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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17

Dun, Barlow q Co.'s annual circular
saws, that the failures and losses involved in
the United States for the last three years,
have been as follows:
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17


THE ST. CROLY AND NENA DJI CANAL.
If there exists any reason for the Erie
canal, the Sault Ste Marie canal, and the
Fox and Wisconsin canal, there exists as
good reasons las the next decade will
show) why the Saint Croix and Nemadji
steamboat canal should be constructed
1t is the proper complement of the canal
which connected Lake Superior with the
water routes of the East, for it will connect
Lake Superior with the water routes of the
West. A Sault Ste Marie canal calls for a
Sault St. Croix canal.
As the Erie canal connects the great
Lakes with the Hudson, so will the Saint
Croix canal connect the greatest of the
Lakes with the Mississippi. AS the Fox
and Wisconsin canal connects Lake Michi-
gan with the rivers of the Northwest, so
will the st. Croix and Nemadji canal con-
meet Lake Superior with the rivers Of the
Northwest If Minnesota will save money
by shipping freight via water route to
Green Bay, she will save more money and
much time, by shipping via water route to
Superior Bay.
No objections can be urged to the con-
struction of this water route that would not
have applied to the Erie canal, and in great
measure TO every canal ofimpol tance in the
whole country. All objections to canal
routes that seemed at one time to have
force, have been swept away by the facts
and figures of actual construction and COM
mercial gain.
No canal connecting water routes is now
thought impracticable. Look at the Suez
canal on the Eastern continent, already
completed and connecting two oceans.
The Tehuantepec canal lately reported on,
or the Daren canal, only 2S miles long and
to cost s45 600, 900, will be its American
counterpart, connecting the waters of the
Atlantic and Pacific. The canals around
Niagara Falls and the rapids of the Saint
Lawrence, and above all the Georgian Bay
ship canal, which though only 80 miles
long saves 700 miles Of sailing, and costs
so millions; all show how the idea of arti-
Hciai water routes is coming 10 the front, as
the great solvent of the transportation en-
broglio,
The s.. Croix and Nemadji project is a
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
RUNORED THAT THE NIL VA UKEE RAIL
WAY CO. DECLINES THE GRANT

WAY co. DECLINES THE GRANT.
When we stated two weeks ago, that the
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company
had accepted the ST. Croix land grant, it
was upon information deemed at the time
direct and reliable, and it is with reluctance
that we chronicle the opposite action of the
M. & St. p. as the possible fact in the case
The St. Paul Press puts the case this way ::
The Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway Company have
notified the Governor OF Wisconsin that they decline
accept the ST. Crox land grant for lst
the difficulty of procuring money for building Western
railroads; and I'd, doubts to the title of the State
to the lands embraced in the grant.
The Press, in another place, denonnces
the reckless manner in which the DISPOSE
tion Of the or mt last winter, was suffered
by the Legislature to be overloaded with
what it denominates "wild cat' railway
schemes
And this is certainly making good
point. 1t was very foolish to put any more
burdens a grant that had so struggled
for its existence already. And delegations
from other parts of the State were very
selfish to strive to divide among themselves,
what was so plainly the just inheritance of
Northwest Wisconsin,
The Legislature would have reflected
more honor on itself, if it had risen above
local and narrow views in this matter, and
given the ST. Croix and Superior grant to
the Milwaukee Company, or any company,
on the sole condition of Immediately build
ing the St. Croix and Superior railroad.
The allegation of the Press that the Nil.
& St. P. Co. spilled up the onerous provis-
ions" Of the bill comforting the grant, we
are by no means prepared yet to admit.
SO also with the statement that Mr.. Bald
wins Company will not take the grant in
case of the non-acceptance of the St Paul
Co. The contrary has been given out by
the friends of Mr.. Baldwin's road, and we
hope will be verified if that road gets the
opportunity to decide in the matter.
A dispatch dated May II purporting to
be from Madison, concerning the Nil. &
St p. decision, appearing in the Milwau-
kee Net0s is pronounced "bogus" by the
State Journal of Wednesday 14th, which
SAWS:
The above dispatch not sent from this city. No
official announcement has yet reached the Governor
and there has been dispatch, letter intimation
received by him, or, far learn, by any
else here, to the effect that the grant is not to be
accepted.
This throws 4 reasonable doubt over the
truth of the rumors as far as based on that
dispatch. But few days will bring the
facts.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17

STATE OF WISCONSIN. COUNTY OF DoUGLAS-In County
~ Court.
In the of the Estate of John Bourg
tate.
On reading and filing the leton of Caharne Bourg
senng that she Is the widow the deceased Guardian
Godfrey and John Bourg infant heirs said nheng
in and undivided with Herman
Mauhman of Dnluth, St Lon County, State of Minnesota
ba Beming Of Portage Lake, oughton County,
Bourg OF Detroit, Wayne Coup,y State of Michigan
Ez beth Wer of Superior Douglas County State of Wiscon
sin, all of thu following described real
Lots number six in block twentyeight four and
forty four ve six, eight and nine in block
six and in block nipetyeght and eight block
re nneteen in Superior City according the flat duly record
ed i'll the oe Of the Register of Deeds the County
aforesaid and praying that commissioners be appointed
PARTITION of said estate 1t is ordered thai said petition heard
before the judge of this Court
MONDAY THE SEVENTH DAY OF JULY NEXT
oockin The afternoon Probate Judge
the House County,
Soderuud he and he hereby ed
heirs who reside OF this
that e thereof lie given all interested
copy this for prior
day Of in The superior Times weekly Newspaper pub
shed at Superior aforesaid THO5. CLARK County Judge
Dated May 4tii, 1873 mayOiul5
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17

1t is worth while to note how affairs
stood before the massacre. We give an
extract from the n. Y Herald Of March
y, one month before the massacre, which
shows that treachery was suspected by all
the whites; that Captain Jack wanted a
meeting without soldiers that General
Candy felt unwilling to go without them;
and that Boston Charley, the very wretch
who invited them afterwards to the scene
of the massacre, boasted openly of Modoc
success: now the question is, acho aoas to
blame for neglecting to profit by these am
pie warnings? We give the Hera1d ex-
tract, with its significant head lines:
THE MoDocs-Do THE sAvAGEs MEAN TREAcHERY AFTER
ALL ?--sTEELE TIE ONLY MAN CONFIDENT OF
AN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER
San Francisco, March II, 1873.
dispatch from Yreka this evening says that Frank
Merritt arrived last evening from Farchilds, and rep
resents that Captain jack be in last Friday
treat with General Canby but instead of his coming
"Boston Charley and Limpy" came in with the
port that Captain Jacks principal men were hunting
deer, and as soon as they came in he would meet
them. He appointed Monday afternoon at O'Clock
for the meeting the Point of Rocks near Tule Lake
where he would have his squaW8 ana children lie
wanted only the General Mr. Applegate and the Com
mssioners come, without any soldiers and to bring
three wagons
The General will send up three wagons and few
men, agreed upon, but viii take to have sol
diers within haing distance All the white men
even Steele and Riddle-are suspicious Of treachery
and believe the Indians viii surrender When
Boston Charley" at Fairchild's he boasted that
he good for twenty soldiers; that the Modocs
could divide up into small parties Of two three and
commit raids on the settlers ard the soldiers could
not catch them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-06-05
NO.. 1873.
goetry.


MY LITTLE WIFE.
Our table is set for two tonight;
No guests our bounty share;
The damask cloth is snowy white
The service elegant and bright
The china quaint and rare;
My little wife pTesides,
And perfect love abides.
The bread is sponge, the butter gold
The mullins nice and hot;
What though the winds without be cold:
The walls a little world enfold,
The storm is soon forgot;
In the frelght's cheerful glow
Beams paradise below.
a fairer picture, who hath seen P
Soft lights and shadows blent;
The central picture of the scene
She sits, my wife. my love, my queen.
Her head a little bent,
And in her eyes of blue
read my bliss anew.
watch her as she pours the tea
With quiet gentle grace;
With fingers def and movements tree
She mixes in the cream for me,
bright smile on her face.
And as she sends it up,
pledge her in the cup.
Was ever man before so blessed,
secretly reflect:
The passing thought she must have guessed
For now dear lips on mine are pressed.
An arm is round my neck.
Dear treasure ofmy life,
God bless her little wife,
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s1ATI, OF MAINE.

"A 4 Il UT
LAND OFFICE,
AUGUSTA, Feb. ~, 1873
IN compliance with ar order of Council approved
1 Feb. 20, 1873 and Under the direction of the
Board for the Management and Sale of the Public
Lands of the State of Maine, have set apart under
the provisions OF chapter of the revised statutes
of this state the following townships and parts of
townships of the public lands belonging to this
State, to be sold at the Land Office in Bangor, by
sealed proposals, on the first day Of september,
Is73, viz:
Township No 3, Range
q No. 3, Range )
" No. 8, Range
And seven hundred hirty fUur acres of Township
No. ,, Rapge7
All lying in the County of Franklin and west of
Bingham's Kennebec Purchase.
PARKER L. BURLEIGH Land Agent.
mar5 .&wtlsepl
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HalIowelI Savings Institution.
nennsitS G21O. 600


All depositors' accounts private and cCn1
dental. No information furnished to assessors OIL
other inquirers.
Dividends are made twice a year, in August and
February, and extra dividends of profits once in
four years. All dividends not drawn out are al
once added to the principal deposits, and thus in.
terest is compounded twice year.
Interest on deposits commences with the first OF
each month.
Loans will be made on first mortgages to limit.
ed amount and on bonds, mortgages and deposit
books left as colaterns.
Office over the Northern National Bank Water
Street. Hallowel.
H. X. BAKER, Treasurer.
IIallowoll. May 1873. mayl7tlawtf
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Published at AUGUSTA, MAINE, Water Street,
Pt OF Court, by SPKAGUE, OWEN ~ NASH.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-04-12
The Earliest Newspaper.

Authorities have differed widely as 70
the nation and city entitled to the honor
Of having started the first printed news
paper For many years it was supposed
that the credit belonged to England. II
was claimed that the British Museum had
copy Of the earliest paper In its eollec-
ton It was called the Eaglish Mercarie,
and printed July 23. 1883; but it has
been shown that this copy. ike specimens
oftare old coins, was spurious, and gotten
up for sale. Watts, the photographer Of
the Museum, who saw on examination that
the type and paper were Of modern origin,
and did not belong to the sixteenth eentu-
ry, exposed the forgery 1t was an inge-
NOUS fabrication, pretending to give the
news Of the Spanish Armada, which was
destroyed in the English Channel by Drake
and Howard a day or two previous to the
date Of the sheet. There were several
numbers Of this spurious Murcrie produc-
ed-four in manuscript, and three in print
Venice has also claimed the honor Of
leading the way in giving newspapers TO
the world. The Gazetta, thus named be-
cause lt sofa ior small piece OF money
called gazetta, 1T Is asserted, was printed
there in 1870, and it is pretended that
copies OF TINS paper OF that date are IN one
or TWO collections IN London. But late
discoveries have apparently established the
elaim Oh tne Ola German city OF Nurem.
Ierg 70 tnls high honor A paper called
IN .he DdSe'le, according to trustworthy al-
thoritles, was printed in that city as early
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-04-12
stupidities.

Under this head DR.. Hall, in his Jour.
ndtof Health for March, 1873, humorously
diseourses on the tendency of the times as
follows.
1t is really great wonder that every
body is not dead and buried, and the
world itself used up entirely, if the thous-
anth part of what is told us about micro
scopical and other discoveries" so called,
is true. One man will have it that the
glorious Union over which the stripes and
stars float SO proudly will soon become
depopulated, because respectable people
don I have children; another has discovered
myriads Of bugs in the chatelaines and
waterfalls of the ladies, boring into their
skulls and sucking out all the remaining
brains Of the dear delightfuls. A German
sayan now tells us that every sip of tea we
take is full of oily globules which get into
the lungs directly, weaken them. set up
cough and the person dies of consumption.
Another man has found that the purest
spring water, clear as crystal to all appear
anee, if let alone will deposit a sediment
which generates typhoid fever; hence he
proposes that everybody shall quit drinking
water. Another says that bread has so
much lime in it that it is turning us all
to bone, and makes us all stiff at the Joints,
that being the reason we have no 1.-THE,
sprightly old men nowadays; hence we
are full of limps and rheumatics long be-
fore our time, therefore We had better quit
eating bread altogether and live on rice
and sago and tapioca. The water cure
folk assure us that pork and beans, and
ham and eggs are full of abominable
trichiaa, and that if one is swallowed and
gets fairly nestled into the system, he, she
or it will breed million more in short
time, and that roast beef has juvenile tape
worms in it. And here come Tom, Dick
and Harry, all in row, loaded down with
microscopes and spy glasses. which show
as plain as day that the air is swarming
with living monsters and putrid poisons,
which fly into the mouth and crawl up the
nose and creep into the ear hence it Is
death to breathe such pestilential air, that
the best way is to keep the mouth shut,
plug up the nose and ram cotton into the
ears.
Ever so many learned professional gen.
tlemen have been torturing poor figures
for years to make them tell the stupendous
fib that everybody is either crazy or soon
will be; that the annual increase is ten
per cent, consequently in eleven years
everybody will be crazy, and more too.
The fact is that the people who spend
their time in Matching out the tomfooler-
cries, ought to be put to work and be made
to earn an honest living. This world has
been pretty well taken care Of for some
thousands of years, increasing in comfort
and wealth and life, the average length of
which has doubled within two centuries,
and the population increased perhaps three
fold and the presumption is that the
Great Maker of all will so arrange all the
antagonistic forces Of life for the future as
eventually to make "the wilderness and
solitary place to be glad, and the desert to
rejoice and blossom as the rose, and the
race be happy still. Z
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-04-12
Edge Tools.

Shear steel began to be made in Shelf
field in 1900. The inventions Of Mushei
and Lucas in 1900 and 1904 futher ex.
tended the manufacture. Forks and scis-
sors were made byrolling in 1906 From
this time, immense cutlery works sprsng
up in England, France, and Germany, and
the competition between the three conn-
tries has been highly beneficial, for while
England stands undoubtedly foremost, yet
both France and Germany possess their
peculiar excelleneies. Amongst the i'm
ports connected with cutlery, there is in
Sheffield an annual consumption Of more
than seventy tons Of ivory for the handles
of knives and forks, and about 5000 op-
eratiyes are employed in forging and grind
ing the blades. An equal number Of work
people are engaged ON pen and pocket
knives, made annually to the value of
s5O0,0OO. Very many are occupied in
fabricating razors and scissors.
French cutlery is chiefly fabricated at
st. Etienne and Thiers, where many hands
are employed Table cutlery is here pro
duced at a rate almostly incredibly cheap.
Germany, despite the superior natural
advantages of England, exports knives and
edged tools TO considerable amount.
Solingen has received the appellation Of
the Sheffield of Germany, and has, since
the middle ages been celebrated for its
cutlery, being especially famous for its
swords, the blades of which sometimes sell
for $500.
In Austria, scythes, sickles, and table
knives are made annually by millions, at
an exceedingly small cost of production.
II is computed that 10000 Bavarian
grindstones are consumed annually in the
preparation of these implements.
With the rapid development Of the me.
chanical arts, the manufacture of tools has
correspondingly grown. At one time Eng.
land possessed monopoly and the English
trademark was guarantee Of quality
throughout the world The efforts Of Other
European States, however, have been reward.
ed with share in the manufacture, while
the deuiand for cheaper tools has extended
British trade and yet allowed considera.
BILE portion to fall to foreign cutters. 0p,
eratives in wood work, as carpenters, Join.
ers, builders, turner's, and cabinet makers
employ great variety of cutlery tools
sculptors, modellers, and pattern makers
require steel tools Of many kinds, and al
their branches of industry and art are
much increased. The demand, therefore
for planes, augurs, chisels, saws, and gra
vers is continually increasing. In som,
instances, the French and Germans claim
to have outstripped the English. English
planes, however are as yet unequalled
Paris, on the other hand, since the perioC
when Dubois and Dupuytren advanced
practical surgery to the high scientific po
sition il now holds, has prepared the fines
surgical instruments, especially for DENTS
try. The most perfect steel work has nov
been enlisted in the service of science
and delicate balances and other philosoph
ical apparatus have contributed to the in
vestigations made by our chemists and as
tronomers.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-04-12
Onr Wlia.
The Blind Preacher.


William Writ, one Of the most celebrated
Maryland lawyers Of his day, says in his
British Spy: | was one Sunday travel
ing through the County Of Orange on the
eastern side of the Blue Ridge, when my
eye was caught by a cluster Of horses tied
near ruinous wooden house in the forest,
not far from the roadside. Having fire.
quently seen such objects before | had no
difficulty in understanding that this was
place Of religious worship. Curiosity to
hear the Preacher Of such wilderness in
duced me to join the congregation. On
my entrance was struck with his super
natural appearance. He was tall and
very spare old man; his head, which was
covered with white linen cap, his shriy-
elled hands and his voice, were all sinking
under the influence of palsy; and few
moments ascertained to one. that he was
perfectly blind. II was the day of the
Sacrament, His subject was the Passion
Of the Saviour, and he gave it neater
and more sublime pathos than | had ever
before witnessed. When he descended
from the pulpit to distribute the mystic
symbols, there was a peculiar, more than
human solemnity in his voice and manner,
which made my blood run cold and my
whole frame shiver His peculiar phrases
had that force Of description that the
original scene seemed acting before our
eyes. We saw the very faces Of the Jews;
the staring, frightful distortions of malice
and rage. But when he came to touch on
the patience, the forgiving meekness of
our Saviour; when he drew to the life his
blessed eyes streaming with tears, his voice
breathing to God the gentle prayer
"Father, forgive them, for they know not
what they do, the voice of the preacher,
which all along had faltered, grew fainter
and fainter, until his voice being entirely
obstructed by the force of his feelings, he
raised his handkerchief to his eyes, and
burst into loud and irrepressible food Of
grief.
The effect was inconceiyable. The
whole house resounded with mingled
groans, and sobs, and shrieks. / could not
imagine how the speaker could let his au.
dience down from the height to which he
had wound them without impairing the
solemnity of his subject, or shocking them
by the abruptness of his fall But the
descent was as beautiful and sublime as the
elevation had been rapid and enthusiastic.
The tumult Of feeling subsidized and death
like stiffness reigned throughout the house,
when the aged man removed his handker.
chief from his eyes, still wet with the tor.
rent of his tears and slowly stretching forth
hispalsied hand, he exclaimed Socrates
died like a philosopher" then pausing,
clasping his hands with fervor to his heart,
lifting his sightlcss eyes to Heaven, and
pouring his whole soul into his tremulous
voice, he continued 'But Jesus Christ
died like God" Had he been an Angel
of Light, the effect could have scarcely
been more divine.
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Calling Boys in the Morning.

Calling a bow up in the morning can
hardly be classed under the bead Of
'pastimes," especially if the boy il fond of
exercise the day before. And Il is a little
singular that the next hardest thing to
getting a boy out of bed Is getting him
into il. There is rarely mother Who i
a success at rousinp a bow An mothers
know this; so do their bows. And vet the
mother seems to 90 at it in the right way
She opens the stair door and insinnatingIy
observes: JOHNNY There is no respopse
'John-ny.' Still no response. Then there
is a shoF. sharp John followed momen.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-04-12

The proposed trial of Jefferson Davis.
according to the Charleston (S. C.) Nees.
was the subject of an interesting revelation
made by Justice Nathan Clifford, at din
ner party recently given to him in Charles
ton. According to this account, q few
months after the rebellion was over, Pres
ident johnson summoned secret council
Of prominent lawers, including Attorney
General Speed, Justice Clifford, William
NJ. Eyarts, and about six other persons, to
determine whether the prosecution for
treason should be pressed against Jefferson
Davis. At this conference, the Federal
Constitution, the law Of nations, the deci-
sions Of Chief Justice Marshall in Burr's
trial, and the State trials Of other nations
were thoroughly studied, and at last the
conclusion was arrived at that, unless the
conviction of Davis was certain, It would
not be good policy to proceed against him.
The prosecution, in consequence Of this
conclusion, was suddenly abandoned, on
the ground that the laws of the United
States did not afford any certainty Of the
punishment Of high treason or rebellion.
About the same time, Governor John A.
Andrew is reported to have said that the
criminal law had no application when an
entire people committed an act, rash, i'm
polite and direfnl in its consequences, and
that the suffering caused by the rebellion
was the only punishment 70 be inflicted.