The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-02-07

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search after some other methods of
producing the chemical reduction of
the body, = though he believes the pro-
cess of cremation to be as good as can
be found He severely dislikes the
practice of burial.
WE hear that the Liverpool Board of
Trade are about to issue Imperative
orders to the owners OF the Transat-
lantic steamships relative to the life
boats being covered and placed mac
cessibly during voyages. Hereafter
the boats are to be swung over the sides
OF the ship and kept ready for imme-
launching.
4 YORKSHIRE COOK received her last
basting in this manner
g Underneath this crust
Lies the Wondering dust
OF Eleanor Bachelor Shoven,
Well versed in the arts
OF pies Custards and tarts,
And the lucrative trade of the oven.
When she lived long enough,
she made her last puff,
And now she doth lie,
And make her dirt pie,
In hopes that her crust may be raised.'
FOREIGNERS sometimes find it diff
cult to read our newspaper language,
even when they are possessed of
tOlerably fair knowledge of its intrica-
cies. What, for instance, could they
make of the following, from late
western journal "The Mayor galot-
ed up the church aisle, swashaying
and grating like Chinese joss with
be jim-jams.
Ero1,ch
mauy easy victories in America, have
been beaten In their first game at Mel
bourne, by team of eighteen. The
Victorians in the first innings scored
267, against 10 on the English side,
and ultimately won the match in one
inning, by 20 runs. 1t Is more than
probable, however, that most, it not
ALL of the victorious team were Eng
lishmen.
A VALPARAISO letter in the Panama
Star says: A few days ago the Domin-
lean triars at Conception caused a copy
of the Democracia, a Liberal paper,
to be stuck to a pillar of the church,
IN close proximity to the holy water
font, and the congregation was instruct
ed to sprinkle the heretical sheet,
which was accordingly done, it is
hoped to the edification and purifica-
ton of all concerned.
SAYS the Detroit Free Press In the
Police Court, the other day, when a
man was about to be tried for assault
and battery, he brought forward his
boy, ten years old, as Il witness. The
Justice asked the lad If be knew the
nature OF an oath. and the boy said
his father had explained it. q What
did he say ~ asked the justice. He
said, replied the boy, g that if | did
not swear that the other fellow struck
first, he'd tan the whole hide off nv
back" He wasn't used on the stand.
" How do you like the clam song 2"
asked an old lady of her daughter as
they stepped into the street, after a
concert. Clam song !" ex-
the young lady in astonlsh-
ment, why, what do you refer to ?"
g Why, the first song she sang"
" Oh, you mean Shells of the Ocean
don't you, mother 2" well, yes,"
said the old lady, q do think that
was 1T it was something about clans
anyway, and you know [ do like them
so we'll"
AMERICAN tanned leather has gained
a foothold in nearly every county in
Europe, and the demand, which has
grown to large proportions, bids fair.
according to recent accounts, to keen
IN increasing. New processes have
enabled manufacturers iii this countrv
o turn out the leather so rapidly and
'heaply, that the old and slow methods
II other countries are too expensive to
compete successfully with the modern
HAVING to preach in the pulpit In the
own IN which lie found his wife. on
he Sabbath after his marriage, one
naladroIt mlnlster-who had grown
ron gray as bacbelor-in his simplic-
ty so tar forgot all suggestions posi-
lie to the occasion, as to announce as
lis text, Job XXX, 9, and read amid
he painful filters of the people: go
nat were as IN mouths past; as in
he days when God preserved me ?''-
-On9regdtjOnulist
A lew weeks ago there was riot at
cologne on the occasion of the Old
'athoiIc priest Paffrath proceeding to
d mlnlster extreme JUNCTION to diving
)ld Catholic The Police interfered.
nd arrested several persons, who have
oW been tired before the Court of Cor
octlonal Police of Cologne. Two men
ere sentenced to four weeks and one
, seven days Imprisonment. tine
)ufth prisoner, lady, was sentenced
two weeks Imprisonment, and the
18th, boy, discharged.
A LITTLE tale in Detroit manor Il
lstrates the noble ambition of the
nfeathered biped when he is ami
lated by great purpose and inspired
y lofty determination Yesterday
fternoon at two o'clock four men
eated themselves around table in
armed street saloon to play game of
ards for half starved turkey, that
one OF them would have accepted asa
lit, paying fifty cents each for the
flvllege' the loser to pay the drinks
II SIX persons. At midnight each
'uple nad owned that turkey seven
mes, the bartender had collected
.4o OF the quartotte, and the turkey