The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-01-23

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Sun. dogs again yesterday; look
out tor storm.
Read and study the excellent
message of Gov. TAYLOR on the sec
ond page ofthis issue.
Numbers Of men and boys are
fishing through the lake ice, and are
having pretty good luck, taking lake
trout. with some herring.
We print, to day, an interesting
letter from our Madison CORE pond
ent "llank, whom we viii be glad
to hear from again and often.
The late cold snap and calm
weather has caused the ice to form
on the lake, and it is now nearly n
foot thick, but extending out only
mile or two from shore.
One day this week, while
party of fishermen were on the
newly formed loko ice, opposite the
light house, it suddenly parted, and
that on which they were standing,
began to float out to sea. \ few of
the number were fortunate enough
to jump the crack, landing on the
firm ice Five or six not 50 lucky.
We're carried off aud for time their
danger was imminent-but some In
dians quickly launched their brch
bark canoes and succeeded in reseu-
ing them before it was too late.
Over two years since, Justice
Miller Of the L. 5. Supreme Court
IL the case Of Hartman W. Schu-
lingberg, involving the title Of the
lands granted by Congress for build
ing Railroad from the St. Croix
to Superior d Bayfield,, decided
that the the said lands belonged to
the State Of Wisconsin. The case
was recently argued before the full
bench Of the United States Supreme
Court on appeal, and rumor has it,
that the Court directed Justice Nil
Ter to write out their opinion, which,
if true, may be considered a virtual
confirmation of udge Miler's former
decision. Al this we feel like re-
toicing, but will wait until the opin-
ion Of the Court is promulgated.
1t has been noticed that several
ships laden with English coal. aud
bound To Pacific ports, have lately
been burned at sea. is thought
an unusual quantity of Sulpher is
present in the strata Of coal from
which The latest clrgoes were ia
ken.
President Keep, Of the Chicago
and Northwestern Railroad. has
written !ettcr to the Wisconsin
Railroad Commissioners in which he
claims that the road has been oper
ated IN this state on the Potter law
schedule Of tariff, AT a loss of TWEEN
ty-tour per cent to to the company.
GROWTH OF MAN-Ob>eryations
regarding the rate of growth Of MN
have determined the following in
terestlng facts: The most rapid
growth takes place Immediately at
ter birth, the growth of an infant
during the first year Of It's existence
beng about eight inches. The ra-
to OF increase gradually decreases
iIhtI the age OF three years, at
which time the SIZE attained is half
that which it is to become when full
grown. After five years the sue
ceedIng increase is very regular un-
til the sixteenth year, being at the
rate for the average man OF two in
ches year. Beyond sixteen the
growth i feeble, being for the fol-
loving two years about siX-tenthS
OF an inch year, while from eight
cen to twenty the increase in height
Is seldom over an inch At the AGE
OF twenty five the growth ceases,
save IN a #" exceptional cases. 1t
has furthermore been observed that
IN The same race, the mean size is
llttlt larger in cities than in the
country, a fact that VIII be received
with doubt by many who have come
to regard the rustic as the true mo-
del man.
How COFFEE CAME TO BE USED.
1t Is somewhat singular TO trace
the manner ii which arose the use
OF the conmdn' beverage of coffee,
without which very few persons in
any half or wholly civilized country
in the world now take breakfast.
At the time Columbus discovered
America, It bad never been known
or used It only grew in Arabia
aud Upper Ethiopia. The diScov-
cry of its use Is beverage is as