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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05
THE LEAP OF RoUsHAN BEG.
nv urxRY ". LoNGFELLow.

Mounted on h yrat strong and feet.
His chestnut steed with four white feet.
Roushan Beg called kurroglou,
Son of the road and bandit chief
Seeking refuge and relief,
Up the mountain pathway flew.
such was Kyrat's matchless speed
Never yet could any steed
Reach the dust-cloud in his course;
More than maiden, more than wife,
More than gold, and next to life,
Roushan the Robber loved his horse.
In the land that lies beyond
Erizoom and Trebizond
Garden-girt his fortress stood:
Piundered kahn, or caravan
J0urneying north from Koordistan.
Gave him wealth and wine and food.
Seven hundred and fourscore
Men-at-arms his livery WORE
Did his bidding night and day;
Now through regions all unknown
lie was wandering, lost, alone,
seeking without guide his way.
Suddenly the pathway ends,
Sheer the precipiee descends
LouG the torrent roars unseen:
thirty feet from side to side
lawns the chasm; on air must ride
he who crosses this rayine.
Following close in his pursuit,
AT the precipice's foot
Reyhan, the Arab, OF Orfah,
Halted with his hundred men,
Shouting upward from the glen,
81 La il Allah Allah-la!'
Gently Roushan Beg carressed
Kyrat's forehead, neck and breast;
Kissed him upon both his eyes;
a.. hin, IN bis wild w3v
As upon the topmost spray
Sings a bird before he flies.
80 my Kyrat, O my steed,
Round and slender as reed,
Carry me this danger through!
Satin housings shall be thine,
Shoes of gold, O kyrat minel
thou soul of Kurroglou!
q Soft thy skin as silken skein,
Soft as wOman's hair thy name,
Tender are thine eyes and true;
All thy hOofs like ivory shine,
POLISHED bright. o life of mine,
Leap and rescue Kurrogloul"
kyrat, then, the strong and fleet,
Drew together his four white feet,
Paused a moment on the verge,
Measured with his eye the space,
And into the airs embrace
Leaps as leaps the ocean surge.
As the surge DER silt and sand
Bears a swimmer safe to land,
kyrat safe his rider bore;
Rattling down the deep abyss,
Fragments of the precipice
Rolled like pebbles on a shore
Roushan's tasseled cap of red
Trembled not upon his head;
Careless sat he and upright;
Neither hand nor bridal shook,
Nor his head he turned to look,
As ne galleped out of sight
Flash of harness in the air,
Seen moment like the glare
OF a sword drawn from its sheath
Thus the phantom horseman passed;
And the shadow that he cast
Leaped the cataract underneath.
Reyhan the Arab held his breath,
While this vision OF life and death
Passed above him. " Allah-hu!n
Cried he; ia all koordstan
hre2thes there not so brave a man
As this robber kurroglouI"
-AHdntic.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05

A CHEMIST of the west claims to have
discovered preparation which will make
leather bullet proof. We guess it must
De an OK hide Of iron.- Worcester Press,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05
vEGETINE.


BALTIMORE, ND, Feb. 49, 1871.
Mr.. H. II. STEVENS:
Dear sr.-Since several years have got a and
very painful foot. had some ply siclans, but they
couldn cure me. Now have heard of your VEGE-
TINE from a lady who was sick for long time and
became all well from your YEGETINE, and / went
and bought me one bottle of yEGETINE: and after 1
had used one bottle the pain left me. and it began
heal, and then L bought other bottle and so 1
take 1t yet. l thank God for this remedy and your
self; and wishing every sufferer may pay attention
it.. 1t is blessing for health.
Mrs. G. KRABE, 63s West Baltimore Street
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05

IN fifteen years past more than twelve
thousand persons have lost their lives by
the Yrecking of English vessels.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-23
LETTER FROM WISCONSIN.
Baldwin, Wis, Aug. 10, 1878.

D"iN"ibS w 1898 mug AZ, 1000
Editor of Herald IL have often
thought during the harvest, which is
now nearly secured, that it would be
a surprise as well as a treat to your
many readers to spend day among
the machines now used in the harvest
fields of the West. The machine now
in general use is the Self binding har-
yester. This machine cuts six and a
half feet wide, elevates the grain on to
a table where a binder is worked by
the foot Of the driver, 10 make large
ar small bundles as lie pleases. This
is done as fast as three horses can
draw the machine; the binding is
done by q No. 20 wire and bound
tightly and in any positions as to the
heads that the driver pleases. The
entire machine is easily operated and
does its work cleaner than any other
machine in use. Fifteen acres is an
ordinary days work, though twenty
acres is often averaged where the
farmer has a change OF teams. ! have
cut with one machine one hundred
and forty acres Of wheat this year,
and put in the shock with less days
labor than it used to take in Vermont
to cut and shock three acres with the
old sickle, and the thought OF. that old
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-23

and unprejudiced men, when
we consider that at least three
thousand republican voters,
(call them what you will Bro.
Camp,) outside the spectators
and the few GrOut men that
were there to see and criticise
what action the convention
would take. Well may Grout
and his organs tremble, and
we'll may they say, $50 near,
and yet so far They call the
five hundred republican voters
that participated in that con-
vention from Orleans county, a
little squad. But how much
can we rely upon the assertions
of this journal, when it is fresh
in the minds of the republican
voters of this district that two
years ago it went over to the
democracy, and supported the
democratic candidate, and has
been pulling back towards the
shore ever since. Oh consist
ency! thou art a jewel.
That the convention was
made up largely of the leading
republicans of this district arc
facts, and that they put in nom
nation a man that is a States
man, and one worthy the SUI
TRACES of the voters Of the thirt
district. A man that is &C
quainted with the finances o.
this great nation, and a maj
that will take care Of the inter
ests of his constituents will BIT
shown, and ratified, when we @
to the polls on the third day Of
next September then it vii
be demonstrated that the action
of that convention was the ex.
preston of the republican vot
ers of this district.
The fog that Circuit and hi
organs would still have us Ell
shrouded in, is fast clearing a
way, and the voters of the thirC
congressional districtare brush
ing away the mist from thei
eyes, and are looking to thei
best and most vital interests
We ask you Bro. Camp, where
are CIRCUITS supporters among
| the soldiers that fought under
him in the army? echo an
sWers WHERE.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-23

8 Idle any act OF any body of men m
consistent with the popular will. The
character of the convention was in
the highest ,lrgree representative of
the best clements of The Republican
party. There can be no cayil regard
ing the loyalty, the party standing
nor the Republicanism OF the gentle
men composing it. There is to be
no reading out of the party Of the
participants in this convention rs
"bolters" or ''soreheads." 1t COM
prises large portion of the active,
working Republicans OF the district
and a vast majority of those from
Franklin county. The prominent movers
are the men upon whose eXerions and
favor the party in the district has been
accustomed to rely for success. It's
action command our highest approba-
ton, its platform receives our un.
qualified support and for the election
of its candidate we shall put forth
our best exertions.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-23
The EXPRESS G. Standard,

IN Pa SN('I ~
paper printed at Newport, and
one of CIRCUITS organs comes
out this week, and denounces
the Convention recently held
at st. Adams, also the Green
back convention held at Essex,
and Whites and falsifies in the
same spirit that has been char
acteristic of Grout and his OF
gans ever since the commence
ment of this congressional cana
paign. 1t would have the voters
of this district understand that
the convention at St. Adams,
was made up Of disgruntled re-
publicans, and the most of them
spectators, and they largely out
of the British Provinces. They
would also have the voters to
understand that the "ardent'
flowed freely, and wind up by
saying that the convention did
not meet the expectation Of the
Boilers.
Now, what are the bottom
facts2 We will mention a few
and we cali the attention of the
voters to them. That the con
vention exceeded in numbers
the expectation of this district
is conceded by all unbiased
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-23

implement gives any man the back
ache who has ever used it.
Many tramps or labor reformers,
(Which means the same thing), be-
came very indignant early il the sea-
son about this labor saving machine,
aud went into the fields and smashed
Q me that were put there for carly
t lal, cl lining that they were going
to supersede man in the harvest field.
The affair passed off quietly, however,
hut with less broken heads than there
should have been, and the result has
been that harvest help have never
commanded the wages paid this year,
vi ich shows that the tramps have
nothing to fear from labor saving ma
chinery in the West. The growth of
the country is greater than the i'm
provement in machinery.
The ground being seeded a month
earlier than usual, owing to the early
spring, brought the ripening of the
wheat in Wis, Iowa, and Mimi, in
the long hot days of July, which has
had serious effect upon the crop in
the three greatest spring growing
states. Instead of an average of &c
bushels of No. wheat per acre, as
the growth indicated, the best facts
now obtainable put the yield less thar
one half the amount that will moi
average No. 3 i; the acreage is great
aud some early cut farms that viii
grade No, ], will help out somewhat
though the blow is heavy upon many
just opening new farms, and owing
for their machinery. 1t will be like
cutting the limbs from an orchard tc
improve tho roots, some will grow
stronger, while others will die out.
seems like striking at the only industry
in these new states, but the blow mus
be accepted as for our good, coming
from our righteous judge who doe.
not willingly afflict the children o
men, and the man who cannot cheer
fully accept the situation should leav
the country in search of Republican
form of government, where he Cal
have voice in the matter. j. M.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-23

Immediately after the Hyde Park
GonventioR, we raised the name of
Gen. Groat at the head of our editor
ial column. But we, as an advocate
for Mr.. Barlow before that convention,
and also a fricndto him could not stand
too much false charges heaped upon
his friends, and every one who sup
ported him. But there are times when
silence ceases to be virtue, and VIC
now haul down the name of Mr.. Grout
and substitute the name of Hon.
BRADLEY BARLOW. Should Mr.. Grout
be defeated, we hope that he will be
more wise than oflicious ,another time,
mnder like circumstances.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-23

When the result of the Hyde Park
convention was announced, we came
to the very humiliating conclusion,
that we must support Grout or no
one; and we certainly should not have
had anything to do with this political
desertion, had Mr.. Grout, Or the
friends of Mr.. Grout acted as they
should have done, and let Mr.. Barlow
rest after his defeat, and gentlemanly
acceptation of it. But mol Mr.. G.'s
organs were not satisfied with letting
the defeated candidate alone, but kept
up q continuation of their abuse a.
gainst HIM, and his friends.
Let us HOW look at the manner that
these gentlemen conducted the cam
paign. Mr.. Circuit, (who has been an
anti-convention candidate for q number
of years went into the canvass, aud his
friends and organs never let an oppor-
tunity pass to throw mud, and try
and besmear Mr.. Harlow's character.
They accused him Of using money,
being an immoral man, unprinci-
pied sc. Now upon the other hand,
let us see what Mr.. Barlow did: We
have never heard man say that they
ever heard Mr., Barlow, or any of his
friends say word against Mr.. CIRCUITS
personal character. He has never
thrown any mud, land has been fair and
square in all his actions.
Now let us look at the foundation
OF these accusations made against Mr.
Barlow, by Mr.. CIRCUITS friends.
About Mr.. Barlow's using money =
We have never heard Of but one in
stance where it is even limited that he
used money in other than legitimate
ways, and that was in the Carpenter
Human affair, and Mr.. Human den
les the assertion that he wanted to
buy Mr.. Carpenters vote, farther than
than he thought he would try Mr..
Carpenters sincerity for Mr.. Grout !;
but leave Mr.. Humans statement
out altogether-Mr. Barlow denies
ever investing authority in MI. Hin
man or any other man to buy votes,
and says that he dld not know Mr..
Hi@maR at that time. Although not u
professor of religion himself, Mr..
Barlow gives more than any other two
men in st. Alhans towards supporting
the preaching of the gospel. He gave
fbnt1c Jn1loro f1uynrH, RI
for the building of the Methodist
church at st. Adams, and every reli-
gious denomination share alike in his
contributions towards their support.
Think of these things, gentlemen,
and unite these facts with his unde-
niable ability for the position of Con-
gresham; his extended acquaintance
with public men throughout the Unit
ed States, and his conceded know
ledge of the finances of the country,
and we think it will not take you long
to make up your minds Which man you
will vote for. Let the result of the
election on the third of next month,
be the election Of the Hon. Bradley
Barlow. This will give the monopo-
ISIS and ring leaders already in Wash
ington something to think about.
They will know him to be man who
they cannot handle as they wish. But
they will know that he is man who
will stand upon his own footing, and
do what he thinks is'right, and for
the welfare of the district he repre-
ssnts.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-23

THE YELLOW FEVER. The latest
advices from the South Indicate that
the yellow fever is spreading aRd is
already creating quite general alarm.
A case or two have appeared in Men,
phis, and if care is not exercised that
city will again suffer as it did a few
years since. 1t is very strange that
during the period of the war, many of
the towns which are now periodically
visited by yellow fever did rot have a
case at that time, although there were
naturally many circumstances of a IA
vorable nature Al no time ia its his
tory was New Orleans so healthy as
during its occupation by Federal
troops and under military rule, Why
was it? Simply because the city was
kept scrupulously clean--a thing
which local Authorities do not seem
competent or disposed to attend to.
Before and since the war New Orleans
has been visited nearly every year
by some epidemic, the result of filthy
streets and general neglect of
sanitary measures. At the present
time the condition of New Orleans in
that respect is so bad that one or two
journals of Democratic tendencies
charge upon the Democratic City Gov
ernment the entire responsibility Of
the present prevalence of the fever by
all utter neglect to keep the streets
clean or enforce any sanitary measul-
es- The same may be said of other
towns where the fever has broken out.
The fact that there were no symptoms
OF such diseases during the war, when
rigid sanitary rules were enforced
leads one to conclude that the break
ing out Of this and similar scourges is
due TO the carelessness and neglect of
local authorities and the people. OF
course these sufferers will receive the
sympathy and aid of the people of the
North, who have always responded
literally when the wall of woe has
come up from the pestilence stricken
cities of the South, but the knowledge
that their authorities neglect to pro-
tect the people Of those municipalities
against the reoccurrence Of the cpl
demicS detracts much from that SYM
pathy which would go forth if there
was no reason to believe that the
scourge might be warded off by INTEL
gence and vigilance Boston Journal
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-23

Gen. Grout will doubtless say that
Mr.. Barlow or his friends should not
hold him personally accountable for
the actions Of his friends and organs.
Now how was it with Mr.. Grout? did
not he hold Mr.. Barlow personally ac-
countable for Mr.. Hinman's action
with Mr.. Carpenter? Fair play is what
we want, and we reassert that Mr..
Grout, or his friends whoever it is,
have only themselves to blame for this
action, and that it was brought about,
by their unfair, unfounded and cow
ardly statements.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-23
ESSEX COUNTY.

c.. w. KING-Senator.
A. S. Howard, w. w. FITCH
Assistant Judges.
ID. S. SToRRs-Judge Of Probate.
A. L. NICHoLs-States Attorney.
l.. 3. HARTsuoRN-Sheriff.
G. L. RAMsEY-I1igh Bailif.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-07-18
The Centenary of Illinois.

On the morning of the 4th instant,
the Springfield (IlD. Registe ;said: "A
peculiar interest attaches for the citi-
zens of this state to the celebration of
the national anniversary to-day. 1t is
just 100 years since Illinois signed the
declaration of independence, manifest
ed by the capture of the oldest towns
in the country, then settled by the
French, who readily embraced the OBJ
portunity offered by the expedition of
General Clark to throw off their forced
British allegiance and cast their lotwith
the American colonists. Kaskaskia,
Prairie de Rocher, Cahokia, We're the
outposts of the western country. Fort
Gage, near the former, readily yielded
to the overtures of the General with his
ragged Virginia and Kentucky troops,
who on the morning Of the 4th of July,
1873, presented themselves before its
walls. One hundred years have worked
wonders in the history of the country
and in the lives of individuals in this
great valley. There could be no more
appropriate occasion to note them than
the anniversary of to-day"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-07-18
What Il Mexican war Would Require.

The New Orleans Times of the I'd in
slant says: e Amy one who supposes
that war with Mexico will prove n
mere bagatelle is making very griev-
Gus mistake. 1t will require at least
100000 men and years hard fighting
to bring our neighbor to a true sense Of
this Republics grandeur. In fact. if
the time and number of men were to
be so limited we should hesitate long
before buying a pool on the GringOs.
If Mr.. Hayes wants a measure that will
give the country steady and exciting
occupation for the rest Of his term, he
couldn't hit upon a better expedient
than this. There is really little more
than rumOr at present to indicate that
such measure is being contemplated,
but there is rumor, and it is so sustain
ed andjustified by probability that it de-
serves Il much more serious considera-
ton than it appears to be receiving"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-07-18

THE first six months of 1873, do not
present 4 very hattering outlook in bus
mess matters. The review of business
failures rs recorded by Messrs. Dun,
Barlow & Co, is of serious interest to
the mercantile community: "The fail
urcs in the United States for the first
six months of the present year are
5,S25 as against 4,749 in 1877, an in
crease of over 900 III number, equal to
% per cent. The liabilities for the first
half of 1873 are $4,000 900, as against
S9O0O0,000 for the same period of last
year, q percentage Of increase still
greater. These figures are of grave inn
port as an indication of the state of
trade. Never before in an equal period
in the history of the country have busi-
ness misfortunes been so numerous or
aggregated an amount of loss by bad
debts so great" The condition of bust
ness and the probabilities are all in
favor of continuance for Il consider
ble time yet, of the present stringent
times. The business houses that are
sound are not making any effort to en-
large or extend business and those
houses involved ere struggling in vain
to improve their condition. This out
look is anything but encouraging.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-07-18
The Micr0phOne i'm Surgery.
New York Tribune.

The value Of the microphone in oper-
ations for stone and other delicate sur
gical manipulations has just been shown
at the London University College. The
apparatus consisted of the usual feeble
battery with wires, connected with two
telephones running to different parts of
the room. The ordinary sound used in
operations for crushing the stone was
attached by a wire to the circuit OF the
battery. Near the handle piece of
carbon, such as is used by Prof. Hughes,
was carefully balanced and attached by
a delicate spring to the battery circuit.
When the end of the sound strikes
against the smallest piece of calculus.
the acoustic wave is transmitted along
the steel of the instrument to the car
bon, where it is transformed into cleo
trio vibrations, which are multiplied
through the telephone, SO that the noise
becomes loud and unmistakable. The
carbon arrangement on the sound must
not be too delicate. nor the battery to 0
strong; but with the microphone prop
erly adjusted, it was easy by trial to de-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-07-18
A NEW WORK FOR CHEMISTRY
American Grasses Being Tested with In.
tereSting Results.

Prof. COllyer, the chemist employed
by the government for the department
of agriculture, is engaged with his as
sistants in making some ANALYSES that
| promise to be of considerable impor-
| tance to the agricultural interests of the
country. The department has received,
from various parts of the United States,
specimens of grasses which, having
been ground to powder, are submitted
to chemical tests to determine their
relative .nutritive value for the purposes
of feeding stock. The grasses now un-
der examination comprise twelve of the
native varieties Of Kansas. None of
the analyses are yet complete; but the
experiment of anal yzing agricultural
products being now in the United
States, the results of the ones now in
progress are awaited with interest.
One of the first tests applied to these
grasses is that of incineratiOn, or burn
ing, their organic substance being con-
sumed. The nutrItive value of the
grasses are IN some inverse proportion
to the inorganic or non-nutritive mat
ter which remains after the fire. One of
the western grasses already tested in
this manner has been found to contain
less than IL per cent. of the alkaline or
nOn-nutritive substance. Subsequent
tests are made for the purpose of de-
termlnlng the varying proportions of
starch, sugar, albumen, etc, contained
in the grasses.
According to Investigations made by
Prof Collyer, there grow within the lin
its of the United States not less than
twelve hundred varieties of grasses,
the New England states alone furnish
ing about two hundred varieties. Prof
COllyer mentions, as a curious fact
Showing the limited attention which
has hitherto been given to agricultural
chemistry in the United States) that al
most no analysis of even the common
cereals-corn, wheat, and rye-have
been made by American chemists, our
knowledge of the results of such anaiv-
ses coming from England and Germany.
He also thinks that the meadow lands
of New England, which have become
barren from being kept constantly sown
with one variety of grass, could be
made abundantly productive again by
being treated to some other of tho null
titudinous varieties, which after investi-
cation, would probably be found adapt
ed to the present condition of the soil.
At present, he asserts, the chemical as
sistance at his disposal is wholly made
quate to undertake investigations of
this kind