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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-07-26

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sgcan m4lle money faster 81 WORK Tor n tnau a
q any thing Else. Capital required: Wiz
start yoH. So per day home made by the indGs~
trious Men, women, BOYS aad girls wanted every>
TO work tCT Now is the tire. Costly outst and
terms free. Address, True < Co. Augusta. M.ine.
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lNE II WAEKE EE
Lake Shore & West
erla Railway.
GOING NORTH ANn r-Esr

TINE r4alEw EFFECT sFP. %. 1873.
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Eirst-That it IS now assured that the
Norsaern Faci6c road viii be promptly com
Fleied from the head OF Lake Superior to
tie Parifc ocean, and thence TO the Noutrcai
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BBAINEBD AND DULUIH DIVISION
BRAINERD AND FARGO DIVISION
DAKOTA DIVISION

Meals
Connects at St. Paul and Minneapolis with
trains East and South; at ST Iload with trains
for Melvose and the Sauk Valley: 40 B.ai-
nerd all trajns make close connections to and
from Duluth and TO and .sam the West ana
South.
Close connection with St Paul trains aa
\. 2. junction; St Paul & Pacific Railtosd
trains at Glyudonfor Fishers Landing, Fort
Garry and the British Possessions; al Bis
marck with stages for Standing Rock. Fol,
Rice, Berthold, Fort keoueh, and other
points in Montana also with n. ". Sfsee
and Express Cos line to Deadwood City au5
all points IN the Black Hills
y, E. SARGENT.
Cea'l IanuEaI, Sc. Paul
G. q. SANBORN. II. a. TOWNH.
GenI Frt & Ticket Agt. Superintendent
st. Paul. Eraipcri
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-18
Behind Time.

The Star Press
People who are always behind time
seldom accomplish anything valuable
in the world, or if they do something
that would have been of value if per-
formed in season, it is always com
pleted at the time when it is no longer
of any use, Locking the stable care
fully after the horse is stolen, or giving
almonds to the toothless, are feats
usually performed by people who arc
invariably behind time. These people
begin a journey at the time it should
be finished If they'have an appoint
ment 10 meet they begin to get ready
to go when the hour is up; and gener-
ally manage to arrive at the place
about FIVE minutes after the person
they we're to meet has gone. They
often labor quite as hard as those who
are always in season with their work
and their appointments indeed, as a
rule, they work much harder. The
only trouble Is, they labor upon some
thing that is out Of date or season, or,
if by accident they accomplish any
thing in the right time, they usually
manage to bring it to naught by some
delay in the most vital portion of it..
By ~neglccting the all-important stitch
in time they are constantly busted
with mending enormous rents that
need never have occurred had the
slightest grain Of precaution been tax
en- in season. When these people
have several things to do, they always
defer the most important mes until
the last. They perform, with a great
hustle and assumption ofbusiness dex-
teriy, what could as we'll be done next
week or next year, and leave what
should be performed to-day to wait
until too late to perform it at all,
when, by beginning at the most i'm
portant, they might accomplish all,
with ease, in short space of time.
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A Model Reformer.


II. Louis Republican
Perhaps the most rcmalkable-cer.
tainly the most curious--feature of
the proposed Turkish reforms in Asia
Minor, is the man whom England has
forced upon Turkey as the champion
and leader Of the reform policy
Baker Pasha," now y%iceroy Of Asia
Minor, is none other that Col. Valen-
tine Baker, formerly Of the British
army, VINO, a few years ago, was dis
missed from the service in disgrace,
aud afterwards imprisoned, for an in
decent assault upon a young lady in a
carriage. Naturally enough, when
he had to begin the world anew he
went to Turkey; and beinga brave and
capable officer, obtained important
command, and distinguished himself
in the war. He was rewarded with
the title of ''pasha," but would never
have been promoted to his present
place had not the British government
insisted, and even threatened. In
other words, England literally rammed
this unsavory Englishman down the
throat of her reluctant ally; and the
aristocratic rufian, who deserved to
be kicked if not shot, is employed to
teach the Turks how to mend their
manners, A greater piece of diplo-
matte impudence and insolence was
never perpetrated, and we do not
wonder that it is reported to have
seriously weakened the friendly re-
lations between the two governments"
1t is an outrageous insult, which the
great power of England would not
dare offer to any other power.
Baker is lucky enough to be the in
innate friend and boon companion of
the Prince of Wales. and the Prince
of Wales is lucky enough to have a
prime minister who is willing TO graf
iiy the wishes of the heir apparent at
almost any cost. Beaconsield is re-
sponsible therefore for Bakers pres
ent official position, and the RESPONSE
bility is not a pleasant one. We do not
think any of his predecessors, except
perhaps Sir Robert Walpole, would
have accented in.
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Preterring My Lord Il.

The late Counsellor r. chair
man of the quarter sessions for Dub
lin, was so remarkable for his lenity to
female culprits, that a woman was sell
dom convicted when he presided. On
one occasion, when this humane bar.
rister was in the chair, a prim- looking
woman was put to the bar of the com
mission court, at which presided the
equally humane, though perhaps not
so gallant, Baron s.. She was in
dicted for uttoring forged bank notes.
According to usual form of law, the
clerk Of the crown asked the prisoner
if she was ready for trial.
With becoming disdain she answer
ed, mol"
She was told by the clerk she must
give her reasons why. As if scorning
to hold conversation with the fellow,
she thus addressed his lordship
MY Lord, / won't be tried here at
all. Ill be tried by my Lord E."
The simplicity of the woman, eou.
pied with the well known character of
E., caused a roar Of laughter in the
court, which even the bench could not
resist. Baron g. with his usual
mildness, was about to explain the
impossibility of her being tried By the
popular judge, and said
"He cant try you when the
woman stopped him short, and with an
inimitable sheer, exclaimed
Cant try me! | beg your pardon,
my lord, he tried me twice before"
She was tried, however, and for the
third time acquitted.
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FIoaling CItics or the Nccnn.

New York Herald
The London Standard bases a long
editorial upon the a%nnoancvnnu l that
three new steamships Of extraordinary
size aud speed are about to be built
for the North Atlantic service. The
proposed vessels will belong respect
lively to the Cunard, Inman and Allan
(Canadian) companies, and are to be
in many respects superior 20 anything
now ahoat. The Sahara, of the Cunard
line, will be over 1000 toni burden,
aud will have 10000 horse power, with
a length of 800 feet and beam of fifty
feet. Her speed will be greater than
hat of any vessel yet built, and We
may expect the remarkable passages
made by such fast boats as the Britain
mic, Germanic, and more recently by
the Arizona, to be beaten out of sight.
The Allan line ship is to be smaller
than the Sahara, but quite its equal in
speed while the Inman boat is in
tended to surpass them both, If"
says the Standard, THE tidings do not
stimulate the Guion, the White Star,
and National or some hitherto unam-
bilious rival, to order one still more
superb" 1t may perhaps be news to
the Standard and the White Star and
Guion lines, so far iron being "hither-'
to unamDitious, are the very lines
which by their ambi iOus rivalry have
created the spirit of competition which
is now stimulating the Cunard and
Iaman companies to the production of
such splendid ships as the proposed
Sahara. If the Sahara crosses the
Atlantic in six days, it will be because
the Cunard company were bound to
beat the seyen-day passage of the
Britannia and the Arizona, or 10 fall
out Of line and lose their traffic.
Jules Verne" says our foreign
contemporary, ''in one of his wider
fights of imagination described a
floating town. Jules Verne did, it is
true. describe "a floating CITY, but so
far from being "a wild flight Of imag-
nation it was simply a description Of
the Great Eastern, which is a most
substantial reality, as the standard
must admit. The floating city"
however, proved impraticable and use
less as a passenger vessel, and though
the limit of size seems to have been
reached in her construction, the new
generation Of steamers is rapidly en-
croaching upon hat boundary and
may yet prove that by superior con.
struction even greater proportions
than hers may be compatible with
safety, speed and east Of management.
The Sahara and her companion mon
sters Of rival lines will in all proAabil-
ity be followed by others which are
to them in size and speed what they
are to the inferior vessels to their
fleets, and the traveller of twenty years
hence is more than likely to make the
Journey from New York to Liverpool
in five days upon a yeritable floating
city, carrying as many thousands Of
passengers as the best steamers now
carry hundreds.
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SILVER CITY,
Thirty.Flve Niles from Not Springs, Ark

The following description of Silver
City is from the Centre Point News {:
Silver City is located eight miles east
Of Mt. Ida. and is the principal camp
Of the MI. Ida mining district. The
district is a basin, 10 the form Of a
psrallelogram about eleven miles long
by seven miles vide, and is bounded
on all sides by mountains from 300 to
500 feet above the average level Of the
basin. The earth is literally stripped
with the numerous veins Of highly
orystallized quartz, and almost every
foot Of the territory is covered by
mining claims. We found the camp
in a hustle, and claims selling readily
at from Sl00 to s 1000 each, while some
we're held at still higher figures.
Work is being vigorously prosecuted
on many of the mines. aud several have
7lready reached the depth Of IS feet.
Contracts for tunnels, drifts, prospect
shafts, etc, are being let nearly every
day. and everything indicates that the
capitalists who have secured a foot
hold arc confident of success. In fact,
these mines have been visited by ex
perts from almost every mining region
in the United States, and their verdict
has been unanimously favorable in the
highest degree. The assays made, so
far. have ranged all the way from $3.50
10 $4,000 per ton in silver, with more
or less gold"
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Russian Insficr.

A verdict highly characteristic Of
Russianjustiee was recently given in
the District Court Of Cherson. in
Southern Russia. Three young col
legians of respectable parentage stood
arraigned before that tribunal upon the
charge OF having at different times
stolen from the master of the British
merchantmen Beta, lying at anchor in
NicholaieH Harbor, a golden watch
and chain, q purse containing a SOW
ereigu, and q pair Of golden sleeve
links. The prisoners made full con-
fession of their delinquency, but ap.
pealed with heart. rending sobs to the
patriotism Of the Court for exoBera,
ton from the legal consequences Of
their crime upon the grounds that
they had purposed exercising a we'll.
merited veng nee u?on the wicked
English, VIA lad inflicted so many
wroaes upon Holy Russia r. Thus
invoked, the jnry- returned a uuaui-
nous verdict of mot guilty which
enabled the judges 10 mVlet the
British plaintiff ia all the costs Of tLt
action, ncluding the expenses incur.
red blythe State during tue detention
Of the three young thieves Ia prison
down to the day of Their trial
""
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A Rare Fent or

A brave lad has just performed a
rare feat Of courage, common sense
and presence OF mind in Berlin, in the
presence of very few observers. A
milk cart, containing no one but a
little girl about three years old. was
being wildly dragged along the Null.
~enstrasse, by a ferOcious horse, and no
one dared to rush at the bride ofthe
glllOping beast. A boy. apparently
not more than thirteen years old.
sprang forward, and rolling a large
empty tub, which was Standing near a
shop door, in the centre OF tie road.
This brought the horse to an instant's
pause, and when he tried to pass at its
side the boy seized the bride and
hung on, at the same moment throw
ing up his legs, and clasping them
lightly around the horses neck. This
heavy burden in so unusual a place
brought the terrified beast to a full
stop and the ~bystanders hurried up.
aud lifted the little girl out of the
cart. While all manner of questions
and soothing speeches were being ad-
dressed to her, the hero of the action
quietly slipped away, DO one knowing
bis name or dwelling.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
District of West Tennessee,

Circuit Court for said district.
In equity, No. 2l6-Luke =. Blackburn vs..
The Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad
20. and al,
10y virture Of the final decree Of tho Circuit
ID Court Of the United States, for tho West
ern District of Tennessee, made in the above
entitled cause, on the Sd day Of June, AID,
1873, the undersigned clerk Of the said court,
duly AUTHORIZED and appointed by the said
decree. will sell nj public sale, Mt the court
house IN Memphis, county Of Shelby and
state Of Tennessee, on Monday, the 22d day
OF March, AID. 1870, between the hours of IL
m. and 2 p. m, Of said day, TO the highest
bidder, all the following desolibed property
to-vit; All tbs Selma, Marion and Memphis
railroad, lying between the city Of Memphis,
IN the state OF Tennessee, and the city Of
Selma, in the State Of Alabama, constructed
or to be constructed, together with all and
singular the railways, rails, bridges, fences,
warehouses, engines. cars, fixtures, privileges,
rights, real estate of every a1d ali descrip-
lion, and all other property 6wntd or which
since the 18th day Of March, 15Tl, the date
In this cause has been acquired by said
company by subscription, donation or
purchase and including 81 bonds of
$1,000 each, issued by the city Of Aberdeen, In
The state If Mississippi, nov In the hands of
the receiver In this cause. The said line OF
railroad with its equipment and appurten-
nnces, being an entirety, will be sold alto
gether, with the benefit of the franchises
owned AND possessed by said company. The
sale will be made on the following terms, to-
wit: One thousand dollars Of the purchase
money of said railroad, with its appurte.
names, equipment and rolling stock, shall be
paid in cash at the time of the salo, and the
remainder shall be paid in six months after
the date of sale, the purchaser giving his note
with approved security, payable to complain
ant, and q lien reserved On the ryapsrtg. The
said bonds and othor property WIN BE- sold
for cash 70 be paid down at The time of the
sale. BELL W. RTHERIDGE,
Dee. 10, 1879. Chrk and eommissioner
Estes d ELLETT. soils.
81 Y 10
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eiusd "a Bfa Pant,

If the following Figaro yarn is true,
there must be openings for the profes.
sional Office holder in France
A worthy man was strongly recon-
mended to the post OF tax gatherer in
the Department du Midi, aud was ap,
pointed to it. His provorbial hon
esty and his Republican ballot were
his strongest points. Apart from them
he was a human OK.
Two months passed, and the receiver
of the district had received no taxes,
though the baliff had been out collect
ing all the time. Finally his superior
became uneasy, and hunted him up
He found him sleeping on a couch
made on a big chest. with a sabre by
his side and a revolver under his pill
low.
Where are your returns?" asked
the receiver.
What returns p
THE money you have collected"
ut is safe, | assure.you."
but where ?"
Here; and trouble enough it ha,
cost me-"
And why the devil didn't you pay
it over to me?'
"Pay it over to you?"
Yes"
Because | was not told to- Point
ing to the chest with an air of offended
dignity, Take it, and much gooC
may it do you. I'm going to bed nov
like a decent man. | havn't slept
wink these six weeks
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Who Made those Tracks.

On one Of the rocks brought to
Franklin, Ky, to use 10 the founda-
ton OF the courthouse, were found
numerous human tracks plainly dc.
fined aud u~nmistakablo. The stone IS
about three feet by six, and one side
showed as many as a dozen Of these
human footprints. Some Of them
were misshapen, as if having been
made in soft clay and crowded BY
contiguous tracks, but many were in
most perfect formation. None were
barefoot tracks, but evidently made
by f~asbioHally shaped shoes. on ne
stone were also seen one bovine track
that was clearly defined, and one tbat
was somewhat out Of semblanos. In
some Of these tracks there had been
an after formation Of rocks, which
With a chisel was easily removed.
TIA stone came from the Vernon
quarry. The question that naturally
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Friday, December 20. Is1O.

between the hours Of 10 O'Clock am. and 9
O'clock p.m., on the southwest corner OF
Main and Madison streets. in the Taxing
District, late city of Memphis, Shelby county,
Tennessee, offer for sale to the highest bidder
for cash, the following described real estate,
to-wlt: al the right, title. claim ana interest
Of said G. W. Edm Onds and W. T. Edmonds,
being the undivided enc half thereof of tho
following described lot Of ground in the said
Taxing District, late the city Of Memphis,
Tennessee; being part Of lot 373, as laid down
in the plan Of Memphis, beginning at a point
on tho south side OF Adams street IS feet Q
inches from the cast side Of tho alley which
runs between Second and Third s~treets, thence
running southwardly and parallel with said
alley 1857 feet 10 Cars alley; thence east.
wardly 40 feet; thence nOrthwardly parallel
with the first line 1857 TO Adams street;
thence westwardly 40 feet TO the beginning,
heipg tn. same lot conveyed to A. N. Ed
monds by John r. Watkins by deed recorded
in book 10, page 60, Of the records Of Shelby
county, Tenn.
The right Of redemption is especially waived
in said trust deed and the sale will DO made
discharged thereof. The title to said proper
~ Is believed to be good but l will sell and
convey only rs trustee.
r. A. PARKER, Trustee.
TAYLOR & Carroll, Attorneys. 81 10l