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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-11
HOuse-MOttOpS,

Among the Old-WOrld customs which
are fast disappearing is that of carving
notices on the walls of houses. frequent
instances of which yet remain III Swift
zerland, Germany, and the Tyrol The
more ancient of these notices are
quaint and significant They were
copied and improved upon III houses of
more modern build, until they degen-
Grated into matters of fashion or
caprice with no special meaning. A
writer i'll the Cornhill Magazine has
collected a number from the more
ancient homes III which they still exist.
and embalmed them in literature
They are pious, comical, simple, or
synical. The inscriptions dedicating
the house to God, to the Virgin, or to
some favorite saint, are naturally the
most numerous They frequently CON
sist of but two lines, roughly rhymed
Sometimes they extend to four OF even
six lines. Here we have two:
The Lord this dwelling BE about
And bless all who so III and ont.
Another
Mother of God, with gracious arm
Protect our beasts and us from harm.
The two that follow teach trust in
God as ''the only sure hold-fast on
earth :"
The love Of Gods the fairest thing,
The loveliest this world can bring.
Who sets bis heart elsewhere. III vain
Hath lived, nor may to Heaven attain
Another:
The help OF man IL small.
Trust God alone for all
The following is found in at least
half Il dozen villages of North Tvrol
We build our houses strong and vide.
Though here we may not long abide:
but for the great, eternal rest
We take no thought to build IA nest
This, too, Is i'll the same spirit
This house mine OVID NAV no call
Nor Is it this who follows me;
A third is born from out It's hall
. God whose may this dwelling be?
Some of the notices bear caustic
ar.
The old folks to me they say
The times grow worse from day to day.
But ] say no,
[ put it so -
The times are lust the times we've ALWAYS had
1t Is the people who have grown so bad
Another:
To please all mems q vain endeavor
And 50 it must remain forever
The reason true
I'll tell to YOU:
The heads are far too MANY
The brains are far too few
The builder of the house on which
the motto that follows was placed was
evidently well satisfied
Ium Staner this house we call
He who built it. roof and wall
Is Hans Stoffner bv name
Full handed, and Of worthy fame
The author of this one had an eve to
business
| love the Lord and trust his promise true,
| make new hats, aud dye the old ones too.
Some notices put upon inns are
more plaln-spoken Ian polite:
Come within, and sit thee down:
Hast no cash he of full soon,
Come within, dear guest ] pav.
If thou hast wherewithal to pay.
Another reads
The kind of guest that love best
Will have a kindly talk.
Will eat and drink aud pay his score
And then away VIII walk
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-11
THE Superior TIMES
SUPERIOR, WIS.
THE NEWS.
The Syracuse Disaster.

At Syracuse, New York. June %. straw
berry festival was being held at the parlors OF
the Central Baptist Church, when, withou
any premonition the floor gave way, precipi
tating the room full into the story below. The
alarm being given, the most intense excite
ment prevailed, and soon 10000 people were
congreeated at the scene of the disaster. I'm
mediately work Of recovering the dead was
commenced, and at latest accounts thirteer
dead bodies had been recovered, which prob
ably Includes all that were killed. There were
one hundred persons more or less wounded
some of them seriously.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-11
he South.

IuE tarrodshWg Ky Springs property
having beer. Authorized tr be sold 10y the gov
erlmsrt cod 4 G. Pitcher has been appoint
al to acg Ton rne government in the spprais-
meut Of rs value.
THE forms Of the y. O. Bulletin were ziezcd
by the Metropolitan police June q, and locked
IN che station house. The paper appeared
mex morning with two hank pages ~ or
through what authority the seizure was made
is NOT known
ST LEwIs VIII be eutr ely devoted TO the
Lgcat bridge celebration uatil the Fourth
CTS I. N. i. loUNG, member of Congress
from Georgia. has declined Ia accept a promi-
nent military position rendered him by a Eu-
ropean powe".
\ ooRRFSroNDENT has interviewed Gov.
Moses, cfSouth Carolina ani learns that the
Governor Is confident Of receiving the nomi-
nation torre-ecction a. ms constituents cannot
read, aud tie newspaper attacks therefore,
will have httlo or no effect GA their action
Cor. JoHN e.. BuRgH Comptroller of the
State Treasury Of Tennessee, has instituted a
suit against the Nashville Banner, Tor libel.
laying his damages at $4,000 The Banner
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-11
o Birds That Fit by Oceans Rim.
By ED. KING.

BIZ ED. KING.
o birds that fit by oceans rim,
And make your plant to silver sky;
o waves that lap horizons dim,
Ye shall be tranquil by and by.
O rose-tree, giving petals fair,
In some lost garden lone to lie
Weep not because your stems are bare,
They shall re-blossom by and BY
o singer, singing i'll the night
Turn not and curse the heavens and die :;
Your heritage is peace and light,
You shall be richer by and by
July Scribner's.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-11
4 Poor Peanut Venture.

A city granger, a short time ago.
planted ten cents worth of peanuts in
his back yard. Scorning the service of
mlddlemen, he entered into negotiations
with retail peanut-vender on Olive
street, and engaged the whole crop at
$3.50 per bushel Yesterday be ex
amined the hill and found that his pea
nuts had all rotted in the ground. On
consulting an East Tenneseean he
learned that roasted peanuts are not a
sure crop in any locality.-Bo Boston
Courier, 1871,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-11
Another reads i:
California Prosperous.

A gentleman writing from San Fran
cisco, June II, says " California has
never been In such a state of prosperity
as at the present time. The harvest
promises to be the largest ever gathered
IN the state and mining operations of
all kinds are giving vast amounts of
gold, silver, lead, and quicksilver The
The fruit crop is equally abundant
markets are full of strawberries
and cherries, and the grape crop is
equally promising
HERR kUHNER, the missionary taken
prisoner by King koffee, ut Coomassie,
arrived in London on the 10Th of June
He is in good health, and hopes to re-
turn TO Ashantee and again pursue his
work.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-11
At Sea-.

During the recent camp hunt on St
James Island by some of our citizens,
says Tallahassee paper. an incident
occurred which is, perhaps, without q
parallel III the annals of hunting, and
deserves to be recorded. A large buck,
closely pursued by the famous stag
hound, Old Ring, belonging to Mr..
Hopkins, took water and headed right
out to sea the dog, without hesita
ton, boldly following him in his voy-
age over the clark and treacherous
waves" They were watched with in
tense interest by the hunters until each
was mere speck upon the surface of
the sea and until they were finally and
totally lost to view After some time,
when 1T was supposed that both dog
and deer had found watery grave,
and, perhaps, q bloody grave in NOR
tai combat, or had been devoured by
sharks, small object was discovered,
which proved to he Old Ring, return
ing home from his long swim, much ex-
hausted, but reaching the shore in
safety. But, TO the greater surprise of
che spectators. after a time the deer
also appeared in sight, making right
for shore, on reaching which he was
shot down by one of the hunters.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-11
The West.

ANorHER Sioux r:Id on the Fit. BertholG
lnli IN agency is rep,-ted Five of the agenc,
Indians wolo killed aud three wounded Tn,
raiders escaped witho 1t loss
SERIOUS trouble b,tueen the miners au6
omrloyoe at the Ii, idroad Ms coal mines
has occurred The propFietors of the mines
decided ou reduction III wages. which the
miners will not submit To. aud have quit work
There are Geo now IDLE
tItE Chicago Tribune publishes special croI
reports from some three or fouI hundred diff
torent points throughout tue West In almost
cycty instance the Indications roint to more
than an average crop of all kinds of gram
EDWARD MCCooE Is t. be Governor of Colo
RADIO Territory, vice :. II. Ebert removed
NtcConh was confirmed y one majority. afte,
discussion of several 'ours.
IuE Supreme Court e Iowa recently gave
decision in favor of tho City of Davenport.
Tiuntn, against the c Ii. l. Il Z. II. II. Co.
for s3R0Oo. being the sum levied upon the
company tor city taxes.
HESEy SWIFT. while riding III p raiu-storm
rear Omaha, Neo, re, entity, was struck hv
lightning, and he ana his horse instantly
killed The electric ilui burned his hair and
flesh in a line 10 a place on his le.,. where it
stuck the iur-s aud ned it's hair, descend
ing 70 the ground
FHG OHIO state Temperance Convention
winch met ri &Pru >l'ell June - elected Off
aer5 oi tie state Union. and perfected plans
for a thorough canvass q the state ON the IL
cenee question. August Ii viii be day of
faStiusy and prlytr
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-11
An Outlaws Paradise,

The singular information has been
received. which IS well authenticated
that a thieves and outlaws paradise
has been established at the foot of the
Rocky Mountains, Just III the Canadian
DOMINION. 1t Is reported to number
five hundred men and anumber of wo-
men and children, The inmates are
outlaws, who have escaped from Uni
ted States Justice. The chief occupa-
tion of the colony is the manufacture Of
illicit whisky, which is sold to surround
ing indians. For the liquor the latter
barter their most costly furs and trade
off their superfuous women. And
while the noble red man is in the midst
of his beastly orgies, the fends manage
to rob him of his weapons, his blanket,
and strip off an occasional scalp. Yet
the Indians passion for whisky over
comes his knowledge of the inevitable
fate he knows awaits him.
The free and rowing life of these out
laws has been made known to the Cana
dian Government, who has sent out a
volunteer force to settle matters salts
factory to the code of civilization. 1T
Is a mounted command of policemen, of
and active in the Dominion, commanded
by colonel who has seen active service
Adventures of high rank have been at
tracted to dare the dangers of the ex-
petition, even English aud French
noblemen. An English gentleman was
wrought up with somuch enthusiasm as
to forego the Immediate possession of
an estate, with a yearly income of $50,
600, that he might take part is the ex-
pected fray. OF course the force Will
be kept under the strictest military dis
cipline. The pay is SO small, that
nothing save the spirit of adventure
could impel men to undergo the pros
pective hardships and the risks of death.
The collision is expected to come off
about July 4, and either the outlaws or
or mounted policemen will bite the
dust -EID,ira 4duertiscr.
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-07-25
The State Register On Offices in la.

We publish an editorial from tho Louis.
lana State Register, a republican paper,
which coming from the source it does, en-
titles its Editor to praise for his honesty
and credit for his boldness. We accord
him full measure of both.
"Ofices in Louisiana, under the present
management, have become as much arti-
cles Of trade as cotton bales. The Cover
nor of the State does not hesitate to place
them "where they will do most good" to
himself or friends, or to further some
scheme of plunder or fraud in which his
favorites, if not himself. are Interested
Laws passed by tho Legislature and will
DO approved by the Governor. whose
avowed object is to carry the elections
against the majority. Tho Governor has
now in his pocket a bill that he intends to
sign before The merit election, giring him more
absolute control orer the elections, and the
riu Of the people, than is possessed By the
most absolute monarch on the globe. Under
this law, Offices will be given to favor,tcs,
whether they arc elected or not The dir
ty work of the party will he paid for with
offices, that honestly belong to other and
better people. When the majority of tie
voters arc democrats, this law is to fur
nish the legal means to place the candi-
dates Of the minority in power. This sys-
tom of legalized frauds is keeping the
State in continual turmoil. Can the
white leaguo be considered as entirely
without excuse in its illegal and revoln
tionary action. aud threatening to carry
the next election by force9 Where is the
difference, in carrying an election by
driving voters away from the polls or by
. system Of legalized swindling, cheating
and misrepresentation, under the alleged
protection Of law, rs is proposed in tho
coming election2 If this traffic in offices.
this defying the rights of the majority,
and this legalizing Of frauds is to be con-
tinued, the entire army of the United
States will he required to keep the peace,
in this State Tho republicans must be
honest themselves, before they can censure
others for rascality. They must measure
out honest Justice to political opponents,
before they can themselves claim immune
~ from violence or abuse and an honest
economical government must give place
to the present one, before prosperity and
peace can come to the State La State
Register.
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-07-25
A CARD.
LArASrEa, JULY 23d, 1874.

A~N~H~H---"S
Editor Caucasian 4
DEAR SIR Tho indignation Of every
human and manly breast, in this eommu'
nifty, has been aroused at the cowardly
and inhuman assassination OF Dennis Sui.
Ivan, on last Saturday evening. We do
not know the author, or authors, Of this
horrible outrage nor do We stop to ask
who this man Sullivan Das, or IS. We
know that he vas human being, "created
after Gods own image" and imbued with
the br,ath Of life which no mortal had q
right to take from him, except in a case Of
utter, and absolute SELF defense. Whether
such right existed to any one we
know not.
From statements made by the murdered
mans wife, and others, the universal fin-
ger Of suspicion, points with burning
shame, in but one direction! A negro
(Silas Chapman, by name, We believe) is
said to be the brutal instrument which
discharged the fatal shot, that threw Dem
mis- Sullivan's body, 'ifeless corpse upon
the ground, at his own gate, within few
feet Of his own door. We do not wish,
nor do We intend. to forestall the action
Of Justice in this matter, but We call aloud,
upon the legal authorities to investigate
this murder thoroughly, to sift ont this
crime to its very bottom And if posi-
bic. to bring to punishment the guilty.
J. l.. CORNEILA,
n. NJ. ROGERS,
N. WHITE,
D. A. SMITH.
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-07-25
~ The State Register comes to our a,

y The State Register comes to our as
sistancc on the Railroad question. Than
kce. Sir! q
The Caucasian occupies considerable
typo IN its last issue. concerning some
Railroad adventurer, who has visited Ra.
pides, and asks the parish to donate three
hundred thousand dollars in bouds to some
rail road. that somebody proposes to
build. There IS more brass about some of
these Northern rail road BURNERS, than
would start dozen lightning rod peddlers
IN business. They seem to think that as
tho South has no rail roads, the people
ought to furnish the money to build them
and give it to these adventurers. The
Caucasian is right in opposing the dona-
ton 90 modestly asked for. When Ra-
pides is able to bnild rail road, let the
parish own it. if it furnishes the money
La State Register.
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-07-25

The river at this point since our last re-
port. has fallen thirteen inches, and from
present indications navigation will soon
become troublesome. Our Shreveport
boats have been delivering freight bore at
half card rates, but for the past week have
refused to take anything for this place and
way landings, for less than card rates
through. They are carrying freight to
Shreveport for quarter off card.
The weather is favorable for the grow
ing crops, and reports from every portion
of our parish are cheering, Bolls of cot
ton are opening with rapidity; but that
first bale Of new cotton has not come to
town yet
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-07-25

q A Kalamazoo Judge went to a
neighboring town to see man, and
teleeraphed back to his wife 'Have
found Garland; won't be home tor a
week" When the dispatch reached
her it read: Have found girl-and
won't be home for 4 week Here
lot us draw veil
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-07-25
rha Railroad in Natchiteches

We publish below an@editorial
arom the PEOPLES indicator pub
iished in Natchitoches on the propo.
sition Of F. W. Kellogg and Colonel
Arthur Edwards 10 the town and
parish of Natchitoches. Why didn't
Colonel Edwards come here? Did
that little. mattsr of about $4,000
due our poor people have anything
to do with it,
Give it to them Nxdicator, your
head Is level on the rail road ques.
ton. Our word is as good as theirs.
Lst them trust as in tead of our
trusting them.
Colonies Edwards and Kellogg visited
our town last week. and submitted. q prop
osition to meeting Of the citizens, which
will be found 10 another column. At pres
ont we hive not fully settled in our mind
the question Of the donations asked. We
ars 10 favor Of rail road, but are not ex-
actly ready to favor the donation part Of
tho business.
That our people should fully understand
ths matter, w give them few figures
VII; Oh show that the cry Of only 100000
10 not EXACTLY the whole amount We are
called upon 30 donate. 1t is, at oil events,
lest We should understand and know fully
what we are doing, and what we are to
nav in this matter.
The rail road company ask from the par
lob 10 20 year bonds, bearing per cent
interest 100000. ..-=
per cent interest for 20 years
on that amount would be-: 3 100000
The city is asked TO donate. 100000
Interest for 20 yrs at Z per cent 100000
Collectors commissions TO a.
sess and collect, the whole amt 100000
$82s,OOO
Making total Of eight hundaed s~d
twsnty-sieht thousond dollars for three
hundred thousand dollar donation "a small
amount to 60 in on, but big one to
come out.
But It the same time the incaluIable
benefit derived from the Railroad, must
rot be lost sight of-the popu'ation--the
wealth that would flow into the Parish.
We will refer to the matter again next
week, and 10 the meantime we demand that
this Railroad question shall not be made
an issue for the acceptance or resignation
Of the Pc ice Jury-there is plenty Of
.ime and our assurances OF the managers
who have asked Us for this donation, that
We will give the amount, is as amply suffi
cient ae theirs Of building the road-sim-
ply question Of honor, and We consider
oars ~ good as theirs.
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-07-25
18th day. of A q G. q S T

|next-for, tie purpose Of appointing
delegates to represent this Parish, in
the State Convention to meet 81 New
Orleans, on the 4th Monday Of August.
And also to designate the mode and
time Of nominating candidates for the
Legislature and local Offices. Tho on
" issue before the people in tho ap-
proaching canvass, is opposition to
Radicalisn, and the proposition pres.
ented, is for union Of ali the elements
Of opposition to the present State guy
eminent. r. "A. HUNTER.
Chairman Democratic Parish Exeeu-
tive Committee.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1874-02-26
fae True Gentleman.

Show Us the young man who can qui,
tho society OF tho young, aud take pleas:
ure in listening to the kindly voice OF
age show Us u man who is ever ready
to pity and help the deformcd show us
\ man who covers the faults Of others
with . mantle ofcharity show US a man
who bows a. politely and gives the
street as freely to the poor sewing girl
as the millionaire; who values virtue.
not clothes, who shuns the company OF
such as consregato at public places TO
gaze at the fair sex, or make unkind re-
marks of passing girls; show us the
man who abhors tho liberiine, who
scorns the ricicule Of his mothers sex,
and the exposure Of womanly rsputa.
ton show us the man who never for.
gets for an instant the dclicaey and res
poet due woman, As 4 woman, in any
condition or class and YOU show US Il
true gentleman.-ErchQa7e.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1874-02-26
Tho New York Herald Estate.

The management of the Bennc estate
is mystery to the outside world gone
rally. The writer may freely confess
that it is SO 10 himself. Here is AN i'm
mense newspaper, running all the year
round, conducted in the name OF man
who is absent most Of tho time. Here
is an editorial st: # requiring aaroit man
agemont, and also pubIicatipu depart
ment whose management presumes no
small ability. Here is the daily receipt
and disbursement Of thousands OF doll
ars, all done, Is we may suppose, with
out robbery or detaication, while the
owner is in Paris. In addition to this
is the construction of u splendid build
ing, which is valued at Sl,00O,0O0, with
a rental estimated at $50, 900, which Is
conducted in the owners absence. This
building occupies the site of the cd of
flee Of the Herald, and is separate con
Germ from the new Herald building. The
latter fronts on Broadway, while the
former is on Nassau street. The two
buildings arc worth about $4,000 900,
while the Herald itself, separately con
sidcred, is worth = million addiii,uaiiy.
1t is supposed that the manner in whica
the gay young bachelor manages is To
farm out his various interests to parties
who pay an annual sum and then make
the best of their opportunities. This is
a very safe method, and although ii
makes broad leeway for sub profits, is
much better than engaging in personal
responsibility. They say, how yer, that
Bennett is SO oxacting that there is mo-,
much left for the underlin..
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1874-02-26
Coattesy.

William Wirt's letter to his daughter,
on the "small, sweet courtesies Of life, I"
contains passage from which q grca,
deal Of happiness might be learned. 81
want to tell you a secret. The way to
make yourself pleasant to others is to
show them attention. The whole world
is like the miller at Mansfield. who
cared for nobody-no, not he-bccausc
nobody cared for him. And the whole
world would serve you SO if you gave
them the cause. Let people see that
you do care for them by showing them
what SteAee SO happily called small cour.
tesies, in which there is no parade, whose
voice is too still to tease, and which
manifest themselves by tender and
aEectionate looks and little acts Of at
tention, giving others the preference o,
every little employment at the table, in
the field. walking, sitting and standing
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1874-02-26
Relative Weights Off and women.

A recent writer offers interesting
facts regarding the relative weights OF
mon and women, from which we con-
dense IS fellows: They average weights
Of boys at biith averages little over six
poands and halt, wbilo g,rls fall lit
tie below this figure. For the first twel-
We years the two sexes increase in
weight in about the same ratio, after
which the boys take the decided lead
the result being that young men oftwen-
~ average one hundred and forty-threc
pounds, while the average for young
women Of the same age is twenty-,hrcc
pounds less. Men reach their heaviest
bulk At the age Of thirty five. their aver
egs 1t that time being one hunred and
lfity-two pounds. The maxium Of weight
il attained BY women at fifty years, and
b sboas one hundred and twcnty-eight
po1nis. The weight sfths average man
or woman 1t full growth . about twen-
y tines that 1t birtk.