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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
Warding OFF the Heat i'm Rolling Mills.

The intense heat to which boilers"
are subjected in rolling mills while pud-
ding their heats is we'll known, and is
generally urged as one claim for extra
high wages. The manager of the Sligo
iron mills has just patented IN improve
ment to rolling mill furnaces by which
heaters and puddlers are protected from
the glare of the molten metal of the
furnaces. 1t consists of a hollow iron
shield through which a stream of cold
water is kept constantly running, sus-
pended in front of the furnace in such
q manner that it does not in any way
interfere with operations while the fur
mace is being worked, and can be easily
and quickly pushed aside when charging
or drawing heat. The water is intro
duced at the top of the shield, and after
running through it and performing its
cool mission, is drawn off by pipe lead
ing into the bosh, thus making the same
water answer a double purpose. The
utility of this invention will be readily
understood when it is stated that the
outside of the shield, being always at
the same temperature as the water pas.
sing through it, not only protects the
men from the glaring heat of the furnace
but it cools off the surrounding atmos-
phere and enables them to get out their
full number of heats, even in the hottest
weather.-Pattsbatrg Dispatch.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
BY MARY RowLEs.


He watereth the hills from His chambers"-Ps.
CIV, Is.
Oh! the ripping and the foaming.
Failing not from dawn till cleaning,
Where the rapids are descending, as Tor ages they
On each downward platform taking
Just moments rest, then breaking
Into sweet enchanting laughter at the geeful tri-
umph won;
All the latent echoes waking
With the funI
Sweeping from their rocky portal
ROBBED at once in light immortal,
Bringing infinite revealings from the sifnnces pro-
found;
How the little eddies whiten,
And the longer reaches brighten,
As the showers of brilliant dewdrops on their sill
very slopes rebound;
Falling into gems that tighten
All around.
When the sunbeams come unbidden
To behold the marvel hidden,
All the waters take them captive. to adorn their
raiment white;
But the rainbow tells the wonder
OF the radiance lying under,
And the sun in regal beauty stoops to claim his
own by right,
Till the ripples fall asunder-
Lost in light
On the brink the moses glisten,
And the grasses stoOp to listen
the never-ending music of the waters flashing
by;
Overhead the elm-trees stately,
In ther hearts rejoicing greatly
At the springs Of welcome GOODNESS that beneath
their strongholds lie,
Spread their myriad leaves sedately
To the sky.
When at night the stars assemble
In the far blue heavens, and trembIe
at their own reflected splendor, OH the torrent
borne away,
Then the laughing waves discover
How the moon-earths timid lover
Watches for the perfect mirror they have broken
in their play;
Watches-with the stars above her
Till the day.
Through all the seasons varied phases,
Still the waters speak their praises
Of the Power that sweeps them onward, in thei1
fullness to the deep;
All their rush and tumult guiding,
For each drop path dividing,
Till in far-of breadths of ocean each it's destined
place shall keep,
And at last, in calm subsiding,
| Fall asleep.
| Standby Magazine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
A Frog Story.

A dog likes company, and when exiled
from canine society will often find
amusement in foreign partnerships
Recently Montville man carried home
a young terrier dog. There were no
other dogs in the neighborhood, so he
broke the monotony of the place by
playing with toads. He actually became
an adept in discovering their haunts, and
when they hoped he would hop, and
when they were at rest he rested. He
showed every symptom of delight over
the fact that he could leap further than
the toad could, not recognizing the dis
parity in length of body and limbs in
his favor. One day he nosed out bull
frog in the wet grass, that proved to be
the prince of tremendous leapers, and
trying his jumping powers with it he was
defeated. Astonished, he looked at the
frog as he leaped away, but before it
had got off the premises, as if in a fit of
jealousy, he ran after it and killed it.
He still noses out toads and playfulIy
touches them with his feet to make them
jump with him; but from the day he
was beaten by the frog at leaping he has
insisted on killing every frog he meets
in his travels.-Nor1Cich (Conn.) Bulle-
fin
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
A Romantic Voyage.

Two adventurous miners recently took
ride through the Big Horn Canyon, in
the Yellowstone region, never before
trayersed by man. Had they been able
graphically to describe their adventure
they would have told a tale seldom
equaled in thrilling incidents. Wishing
to save two hundred miles travel around
the mountains they concluded to try the
canyon. With some tools they had in
their mining camp they built frail
craft at the bottom Of the canyon, having
previously taken down their material of
red cedar. The boat was made twelve
feet long, three feet wide, and upon
trial was found to carry its cargo of
freight and passengers admirably. So
on the morning of the 23rd of July they
united it and pushed into the current.
The rush of the river which before
starting was almost deafening, was terri
BILE as the boat started on its journey
through this unknown gorge. To 60
back was impossible; to climb the solid
| limestone walls which rose 500 feet above
| their heads, where a narrow streak OF
| light lighted up their course, was not to
be entertained as means of escape; they
must 90, trusting to their ability to avoid
rocks and to the strength of their craft
to run the rapids which they met al
every bend of the canyon. The loudest
halloo was heardas whisper. Grottoes
caves, unknown recesses of nature, were
passed by these hardy navigators. In
places focks of mountain sheep, startled
by the appearance of the curiosity rush.
ing by below them, would run along 8
ledge of rocks, jump from crag to crag
where footing for man would be impos,
sible, and disappear. Evening coming
on, they attempted to tie up for the
night. They worked the boat close tc
shore, jumped out, and away went the
craft, carrying the guns and provisions
With starvation behind them and hardly
a foothold in front of them their chance:
of keeping on were doubtful, when they
luckily found two logs, which they lash
ed together with their belts, and agair
trusting to the river and still more dan
gerous rocks, they set out to search fol
their boat, which they found two miles
below, where it had stopped in an eddy
On the afternoon of the third DAY, while
wondering how much longer the Bis
Horn Canyon could possibly be, they
suddenly shot out into the beautiful
Big Horn valley, with Fort G. F. Smith
on their right.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
THE OBELISK FOR NEW YORK.
Preparations for Its Transfer from
Egypt to This Country.

Preparations for Hts transfer from
Egypt to This Country.
From the N. Y. World.
The readers of the World will learn
with pleasure, we are sure, that Lieuten-
ant Commander Gorringe of the United
States navy, will sail from this city to-
day in company with his assistant,
Lieutenant Seaton Schroeder, for Liver
pool on his way to Egypt, there to
superintend the taking down, shipment
and transportation to this country of the
world-famous Cleopatra's Needle, a mon
ument conspicuous in the history of
mankind for twenty centuries past, and
now, through the iberality of the
Egyptian government, about to become
a permanent and most interesting feature
of this metropolis. For some time past
Lieutenant Commander Gorringe has
been experimenting the construction, at
the iron works of the sons of the late
Mr.. Roebling at Trenton, of the ma
chinery devised by him to be used for
the removal and the shipment of this
great monolith. This machinery
will aggregate about eight tons
in weight. 1t consists of two
towers each twenty-six feet in height,
which are to be shipped in sections and
put together after their arrival in Alex
andria, of two steel castings, each weigh
ing over six tons, and of a cradle six
feet in length. The towers correspond
to the sides of gun carriage and the
castings to the trunnionson a gun. Like
the machinery for handling the monster
gun of the colossal Italian iron-clad
Duilio, this machinery for moving the
Alexandrian obelisk will command the
critical attention of machinists and en-
gineers, and it is most satisfactory to
know that the work of transferring to
the new world the first great Egyptian
monument which has ever crossed the
Atlantic will be carried out entirely
under American auspices, though il
ought not to be forgotten that we are
indebted for the first hint of the feast
bility of such an acquisition to distin
guished English engineer, Mr.. Dixon, Of
London, who laid the subject two years
ago before the editor of the World.
The method of embarking the obelisb
which is to be adopted by Lieutenant
Commander Gorringe will interest anC
be appreciated by all seamen. A steam
COl1ICl having WdtSI-UdlldSI Y
ment will be secured alonside of TIT
pier, and the necessary preparation
made for heaving her down to careenins
lighters placed alongside on the side OPP
posite to the pier. The water-b allas
compartment will be filed. A port hav
ing been opened to admit the obelisl
into the fore-hold it will be launched in
The listing of the steamer from taking it
weight will be overcome by heaving dow
on the careening lighters, and the sink
ing due to both operations will b
counteracted by pumping out the water
ballast compartment, thus removing
weight of water corresponding to that o
the obelisk. Tidal and wind drift differ
ences of level will be overcome by mean
of float secured at the shore and afte
the fashion of ferry slip. The progress
of Lieutenant Commander Gorringe il
this enterprise will be watched wit
deep interest by all Intelligent PEOPLE.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
Death From Fright.

Yesterday it was briefly mentioned in
the East End Gossip that young lady
had dropped dead in Westmoreland
county under strange circumstance.
The name of the unfortunate lady, who
was only nineteen years of age, was
Rachel Snodgrass, and her home was in
the vicinity of Murraysville. Shortly
before the occurrence of the deplorable
affair it is said that little niece of Miss
Snodgrass had strayed out into the back
yard of her aunt's residence and present
ly wandered out on to plank which had
been suspended across deep well.
Here the little one, unconscious of its
peril, sat astride the board playing. A
few minutes later Miss Snodgrass, who
had missed the child, started out to look
for it. Going to the well, she was about
rescuing the child, when it began to cry
and at the same time made an effort to
crawl off the plank. This was SO terrify-
ing that Miss Snodgrass was overcome
by her nervous excitement and fell to
the ground, and had already expired
when discovered by her parents. The
child was rescued without injury.-Pihs
bLr0 TfLe0r01h.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13

acquainting him with the message OF the
deceased, and briefly relinquishing the
property, as she wished him to take steps
to discover the former owners of the
Junipers--a process which Aunt Resolve
thought would be difficult, though she
did not know them.
81 would not have it done, DEAR" she
said, sick in bed. 81 would have you
live and die upon the old place. 1 fear
-ah, l fear you will miss everything
for Captain Somers has no home, and he
will rove from and forget you'll It is
human nature. These long-deferred
marriages never turn out well. You
know your marriage to him must be de-
ferred, don't you, Adelaide~
eyes"
The girl uttered the one sad monosyl
liable, and said no more.
And now the time was flying. Captain
Somers she expected daily, for he had
promised to return to her in less than a
month. She finally brought herself to
write to him, and told him what had
happened. He made no reply.
This added pang. She saw plainly
how it would be. He could not provide
for her adequately. Such support as he
could afford her-and which she would
gladly have accepted, sweet if shared
with him-he would not offer. She
must find home in Florida, with some
of her mothers unknown relations, and
they would drift apart finally forever.
Aunt Resolve was right.
A storm set in. Day by day the rain
beat about the house, and the signing OF
the wind filed the girls heart with
dread.
At last there came letter from hel
guardian. 1t ran as follows:
MY DEAR ADELAIDE: I have been unus
ually fortunate in finding the right owner
of the jumpers. He will make his appear
ance there Thursday, after which win SEE
you at an early day.
Luther MESSENGER.
Not word of sympathy or regret. L
seemed to Adelaide as if all the world
had suddenly turned her enemy.
And still another day the storm held
The jumpers tossed in the rainy wind
and the wild air had voices of cruel sig
nifcance. Or was Adelaide's mind Civ
ing way under trouble? She had 81
anticipated such far-reaching result
that she seemed already deep in years O
suffering.
Alone, on mournful evening, she wa
suddenly electrified by coarse voice
demanding:
"Where is this ERE woman that's beer
a-keepin' me out of my lawful rights?
just want to set my eyes on her!"
Was her home to 60 to such people
Her heart sank, but the heavy ste]
came on.
Suddenly the door was flung open
and, smiling, there stood Captain Som
ers.
dearest, l have come!"
He caught her hands and drew her t.
her feet. She uttered cry of delight
then broke into a sobbing sigh as sht
felt herself clasped to his breast.
"Oh, only to part, my beloved!
"Not at all, my dear one; for l an
the master of the jumpers. By you
grandfather's decree, which bestows i
upon the poorest member of the defraud
ed family, it becomes mine; and mex
month sees our wedding"
| And it was even 40.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
A Smart Mule.

Mules are said to be very dull of COM
prehension and only pert in very per-
verted sense of the term. Why, even
the word mulish" is considered a syno-
nym for absurd obstinacy. There is one
mule in this town who has conclusively
proven that he is a good, smart mule.
A few days ago this bril- ht specimen
trotted up in limping way to jeff Hol-
brooks blacksmith shop and deliberate
ly walked into the shop. He seemed to
be very uneasy and restless, exhibiting
unmistakable signs of pain. The men
in the shop were rather taken aback by
the mule who thus came to the shop un-
bridled and loose. At last the mule
lifted up one of his legs and with GEES
ture of his head directed the attention
of one of the men to his foot. 1t was
then discovered that a nail had worked
its way into the flesh, evidently causing
the apparent pain. The nail was then
drawn out and his muleship, much re-
lieved, trotted off.-CoEunabus (Ga.)
Times
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
HALF.HEARTED.

If could love thee, Love, little more,
II thy fair love outlived the brief sweet rose
If in my golden field were all thy store,
And all JOY within thy garden close.
Then would pray my heart to be fuli 1end
Forever, and little bit beyond.
If daffodil and primrose were not trail;
If snowdrop died not ere the dying day
If were true as Daphnis in the tale,
If thou eouldst love as Juliet In the play,
Then would teach my heart to be FULL ond
Forever, and a little bit beyond.
But since fear am but Maynard true,
And hayward false, fair love- thou seenst 10
be-
Since some day must sigh for something new,
And each day thou for hfe's monotony-
Prithee, stay here yet we grow toe fond,
And let me pass little bit beyond.
-Bldcktoo0PS Magazine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
WHY She Wore a Shawl.

About week ago some young ladies
got up party to 60 on a moonlight
excursion. The night finally arrived,
and the moon flooded field and river
with glow of pearly richness. When
the party was ready to leave the house
which had been appointed as the rem
devious, it was noticed that one of the
most charming young ladies of the
coterie had a shawl on. "What's the
matter, Lucy?' inquired one young lady.
" Are you afraid of taking coldr' "No,
no." she replied. "The thermometer is
up at Sc. You'll roast if you wear that
shawl" "I'm willing to roast" she
said, rather pettishly. "Don't you
know why she wears that shawlT ' laugh
ed her little brother, as he wiped some
taffy off his mouth with his jacket sleeve.
/" you keep still, you John Henry, "
screamed the dear angel, as she turned
trife red. The boy then got out of
reach, and yelled, cpl tell you why she
wears that shawl. When she gets out
on the river Bob puts his arm under it
and hugs her, and nobody can see through
the game. "-E,1chdnge
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
Wales Big JULIEN,

The Alexandria (Va) Gazette says
that the Rev. Fields Cook, colored, for
merly of this city, now of Alexandria,
has in his possession quite an interesting
relic in the shape of a photograph of the
julep made by Jim Cook, his
brother, for the Prince of Wales, during
his visit to Richmond in 1858. Jim was
the bartender at the Exchange and
and was widely known by all
residents and regular visitors at Rich.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13

mond for the excellence of his mixed
drinks and the superior character of his
turtle soup. The iulep in question was
made in quart tumbler, and was en-
closed in pyramid of grated ice, orna-
mented with roses. The suckers or
straws through which The julep was
drawn were inserted at convenient points
in the pyramid. The prince is repre-
sented to have been much delighted
with the taste displayed by Jim, and on
his departure from the hotel sent him
five So gold pieces, which Jim religiously
preserved to the day of his death.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
THos. BaRD0k, Editor and Publisher
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

SToDDARD, the lecturer, who has just
returned from a tour of Russia, says
that the only leading idea of the
Nihilists is to convince the peasantry,
which constitutes fully nine-tenths of
the population of the cities, that the
car and nobility are but human.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13

M. GAMBETTA has just received a re-
markable gift-a portrait of his mother
embroidered in silk on crimson velvet.
The work, which was executed by q
Mile. Giraud, young lady of Marseilles,
is said to be excellent in its minuteness
and in its artistic and life like sppearr
anes,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13

FANNY DAVENPORT has purchased
for SAT, 900 piece Of property at Can
ton, Pa, which will hereafter be her
summer home,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13

The american architect, referring to
the Ineffective administration of the law
in the matter of theaters, says that it is
within the knowledge of any one who
cares to investigate that prominent and
important building of this class at Bos-
ton was passed as safe after daily super
vision by the department of survey, was
subsequently made somewhat safer at
the demand of the public, and in less
than year, under the pressure of public
opinion, stimulated by great disaster,
was pronounced by the same department
unsafe,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13

Mr.. GLADSTONE in a recent speech on
Beauty in Manufactures, observed
that very few of the industrial produc-
tions of America have any beauty at all
"a remark which was greeted with ap.
plause by his audience. "The circum-
stances of their national existence" said
Mr.. Gladstone, "down to the present
time have, from the scarcity of labor
and other causes, compelled them to do
a thing in the shortest and most effectual
way for answering the immediate pur-
pose, and the beauty of production has
been entirely overlooked. l may illus
trate this by reference to a pursuit to
which l have myself personal relation
the cutting of wood. The American
axe is an axe not intended to cut tree
away neatly, but to cut tree away
quickly. The American does not care q
pin about beauty of work; his object is
to clear ground.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13

In the manufacture of the Bank of
EngIand's notes of circulation, surface
printing, or block printing, is preferred
to any other method-a plate being en-
grayed in the first instance, an electro
type cast taken from the plate, and the
printing effected from the cast or block;
the surface is linked, as in letter press
printing, not the cavities or lines sunk
below it. The paper itself is chiefly re-
lied upon, however, for surety against
imitation. Not only is it very thin in
relation to its strength and tougnness,
but it has crispness, rustling, crack
ling, or crepitation quite its own; then,
again, the water mark is as peculiar as
the paper; it is most intricate in pattern
and kind, and, besides words and wavy
lines, there are symbols, ETC., difficult for
any but the bank authorities to make
out.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13

THE famous Cleopatra obelisk has
turned up again in the English Court of
Common Pleas. 1t will be remembered
how Civil Engineer Dixon invented
unique iron ship to transport the obelisk
from Alexandria to England; how this
vessel started from Alexandria in tow of
the Olga; was storm bound in the Bay
of Biscay and abandoned by the Olga /;
and was rescued by the Fitzmaurice, and
brought to London in safety. The Eng
fish courts allowed the Fitzmaurice's
master and crew $4,000 for salvage,
which Mr.. Dixon paid rather than lose
the great needle. 1t now appears that
before the voyage he had prudently in
sured the curiosity for $4,000. The in
surers refused to reimburse the salvage,
for, they said, the policy was "against
risk of total loss only" now the obelisk
was not lost, but saved and brought
ashore. The court pronounced this
point too sharp. twas only saved from
total loss by the services of the salvors
and the insurance company, as it had
the benefit of these services, ought tc
pay for them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13

AN extensive emigration which is GO
ing on from the central provinces of
Russia lying to the south and southeast
of Moscow, is causing the authorities
much anxiety. The fact is that lands
once rich and fertile, and affording ample
subsistence to large families, are now SO
exhausted, owing to the ignorant and
wasteful system of agriculture univer-
sally pursued, that the peasant finds it
impossible to obtain bread for himself
and family, and at the same time to meet
the heavy taxes with which the lower
classes are burdened. The land taxes
were generally assessed according to the
fertility and prosperity of the districts
IN which they are levied. The more
eastern provinces of Russia, having
hitherto suffered from the drawbacks Of
inaccessibility and thinness of popula
lion, have been comparatively lightly
taxed. The disadvantages, however
under which they formerly lay are now
rapidly disappearing, and it is therefore
towards these eastern governments that
The present stream of emigration is set
ling.