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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-28

suddenly and unexpectedly snatch
ed from poverty's yawning abyss
and placed among the proud and
opulent nabobs of the land. y de
ceased aunt left him one of the
best laying pullets in the State.
Commodore and Mrs. Saxton
yesterday entertained at their light
house home party of about twenty
ladies and gentlemen, old friends
and relatives from Duluth, the oa.
casion being hIrs. Saxton's birth,
day.
Josh Billings thus explains the
difference between the words "mis-
take" and "blunaer." If man
pnts down poor umbrella aud
picks up good one it is mis-
take if he puts down a good nm
brella and picks up poor one, it is
blunder.
"A preacher rot far from Duluth
found him self at one time in sad
dilemma. He stopped in his ser
mon and SAID, eff l speak softly
those in the rear cannot hear me /;
if | speak loud l shall certainly
wake those who are close to me.
Nicholas Welter in his Quilted
Workmen Saloon keeps 10 in
toxicating liquors, but has excellent
cider, lemonade and pop, cigars
and tobacco, and oysters in all
styles. He will also furnish Iun che.
and meals, and when his house is
ready will keep regular boarding
house. If
Judge Barron had toe broken,
he other day, by having it run over
by truck in the hands of careless
baggage master, while standing on
the platform Of the depot, at Fan
Claire, and in conversation with
Speaker Bingham ofthe Wisconsin
Assembly, ST. Croix Dalles.
Here is what the editor OF a
poor country exchange complacent-
~ remarks: Those of us who
have the time and money are going
to Europe this summer. Mr.. Van
derbllt has already gone, and more
of us will follow on the next steamer.
S. 90 REWARD. "A reward of $500
will be paid by the undersigned to
any one who will furnish such in
formation as will lead to the arrest
and conviction of the person or
persons who set fire to the bridge
over Hemock River, upon the line
of the Green Bay & Minnesota
Railroad, between Baskerville and
Elm Lake, upon the night of the
9th or the morning of the 18th, OF
May, 1881.
TIMOTHY CASE, Receiver,
Green Bay Dc Minnesota Railroad.
Time there was when it was
thought our clay would not make
good brick on account Of the part.
icls Of lime distributed through
it. But of late years it has been
several times demons,ra' ed that the
clay when properly manipulated
makes q very handso and perfect
brick. The llAyc, block in d .luth,
built some ten years ago out OF
brick made from our red clay, tx an
example of the durability of such
brick. This season TWO companies
are in the field for the manufacture
of brick on large scale-both o.
them on the Minnesota side of the
St. Louis. One company have
already made 10000 by hsnd and
when their engine, boiler and two
machines, ordered some time ago,
arrive they vii! be able to push
business on large scale. The
other company is preparing for
work, and are negotiating for AN
improved Chambers machine. They
expect TO be actively ut work with
in sixty DAYS.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-28

q -OA week. el2 day at home easily mad.
= LCstIy outfit free. Address TsUE d Co.,
Augusta Maine,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-28
TICKETS

mt il you cannot get he tickets desired checks fr
% ST. PAUL and socUre any ticket yun want at Depot
extra expense, all trains from the North AID Nor
This Line h Is printed a BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVED y
month and year, 1t will he SENT FREE or Cha RIG ~
Undersigned who will also answer promptly any qurs
T. W. TIE.
z. B CLARKE, General Traffic Manager
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-28
100000 Acres

OF Minnesota and Dakota Lands for sale by
the Land Department. Reduced rates Of
fare and freight TO actual settlers.
Full information given upon application
to JA4Es B. POWER, Genl Agent, at IS
Jackson street, ST. Paul, or 3ralnerd, Mimi.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-28
DAKOTA DIVISION

Meals s Daily '1r"rt SatHr.iav. tDAily
except Monday. Daily oxc"p, Susdas'
Train. connect ~ st. Paul ana Aiuur-
apnlS Will rains East ami South at 81.
tlouI Nth trains for M-lro-c and the Sank
Y .icv 1T E}r@,uarl with trains tn aud from
Duluth and ~ and from the West aud South.
Connection with ST. Paul i Duluth R.R.
trains Mt \. 7. Junction st. Paul VI. + NJ.
Railroad trains at Giyndon for st. Vincent,
Winnipeg, and the British Possessions at
Bismarck with Stages for Standing Rock,
Fort Rice, Berthold, Fort Keough, and other
points in Montana also with the \. ". Stage
and Express Co.'S line to DeadwoOd City and
all points in the Black Hills and with Mis-
souri, and Yellowstone River Steamer for
Fort Benton, Fort Kcogh and intermediate
points in Dakota and Montana and at
Duluth with first class steamers for Colling
wood, Sarnia, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo,
Chicago and intermediate points.
April 25th 1880. II, E. SARG ENT,
Genl Manager, st. Paul.
6. G. SANBORN, II. A. TOWNE,
Gen'l Frt. & Ticket Agt. Superintendent
43 Jackson St., St. Paul. Brainerd.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-05-07

work, she turned her head, opened her
mouth and blew out her breath with a
"whoosh," 10 cool her mouth. The
audience saw her wipe a tear away, but
did not hear the sound Of her voice rs
she "wooshed." She wiped out some
of the pepper with her handkerchief and
she sung the other verses with good
deal OF fcrvor, and the choir sat down,
all Of the members looking at the So
prano. She called for water. The no
BILE tenor went and got it for her, and
after she had drank a couple Of quarts,
she whispered to him, "Young man,
will get even with you for that pepper
mint candy il have TO live thousand
years, and don't you forget it," and
then they all sat down and looked pious
while the minister preached a most beau
tiful sermon on "Faith." We expect
that tenor will be blown through the
roof some Sunday morning, and the
congregation will wonder what he is in
such hurry for.
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COMPOUND INTEREST.

Il is remarkable that in this great
commercial age, when the science of
arithmetic and knowledge Of the CON-
bination of figures have produced such
wonderful results, the full accumulative
power Of compound interest should be
so little appreciated. We are now and
then astonished with the results of GER
tain instances that come to our personal
knowledge, but the impression is seldom
deep enough to do more than arres: our
attention for the moment. The opera
iion OF simple interest is familiar to all
of us but let us take the words of Mr..
Hillman as lucid explanation of what
compound interest really is:
Compound interest is the recon-
pense for the loan, and the forbearance
OF the simple interest arising therefrom,
which is added to the original sum at
each period OF its becoming due, and
ferns new principal upon which sim
pie interest is paid at the next period,
when the same process is undergone"
In comparing simple with compound
interest, We find that money will dou
BILE itself through the former medium in
IA! years, by calculating it at J per
cent; but compounded at the same
rate, the same amount will be donbled
in 1914 years.
The difference, however, is made
more striking by the calculation of Mr..
Francis Bailey, who discovered that il
two cents had been put out at 5 per
cent. compound interest at the birth of
Christ, it would by the year 1910 have
amounted to more money than could
been expressed by ,57 millions Of globes,
each equal to the earth in magnitude,
of solid gold Of standard quality; where
as, il the calculation had been made at
simple interest, il would not have
amounted to over SISs.
Mr.. Hillman carried the larger calcu-
lation on to the end OF the year 1876,
resulting in quantity too large for hu-
man comprehension.
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OUR SUN.

Professor Young, of Dartmouth Col
lege-whosc position as scientific
authority has been acknowledged in
England rs well as at home-has recent
ly been delivering lecture on the sun,
which puts that subject in a powerful
light, il we may use the term. He re-
cords an explosion occurring not long
since on the surface Of the sun, which
sent portions of matter to height Of at
least 2oo, 900 miles. With regard to the
distance Of the sun from the earth, it is
now fixed at between $1,000, 900 and
o2 200, 900 miles, with margin Of un-
certainty consisting Of about soc, 900
miles, which will be settled probably by
future observations. II will be seen,
therefore, that the astronomers have cut
Off between three and four millions Of
the distance which most Of us used to
accept in our schoolboy days. How
ever, they probably think they have left
sufficient now, for Professor Young says
that il our Puritan Fathers had set out
from the sun at the same time they did
from England, and had travelled unin-
terrupted by rail or otherwise at the rate
Of forty miles an hour, they would be
due here in 1888. Again, il sound
throughout the solar system should have
the same velocity that it has in our at
mosphere, the noise Of an explosion on
the suns surface would be fourteen
years in reaching the earth's surface.
Gravity becomes so increased at the
sun that bodies would weigh twenty
eight times as much there rs here, so
that an earthly lady Of one hundred
pounds weight would become as un-
wieldy there as an elephant. The sub
stance of the sun Professor Young re-
CARDS as probably gaseous, though there
is difference of opinion on that point.
The temperature is enormous, something
like 10, 600, 900 Fahrenheit. Herschel
estimated that il a rod Of ice IS miles
in diameter were darted into the sun
with the velocity of light, it would never
reach it. What keeps up this tempera-
ture is a yet unsolved mystery. There
is nothing TO show any diminution in
the suns heat since human observations
began to be recorded. Following the
analogy that pail Of water freezing
does not sink below the freezing point
until all the water Is frozen, the sun
may he undergoing changes which are
sensible only at remote periods; which
may explain the difference between the
temperature Of the earth now and in the
geologic eras OF the past.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-05-07
ANvILS.

In deserted shop in Piitsield, Mass,
there rests on its block an anvil that has
done duty for more than 900 years. 1t
is as sound to-day rs it was in 1858,
when Eltweed Pomery sailed for the new
world. 4 def workman, he throve in
the settlements, and left his anvil as an
heir loom TO his descendants. They
show you in the Tower Of London the
anvil on which the sword Of Richard
Caur de Lion used in his contest with
Salada, and at the collection Of Pompe-
ian excavations in Naples there is an
anvil, certainly older than the Christian
centuries, which, of precisely the shape
we use, had evidently done service for
stalwart workmen of many generations
before the city was buried. But, bet
ter still, in the Egyptian room Of the
British Museum, there is veriiablc an
vii of the Pharoahs. II is older than
Rome, older than Greece, older than
Jerusalem; rs old as the days Of Abra-
ham, and probably in existence when
the patriarch "was como into Egypt,
and the Egyptians beheld Sarai that she
was very fair" II is just like modern
anvil, made apparently in the same way,
weighing about seventy-five pounds, and
sound as il was when first struck by the
hammer thirty centuries ago.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-05-07
HOUSEHOLD WORDS.

Old potatoes may be freshened up by
plunging them into cold water before
cooking them.
Never wash raisins that are to be used
in sweet dishes. 1t will make the pud-
ding heavy. To clean them wipe in
dry towel.
When anything is accidentally made
too salt il can be counteracted by adding
teaspoonful Of vinegar and teaspoon
full Of sugar.
In boiling dunplings Of any kind put
them into the water one at time. II
they are put in together they will mix
with each other.
In boiling eggs hard, put them in
boiling water ten minutes, and then put
them in cold water. 1t will prevent the
yolks from coloring black.
Potatoes at any time Of the year can
be made mealy il boiled in salt water
and drained and then covered with
thick towel and left in the back of the
range FIVE minutes.
Jelly moulds should be creased with
cold butter. When you wish to remove
the jelly or pudding, plunge the mould
into hot water, remove quickly, and the
contents will come out in perfect form
and without any trouble.
To wash red table linen use tepid
water, with a little powdered boiax
(borax sets the color , wash the linen
separately and quickly, using very little
soap; rinse in tepid water containing
little boiled starch hang to dry in
the shade iron when almost dry.
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BE KIND TO THE CHILDREN.

oh, yes they worry you with their
noise and prattle, but il the little feet
should slip away and the chattering
tongue be s;illed forever, think you
ever hear music so sweet again All,
how they cling to you for protection,
even as the little vine clingeth to the
sturdy oak, and it lies in your power to
raise or crush these tender vines. They
are source Of great care and anxiety
to you they tire you with their impor-
tunities, but il they were removed, oh,
now heavily the hours would hang You
would then pine for the cares Of which
you now complain would be always
wishing for broken doll to mend or
muddy boot to clean. BE gentle with
the children chide them in a way that
will lead them to see their error. Let
not the flowers that are springing up in
their young hearts he stunted by harsh,
unfeeling words.
BE patient, too, with them. They
tax you heaily at times. They are
often careless, frequently willful, some.
times disobedient and rude /; but they
love you-yes, they love you and with
their love and sympathy you are amply
rewarded for your patience. There may
be time when you will look back to
these as your happiest days-a time
when the bright faces that surround you
now may be waiting somewhere on the
other shore, when every unkind word
and act will loom up before you and
cause you unceasing regret. BE kind
to the little ones.
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sz CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY.

In speaking Of persons faults,
Pray don't forget your own;
Remember, these with homes Of glass,
Should seldom throw stone.
II We have nothing else 10 do,
nut talk Of those who sin,
It's better We commence at home,
And from that point begin.
We have no right to Judge man
Until he's fairly tried.
= Should We not likS his company,
We know the world is wide.
Some may have faults-and who have not
The old as well ~ young;
Perhaps We may, for all We know,
Have hfty 10 their one.
III tell you Of . better plan,
And find Il works full well,
To try your own defects 10 cure,
Before Of others tell;
And thsaah I sometimes hope 10 be
No worse than some know,
NJ own shortcomings bid me let
The faults Of others 20.
Then let rs all when We begin
To slander friend or foe.
Think Of the harm one word may do
To those We little know;
Remember curses sometimes, like
Our chickens--"roost at home"
Don't speak Of others faults, until
We have none Of our own.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-05-07

CULTIVATION OF FLOWERS. .-Although
the climate and soil of America are well
adapted to the production Of the choic-
est varieties Of flowers. yet we Ameri-
cans are shamefully deficient in this re-
spect compared with England and
France. Everywhere in England-in
the farm houses, in the cottages, in.
town and city-fowers abound At all
times. You see them in the door-yards,
in the windows, running and blooming
vines, from the basement to the fourth
story ofhouses. We rarely see anything
Of the kind in this country. Il should
be one Of the most pleasing objects Of
farm life to promote a greater love Cor
flowers, as well as their more extensive
cultivation. r-e
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pD-Two little Galveston boys met
and began to talk over matters and
things. "where is Billy Jones?" ask
ed one. ale is at home" "'If he
was out he would go with us and find a
dog to tie tin kettle to-" "His pa
won't let him come out" "What did
he do 2" "He put a wet cartridge in
the stove to dry" "Did il go OFF,"
ayes il got warm before il went Of, and
Billy got warmed after il went of, five
or six times, with a bootjack."
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SHE HAD BUSINESS WITH CONGRESS-

"Where's Congress- ? Pm looking for
Congress, said tall, one.cycd woman,
peering through one Of the doors of the
House Of Representatives the other
morning. "Is that fellow with bald
head Congress -
"What do you want with Congress
anyhow ?" demanded deputy door
keeper, gruflly. "Hold on, you can't
go in there"
al come from Bucks county, Pa, to
sec Congress, and il you've got it on
draught anywhere around here, want
some. What's the reason can't go in
thcrc?"
cause you can't. Nobody allowed
here but members"
"i'hat red-headcd man with a squint
member -
"No he's one OF the members sec
retaries. He has right on the floor. I"
''Is that lop-sided chap with wig
one of the secretaries ?"
"No he's friend Of member
Had pass"
"What's that barc-legged boy falling
over the back OF chair? Has he got
any friends -
"He's one Of the pages"
"Who's that red-noscd artist with a
sore carp Did he have pass ?"
"rhat's messenger He don't need
pass"
"What's that fellow with his legs on
desk Is he one of the bosses ?"
"He's one Of the clerks"
"Any Of them fellows pay any taxcs9"
al think not. Don't know" said
the door keeper, indifferently.
Snow, young fellow, you want to
hunt for room to stand in while bust
through this door. Don't fool with
me, or your friends will think you've
been doing business with steam grind
stone. pay taxes on three acres and
eight pigs up in Bucks county, and I'm
going through this ere Congress like a
contribution box through congrega-
ton. You just crawl out of sight if you
don't want your spine to change places
with the next township. Where's sthc next
Congress from Bucks county? Show
me the Bucks county Congress, and il
he don't get 4 bill through this town to
send that hair-lipped old sky rocket,
who wants to foreclose mortgage on
my place, to the penitentiary, he'll wish
he'd been born tree and cut down and
burned up when he was young. Poin,
out the Congress from Bucks county be-
fore have you inside out, to see how
you're put together. Tell me | can't
go in among lot of clerks, and passes
and pages? If there's square foot OF
Congress left by the time | reach it, it'll
wish il was covered with hair that comes
out without hurting"
They induce her to leave by telling
her that the number "from Bucks coun-
,y" held its session in the patent Office,
and she departed, threatening to get
the bill disposing Of her mortgage
through before she left town, or make
the Bucks county member think "cider
barrel had busted under him. just rs a
shot tower fell on top of him.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-05-07

r1-Many young lady who objects
to being kissed under the mistletoe has
no objection to being kissed under the
rose. A.careless compositor made an
error in the above, rendering it, ''has
no objection to being kissed under the
nose"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-05-07

The QUEEN OF HoME.--Honor the
dear old mother. Time has scattered
snowy flakes on her brows, plowed deep
burrows on her checks, but is she not
sweet and beautiful now, The lips are
thin and shrunken, but those are the
lips which have kissed many hot tear
from the childish cheeks, and they arc
the sweetest lips in the world. The eye
is dim, yet il glows with the soft radi-
ance that can never fade. All, yes, she
is dear old mother. The sands Of life
are nearly run nut, but, feeble as she is,
she will go further and reach down lower
for you than any other upon earth.-
You cannot enter a prison whose bars
can keep her out You cannot mount a
scaffold too high for her tosrcach that
she nay kiss and bless you in evidence
Of her deathless love when the world
despise and forsake you when il leaves
you by the wayside to perish unnoticed,
the dear old mother will gather you in
her feeble arms and carry you home and
tell you all your virtues until you almost
forget your soul is disfgured by vices.
Love her tenderly, and cheer the de-
clining years with holy devotion.-Peo-
bke's Journal
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-05-07

bD-"Remember," /" said the physician,
"that when you take an egg you are
taking a chicken" "well," said the
patient, "first please hand me that rye
bread in bottle"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-05-07

PORK AND BEANS FOR ONE.-A day
or two ago lady on the Central Rail-
road train after depositing numerous
bundles in the rack over head the seat,
hung her umbrella upon the cord con-
Meeting with the air brakes. A news
boy passing through the car noticed the
suspended gingham and politely inform
cd the innocent owner that she must re-
move il. "What's that string for il il
amt to hang things onl" inquired the
old lady, as she dropped the umbrella
into the seat. The boy answered in all
earnestness. "It's to call waiter when
you're hungry" He passed on. Some
time after there was a vigorous pulling
of the air-brake cord and the train came
to stand still. The conductor rushed
up to the old lady in amazement ex-
claimed: "What's the mattcr?" "Bring
me plate of pork and beans" drawled
out the ancient female with the umbrel-
Ia, not in the least aware that she had
stopped the train. An explanation fol-
lowed. And the joking newsboy did
not venture forth from the baggage car
during the remainder Of the trip.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-05-07

s~No lady with any refinement viii
use her husbands meeEchaum pipe to
drive nails in the wall.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-05-07

h@-Eyen an Irish printer, when he
goes to a dance, leaves his stick behind
him. m.-BKfdLd Courier.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-05-07

TEMPER AT HoME.--l have peeped
into quiet "parlors," where the carpet
is clean and not old, and the furniture
polished and bright; into "rooms"
where the chairs are deal and the floor
carpe,less into "kitchens," where the
family live and the meals are cooked
and eaten, and the boys and girls are as
blithe as the sparrows in the thatch
overhead; and ! see that il is not so
much wealth and learning, nor clothing,
nor servants, nor toll, nor idleness, nor
town, nor country, nor station, rs tone
and temper, that makes life joyous or
miserable-that renders home happy
or wretched. And l see, too, that
in town or country, good sense and
Gods grace make life what no teachers
or accomplishments, or means, or soci-
ETY. can make 1.-THE opening stave Of
an everlasting psalm the fair beginning
Of an endless existence, the goodly,
modest, well.proportioned vestibule to
a temple Of Gods building, that shall
never decay, wax old, or vanish away.
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eco 0OO AT Q PER CENT.
TO LOAN ON BALTIMORE COUNTY FARMS

In sums ranging from 5000 10 si2,ooo TO suit bor-
rowers. Time from 10 years. Parties paying
high rate Of interest would do well 10 borrow at
per cent. and pay on existing Mortgages. Send
full description, such number Of acres isnprovs-
ments, insurance and assssmsaf, exeisdisg pssse1-
property. SHEPPARD @. MILLER, 49,
10 Lexington Street,
Aug.T soy. BaltImore. Nd.
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Real Estate Agents.

CITY PROPERTY FOR SALE OR Ex.
CHANGE FOR COUNTY PROPERTY.