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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25
A New Advertising Dodge.

The familiarity of the frontiersman
with scenes of shooting and executions
by Lynch law, and his GOODNESS III the
average Western affray, are prOverbial,
The last instance that has come to our
knowledge in which enterprise and
self-pOssessiOn were admirably min
gled, occurred at the recent execution
of criminal in Washington Terri
tory. Just as he was about to swing
off, and after he had remarked to the
sheriff that he had something further
to say, real estate agent whose Office
was IN his hat, forced himself to the
front and up the steps of the scaffoId,
and Jointly addressing the criminal
and the sheriff, said: eff the gentle
man who occupies the platform will
kindly yield for few minutes, [ would
like to make a few remarks upon the
cheap homestead lots at Dobson's Hole
l am now offering for sale" The
polite request was assente1 to, and
after brief summary of the advantages
presented by that locality, the sheriff
resumed his duties, pulled the cap
over the gentIemans" countenance.
and permitted him to drop.-EditOr.
Dr02Uer IN ,J1JLY H0TDer's.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25
A Horse That Knows Something,


On Sunday last, while two horses
belonging to Mr.. William L. Tune
were feeding in pasture one Of them
fcllinto ditch, partly filed with water,
at the foot of Chester avenue, and his
mate, seeing the accident stopped not
to wonder, but started ON run for his
masters house, situated some two OF
three hundred yards away, whinnying,
half the time. Arriving at the house
he stopped only amoment, still keeping
up the whinnying, and then started
back to see how his companion Jared.
He made four or five trips to and from
the house before stopping, and not then
till his master appeared, though some
dozen persons were trying to help the
fallen beast. When Mr. Tune arrived
upon the spot, he ran to the stable and
entered his stall. The horse was taken
from the ditch uninjured, but had il
not been for the conduct of his mate,
he would have found watery grave,
as in falling Zone of his fore feet got
through the halter round his neck. and
as he fell in head first, kept his head
under water
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25
A Kentucky Marvel.

This is the story letter from James
town, Russell County, Ky, tells
g few days ago two Messrs. Pierce,
who live in the Long Bottom, discov-
cred something in the cloudless sky,
just under the sun, that very much
resembled man. They Immediately
went to their own or their neighbour
house and told what they had seen.
Pretty soon others went forth to make
observations, but instead of seeing the
man that had been recognized by the
others they plainly discovered two
women emerging from the sky, one
from the left and the other from the
right of the sun. They gradually came
together just under the center of the
sun until they were in the embrace of
each other at which moment a large
eagle came forth and sailed around
the women for fifteen minutes, and at
length rested on their heads and
remained there for some time. The
same evening a Mr.. Davis, who lives
two miles from the Pierces, saw the
same sights at the same time of day.
Mr.. Davis says the Pierces are reliable
gentleman, however strange their dis
cOvery may appear.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25
Tho Ascent of Mont Blanc.

Statistics recently published con
corning the ascent of Mont Blanc show
that from the time of the first ascent
by Balmat, in 1856, 724 persons have
reached the summit, but for some
years after the earliest attempts by
Balmat and De Saussure. long inter.
walls elapsed during which no one ven
tured upon the hazardsome enterprise.
There were no ascents between 17SS
and 1902, and between 1902 and 1909
Since 1850, however, the summit has
IN no year been altogether unlisted,
but the greatest number OF ascents be-
tween that date and the year 1860 were
20 in 1854 and "a in 1855. From 1861
to 1860 the numbers rose to 80, "a, 81.
63, 56, and fell in 1870 to Il. Twenty
two ascents took place in 1871, 81 in
1872, and finally IS in 1873. This veal
is likely to show much larger mum
Der, the ascents having begun on the
Sd of June, whereas the Sd Of .Tulvwas
the date Of the first attempt made in
1873.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25
,rk. The fire was throttled abOut

work. The fire was throttled about
midnight.
The boundaries of the fire are as fol-
lows: On Clark street, from No. SGT to
No. sos; thence skipping five build
ings, from corner of Taylor to No. 467
Clark thence the line runs to corner
of Polk street and Fourth avenue. At
Fourth avenue, down the east side to
a building at corner of Harrison, which
escaped; thence across to State, down
on east side of State half block /:
thence to corner of Van Buren,, from
Van Buren, to Nos. 267 and 800 Wa
bush avenue, between Jackson and Van
Buren, streets, the point where the fire
was extinguished. On the south. the
line runs northeasterly from No. 527
Clark street, keeping within 300 feet of
Twelfth street, and within half block
of Fourth avenue; thence north to No.
274 Fourth avenue; from Fourth ave-
nue. northeasterly to No. SIG State st. (:
from State street to No. A Eldridge
court; across Eldridge court to No.
ATT Wabash avenue thence from No.
454 to Peck court; passing down Wa
bash avenue it makes a detour at the
corner of Peck court, leaving several
buildings unscathed to No. 400. 1t
then runs to No. 6 Hubbard court,
passing through the alley between Wa
bash and Michigan avenues down to
Nos. 267 and 269 Wabash avenue, be-
tween Jackson and Van Buren,, as al
ready indicated as the point where the
fire was stopped.
The following is an estimate of the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25
Deception.

You may remember that | lectured
lately for the young gentlemen of the
Clayonian Society? During the after
noon of that day, was talking with
one of the young gentlemen referred to,
and he said he had an uncle who. from
some cause or other, seemed to have
grown permanently bereft of all
emotion, and, with tears in his eyes,
this young man said =: ooh, if 1 could
only see him laugh once more! Oh, if
[ could only see him weepw | was
touched. [ could never withstand
distress. l said: Bring him to my
lecture. I'll start him for you" ooh
if you could but do it ! If you could
but do it, our family would bless You
forevermore, for he is very dear to us.
Oh, my benefacter, can you make him
laugh? Can you bring soothing tears
to those parched orbs %
I was profoundly moved. l said
My son, bring the old party around
[ have got some Jokes in my lecture
that will make him laugh, if there's
any laugh III him and, if they miss
fire, | have got some others that will
make him cry or kill him, one or the
other"
Then the young man wept on my
neck, and presently spread both hands
on my shoulder and looked up forward
heaven mumbling something reverently,
and then went after his uncle He
placed him III full view, in the second
row of benches. that night, and began
on him. [ tried him on mild Jokes,
then with severe ones !; I dosed him
with bad jokes, and ridicrled him with
good ones; [ fired old stale jokes into
him, and peppered him fore and aft
with red-hot new ones. [ warmed up
to my work and assaulted him on right
and left, in front and behind fumed
ana charged and ranted till / was
hoarse and sick and frantic and furious :;
but I never moved him once-I never
started smile nor tear Never ghost
of a smile, and never suspicion
of moisture [ was astonished | closed
the lecture at last with one despairing
shrick-with one wild burst of humor-
and hurled a joke Of supernatural atrocity
full at him! Then / sat down bewil-
dered and exhausted.
The President of the society came
up and bathed my head with cold water,
andsaid: "What made you carry on so
toward the last?"
I said, Il was trying to make that
confounded old idiot laugh, in the
second row."
And he said, "Well, you were
wasting your time because he is deaf
and dumb, and as blind as a badger"
Now, was that any way for that old
mans nephew to impose on a stranger,
and an orphan like me?-Mark TRAM.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25
Grimes ane! Accit,ar9S

B0ILER IN the saW-mili of PashaII 4 Co.
at Fulton, Ky, exploded, demolishing the
building and fatally inju,Ing Perry Pashan and
his SON.
A PARTY of eight OF nine farmers, who had
been drinking freely at a saloon. near Toledo
Q, on the 18th inst, got into a fight, during
which Michael Smith was stabbed and killed.
and John Simmons mortally wounded The
rest of the crowd we're more or less cut with
knives.
july 10 was celebrated by the Orangemen
OF New York city. Everything passed off IN a
quiet and peaceful manner.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25

making other new contracts until the fate of
the Civil Rights bill was ascertained.
Gov. CALDWELL, of North Carolina, died at
Hillsboro on the 18th inst
JAMES p EVERETT, Deputy United States
Marshal. was found murdered in the road near
Lynchburg, Tenn, on the 10th inst. He sue
ceeded Hilldreth, who was recently killed near
Hisboro.
THE Directors of the Direct-Trade Union
met at Atlanta, Ga, recently. Liverpool and
Savannah agents were present, and made flnal
arrangements. They arc now ready to ship
cotton or wheat.
ISRAEL ELLIS of Memphis. Tennessee, shot
and fatally wounded his son, during quarrel,
on the 10th inst. Ellis was arrested.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25
Dime Novels OutdOnc.

4 remarkable edition of works of
Sir Walter Scott is now coming out
in Edinburgh Each of the numerous
novels of the "Wizard--of the North
is published complete in one volume,
and each of the volumes is sold at the
amazing price of one cent Ga half
penny We understand that the
poems and some of the other works
of the author are to be issued in like
style at the same price. The type is
very small (ruby y the paper is not
the costliest, and each work is got into
a sheet of thirty-two pages but the
printing IS clear, and easily read by
people who have good eyes as every
body ought to have. Thus, for about
d dollar one can supply himself with
a complete edition of Scott, which will
keep him in such reading for number
of years, unless he be literary glutton.
We take occasion to call the attention
of our American book publishers to
the fact that very cheap editions of
the great British classics-though this
is the cheapest of them ail-are be-
coming common in Great Britain. 1t
is found, too, that these publications
pay; for not only are they themselves
sold by the hundred thousand, but
they do a great deal to extend the taste
for literature.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25
TsaeSCutn.

LOUISVILLE viii entertain the National Pork
Packers Convention on the 9th of September
THE remains of Gov. Caldwell, of North
Carolina lay in state at the capitol in Raleigh
the 18th inst. They were then inferred at
Morgantown. where he resided.
TIE constitutional convention OF Arkansas
met 81 Little Rock ON Tuesday. July II.
Col. JoHN NJ FLEMING. State Superinten-
dent of Public instruction, il Tennessee. pub
fishes a card withdrawing his recommended
tions in regard to employing teachers. and
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25
Whar De Miracle Was.

4 Jealous but ignorant preacher, III
expounding to his flock as to the
astounding nature of miracles, got a
trihe confused in the matter He said
My beloved friends, the greatest OF
miracles was bout the loaves and
fishes-dere was 5000 loaves and 1900
fishes, and &c twelve 'postles had to
eat dem all, and de miracle is dey
didn't bust" 1t is possible the dar-
keys rendition answered the purpose
as well as any. 1t is only necessary
the story should be big one. When
he told his hearers Jonah swallowed
the whale, they of course believed it.
There's nothing like faith you know.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25
The following is an estimate of the
The loss of life as far AS ascertainef

The loss of life as far as ascertained,
is as follows: A young man about 25
years of age, name unknown, killed by
a falling wall on Wabash avenue: an
an eXpressman named Mike began,
killed by an engine striking his wagon
while crossing it's track. Four men are
reported to have been buried in the
debris of falling wall at the corner of
Wabash and Van Buren, streets. An
unknown man was killed by 8. falling
stone thrown by the explosion of a
building.
The most noted buildings destroyed
are the postoflice, the Adelphi Theatre,
the Harrison street school house, the
ST. James hotel, Continental hotel, and
Woods hotel.
LATERAL 6 p. m. on the 18th, re-
ports were received that a fire had
broken out on the West side. Two
blocks of buildings had been consumed,
and the flames were still raging.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25
Sporting.


In the great race for purse of 81, 800, at
the indianapolis park, on the 11th inst be-
tween Goldsmith Maid, Fullerton. and a new
horse called Red Cloud, the former came near
losing her well-earned laurels Following is
an account of this interesting trial of speed :
Goldsmith Maid, Fullerton, and Red Cloud
now appeared upon the track and after seven
attempts got away, the Maid having the pole
and near length the lead; Fullerton at Red
Clouds middle Near the quarter pole, Red
Cloud drewto the Maid, gradually passed her
and down the three-quarter stretch had her at
his wheel Down the home stretch they came
Red Cloud Il half length ahead Of the Maid
and Fullerton two lengths away, and slowly
gaining. The whip was brought in play. and
the Maid crossed the score Il half length
ahead of Red Cloud and the latter about
length III front Of Fullerton Time-2: %.
Summary trotting purse, IS. 500. free to all.
mile heats, best three in five to harness.
Goldsmith Maid, l l l. Red Cloud. 2 . 2.
Judge Fullerton. 3 3 8. Time. 2: 26. 1881
n
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25
An AristOcric at Card SwindIer,

A London correspondent gives def
mite information about the aristocratic
individual said to have been expelled
from the Marlborough, Turf and other
clubs for cheating at cards. The
person is by marriage related to a
distinguished Scotch family, and en-
ioyed the special friendship of the
Prince of Wales. His salary as a
governmental official being small, his
friends were astonished at his luxurious
methods of living. He was an indus
trious card player, and it was observed
that he never lost. A committee was
appointed to watch him, and the COM
mittee reported that at whist he
frequently dropped a court card when
dealing, but that the deal nevertheless
came right, the last card going to him
instead of the right hand player.
After he had taken up his cards he
stopped down and picked up the fallen
card, as if he had just dropped it.
The Marquis of Huntington and the
Hon. II. Petere were deputed to go to
him and give him the choice of with
drawing his name from the Turf and
Marlborough clubs or of submitting to
vote of the members. He chose to
withdraw He also retired from the
official secretaryship which he held, but
receives retiring pension.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25

ACCORDING to the Boston News, Mr.
Talbot's vetoes have aroused al en-
thusiasm in the Commonwealth such
as has not been seen since the days of
that stout -prohibitionist, John A.
Andrew. Hundreds who were for
merly leading Republicans, but did not
vote last year, announce their purpose
to return to their party
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25
The Life of an indigo Planter.

For some six months in the year the
indigo planter in India is in the sad
die from six o'clock in the morning I'M
til noon, experimenting the blowing,
the sowing, the wedding, and the
reaping. About the end of June, says
the London News, "Mahaye" begins,
and lasts until the beginning of Sep
TENDER. e" Mahaye" is the manufacture
of the indigo, the MASKING and beat
ing of it in great watts, and running it off
of the water into other watts, and the
treatment of the stuff through the va
rlous stages until it energies from the
"presses " veritable indigo, worth ever
so many rupees a pound. "Mahaye"
occurs III the very hottest partof the In
dian year but the indigo planter must
disregard the heat if he is to keep up
his character and earn commission. He
spends hours every day in little shed
perched high over his watts, whence he
superintends the labors of the coolies,
and sees for himself that the MASKING is
thorough and the running off takes
place i'll the nick of time. He must
generally pervade the press-house, and
1t will not do for him to be dainty over
a stain Of blue on his hands or face
He must superintend the storing, for
the mild Hindoo is not proverbial for
honesty, and feels sorely tempted when
the chance offers to carry off piece of
indigo which Will hardly make a knot
i'll his cummerbund, and yet for which
he can realize a rupee When "Ma-
haye" is over, the cold weather is think
ing of setting in, and then, after giving
a start to his cultivation, the indigo
planter feels himself free man for a
season. His holiday time has come,
and he is the man who knows how to
enjoy a holiday time.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25
Noise.
O there are times

u there are times
When all this fret and tumult that we hear
Doth seem more stale than to the sections ear
His own dull chimes
Ding dong! ding dong!
The world is in simmer like a sea
Over pent vocano-woe is me
All the day long
From crib to STROUD
Nurse DER our cradles sereameth lullaby,
And friends in boots tramp round us as we die
SnufflinS aloud
When the evening dim
Draws round us, then the lonely caterwaul.
Tart solo, sour duet, and general squat
These are our hymn.
Women, with tongues
Like polar needles, ever on the lar
Men, plugless word-spouts whose deep foun
tains are
Within their lungs.
Storms, thunders, waves
Howl, crash and below till we get your fill;
We sometimes rest; men never can be still
But in their graves.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25

AMERICAN makers of tinware are now
actually uRder-selling the British in
their own markets. This fact London
publication, the Engineer, announces,
by way of warning, in the following
terms
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25

STEPS have been taken toward estab-
fishing cotton factory in Mobile.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25

STRIPED hose is not in style for fire
engines.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25
When the evening dim

Draws round us, then the lonely caterwaul
Tart solo, sour duet, and general squat
These are our hymn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25

When all this fret and tumult that we hear
Doth seem more stale than to the seyton's eo,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-25

Nurse DER our cradles screameth lullaby
And friends in boots tramp round us as we die
SnuffimS aloud
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-07-18
A ROADSIDE COLLOQUY.

We were on John Fowler's stage,
riding from Bridgetown to Norway.
The outside was crowded with passen-
gers, among them was young city
sprig with two damsels in charge. In
the edge of Harrison, John pulled up
at a wayside fountain to water his
horses. Not far away, upon the oppo-
site side of the road, was farmers
cot, and in neighboring pasture were
several cows grazing. At the watering
trough was Il tow-headed, freckled-
face girl of some fifteen summers.
She may have been older, but she did
not look it. She had set her pail un-
der the end of the spout, and was
waiting for it to fill. The city youth
was smart and grand, and he was in
clined at times to be facetious. He
wished to entertain his blooming COM
panions, and the thought struck him
that he would innocently do it at the
expense of the tow-headed girl afore-
said. So he addressed her:
"Say, my good girl, do you live out
there?" pointing to the bleak cottage.
Yes, sir" Modestly, and with a
courtesy.
"Does your father live there %
Yes, sir
care those his cows?'
eyes, sir"
"Do you have to bring all your wa
ter from this place?'
"We do now, sir, in the drought"
You don't sell milk, do you?"
eyes, sir--father sells a good deal"
"And carries all his water from
here?'
Certainly, sir" her eyes opening
and her lips tightening.
Then he can't afford to put much
in his milk
Well, sir, Indignantly" if he
does or he doesn't, what's that to you?"
" Nothing, only like my milk with
out water"
Indeed, SIR" (the freckled face
flaming and the great blue eyes snap
ping,) "why need you fret? Why
don't you get your milk as all the rest
of 'em do? Or calves never run the
risk of getting watered milk. Mercy!
you must hare outgro,cn your nature."
The tow-head and the full pail of
water walked off, and the young gen.
tleman from the city was glad enough
to hide his face behind Il sun umbrella
belonging to one of the blooming dam
sells.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-07-18

FRUIT AND HEALrH.-Dr. Hunt said
at recent meeting of the Warsaw Hor-
ticultural Society, that can absence of
fruit implies doctors bills" We have
urged for many years the importance
OF regular supply of ripe fruit to pre-
vent disease, and insisted that the best
medicine chest which an emisrating
family could carry to q newly settled
country would be a box of early bear
ing fruit trees, currant, gooseberry and
raspberry bushes, and strawberry plants.
We know family who moved West,
and took with them very large sup
ply of dried fruit, which lasted them
throughout the first summer. None
OF them were sick, although disease
prevailed all about them that year: but
the next year, with more comforts and
less privations, but with no fruit, they
suffered much from sickness. Other
western residents have told us that SO
long as they could have ripe fruit, they
nave been free from all disease result
ing from malaria.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-07-18

JOHN PHoEN1x's Son. - The many
friends and admirers of poor "John
Ph9nix"-the late Captain H. Derby,
United States Engineers-will be graft
fed to learn that one of the brightest
and most promising young men ad-
mitted to West Point for years is the
inimitable humorist's son, George Nj.
Derby. He was appointed to the acad-
envy year ago by the President, and
has been at preparatory school in New
York since, taking the highest honors
in every one of his classes. Whatever
the son may achieve, he will never
equal his father in an original combi-
nation of wit and humor, that has not
been surpassed by the greatest of his
successors, Artemus Ward, Mark Twain,
and Bret Harte not excepted.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-07-18

PRECIPITATION IN FRESH AND IN SEA
WATER.-It is a curious fact that the de-
position OF sediment is much more rap
i'll in sea water than in fresh water. At
recent meeting of the Royal Physical
Society of Edinburgh, some experiments
made to determine the comparative rate
of deposition in the two cases were
described by Mr.. David Robertson
The reader can satisfy himself that the
precipitation really is quicker in the sea
water bya simple experiment. Let him
take two glass jars of equal size, and
fill the two about four-fifths of their
depth, the one with sea and the other
with fresh water; then fill both up with
clay dissolved in fresh water say,
about the consistency of cream-and
stir both we'll up, set the jars side by
side to settle, and in very short time
the precipitation in the jar containing
the sea water will be seen to be going
on rapidly, while in the jar with the
fresh water little or no change will be
observable. From these results, it is
evident that rivers running into the sea
will deposit their sediment nearer their
mouths than if they empty into fresh
water lakes, and, are therefore, other
things being equal, more likely to be
obstructed by bars.