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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-10-20

This from Alabama. There is an
underground lake near Montgomery,
upon which fine field of corn is grow
ing. 1t is covered with a fine layer of
earth, which, however, is not thick
enough to bear horses weight, and
the land is titled by hand. The farm
laborers amuse themselves at incoming
by fishing through holes cut for that
purpose, the fish caught having no
eyes nor scales. Some people may
doubt the above, but if so, all they
have to do is to go down there and see
about it! That's easy enough.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-10-20

Ii this is a Darwinian link is very
tough one. At a recent meeting of the
British Association paper was read
by Captain J. S. Hay, on the horned
men OF Africa. He also exhibited
sketches OF two Africans with horns.
There's nothing very surprising about
this. If these savants will drop over
here just before election, they will
lind men chuck full of horns. and
waiting, Oliver Twist like, round on
the street corners for more.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-10-20
'Pay the Rebel Debt -

One of the strongest proofs OF the
belief in Southern minds that the gov
eminent is liable for damages growing
out of the war, and that the Democrats
when in power will pay the rebel
debt, the claims for emancipated
slaves. and claims for use Of property
by Federal soldiers, is found in the fol-
lowing article, adopted by the Mary
land Constitutional Convention of
1867:
Article "a. Slavery shall not be re-estab-
lished in this State, but, having been abol-
shed by the authority OF the United States,
compensation in consideration thereof is due
from the United States.
This was a substitute for, and sup
Elementary to an article adopted IN
1874, which was as follows:
Article "a Hereafter in this State there
shall be neither Slavery nor involuntary SER
yitude, except in punishment Tor CRIME,
whereof the party shall have been duly con-
yicted according to law; and all persons held
to service or labor as slaves are hereby de-
clared tree.
The Chicago Times prints what it
calls the Tilden column and the Hayes
column of States, with the electoral
vote. giving to Tilden 205 and to Hayes
164. In the Tilden column it places
New York, with 80 electoral votes,
and Indiana, with Is electoral votes.
transfer New York to the Hayes col
nmn and we have 100 votes for Hayes
and ITO for Tilden. Transfer Indiana to
the Hayes column and we have PA
votes for Hayes and 155 for Tilden.
This is what the country will do on
7th of November, and on the morning
of the 9Th the Times will find its Til
den column ashamed.
The Fifteenth Ward 1ilden and Hen
bricks Club of New York City, num-
herring 800 members, have abandoned
Slippery Sam, and gone over to Hayes
and Wheeler The members say that
a party which will elect man like
Rlue Jeans Williams Governor Of
great State like Indiana shall have no
more help from them. Sensible men.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-10-20

The 9th inst. was observed in Chi
cago by general suspension of bust
ness. it beinesthe anniversary of the
great fire.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-10-20
Good Thing for him that he stormed
Stony Print.

From the Chicago Legal News.
Years ago Charles M. Lee was a grea:
lawyer in Rochester, n. Y. On one
occasion he was defending an old vet
eran for passing a forged promisory
note for thirty dollars. There was
scarcely doubt of the man 8 guilt, but
Lee, getting over the knotty points of
the evidence as we'll as he could. I'M
dertook to carry the jury by an esca-
! lade on the ground of the prisoners
Revolutionary services. He described
in graphic terms the bloody attack on
Stony Point by Mad. Anthony at which
the prisoner, then daredevil Of 10,
had distinguished himself, and closed
his speech as follow
Gentlemen of the jury, will you
send to the State prison, for passing
contemplate thirty dollar forged note,
an old hero of three score and ten.
who, in his youth, cbeered the heart Of
| his country in the darkest hour of the
| Revolution by storming Stony Point e.
This was poser for the jury, who,
retiring, returned after an absence of
about two hours, when the clerk went
through the usual formula:
"Gentlemen of the jury, have you
agreed upon verdict -
eve have"
500 you find the prisoner at the bar
guilty or not guilty -
''Not guilty, because he stormed
Stony Point! - Numbered the foreman.
The audience applauded, the crier
raped to order, the district attorney
objected to the recording of the YER
| dict, and the judge sent the jury out
again, telling the foreman in a sharp
tone that they must find an uncondi-
tiOnal verdict.
After an absence of few minutes
they returned, when the foreman rem
dered the simple verdict of not guilty,
adding, however, as he dropped into
his seat:
sit was a good thing, though, that
the old Revolutionary cuss stormed
Stony Point -
None but a wicked paper like the
Kansas City, Mo. Times could say:
''There was no preaching in this town
last Sunday, and all in consequence of
a practical joke perpetrated by lively
young girl. The young girl, inspired
by the world, the flesh and little dey.
il mixed, sat down, late one Saturday
evening, and sent a note to each one Of
the pastors. The missiyes were on tint.
ed paper, and written nicely. They
each contained these words: All is
discovered-fyp Nine of the preachers
fled to st. Louis, and three went West.
There Is sensation in town larger than
a mans hand"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-01

The Auditorium of q Tsheaaer
Gives Way Seven Killed

The Auditorium of q T,aeaaer
and AbOuG 100 VVo1nded.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. ia Sac
ramento dispatch says last night,
during the performances at Moore's
opera house, the floor gave way,
killing Z and wounding 100 specta-
tors.
The opera house was situated
over large livery stable. ON Second
street, between X and l. aud was
formerly used as the State armory.
1t had recently been converted into
theatre by putting up 3 gallery
and tier-boxes, making the hall cap
able of seating q thousand. The
floor was unsupported except by
the usual beams. A Vaudeville
troupe had engaged the theatre and
being the opening of the establish
ment the house was crowded.
Soon after the performance COM
menced sudden sinking of the
floor was noticed, accompanied by
the cracking of the beams, and di-
rectly the entire auditorium, carry
ing with it the stage aud gallery,
was precipitated into the stable be-
meath. The rear portion was partly
supported by stalls beneath, and
the audience were thrown forward
towards the stage. The lights were
extinguished by the conclusion, and
q scene of fearful confusion en-
sued. The fire alarm struck, and in
few moments the department
were on the ground, and, with the
assistance Of the police, preceded
to rescue the wounded and remove
the dead.
A great crowd had in the mean
time assembled, and the excitement
was intense. Hundreds crswled
from the ruins, unsssisted and unin-
jured. On clearing the debris the
following person were dead: s. W.
Perry, Janitor OF the courthouse;
Frank Meyer aud W. j. Foster,
compesitors, Record-Union office ;
III. Vaca, E. Woolson, formerly
County Treasurer; Michael Fernan
and two unknown. Performers es-
capped with some bruises, Eddie
Peak, of the Swiss Bell-ringers. and
Mrs. Wilson, q variety performer
being the most injured. neither
seriously. Many of the wounded
taken from the ruins are in q Grip
pied condition, ond q number will
probably die.
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Yes. l used swell around a good

Yes, l used swell around a good
deal unused the prisoner.
And now yOu are on the shrink.
cur eyes look like pieces of tur-
nip glued to red velvet, your hair
looks ike fax gone to seed; your
nose glisteDs like creased apple,
you tremble al: Lover, and no boot
black would care to be seen in your
company
ITS purity tuff,' sighed the nan,
winking at his old red boots.
Have you any ambition left ?
asked the court.
L guess so,' was the kesitating re-
ply.
DO you think there is any chance
for you to climb up again p
Il drutber kender walk around
and take comfort replied the pris-
ener.
so we CO. said his Honor as he
leaned back when q man had as
soon be the dishcloth IS the dinner
plate it 10 useless to try to wiring
him out. I'll have to send you up
for the winter
Well, its kinder warm and nice
up there observed the old relic
1 s'pose they might give US more
oysters than they do, but I'm purity
well satisfied
After assuming q picturesque po-
sition. Bijah sang out:
Adjourned once more this Station Court,
The Black Maria's a coming,
A silent tear for the men in here,
And up they'll go a-humming."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-01
A man, q salchel. an mbrella and

A man, ssichel, an umbrella, an6
q great deal OF putting, entered the
Central Depot at Detroit, one after.
noon last week, and asked il the
Saginaw train had departed.
just out OF sight, was the reply
of an official.
Didn't they know / was coming
in p inquired the stranger.
Il guess not; / didn't hear them
say any thing about it,
That's strange unused the trav-
eller; 4 live oHt here nine miles,
and yesterday sent in word by
one Of the fquarest men in our
town that I'd come in here this
morning and go out on the Sagi-
nav train. Tn here 10 the minute e,
but where's thu train p
Gone, as I told you BEFORE re-
plisp the official.
Something wrong here-some-
thing wrong shaking his head. III
your trains can't connect with a
man who has walked nine miles, IL
goes to show bad management. j
think I'll see lawyer about it,"
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VOLUME

Explanatory.
At church sat within her pew,
D Pew!
But there 1 heard
No pious word
saw alone her eyes OF blue!
l saw htr bow her head so gracious,
OGraciOusl
The choir sang,
The organ rang
AND seemed TO nil the building spacious
could not hear the Gospel law
o Law!
Ny future bride
Was by my side
found all else . mighty bore.
And when peaIed forth the organs thun.
der . Thunder!
l fixed my eyes
In mute surprise,
On her whose beauty was q W Onder--
Tn e service done, we sought the shore
u Shore!
And there we walked,
=, And sadly talked
more sadly talked than ere before.
thought she was the type OF goodness.
y Goodness!
But on that day
heard her say
flain words, whose very tone was rude
ness.
We strayed beyond the tIde-mIlI,s dam
o Dam!
She jiltedme,
And now see
mat woman's love Is all sham!
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-01

A PRoFLIGATE MINERS FoRTUNEs
AND MIsFoRTUNEs.-T death OF
William Abbott. the king of the
Carboo gold minss, is anaouced
from Victoria, British Colum bia.
Abbott was one of q company who
struck rich pay on Williams Creek
in 1861. arriving at Victoria with
300 pounds of gold in the fall OF
taat year. He was the lion of the
winter of 1852, and spent his gold
lavishly. On one occasion he en-.
tered saloon, and SHED q handful
$50 gold pieces at large plste-glass
mirror behind the bar, SCATTERING
it. When reproached by the bar
keeper, he requested him to keep the
beast fer the damage. On another
occasion he and another Caribcotite
astonished Government street by
trowing $40 pieces at each other
until stopped by the police. The
throwing commenced with snow
balls. On his return to Cariboo,
Abbott's good fortune continued,
and he has been knewn to stake
$4,000 en- q hand of poker. After
two or three years prosperity, Alb
bott got to the bottom of his claim
amp has purse at the same time, and
was mlserably poor at the time Of
his death.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-01
The GhouIs Caugh,.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1S.-At late hour
last night United States Detectives
Tyrreli and Washburn, with the
aid of two local detectives, captured
the two men who attempted to steal
the bones of President Lincoln from
the vault in Springfield, Ill, on the
night of Nov. 9TH. They are Ter
renee Mullen, alias T. Durham, the
proprietor of the Hub saloon, 294
West Madison street, where the ar
rests were made, and Jack Hughes
ALIAS j. Smith, au old counterfeit
er, connected with the notorious
Ben Boyd. These men have been
Swallowed since the attempt was
made to despoil the tomb, and their
guilt is said to be plainly proven,
The officers will take them to
Springfield this evening TO await
indictment and trial.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-01
Ehe Working Glasses Ina Va
emma.

Vienna correspondent of the San
Francisco Chronicle says: The ex-
tent to which certain ind ustries are
carried on here appears marvellous
TO the visitor. The weavers for in
stance, in both wool and silk num-
Der oyer forty-five thousand work
men not, as we should naturally
suppose distributed in large facto-
ries employing thousands of under
paid and half-starved slaves, but for
the most part Independent laborers,
who do the work by the piece at
their own homes, assisted by their
families, who are all brought up to
the trade from childhood; aud
wherever we see any larger estab-
lishments, employing hired labor
ers to work Improved and expen-
sive machinery, we may be sure
their wives and children are also
busy at home on their own looms.
The metal workers number over
fifty thousand, and do their work
much on the same principle as the
weavers, Though in many instances
tn men do the rougher portions
of the work in the shop or factory,
and then takes the article home to
be finished off and polished by the
women and children. The leather
workers are estimated at over fif-
| ty thousand also, and the msjoIitV
of them do the work on the t'h ONE"
system, like the other mentioned.
The people engaged in the same in
dnstry have Congregated in certain
quarters of the city, generally III
the modern or suburban portions.
The weavers occupy almost exclu-
slvely the suburb of "Mariahilf"
the metal workers predominate in
certain districts of the "Seopoid-
stadt" and the f'Neuban." This ar
rangement creates great uniformity
in the mode of life of the inhabi-
tants of whole sections of the Aus
trian capital, aud prevents the hab-
its of one class from interfering
with the daily routine of the other.
In the evenings and on holidays the
workingmaA's family is seldom
found at home. The many cafes,
music hall and cheap theaters, where
refreshments are freely partaken of
during the performance, are the
daily resort of many thousands
| of this class when the DAVIS
work has been done, and they
actually cause no more expense
than would the cooking at home,
the burning of lights and fuel, sc.
For such of the hen and boys who
wish to Improve their minds, there
are plenty of opportunities in the
shape OF free evening schools, tech
mic aud scientific, drawing classes
and lectures on popular subjects,
where an excellent education can be
obtained by Industrious students.
The rapid Improvement of art and
trade in Vienna goes to prove that
these opportunities are not neglec-
ted.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-01
rEsE CARPET BUts.
a Ravenous and RuInOus Insect Az
sailing our Domestic Peace. by
Eating mp our Carpets.

n RaVenous and Ruinous Insect Az
sailing our Domestic Peace. by
Eating mp our Carpets.
Housekeepers may be Interested in
learning that an insect, called the IA
thremas ScOodhnIdriR which 0eyours
and ruins carpets, has appeared in such
numbers in Schenectady, that the car
pets all over that city have had to be
taken up and cleaned. In Utica it has
caused serious alarm. Carpets are
not, however, its only food, as it iRfests
wearing apparel hanging in closets or
laid away in drawers. Unlike moths.
it said TO prey upon cotton fabrics.
It is very common and destructive
European insect, but has not until re-
Gently been detected tn the United
States. Its peculiar forte is the eating
of carpets, and hence the familiar
name carpet bug, (which it has won.
1t belongs to the family know as
the Dermestidie, which comprises sew
eral of our most injurious depredators
on animal substances, and is entirely
different in appearances and habits
from the well known carpet moth.
It conceals itself beneath the borders
of carpets nailed to the floor, and eats
away those portions. Occasionally it
following which 1t cuts across entire
breadths of carpets, leaving a line
which seems to have been cut by the
scissors. It destroys new as we'll as
old carpets, and, if allowed to breed
and multiply may reduce us to bare
floors soon.
Prof. j. A. Inter, State Entomolo-
glst, describes these interesting An
threnauS ScrophulGriR as small ovate
object, about One-tenth of an inch in
length, thickly clothed with numerous
short bristle-like hairs, and termina-
ting in a pencil of these forming tail.
1t is exceedingly active in its motions,
and glides away very rapidly. Like
the house-tly it disappears in winter,
and eats only during the summer
months. He said:
81 captured several of the larvae
and fed them upon pieces of carpets
in order to rear them. In September
they had evidently matured aud had
assumed their quiescent pupal state
within the skin of the lerva, first rent
by split along the back for the es-
case of the perfect insect. At this
stage l was led by study of its char
acter to refer it, in all probability, to
the genus AnthremuS. Last week /
had the great qualification OF obtain
ing from the pupae the first example
of the perfect insect. 1t was very
minute beetle, approximately one
tenth of an inch in lenght. but beau
tifully marked in a prettiIy arranged
combination of red, white and brown.
l had beyond doubt, referred it to its
proper genus. The detection of this
insect adds to our fauna another spe-
cies of the dreaded genus of ARthre-
mas, perhaps to equal in its destruc-
tive agency the well known museum
pest, the 4. uGriaS formerly known
as 4. musoeoruna), the Obtrusive guest
of all our collections of natural histo-
ry, whose ravages it seems impossible
fully to guard against and so exceed
ingly difficult to control. New York
Express.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-01

We read that the canary was In
trOduced into Eurpe in the begin
ming of the 18th century from the
Canary Islands, where it is native.
AS q cage bird it is unsurpassed,
being easily domesticated. In its
wild state it is greenish, greenish
yellow, sometimes tinged with
brown, and exhibits less variety
aud beauty than ia domestlcation
1t breeds readily in confinement,
and 1t seems though the wild birds
are better and stronger singers than
the tame ones, They will breed
four or i've times q year, laying
from four to elk eggs each time
Besides the various kinds Of seeds,
bland green leaves, such az those OF
chickweed, are necessary to theiI
health. Sugar 10 q great luxury
The birds will live in an equal tenn.
perature from fifteen to sixteen
years, and in addition to the faulty
or Initiating tones, have beer
known to articulAte words.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-01

AN ENORMOUS HUMAN Foor.-G.
w. App, of this city, has jast fin
lshed remarkable pair of shoes for
q negro man who lives in Arkan-
sas. The shoes were ordered by s.
II. CoWan 8 Co., of Marvel, Arkan-
sas, and for size have no equal. The
length of the shoe is I7sz inches,
aud six inches across the sole. The
negroes foot, according to meas9r-
meBt, is Il inches around the ball,
while the instep is 10 inches. The
man ia over seven feet in height,
weighs 400 pounds, and is not more
than twenty-six years of age. He
has not worn 8 pair of boots for
years, and this pair is intended for
Sundays, they, with the last on
which they were made, costing SIG.
This big footed negro is q preacher.
Memphis Appeal.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-01
How to Roast anOx whole.

The announcement that the
roasting of a fatted OK had been
commenced attracted an immense
crowd of visitors at the Ball
Grounds yesterday afternoon and
evening. When dressed, the OK
weighed 900 pounds,and the dress
ing OF bread, onions and sage 425
pounds, aggregating almost the
original weight of the animal.
The apparatus for cooking is a
cylindrical cage of iron, nine feet
two inches in length, the axis or
spit proper being two inches in di-
ameter. This passes through the
carcass lengthwise, the rods form
ing the cage, supporting the legs
and shoulders, but not touching
any other part. On the east side
of the frame is triple-cogged gear
ing for turning the spit, so as to
cook all parts equally. The cage
is supported by an iron frame.
Underneath, and running at right
angles with spit, are two bars of
railroad iron, resting upon brick
piers. Upon these rest the fire
CRATE, made of two other rails, be-
tween which are bolted iron bars
to hold the burning Goals. The
south side of the spit IS protected
by strips of sheet iron. The fire
was built upon the grating, of coke
and wood. After a bed of live
Goals had been formed, the grating
was slid along the rails under the
carcass and the spit was turned
gradually, roasting all parts alike.
A large dripping-pan located un-
der the spit caught the gravy. 1t
requires eighteen hours to cook
an OK properly, and i'll experienced
hands this immense piece of beef
will be roasted .'to a turn
IN. Y. Herald.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-01

Some years ago q minister waI
called on 10 see . man who was
very i'll. After praying with the
man, as he was leaving the house,
he said to the mans wife, "My
good woman do you not go to any
church at all 2"
sob, yes, sir, we gang to the Bar.
Ony Kirk"
"Then why in the world did YOU
send for mea Why didn't you send
for DR.. Macleod, your minister %
"Na, ma, sir, indeedt we wadns
risk him to-come to the house. DC
We na ken this . dangerous case o
iyphusY"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-01

HOSPITALITY IN Tex As.-In no city
In the United States Is the weary
traveller taken as good care of as ne is
In a San Antonio hotel. The manners
and customs of the guest are carefully
studied. A young man from the
frontier, stopping IN one of our hotels,
told the clerk, the other evening", that
he was going To De out late. just
wait minute, " replied the accommo-
dating clerk, and he rushed of, but
soon appeared with large envelope,
which he placed In the guests breast
pocket, with the remark: THAT Is q
bond for your appearance before the
Recorder properly signed. As soon
Is you are arrested for being drunk
the policeman. mention nv name ~
him, and he will bring you home in
= hack. Good night! God bless you. 8
San Antonio Herald.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-01
AForgetfnImau.

His wife sent him up town fol-
"sumthin or ruther" early in the
evening. On the way he met a
friend, and they spent half an hour
in an animated dispute as to wheth-
er Hayes or Tilden bad the best
chances for an election, and when
ne left his friend at the corner OF
Fourth and Vine streets he had en-
tirely forgotten what Maria had
sent him after. 1t was in vain that
he tried to think of his forgotten
errand. For three long, weary hours
he wandered around from saloon to
SALOON, trying to stimulate his unre-
liable brain and prick up his mem
DRY. Twas no use. The more he
stimulated the more he didn't re-
member. He hated to go home and
acknowledge as much to his wife,and
so he just dropped in on his friends
TO gather little sympathy. After
he had managed to scrape consider
able of the article together, and just
as the clock on st. Xavier church
was Ginning the midnight hour,
the telegraph editor opened a dis
datch and remarked that the asso-
ciated press announced the death of
Dr.-the famous physician Of.
"By the jumping Juniper Jupiter
l remember now" said the visitor,
rising slowly from his seat aud
turning as pale as cholera patient;
81 remember now. My wife had the
cramp collie aud sent me to bring
the doctorI Din politics! L
wonder if she's alive yet?" And
he SHOT out of the door after that
doctor without staying TO hear what
the outlook was in New York.