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Daily Republican., 1881-12-24
A NOTE OF WARNING

AS lnstAtemen II ouscs copying our namsof,
only hrst'cass CREDIT HOUSEn order to ''
W 'hus 'eaoihg them to suppose that their syster =,
E " 'he Saie rs ou's and "a they endeayor to stiu r
ther humbug the unsuspecting by the catoh-nenpy
advertising prices deem our dut Y ia sorrl ,,
warning for the benefit of those who have alro,, wv Vi
into their tolls ard Of those who are in d,ynr ,r
reputation ol over Ihirty standing for honm,,
"s' ~" prices ana easy terms renders it entirely nm
necessary Tor US 70 re continually calling attention IN M
fact that we DOdea honoraby with our patrons t,,, w
DO sell them at reasonable prices or that our terms ,,
accommodating These facts all well.known to onr ~
TONERS, and they are not bit backward in ADVERTISING ,h
thereby renewing us, to great extent Of the necssv a
dong So This mode OF advertising is unknown to ts
Mushroom Establishments, therefore the necessity for
ly blow NJ their own trumpets.
We repeat that present remarks are adj dressed tn ,,
who have already been eusuared by the
these dealers and those who are in danger Of falling into their
trap AS we have already spent great deal of money in
posing the hriaElois practices of these lnstlmer aa
Credit House. "oHrieors we do not propose that this m
day they shall add new victims 10 their lists by any up
part them.
The Old Abe Special Credit Emporium III Market and ne
Shipey street is the only reliable Credit House wimpg
ton and system of selling srntrey foreign to thaoi
salinen alias Credit HOUSES, and we have CONNECTION
whatever with them. You who dealing with the latter
under the Impression that you are buying goods upon the
same system tha sell them, low in price are w5f
~ lsakct as the slGhGs insight into our
would show you.
We do not parade before tie public price list, 'riler
bogus genuine, Of our stock because, for the ra,os
ed, is uunscessary ry, and couldn't do was With
seventeen different departments each carrying cope
Of its special class of goods and embracing ue,
ly every article eqnired for housekeeping personal us
adornmen enumeration is ort OF the que tiOu.
But II cant TELL you just what we've got W. can
SHOW yon just what We have, employ several hun.
ded people for that purpose; therefore you to call
and look stock and Sci. what keep Ask our
PRICES and EE if they low. Ascertain our ter,Ls and
Judge il they liberal After doing this think sou
will Ike able decide whether il is your interest to deal
with house whose wcllearned reputation for honorable
dealing extends back for period of thirty Yeas or
with Mushroom Establishment that depends upon false.
hood and deception Success and that Oh what
little business 1t does under the cloak of borro srl name
Daily Republican., 1881-12-24
Large Freight BusinesS.

Tue Old Dominion line of steamers,
running between New York City and
Loves, Del, making two trips each
way every week, is So overrun with
the increase of freight shipments, tina,
it is contemplated making thre, trips
per week. Til" open winter has been
very favorable for the running Of these
hoaJs, and has been a savlng,in poiut Of
freight rates, to those living in that
vicinity and ship their produce by this
line.
Daily Republican., 1881-12-24

THE CONFERENCE Worker has I'M
dergone a change for the better. Its
columns have been Heightened and
widened and it il now double sheet,
bright, crispy and newsy and commeuc-
ing with Christmas. Rev. Madison A.
Richards under the revised manage
ment, becomes editor in chief and Rev.
c. H. Sentiment, under whose manage
ment the Worker has attained its pres
ent popularity and standing, continues
as publisher and will be the assistant
editor.
Daily Republican., 1881-12-24

paid by one of the women was Illegally
imposed upon her by the Justice. The
only thing Justice eau do in such
cases is to bind the parties under a
peace bond. to keep the peace until the
next session of the Court, and if the Of
fence is not of such importance as to
warrant binding over, it should be
promptly dismissed. There have been
too many cases Of these illegal eNac-
tions, and it is hoped that Justices Of
the Peace have been taught useful
and salutary lesson, which will prove
as profitable to them as to the public.
Daily Republican., 1881-12-24
sunday Papers! sun duy PaDcrS

The Sunday papers will be filled
with choice Christmas rea ling i'll the
morning for sale by Il. A. DAVIS, at
COS Market street. as early as =, o'clock.
Davis sends his greetings to all and
wishes them II merry Christmas.
Daily Republican., 1881-12-24
To NV Patrons.

am happy to inform you that all
pictures, orayons, India ink, oil paint
Jugs and photographs Of all sizes prom
ised for Christmas, will be ready ON
Saturday afternoon. A. Z. Beecher,
3l5 Market street.
Daily Republican., 1881-12-24

Ton Sa
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Daily Republican., 1881-12-24

Y>R, KLlNE'S GREAT NERVE RE.
liz STORER, 70 the wonder OF the ago fcl
oil perve diseases. All Ets stopped ffoo. Sonc
| "a gU AHob street, Philadolphis Ps.
Daily Republican., 1881-12-24
Z. |. RUSSELL,
3O6 MARKET STREET
REALESrATE BROKERs.

vYYMoCAULLEY& Il 90, NO. 6O6 NJ AR
w ket street, real estate agents and
Ioonveyancera Money losneh on bond and
l mortgage Mortgages negotiated Special
attention to renting, selling end entire charge
Of property. dec1l'lmot
Daily Republican., 1881-12-24

A MERRY CHRISTMAS to all our pat
rons and friends.
Daily Republican., 1881-12-24

You will have splendid opportu-
nifty Of testing the abilities of j. T.
Mullin s. Son, to sell YOU q suit or
overcoat and proving that you can
bug clothing in Wilmington as al
vantageously as elsewhere. If you
are thinking of maxim. n Christ.
mas present of suit or overcoat,
call at Sixth and Market, and see
the assortment of Mems, Youths,
Boys'and Cnildren's Suits and Over
coats, as we are very anxious Of re-
ducing our entire stock. We have
Just received some new and hand
some piece goods for Merchant
Tailoring, and as we have large
force constantly employed, can fill
all orders with our usual prompt
ness.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-31
A jolly Cur,
lFrom the New York Times. ]


The dog had pointed at snakes without
even once making mistake for three
years, when one day last September be
accompanied his master on walk through
a particularly stony field. where snakes
were known to be plentiful. Suddenly
the dog, who was walking just in front
of the huntsman, stopped and pointed
so earnestly that it was evident he had
almost stepped on a snake. The hunts
man sprang back with immense CELEBRITY
for he was very nervous mainland
in so doing tripped snd fell with ire
mendous crash. The dog, merely glanc-
ing around to see what was the matter
resumed his point until his master had
picked himself up, Gained his mind ard
resolved to kill the snake. Advancing
with that direful purpose, he discovered,
not snake, but cast-of snakes skin
at which the dog had pointed. The
moment the man discovered the trick
the dog threw himself on his back, rolled
over and over in an uncomfortable fit of
laughter, and finally, sitting down on his
launches, laughed till the tears rolled
down his cheeks. He knew a snakes
skin from live snake perfectly well and
his purpose In pointing at the snake was
simply to give his master good fright.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-31
The annexed table shows how the sup
ply of wheat has increased per capita
EUROPE's BURDEN.

A late number of the International
Review contained an article by FL. Won
Hoist, IN which he discusses the cues
ton OF the armament of Europe. He
figures that there are now in the armies
and navies Of Continental Europe about
3,215, 900 men, and that the cost of main
tanning them, In time of peace, foots up
about S548, 100000 annually, or SLIT
per head of the entire population. Mr.
Won Holst's estimate of the annual cost
is $239, 500, 900 less than that of Kolb's
Condition of Nations. The latter
authority goes on to estimate the annual
loss by the withdrawal of all these men
and of 100000 horses from productive
labor at S525, 100000
The former gentleman argues that the
competition of the American farmers is
certain to eventually overthrow the
landed aristocracy of Great Britain and
the present military system of the con-
tinental powers. He says that, while
Europe is deprived OF the labor of SO
many of her people during some Of their
best years, nearly all our people are
steadily at work and are entering into
direct competition with those of the
European people who are not in the
army. But not only are our people at
work, while SO many Europeans are idle,
bat we have the further great advantage
of draining from Europe large supply
of gold in exchange for our grain, and
constant stream of immigrants, mostly
in the prime of life, or young, whose
education and rearing have been paid for
by Europe, who bring over with them a
portion of Europe's actual wealth, and
who set to work at once, increasing the
competitive industrial army, which chal-
lenges the best efforts of Europe so sue
cessfully.
This is the line of argument which
Mr.. Won Hoist pursues at great length,
deducing from it the compulsory "de-
crease of the offensive military strength
of the principal states, and correspond
ing increase of their power Of Defence"
that is, Europe must have fewer soldiers
and more workers. He is also of the
opinion that Germany must institute the
ypfprro
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-31
EDUCATION AND CRIME.

$ Figures do not lie" is an assertion
oft repeated by statisticans, and it must
be admitted that carefully compiled
statistics are cogent arguments in what
ever field they are presented. Notwith-
standing the tact that some of the ablest
OF writer's have argued to the contrary,
the supporters OF. the supposition that
education prevents crime are gratified
over Il work from the pen of J. P.
Wickersham Just published by the de-
partment of the interior. Mr., Wick
ersham proves from the records that
education does not only tend to reduce
the amount of crime, but that it exerts a
most powerful Influence in that direc-
ZION. Ia the compilation of this
work the reports of penitentiaries and
prisons of over twenty states, and much
similar material, were carefully ex-
amiued. After giving his figures in de-
tail, ne arrives at the conclusion that
the proportion of criminals among the
illiterate Is about ten times as great as
among those who have been instructed
IN the elements OF common school edu-
cation or beyond.
DR.. Edward D. Mansfield, in a report
TO the Bureau of Education in 1872, on
The relation between education and
crime, with the criminal statistics be-
fore him from nearly all the states,
reached the following conclusions: %
That one-third Of the criminals are
totally uncducated, and that four-fifths
are practically uneducated. (2) That
the proportion of criminals from the
iliter.te classes is at least tenfold as
great as the proportion from those hav-
ing some education. Rev. Charles L..
Brace, at the head of the Children's Aid
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-31
The Fire Record.

The steamer Granger, with q cargo OF cot
ton, resin and turpentine burned at Charles
ton, S. c., on the Esd inst. Loss $40, 600.
Aliens block and French's Central Hotel,
with smaller house on either side, burned, al
Red Bank, N. j., on the 23d inst. Loss about
$4,000; partially insured. -
The Byington Hotel burned at Fort Valley,
Ca, on the I'D inst. Loss $50, 600.
The steamer John 8. Hopkins, valued at
$4,000, burned at Evansville, Ind, on the goth
inst.
fire at Bismarck, d. T., on the goth inst,
destroyed the Northern Pacific round house
and fire engines. Loss $4,000. a
West Bay City, Mich, was visited by disas-
trOus conflagratlon on the 18th inst, which
swept away an entire square of buildings.
Klein, Logan & Co. tool works at Pittsburg,
burned on the 18th inst Loss 100000; insured
for about $4,000.
A fire in the piano leg factory of B. Smith,
New York city, on the 10Th inst, caused a loss
of $50, 600. -
shed containing a large amount of manu-
featured glass belonging to the Moore Bros.
works. at Clayton, N. y, burned on the 18th
inst. Loss 1000
-four mill, grain warehouse, stable and
the Panhandle depot at st. Louis, Mo-, were
swept away by fire on the 10th inst.
Fire destroyed the Cleveland Tuscarawas
Valley and Wheeling railroad shops at Lorain,
O., an the 18th. The entire stock of tools and
machinery, together with one coach and three
tenders were consumed. Loss about S75, 900.
The boot and shoe establishment of Herrick
& Freeman, at Albany, n Y, burned on the
morning of the 18th. Loss S10o, 600. Partly
insured.
At Cincinnati, at midnight on the 18th, fire
destroyed the large building occupied by D.
Lytle & Co., wholesale boot and shoe dealers,
causing q loss on stock and building OF
100000.
Morland Watson IL Co.'s nail works Mon
treal, were destroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss
$4,000.
The Fowler steam pillow works at Leeds
Scotland, Lave been ruined by fire. Loss
k60,0 a -.--..-.-
An aggregate loss of 1926, 600 was entailed by
a fire on Crosby Street, New York city, On the
18th inst. . .- .
B. Roth's kid glove factory at Cincinnati, O..
was damaged by fire to the extent of 200 OF
the 18th. f.s.- a- ...4
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-31

course was an air-hole over which new
ice half an inch thick had formed. Both
went down. Their companions were
powerless, other than that three or four
young men tied their coats together, and
threw one end of the improvised line to
the pair In the water. The latter were
SO thoroughly chilled by the first inn
mersion as to be unable to accept aid.
Finally boat was drawn from the shore
on sleigh to the spot and the bodies
were recovered, but life was extinct
Meanwhile DR.. Wiley, of this city, had
been sent for, but he arrived too late to
be of service. Mr.. Mcneil and Miss
McIntee were each about Is years of age.
MAzoMANIE Sickle: A light-fingered
fellow by the name of /" Flick" a whilom
employee on the new railroad, and who
has been suspected of abstracting
articles, money, ETC., belonging TO
others for some time past, was caught
on Thursday evening in the very act of
stealing money from the till in Heydecke
& Fishers store. 1t appears that he
was leaning carelessly over the counter,
and while the other persons present
were occupied at the further end of the
store, he reached over, opened the
drawer, and was in the very act of pill
fering the money therein, when young
Heydecke, who was on the watch, and
who had crouched down and crept along
behind the counter, seized his hand, and
the thief was nabbed. He begged and
prayed for forgiveness in the most alb
ject and cowardly manner, but was
handed over to the officer and locked up
in the cooler, from whence he will be
taken to Madison to answer for his mis-
Jao5c
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-31
SUPERIOR TIMES.
rios. BARD0n, Editor and Publisher.
CORN AND WHEAT.

j. r. Dodge, who had charge of the
agricultural branch of the census, has
compiled some valuable aud interesting
data relative to the corn and wheat crops
of the United States. He demonstrates
that corn is grown in every portion of our
wide domain with the exception of Wyo-
ming and Alaska. In 1879 the three
states of Illinois, Iowa and Missouri
alone produced nearly half of the entire
corn crop, the product amounting to
more than 100000, 900 bushels. The
seven states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska
are the only ones which furnish the
country with any considerable surplus.
In 1879 these states contributed 1,2OO,-
100000 bushels, or about 68 per cent. of
the whole crop. The average yield was
thirty-six bushels to the acre, while the
average for the balance of the country
was but 1876 bushels.
Theseven surplus corn states, together
with Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
California, Oregon, and the territories of
Washington and Dakota, supply the
eastern states and Europe with wheat.
Mr.. Dodge shows that wheat culture is
not disappearing east of the Mississippi,
ana also that the spring wheat regions
do not supply the most of the surplus.
In 1879 the Atlantic coast furnished 60,
425, 1924 bushels, the central belt 225,-
507, 400, and the trans Mississippi coun-
try III 1893, 279 bushels, making grand
total of 459. 531 ,O93 bushels. Three
fourths of this immense product was
made up of winter wheat. The fellow
ing table will show the division of the
wheat crop at the end of the past four
decades:
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-31
ST. LOUIS.
He Didn't axe 1t.
[From the Detroit Free Press.l

lFrom the Detroit Free Press.l
He said he was looking for a suitable
holiday present for his girl, and after
the stationer's clerk had shown him
boxes of writing paper, gilt-covered VOL
umes OF poetry, scrap books, fancy ink
bottles and various other things he fin
ally led him up to a pile of albums and
announced:
"Now, then, here is the very thing
you want. An album is gift to be APP
preciated at all times. and the girls are
always crazy about EN- ..#
They put photographs in 'em, don't
they?" -.- So
"That's what they are for Your be-
trothed will place your photo here in the
first page.
eyes"
'sOn the next will be the photograph
of her noble father. Then comes the
fond mother, followed by aunts who
died of quinsy and uncles who got killed
while coon-hunting. Then strings
along two or three bald-headed babies
sucking sticks of candy, and the whole
winds up with the picture of the old
friend of the family who used to trot
your girl on his knee when she hadn't
tooth in her head"
"Not by burned sight" answered
the young man as he dropped the album
he had been holding. "He's a hyena
in the bush he is After he knew we
had been engaged over year he slipped
over there ore afternoon and offered to
deed her ten acres of land in winter
wheat if she'd give me the shake and
foller him to indianapolis. You bet I'm
laying for him, and if I ever run across
him in the woods he's got to clinch fas-
tern red squirrel or he's goner I
guess I'll look around a little further,
I'm kinder agitated and reckless now,
and can't exactly tell what I do want y
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-31
THE LIMIT OF RAILROAD BUILDING

Mr.. Edward Atkinson has been en-
gagged in sketching the future of rail-
road development in the United States.
He concludes after allowing for one COM
mercial crisis and one railroad panic
within the next seven years, that 49,
500 miles of new railroad will be built
before the beginning of 1900. There
were 81 900 IN operation at the first of
1881, and he expects this figure to be
swelled to about 200, 600 10y the close of
the century. His theory is that we shall
then have railroads enough. assuming
as he does, that what Massachusetts, has
or will have on the completion of the
Massachusetts, Central, is to be taken as
the measure of enough for the rest of
the country. He finds that the state of
Massachusetts had on the LIST of Janu-
airy, 1881, one mile of road to each 4. II
square miles OF surface, and the rest of
the world followed in this order: Bel
GUM, England and Wales, New Jersey.
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Ohio, Hi
nois, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Indiana,
New Hampshire, Switzerland, ending
with New York, which has one mile of
road to each 9.8 square miles. He con-
cludes that some sections of the country
will never need more than one mile of
road to siXty-four square miles, while
others will have it for thirty-two, sixteen
and eight, since the presence of naviga-
BILE streams and wide mountain ranges
will affect the need and adaptability of
a country for railroads.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-31

Society of New York, states that nearly
one-third of the crime in New York is
committed by theilliterate six-hundredth
part of the population. He adds:
Very great criminality is, of course,
possible with high education; but in the
immense majority of cases very small
degree of mental training or intellectual
taste is proven tive of idleness and con-
sequent crime"
The criminal records of foreign coun-
tries give additional weight to the above
statistics. OF LAT, 073 persons committed
to prison in Great Britain, in a recent
year, only 1892 could read and write
well; 223 had received superior educa-
ton. OF the POOLS criminals arrested
in London in 1877 only seven per cent.
could read and write well, and only six
had received a superior education. In
So of the 81 departments of France
1854 arrests were made in recent ear.
Of this number of criminals only 512
could read and write well.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-31

other arrest was made. Tompkins ldentlheo
the woman before be died.
At New York city, on the 18th inst, Menze1
Felix, German carpenter. and a confirmed
invalid, hardly able to stir from bed. beat his
wife's brains out with mallet. He then took
his own life by cutting his throat and after
wards hanging himself. -,
August Koors shot and killed his brother-in-
law. H. H. Burns, lumber-dealer OF Coving-
ton, KY, at Cincinnati, on the 18th INST
At Caldwell, Kan, on the 18th, gang OF
cowboys klleda man named Meagher, former
M ayor Of the town, and an officers posse killed
two of the cowboys, the rest OF the crowd eS-
Gaping to the woods. A large force of men are
searching for them.
Two desperadoes named Mallory and Fallen,
caused considerable trouble at Independence,
Col, whereupon the people turned out en-
masse and riddled them with bullets. A hegira
of bad characters Immediately commenced
from the village
Alfred Freeman was killed at Dallas, Texas,
by r. A. Chambers, on account of the formers
improper relations with his (Chamber's) wife.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-31
A Convict OutWitted.

Detective William Pinkerton tells an
amusing anecdote about Walter Sheri-
dan, the diamond thief, who is serving
sentence in the eastern penitentiary for
robbing Davidson's jewelrv store on
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Some
years ago Pinkerton and his assistant ar
rested Sheridan for a crime committed
IN Ohio. 1t was necessary to board a
train which happened to be filled with
farmers returning from fair, and Sheri-
dan, hoping to escape, began yelling
that he had been kidnapped. The sons
OF the soil began sympathizing with the
prisoner, and the detective saw that
matters were assuming a serious aspect.
A happy idea struck him and quietly
arising from his seat, he said, "Gentle-
men, this is one of the greatest horse
thieves in Ohio" and at the same time
slipped pair of handouts on the
prisoner The announcement had the
desired effect, and the farmers were un-
animously in favor of hanging the fellow
at thenext station. Sometime afterwards,
when the train stopped, Sheridan poked
his head out of the window, and after
yelling sufficiently to attract a crowd,
again announced that he had been kid
mapped. Pinkerton found it necessary to
make another speech, and this time he
said that his prisoner was crazy man
whom he was taking to the asylum. He
was so violent that it was necessary to
handcuff him. Sheridan shrank back
into his seat with look of resignation
on his face and gave no further trouble.
Since then Sheridan has been one of the
best behaved prisoners the detective ever
took cborcra of