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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20
Bells in Burmah.
[From the st. James Gazette. !


The love of bells in Burmah is some
what remarkable. Every la1ge pagoda
has some dozens of them, of all sizes,
hanging round the skirts of the Zaydee,
image houses, and Zayats. One or two
were put up with the building itself;
others have been added at various times
by the religious. Most of them have
long Pail inscriptions on them recording
the praises of the Lord and the aspira-
tons of the giver Here and there are
a few with Burmese dedications, pre-
sented by poor, simple jungle people,
the monks in whose district did mot know
Pail, or had the grace to say they were
not learned enough to write an original
composition in that language. Every
Burman has learned a certain number of
Pail formule, to enable him to worship
at the pagoda; but few even of the most
renowned Tsadaus have anything like a
thorough knowledge of the sacred langu-
age. Hence, when there is modest
monk IN Kyonng, the simple cultivators
have to fall back on their own vernacular,
and produce plaintive appeals like the
following: "This bell was made with
great care and much expense. and is pre-
sented by Moung Tsang Yah, of the
hamlet of Nga-Pay- Oh, in the township
of Macobin, and Mahmah Gyee his wife,
wfG seek refuge in the boundless mercy
of the pittifui Buddha, in..the majesty of
the eternal law, and in the'veenerable as
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20
The Reward of Perseverance,


The interest In human life lies in its
effort; and while success Eliminates the
page of many biographies, the sym
pathy awakened by theirperusal is rath-
er for the persistence which has achieved
the success than for the success itself.
So it happens that no more touch
ing story is told in history than
that of Bernard Palissy, the potter.
For many long years the unsuccessful,
despised ana scorned tantalizer was ieer-
ed at by his friends, nagged at by his
wife, insultel by his enemies; spending
half q lifetime in the preliminaries of his
discovery, failing so often in his re-
searches that all hope and courage must
often have been upon thepoint of leaving
him, yet never altogether beaten or dis
mayed by disappointment; sacrificing
his cherished household goods to keep
the furnace fires alive, watching day and
night for the critical moment of expert
mental success, and succeeding at last
by the slowest and most gradual process,
he gained recognition only so gradually
that he scarcely recognized it himself
As starnch in faith as in perseverance,
he bent his head to the storm of ST.
Bartholomew and only escaped a
martyrs death because at last his
success as a potter was recognized, and
he alone held the secret OF his craft.
Surely, Bernard Palsy was a giant
among plgmies-a hero among men,"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20
business Failures

Cleveland Brothers, furniture dealers OF
Providence, r. l., have made an assignment
In April last they reported themselves worth
S25,0O0. One of the partners last month con
veyed to his wife a large amount of real estate.
The grain commission firm of E. r. Williams
Co., Toledo, o., have suspended under cloud.
Both members of the firm have disappeared.
and it is alleged that numerous fraudulent bills
OF ladlng covering imaginary cargoes of grain
have been issued by them. The amount in
volved in these transactions is variously es-
timated at from $4,000 to 100000.
ID. j. Sadlier, Catholic book publishers
New York city, have made an assignment
Their business was formerly worth $500, 600.
Gilbert l.. French, Buffalo, n. Y, dry goods
merchant, made an assignment for the benefit
of his creditors on the 9th inst Liabilities
about $4,000.
The paper of Peckham, Roth & Co., hay and
grain dealers, Providence, r. l., went to protest
on the 9th inst. Liabilities estimated at $780,
000
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20
Debris of Old BUILDINGS.

tFrom the New York Industrial World.l
The varied materials collected from
old buildings In course of demolition
form enormous accumulations in some
OF the upper wards In New York CITY.
where one can purchase anything in the
building line from piece of'lead-pipe to
magnificent French plate glass. Tim
Der OF all sorts, from giant crossbeams
to little lOlst posts, can be had in these
yards, where there are also window
sashes, weights, doors, shutters.
IRON and wooden staircases, window
frames, doorposts, flooring, lathing, til
ing, Walnscotlng, bricks, brown stone
fronts, granite steps, granite columns,
iron Orders and iron fronts, iron stair
frames and, IN fact, anything and every
thing that has ever been used in house.
Door-knobs, bell-handles, iron ratings
and balconies, not to mention the cor
nlces, are there in profusion and con-
fusion. The profits of the business are
SAID to be great, and while it frequently
happens that large figures are paid for
some houses, the profits are correspond
lngly great. Recently some houses on
Iwenty-thlrd Street were taken down.
and as they were finished in hard wood.
ornamented with mirrors and great
spacious tireplaces, the price demanded
was very large, but the old brass work
and glass alone paid the purchaser for
what he had invested, and the wood,
stone and brick of the house was ali
clear profit. The two firms who do the
largest traffic of this kind carry to their
yards about fifty truck loads of material
a day. Then there are dozen others in
the trade who do a much more moderate
business
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20
Why Uncle Pleasant Married.
From the Richmond Express.

Uncle Pleasant Batkins is 60 and his
wife Y. The other day q friend said:
"Unclc Pleasant, why in the mischief
did you marry a woman old enough to
be your mother?" "You see, boy" he
replied, with a sigh, 81 was wurkin' for
Long John Freeman, in Hanover, when
| was jest Is, and Sara Ann Russ, old
Mrs. Russ only daughter, was 80 if she
wur day. At every quiltin' she used
to chuse me for parner. and everybody
said 1T peared like she wur courtin'
me. She gimme four pair cotton socks
and heap of things, but still l didn't
have no notion of her. Well, one
Christmas eve, [ went to the old woman
and had hardly sot down before Sarah
Ann brought me some sweet potato pie,
which she knowed / was monstrous fond
OF. While | was eatin' it [ heard the
old woman upstairs a-countln' silver
dollars. Now, thar was no plaster to the
ce1lln', and the upstairs floor had cracks
IN it as big as my finger. So, you see,
could hear the jingle of the money jest
as well as if [ had been up thar myself
When she had counted COG, 1 drawed up
to Sary Ann and popped the question.
In course she said she'd have me, and
the next Thursday we was married.
Now, what do you think / found out the
next day? Why, that old woman didn't
have but thirty Mexican dollars, and
that she counted them over and over jest
to fool me. Don't marry for money,
boy, specially for silver dollars.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20
The Conductor.

lfrom the Philadelphia LEDGER
What an alert type of men the con-
ductors on the steam railroads are !
Probably the engineers are also, but
there's no good chance to get look at
them while they have their hands on the
levers and their eyes are peering along
the line of track as far as keen vision can
reach. But the conductor is all alive
under his quiet and impressive exterior.
There is little in his car he does not see,
even while his whole attention appears
to be concentrated by the ticket he holds
in his hand to be cut by the punch in the
other. And there is nothing he does not
hear and understand down to the most
needless question. Amid the clangor of
the swift moving train, the slightest I'M
usual noise or jar about the running gear
tells its story instantly to his acutely ed
ucated ear and quickened senses. And
If anything is wrong, or suspected to be
wrong, how promptly yet how quietly,
with what freedom from fuss, or anything
approaching to furry or panic, he moves
towards the right place. He is the very
embodiment of self-poised qui vive.
What soldiers these men would make!
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20

seribly, The three gems. They visit the
precious things faithfully on the appoint
ed days. Applaud, We pious. They
humbly strive to gain for themselves
merit. May the good Mats who guard
the forest and the field look smilingly
on them, and guard the poorman's crops.
May the Mats who dwell in the air and
the earth defend from evil things the
two fat bullocks which plough the fields.
May the guardian Mats of the house and
the city keep from harm Chit 90, their
son, and little Nah Nee, their darling
daughter. And may the merit of this
offering be halved with their children.
May the excellent Lord pity them; the
good Spirits smile on them; the holy
Assembly receive them Soshall Moung
Tsan Yah and Nah Nah Gyee gainmuch
merit and rejoice in presenting this bell.
Weight seventy-five viss.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20
The Call on Jones,
From the Boston Budget.


There are certain people who are so
entirely satisfied and self-sufficient, so
unwilling to rely upon others, and SO
fearful lest by asking questions they
shall discover their business to others,
that they defeat their own ends, and not
seldom land themselves lii ridiculous
situations. 1t was one of this sort who
dropped into a down town store the
other day, stalked into the private count
ing-room and asked: lis Mr.. Jones
in?" Mr.. Jones partner, Mr.. Brown,
was sitting at his desk, and, looking up,
said quietly, Ono, sir, and then gave
the intruder an inquiring glance, as if to
ask what he could do for him. But he
merely rushed for the morning paper,
drew up chair, put his feet upon the
corner of the desk and proceeded to alb
sorb the news. Mr.. Brown continued
with his work, attending to his CORE
pondence and to business callers. At
length the intruder ventured to suggest
that Mr.. Jones didn't seem to be coming,
to which Mr.. Brown gave a laconic
ono" Another half hour passed, and
the intruder, having exhausted the paper
and finished his cigar, took out his watch
and asked: "When will Mr.. Jones be
in?" Greatly, don't know" said Mr..
Brown. politely; 81 had telegram from
him just before you came in, saying that
he would leave San Francisco this even
ing, but when he will get here / can't
say" Then the intruder departed,
probably to make a similar attack else
where
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20
NORWAY Mountains

lrIoHl d Letter from sunset COX.
Many of these Norwegian mountain
ranges are doubled in grandeur by the
reflection of their rocks and snow in the
waters OF the ever-changing ford What
huge masses these north mountains
seem-skeleton ribs of the earth in its
desolation and sublimity. The marvel
is, and is ever repeated here, that a
whole land, running so far toward and
into the frozen zone, swinging like a
monstrus bow, should be so crowded
with these giants of earth and yet so
easily reached by the sons of earth.
Compared with them the Catskills and
AleghaDies seem a wart. [ have seen
the Sierras of Spain and California, and
the Atlas and Alpine ranges with their
gorges aud glories, and yet it would
seem as if all these visions were as moth
ing compared with these thousand miles
of majesty, with their waters and isles,
glaciers and peaks all canopied with
blue skies and fleecy clouds, and all re-
produced in lakes more magical than
Maggoire or Como.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20
Work of the EIameS

The Atlantic Flour Mills, of st. Louis, were
struck by lightning on the night of the 18th
inst, and an explosion followed entirely de-
stroying the fine structure. The fire commune
Gated to and consumed the Future City oil
works and rosin and turpe ltine warehouse.
The loss foots up in the neighborhood of $780,
600; Several employees of the flour mill were
badly burned.
The Parry House, Beach Haven, N. j., has
burned. The guests lost all their property
Loss on building, $50, 200.
st. Pauls Episcopal church. the finest sacred
editice IN Erie. Pa, caught fire on the 18th
inst. from lamp i'll the hands of the ianitor
The damage to the building is estimated at
SlCO,UOO, While the loss on organ and furniture
amounts to $4,000 more. The building was
insured for $4,000, but the organ, ETC., were not
covered.
Fire destroyed fourteen business houses in
the village of Trafalgar, Johnson county, Ind,
on the 10th inst. The total loss will reach $50
O0O with only small proportion of insurance.
The tobacco warehouse Of Bosnian & Co., at
Athens. O., burned on the night of the 9th
inst. Loss $25,0 600.
The City Brewery, st. Joseph, Mo-, burned
on the 10th. Loss $4,000.
Nine ice houses belonging to J. 2. Smith were
destroyed by fire at Pullman, ILL.,, on the 10th
Loss $4,000.
Grevy, village in Canton Gusons, Switzer-
land, has been wiped out by fire.
Fire destroyed almost the whole of the bust
ness part OF PaWnee, Neb., on the 9Th inst.
Twenty-four business houses two banks and n
printing Office were burned.
The Laughln nail mills, at Martins Ferry,
W. Va, burned on the 9th inst. Loss, $50, 900;
fully insured.
The Mclean woelen mills GAINESVILLE, Wis,
were destroyed by fire on the 9th inst. Loss
$50, 900; insured for $4,000.
The excursion steamer Flower City, valued at
$4,000, was burned at the dock at Clay
ton, n. Y, on the st. Lawrence River, on the
9th INST. She was owned by John II. Barry, of
Rochester.
A training stable on race-course near Lex
lngton, KY, was burned at daylight on the 9Th
inst. Out of sixteen horses preparing for the
fall meeting, Bowen'5 Carrie Hanson and
Eagles gray colt Knox were burned to DEATH
and the Others were greatly injured by dashing
madly around the course.
The large wire and nail mills at East Taun-
ton, Mass, operated by the Old Colony Iron
Company were totally destroyed by fire on the
Inst Loss estimated between $50, 900 and
5000 600.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20
Minor MiShaDS.

Edwin Billings, 81 years of age, was burned
to death while endeavoring to subdue a fire
which consumed his sons house at East Sagi-
nav, Mich, on the 10Th inst.
Miss Lena Holman and Mrs. Louis Furbel
were killed at the Staten Island railroad cross.
ing n. Y, ON the 9th inst, by being run over
by the cars.
A tank IN a swimming school in st. Louis, at
the regular hour for draining, was found to
contain the corpse of an unknown lad. The
water was well filled with bathers all dav, and
no one knew of an accident.
George l.. Smith, of Buffalo, while in an in
toMcated condition, placed both hands on the
branches of an electric light generator, and was
instantly killed.
W. ID. Lozie, of Kearneyvillc, w. Va, candi-
date for cadet engineer in the naval academy al
Annapolis, Nd, was drowned while boating OF
the 7th inst.
thunder-bolt descended into a crowd OF
twenty men at Darlington, S. c., on the 4th
INST, killing four and wounding ten Of the
party.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20
Suicidal.

Bernhardt Strauss, a Brooklyn merchant
drowned himself in North River on the 18th
inst. He attempted to cut his throat some
days before.
Alma Welsh, Greenville, Mich, maiden
took laudanum on the 18th inst, and died from
its effects.
Leonidas Robertson, farmer residing neal
Madison Ind, arrayed himself in his wife's
clothes. on the night of the 9th inst, and hung
himself.
Fred. ". Heine, one of the Oldest German
citizens of Newport, KY, shot himself through
the heart on the 10th inst. Cause, despondency
over the death of his wife
Judge James d. Colt, OF the Massachusetts
supreme court, suicided by shooting himself
through the head in his Office at Pittsield on
the 9th inst
Harry Breed, an old citizen of Toledo, acct
dentally took an overdose of morphine to allay
pain, and lost his life.
J. b. Osborne, sexton of the Fourteenth
Street. New York, Presbyterian Church, COM
mitted suicide on the Sd inst, by suffocatine
himself with gas In the library of the church
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20
What She Called Him.
From the Rochester Union. ]

A well-known educationalist vouches
for the truth of the following: A teacher
In lower grade in one of our public
schools received a new pupil the other
day,-alittle miss of or years, named,
say, Matte Brown. After taking her
name for the school-roll according to the
custom, the teacher said:
"What is your papa's name, Matte ?''
"Mr. Brown"
eyes, but what is his first name ?'
" Don't know,-his name is just Mr..
Brown"
" Yes, yes.-I know y; then bright
idea struck her, "What does your
mamma call him ?'
ooh [ know what you mean now"
the innocent child replied; "ma she
calls him darned old fool %
1t is safe to conclude that the teacher
did not register the chId's father as
d. 0. F. Brown.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20

THERE has been remarkable decline in the
circulation of books from the great libraries of
the country during the last ten years, for which
there Is no apparent cause. The mercantile Ii
brary in New York is the most nota bic instance.
In ten years its circulation of books has fallen
oil l25,OOO or 46 per cent; the number of its
members 80 per cent, and its income $4,000,
or about 40 per cent. Ihesociety library shows
a serious decline In its circulation, and the ar-
prentices' library Is in a like condition. The
number of readers at the Astor library decreas-
cd from SO, 252 in 1878, to 51,725 in 1879. and
$3.50 in 1880. The Brooklyn library expert
enced decline of per cent. in its circulation
last year. The Peabody institute of Baltimore
also reports large falling off in the number of
calls for books
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20
washington GOS>ip

Immediately after the last surgical operation
on the President, DR.. Bliss accidentally cut his
hand with the surgical knife used The wound
has grown to be painful, and it is supposed the
pus on the knife caused blood-poisoning
During the past year sixty-four feet were
added to the Washington monument, and there
is now enough cut stone on the ground for
thirty feet more.
Secretary Blaine and family left on the after
noon of the 10th inst, for Augusta, Me-, to be
absent from Washington for several weeks.
Guiteau is reported as spending his time
quietly in Jail, devoting much attention to
writing and reading the bible During the five
weeks that he has been in jail not single per-
son has called to see him in friendly way and
nobody has written him friendly letter,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20

WHEN Nathan Orlando Greenfield solemnily
protested his innocence of wife murder, while
the Eoose was around his neck. at Syracuse.
there was one firm believer, ex-Judge Hunting
ton, who has since said: "This belief. which
has to me become knowledge as firm as that of
my own existence, has never been clouded by a
DOUBT since | investigated for myself the cir
cumstances of the case. That if is, and this
alone, that nerYed me to the performance of an
amount of work which, when look back upon
II, fairly amazes me; this, that induced me TO
pay out over $4,000 from my not over abund-
ant means to carry on this defense To most
OF rs who have hearts the hanging of a guilty
man seems dreadful necessity; but who can
describe the unspeaksble horror that surrounds
the strangling to death of human being for a
crime of which he is innocent?n
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20

DISTINGUISHED Austrian physician has re-
Gently published a book in which he ATTEMPTS
to prove that hab.ual criminals are such be-
cause they cannot help it. He has examined
the brains of number of persistent scoundrels.
and has invariably found that the superior
frontal conyolution is not continuous but is
divided into four sub-convolutions analogous TO
the parts found IN predatory carnvorous ami
mails, aud be thinks that the mental character
lstlcs of criminals are due to this peculiar
formation of the brain. "There is probably
subshatum of truth in the hypothesis of the
learned professor" saws the London Echo,
but, Inasmuch as these habitual criminals in
Varlably know the difference between penny
ana a. shilling, there is no reason why they
should not learn the difference between right
nd WONG"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20
A Colorado Flood.

A water spout burst over Central City, Col,
on the 9th inst, and volume of water four OF
1ve feet IN depth rushed through the streets.
doing immense damage. The flood only lasted
twenty minutes, but in that short time damage
to the extent of $50, 900 was inflicted. Nearly
all the railroad and cnuntry bridges between the
forks of Clear Greek and Idaho Springs were
washed away The damage to Idaho Springs
will reach $4,000. -. o
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20

New JERSEY has long had peculiar institu-
ton known as 'the lay judiciary" The theory
OF 1t was thata plain, common-sense man, with
out professional training, by being associated
with judge, might modify for the better the
harShnesses and technicaltics Of the law. But
1t has been found that "the lay judiciary is
usually an ignorant, easily muddled, and be-
wlldered Judiciary, and one of the recommend
ations of the constitutional commission will be
that this branch of the service be abolished.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20
Robbers Detected.

The mystery OF the robbery of the Citizens
bank. of Paris, KY, by which $50, 900 was OBJ
tanned, Is in process of solution The wife of
tailor named Cooper, who was one of those sus-
Pected OF the crime, was, on the 18th inst, at
daylight seen to dig up a large tin box in her
back yard, and she soon after left for Covington
to JOIN her husband. The telegraph intercept-
ed them. and the missing bonds were secured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20
Cornell Again Reaten

The boat race between the Cornell University
crew and the Vienna crew was won by the latter.
The Americans obtained lead of four lengths
early IN the race, but soon exhausted their
strength, and when one-half of the course was
traversed one member of their crew collapsed
The Cornells then relinquished the struggle.
The trophy carried off by the Vienna bows is
valued at f250
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20

The English law prohibits prisoner being
tried agaiu for any offence if jury has once
acquitted him. no matter what additional evil
dence may be obtained. But this does not ap-
ply to prisoners dismissed by magistrates.
Thousands, however, are ignorant of this.
Among these was a farmer, charged with arson,
but evidence was inadequate, and the insurance
company paid. The farmer then sued for false
Imprisonment when the company adduced
fresh proof, which sent the farmer to penal
servitude for five years
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20

COLORADO editor who has visited Salt Lake
City says: "Mormonism is growing and the
wealth of the country is rapidly increasing
There is money in it, and money hires brains.
Some of the wealthy Mormon merchants apos-
tatod because of an unwillingness to buy tith-
ings The women are not inclined to rebel
against polygamy. In addition to Utah, the
Mormons have captured Idaho, and expect to
have majority of the voters of Arizona. They
are coming to Colorado in large numbers, and
calculate to secure liberation there by holding
the balance of power between our two parties.
They are industrious and thrifty, and the cor
ner-stone of their church is not poygamy, but
superstition"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20
Persecution of Jexys.

Up to the end of June sixteen Jewish towns
and villages in Western Russia were burned
and suspicion exists that course of systematic
Incendiarism is being practiced. Two of the
most terrible fires were at Karez and Minsk.
AT the former place from ten to twenty houses
and shops were destroyed and thirty nine per-
sons kllled. The bulk of the survivors were
rendered destitute