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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-04-03
WaShjn0tOn.

The Interior Department has determined to
send competent geologist to the Black Hill
country, and ascertain its mineral wealth.
The Commissioners of the Freedmen's Bank,
in view of the hopeless condition of the affairs
of that concern, few days ago rendered their
designations, with the condition that their bonds
should be released. The Attorney General has
decided that their designations cannot be ac-
cepted, and says: TO relieve the present
Commissioners would be to relieve from re-
sponsibilltv the only executive officers to whom
depostors may look for the final administra-
ton of the law under which they accepted the
Office making no provision for successors.
ANDREW JOHNSON made \ speech in the Sem
ate on the 22d inst, the anniversary of the be-
ginning of proceedings III the Senate for his
impeachment. seven years ago.
Ex-senator CHANDLER. of Michigan, II is
said has been rendered the Russian mission
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-04-03
FOrty-SiX Lives Lost by a Fire.

Particulars of the burning, on the
18th ult., of Lucifer- match manufac-
tory, at Tidaholm, Sweden, by which
forty-six lives were lost, are contained
IN letter received in Dundee on Thurs
day, written by an eyewitness. He
says: "AbOut five o'clock this morn
Ing 60 women and children were en-
ployed in making matches, when in an
instant some of the material caught fire
and room No. 6 was in flames in few
seconds. Some of the poor creatures
managed to escape, but forty three,
many of them children, were literally
roasted to death. Of eighteen young
girls who came to work at Tidaholm
only last week, no fewer than twelve
persisted, and their charred remains lie
unclaimed by any one. Baron Essen,
who is proprietor OF all the lands and
villages around Iidaholm, collected the
inhabitants together af ter the fire, and
conducted service IN the church, which
was crowded. The scene was very pain
full. The corpses lay in heap near by,
and the weeping and wailing of the rela-
tives was distressing. Forty-six bodies
were taken out of the mine while | re-,
manned. Match making a process es-
pecially dangerous in Sweden, as all the
houses are wood, and once fire breaks
out there is no time to save life or
property"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-04-03

the house, were of little value. The
extent OF the damage to machinery S
not known. The cause of the
explosion viii probably never
be known, as the man at
the coming mill, where the first explo-
sion occurred vas killed. In the i'm
mediate neighborhood of the explosion,
houses were badly damaged. Windows
were cracked and plastering torn off in
the city. The widest excitement pre-
vailed, many thinking the detonations
were caused b an earthquake. Houses
rocked and %Sok, people rushed into
the streets, horses became frightened,
adding to Their alarm by their plung
ing. Much damage to windows was
done. The large plate glass prints in
Riders photograph rooms, Baldwin s
dry goods store, near the City Hall,
Cushing's block, Standard block and
several other>piaccs being shattered.
The damage in Cleveland is estimated
from $25, 900 to $4,000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-04-03
A Cow Sliding Down Hill.

And here is the first demonstration ]
may say it was ever in my power to wit
ness IN cowology- a COW, "coasting'
down hill. The barn stood upon hill,
at the foot Of which the cattle had been
accustomed to go for drink But last
Monday morning the hill was covered
with ice, and the boy placed tub of
water near the door and let out the COW,
supposing she would slake her thirst
from the tub. The COW. however. started
for her old place at the foot of the hill,
and finding herself slipping, she squat
ted upon her launches, like dog, and,
bracing her feet in front, she slid a dis
lance of twenty feet to the bottom; and,
as she brought up of a sudden, recov-
cred her hind feet and looked around
as if to see what had happened. -
Boston GLObe,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-04-03
Xiv CONGRESS.
S n ate---Extra SeSsio

FRIDAY, March 9.-The Senate adopt
ed the resolution authorizing special committee
TO inquire into the branches of the civil service
and then went into executive session. number
of nominations We're confirmed, and pending debate
on the conhrmatlon Of Don A. Pardee to be United
States district judge from Louisiana, the doors
were re-opened, and The Senate adjourned.
SATURDAY, March 20.-No business
was transacted in open session, the resolution APP
proving the action of the President in Louisiana
affairs with an executive session occupying the
tire time of the Senate until near midnight at
which time Johnson of Tennessee, was addressing
the Senate, but gave way to motion to adjourn,
anc would finish his speech on Monday.
MONDAY, March 22.-Boutwell sub
mitted resolution relating to final adjournment
when some unfinished business was disposed Of
and the Louisiana resolution was taken up. Sen
ator johnson of Tennessee, addressed the Senate in
opposluon TO me resolution At the close of the
Senator's remarks executive session was held
and thereafter the Senate adjourned.
TUESDAY, March Reconsideration
OF the resolution approving the action of the Presi
dent in louisiana, resumed, and after some de-
bate the resolution passed. 1t is as follows: Re
S0ipd, That the action of the Presden mt in protect
ing the government OF Louisiana, OF which W. P.
Kellogg Is the executive, and the people of that
State, against domestic violence and in enforcing
the laws of the United States in that State is APP
proved The Committees Public Buildings
and grounds, on Contingent Expenses of the SEN
ate, and Printing, authorized to sit during the
recess. The Senate then proceeded to the con sid
Grafton of executive business, and soon after ad-
jouned
WEDNESDAY, March PA committee
was appointed to wait on the President and inform
him that the Senate ready to adjourn. The
committee performed this duty AID reported that
the President had no further communication ia
make when resolutions of thanks to Vice Pre- sdent
Wilson and to President Protein Ferry, were
adopted and the Senate adjourned sine die
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-04-03
Foreign.

EIGHT Carlist chiefs followed Gen. Cabrera
in going over to King Alfonso.
SENIOR CASTELAR, has resigned his professor
ship in the University in consequence of the
government re-establishing in the schools and
colleges text books prescribed during Isabela's
reign, and the otherwise changing of public in
struction
ADvICEs from Madrid state that the treat
ment OF the press by the government is daily
becoming more arbitrary causing much dis
satisfaction. The Iberia has been suspended
and telearaphic dispatches are deferred and
examined
Tax English university boat race took place
on the 20th and was won by the Oxford crew.
The time of the winners, officially an
nounced, is % minutes 2 seconds.
AUSTRALIA appropriates $4,000 to represent
the colony at our Centennial. results
of the wheat harvest of the colony are more
satisfactory than was anticipated. The sur
plus for transportation will exceed $50, 0OC
tons.
DIFFICULTIES have arisen between the Bur
mese and Indian governments, regarding
boundaries and the formers claim to SOW
ereignty over several independent states, il,
spite of Lord Northbrook's proposal for a
mixed commission for the settlement of the
question at issue. The King has occupied the
disputed territory, and refuses to withdraw
The British authorities insist on settlement
by the means they have proposed, and troops
are going to British Burmah.
THE French Assembly has adopted resolu-
ton of inquiry into the cases of Bonapartists
receiving pensions from the government.
SPAIN has demanded the extradtion from
German territory of Don Alfonso brother of
Don Carlos, charging him with offenses against
the common laws. Spain has extradition
treaties with Individual German states but not
with the empire.
SIoRDITT j. Co., general merchants of Mark
Lane. London, have failed Liabilities So
DOC, 900.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-04-03
A MEXICAN ANNEXATION SCHEME.

Inc New YORK Sunday Mercury has o
Washington dispatch alleging that the
excursion of Senator Cameron and 9th
ers to Mexico has for its object the an
nexation by purchase by the United
States Of the Northern states of that re-
public. The Mexican authorities are
understood to have already acquiesced
to the transfer, the terms of which are
yet to be settled. The territory pro-
posed to be annexed is all that part #
Mexico lying north of the Rapido river
and the Rio Grande de Santiago, com
prising the states of Sonora, Chihua-
hua, Coahuela, Nueva Leon, Cinaloa,
Durango and Zacatecas, one half
OF Tamaulipas, one-third of Jalisco,
small portion of San Luis Potosi,
and the territory Of Lower California,
altogether about $4,000 square miles
OF territory, and over 800, 900 popula-
of whom less than 100000 are whites,
the rest being Indians and mixed races.
The boundary line will commence at the
mouth OF the Rapido. following that
river to its source toward the town of
Penos III latitude 2535, longitude
101-70, thence to the source of the river
Santiago, and along that stream to its
mouth. The movement is understood
to have originated with the Mexican au-
thorities, who desire to see this sparsely
settled country placed under a power
possessing the means of enforcing order
among its population and of inviting
emigration thither.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-04-03
GpraniumS Will Drive Off Snakes.
From the Rural Sun.

Every species of snake may be per
manently driven away from an infested
place by planting geraniums In South
Africa the Cafir people thus rid their
premises of snakes. A missionary of
South Africa had his parsonage sur
roundedb y.s narrow belt of geraniums,
which effectually protected the resi-
dence from any kind of snake. A few
yards away from this geranium belt a
snake would occasionally be found It
is well known that the whole geranium
genus is highly redolent of volatile oils
lemon scented, musk scented, and
peppermint scented. What therefore, is
very pleasant nosegay for man is re-
pugnant to the serpent tribe.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-04-03
The Wrong Couple Divorced.
From.the New Haven Curler.

Upon motion the decree in the di-
vorce case of Julia Ann Muller agt.
Charles II. Muller, granted by the
Superior Court last week, was reopen
ed, when it was ascertained that sin
gular mistake had occurred by reason of
a very strange coincidence. There are en-
tered upon the docket two cases of di-
vocre, one following the other, and one is
entitled Julia Ann Muller agt. Charles
H. Miller and the ether Charles II. Null
Ter ngt. Julia Ann Muller, and the
parties in the first case are different
from in the second. The similarity oc-
casioned the ordering decree in the
wrong case, through the mistake of
counsel
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-04-03
We Two.
BY CHARLES KINGSLEY.
that we two wara Nfa

BY CHARLES KINGSLEY.
Oh. that we two were Maying.
Do"h the stream of the sofr spring breeze:
Like the children with violets playing
In the shade of the whispering trees.
Oh. that we too sat dreaming
On the sward of some sheep-tri nam d down.
Watching the white mists stealing "a
over the river and mead and town.
Oh that we two lay sleeping
In our nest in the churchyard sod,
WITH our limbs at rest ON the quiet earth's
breast - - @s@
And our souls at home with God.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-04-03

Mr.. MURRAY, the great Lon Ion pub
Usher, son of Byron's publisher, and
immortalized in his poetry, has been
knighted' and is the first of the trade
whose name was ever ennobled with a
handle.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-04-03
Very Cold.

A correspondent of the Toronto
Globe wrote from Bridge Greek, British
Columbia, on the 10th ultimo: "The
thermometer at this place was frozen
up, SO we could not tell how cold it
was. A bottle of good brandy and
bottle containing two pounds of mer-
curry were put out as test on the night
of the 14th inst. In the morning both
were frozen solid. This cold snap last
ed for more than two weeks, with no
signs of mild weather. The mercury in
the thermometer has been frozen every
night
JUDGE GILFILLAN has filed his oath
of Office with the Secretary of State,
as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-04-03
SOME housebreakers in Berlin 7

SOME housebreakers In Berlin We're
disappointed recently in finding little
booty in the house of ayoung artist, and
destroyed painting on which he had
been engaged several years, and on
which he was relying to make his de-
but In the artistic world,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-04-03

NEVER Joke a man when he is In
earnest. Nor setting hen when she is
er nest,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-15

'THE first disturbance ever created in
the world" says the Chicago Tribune.
''was occasioned by the devil. fJ0ling about
woman" Yes, but the woman was
more to blame than the devil. If she had
pulled that apple aud eaten it and gone on
about her business without saying any,
thing about it, the chances are that the
newSpap IS would never have gotten hold
OF the affair, and the Suild would never
have been any the wiser. But nothing
would do but she must 90 and make a
blowing horn of the thing and the first
thing she knew her husband was thrown
Out oil employment, with hardly money
enough to buy chew of tobacco. And
ever since then there has been the devil to
Play and no pitch hot C0UroeT-JouraQ1.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-15
The FianlinSo.

Have you ever heard
OF the creature absurd,
he ridiculous bird, the fiamingo
With neck long and slim,
And legs lean and trim,
And the funniest sort OF a lingo,
Whom a fishing be goes
He thrusts in his nose
This humorous bird, the f1aminso;
Without bait or hook,
His long neck a-crook,
Aloft in the air see his wing goi
A plunge and n diyei
And fish all alive,
TIL wonderful bird, the lamingo,
Bring out to the land,
And gobbles on-hand,
In a twinkle he makes the whole thing 60
Then his mate, the old woman,
As though she were human,
And not an old growing fIamingo,
For lack of her share,
Sets up great Hare,
And makes everything in din go.
But a screech loud and shrill,
Comes out OF the b Ii
or the masculine bird, the flamingo;
Wis eyeIids both close,
And he stands on his toes
OF one leg he's asleep, by iingo,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-15

number who had been captured by the
United States soldiers
81 say, Alice" T" laughed Tom, ''You have
fairly asserted woman's richt-to use a
pistol.''
81 will continue to assert woman's right
to help man." returned Alice, elancing
fondly at Gi,y:
And Guy knew that similar right
would be his in future as far as Alice was
concerned.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-15
NUMBER 80.
THE FIR UFTS OFGOOD WOHE

About year ago the Ladies OF the Dor
cas- Society at or church made up large
quantity OF shirts, trousers and socks. and
boxed them up and sent them 10 a mission
AIRY station on the west coast of Africa 4
man named Ridley went out with the boxes
and stayed in Africa for several months
When he returned the Dorcas Society. oF
course, was anxious to hear how its do
nation was received, and Ridley. one even
ihg' met the members and told them about
II In little speech. lie said:
well, you know, we got the clothes ont
there all right, and after a while we dis
triouted them among some of the natives
III the neighbOrhood. We thought mavbe
1t would attract them to tic mission lint Il
oidn T. and after some time had elapsed.
ana not native came to church with those
clothes on, l went out on an exploring ex-
pedition to find out about it. II seems
that on tie first day after the goods were
distributed one of the chiefs attempted tn
mount shit. He didn't exactly under
stand it and he pushed his legs thronob
the arms aud gathered the tail M around
MS waist. He couldn't make it stay ur.
however, and they say he went aronud in
curing i'll his native tongue what kind of
an idiot 1t was that constructed a garment
that wouldn't hang on, and swearing some
of the most awful heathen oaths. At last
he let it drag, and that night he got his
legs tangled in it somehow, and fell over a
precipice and was killed
Another chief who got one on properlv
went padding around in the dark. and the
people imagining that he was ghost, sac
rificed FOUR babies to the idol to keen off
the evil spirit.
"And then, you know, those trousers
you sent out? Well, they fitted one pair ON
the idol, and then they stuffed most of the
rest with leaves and set them up as kind
OF new tangled idols, and began to worshin
them. They say that the services were
very impressive. Some of the women split
few pairs in half, and after sewing nm
the legs used them to carry vans in. and 7
saw one chief with corduroy leg on his
head. as kind of helmet
81 think, though, the socks were most
popular. All the fighting men went for
them the first thing. They filed them
with sand and used them as booneranrs
and war clubs. l learned that they were
so much pleased with the efficiency of
those socks that they made a laid on a
neighboring tribe on purpose to try them,
ard they say that they knocked about
eighty women and chilIren on the head
before they came home. They asked ME
IL wouldn't speak to you and get you to
send out few barrels more, to make them
little stronger SOS they'd last longer, aud
| said / would
This society's doing a power of good 10
those hcathcns, and I've no doubt if Won
keep right along with the work YOU will
inaugurate general war over the conti-
nent of Africa, and give every body an idol
OF his own. Hi they want Is enough
socks and pants. I'll take them when 90
out again"
Then the DOrcas passed resolution de-
ciarIng that it would, perhaps, he better to
let the heathen 60 naked and give the
clothes to the poor at home, and l think
myself that il is refeIaJle.--Rar Adder.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-15

HEN a man gets in load Of cord wood.
says the Danbury Ners, intending to cut
it up himself and save the expense of hirjpe,
sawyer, he works something like this
First stick-one minute. and no fatigue
second stic&-three minutes. muscles re,
laxing thifd stick-six minutes. three of
which are taken np in leaning against the
buck aHd looking at the saw: fourth
siick-Seven minutes, iive being consumed
in looking fora piece or flt to grease the
saw and make 1t run easy fifth stick-no
time taken, owing to the operator having
gone across The street for a drink sixth
stick-only hal! sawed, and then a man of
larger hands engaged
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-15
a REM A RK ABLE RELIC.

An interesting and wonderful relic has
just been brought to light near San Berna-
drino, Cal, whose origin doubtless ante
dates to period when that country was in
habited by race of people among whom
the arts and sciences had attained a degree
of perfection rarely surpassed. 1t appears
that man while bathing in river near
San Bernadrino discovered dark circular
object i'll the bed of the stream, which, on
being brought to the surface, proved to be
a truly marvellous piece of workmanship.
The article is composed of certain pecu-
liar slate colored stone, similar to that usu-
ally employed by the Indians of British
Columbia for the manufacture of pioes.
and is not found anywhere in California
In form 1T is circular, being somewhat
shaped like large dinner plate the bot
tom for abont six inches in diameter is
perfectly smooth, and has circular orifice
in the centre about half an inch in diane
ter. Toward the rim it presents a slight
convex appearance. This rim on the under
surface is surrounded with wreath of
grapevines, SO faultlessly engraved that
even the most minute fibres of the leaves
are clearly outlined true to life. On the
upper surface of the rim is peculiar bor-
der, composed first of two parallel lines ex-
tending round the entire rim, with ain in
terval of about two inches between the
lines. In the centle of these lines, running
at right angles, at regular inte, walls, are
smaller lines converging from the inner
line IN the form of quarter circles meeting
in the centre where they pass through
ovals ending on the outer line in the centre
of a crescent facing outward, while travers-
ing the whole is wavering line extending
around the centre of the outer lines The
centre of this curious work, however, is
the most astonishing portion. On t ap-
pears an almost marvcllously beautiful and
faultlessly executed wreath of flowers.
leaves vines, and scroll work, every bud,
leaf aud flower being perfectly natural and
lifelike to the minutest detail. The whole
is polished in the highest manner and is as
smooth as glass. The entire workmanship
in beauty of design and Gelicacy of finish,
excels the choicest productions of modern
artists, and shows that the people by whom
1t was executed had reached an advanced
stage of civilization. 1t is almost with a
feeling of reverence that we gaze upon this
ielic of a past race, of whom no history has
yet been found other than the ruins scat
tered on the plains, and whose origin and
history is enveloped in impenetrable OBJ
security which probably never will be pene-
trated through all ages. The plate is in a
remarkable state of preservation owing. no
doubt, to the indestructible quality of the
stone of which it is composed
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-15
Els PROJECTS AND LIVE STOCK.
LiWCSEY7S
I0TED BLOOD SEARCHER !

''FoHs tt"cii0nS. CGHccTOHs
w''iGHS. EIHSipcF0S. BOijs,
'mp''s. ;icDyS. Sore EHPs,
Nr"iF Ns~F, Jcficr. SAT-
ihrTri. Ii":cUt'ini and
~ Nhi3i Diseases.
-l p Veg n'aI'e Compound and can
...- ..u.er infant. IIutics who Suf-
."H-rE diseases known as FE-
.-.A. Is .sw w..I nui -bccjy relief 10y using
t. Hw.r. ut a.uutr feits. The genu-
Hsr H. j.. = Ei.LERS \ 90, Pits
... '....rl of naru bottle
u .. Druggists ami Country Dealers.
g. L. b-E.aG x SOY. Agents. Ebcns-
IS.pt. 10, IS7j.-cn.l
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-15

The poet is getting into The campaign
Here is The laci, e not the flrst:
John Jones he is banker bold.
\ banker boid he be-;
He pnie his money into bonds
And gets his carreucy.
He pays no taxes. keeps no poor,
Nor helps our schools afong
lie sits and clips iis Sd cnupons.
And growah nch aud strone.
Is John Jones any better man
Fhan Thomas Smith or me.
That he should get his pay il cold
And Hs ii currency?