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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-18

THE Rev. DR.. A. L. STONE, formerly
of Boston, now pastor of the First Con-
gregational Church of San Francisco, is
not over sanguine of the future of the
Chinese in California. At on time he
had 500 of them in his Sunday-school,
but was unable to manage them, as it
took teacher to every Chinese, and he
was compelled to reduce the number to
15O
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-18

The Germanizing of the French army
advances apace. Hitherto it has been
one of the traditions of the service that
spectacles were unsoldierly. But the
late war demonstrated, among other
things, that men can fight as well with
spectacles as without them-in many
cases good deal better. Dr. Perrin has
submitted report on this subject, and
the French authorities have legalized
the use of lunettes in all branches in the
service.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-18

the Rochesters took the field with re-
constructed team, they having won two
of their three games. The Alleghenys and
Rochesters stand first and second in the
race; the Tecumsehs third. Up to
August 9th inclusive, the record stands
as follows.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-18
VARIOUS TOPICS.

Under the new registry law in Rhode
Island the voter is required to register
in person annually and to certify under
oath to his qualification, and also to pay
his poll tax several weeks before election.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-18

PosTMAsTER-GE KEY publicly
commends the employees of the postal ser
vice, who were in the midst of the railroad
troubles, for the faithful manner IN which
they performed their arduous and sometimes
perilous duties.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-18

AN Arctic expedition will probably
be sent out by the Dutch, under the
command of Dutch lieutenant, who has
made three Arctic voyages under the
British flag. Its object is not the discov-
cry of the pole but the erection of gran
lite monuments to some of the early
Dutch YOYagers
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-18

The highest mountain of Asiatic Tur-
key, but belonging to it only conformity
with Russia and Persia, is Mount Ararat,
celebrated in the religious traditions of
many nations, and consecrated in our
Bibles, as the ''horn of salvation TO
Noah, the second progenitor of the human
race. 1t is about seventeen thousand
feet above the sea level, and fourteen
thousand above the level of the Aras
river, which flows at its base.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-18
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THE Georgia State Treasurer has made
a statement showing that the State debt
is $1O,645,S97 The State is also liable
for the first mortgage bonds of the South
Georgia and Florida railroad to the
amount of S464000 and has a floating
debt of 100000
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-18

WHEN the obelisk which is to be re-
moved from Egypt to London was un-
covered, Greek and Latin inscription
was discovered. 1t declared that Bar
barus, governor of Egypt, erected the
obelisk, through the Architect Pontius, in
the eighth year of Augustus The
Casareum, before which it stood, could
not, consequently, have been built, as
hitherto supposed, in honor of Tiberius,
nor could the obelisk have been removed
from Heliopolis during his reign.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-18

THE largest of the Pyramids in Egypt
is 543 feet high and 693 feet on the
sides. It's base covers eleven acres, and
and many of the stones are thirty feet in
length. To construct it 100000 men
vora emnloyed
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-18
SPORTING NOTES.
BASE BALL.

BASE BALL.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 11.-Milwaukees,
5; Indianapolis, 2.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 9.-Milwaukees, 1;
Louisvilles,6 6.
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, August o.
Red Caps, Z; Minneapolis Browns, 5.
CHICAGO, August 9.-Chicagos 10,
Cincinnatis, 9.
PrrTsBURG, August 9.-Alleghenys 8,
Buckeyes, l.
THE Lowells have played fifty-four
games this season, and lost but nine.
FOLLOWING is the Harvards' record
for the season: Games played, 80; won,
%; lost, 10; drawn, |; runs, Harvards,
243; opponents, 1OS.
GERHARDT, of the Louisvilles has con-
cluded to sign with the Cincinnatis for
the season of '7S. McVey, of the Chi
Cages, will also play with the Cincin-
natis next year. Two frst-class acces-
sions to any club,
THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
The contest for the International
pennant is becoming closer fight since
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-18

A LADY reared in affiuence, an excel
lent musician, and more than excellent
linguist, applied the other day to the
superintendent of the government print
ing Office at Washington for work; any
sort of work, scrubbing floors, even, so
long as thereby she could earn a salary
sufficient to enable her to live decently
and honestly.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-18
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

BENJAMIN BURN Cox, a dissipated char
acter living at Elliston Station, seventeen
miles from Cincinnati on the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, was cut in
the arm and side by his son Willard on the
9th inst, and bled to death in ten minutes
Cox had frequently threatened the lives of
his family.
AT Sunday School picnic near Shipman,
ILL.,, on the 10th inst, William c. Armour
and Geo. Newberry quarelled, when Armour
drew pistol and shot Newberry dead
GRAND HAVEN suffered a severe loss by
fire on the 10th inst Eight buildings were
burned.
ROBERT MILE and J. H. Williams en-
ployed on the top of building, at Toronto,
on the 9th inst, fell to the ground and were
killed.
JOSEPH NJ. CARLETON, clerk in the state
department, at Washington, fatally shot
himself on the 9th inst.
JOHN f. DAILY and Leslie A. Hanks, two
prominent citizens of San Francisco, Cal,
had an alteration on the 18th inst, in which
the latter drew "a pistol and shot Daily. He
was arrested and confined in prison, but in
some manner he obtained possession of a
rifle and shot himself on the 9th inst
A FIRE at Aylmer, Ont, on the Sth inst,
! caused a loss of $4,000.
MRS. FRANK HOLMES was fatally assault
ed with Ratchet by Thomas Henry Clark,
rejected lover, at New York, on the 9TH
inst
BY the recent fire at Eaton, Wis, over
thirty families We're made homeless, and in
many instances the crops were destroyed.
Loss estimated at S13, 600
THE Brooklyn Oil Works at Green Point,
n. Y, was partially destroyed by fire on the
9TH inst. Loss 100000. gar
A STRANGER registering himself as VIII
liam Parks, died from bleeding at the nose,
at the Pennsylvania House, Dyersville, Ia,
on the 9TH inst.
THE main building of the Wesleyan fe
male college at Murpheysboro, n c., burned
on the night of the 9th inst. Loss, $4,000;
insurance, $50, 00G.
THE poor house on the Norfolk Industrial
Farm, near Simcoe, Ont, was burned on the
4th inst. Six women and eleven men, bed
ridden old people were burned to death
JAMES r. DEWEY, of Chicago, a member
OF the senior class OF 1lllams CoHege, was
| drowned at Williamstown, Conn. on the 9th
inst
on the Cd inst, the barn, six horses, har-
nesses, two bugges and 40 bushels of grain,
OF DIR. White, at State Center Iowa, were
bdrned. Another doctor there is suspected
of the crime of arson and has been arrested
THE fire at Straws Point, N. H., Aug. 4th,
destroyed two cottages and damaged others.
Henry Graves, of Concord, assisting in re-
moving furniture was overcome by the
smoke and burned to DEATH
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-18

POSTMASTER JAMES, of New York,
will not compel the clerks in that office
to wear uniform, but in letter adj
dressed to them, says: The procuring
of a uniform will be taken as evidence
that clerk is not ashamed of being con-
nected with the postoffice, and that he
is DESTROYS of improving the postal SER
vice ~
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-18
GENERAL.

CAPT. BROWN, of the United States En-
gineer Corps, in charge of the inspection of
the Eads sietties at the mouth of the Missis-
sippi River, has just sent into the War De-
Partment very favorable report The re-
port states that Eads' plan is a substantial
success. All that impedes the passage of a
ship drawing twenty feet of water through the
entire length of the ietty is little strip 140
feet in length. Through the rest of the
channel there is a depth of twenty feet of
water.
THE minister of the Interior, Dominion of
Canada, was at Washington on the 9th inst,
comforting with the President and cabinet
concerning the return of Sitting Bull and
the United States.
DISPATCHES received by the various New
York papers on the Sth inst, show that
Samuel j. Tilden, Senator Conkling and
Theodore Tilton were in London; Thomas
Hendricks was in Paris; James Russell
Lowell had just left London for his new post
at Madrid; Tilden and VIM. Bigelow have
been made honorary members of the Reform,
Athenaum and other clubs in London.
THE first bale of new cotton was received
at Savannah, Ga, on the 9TH inst, from
Florida and was sold for 12c per pound.
THE National Association of Iron and
Steel workers met at Columbus, o., on the
9TH inst, with one hundred and fifty men,
bers present
THE Philadelphia Maritime exchange has
appointed committee to urge the united
action of the different exchanges, in prose
cution of their claims, to consult with legal
authorities and ascertain on whom falls the
onus OF losses and damages by the recent
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-18

AUSTRALIA had at the time of the
gold discoveries in 1851 population of
only 2l4,000. Under the great impulse
to immigration given by those discover
les, the country now contains 2,o0c, 900
inhabitants, an increase of S34 per cent.
The population of the United States
during the same period increased 126 per
cent, and that of Canada Go per cent.
Australian trade simultaneously rose
from S30,000,0 900 to 1915, 100000 in
1871, or $50 per cent, while the increase
in Great Britain was only 400 per cent,
in the United States $50 per cent, and
in Canada $50 per cent.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-18

THE subject of tree planting has now
become a matter of life and death in
some parts of the country. Wherever a
country has been stripped of its primi-
tive forest clothing the effects have been
disastrous. Some parts OF this country,
once renowned for its fertility, are now
sterile and unproductive. Timber also
has become scarce and dear. In view OF
these facts, the Massachusetts, Agrlcul-
tural society has offered a series of prizes
for the encouragement of tree planting
in that state, the awards to be made ten
wears from the 1st of March next for the
hest results produced in the interval. 1t
is estimated that over million OF trees
will be planted in Massachusetts, this
year.
, 1877-06-02

Is DIPSpMANIA INCREASING ?-AD English
magazine has Recently published an article
allrgiug that the iucre1se OF incorporate
habi's, especially among the women of the
middle and upper classes in that country, il
uuGuestionable that they commonly drink
IN re wine han is good for them at dinner
and supp and thar they are further becom
Im.s addicted TO ~ system OF ''nIps " or dram
drinking, of the uoat dan gerous tendency
The suE lie. is discussed apparently in the
grav - earnest, and wi h"ut the least purpose
Of sensa'lonal!Sm, and therefore its sinceri'y
may be assumed, even though we have no
means of determining It's accuracy. Ii Is
not little remarkable that a very SIM
liar charge has 1f late Years been preferred
agains' American women, and though the
,cci satioD has been denied here and there t
dors ro, rrrrr proba ble that such iu'rin~ically
improbable statements would he thus persist
ei IN unless there WAS some body of tru b he
hind them. The grarGne1 of the common
charge Is that dram-drinkirg is becoming
prevalent among women. TINS does not ne
c-ssari!y mean thai women drink whisky
OF gin, but it il openly alleged that varions
~timulau's kncwn 10 druggists, such chic
re her, sal volatile, eau de cologne, and 80
forth, are employed 10 give the desired one
10 the system If there Is any large amount
of fact 1t the bottom of these allegations the
inquiry will probably suggest i'self-What
have the temperance organizations been doing
all this time? But reflection will create
dcubt W he:her he excessive zeal of the tenn
perance orgsHiz ,;ions may no; have had
4 NJ
dram drinking. We do nCi of course here
refer 20 the statements about the English
women, because people who hahI'ualiy drink
wine al dinner aud supper cannot be snpous-
ed to stand in any awe of he temperance or
g,u zarIuus, or 20 care NJ all for The opinions
of those who do not believe IN using s'ignu-
lau.s Bat when wourc:. or men leave off
drinking in pnblic, and take 10 "nipping
in priva'e, there is a strong presumption
that they nre trying at oucs 20 crafty
their na'nral or acquired tastes and 10 save
appearances. And when pope begin this
k,ni of experiment /, is In0-e apt TO end III
their ruin than open drinking. \ disease
may be driven from the surface of the body,
when it has manifested itself through au
eruption; bur ii IL is prevented FROM finding
an outlet hat way il will f:>fen upOn the III
;erna! organs ard IrUd zee DE- tn. Just - II
is puSS.ble that temperance crusades may he
700 sweeping and radical, aud that Ia at
tempting 10 crash on tastes and inciipa'Ions
which have been the re>ul, IF educA'iun.
they merely force rheir pa'ients 10 Pr"c'icr
secret drinking, and thus expose them 10 Tar
greater risks than they would probably have
encountered if let alone
, 1877-06-02

SEWING MACHINES he democratic House Of Rep
TeentatIves have refused to ex;esd tue monopoly Oa
sewing maeines, and the consequence Is the price Of
those ya.uIhle articles Is coming down. " III the
hpiles-th= mothers, wives, daughters, sisters AMI
sweetheirts OF the voters OF the country and espeel-
ally the republican voters, please rnake OF Jhsl
As long the republican party eonlroei Congress
The monopoly on sewing machines continued. be-
ing renewed from time 10 tEIr, aud dealers were thus
enabled 10 demand enormous prices Tor, and a AXE:
enormous profits on, them that poor was
never able 10 purchase TOR his hard working and
industrious wife, who often worked her fingers 10 the
bone IN oJer 10 do the sewing iry the fiuiI-
/ ly- Now, hosev,r, with the noooPoly removed,
every WOMAN YlOSr husband h2s work Ur Is rectiyIn
wages, can buy q machine, and thus relieve hsrssli
OF immense amount OF hard and eXnaustlng labor.
Is not this somethIng eomeDiiOle In democratic
Congress and will ladies OF country tll 10 ap
preclate and recognize 1t IL Is directly 10 their
benefit and they should gratefully show their appre
ciatlon OF It by inducing those whom they have
Influence 10 hereafter stand by the party which has
stood by them.
, 1877-06-02

FORCED RESIGNATION OF JUICE LEWIS.
-Nfu TOyk. Nay 24.-Ihr Iimes Washing
ton special has full details III the justice
II-uis marter. as follows: Last evening n
letter If resignation, pnrpor'ing TO be s!Sned
by Chief Justice Lewis, of WashIB gton ter
rtury. WAS received by he stormy general.
IL was coucheG in the usual language, and
rcau s'ed the imm-Giare appointment OF his
successor, ia ,rder that he might leave he
territory Al once. A. the Cabinet meeting
Yesterday, Judge Green, OF F,nnsysVauIa.
WA stlec I'd for the vacancy, ana Lewis no
ufrc by telegraph of the acceptance OF hi
r.signauon This murning Sec Mctrsry,
W who is AN old Iowa friend Or l. Wis, rec 'IVed
a dispatch frsm him. quoting the telegram
lust received from the attorney general, and
asking an KIP anation. His Dispatch said
anv resignation received from him was for
,.rv. as he sent none aud did not intend 70.
MoCrary went TO the department of Justice
and examined the letter of Resignation. Be-
ing familiar with Lewis handwriting, he
saw at once The letter was a forgery, exrcu;-
Ell SO boldly hat no attempt was made even
TO initiate his handwriting. The President
b, ing consulted, at once withdrew his sp-
uoiufInent of Green.
, 1877-06-02

The END OF Az UNLAWFUL LoyE--!llegitimate
ooDjuga joys seldom satisfactory for very lon
peTo0 Of time, and particularly when the Participants
in them poor and not only poor bat ont OF en-
plOymenJ. hat once delight becomes only en-
durable, after It's frs: freshness has departed, when
there Is money to make eveTyibiug luxurious and
smooth over all the roIgn and uneven places- This
proved by the late OF George Booth, aG uDenpioy
el printer ia New Yosk who committed suicide the
otEer day BY hanging himself 70 lbs bedroom door.
Both Was young man OF 26 years, and instead Of
taking unto himself wife, lived Ia unlawful con-
eubinage With the object OF his affection They had
quarIeed IN the morning, but afterwards made IL up
and it Was just after kissing hts poor victim aud
promising % marry her that he went and hanget
himself Thus was young girl ruined tor lite, and
s young man who might otherwise have been use
iul citizen hurried unpreparu and with ali his sins
upon his head iDtO the presence OF his Maker. Such
lsso1s as this should teach the folly and crime OF
IL unlawful ways the desirrs ard affections that
onIy be satisfied BY holy uarrinOny.
, 1877-06-02

o. S. y. Cos. IMPROVEMENT A0l1tdiHssr
notices many improvements made at Cello tor the
purpose OF expedItng matters IN Shipping aid recev
lag freight frum the and They have built
n incline fourteen Luhdret feet III length and OF
sufficient width Tor two tracks Ihe oh warehouse
answered u.e purpose Of tbe Company as long all
the freight weut up stream but, AS soon as Il CON-
meneed coming down IN large Quantities, l; Was
found exceedingly difficult TO h,ntle- Ia addition
to tie incline they have also Quit new wharf
boat $50 length by IS feet beam substantially
built IL tLree water-tgbt compartments n e also
found npon the Ways a new bolt nearly eompleted,
named the Annie Fdz0R Tins boat IS perfect su.y
aud the largezt one sver built on the upper uSer-
Her length l52 feet; breadth IS ieet, and has a
capacity OF 800 tons OF wheat IAis boat Will Be
ready to launch as soon As the boiler arrives fToJa the
East. The Company BOW bave, with the sRRie Fdz-
on three frst-eiass steambos:s on the upper rlver
capable OF bringing down TWO thoasapo toas OF wheat
p-T week The ARnie Farm, 500 ions; the itHssd,
so tons and the Neto feHiH0, 2D0 as-elch boat Is
capable Of making three tripsa week TO ~aliuia.
, 1877-06-02

The BLACK FLAG turkey has tWO figs. One Is
;he ig of Turkey proper or OF the Sultan rs TELL
poral ruler the other IS the flag OF the Prophet,
which comes 10 the Sultan as the head of the No
hannelau church. The national has of Turkey Is
rel, with white star and crescent the Mohamme-
dan fIg IS dead black When the former hrs at the
h,sli oi the turkish armies tie Sultan appears
temporal ruler; when the black lag Is uuIuriei, he
appears the spiritual heal of ,hr church Some
days since it WIS reported that Ihe sultan wuuli
rii~e the black ~ proclaim. ;his relI ious war.
aud call on MUbaInnelanS thrOuI Lout the world 10
save tie ch,ireh The British munster at Constan-
tnCpie opposed this policy, and for time Its adop
ton WIS deferred. Dispatches nov state that the
proclamation has issue! that the Sultan declares
| the against Russia holy war, AMI that the
black hAg ~Ili take place OF the national ,g oi
| Turkey. The blacs fIg Is held III great reverence
! 10y the MouamnIedans. 1t Is preserved chapel
Inside the ouItans serdgilo, Swathet IN forty WRAP
pers OF SILK and guarded by priests, who keep en-
staut watch. A contemporary says: Tradition
tells t.iat the original Fl .g OF MOhanImed Was made
| from the win, six tUrOan belonging the
chief Of the horl~h, o.e OF the first jbes which he
| vtnquished. lie substituted TIL b ack hay,
however, making 1t from the curtain which nung Iu
front OF he door OF ms fvOrte wife ana this the
! sacred relic, which, Passing from Mohimmed To
Omar, tn second czthY OF the Aosieus, many
changes uf hands into possession OF the sultans
! Of Turkey. 1t was brought INTO Europe by Sultan
Aunurath III about close of the sixteenth CEN
tury, ani las bien reliylousiy guarded by ms snc-
cessors ever slDce.' In procsimIug holy war,
Sultan se-ns 20 have CHOSEN between TIE aid Chris
tan nations LIlyBt extend 70 h,m AMI the suplO lie
can command from the followers Of the prophet.
! There are many millions or MOhai:neians III Asia
who owe DO allegiance to the red az Of turkey but
will rally under the black Il * OF the prophet. Ihey
| even believe that the nag unfurle,i when holy
Is proclaimed Is the identical black curtain which
! Mahommed Il reported TO nave torn down from the
front door Of his wies chamber and the sight OF II
iufueuees them with tue same fauatcal zeal which
inspired the followers of the founders OF :her religion
, 1877-06-02
EXPERIENCE Brings WIsDoM.-

EXPERIENCE Brings WlsDoM.-As
we grow older, our opinions change IN
every :hing-in nothing more than
the estimate which We place on onr
own efforts or work. Many 7outhc
ful production that was a source OF
satisfaction at the time. becomes with
maturer years and sopnder judgment
a source Of regret and chagIin ra'hef
than of pride and content. Thus poets
change their opinions OF their own
productions wonderfully at different
periods of life. Baron Haller was IN
his youth, warmly attached 10 poetic
com position. His house was on f'e and
rescue to his poems he rushed through
rbe flames. He was fortunate enough
70 escape with his beloved manuscript
in his hands. Ten gears afterward,
be condemed to the flames those very
uoems which be ventured his life to
nreserve. True living should repre-
sent progress, and DIR youthful efforts,
however praisewortby at the time,
orght no, to satisfy the demand OF
ripper years.
, 1877-06-02

Tue Color LINE. The republic of
Liberia affords an unique illustration of the
effect Of u color line IN politics. The CUu
.,Iru,ion not only excludes all whites from
participation III the Government, but al-o
denies hem the right TO buy or to hold real
estate in The country. In cons qurnre Of rhlS
policy, according To a MonroviA correspond
eut OF n Bus'on newspaper, the Librrians
have mol ben able 10 develop the material
resources of their land, because they have no
money. They are now debating whether IL is
better to admi; white enterprise and capital,
aud ri>k the destruction of their beau ideal
or To preserve the distiucfively African char
serer of their Government and drift back in
TO primitive African barbarisrn. l. would be
a rather singular thing if there should arise
in Liberia a class of agitators who should
urge The removal of the puliiicAl di>abiliti,s s
of the whites, on the ground thar all men
are born tree and equal, aud that even ali
Caucssisns have a right to represeria,iOn In
representative government.