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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-05
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..On the first of January, 1879, the
sisters of charity in the United States had
one hundred and six establishments.
To the London Standard it seems
"highly probable" that, at last, " the
United States are entering upon long
period of prosperity"
..On the 1st of March the total num-
Der of poor in London was 89,529; 49,
013 in warehouses and 44,516 outside,
though receiving help.
Two small but benevolent infants in
the park: ooh, dear, my beetles only
dot five legs" Break snozzer one of;
Johnny, SO he won't be lame"
An ethereal maiden called Maud,
Was suspected Of being fraud
Scarce crumb was she able
To eat at the table
But in the back pantry " Lawdf
-" Then, doctor, mine is hopeless
case-I am indeed attacked by one of
those awful maladies which science does
not treat-which you do not prescribe
for" Not so, not so bad as thSt-we
treat such COMPLAINTS prescribe ior
them" "But do the prescriptions do
any good ?" "Not the least"
"A popular concert singer, sdver-
tised to participate in an entertainment
in a Missouri village, excused her ab-
sence on the ground of having severe
cold in the head. and the next day re-
ceived the following from an admirer:
"This is gouse greze; melt it, and rub
on the brige of yore nOze until cured.
1 luz you to distrsxshun."
THE board of health of Carlsruhe,
Baden, publishes a notice stating that
chemical analysis shows that the outer
portions of American canned beef, which
have been in contact with the tin of the
case, are impregnsted with the lead and
are injurious to health. Consumers are
advised to cut off thin pairing on all
sides of the package before using the
meat.
Professor" said the cheeky toph.
"is there any danger of disturbing the
magnetic currents if I examine that
compass too closely H'' And the stern
professor loving his little joke, promptly
responded: "No, sir; brass has no effect
whatever on them" thereby scoring
three against the unsuspecting man of
cribs.
Before the csdi Mahommedsn Wa
brought up for burning down q Christ
ian's house Where is the complaint
anti" "May our souls be a sacrifice,
but he is in the other world He was
burned up with his house" "The
Koran" said the magistrate, "prevides
that where the complainant is unable to
appear, if his abiding place be known
the culprit shall be taken there and con-
fronted with him. In the present case
the plaintiff does not appear and is
known to be in the next world. Let the
law be exeeuted-ditto the prisoner"
Gone to meet his victim.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-05

AN African lion hunter contributes
the following: How to catch lions. The
desert is composed Of sand and lions.
Take a sieve and sitt the desert. The
lions will remain. These you place in a
bag which you carry for the purpose,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-05

Last Sunday Sunderland superin-
tendent, after the lesson was closed,
asked the little boys the following ques-
ton from the smaller question book /:
"Who knows better than father or
mother?" A little fve-year-old promptly
answered. 81 do"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-05

An old miser having listened to q
powerful discourse on charity, said !:
"That sermon 90 strongly proves the
necessity of slms-giving thst-I've al.
most got mind to beg"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-05

There is nothing mysterious about
mosquitoes. 1t is easy 70 see how they
may-nip-you .late.-[New Orleans Plea
yune.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-05
HANLEY.

A strange case of cruelty came before
the stipendiary magistrate this morning.
An elderly woman was charged, with
asssulting her niece. The allegations
were ''that the child had been beaten
with undue severity until she was much
bruised, and she was then washed in tur-
pentine and salt, causing erest agony"
The defense was denial, and that the
child was incorrigible. The bench, COM
menting on the undue severity OF the
punishment, imposed fine of Is. and
costa s.-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-05
NORTHAMPTON.

At the police court to-day, John Old
was summoned by the society for the
Proven lion of Cruelty to Animals for
gross cruelty to dog. The evidence
showed that prisoner had brutally lie
treated the animal. Hewas seen to dash
it against the stones and kick it re-
peatedly in the streets. He aiterwsrd
severely wounded it by striking it with
shovel. He was about to bury it while
still alive. but was prevented. The anis
NAL soon died after from the effects of
the prisoners ill-ussgs. Old was senr
fenced to q months hard labor without
the option of fine.
"The italics are mine. You see, if
yeu treat a dog inhumanly you can't
get off with fine; you must 60 to
prison for month at hard labor. But
ifyou treat little girl inhumsnly you
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06
A Lime Kiln Club Deficiency.

At the last meeting of the Lime Kiln
club, Judge Sunfower Truax, chairman
of the committee on foreign relations,
announced that he had delicate nilsson
to perform. He had been requested by
the new janitor to state that there was
a deficiency in the cash accounts of the
old janitor. The treasurer's books show
ed that the janitor should turn over to
his successor the sum of thirteen cents,
whereas he had only turned over eight.
Brother Gardner requested the ex-oficial
to step forward and explain, and he
up and said:
6" I tole the new jsnerter all about it,
an he had no bizness to raise dis fuss.
Dat five cents was lost down a crack in
de flo out in de ante-room, an de treas
urer should report it as cash on hand"
kin dat five cents be sawn down dar
under de fo'?' inquired the president,
and being informed that it could be,
appointed committee of two to "sawn
it'' and report. The result was the &C
quittal of the old janitor of the serious
charge of embezzlement. The commit
tee reported that they could see the
nickle under the floor, and that it could
be recovered any time carpenter was
called in,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06
AbOUt Bells.

In making large bells, loudness rather
than pitch is the object, as the sound
can be conveyed to much further ex-
tent. This accounts for Jhe enormous
weight of some of the largest bells. st.
PauPs, London, weighs 1900 pounds,
and the bell of Antwerp $1,000 ponds;
Oxford, II, 900 pounds; the bell at Rome,
$4,000 pounds; Mechlin, 10000 pounds;
Bruges, $4,000 pounds; York, $4,000
pounds; Cologne, $4,000 pounds; Mon
treal, $4,000 pounds; Erfurt, $4,000
pounds; "Big Ben," at the house of
parliament, $1,000 pounds; Sens, $4,000
pounds; Vienna, 10000 pounds; Nov
gorod, $4,000 pounds; Pepkin, $4,000
pounds; Moscow, al 900 pounds. But
as yet, the greatest bell ever known is
another famous Moscow bell, which was
never hung. 1t was cast by the order
of the Empress Anne in 1858. It lies
broken on the ground and is estimated
to weigh 1892 pounds. 1t is nineteen
feet high and measures around the mar
gin sixty four feet. There are few bells
of interest in the United States.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06
A Prize Among the Needs.

A French gentleman, M. Emile LIE
Franc, who has resided in New Jersey
for the past ten years, claims to have
discovered a most valuable fibre yielding
plant among the weeds which abound
about old farm buildings and gardens.
The one which he thinks is to become
especially valuable is well known under
the name of velvet leaf, or Indian NAL
lows-a tall-growing, weedy looking
annual plant, bearing orange yellow
flowers. New Jersey farmers call this
weed devils plant" probably because
it is SO difficult to eradicate when it
once gets possession of a good piece of
land, but now that Mr.. LIE Franc has
told them what prize his weed is, we
shall soon expect the whole state will
come out in the golden acquaintance,
Indian mallows, or botanically Abutelon
Agacenme. The bark of the stems con-
tains very strong fibre, which it is
thought will become very successful
competitor of the true jute of India
Extensive plantations of this mallow are
now under cultivation in New Jersey.
and we shall probably obtain some more
definite information in regard to the
profit and value of this American jute
before many months are past.-N Y
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06

different species of serpent from any l
had ever seen before. Its tail was arm,
ed with a sharp pointed and curveo
horn its body was variegated with alter.
nate brown and dirty yellow stripes, ana
on close examination / discovered tnat
it had been totally blind, its eye seemed
to have turned into refectionless, nara,
bone-like substance. This explained. Its
undecided, hesitating movements when
it first came from the log. A strange
crease appeared about the neck, just
back of the head, which I found to be
caused by q stout thong of leather, about
which the flesh of the serpent had grown
until it was sunk almost out OF view:
Cutting the thong and removing 1t,
found attached to Its under side copper
plate which had been heretofore hidden
BY the body of the snake, and on one
side of which was scratched I'd. Boone,
April Is, 1872 / split the log in two,
and near the lower end of the hollow l
found where there had once been an
opening, but long years ago it had been
closed up with plug made OF oak WOOD,
about and over which the maple had
grown until it WAS almost concealed.
The dead appearance of the small por-
ton visible of the oak plug was all that
called my attention to its existence.
My theory of the matter is this: Daniel
Boone many years ago, probably on
the date recorded upon this piece OF
copper, caught the snake, then young,
and imprisoned it within the hollow OF
the tree by means Of the oak plug where
his snakeship had remained until the
day delivered him to the free air and
sunlight again.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06
The Rhode Island Red Men.

Rhode Island still shelters some rem
nants of the once powerful tribe OF
Narragansett Indians, who figured Sc
largely in colonial history, and is puzzled
to know what to do with them. They
occupy q reservation in the town of
Charleston, their right to which was
confirmed by treaty executed away
back in 1909, and the community num-
bers 1873 souls, though other members of
the tribe are also scattered throughout
the state. The last legislature appointed
a committee to investigate the subject
and hearing was given few days ago
on the question of abolishing the tribal
authority of the Indians and comforting
upon them the rights of citizenship.
The proposition was generally opposed,
both by the whites and the red men.
The former feared that if the Indians
became citizens they would come upon
the towns as paupers, and the Indians
were against the change because they
like their present condition and feel that
they would stand no chance in COMPETE
ton with the whites. The easiest solu-
ton of the problem would be for the
Indians to die off, but there seems no
Immediate prospect of this. SSH
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06
A DucaI NimrOd.

The other day a young Englishman
started for the mountains to hunt until
he found grizzly. He had gun car
rying 100 grains of powder, and was
very fresh. He had killed foxes in the
old country and shot sage hens and
Jack rabbits in this one. Clearly he was
not the man to grow timid at the sight
of a clumsy bear. About noon, tired
with climbing, hot and exhausted, the
duke" as We had nicknamed him, sat
down on large STONE to rest and eat
his lunch. He was fearfully tiled and
sore, and intended to take a refreshing
nap as soon as he had finished his meal.
Just as he was raising the first morsel to
his mottth the duke heard loud crash
in the undefbfush back of him. The
sound was some distance away. He
ioyfully took his rife, and with some
groans of fatigue rushed into the bushes.
Suddenly he paused. All sound froze
in his throat. His movements were
paralyzed. Twenty feet from him stood
q brownish creature nearly seven feet
high. 1t was standing on its hind legs
with its fore ones folded, shifting the air
right and left. What particularly start
ed the duke into frigid Inconsistencies
was the size of the creatures claws. He
had never heard, read or seen anything
half 80 horribly provocative of quak-
ing.
"Egad, you know" said the duke,
when | heard the animal shifting for
me my liver turned white. I just made
a bolt for one Of those aspens, and be-
fore | had breathed twice [ was up to
the branches, tired as | was"
This statement is rendered the more
remarkable by the fact that the quaking
aspen is tree as bare and straight for
the first 20 feet as mast. The grizzly
contented himself with eating the dukes
lunch and trying to break his gun, after
which he took it up and started of, and
the startled duke saw him no more. At
ter the lapse of an hour the duke manag-
ed to summon up resolution enough to
slide down the tree. He found his gun
not far from the tree, and ran down the
mountain like a deer, never stopping
until he reached the plain, where grizzlies
are unknown. The dukes knees guaked
that night while ne was telling the
story. He is now amply satisfied to
shoot jack rabbits.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06
THE CHURCH WINDOW.

/ went tonight to the old church
Ills long since I've beau before
Where mother, and brothers, and sisters sat,
And will sit never more.
1could not hear what the minister said,
For the great west window bore
Old voices many across to me.
To whisper the past years DER. r-f
My first LOOK at the window,
| hear little voice say ga #s
some, two, three, four, i've blue panes; ~
Oh, what sunny, bright dayl
Yellow and green around the ANGELS face.
What does the minister say?
Mamma, when will the sermon be done?
When are we going away2" f.t
Another look at the window, ttE
hear girls voice then;
" Blue is for hyacini is in the wood,
Soon they viii be againl
The sky is SO blue, it must be true,
That God lives there-so when
I'm old like the minister / will be good,
But now l am only ten"
A third look, and hear a voice
That bids some vain tears stream;
The sun is changing the windows hue
Like my dear opal's CLEAN.
Oh. precious ring Oh, yesterday
Strange as a bright, sweet, sweet dream,
hear the minister far away,
His words all dnreal seem.n
Another look. tits sob hear
No blue on the Window see;
There's mist and rain on the gloomy street,
And the church could not colder be.
Oh, minister cannot you speak of earth
What are heaven and glory TO me?
That have lost my love-oh, my own, own love-
To be once, but once. with thee!n
The service DER, / YEARLY rose,
And went out into the night:
Ali the only use of church windows
Is to let in Gods light.
A great west-window--all love and life
Stands perfect in hues and In height;
But we only look at the painted glass
We count the panes like child-alas!
We walk not by faith but by sight
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06
Daniel BOOne's Snake.

The Cincinnati Commercial is now the
country's principal reservoir of snake
stories. A recent issue contains dozen
or more, among which there is one of
peculiar merit. The narrator tells how
he was engaged in blasting with gun
powder some large and tough logs. From
one of the logs thus split open crawled
an enormous serpent, which was easily
killed. The man who tells the story
continues from this point as follows:
+" On stretching it out | found it to be
81 feet and 2 inches in length, and the
thickest part of it's body measured 90
inches in circumference. 1t was a
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06
A Happy Family.

"Yaas, kinder crying" replied the
man, but that's nothing. That boy,
Augustus Cesar, he wants stick of
gumb. but he'll soon chaw himself to
sleep on silver. The next one Charles
Henry, he's howlin' cause won't buy
him a rockin' horse, but soon's / get
time to spank him he'll curl down and
go to dreamin' of angels. That girl,
Minerva, has got her mouth made up for
fried-cakes and milk, but I'll give her a
bite of pork and bread from the trunk
and she'll never know the difference.
We are kinder sprawled out here, and
we seem to be kinder afflicted, but we
are a regular happy family" -Detroit
Free Press.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06
Speaking Before Death.

Among the killed in the terrible rail-
way accident on the road from Phila-
delphia to Atlantic City, was Charles
Schall, deaf mute. Two other deaf and
dumb young men were on the train as
his companions. He lived for about two
hours after the collision, but in the most
extreme agony. The telegraph operator
at Clementon and several other gentle.
men, who had just been told by &C.
quaintances of Schall that his muteness
was congenital, declare that they were
astonished, about an hour after the acct
dent, by hearing him ask in a wild,
broken voice, "What is this?" His
utterance was distinct, although full of
indications of the sufferings that he bore.
These gentlemen also relate, as an equally
wonderful fact, that when they stopped
over and spoke to him he showed by his
responses that he had heard and under
stood every void they had said.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

CAL1FoRN1ANs are making despair
ing effort to keep five cent nickels out of
circulation by importing japanese five
cent pieces, as nobody is supposed to be
willing to handle any baser metal than
silver on "the coast"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06

BAVARIA proposes next yesr to cele-
brate the seventh centenary of the ma
ton. The Duchy was founded in 1180
and conferred on member of the
house in Wittlesbach, and there has not
been q break in the succession of the dy-
nasty since.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER
BY JENNIE L.. 7. DOVE.


Down among the orchard-grass,
A happy, careless rover,
Pretty little Margery
Goes hunting four-leaf clover.
Timid little Margery
Gives her searching over,
Startled by shadow
Darkening the clover.
Kneeling down beside her,
Blossoms arching over,
Martin in the orchard-grass,
Goes hunting four-leaf clover.
Gazing in each others eyes,
Searching is all over;
There's no longer any need
For hunting four-leaf clover.
--Scribney,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06

A SUBMARINE cable on the Caspian
sea is the latest news over which Russia
is iubilant, for it is the first submarine
cable brought into the czar's country.
The cable was made in England, and is
put into place by Dane; it is 147
marine miles in length and 1000, 900
pounds in weight, and cost $780, 900.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06

A LIST of German consuls in the va
rious countries or the world is published
in the Ausburg Gazette. In 1870 there
were, all told, 492 German consuls; in
1879 the number has increased to GIG.
OF these more than half are in Europe,
to Wit: in England, 70; in Sweden and
Norway, sc (39 in each country; in
Russia, 20; in Italy, 81; in Spain, 35; in
Denwark, 20; in Turkey, 16; in France,
Is; in Roumania, 7. In Brazil there are
Is German consuls; in the United States,
IA; there are consuls also in Africa and
Oceanica Tin Hawaii and Samoa). The
number of consuls gives some idea of the
magnitude of the German trade with diff
ferent countries.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06

AN exchange says: a new moon az.
pears to morrow evening" But it is a
lie. 1t is the same old moon.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06

"WHAT 5000 did in Wall street.
D.-Lookport Union.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06

DR.. r. w. MITCHELL, the intrepid
yellow fever physician of Memphis,
describes the city as wholly cut off from
the world. There are no trains running
into or out of the town, and nobody
leaves the place without the authorities
knowing it. No steamboats, land there
at all. The supplies are all brought
down on barges, which are dropped by
the steamboats, couple of miles above
the city and allowed to float down. When
they arrive at the city men in skifs or
tugs secure them and bring them to the
landing. If there is any fever carried
abroad it is done by some daring peddlar
who runs his wagon of supplies into the
town on a venture, sells out, and then
clears out.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06

The census Of the United States,
which is taken every ten years, will be
commenced on the 1st day of June next.
On that day twenty thousand enumera-
tors will be set at work, those in cities
being obliged to finish in two weeks,
while the others will have month. No
matter on what day the enumerator
calls, he counts all persons who were
alive on the 1st of the month although
they may have died in the interim, but
births subsequent to the 1st of June are
not to be counted.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06

CAPT. FRAT, who placed the Indian
pupils at the Hampton (Va. school, is
making preparations, by Secretary
Schurzs authority, for another expert
ment of the same kind in the old cavalry
barracks at Carlisle, Pa. The Indians
to be educated are to be selected from
tribes at the different agencies.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06

The scale on which expenditure is
pitched in England is fairly illustrated
by the fact that the late Countess of Wal
degrave is spoken of as having had a
small income, Lord Lytton as too poor to
become an earl, and Lord Chelmsford as
the poorest peer of the realm. The first
Lad an annual income of $4,000, the
next has one of $1,000 and the last of
$4,000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06

The following statement is quoted
from the London Grocer: "Arrivals of
timed meat from the Australian colonies
continue on very contracted scale,
being IN the five months barely 48, 900
cases, against 56, $50 cases last year, and
76,300 cases in 1877. The imports of
fresh and preserved meat from America,
On the other hand, progress at an aug
mented rate, and up to the end of Nav.
In the United Kingdom, they amounted
to 55l, 300 cases quarters etc., as COM
pared with 255, 800 packages in 1878, and
21S,600 packages in the same period of
1877. 1t is therefore evident that one
branch of the preserved meat trade is
retrogading while the other is advancing,
and that the Australian companies now
I'LL subordinate part in supplying the
mother country with wholesome arti-
Gle OF food at cheap rate"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06

The unpunctuality, disorder and gen.
eral mismanagement of the Russian
railways became some time ago 50 noto-
rIous, and the consequent complaints of
their failure to perform the work for
which they had been cons tructed were 50
many and so bitter, that 8 commission
was appointed shortly before tie late
war broke out to investigate their con-
dition. This commission has now made
its report; and, after expressing an opin-
ion that that the shortcomings COM
planned of are due to the unsubstantial
and faulty construction of NEST of the
lines, to the insufficient supervision ex-
ercised over their working, to the lack of
an adequate amount of rolling stock, and
10 bad administration, it recommends.
first the amalgamation of the existing
tifty-three railways with their separate
administrations into few large companies
whereby the cost of management will be
reduced and more unity will be intro
duced into The several lines. Secondly,
the commission recommends the forma-
ton of distinct company, to keep the
whole of the Russian railways supplied
with sufficient quantity of rolling
stock. Thirdly, the commission pro-
poses the establishment of a pension
fund for all railway officials, in order
that they may be induced to display
more zeal; and, finally, it is recommend
ed that a general railway law shall be
passed, in which the duties, responsible
thy and rights of every official shall be
defined.