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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-29
The Perils of Travel by Sea and Land
From The Madison Democrat.

From The Madison Democrat
The terrible fate of the Schiller,
and OF her human cargo, like the
loss of every vessel at sea, or the
wreck of a passenger train on a rail-
road, will attract pubic attention
for awhile, and result in few efforts
to make lie more secure, when the
interest, no doubt, will end, and the
whole matter sink back TO await
another catastrophy. These con
tinualIy recurring disasters bring
into startling prominence the gre at
fact, that with all the safeguards of
our best steamers, an ocean voyage
sill continues to be serious risk
of human life.
The New York Tribune, in an
article upon the perIls Of the sea,
calls attention to the difference in
the advance which has been made
IN securing sofety in ocean travel,
a. compared with what has been
done upon the land. Railroad ac-
cldents seem frequent, and in this
country, even upon the best man.
aged roads, they are entirely too
frequent, but for long series OF
years the number OF fatal accident.
as compared with the passengers
carried has been steadily dimen.
ishing.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-29
HACKER HOUSE.
Formerly Wakelin House,


Situated next door north of the old Aver,
House, West Second Street, and near the
Postothce. The best house IN town. Also
stable connected with house
j. w Hi CKER, Proprietor
SpouGLsEss SoGG Es cSusfT ssTSS'lN' Iu r'pD-. court
In the Matter of the Estate of Sixtus Hof-
man, Deceased
On reading anC filing the petition of Leon
ard F. Wheelock, of Superior. Wisconsin,. rep
resenting, among other things, that Sixtus
Hoffman, late of Duluth, MINI, on the-day
of September, A. d., 1878, at Duluth, Mimi.
died intestate, and being non resident OF
this County at the time of his death. leaving
goods, chattels, and estate in this Comfy
and that the said Petitioner is a creditor OF
SAID deceased, and PRAYING that admiuistra-
ton OF said estate TO him granted, it is or
dered that said petition be heard before the
Judge OF this Court, on Monday the seventh
day OF June, A. d. 1875, at ten O'clock A. NJ,
at the Court House in Superior in said
County, Ordered further, that notice there.
OF be given to the heirs of said deceased and
to all persons interested, by publishing a
copy of this oader for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing, in The SUPERIOR
TINES, weekly Newspaper printed and pub
lshed at Superior in said County
Dated at Superior the 9th day of April,
A D. 1875.
BY the Court,
GEo. W PERRY,
Judge of Probate.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-29

1t is reported that Mr.. John
Austin Stephens, of New York
city, will succeed Russell Sage as
Vice President of the Chicago, Mil
yankee 81 st, Paul Railway Com
pany. He is said to bear a charac-
tea in Wall street for integrity and
great financial ability.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-29

The New York Tribune sug-
gests that the last hiding place of
crooked whisky" is "orooked Con-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in collus-
ion with the Whisky Ring.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-29

For he manufacture of lumber and timber of
all kinds, and always keep on hand full sup
ply, both green and seasoned, 80 that We are
enabled to fill all orders at very short notice
and low rates.
Our location On Conner's Point, with our
dock on the steamboat channel, gives as su-
perIor convenences for filing orders from
Duluth or points along the river or along the
line of the Northern Pacific
We pay particular attention to sawing
timbers for houses, docks, bridges, &c.
aprl5U
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-29

AilU Sle UiletH tue HesI With eggs,
And then she continueth to make
nests and fill them likewise with
eggs every day, until the winter days
cometh and the ground treezeth
hard, when no grasshoppers can
make nests.
And the eggs, are they not rancho
eggs?
With double yolks?
And warranted to hatch?
Yea, verify, and the warranty is
good.
And the lady grasshopper's ate,
what of him?
Verify, say unto you, he sitteth
upon the sweet potato vine aud
Singeth all the gladstone summer
day;
He climbeth up the corn-s stalk and
loppeth off its verdant branches;
He taketh no heed for the NOR
row;
Nor of the groans and curses OF
the irate ranchman.
And IN the hottest summer day
he leadeth the fisherman beside the
babbling waters;
And up the steep mountain side;
And over prickiy pears;
And through soap-weeds;
And among thorny bushes;
And when at last the fisherman
falls npon his knees and puts his
hands upon Mr.. Hopper, where is
| he?
Alas he is not there;
But he soa eth aloft;
Aud cracketh his heels together:
And laugheth out of his left optic
at the fisherman, who is seated on
The hillside,
Digging cactus thorns from his
hands and knees,
And framing cuss words;
Alas he will never kneel any
more.
And when in the fullness of time
The wintry days have come;
And stilIed his voice in death;
With Frost's icy mantle about
him, he goeth hence to his fathers,
Content with the fitting close to
well-spent life,
And happy in the reflection that
be will live again in his children,
When gentle spring shall come
again;
And again;
And again, forever.
In the returning cycle of return
ing years;
'Tis spring;
Winter hath loospd his icy letters;
Robin Redbreasts carol in the
cottonwoods.
The Beecher- Tilton trials well on;
Jenkins busyeth himself writing
pardons,
And genial sunshine again bathes
the earth.
Are those eggs spoiled T?
Not by jug-full.
In the earliest warm sunny days;
Forth come few million of the
juvenile hoppers:
Tiny, miety, midget;
The pickets, the scouts, the avant
couriers of the countless hosts that
soon will follow;
Ye "honest ranchman" laugheth
in his sleeve, and sayeth:
"The hoppers are Matching, spring
frost aud snow will fix them"
Alas, the falIacy of mans faith;
The httle hopper relies on Provi-
dcnce;
And his reliance is sublime;
1t putteth the ''shoddy" religion
of man to shame.
Drown him in the floods that
would have appalled, Moan;
Bury him in Artic SHOWS;
Subject him to frost tina. freezeth
the ears off brass monkey;
Encase him In the heart of an ice
berg;
Let Old Boreas caress him with
Chicago winds, or tonde him in his
lev embrace, the martyr calmly
folds up his arms, draws up his
neither limbs, and wa;teth;
Waiteth for the next sunrise,
when be cometh forth TO breakfast,
gay as a school girl, and with an
appetite that is always a positive
luxury.
You can't kill him;
Neither can you scare him;
Nor can he be discouraged;
He disth only of old age, and
4 IL. e
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NEVADA DOES NcT WANT You.
The Virginia City (Nevads) En-,
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DULUTH ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-05
Thoughts for Saturday Night.
Sin is ashamed of sin.

Sin is ashamed Of sin.
To step aside is human.
Pleasure and sorrow Rro twins.
Above all things reverence yourself.
Honest men arc tho gentlemen Of mn
ture.
Memory always obOys tho commands
Of the heart.
Mnn is tho weeping animal born to
govern all the rest.
There is even happiness that makes
tho heart afraid. .....
A wise man will mako more opportuni-
ties than he finds.
Tho thought Of eternity consoles for
tho shortness Of life.
Sad Ia his lot who, onco ut least in his
life, has not been poet.
Solid love, Whose root is virtuo, can
no more die thnn virtuOitself.
Cultivate not only the cornflelds Of
yourmind, but tho pleasure grounds also.
Nurtureyour mind with great thoughts
To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
AS turning the logs will make dull
fire burn, 80 change Of studies q dull
brlin.
A good discourse is that from which
one can take nothing without taking the
life.
When man can look upon the simple
wild rose and feel no pleasure, his taste
has been corrupted.
should say sincerity, q deep, great,
genuine sincerity, ,istleflrst characteristic
Of all men in any way heroic.
II you wish success in life, make per-
severance your bosom friend, experience
your wise counselor, caution your elder
brother, and hope your guardian genius.
A man ought to carry himself in the
world as IN orange treo would il 1t could
walk up and down tho gartlen-swinging
perfume from every little censer it holds
up to the air.
1t is said TINT jealousy is love, but !
deny it; for though jealousy be procured
by love, rs ashes arc by fire, yet jealousy
extinguishes love as ashes smothcrilame'
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-05

Among other traits Of character which
ara common to man aud beast, says u
writer, is tho sense OF lumor.
This is developed in various ways.
Mostly It assumes the form Of teasing or
annoying others, and deriving amusG'
ments from their discomfort. This is tho
lowest form of humor, and is popularly
known among ourselves as practical
Joking. Sometimes, both with man and
beast, it takes the form Of bodily torture,
the struggles Of tho victim being highly
amusing 10 the torturer. Civilized man
has now learned to consider the iniliction
Of pain upon another rs anything but ait
amusement, and would sooner suffer tho
agony than inilict It upon iellow.crea'
tIrc. But to tho savage there is no
entertainment so fascinating as tie tor
turing Of n human being.
Take, for example, the North American
Indian tribes, among whom the torture is
a solemn usage Of war, which every
warrior expects for himself il captured,
and is certain to oinlictupon any prisoner
whom lie may happen to take. The in-
genuity with which tho savage wrngs
every nerve OF tho human frame, nnd
kills his victim by sheer pain, is ah-
solutely ilendish; and yet the whole tribe
assemble round tho stake, mud gloat
upon the agonics which arc being en-
durcd by n fellow-creaturc. Similarly
tho African savage tortures either man
or women who Is accused Of witchcralt,
employing means which are to horrible
to be mentioned.
Yet even in these cases tic cruelty
seems to be in q grcat degree owing to
obtusencss of perception; and the savage
who ties his prisoner to n stake, and per
forates all the sensitive parts Of his body
with burning pine-splinters, acts very
much like child who amuses itself by
catching flies, pulling OF their wings
and legs, aud wAtcliing their rnaynlling
efforts 10 escape. / did not know
whether it Is tho case now or not, but
somo twenty years ago Isaw cock. shaters
publicly sold in Paris for children to
torture to death; the amusement being
to run n hooked pin through their tail,
tic thread to it, and sec the poor insect
spin in tho mir. After II was too en-
feebled to spread It's wings, it was slowly
dismcmber6d, the child being greatly
amused at It's cndcavors to crawl, MS leg
after leg wag pulled of. Irescued many
of these Of these wretchod insects from
the thoughtlessly cruel children, md re-
leased tllem from their sulferings by
instantaneous death.
In Italy u similar custom prevails,
though in moro cruel form, the crca-
lures which are tortured by way OF sport
being more capable Of suffering pain
than nre i§s. Birds are employed
for tho amusement Of children, Just as
arc tho cocle eclafers in France. A string
is tied to the leg, and the unfortunate
bird, after its powers of flight aie ex:
liausted, is generally plucked alive and
dismembGrCd.
II is not done from my idea Of cruelty,
but from sheer incapaCity to understand
TINT bird or q beast can he fellow
creature. Tho Italians ore notorious Tor
their cruel treatment Of animals; and IL
romonstranco be made, they are quite
astonished, and reply, "Non { CrisdanO'
at is not Christian).
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-05
Trost nllten.


We woro riding home from the Carols ball,
Nelly ssnsArsOnt and l, you howi
The white fakes lutterel about our lamps,
And our whOOls rolled silently through tho
snow.
Wed danced together the evening through,
For Berns.cln's yiOls had "plAyel their
bestg
Hor fair head drooped, her lids wcrO low,
And her dreamy eyes were full Of rest.
IIor white arms nestled along her lap,
Her hands half holding, With weary graec,
Her fading violeiz passing sweet
Was tho far-Or look on hOr fair young face
watched her, speaking never word,
For would not waten those dreaming eyes ,
Bat tho breath Of the uoleA filed tho air,
Andmy thoughts were many, and far from
wis&
Atlist, / said to her bending noar,
"Ah, Nelly sansargent, sweet 'twould bO
10 hde together our whole lives long,
Alcnc With tho yiOlets, you and me-
Her fair fsco flushed, and her sweet eyes fell /,
Low as the nurmur Of meadow rllla
Her answer CamO to me-" Yes, perhaps;
but who vOald settle our carriage bills2"
Tie delicate blossoms bres.hcd their last,
Our whcOls rolled hsl on tho stones just
then,
Where tho nOa had drincd, the subject
droprsd
And has lever been taken up again.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-05
PATRONS IN BUSINESS ENTER
PRISES.
a Hint to the GrnuErrs-.-wlnt the I.ecH
DusIness Houses VIII 10.

Tho Patrons Helper, Of Iowa,
Grnge paper, says III recent issue:
A word Of caution is due with regard
to these cooperative enterprises. Store
keeping is trade Ms much rs farming;
grain selling is q trade; cattle and hog
selling is n trade; insurance is trade.
No man can master either VI them in II
day or year. II may happen that tho
active managers of these enterprises aru
well informed and well prepared for
their duties, and then success IL likely to
follow; but it may happen, again, that
inefficient or incompetent men get into
those places, aud thon failure is pretty
sure to follow. And, worse than tho
other, it may happen that mn acute
swiuder will work himself into one Of
these positions Of trust, and then disaster
and disgrace arc certain. Let the dircc-
tory lcok sharply to tie chaIncter and
quhliflca ticDs Of their business agent;
let them see that lie is honest; lot them
SEQ TINT he is of sound Judgment md
well adapted to the work in hand; let
them see that he Inns the needed expert
ence and energy; and then let them pay
him literally and not hamper him with
petty restrictions,
Quite as important rs securing tho
best practical management for grange
enterprises, says the New York World,
1t Is to engnge in 10 enterprises that
cannot be defended on other grounds
than those OF absolute necessity. There
have been successes in keeping grange
stores, but where one dollar has been
saved through their agency ten have
been saved by purchasing through ap
agent, and twenty by cultiyating AMIGA
bic and Just relations with local business
firms. There is not in the United States
one country merchant who, on being as.
sured Of tho custom Of NIL the farmers Of
his vicinity, will not, for cash, giyo them
rates which will represent first cost, plus
the lowest md unavoidable charges for
rent, interest, handling, freight, tire and
tret, depreciation, etc. This attained,
it is undesirable to go further and risk Il
great deal to win, possibly, q very little.
There is this to b6 said against grange
enterprises: Their failure or partial
success will inevitably bo mngnitlcd ~
tho disadvantage Of tho order gcncrally
by its enemies, who are on the alert nj
ways, and never so well satisfied as when
they SEQ Patrons engaging in enterprises
of doubtful utility or problematic profit.
This is what every Patron should cherish
at hcart-tho reflection that he is nom
bcr Of the order, and that unjust but by
no means Intellectual criticism will lny to
tho account Of tho order the imperfec-
tiOns Of its members.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-05
The Work Of Females.

Tho Hnnunl report Of tho Massachu-
setts labor bureau refers to tho subject,
How certain forms of employment
affect female health" Tho influences
TINT affect the proper establishment and
normal cause OF tho peculiar functions Of
female operatives are first considered,
and four Causatiye errors in the manage
ment Of labor arc enumerated rs The
chief sources Of tho disturbance peculiar
10 women Of this class. Tho first is the
age Mt which young girls arc permitted
to leave n life Of animal growth and to
become part of IN occupation or mn.
chine tie second, tie employment by
manufacturers aud corporations Of tile
plastic aud undGveloped forms md pow
ers of those girls Of tender years with
Incomplete vital functions; tho third,
their employment in occupations which
cannot be undertaken without injury,
except by those Of confirmed strength
and capacity and, fourth, that they are
summoned to long lay OF labor which
requires their unremitting attention un
der circumstances and conditions radical
" unfayorRblo to u healthy condition.
These four combined bring about dc.
rangemonts of tho female organism
which too often unfit their victims for
the more important functions Of woman
hood.
Each branch of labor in which women
ara genHrllly employed is next taken up,
and tho results Of a thorough system Of
inquiry into tho effects produced nre
given. 1t was found that the most iniu.
rious work was that performed by mill
opentiyes, badly ventilated and over.
heated rooms and constant application Of
tho mind md body being tho most
prominent evils. Type-sOtting is next
considered, and the conclusions reached
arc that women cannot stand Mt the
Cease" and DO healthy, rs it produces
back md headaches, weakness Of the
lower limbs, and dragging pressure on
the hips. TclegRphy is not as injurious
to female health or development rs tho
two classes Of labor Just mentioned. The
inquiries among sowing machine opera.
tors did not evoke very satisfactory an.
swers. Replies wero received from
nearly two hundred correspondents, and
considerable difference Of experience was
narrated, large majority stating that
they suffered somewhat by their work,
and others affirming that no serious dis.
orders were created. Tho diseases fos-
tored by this brunch Of labor are chiefly
indigestion, muscular pains affecting the
Intvnr lining an1 trunk nnl Oeuprnl de-
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-05

Punnie, the Esquimnu child, or MS sho
was called by hor new friends, Silyie,
died ut Groton, Conn. Silvie WIS tho
adopted child Of 10 and Hanna, the two
Esquimanx who were so devotedto Capt.
Hall. Those who may have read tue nc
count Of Capt. Halls perilOus journey
may remember many interesting trnits OF
this EsQuimau child, and how sho wn5
purchased of her parents for m old sled
and iack.lnifc. Little punnio was
one Of the party Of ten whites, two Es-
quimaux, two women, and five children,
who, under tho command Of Capt. Tyson.
were sopar ted from tho polaris aud left
in the dreary Arctic scAs almost to tho
mercy Of the waves. From the 10Th OF
October, 1872, to April 80, 1873, this
child iloated on the ico-fion. After hav-
ing drifted some 1000 miles, tho party
was finally rescued by the Tigress, in
latitude iifty-thrOe degrees and thirty
Ave minutes north. The little Esquimau
was receiving her education ut Groton,
and showed great sweetness OF dispose
tion md capacity. Physically, Punnio
was very diminutiye, and her health not
very good. 1t seems sad 10 think that
this poor wii, after passing through
such untold porils, should have finally
succumbed, though tended by the kind
est Of friends.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-05

Some of the household recipes given
in the papers nre calculated to do moro
harm tllnn good. Mrs. Hopson's servant
girl recently read in the pHper that "po-
tatoes should be Of uniform size to cook
evenly" 1t was more than two daysbe-
fore she found tho meaning OF tho word
uniform" md then she went to work
OH half q busllel of potatoes. As she
coaldn't mako tho smallest tho size Of
the largest, shc pared down tile largo
ones until they worn Rs smlll rs tho
smallest, and as tho latter was about the
sise of walnut, she had n weak lot Of
potatoes by the time she had made them
Of uniform size, md u quart measure
would have hold ticmall. The potatoes
were "sloit" for dinner that day. and,
as an explanation aud somo very sharp
words followed, Mrs. Hupson's servant
girl now cooks potatoes ofall sizes mono
tnt
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-05
Too Much TO Believe.


One day, Farmer Robson's old hen
camo scratching about In my meadow,
says st. Nicholas, aud Just then the
pretty schoolma'am tripped by with two
Of her children. SHE was talking TO
them about tho fish called tho stur-
geon.
al read 1t this very morning in tue
Popular Science Monthly. Nine hun.
dred and twenty-one thousand six hun
drod eggs have been found in q single
stnrgeonl"
OF the children "and il every egg
gets to be q sturgeon, and every one OF
the new stufgeons lays Just as many,
Just think what heaps and heaps OF
grandchildren q sturgeon must have"
The teacher laughed. They Walked
on and suddenly I heard q sort Of
gllp.
Ii was the old hen, I never in my
life saw any living creature in such a
state. She was 30 mad she could hard
ly keep inside Of her feathers.
GNine hundred thousand eggsl" she
exclaimed (you would have thought she
was only trying TO cluck lior head on,
bnt wc understood every word), "nino
hundred thousand og.gug.gug.gcgs ]
Don't believe n word Of II | Never was
such a thing since the world began
sturgeon, indeed Nover even heard
AZ si,cil a bird. What'll schoolteaclcrs
Say npxt, | wonderl Nino hundred
thousand egC.gug.gug.cggs, indeed"
= The lat / saw Of that hen, she was
strntiinR of Indignantly toward the
barnyard to toll the otliCr hens about 1t.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-05

Wilt After all, is it u digniGod bust
ness for the press to minister to this
low and unhealthy greedl Is the world
so barren Of great topics that tho press,
perforce, must transform itself into u
heighborhood tnttle and public gossipl
Are valuable opinions nnd intelligence
so scarce that it must send ia prying in.
terviewers out amongthennkso OF private
men, to worm out their secrets, on pain
o, Misrepresentation and abuse, and
spread them before n curious public 7
The American press OF the future will
not do 1t, unless civilization shall retro
grade, and our nation remain a nation Of
children.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-05

About eighteen months ago, soys
ScriMor's, mn article appeared in u
Brooklyn newspaper describing n white
lead factory ut Williamsburgh. the opera
tiyes Of which were said to DO constant
" suffering from metallic poisoning,
The proprietors Of the factory sharply
contrOyorted tho statements made, but
scveral OF tho workmon came to the
writer's support with accounts Of nu-
merouB well.nuthenticated cases. In a
few months tho subject was forgotten,
and tho factory now finds no scarcity
of men to fill it. Nevertheless, the dis
astrouB effects of tho lead industry aro
proved on Che best medical authority.
Tho manufacture Of wliite lead is
tho most dangerous branch. The pro-
cess is rs follows: A number OF earth.
orn vessels aro prepared, into each OF
which d few ouueCs OF crude vinegar
aro poured. Sheets Of lead arc then
introduced in such manner TINT they
neither touch the vinegar nor project
above the top Of tile jars. The vessels
nre arranged in rows in q largo build
ing and inclosed between boards cover
ed with tan, ono rev being placed on
top OF another until stack is formed.
The building is next closed, and spon-
taueous process takes place, the Cxact
nature OF which is not understood. But
when the building is opened after q
lapse Of several weeks and tho stuck
is taken to pieces, tho greater portion
OF tho mOtal is found to have been con-
verted into carbonate. This, wnsh-
cd and ground while wet, is white
lead, and when 1t is packed in casks it
Is ready for tho market.
Tho poison affects tho work-peoplo
partly through inhalation and partly
through tho agency OF tho skin. Tlie
inhalation is tho most fertile source OF
owl, however, and tho commonest symp-
tom Is cohc, which is easily cured.
There aro other and moro serious symp-
toms, which develop into paralysis tn-
less work IL discontinued; but as the
wagos paid by tho manufacturers aro
high, and MS many Of tho operatives
have large families to support, medical
prohibitions against the continuance OF
work nro often disrogarded,