutt and ride toward tn
cleaning,
Where the first tints of morning are beamEng
On the cold, hopeless gloom of the SKY
Out beyond the dim realms of the midnight,
On the border where shadows lie curled
Comes the King with his shining attendants
Comes the King with his banners unfurled,
Above him perfumes are shedding,
Before him new glory is spreading,
Around him millions are trcading,
Thronging in thronging in to the world.
Bid them hail, bid them hail as they enter,
Wide open your heart portals fling:
The new souls, the new hopes, the new trials,
New strength and new blessings will bring.
Give thy cares to the past, dim and hoary,
Turn the page on the Old Years sad story
He Is dead, he is dead, and the glory
Shines now on the incoming King.
Ride away, ride away toward the eastward
Ger the hilltop the banners appear:
Iinger not, Hnger not in the shadow
Where the past seeks its sepulchre drear.
Leave behind thee, sinner, thy madness,
Leave behind thee, sinner, thy sadness
Look beyond, look above, and with gladness
Welcome in, welcome in the New year.
-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-01-13

WHILE Train was in Louisville the
other day, conversing with several
gentlemen, he took from his pocket a
big roll of greenbacks, the proceeds of
lecture, remarking: "They call
Train lunaticl That looks like the
work of a lunatic, don't it," and then,
with presidential smile, he walked
off
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-01-13
An itinerant photographer IN London

AN 1tinerant photographer IN London
"took young man andyoung WON
an who were talking together on the
street. He showed the picture to the
pair, and the man, amused ct it, bought
it and gave it to the woman, who took
it homewhere it was discovered by her
husband. Benedict becomes violently
jealous and tries to Kill his wife. Re
suit, an arrest, newspaper notoriety,
scene in court, explanation, happy de-
Houen1ent. Moral Great aches from
little toe-cOrns grow.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-01-13

The minister of the interior-The
cook
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-01-13


Abroad.
PRESIDENT THEIRS has issued decree dis
solving the Council at Agiers
NATIONAL subscription is proposed in Eng
land to assist i'll rebuilding Warwick Castle.
The celebrated Tichborno trial has reached
another stage. The plaintiffs case closed ON
Thursday, and a further hearing was post
poned until January 10Th.
AN imperia! decree fixes the CONSUMPTION for
the Russian army for the year 1872 at six men
IN every one thousand.
THE steamer Delaware, Breston master.
from Liverpool for Calcutta was totally lost
on Wednesday off SciIy Island. All on board
are supposed to have persisted.
Dr. J. A. HOWARD, who had been for some
time awaiting trial al Cienbuegos. Cuba, for
giving aid to the rebels, has at last been tried
convicted and sentenced to eight years i'm
prisonment in the penitenuary
BISMARCK has sent a dispatch to Baron Won
Arnim, German representative at Paris, setting
forth the feeling of evaporation caused in
Germany by the outrages perpetrated on her
soldiers in France. He threatens to seize
hostages on the occupied provinces unless the
assasslns IN future who escape into neighbor
ing provinces are delivered up to German Off
GERS by the French authorities and declares
that unless these horrible outrages cease the
army of occupation shall be increased. and
the burden and expenses of its support, which
are paid bY France. doubled
The New York herald., 1872-12-18

I COE BROADWAY, BETWEEN BOTH AND slST
l.AOO Sta, up stairs-A respectable young Danish
woman as lady maid would be willing to do any light
work; can speak German; home more an object than
The New York herald., 1872-12-18

10 LAIGHT ST, TOP FLoOR-A YOUNG GIRL,
10 l5years of age, to mind children to do light
houSeMOrk.
The New York herald., 1872-12-18

Y,O DRUGGISTS. S.-wANTED-AN EXPERIENCED
ap0thecary familiar with English and French goods;
must be good salesman and in every respect first
class man. Address with particulars and references,
DISPENSER Herald office.
The New York herald., 1872-12-18

NTOTIONS.-A THOROUGHLY QUALIFIED MAN OF
IN lhyears experience the fancy goods trade, de-
sires situation buyer salesman in first class
house. Address NOTIONS Herald office.
The New York herald., 1872-12-18

Att I'd Av., IN THE REAR.-A RESPECTABLE
I'll Protestant young woman to do housec leaning;
city reference.
The New York herald., 1872-12-18

nRUG CLERKS SITUATION WANTED-BY A
IL young man, with six years city experience and
honest For interview please address
FRANK, Herald Office.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-15
An Ordinance.

sZ. lCELsE E ri lNo- oo.J -ni;-fr w.
A N Ordinance creating a Fire De
Appointment in the Incorporated Vii
1age of Eaton, Preble county, Ohio, and
for the organization of Fire, Hose and
Ladder Companies therein. J.l E.ua-
I5f SEC. lst. Be it, ordained by the Coun-
Gil of the Incorporated Village of Eaton,
Preble county, Ohio. That for the, pur-
pose of extinguishing fire, and protect
ing the lives and property of citizens OF
said Village, against injuries from fire
a Fire Department is hereby created.
Sec. End. Said Department and all
the Rules and Regulations therefor, and
all the neutrality-suspicious., &c, (which
the said Village nov own, o may here
gushing fires, shall be under the con-
troll and direction of the Council. 81
SEC. 3rd. Said Fire Department shall
consist of One Fire Company, for the
management and control of One Steam
Fire Engine. One Hose Company and
One Hook and Ladder Company, and of
such other Companies as h Council
may hereafter determine to be necessary
for the proper use and management of
the Engine and apparatus owned by the
Village for the extinguishmentl of fires.
Sec. 4. The Officers of said Steam
Fire Engine Company shall consist of
One Captain, One Engineer, One Fire
man and three Pipemen; and any num-
Der of said members not exceeding Forty,
but no person shall be admitted a MEM
Der of Company who shall be under the
age of 4we1ity!ohe years. All of said
officers Shall be appointed by the. Coun-
ell, ibyiand with the advice and consent
of the Company, and shall hold their
offices for the period of one year; I'M
l ess sooner discharged for disease, disa-
biiity or misconduct. III sLo9 EL
SEC. 5th. The Hose Company and
Hook q Ladder Company, shall consist
of One Captain eaehy and such number
of subordinate officers and! members as
may be prescribed blythe BYLAWS. THE
Captains of said Hose and Ladder Com
paIties shall be appointed by the Council
shall hold their offices for one year unless
sooner discharged for disease, miscon-
duct or disability. ~ a. 80 n 49,
SEC. 6th.- All vacancies in any of. the
offices above named, shall be, filled by the
Council at the next meeting after the
happening of such vacancies.
SEC. 9TH. 1t shall be the duty of the
Council so soon as the same shall be ne
-cessaryi to provide and prescribe a pro
per set of BYLAWS for. the regulation
and control of said Companies, wherein
shall be distinctly defined the duties of
each officer the time7sfor the regular
meeting of said c~ompaniesland all other
matters necessary for h efficient and
proper management of said Companies.
- SEC. Sth. That all gifts, donations,
taxes, &C., made to or 1eYid for the bene-
fit of the Fire DEPARTMENT shall be. paid
into the Fire Fund, and shall be used'f for
the benefit Of the Fire Department as the
Council may from time to time direct.
SEC, 9th. This, Ordinance to be in
force from and after its passage, -rs1
Passed February 18th 1872. no 80
80 j. II. ZOOS, Mayor.
j. NJ. BRowN, Clerk.
February 18th, 1s72-w2., -