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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-01-20
STATE AFFAIRS.
Second Annual Message of
Gov. Ludington.
Gentlemen of the Senate and Assembly:

Gentlemen of the Senate and Assembly:
In preparation for the performance OF the
dutv that the Constitution imposes upon
tbe Governor to communicate to the Legs
lature at every session the CONDITION OF
the State, and recommend such matters 10
them for their consideration as he may
deem expedient," I have sought to inform
myself with respect to the operation OF the
different departments of the government,
the needs of the several state institutions,
and other subjects that may require atten-
tion at your hands, or that concern the Well
being of our commonwealth. In repre-
senting these topics, | can have no other
object than to make myself clearly under
stood. 1t would be foreign to my DISPOSE
ton and training and in conflict with nay
conception of what is BETTING to the oc-
casion, if were to attempt any display or
to make use of words for any other purpose
than to convey to you plainly the facts and
suggestions that desire TO communicate
STATE FINANCES.
The resorts of the Secretary of State and
the State Treasurer, which are herewith sub
mitfed und to which l invite your attention
for the details of receipts and disbursements,
exhibit the condition Of the treasury 1oi
the wear ending September 80, 1876.
The entire amount paid into the treasury
during the wear on account OF the various
funds. was 81 698, 1872 .65, viz:
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Actors and Old Age.
From the Troy Times.


Speaking of old age, we see that the
great actors lived to more than an ay-
erage age, one reason being that 20 be
q great actor requires unusual strength
and vitality. John Philip Kemple
reached 66 years, while his brother
Charles was 70 years old. Mrs. Sid
dons died at Sc years old. Junius
Brutus Booth, Notwithstanding his
drunkenness, passed his 55 year.
Charles Kean, lived ten years longer.
and Macready lasted till so years old.
Charlotte Cushman died at 60 wears
Of age, and Edwin Forrest at IS wears
Tom Hamblin reached nearly the same
age. Going little further back we
find that Garrick lived to 6S years and
Betterton to rs years of age. Barton
Booth, of Pope's day, was the shortest
lived of any actor of note. merit 10
Kean. he was only SO at the time of
his death. AS general thing plav ar.
tors have seldom come under the GRIN,
inal list, but their social sins are srf
ficiently fragrant No actor of note no.
ever reached the death penalty. excant
Wilkes Booth, who stands in soIitsrS
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1t will devolve upon you to PROVIDE 1or
the balance of $243, 1856, shown by this e.
innate.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-01-20
The Mendocino [Cal.l Star

The Mendocino (Cal.) Star TINS tolls
of an epoch in Mendocino history:
" A piano is the novelty in our town.
1t arrived on Monday, and its coming
having been anticipated for many days,
the town had prepared for the event.
A large body of citizens escorted the
box from the landing to its resting
place, and the unpacking commenced.
amidst the staring of an hundred eyes,
while a solemn young man enlivened
the occasion by whistling the Dead
March"
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sicn. II prudent individuals recognize the
futy OF retrenching. we who have public
trust TO discharge. stf uld 10 less consul the
same important consideration. IN this spirit,
and invoking the guidance OF the Source Of al
wisdom, let US perform the part assigned rs
Ia the work OF securing future of prosperity
ana honor for the Commonwealth of Wiscon-
sim u.pIISor T r-nISnroN
Elk oUTIvE CHAMBER, January IL, 1877.
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Should your appropriations not exceed
the above estimates, there will be left bal
snce in the treasury on the LIST of January,
1878, of $157, 586.
TAXATION.
By virtue of the provisions of chapter $50,
General Laws of 1872, the Secretary of State
has procured returns from all the counties of
the state, showing the entire amount of taxes
collected in each city, village and town during
the year 1875, and the objects for which the
same were levied From condensed abstract
prepared by the Secretary, it appeprs that the
total was $1,000, 1872, upon and aggregate
rate of tax having been 2.28 cents on the dol
lar The purposes for which these taxes were
levied are classified as follows:
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CONTINGENT FUND.

CONTINGENT FUND.
On the first of January, 1876, there was
an unexpended balance of the contingent
fund from former appropriations of $213.-
II. The last legislature appropriated 81, 600,
making total of So, 213.77. Ofthis amount
there has been expended $2O21 leaving a
balance of $2,0105S. 1t will not therefore
be necessary to make any further appropri-
alton for this fund.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
No reports have been received from the
Regents of the State University or the Nor
NAL Schools, and I am accordingly unable
to communicate to you any facts or sugges-
tons concerning the condition or manage
ment of those institutions. The common
schools of the State, and all that concerns
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PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.

In 1876, for the first time since the passage
of the law requiring it to be done, returns
from all the counties have been made to the
Secretary of State, exhibiting the description
and value of all real and personal property
not liable to taxation, except such as is ex-
empted by subdivisions 3, 4, 6, Z, 8, 9, 10,
Laws of 1858. In the following tabular
statement, the value of the plopt rty and
the leason of the exemption is shown, viz ::
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DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR

the balance of S243, 1856, shown by this es-
innate.
DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR.
The Treasurer in his report, estimated
the disbursements to be made from the gen.
eral fund during the next ensuing quarter.
that is the quarter closing on the slst t, OF
he had. as shown, $40, 954 "a. He further
represented that as the taxes levied in 1876
are not paid into the treasury until January
and February, 1877, he would again be
compelled, to meet these liabilities and
preserve the credit of the State. to use tenn
porarily portion of the trust funds IN his
keeping. / have obtained from the Secre-
tary of State report in relation to the con,
dition of the State finances on the LIST OF
January, 1877, showing the extent to which
it was found necessary to draw from these
funds and also showing the transactions of
the calendar year 1876, together with re-
vised estimate of the receipts and expendi-
lures for the year 1877. From the Score
tarys figures, it appears that the total re-
ceipts into the general fund for the calen-
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For ,,onera1 fund ST. Jas, 1902 Oh
80 SSIaI f,,nd ....... 69,3i1 30
Si, f f1d income .. 1872, 739 "A
Ss, - ntooI f,1nd . 39,I76 63
Hyai sot1ooi fnnd income .. 81,400 IS
To:n f,nd .... 1924 o.
UniVeIa ity 81 income 1903 49,
Agricultural college fund $500. o' log % %
Agricultural college fund income. 1922 lo 81 81
D DSt tax fI,nd - 19,06s A
D Ddit 80 lat 26
81 orola 9 t EaAT f,lnd. 4S,479 SO
st Croix and Lake Superior rail- o-
road deposit fund. 'o' %
Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ,-,ooo
ship Canal Land trespass fund LOG 90 90
North wisconsin railroad aid fund z,'oz ~
Green bay Bay anu hiii---'e 1000 90
a1u ~ III s,nd . 1876 rs
Interest redemption fund oo SO
Commissioners contingent fund. luz oi
sturgeon e Day anu - 376 %
.za $780, in treasury Oct = 1876. 277,6o1 Al
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ESTIMATES FOB 1878.

The Secretary of State presents an estimate
of the receipts and expenses of the State for
the year beginning January 1, 1873, as fol
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-01-20

ESTIMATE OF RECEIPTS FOR 1877.
The receipts and expenditures tor the
calendar year 1877 are estimated by the
Secretary of State, after a careful revision,
as follows:
State tax as provided by chapter $685.
laws OF 1876. $3S3,o29 w
Interest on certificates of Indebtedness
and state bonds Observation-Disclosures. 1880 90
70, laws of 1866. ...................... 7,oss So
Appropriation to state university, per
chapter lit, laws of 1885,. 42,359 81
Amount levied, per chapter 1913, laws OF
Railway companies, licenses. .... 49,. $4,000 90
Insurance companies, taxes and licenses 65,OO0 10
Telegraph and pankroads =. .......... 1850 90
Hawkers and peddlers' licenses. $780,. 9, 300 00
Tax on suits. :. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3,8 90
Miscellaneous. Observation-Disclosures. 10000 90
Taxes authorized by existing laws
Interest on the state debt. Sl57 800 90
Interest on the school fund 1858 Sc
1884, sS SO
Total receipts. ,3O0, 696 81
Deduct overpayment, January 1, 1s77.. 1882 81
Balance for payment of ordinary expen-
on
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-01-11
A Negroes History.

Two years ago a wealthy New York
merchant named John D. Lewis was
thrown from his carriage in Central
Park and instantly killed. The probat-
ing of his will, wherein he left property
to the value of a quarter of million to
a young girl supposed to be his daugh-
ter, revealed secret which he had stu
diously guarded through all his life
time. Tall, dark-complexioned, with
black eyes and long raven locks, he was
of distinguished appearance, and, as he
was wealthy and open handed, society,
which would have Stunned him had ne
been negro, believed him a Spaniard
or a Cuban. He never spoke Of his
birth or antecedents, and asserted that
he had no living relatives. If any
could be found it was manifest to GER
tain enterprising members of the legal
fraternity that the will might be set
aside. One lawyer remembered that,
when once a witness in a suit, Lewis,
when hard pressed IN cross-examina-
ton, admitted that he came from
place in Canada, near Toronto. He
advertised for information, and learned
that Lewis was the son of Virginia
slave woman, who, 40 years ago, had
escaped to Canada with her two chill
dren. John was born in Canada, his
father being white man who main
tanned Illicit relations with his mother.
The lad was ambitious, and at an early
age left home and Its shameful sur
rouhdings to make his own way in the
world. The half-brother and half-sis-
ter, who survive, are fighting for the
property which was left to the putative
daughter, Lewis never having married.
The weak spot in the armor which he
had cast about the secret of his origin
was the retention of the name given
him in his boyhood. 1t was the only
clew to his Identification, for the admis-
sion of his birthplace would not have
disclosed his parentage had ne assumed
some other name
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C1oud Banner. OF the Alps.

Among the most exquisite scenes which
delight the eye Of the European traveller arc
those wonderful rose-colored cloud-banners,
floating from the Alpine cliffs. But it Is
only in the sunlight that Nature hangs out
these beautiful tokens. So it Is only In the
glow of health-the sunlight of our inner be-
ing-thatnature reveals those physical cloud
banners, the "rosy cheek" and "eherry
lip" to praise which every poet of the earth
has invoked the Muse to aid him. But they
are as rare as the cynical Hood conceived
Christian charity to be- Woman, eager to
retain this charm, resorts to French art and
rouge The effect is similar to that which
would be produced by substituting auc.
tioneers' flags for the delicate glowing cloud
banners Of the Alps. If woman would aid
Nature instead of adopting art, would seek
health instead of vainly trying to mask dis
ease, she would not only win the greatest
charm OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. she
would avert much misery both from herself
and others. DR.. Pierce's FayOrite Prescrip-
ton has received the highest praise from
thousands of pale, delicate, suffering women.
One bottle often affords more relief than
months of treatment by caustics and other
medicines 1t is harmless in any condition
of the system, and its use often renders the
modest invalid exempt from that most try
ing OF ordeals--a personal consultation with
a physician. 1t is the duty OF every woman
to become familiar with the causes and
symptoms of the many diseases to which her
peculiar organization renders her liable, and
also to learn the proper means OF preventing
these maladies. The Peoples Medical Adj
wiser contains an extensive treatise upon
"Woman and her Diseases" The Author
also advises courses of domestic treatment,
which will often render the services OF 9
physician unnecessary. Every woman should
read it. A copy of the Adviser can be OBJ
tanned by addressing the Author, DR.. X ".
Pierce, at Buffalo, NY. Price $3.50 postage
prepaid Favorite Prescription is sold by
druggists.
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A Honeymoon Telegraph.


A bon-ton marriage was celebrated
here a few weeks ago between the
daughter of well known banker and
a Young merchant. The demands OF
business were so pressing that the bri-
dial trip was short one, and in very
brief time the young husband was back
in his store attending to business. Now,
while this man is remarkable among his
friends for his devotion to the interests
of his firm, he is likewise known as one
Of the most love-sick of "lovyers. "
During his counting experiences, bou-
quets baskets of fruit, perfumed notes
and other soft evidences of mis- gushing
love, were daily occurrences; and the
young lady was remarkable for the
same line of conduct, and their general
reputation was that of an uncommonly
love-sick couple. After marriage the
young lady had no idea of losing the
society of her hubby so quickly; but as
ne must be at the store, and evidently
she could not go there often to see him
without exciting unpleasant observa-
ton, it was resolved that private tel
egraph wire, working on the alphabet
system, should communicate between
the store and the house. The wire was
stretched accordingly, and, as the story
runs, there is an incessant signaling
upon the instrument for the attention
Of the young husband. About one
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Charity.

The pilgrim and stranger who through the day
Holds over the desert his trackless way,
Where the terrible sands no shade have known
No sound OF life save the camel's moan,
Hears at last, through The mercy OF Allah TO all
From bis tent-door at evening the Bedouin's
call -
Whoever thou art ,rh So need Is great,
In The name Of God, the Compassionate
And NercifA One, for thee Tsoait."
For gifts in his name Of food and rest
The tents Of Islam of God are blest.
Thou who hast faith in Christ above,
Shall the Koran teach thee the law Of lover
o Christianl open thy heart and door,
Cry east and west t. the wandering poor =
" Whoever thou art srhose need is great
In fhenGme Of Christ, The Compassionate
Ind Merciftd One. for thee / ioait."
John @. Whittier
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of her woman's besrti She realized
suddenly, forcibly, that ifMartin Bruce
passed out of her life again he left there
. void never to be filed. Pity and graft
tude seemed only feeble names when
love sprang up strong and true, and
Trixy recognized its power. fstfnq
But all maidenly reticence held her
silent for many days, every one of
which found her in the square beside
Martin Bruce, winning answering love
by her tender care for his helplessness,
her sparkling conversation, her woman
" sweetness.
1t was strange courtship, where the
woman wooed, where the man wor-
shipped. Little by little, Martin Bruce
acknowledged to his own heart that the
loss of his eyes was light compared with
the loss he anticipated-the loss of
Trixy's voice and Trixy's torch. The
summer was coming, and the doctor
was urging Martin Bruce to try the
effect of some famous German baths,
when Trixy received letters from New
York that necessitated her return to
look after some of her aunt's property
The prospect of separation nerved
her as no other prospect could have
done, and she sought the bench where
she had met Martin Bruce daily, with a
resolution that made her cheek burn.
"Martin," she said gently, but few
women dare to take their LIES happi-
ness into their own waiting,
hoping till another comes TO put it be-
fore them. A maiden may not WOO,
they say, and so they wait till their
hearts grow sick for fear they may be
thought unmaidenly."
Here she paused, watching the pallor,
the breathless eagerness of the face lift
ed towards her.
Trixy," her lover said, "you de-
ceive yourself. You think gratitude
forces you to-"
a SOIL nanu closed MS ups.
edo you love me, Martini"
"With my whole hearth,
GAS I love you'll"
Trixy, dare not take you at your
world"
But you will 1 have loved you
for six years, Martin. | will not lose
you again." - -, t,.57sS,fo
And she kept her word. Those who
speak with pity of "poor Mrs. Bruce,
whose husband is totally blind" know
nothing of the deep, abiding love that
makes Trixy's life of devotion and self
sacrifice a life of pure happiness, shad-
owed only by sorrow for her husbands
affiicti0n
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A Hint to Wives.

Civilization and hunger are incom-
patible. All the virtues and graces of
humanity-certainly of male humanity
fly before an empty stomach. 1t may
be possible for man to be hungry and
amiable at the same time, but it is not
safe for any wife to presume upon so
unlikely an occurrence habitually. lg-
norance of this physiological truth has
been the ruin of many an otherwise
happy household. And we may set it
down from both observations and ex
periences-premising that our expert
ence in this respect has been exception
ally happy-that preprandial discretion
is the seyerest test of good wife. Just
before dinner is the worst possible time
to bother a husband with questions or
complaints, or even with efforts to be
aggressively1 agreeable. Then is the
time above all others when social silence
should grace the home, and make it
seem to the tired man the most delight
full and restful place on earth. Half an
hour of quiet just then is the best possi-
BILE preparation for the social enjoy
ment of the coming meal, for then the
nervous tension and mental strain of
business care and anxiety can be gradu-
ally relaxed, and the entire system
brought into conditions for enjoying
food and the amenities of social life.
Yet how frequently does the wife choose
that particular time to speak of her own
trials and troubles, the misconduct of
servants or children, the petty require
ments of the household, or other things
trivial or disagreeable, and then marvel
that her husbands temper is not SO
sweet as it ought to be! The offense is
worse even than introduction of such
topics at NOTWITHSTANDING Anaeri-
can.
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

RELIEF FOR CHAPPED HANDs.-To
8 ounces Of melted mutton-tallow add
one ounce of glycerine and 2 tablespoon
fuls alcohol camphor, stirring all slow
ly until it becomes smooth cream.
To CLEAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
whiting and alcohol is as good
an article for the purpose as can be
found, say an ounce of each, or the
whiting without the alcohol, used with
wooden rag, is very nice; wet the sill
yer before securing.
STEwED TRIPE.-After the tripe is
boiled tender, cut in small pieces, an
inch square; make dressing of cream
or milk, small piece of butter, pepper,
salt, dredge little -four with it, stir
these all together, put in the tripe and
stew for 20 minutes, stirring often.
OYSTER SrUFFING FOR TURKEY.-To
pint of cracker-crumbs add pint of
solid oyster-meats; moisten the whole
with new milk or sweet cream, adding
butter, salt, and pepper to taste; the
stufiing ought to be prepared some
time before needed.
POLISHING TEs.-First rub your tins
with damp cloth, then take dry flour
and rub it on with your hands, and af-
terward take an old newspaper and rub
the flour off, and the tins will shine as
well as if half an hour had been spent
in rubbing them with brick dust or
powder, which spoils the hands.
SPICED BEEF.-Chop tough beef
steak, raw, and piece of suet the size
of an egg; season with pepper, salt,
and little summer savory; add eggs,
pint of bread crumbs, 4 or table
spoonfuls of cream, small piece of
butter; mix and make in a roll with
flour sufficient to keep together, put in
a pan with little dripping and water,
and bake as roast. Slice thin when
cold.
KEEPING GAME.-It may not be gen
orally known that placing lemon, that
has been carefully pared without break
ing the thin inner white skin, inside a
wild duck, and keeping it there AS hours
before cooking, will remove all traces
of a fshy flavor; and game may be
kept long time by putting little
powdered charcoal in muslin bag in
the inside OF the bird or hare, etc., the
charcoal being changed daily.
AN EXCELLENT PICKLE.-1 large
white cabbage choppe fine in a chop
ping-tray, quarts of clear vinegar;
take l teaspoonful of ground cloves, the
same of cinnamon, allspice and mace;
tie these in piece of cloth, and put
them in the vinegar with l tablespoon
full of salt and ] ounce of whole cloves !;
place the vinegar in kettle or pan with
the spice and cabbage, and boil 8 min
utes put away in a jar to cool, and you
have pickle fit for a king.
CHEESE FRITTERs.-Slice, thin, ]
dozen large, tart apples, and prepare !
as many thin slices of nice cheese. Beat
up 1 or eggs, according to the quanti-
ty required, and season high with salt,
mustard and little pepper. Lay the
slices of cheese to soak for few min
utes in the mixture, then put each slice
between slices of apples, sandwich
style, and dip the whole into the beaten
egg, then fry in hot butter like oysters,
and serve very hot. These fritters are
an additian to any breakfast.
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Regular secretion Essential 60 Health.

The regular secretion and flow OF the gas
trio juices, and of the bile which the use OF
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters promotes, are
effects which conduee materially to the res
toration of health, when the system Is dis
ordered. Food is not digested in the dys-
peptic stomach because the gastric fluid is
deficient, superintendent or vitiated; the
liver becomes cOngested and the bowels con-
stipated because the supply Of bile is mad
equate or misdirected. The Bitters rectties
all this, and removes every i'll consequence
of REPRESENTATION aud bilious irrcgularity.
Furthermore, it stimulates the action of the
kidneys, by which impurities are, so to
speak, strained from the blood, and any ten
dency in the urinary organs 10 grow slug
gish and disordered counteraeted. Whether
1t be used as a means Ofregulating gastric or
bilious secretion, and relieving the over
loaded bowels, or to promote complete, and
therefore healthful, urination, HOstetter's
Bitters may be relied npon with confidence
TO accomplish the end IN view.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-01-11

PERHAPS the newest illustration of
the irrepressible character of American
enterprise is afforded by the organiza-
ton of a company, now in process Of
formation, to work coral reef recently
discovered in the Atlantic Ocean, by
the United States steamer Gettysburg,
between Madeira and Gibralter. 1t is
said that single ton of pure pink coral
of the finest grade, at its present value,
would be worth one million dollars.
From reports received it is believed that
the wonderful reef will yield hundreds
of tons of a very fine quality of pink
coral. Machinery to lift the subma-
rine wealth to the surface has already
been perfected.