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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27

the wealth and consequent power of their
State.
And in this connection, Mr.. Editor, it oc-
ours to the writer that Senator Window and
his high joint commission might well have
called greater attention, and themselves have
given greater labor to the showing of the
ability of this route to relieve and cheaper
and solve the great question so largely now
occupying the public mind of cheap transport
alton from West to East, rather than have
advanced those divers water routes at an ex-
pense of hundreds of millions to the nation.
And further, how much longer are the people
of Minnesota willing to pay tribute to and
have but one line of railroad TO (practicallyl
outlet and carry the products of their sreat
State, the better that few PENNSYLVANIA
men may fatten by the monopoly A mo-
5sopoly that will and does (as the writer's re
ceipt in his safe will show charge SI4O per
hundred pounds freight on slot from 81 Paul
TO Dul'ah!t! the lowest grade of freight
where is the Railroad Commission of Mime
sofa? Their attention is most respectfully
called to the exorbitant freight rales of this
road, the which it occurs to the writer their
Office is to correct. B.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27
NORTHERN M ZIG TION.

The Winnepeg -Hanitoban gives
an account of the trip of the steam
er Dakota, Capt. Sam Painter, up
the Assinlboine river on the 22d of
May to Portage, La Prairie, $50
miles west of Winnepeg. She took
up ninety tons oftreight and brought
down eighty tons, principally pota-
toes. The incident shows that set
Elements are pushing steadily west
ward from the Red River of the
North. 1t is stated in the Nontto-
ban that a single lock and dam near
the mouth of the river, where dur
inc the summer months it is shallow
and rapid, would render it nayiga-
bic for long distance westward,
with at least two feet of water, a
considerable portion of the season.
The Mouse river, which joins the
ASsiniboine, from Dakota, from the
southwest, is also navigable for a
considerable distance. The valleys
of these two rivers extend for hun
ultu> VI lllIlCS SOutilN cSU anu lloEill
towards the Rocky Mountains, and
are said to be rich and productive.
The party who visited Winnepeg
(Fort Carry in July 1871, reported
the finest fields of wheat, oats, bar
ley and potatoes growing on the
north side of the Assiniboine and
west of the Red River of the North.
We have on our table a specimen OF
the beautiful wheat raised at Prince
Albert Mission, on the Saskatche-
wan river, 800 miles north and west
of Winnepeg. Any one who wants
probably the best potatoes that can
be raised on the continent, and is
willing TO pay pretty smartIy for
freight, can order them by rail from
the valley Of the Red River of the
Mort
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27
DVERTISING SCALE.
HOW MULES CAME INTO FASHION

HOW MULES CAME INTO Fd SHION
Few Of the farmers of this coun-
try are aware what depth OF graf
itude they owe George Washington
Tor the introduction of mules into
general use for farm purposes.
Previous to 1888, there were very
few, and those of such an inferior
order as to prejudice farmers against
them as unfit to compete with hor-
Ses in work upon the road or farm.
Consequently there were no jacks,
and no disposition to increase the
stock; but Washington became con-
vinced that the introduction ofmules
generally among Southern planters
would prove to them great bless
ing, as they are less liable to disease,
and longer lived, and work upon
shorter feed, and are muUfr less lia-
bic to be injured than horses by
careless servants.
As soon as it became known
abroad that the illustrious Washing
ton desired TO stock his Mount Yer
non estate with mules, the King Of
Spain sent him a jack and two jen-
nets, from the Royal stables, and
Lafayette sent another jack and two
jennets from the island of Malta.
The first was a gray color, Is
hands high, heavily made, and of
sluggish nature He was named the
Royal Gift. The other was called
the Knight of Malta; he was about
as high-lithe, fiery, even TO feroci-
ty.
The two different sets of animals
gave him the most favorable oppor-
tunity OF making Improvements by
cross-breeding, the result of which
was the favorite jack, Compound,
because he partooll of the best point
in both the original. The General
bred his FLOODED mares to these
jacks, even taking those from his
family coach for that purpose, and
produced such superb mules that the
country was all agog to breed some
of the sort, and they soon became
IuIIe CoilluIOH. HIS W dS lllt VI iSih
Of improved mules in the United
States. There are now some of the
third and fourth generation Of
Knight of Malta and Royal Gift to
be found in Virginia, and the great
benefits arising from their introduc-
ton to the country are to be seen
upon every cultivated acre in the
Southern States.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27

The Christiansburg, Va, WeSSe,t-
ger says: " We once rode up to a
farmhouse in this county to spend
the day. We found the farmers
wife alone in the kitchen preparing
dinner The farmer was ut his tan
yard at work. The two sons were
in the field gathering corn and run
ming the farm. One daughter was
in the weavlng-room making mate
rials for family wear. Another
daughter cleaning up the house and
one sewing. There was no hireliug
upon the farm, no man-servaut, no
maid-servaut, 70 boy or girl. The
work of the whole farm aud family
was done without paying anything
TO others. This is the way to get
out Of debt and get along, This is
the way to have thrifty farms aud
yeomanry. This IS the way to live
and be happy"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27
NUMBER 43.

ed. 1t, in fact, may be considered
that the resources, auriferous and
argentiferous, of this coast have as
yet only been tested, and that the
development has yet to come. The
Rocky Mountains, the backbone of
the continent, the Sierra Nevada,
and the connecting ranges, have, as
yet, but been partially prospected,
and may be considered the mex
haustible storehouse of the precious
metals.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27

a London journal, discussing the
subject of embalming, presents some
statements which seem to show that
the application of heat to bodies fill
ed with bitumen was the essential
part of the Egyptian mummitying
process-that, in fact, the mummies
owe their preservation to creosote,
formed by the application Of great
heat to the bitumen. 1t appears
that all the substances found within
mummies are of a resinous nature,
but that their mere Introduction in
to the great cavities of the body,
along with external lotions Of wine,
would answer the purposes of en-
baIming, seems contrary to fact.
Many. if not all the mummies, have
their muscular tissues impregnated
with resinous matter; most are also
blackened and burned, and in some
the tissues have been reduced to
ashes. The inner bandages are
generally in state resembling tin
der; and as it seems absurd to sup
pose that the application of heat
was without some practical object,
a rational conclusion is that, by
means of it, the body became i'm
pregnated with creosote, derived
from the decomposition of the btu
men and bandages with which 1T
was previously covered.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27
OF THE SUPERIOR AND

ST. CROIY EXTENSION.
On Saturday afternoon last, in
the I. 5. House of Representatives,
Gen. Az erill, the able and influential
member from the st Paul district,
Minnesota, called up the St. Paul
and Pacific bill for the extension of
time for constructing the unfinished
portions of that road, and succeed
ed in passing it through the House,
by vote Of IA for, and only "a
against it This is the second ex-
tension granted by Congress, to the
St Paul and Pacific.
A few hours after this victory won
by the Minnesota delegation, the
bill for extending time Tor the com
pletion of the Superior g St Croix
land grant railroad, was called up
in the House-we have not learned
by whom, suppose the member from
this Dist, DR. McDilI-but strange
totell, was defeated, there beingnine-
ty-three votes for, and ninety-four
against it. The failure to pass the
bill will be deeply regretted by the
people Of Wisconsin generally, and
serious and bitter disappointment
to those Of this section. Who'll re
sponslble, or what caused the failure
Of the bill, we are unable at this time
to state The communication of
B." III another column accounts for
he opposition from one quarter, but
time will probably bring to light
other corrupt influences, which have
brought about this exceedingly en-
fir discrimination bet,ceen t,co
neighb0ring states.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27
THE RENDERS AGAIN.

After all the arrests that have
been made Of persons supposed to
belong to the Bender family, who
committed SO many murders in
Kansas, all of the family are still at
large. The person arrested in Utah
recently as the elder Bender, and
who, it was reported, had been sat
isfactorily identified, proves to be a
demented old man of the name of
Kosh. The county attorney for La
bette county, Kansas, publishes a
description Of the senior Bender, IN
which the criminal is described as
man having ali intelligent counte-
nance and resembling in no way the
vagrants so frequently taken for
members of the Bender family. He
adds that all of the Benders. not
withstanding their fiendish nature,
appear agreeable and pleasant in
their manners, aud, as they are sup
piled with money, it is not likely
that they will be found acting the
part of fools or vagrants.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27

THE PACIFIC RAILROAD JUNO
TIoN.-Sidney Dillon, Pres't of the
Union Pacific Railroad, has settled
the much-vexed question of the
point of junction of the Union and
Central Pacific Railroads. He de-
cided to the satisfaction of all con-
cerned, that the point of junction
was at Odgen, Utah. Brigham
Young, who has taken much interest
in the enterprise, has given 1873 acres
of land in Odgen for depot and 9TH
er buildings for the Union and the
Central Pacific, and the Northern
and the Southern Utah Railroads,
all Of which meet there.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27
THE BOTTOM.
Which Heans tie Bed Of tie Pacific Ocean IN
tbs Case

The soundings with reference to
the bed for the ocean cable to Japan
reveal rather a different condition
of affairs between Honolulu and
Yokphama from that which has hith-
erto been found characteristic of the
bottom of the Pacific ocean. A let
ter from the sounding expedition
describes at least SIX mountain
peaks or ridges that intervene be-
tween these points, five being sub
marine and one reaching the sur
face. These mountains are from
) 1000 to $4,000 feet in height over
the rest of the bed, which is very
level plain. The SUBMITS Of these
accIivities are covered with coral
lava, which are SO hard as to indent
the sounding cylinder.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27
From the San Franeiso Chronicle. 8th.

FROM the San tranclSo Chronicle, Sth.
Notwithstanding the expanded
ideas of California wealth that exist
abroad and at home, it will surprise
not a few to learn that one-third of
all the gold and silver coined and
uncoined in circulation in the world
and half OF that used in America.
Europe, and Australia, has been the
product of the Pacific coast from
1913 to 1874.
THE PRECIOUS METAL PRODUCT OF
THE COAST
has nearl y equaled value of ST.
0,000,0 900, the exact figures being
SI,583, ,644, 934, of which 81, ,347 $780,
SOB was gold, and 1926, ,135,431 sl-
YER But for the immense product
poured into the Golfers ofc0mmerce,
it is difficult to imagine how the
latter could have been carried on,
enormous as its increase has been
without corresponding deprecia-
ton in prices, or a vast expansion of
the system of credits and paper
mouey. To the United States, in
particular, it has supplied nearly
s900,0O0,O0O of all the precious
metals used in coinage and the arts
since the foundation of the Govern
ment. The total amount coined up
to he end of 1873 was nearly $780,
900, 900, of which 750,0OO,OOO has
been from California gold and silver.
What would have been done with
out this, and how commerce could
have been carried on with foreign
nations, are questions that are puz-
zling. 1t seems, indeed, that the
general progress of not only The Pa
cIfic coast, but Of the whole nation.
would have been very sensibly re-
tarded. England, since 184S, has
loaned eight thousand million dollars
to the nations, aud this she has been
enabled TO do by means of the gold
and silver product of America and
Australia-mainIy the former. Al
least five thousand million Of this
sum, bringing a yearly interest OF
two hundred and fifty millions Of dol
lars has been derived from the Pa
cilic Coast Nearly all that We
have sent East, and 500, ,O00,O 900
more, has gone thlther and has been
loaned some half a dozen times.
England lends gold and silver
obtained from the United States, in
exchange for goods to France.
France pays it back again for
merchandise. Then it is borrowed
by Germany, and by that nation
paid back for manufactures, when il
is again loaned to Russia, and SO on.
By this system one dollar in coiH is
sometimes made TO perform the
work of dozen. and hence it is thai
The capitalists of England grow rich
on the handling Of tue product o!
our lodes and placers.
THE PRODUCT OF EACH SECTION OF
THE SLOPE.
OF the whole yield California ha:
produced three-lourths, or 81, l,O94,-
9l9,098, nearly all gold, with :
small sprinkling of silver. 1t i:
thought that there exist mammotI
silver Iodes in various parts of the
State, but they all pale their lnefec
tual fires before the wondrouS ore.
of Nevada. This State comes next
having produced since 1860 upward
I Of 1921 ,4O2, ,412 in gold and silver
/ three -fourths having come out 0
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27

An appalling catastrophe occur
red on Tuesday night, at the Cen
tral Baptist Church, Syracuse, n
Y, on the occasion Of Il straw berry
festival and colcert given by the
ladies' aud little folks, in the parlors
of the church which occupied the
second story, over the Sunday
School and session rooms; supper
was being served in the central par
Tor, which was filed with people,
mostly grown, the number variously
estimated At from 25o 10 500 per
sons, when without any premonitiou
the floor gave way, precipitating the
crowd into the room below, and in
an instant all were buried in a mass
of struggling humanity, mixed with
falling timber, furniture &c, and in
utter darkness. A fire alarm was
sounded and the police and fremen
were soon at hand and Iabored
bravely in the work of rescue, which
was carried on by the aid of Ian
terms, the gas pipes having been
broken At last accounts thirteen
dead bodies had been taken out,
and more than one hundred wound
ed, many Of them fatally. All this
terrible loss of lite resulted, like the
Mil river disaster, from careless and
imperfect construction.
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We don't know how Dana ot

We don't know how Dana, of
the New York Sun, found it out,
but he says: No French or Eng
lish woman of cultivation nova
days wears her garters below her
knees. The principal vein of the
leg sinks there beneath the muscle,
and varicose veins, cold feet and
even palpitation of the heart may be
brought on by tight garter in the
wrong place. When it is fastened
above the knee all this pain aud de-
formity may be avoided"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27

The Pope said to delegation
on Saturday that he was confident
OF restoration of the crown, either
to himself or his successor.
"A Dominion loan Of "a 1000. 900
has just been negotiated in London.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27
4 ARTICLES FOUR THOUSAND YEARS
DTD
Bayard Tay5or's eAec Of tie Museum at
BooLak, Equpt.


OF even greater interest are the
household articles, implements Of
trade, food etc. which, like the spoilS
of Pompeii, restore for us the do
mestic life Of the people. Here for
instance, are stools, cane-bo ottomed
chairs, and work boxes 1000 years
old, yet no more dilapidated than if
they came out of a garret of the last
century; nets, knives, needles, and
toilet ornaments; glass bottles and
drinking cups as clear as if just
blown; earthenware, glazed in blue
and yellow patterns, the very coun-
terpart of old Majolica; seeds, eggs
and bread; straw baskets, and a
child's for playing; paint-boxes with
colors and brushes, and boards for
games of draughts-in short, col
lection almost as varied and COM
plete as the ashes of Vesuvius pre-
served for us of the Graco-Roman
life of the year 70 of our era. But
these Egyptian relics date from J.
900 to 5000 years before our era
began.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27

The injunction case Of the North
western Railroad, restraining the
enforcement of the Wisconsin rail
road law, viii, it is expected, be ar
gued next week before L. S. Judges
Davis, Hopkins and Drummond, at
Madison.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27

The first session Of the Forty
third Congress adjourned on Tues
day asst, the 23d inst. after a session
of over SIX months, leaving large
budget Of unfinished business.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27

Judge Hall, OF the St. Paul
Court of Common Pleas, has refused
petition for receiver III the case
OF the st. Paul & Pacific Railroad.
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Gus other countries.
ONE NOTICEABLE CHANGE,

occurring of late years, is in the
character of our bullion product.
Formerly it was all gold, or nearly
so. In 1859 we began to obtain sill
yer, when the yield of the argentif-
erous lodes Of Nevada astonished
the world more than did the placers
of California, aud ever since, year
by year, the quantity of silver has
been increasing, while that OF gold
has nearly all the time-steadily de-
creased. Last year the yield Of sill
yer on the Pacific Coast slightly ex-
ceeded that Of gold. We have fur
nished the world with gold; we
shall furnish it with silver. That
the silver is needed may be well un.
derstood when it is known that In
dia alone requires $500, 100000
worth Of silver to supply her wants
in this respect. As to the future
prospects, the silver yield OF Nevada
Utah, and California is continually
increasing, and the gold yield of the
coast will increase SO soon as the
vast unworked and almost unknown
resources of this State are develop
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27
GOLD 4 Nd .SIL YER.

Sixteen Hundred Millions Dug ont on tie Pa
cifc Coast-Hoc tie Precious Metals Are
Manipulated, Stored and Finally Scattered
Ocer tie World
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27

channels during the last quarter of
a century. Nearly all this went by
sea, though the amount exported in
that way has been growing smaller,
being now only small proportion
of what it was few years ago, be-
fore the overland railroad was com
pleted. OF the balance, about S4O,-
100000 worth exists in the shape of
coin, jewelry, etc, on the Pacific
coast; s60,00O,0OO has gone East by
express, post-office and drafts, while
the balance has been shipped from
Utah, Nevada, Montana, Idaho, Col
orado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyo-
ming, Oregon, Washington. and
British Columbia on the railroad
since its completion, or by other
means ofconveyance previously, and
carried away by private hand. OF
the whole amount, more than ST.
100, 900 worth has reached Eng
land, chiefly by way of New York.
OF that exported by sea, more than
half has gone direct to New York,
about 5000, 100000 direct to Eng
land, nearly 1920, 100000 to China
and Japan, and the balance to vari-
ouS M bcf countries
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the direct authors Of the epat 4 Of emas.
cipation. he wiz b, described q q agitatof;
while IL chatham Of The Judlohry Com
uittes Of the Hoe O. Represeniaaiyea
Who reported the consi1utional snend-
nenn . thaf body. Vim b selscied . The
psrsons entHled to IL over1hadowins credit
efhsviDg besn ths practical leadsn In ths
greatest epoch Of our history. The repua-
ton which we now accord to him as leader
viii then disappear under the close analysis
Of remote and unprejudiced search, and he
will be ranked among the lieutenants rather
than among the captains. tits possible to
moalize over this certainty almost without
limit but 1t b sufficient to add in conclu-
sion that while Mr.. Sumner did his part
nobly. and did 1t well, ~ It was given him
to do. he required following Of less theo-
retical minds than his to complete the labor
allotted to him and his period. He may
have no immediate successor; but the world
will progress none the less without him, and
certainly none Of the practical results for
which he aimed win be lost by his untimely
death.
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THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,
Mr. SUMNER THE COL0REDt
DEnDTn ...

fEOPLE.
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