The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-09-18

SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN.
THOs. eARD0h, Editor and Publisher
VARIOUS TOPICS.
THE latest thing in the railroad line is a specia
car for the use of commercial Travellers witt
sleeping berths restaurant accommodations
and spacious compartments for the display Of
samples, all on the same wheels The idea is tC
ill such car with drummer5 representing sew
eral varieties of trade, and send them on their
circuit to 5ether.
BRET HARTE says: l never see here IN Eu-
rope woman toiling in the hot fields. or a
peasant working to reclaim and fertilizc few
yards Of sterile mountain side that | do not
come home to my room and abase myself before
the little American flag that hangs above my
head, and thank heaventhat live IN a republic
where there are men enough to pIow and hoe
and reap, and which has room enough on level
ground for all its people.
The Arf Amateso says that a well-known
New York picture dealer, who is singularly un-
truthful, lost one Of his best customers little
while ago by my,teriously taking hlm down into
cellar under his store and showing him. as a
particular favor new picture just from Paris,
which H. was unpachiug Is the visitor entered.
The gentleman at once recognized the work as
one That had long been in the city and left the
premises, never to return.
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Az Alabama man says that his state is full Of
6oLd licniy "a people have made a living
there W. digging On the public and railroad
lands IN g random s0rI Of way, without capital
q proper implements, getting precious metal
dav. iii T4tI,l, ~ comfy tlara las b.a,, j cold
rai,,. Il .,,arotj,., IN, t,yent,- ,,.or, 1,,+ .I,h
fin. nov i 5ooJ the concern viii s,o,, ba,,o -
close. a. the machinery j. old riel,e+v and worn
ont
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LIE lioiyohe Td1eae says: " Ii IS stated upon
excellent authority that III tins nel8hbOrhoOd
ihcfe - a lady who has built q house out of a
fund made by selling rum to her own husband.
IT, la drinking man, and So his wife struck
tiia bargain wan MN that II he would drink he
must agree 70 buy al lus liquor OF her. She
mus Pooheled me proiit, instead OF the regular
td.ASeIeIs. Nuch 2 plan put INTO general prac-
ttoaII tI,.. married ,l,,,,,1,.r,, of a.. 49,,
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FRASKr3Rr-oS-r MAIN. with y poulation
4 about 100000. i reyorted ia be tbe richest
city of #, liza II tlo whole world T+isss
serted that there are 100 Frankfortcrs worth
from -40g0.ggO to II. GOO 000 each and 25o
who are worth $1,000 0g0 and inward The
clt. il one of the grreat banbinl, centers If the
globe. Its aggregate banking caritai i esti-
mated at 5000. uO0. 000-more than a-for,rtb
of which tle RotbschiIds. whose ORIGINAL and
parent house i, there own ond control
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TRADE IN cherry leaves has sprung up in
the manufacturers are mixing with their tobac-
90, although, according to the tax law. the use
If purogates in the manufacture of tobacco is
prohibited. It also appears according to the
same authority, that this trade III cherry leaves
has engendered a new offense, which has of late
been yariously brought to the notice of the
criminal authorities. The owners of orchards
make complaints to the effect that their cherry
trees are regularly robbed of their leaves by
thieves, who dispose of their plumber to manu-
fa,tmers So one evil hinges upon another.
Query: Are cherry leaves letter than cabbage?
i-iiA,D 'iASf o"D > ne" resi-
tbs centre OF plot Of ground about $50 acres
III extent. The approach 70 the house will be
through grand, straight drive, bounded by
stately Gins, and by Sinuous pathways deco
rated ty the choicest shrubs. Surrounding the