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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-02-24
Good Qualities of American Horses.
From the London Pail Mall Gazette.


The Americans have steadily encour-
aged trotting, while we have turned
our attention to gallop1ng. Of course
the different circumstances of the two
countries account to Il certain extent
for these different tastes. The Ameri-
cans are not in the habit of crossing
nor have they any race courses worthy
of the name All their sport must
necessarily come off on their roads, or
race courses hard as roads Conse-
quently their sport takes the form of
trotting, and good trotter is useful
for any purpose. We, on the contrary,
in our racing overlook our professed
end, or at least lose sight of it in the
immediate excitement of the match
We aspire to train our horses to gallop
a, short distance in the shortest possible
time, encouraging the most useless of
all PAGES for the most impracticable of
all purposes. We neither hope nor
desire 10 write down racing and gallop-
ing. We only desire they should not
be practised and encouraged to abuse.
There is no pace so exhilaratiBg as a
rapid trot; and it is strange, indeed,
that trotting should not be more
cultivated with nation of riders and
drivers. The qualities of the Ameri-
can trotter are precisely those that
make a good troop horse. Stamina
and endurance are Indispensable, for
they must trot extraordinary distances.
Blood they must have, or they could
never show themselves 9 game" as they
DO Ii trotting came into vogue with
us, breeders would have to look to sub
stance without neglecting blood.
Those American horses display, besides,
extraordinary vitality. Their celebri,
ties frequently prolong a life of severe
match running to twenty years, and
vigorous nature decays in its natural
course, while ours, as an American re-
marks, are run off the turf in thirty
months. OF course the secret of this
vitality is to be sought in the constitu-
ton and education, not in the climate
The practical American knows you can
not exact with impunity of an infant
the work OF man in his prime. Nor
can anything be stronger than the Ian
guage in which America sporting men
condemn our English practice. We
may import barbs from Spain and Mo
rocco, or do anything else to solidify the
substance and reinvigorate the lstrain.
But what will it all profit, or how can
we look for permanent improvement,
Whlle we persist III practice condemn
ed by experience and common sense?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-02-24
an Immense Establishment.

The Pacific mills at Lawrence,
massachusetts,, are rated as the largest
establishment OF the kind in the world,
employing 4 200 operatives. The works
are operated by water-power, and there
are twenty acres of flooring all covered
with the necessary machinery for prose
cutting the business. The buildings
have been increased, so that there are
now III operation about $50, 600 SPIN
dies for spinning cotton, with cleaning,
picking and carding machines to sup
ply them, and about 49, 900 spindles for
worsted, with all the necessary prepar-
ing machines to occupy $500 looms for
wealng, the two classes of goods above
named, together with % printing mach
mes, producing a weekly average of
about 10000 yards. The machinery
lss.propelled by eight turbine wheels,
SIX of them being ~ inches in dia-
meter, and two 81 inches in diameter,
with fall of water equal to rs feet,
yielding 1,500 horse power. The aver
age sale of the manufactured goods of
tins company, for a few years past, has
exceeded 81 500, 900.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-02-24

wasn't very keen after me; I don't know
why; but just at the last moment /
thought they'd have me. A detective
followed me right to Working; but
squared him with a hundred pound
note, and got clear away to America by
the Southampton packet 1t never
prospered me, that money, and / got
lower and lower, till / listed as a sol
der; and here | am! I'm getting
tired sir Don't forget Bedford
Heathcote, retired draper"
Ipassed on in wonder and astonish-
ment, and, if / must confess, little
disappointed and disenchanted. / was
no special care. then, of an overriding
Providence, as I had fondly deemed
myself. Ny wonderful warning and de-
liverance was mere affair of chance
and accident. AS | passed the man s
couch again he lay on itstitf, and stark,
and dead.
On my return to England, I made
inquiry of the officials of the revenue
department., and found that there real.
ly had been fraud of the kind in
question; that the collector implicated
IN it had died suddenly-by suicide, il
was thought. AS to the defalcations.
the defaulters sureties had paid a part
One of them, his father, having beel
sold up IN consequence,-an the resi-
had been paid overagain by the parish
oners he had defrauded.
SO l have found out the old man al
Bedford. He was living with daugh
ter, in abiect poverty, and repaid t.
him the hundred pounds with com
pound interest. To him / seemed 8
celestial visitant.
The cold meat train is now thing o
the past, [ believe. A luggage trail
carries belated officers back to camp
but to this day !. confess that Away
prefer to pass Woning in broad day
light, aud that l carefully look insid,
the carriage before [ enter it, for de
sire no more loans from the dead.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-02-24
How the New Chicago Postoflice viii
Look.

"Gath" writes from Washington
that the plans for the Chicago Post
office are nearly matured The build
ing will be the largest postoffice in
America-336 feet long by 210 wide.
1t will be Romanesque, surmounted,
over the central projections of the long
sides, by pavlllons of the dome charac-
ter, capped with cupolas-a pair of
domes on each side, making four in
all-and between the domes, a sort of
Gothic gable. The ends will have a
similar treatment, without domes. In
this style Of architecture, which is af-
ter the favorite manner of the celebrated
London architect, lingo Jones, the
stone is roughly treated, and the
dressed surface stands in coarse relief
upon smooth borders. Each story
makes an approach to an order in itself;
but the horizontal lines between the
floors are ornamented in a nondescript
way, not with the dignity of an entab-
lature The windows are large, and,
therefore, comparatively few The
true cornice at the top is rich and elab-
crate, but not very pronounced.
Mullett, the Treasury architect,
has an Office on the lower
floor of the Treasury building, which
communicates with large, light room
opening upon one of the treasury
courts; and here from a dozen to
twenty or thirty draughtsmen, design
ers and young men who have adopted
tins profession for life, put into execu-
ton the architects conceits. Especial
pains will be taken in this building
with the heating, ventilating and sew
erage-the ease and comfort of the en-
ployes being more properly cared for
than in Post Offices heretofore con-
Structel
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-02-24
Search for a Forger.

Capt. Thomas Simpson, who went te
Englan in November IN quest of w
e. Gray, noted Wall street forger re.
turned on Saturday. He reports the
criminal to have lived in magnificent
style III London, where he was regard
Ell as an American millionaire, and
where he continued his swindlino
schemes with exceeding boldness. un.
der an assumed name of JAS. Paw
son Morgan, obtaining as much as e5.
900 on one occasion from banker. He
was once III the actual grasp of detec-
tiYes, but by great adroitness ESCAPED.
and since then all search was in vein
One of his friends in Boston appears
to have apprised Gray of the search
Tor nm. Simpson visited Brussels,
vienna, aud Paris, and finally satisfied
himself that Gray was concealed in
London, and further efforts were IN
availing.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-02-24
Too Late.

Too late, too late was never said
OF morning sun, or bud, or flower
The light is true to hill and glade,
The rosebud opens to the hour;
The lark ne'er asks the day to wait,
But man awakes too late, too late!
Too late, too late our anger burns
The sun goes down before the fame
The gentle words of kindness turns,
And we are scourged with inward shame
To think our breasts have harbored hate,
And pride bows down-too late, too late!
Too late, too late for public prayer,
The words of worship have begun
Our cheeks are flushed widh fastening there
We enter as the chant is done;
And, pausing at the temple gate,
We stand and say" Too late, too late J"
"Tco late, too late ~ who has not said?
The post is out-the train has gone
The time Is fied-the debt net paid
The aid not sought-the work not done;
Neglect makes up life's weary freight,
And then we cTy-"Too late, too lat"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-02-24
Free Love Exemplified.

A Boston girl, who had more than
once during the continuance of a long
engagement shocked her lover, a pious
burgher of the Quaker city, by her
declarations in favor of free love. com
pletely disguised him when the time
for the marriage drew near by refusing
to submit to the performance of the
ceremony, and Offering herself to his
connubial embrace without the sanction
of the religious rte or legal authority.
In vain he demonstrated. She pro
fessed herself ready to undergo all the
pains and pleasures of the marriage
state, but submit to the tying of the
nuptlai knot she would not And
when he demanded her reas-
ons for the extraordinary dis
like to the idea of clerical or magiste
rial Intervention she claimed that were
she bound irrevocably to him he would
take no pains to please her, but were
she free to leave him at any time, her
happiness would be his chief thought
to provide for; and then, too, she
wished to bestow her affections and
embraces on another man if at any
time she should cease to love him. At
this candid avowal of her versatile
proclivities he protested to consider
the engagement broken, but this she
would not allow, and has entered a
complaint against her for breach of
promise OF marriage. The case prom
Uses Interesting developments at its
trial, IS, of course, the defence will he
as above, that ''Barkis is willin'n but
the laby not.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-02-24
The Pianist.
BY NJ. A. CRUM.

Ere long, beneath thy fingers,
Whose thrilling touch they'll own,
AS power before unknown,
The almost sensitive keys
Will release the hidden singers
That are prisoned in the chords
And they, rushing to the words
OF the song, through all degrees,
In accompaniment to it,
Will bring echoes of all voices,
OF the JOY that most rejoices
OF the grief most exquisite,
And-not echoes-but the real
Living voices of the ideal
Of all that is most perfect, of all that is most fit,
Spirit voices from the rivers and the fountains,
From the valleys and the mountains,
From deep-veined mines, from leafy woods
From heavens expanse and oceans,
From vocal natures many moods,
And lfes manifold emotions.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-02-24

= VARIETY store-keeper in Utica
thEoWs IN vaccination if you buy goods
TO the amount of dollar or more.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-02-24

AM election riot occurred in Galway. Ire
land, on Sunday. Many persons were severely
wounded.
HE Captain General of Cuba predicts a
suppression Of the revolution in that island
by March or April
The roads between Paris and Versailles
were patrolled by a strong military force SIM
day and Monday nights
scHIsM has broken out among the clergy
OF Pans, on account of the extreme ultramoa-
tanism of the new Archbishop.
SUBSCRIPTIONS have been opened in Madrid
to aid the people OF France in the payment of
the war indemnity to Germany.
Ir is reported that the Dukes of Nemours
and Aumale claim reinstatement IN their
former rank in the French army, and Prince
dc Joinville demands his commission in the
navy.
A NEW company, which proposes TO Law the
telegraph cable direct to New York. has been
registered in London. One of the features OF
IFS proiect is promise to fix the tolls on dis
matches to Asa at twenty shillings for ten
words.
The Bishop of Srasbourg. having notified
tho Cabinet here that the Holy See no longer
recognizes the Concordat, as applying &c
AIsace and Lorraine, Bismarck replied that
the Emperor of Germany will undertake, IN
derendentIv Oh such a measure, the ch'uch
government of those provinces
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-02-24

man. paid my gambling debts; con-
fessed all my embarrassments to my
friends, who lifted me out of the mire /;
never touched a card or dice studied
for the staff college; passed Il good ex-
animation; went to SandhWst, came
out with high honors, and, having a
little influence at headquarters, got an
appointment as commissioner, to watch
the operations of the American war of
secession, on Gen staff.
1t was at the close of a bloody but
decisive battle, or series of battles,
which resulted in the retreat of the
army of the south. that | visited the
tield-hospitals at the rear of the federal
army, III search of a friend who had
been wounded during the day. The
doctors and attendants were all too
busy to pay any attention to my wants
and [ walked down the long rows of
hastily improvised touches, trying to
recognize my friend,
Scraps OF paper, on which the names
of the patients had beenhastily scrawl-
ed, were pinned to the coverings, and /
started as l read on one William
Heathcote my own name. The man
appeared to be sinking from exhaustion
but he frightened up when he heard
the tones of friendly voice.
l knelt down beside him, and asked
if / could do anything for him.
He nodded his head. you're Eng
lish n be whispered.
IS Yes, [ am
$50 am I. If you should be in the
neighborkood of Benford, and should
be able to near of an old man of the
name of Heathcote, a retired draper,
will you tell him his son died in a cred
liable way2 | was disgrace to him,
sir, when | was alive; but when / am
dead perhaps he will think kindly of
me again. I'll tell you my story, sir
/ was a rogue-I was, sir. | was an
undertaken. but / was Collector of
taxes, too and / entered into con
spiracy to defraud the government. 1t
came ont; but | bad warning in time.
| shamed dead, and got away in one of
my own collins with all the swag. They
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-10

what was IL Abeut.

There were two old fellows down
in Kentucky who had been the best
friends in the world for over thirty
years-never had cross word and
would do anything for each other.
They got into buggy and started to
Lexington on business. You see they
lived about twelve miles cut of Lex
ington. One was named Burr and the
other Clark. About six miles from
Lexington they passed a tract of land
belonging to man named Baker. II
had . brook running through it and a
gully on it.
sTom," says Burr, coming TO the gull
ly, If Baker wanted to build a pond,
all he would have to do would be I'd
to build wall across the gully"
Eyes, says Clark, "but Baker don't
want q pond"
..Well," replied Tom raising himself
up, Il diant say that he did want a
pond, did i Fl said if he wanteila pond
all he would have to do would bc to
throw wall across the gully"
"Well" exclaimed Clark, firing up
in his turn. II didn't say that you did
say he wanted pond, did T.? All
that 4 said was that Baker didn' want
q pond" = - !
s.WeA,. shQnted Burr in an angry
tone, II didn't say that you ufu Say
that said he wanted pond, did I. /
said i-IF he wanted pond, all he
would have to do would be to throw
q wall across that gully"
"Well," said Clark, now thoroughly
anrNOad uyO,l'rn n h1aynod old fooi ond
| won ride with you any further.
Stop the buggy"
So Burr stopped the buggy. and
Clark got out and walked all the way
to Lexington. six miles, before he
would ride with him. That was sew
en- years ago, and the cussed old fools
have never spoken to- one another
since, r,.i5 80 VI b. s4
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-10
Planting Hu,bs.

This is the time of year for planting
bulbs, and the following directions,
from one of the most successful for
lists IN the city, will tell how to~lo
it:
The Hyacinth. for out door tiowcr-
ing should be planted the latter part
of September, and for a succession
through October and November
Make Ne soil mellow and deep, stirr-
ing deep. Set the bulbs about four
inches deep and five or six inches a.
part. The best effect is produced by
setting in rows, each color by itself.
Tulips should be planted in Octo-
Inches apart and three Tncncs uuup.
Many parties fail with these bulbs,
especially the Hyacinth. in this West
ern soil, the bulb rotting. To pre-
vent this. make drainage good and in
setting the bulb, put clean sand
from the river-round each bulb
Before freezing, cover the beds with
four inches of coarse, partially rotted
manure. Leave this covering Oh in the
spring till the shoots appears, when
most Of ii should be removed.
Crocuses should be planted in Dc
tober and Novemper. Set the bulbs
two inches deep and three inches a.
part. Before winter, cover same as
Tulips and Hyacinths. These little
flowers are out very early IN the
spring, before the frost is fairly gone.
They are also very desirable for house
culture, can be set very closely to-
getlier in pots or boxes for winter
lowering indoors. Hyacmths are
grown very successfully in glasses or
in pots or boxes. Keep in q cool
place where it does not freeze, bring
ing them fully to the light when the
roots are well established. Tulips
may be treated in the same manner.
The Narcissus is a class of early
blooming flowers, fine for house cul-
ture. requiring but little room, three
or four doing well in a small pot.
Nearly all the Japan Lilies are
perfectly hardy, and succeed Well iii
any common garden soil. Plant them
| in the fall about a foot apart and five
inches deep.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-10
Stopping over.

The Keokuk Constitution ia again
stopping over. This time it is about
one j. II. Platt, M. c., whom that pa
per charges with the heinous offence
of being a member of Congress from
South Carolina, negro, and with
franking Republican documents to the
! benighted heathen about Keokuk.
This story is about as true as any o.
4 the Constitutions, to.wit: Platt is not /
negro. and not from South Carolina
A little more reading of the country
current history, and few more frank
4 ed documents, and little less lying
would do the Constitution editor SOM
good, at least.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-10
As Good a. New.

The Rev. Petroleum v. Nasby de-
scribed some time ago, an interview
he had with Mr.. Vallandigham, when
the latter gentleman was contemplate
ing the famous snew departure" in
language worth repeating. The fol-
lowing is the closing portion:
". ssNasby we must succeed"
N. aSartainely! But we are in a
tite place. 1t takes gigantic intcllec t
to bring the pints together. A sprite-
ly boy onct put 200 eggs in a nest for
a hen to set on. Says his maternal
mother:
mi sun, why settest thou so menny
eggs under the hen? She kanst not
kiver them.'
"Sartanely she kanst not! But thun-
der want TO see her spread her
self"
just SO, our speakers are in the
same fix. The outside egg in the dem
| okratic nest is opposition to the war.
'Tother side of the nest 200 eggs
distant, is the support ov the war. To
kiyer 'em all requires great stretchin'
capacity"
v. Troo, too troo. But we must
mix il in and trust to luck. In loyal
lcounties stuff 'em with diluted patriot
ism: in our counties, pure sccesh. The
people now is just as gullablc as ever
| they wuz.'
| .Ileft the patriot and. sage much
comforted."
| Ifthis does not describe the present
little game OF Democracy and tho polit-
1 ical situation, nothing can.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-10

A veteran stock raiser gives, in the
Rome IN. W .Seattael, the following
as certain cure for hoof rot in cattle,
horses or sheep: One tea-cupful OF
sharp eidcr-vinegar, one and half
tablespoonful of coppeTas. and ono
and half tabie-spoonfuls of salt. Dis
solve gradually ON the hot stove, but
do not let it boil. When cool, apply II
on the affected limb and hooi, and also
swab out the mouth of the animal
with the mixture. Two or three APP
plications affect cure. The remedy
has been used with perfect success
since 1918,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-10
Tho Pork and Corn Crops.

1t is the opinion of those best in
formed that the hog product for this
wear will be % per cent. greater than
last season.
The corn crop is now matured and
advices from variovs parts of the coun-
try indicate that it is one of the largest
ever raised in the west. This, with
the large surplus left over from last
year, will keep the price low and have
a tendency to keep pork down. Pack
ers seem to think that they must buy
hogs at less than $4.oo per hundred 10
make safe business. In some por-
tions of the country there is u scarcity
ofhogs 10 consume the corn, which
may tend to keep prices up. Live hogs
are keeping up in Chicago 10 about
$500 yet.--H omestead.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-10

S@ E@ F16ASAWyR1ES.
The best "iron tonic" for fashionable
ladies to use-The flat-iron.
/ When You go to drown yourself, al
ways pull off your clothes they may
fit your wife's second husband.
A gentleman advertised for wife
and received answers from 1887 hus-
bands saying he could have THEIRS
This is given as an illustration of the
value of advertising. ~
A little 4-year old Of Bristol went
to Providence the other day, and in the
depot was accosted by q Quaker lady
who asked: "How old art thou, little
girl? 2" She looked up in the face of
the Quakeress, and replied: II am not
art thou-Pm little Jennie"
When Goldsmith had written that
beautiful stanza Of the AHermit'-
NJ 30 A0eks that range the valley free
40 slna44ter condemn;
iessn & III ny them. - P,s'Ss me-
He submitted it to {the fnturey Mrs.
Goldsmith, who is said to have sug-
gestcd the following Improvement:
seNo nocks that range the valley free
To slaughter condemn;
The butchers XII the sheep for me,
Ibuy the meat OF them"