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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04

HAVE you Heart Disease? If so, do
not neglect it. Large trees from small seeds
grow, and so the germ of disease once plant
ed will in time assert its strength. Heart
Disease is more difficult to subdue than
most diseases, consequently, you hear it
said, the physicians have done all they can;
but have they tried DIR. Graves HEART
REGULATOR? This has done wonders when
all other remedies have failed, and we are
led to pronounce it a decided cure. To sub.
stantiate it, we have the testimonials OF
many who have almost been snatched from
death. Among the many forms of Heart
Disease are Palpitation, Enlargement,
Spasms of the Heart, Stoppage of the Action
of the Heart, Trembling all over and about
the Heart, Justification or Bony Formation
OF the Heart, rheumatism, General Debility
and Sinking of the Spirits. Send your
name to F. f. INGALLS,, Concord, n. H., for
pamphlet containing list of testimonials
of cures, etc.
| DR.. Graves HEART REGULATOR is fol
sale by druggists at 90 cents and 81 per bot
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04
ANTI. SUI s1pY VIEWS OF MR. MORRISON.

The t, xas and Pacific Railroad company seek to
cbtain the guaran &c OF the Unit, oiates for the
five per cent. bonds, TO be Issued by said railroad
company, and used by it Ill building and extending
its railroad fcom Fo.t Worth, III 1exs to the Pa
cific Ocean at San diego, il Ca lfornia The road
to be ucted is 4Uu miles in engIb; he bonds
TO be issued amount to ST ,o78 per IN lie; and the
interest guaranteed to be Iaid by the United
states, Used sinking fun aud invesie In gov
er1meht bonds bearing the same rate interest,
would pay &c., 60 900 of the public debt.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04
4 FARMER. a Farmers Son or Daughter,

~ taking orders for FIVE of NELLIs HARPooN HORSE
HAY FORKS and FIXTURES will, lin addition to the
profits, receive FREE complete rig Of Neis' Fork
and Patent Conveyor for depositing Hay Straw in
stack. Also man frs Nut Shell Hay Carrier
Pueys md Grappes; Agtl Steels, Eeils' Cast Tt oil
steel Castings (Plow-Shares from this steel Ice
welded worked into chisels edged tools)
tai fencngs for public grounds, cemeteries farms.
Pamphlets free. A.J.NELL1S x Co Pittsburg, Pa.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04

WAR DECLARED.-Veterin sur
geons all over the country are fercely de-
nouncing the parties who put up extra large
packages of worthless trash and sell it for
Condition Powders. They saw that Sheri-
dams Cavalry Condition Powders are the
only kind now known that are worth carry
ing home.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04
RECORD OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

The sta cement of the ma jority that the govern
ment of the United states in view of the quantity
of lands gwen to it by southern states. has be IL
unjust to the south IN the testowal of bountes il
believed to ID its refuts ion in the character of
the men who before thu war represented that sec
ton They were too sensitve to the rights of
their section TO be satisfied with ess than wnat was
RICH fully theirs The undersigned is not advised
as TO bow the Texas and Pacific railroad com psny
ACQUIRED the franchise and right of way BY ch
it is an hor zed to construct 1T railroad from Fort
worth to Ell 49, in the state of Texas, whether by
grant fr II toe state OF Texas by purchase rom
or con. olidation with the Mem hls, Ell Psso and
Pacific Railroad company, under the fourth secHon
Of the act of March 3, 1871. EMIT . An act to
inct rpora'e the Texas Pacific railroad company.
and to aid in the construction of its ROAD for other
purposes
In the case of Davis Gray, 16 Wallace, rage
2OY United States supreme curt decided that The
Menu his FL Paso and Pacific a surviving cor
poration with all it's preprty in possession and sll
its faru'fi unimpaired. This franchise and
| right of way the company proposes to mortgage to
ind, mnify the COVER nDent for its guarantee. II
becon es a material tact therefore, to know If il
aas ever acquired in either of the modes sug-
/ gestad. or Otherwise, and whether if has been
forfeited or lost wi h the Texas land grant. lbs
undersigned expresses no opinion upon this qnes
ton, winch was not consider d by the COMMITTEES
but submits that true regard for the interests OF
the government d mands that before any guar
antee is made, based in par on mortgage OF tbc
said franchise and right of the way, the HOUSE.
sbou' be informed and advised as to the title tc
what is proposed to be mortgaged.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04
DANGER OF SUBSIDIES,

The Railroad company witch asks for this enor-
nous appropriation of credit presents no claim
upon the public which entities it to exemption
from the general rule. The enterprise IL essen
TALLY private one, and the company has already
received from the United States the state of
Texas a sufficient basis of credit to have built the
road had it's assets been prudently managed.
The undersigned is not unmndful of the fact
at later period different rule of constr uct ion
prevailed from that which in the earlier days of
the Republic and which is now here insisted upon.
Undele gated power is necessarily unregulated
and uni restrained. Power usurped never was and
never will b. honestly administered.
But it is submitted that this belief affords no
sufficient justification for the guarantee and sub
sidy asked For it rendered, as it is not, that
this enterprise is essentially Of the Southern char
acter with which it is attempted to be stamped, no
reason can be built upon that fact which nay not
be urged, with equal force a why the
COVE nment should equalize between the lately
contending sections all the losses resulting from
"our uni orrunate civil disturbances"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04
Why He Wouldn't Marry Her.
" Marry herl by GEORGE 7 w

MaTTy Htr! Uy UtUrge! WOuIu II IC
wasn't for her COMPOUNDED nose"
Nose! Ha, ha! What's the matter with
her nose? Isit too short, too long, or crook
ed-which? You're too fastidious, young
man. A woman may be charming wife
and have any one of these deformities."
1T isn't any of them, old fellow. The
fact is / like Kitty-like to look at her and
talk with ..her-but any closer relationship
could not endure. Her nose is too
cd o-r-o-u-s!"
Unfortunate Kitties should use DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy, the wonderful dsinfect-
ing properties of which instantly sweeten
the breath, destroying all offensive odor.
To its mild, soothing, ndhealing effects the
ostinveterate cases of catarrh promptly
Weld. Sold by druggists
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04
IRON A BUSINESS srANDPCIsT.

Tw, pI OF ositioas before looking ID that
end. OAe oI ths N, the Texas and Pacific, See ks
retain i land trant from the United States
amour Ing 10 Is, U0J0 acre., " obJal two years
additional time, aud special aud e1trao dlnay
grant the credit OF tue nat,on the form of
nCoIsement upol $}@,751,OJo OF The con ny :
bonds, pledgiI Ii to pa men of flvo per cent
gold lite Tor fifty yea
The other, The southern Pacific, asks
sanction Continue Its road e,twe
territories within the same Time, but Without any
other further assistance than Ious
grant OF lands now the ol-pos al of congress.
Winch of these two prop Isl ions as guardians of
the p4b 10 interest eau We adopt? Nhcn of these
we to Iniru-t with Ihls undertaking? We snou d
select pIopo itIou most favorable the good of
the people. 1t would IN II by the CHI after the
grant OF land along tbs tnirIys cond pa rallI line
III the the territories WAS maze Oube that of the
pioneer line by the fortyhrst parallel, If in lieu
vi future aid i'll money or credit.
Were we administering our own private bust,
could we for a moment hesitate between tn, re Of
fers, of VIII CHI. be id.s being undeterved
favor, Involves grave Iesponslbiiite-, dangerous
precedent and great risks, while the other avoids
all comm tments all doubtful policy and insures
all its pro1fered benefits within with
out the risk OF q dollar of the peoples money or
credit? We conceive not here the al
n ners OF the bounty of the government to its cti
zens Col. orations, out guard OF the public
the nation to obey the constitution and pro-
tect the best interts Of the and III this
We cannot concur in the report Of no me joriiy,
which proposes to grant subsidy or guaranty If
IS 1900 of the peoples money els a cor
pOralOal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04

JoHNsoN's Anodyne Liniment is rich
ly worth ten dollars bottle in certain cases,
For instance, in cases of diphtheria, Group
and asthma, when the sufferer is almost dead
for want of breath, and something is requir.
ed to act instantly. IT costs only thirty-fye
cents.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04

Has Congress the power to authorize the coveted
guarantee e? If it has; then power has been con-
terI ed upon Congress 10 make gifts of the public
moneys and public property to private rpora-
tons and individuals, Has any tuch power en-
granted by the Constitution, or is it necessary
the execution Of any power that it is granted?
This ra lroad, when built, will be the private
property of the shareholders 1t will be military
and post road in the same sense, and 10 the same
extent and other, that all other raj roads of
the country over which the government may trans
port its mails, troops or supplies, fer reasonable
compensation, are mi itary aud post roaos. 1t is
submitted that the power has not been conferred
upon Congress to make The United States a parry
in such eLtepr ses by subscription 10 its capital
stock: or more, to authorize The construction If
the rad out of the ources of the peop.e to be
made gift to the railroad company.
The at empt to derive such power, the power to
estabi military aud post roads, is, in the opin
OF the und reis IA. d, attempt to prevent the
obvious purpose OF power Intended for the public
good to priva'e ends. The United States are bound
TO provide for the general defense but II does not
follow that taey may cons ruct or opt IA railroad
for the exclu eive benefit of Lriva corporate n,
because they may ultimately and in some poss be
contiI Cency want TO it for military pur pose
any more than they may go into par nersh1p with
a sto * raiser because horses necessary in war
The United States has power to regu ate foreign
commerce and commerce between the States but it
does not follow that they may endorse the notes of
a shipbuilder or merchant by way of stimulating
and encouraging business. The undersigned is III
BILE TO perceive any distinction in principle between
these caser and the demand OF the projectors of
this railroad for q loan of the government credit
to the extent of many millions with which to prose-
cute private speculation.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04

erly terminus of the Texas and Pacific company
and ninety additional miles in California, to com
plete the San Diego connection, without any pub
lie aid aud subject to q reasonable restrictions
IN the public interest. True, 1t desires the land
grant but we do not recommend it. because we b.
iieve that this corporation Will build he load with
out.
Should the represen tatives of that portion CT the
country chic fly to be benefited, not by tn. subsidy
but by the road defeat this asure. 1t is difficult
Tor us to ZEE how they can asouoby ,xpect the
rest of the country TO consent to buruen the tax
payer and embarraes our policy with the most dan
gerous precedent, which VIC .d exhaust the treas
ury with hundreds of subsid es thr Jughout the uu-
limited future of the nation.
1t would seem Impossible for any man to justify
himself to his constituency and 70 bis country nc
large in course which depletes the treasury when
ali that is desired is attainable without expense
the people.
vIEws MEssRs. LUrrRrLL RLAIa.
Both the act and its amendments required a
condition precedent that the work should be prose-
cuted simultaneously from the eastern and we tern
termini. By the act of 1872 there required to
be completed not less than 500 miles on the main
Line in Texas and not less than 11D miles in Cali
ornia by May z, 1878, whereas, in fact, less than
200 miles of the mBin line have been completed
westerly from the Marshall terminus in Texas, and
not one mile or tveu foot, from San Diego east
eIy. There has been a marked failure on the part
OF the company to comply with the terms on which
the lands and franchises we're granted. This con-
tngency of failure was, by the caution Of congress,
foreseen and provided for in both acts, by pro-
upon failure to complete it, congress may
adopt such measures as it may deem necessary and
proper to secure its speedy compet on"
In this attitude OF affairs it represents that 1t
would be great hardship to be compelled to wait
indefinitely upon disabled company for a con-
Meeting road from the east, and asks of us the
privilege OF continuing its ruad eastward through
the territories to the Rio Grande and mush
farther as might be necessary to meet the Texas
roads within six years Such is the desire for an
outlet to the east, which shall admit it to partci-
patton in through overland afc that it offers that
If ite request be granted to construct line 10 San
Diego harbor in addition to its present ocean
termini, and to prorate through business with
all eastern connections to San Francisco or other
points, and to allow congress to impose the rates
and fares tue line between It's eastern and
western termini at Pacific ports, although asking
10 aid of the United States which it is not its
advantage for congress to grant. This is rather
Pany to tff=r. No good and satisfactory reason is
found why this proposition sh Juld be promptly
ana cheerfuIly accepted
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04

jected. TIL only argument entitled to weight in
our opinion, that the southern Pacific, connect
ing with the ocean at san Fraucis co. and having
intimate business relations with the Central Pa
cifc Railroad, might enter into cnnt pations with
| that corporation ag inst the rUbhc interest and
that the advantages OF compet1tion and Of
sional connectIC San DI go We uld then be Jst
COMPETITION AND CONVERSATION.
We believe that any competition between rival
parallel llRes of railroad foe the same business
which r. suits in a loss to the companies, is sure
10 END in one of two ways, either in con binatin
by which the public will lose lar more tnan it has
ever gained from comp tiion, or, the other
hand in tue rul. Gus cutting OF rates persisted in
until the weaker corporation is Iuiuea, the public
is left the rap lcy of the survi There no
real prote ction to the public but in the enforce
| ment of the Law Of the land. Competition ahi b
takes from corpo rao1s just compen sation is quite
as ruinous :ombinati IN which them too
much.
company would, after constructing its line to he
Pacific ocean, long comTete With any rival to IFS
own loss even so as produce any reduction of
rates below the maximum to which the pull bic
would submit: that it would fail to r, pair it's
losses or increase its gains whenever an oppor-
tunity might ofer. We re peat that nothing but the
law aud the enforcement of the law by the gov
eminent. csn Irotect the public against the love
| of gain which is inherent in human nature.
This tru b is recognized by tn bill o: The Texas
and Pacific company reported by the ma jorty of
/ the committee, and stringent PROVISIONS are
the1 Elm made TO hold fbst corporation within the
bouncs of Justice aud law; very unusual afegu ds
being provided for in consideration CT the fact bsl
the government itself really required by the bill
I to flu nish the means airy to build the road
and give to the projectors an additional bonus OF
$40, TOO 600 Restric io1s and conditions in char
acter can be enforced by the N oh merry OF the law
against one corporation we'll az another.
WILL THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY BUILD THE
! ROAD?
/ We submit that it will work great wrong to the
Southern Pacific railroad corporation to the great
south and southw, a., and to the whole country Il
r. iect this bill aud to enact the III recommended
by the joriy IF the committee in the interest OF
the Texas aud Pacific company. or to reject th
| bill uoder any circumstances. This n easure doe
not ania2oniZe. nor did the Southern Pacific rail
70 aptsgonize before Us any railroad project
branch or come ction east OF the Rio Grsnde. j
simply asks to huild 800 miles Of railroad half wa.
| from the Colorado to Fort Worth tbs present wegt
, 1878-01-26

FALSE REPoRT.-The Tacoma
Herald says that "Mr. Wilkeson
received no such telegram" as
that announced in the MteNigen-
Ger, upon which we commented
on Friday last. So it appears
that it was only a small inven-
tion of the latter paper, designed
to commend itself to the patron
age of the "Tacoma Land Ring" :"
by this exhibition of zeal in their
cause. This reminds us remark
we once heard made by Andrew
johnson after listening to a
speech of B. F. Butler on South
ern rights: 81 always doubt the
sincerity of those Northern men
who defend us in matters in
which. he cannot truthfully de-
fend ourselves" Our neighbor
is manifestly more Jealous in
promoting the schemes of the
land spectators than their own
home organ.
, 1878-01-26

The United States Treasurer
is advised of constantly increas-
ing attempts by persons in vari-
Gus sections of the country to
cheat the government and inno
cent people by practicing what
is known as the "piecing pro-
cess" whereby a given number
of currency notes of like denomi-
nation are cut in pieces and so
pasted together as to give an in
creased number. The manipu-
lators generally take ten notes,
and by cutting and adroit piec-
ing make eleven, thereby gain
ing one at the expense of the
other ten. Of conrse the dimin-
lshed notes get into the hands Of
innocent holders, and when, sent
to the Treasury Department for
redemption they are at once de-
tected by the treasury experts
and thrown out. The regula-
tons for redeoming mutilated
currency do notadmit of the re-
demption Of anything except in
a single piece containing at least
one-half of the original, which
makes it still harder for those
into whose hands these nicely
pasted fragments fall.
, 1878-01-26

believe heprejudiccd statements
of the partisan press, by which
he was represented as o coarse,
vulgar ware-houseman, ungainly
and illiterate, without a social OF
intellectual qualification adapted
to the position. So general was
this impression, that even here
in this far off country, while
at Portland, Immediately after
his appointment, we found some
of the best informed people of
that city bewailing the disgrace
entailed upon the country by
the appointment to the highest
foreign ! mission Of a man who
knew nothing but "truck and
dicker." We now find that no
Minister ever representing this
countryat the Court ofSt. James
made a more favorable first i'm
preston upon English statesman.
The contrast which he presents
to the dllettanteism Of Pierre
pont, is a subject of comment in
the London journals. His first
speech in England, in reply to an
address by the Liverpool Cham
ber of Commerce, showed him
to be the peer Of John Bright in
knowledge of political economy.
He is described as a somewhat
tall and slender person, with a
pleasant face, half hidden in a
gray beard, with large blue eyes
and a well. shaped head covered
with profuse gray locks. He has
the air and manner of an educat-
ed merchant, and has, indeed
been for the most of his life a
very successful business man.
He is lavish host and has
woalth to support his disposi-
ton. He is now holding his first
polltal position, and illustrates
the sagacity of the President in
selecting private citizen, backed
by no political party influence,
against the clamorous demands
of party caucus, for one of the
most honorable and responsible
positions in his control.
, 1878-01-26
The EXTENSION BILL.-The

The EXTENSION BILL.-The
bill introduced in the House oi
Congress in behalf of the North,
ern Pacific Railroad, is as tol-
lows:
Be it enacted By the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of stAe
United States in Congress assem-
Ued, That ten years additional
time is hereby granted to the
Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany. as now organized, to con-
struct and complete it's main
line and branch under it's char
ter and the acts and resolutions
of Congress relating thereto.
That is all there is of IT; an
absolute and unconditional ex-
tension of time; an absolute sur
render to a compaAy of specu-
iators Of the control of two
thirds of the public domain in
Washington Territory west of
the Cascade Mountains, epbra-
cling the most valuable unoccu-
pied timber and mineral lands
upon the continent, without a
single provision for the sale of
the lands, for the protection of
settlers, or to enforce the con-
structlon of the road either to
Puget Sound or to Portland. 1t
means an overland connection
from the head of navigation on
the Columbia river, with per-
petual monopoly of the navisa-
tion of that river, with a black
pail extending for ten years over
the larger portion of our Terri
tory, prohibiting settlement, re-
pelling enterprise, and obstruct-
ing all the avenues ofcommercei it
does not monopolize. That is
what many of our citizens and
the Portland Board Of Trade pc
titiOned for.
, 1878-01-26

The Colorado river mot our Tex
as Colorado) is noted for ''swirls, -
so called. They occur everywhere,
but only at high stages of water. A
bubble rises from the bottom and
breaks with slight sound on the
surface. The water at the point be-
gins rotary motion, so small that
an inverted tea cup might cover it.
Larger and larger grows the circle,
till a surface of forty feet in diane
ter is in motion, spinning round a
funnel shaped hole in the center,
two or three feet across at the top,
and coming to point in the depths
below. Often q large tree floating
down the stream is caught, and its
foremost end thrust up in the air
twenty or thirty feet, while the 9th
er passes underneath-the exposed
end to be slowly drawn down again
and to disappear. Three soldiers
deserters from Camp Mohave-pass-
ing through the ravine in skiff suf-
fered their craft to run into swirl.
One of the crew, at the first in!ima.
ton of danger, threw himself over.
board, beyond the charmed circle,
and, as he swan away, he turned his
head and saw the boat spin round
until, one end being drawn into the
vortex and the other upheaved in the
air, it slowly sank as it revolved in
to the turbid bosom of the river,
its human freight to be seen no
more; for the Colorado river does
not give up its dead-no corpses
lodge on its shores.
, 1878-01-26

i'd South. If the Republican
leaders had at once accepted th'
Southern policy, the solid Soutl
would have crumbled to piece.
before this; but he did not ex
pect that, and he is satisfied with
the benificent results thus fal
attained.
Of the matter of civil service
reform, Mr.. Hayes is reported te
have said: The reform of the
civil service is necessarily slow
work; it requires cautious action
in a great number of cases. But
though, in the opinion of some
friends of reform he has acted
too slowly, he believes thought
full men will soon recognize the
fact that new spirit has begun
to animate the public service;
that the work is better and more
efficiently done, because the old
officers he has not removed feel
that they are watched and that
they must attend more carefully
than ever to their public duties.
He believes that the public SER
wee is now more correctly and
effectively conducted than it has
been at any period since the war,
and while he is by no means sat
isfed that the highest standard
has been reached, and while he
docs not mean to relax his efforts
to improve 1t, yet he is satisfied
with the results so far attained.
1t follows from all this, if he is
correctly reported, that the Pres
ident has no intention of chang
ing, his policy in any respect, and
it is regarded as certain by those
best informed, that he will make
no change in his Cabinet either.