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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28
Coal Docks and Mills,
Stores, Banks and
Residences,
Which will Herald the Real
Opening of The
SUPERIOR BOOM.

There has been SO many things de-
handing our attention and time since
taking CONTROL Of the TINES, that we
have not been able to give the paper
that attention we should like to have
done, but we can only do our best un-
til we get things in better working or
der. This is the main reason why we
have been unable to give a resume of
what has been done in Superior since
the inoculated new blood and life be-
gan to course through her veins, earli-
er in the month.
We have no annual report to give,
but our quarterly report y which we
herewith submit, shows a state of af-
fairs truly gratifying, and will, we
think, surprise even those who have
been right here through it all. When
the writer first visited Superior, about
the first of September last, the drousy
old town was still rubbing her eyes
and only partially awake to the i'm
portance of the position she held in
the world of crush and commerce,
and it was not until the middle or lat
ter part of September that the actual
busy work of rebuilding the city was
commenced. What has been done
since that time our figures will show.
1t should also be remembered that
this unprecedented growth has all been
done in the winter months, or at least
in winter weather, for the most of No
vember and all of December was cold,
and out of door work was done at a
great disadvantage.
We have take particular pains
with the aid of Mr.. J. A. Bardon, who
kindly came to our assistance and
compiled the figures given-to allow
no exaggeration or guess work Except
as noted) but have got the facts from
the parties direct, and perhaps there
may be some who have been omitted,
if SO they will confer favor by so in
forming us that corrections may be
made. In the total of S1SS,340, the
vast amount of work which has been
done on the Northern Pacific docks
and along the Bay front, calling for
the expenditure of large sums Of mon
ey, is not included. All of this class
of improvements we could not we'll get
itemized, but we are certainly within
bounds in saying that the amount thus
expended has not been less than S75,-
600, making the actual total amount
expended in improvements, $685.
$40, which, considering the time of
year, and the further fact that every
article to be used in these improve
ments had to be imported by team, we
claim Superior to be the banner town
for rapid growth. In this review the
money expended in railroad construc-
ton should properly be included, but
we have not included it, partly be-
cause we have not the figures, and
partly because it is to a different class
Of improvements we wish to direct at
tention. All can understand the i'm
portance of the railroad work which
has been done.
If so much has been done in Superb
or during the fall and winter months
what may we not expect when the
regular building, immigration and
business season commences? The foot
ings of 1882 will touch the million fig.
ures, even if nothing more than what
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28

is now projected is accomplished. The
docks, elevators, warehouses, business
houses, hotels, and residences now con-
templated and under contract, will re-
quire an army of workmen to complete
and that we shall have population
of 5000 souls when the year closes, is
putting the figure low.
The difficulties in securing real es-
tate are rapidly vanishing, and as COM
pared with other towns of any import
ance, is not, we think, unreasonably
high as general thing, though some of
the owners hold their lots pretty we'll
up, but this is a matter also, which
will adjust itself quickly. Not day
passes but ground is broken for some
new building, and lots secured for
others, and as we have before said, we
shall witness the greatest boom here
the coming season ever witnessed in
the Northwest. Here is our exhibit
for the four months past
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28

NoTICE.-Parties owning one or
more unimproved blocks for sale, five
or six blocks from the business centre,
please state LOWEST price to
CHAs. NJ. BUMP,
j21w3 Bay City, Mich.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28

}. W. Dayton, dwelling ....... 1920
John Whalen, rep. on resid-
ence.................. ........... so
DR.. H. +. Lafitte, residence. 1000
Mrs. John Larson, :. 1,50O
l.. Lenroot, rep. on tenement. 80
Mrs. A. Cadotte, rep. ON resid-
ence. ....................... 40
WEST 9TH STREET. COST
A. +. Phibrooks, stable. ......... 800
EAST SUPERIOR. COST.
Air Line Buildings. ............. $4,000
WEST 2ND STREET. COST.
N.P.R.R. Co. Buildings. $4,000
CoNNER's POINT. COST.
Page Sexmith, Lumber Co.'S.
Mill, outhouses &C.. $4,000
H. M. Peyton & Co.'S. Mill
estimated at....................S $4,000
Total @1GQ od0
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23
foo Much ProYerb.

While the prisoners in the Austin
Jail were dat in the yard q few days ago,
two OF them who were under sentence
TO the penftentiary were heard compar-
ing notes tSbout as follows:
"I don't believe in proverbs" said
prisoner 4 .. 1; "it is believing in pro-
verbs that brings me here"
"How4fo~ said No. 2.
"WelfYou see, when I was boy,
I often seen folks pick up pins, and
when I hsked them why they did it,
they said
"sIf ypu see pin and let it lay,
You will have bad luck all the day."
eyes, that's so. I've heard that my
SELF"
"Weil it don't work. I have picked
up pin land I've had bad luck ever
since. II was arrested the very same
day, and |now I've got to go'to the peni-
teutiaty kor three years"
"What has that to do with picking
up pinsf asked No. 2.
"Wel4 you see the pin I picked up
was a diamond pin worth $3.50. I be-
lieved ID the proverb about having good
luck il I picked up a pin in show
case, buE they telephoned for the police
and here am" and he winked at the
iaaer.
The lsher prisoner thought for mo-
ment, and then he said:
'Whhn I come to think of it,
proverbs are what have brought me- to
this fd"
"Ho# so"' asked the man who had
pickedSup the pin for good luck.
,t"Weh, I had heard about horseshoes
bringing good luck, so I picked up
horsesaoes. Horseshoes were my weak
ness.v
aTRem horseshoes you went off with
were fastened on to another fellow's
horse, weren't they?" queried No. l.
"Jess So"
"When get out I'm not going to
rampsr with any more proverbs" re-
marked No. 2.
"Ms neither" responded No. I.
.sEall in boys" said the iailer, and
hpawent back to their cozy retreat on
inside of the iail.-Teras SJJtings.
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went to my room, unlocked the cupboard,
found the bag just as I had lett it, and
took it downstairs. 1 was just going
to open it when, to my still further sur
prise, my mother said
"'Are you quite sure that is your
bag, Arthur
"I looked at her in astonishment.
"sWell, mother, I am as sure as hu.
man being can be of anything
"'Did you open it after you came
home, dearY
81 thought for a moment, and then
said:
"'No; am certain I did not. 7 could
not bear it.
"'Thon,' said my mother, be pre-
pared for q surprise. I think you will
find tn 1t you have some one else's bag.
"I did not answer, for I was trying
to unlock the bag.
"'It is very odd, I said; my key
won't open it,
"My mother rang thu bell, and in
walked the inspector"
Here my visitor ceased speaking, and,
walking hastily to the shop door he
beckoned to some person seated in a
hanson cab close by. It was my friend,
the inspector of police at Crewe.
he continued the story; but first he
placed on the table my "black bag"
"There, sir" said he, "is your bag.
You were quite right. This gentleman
took it b. mistake. That morning when
Mrs. - sent for ME, I found the bag
unopened. I forced the lock and found
your name inside the bag. The con-
tents are intact, as you will see."
I opened the safe, and before I would
allow them to open my bag I took his
from the shelf, and, placing it beside
my own, we all three saw that in size,
make, indeed, in weight, they exactly
resembled each other.
Although I felt that I had really
made the discovery myself, I cheerfully
paid the inspector the check'he deserved
for the clever and prompt manner in
which he must have conveyed my sus-
picion--a decidedly awkward one--to
Mrs. -.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.
ReIIgious News and Notes.

The eyew tree has always been con-
sidered q tree of mourning.
A little bird, the red-tail, has been
seen to catch 900 flies in an hour.
Among the hundreds Of parasitic
cones studding. the fanks OF Etna
there are,some nearly 800 feet high.
Silk damasks are now made by past
ing thin silk tissue on. cotton. India
rubber dissolved ii petroleum is used
as cement.
The famous Mosque OF Omar, 'front.'
ing solomon's temple, derives an an
nual revenue OF nearly $75. GOO from
pilgrim contributions. .
A hundred thousand miles Of railroad
track are laid in the. United States,
being about one.half the constructed
railroads of the world.
The lily of the Scriptures, according
to the bestor authity, was the purple
iris, the 1aeur de lis, q plant considered
sacred TO the Virgin Mary.
The Indians of the Tehuantepec High
lands ascend the icy SUBMITS of the
Sierra Madre, with a threadbare
blanket as their only covering.
It is found by experiment that Il
meat, before being fed to dogs, be cut
fine, it is imperfectly digested, while If
swallowed in large pieces the result is
perfect digestion.
Trees, during rain.. storms, retain vast
quantities of water. The soil covered
with forests receives six-tenths OF the
whole rainfall, the. trees having inter-
cepted four-tenths,
A Russian savant offers the novel bu
absurd hypothesis that hail is of Co.'S
mical origin, and is captured by our
world in it's journey through space in
the same way that meteors are attracted
to their planets.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23
FARM, GARDEN AMI, HOUSEHOLD.
Hens in Winter.

Hens in Winter
To have laying hens in winter. the
first year of their lives, the pullets
should be Matched early in the previous
spring. Thus they grow to maturity
by late fall, and after molting they will
begin to lay, frequently in November,
or even in October. Leghorns will
commence to lay at five months old
and we have known Brahma and Coehins
to begin laying at six montbsa len
orally speaking, however, th ri not
lay much till they are m62h or two
older. 30, if your pullets are hatched
out, say i'll March or April, they will be
seven or eight months of age in Novem-
Der, and should then be ready to clay
in winter" naturally, without forcing.
But they commonly do not get. to laying
at this time, and the reason is that they
have not been properly fed with this
end in view. Where you find young
winter-laying hens you may be sure they
have been taken good care of, from the
shell UPWARD. But older hens may be
put up to this work by artificial feeding
or by supplying them with highly stim-
ulating or egg- producing food for the
same purpose. THUS, if we take flock
of one and two. .year-old hens and pen
them where We can furnish them with
animal and grain food and the necessary
condiments which go to create egg
meat and shellsAaway from the ordi-
narily fed poultry-we can quicken
them in the laying disposition, and
they will commence to discharge their
litters month or six weeks earlier than
they would have done had they been
left to take their chances among their
flock. But this forcing is exhaustive.
Nature is over hurried. 1t is not a
healthful way for hens to lay
under this stimulating "bigh
pressure" And they soon lay
themselves out. We have known hens
thus treated to produce enormous sized
eggs frequently, and also many soft
shelled ones when being thus pushed.
They can be "made to lay" in this way
for time. But it is a brief time eal
before they will "play out" under thu
fastening process. We therefore would
advise those who would have laying
fowls in winter time to procure pullets
that they know are then seven or eight
months of age of any breed. If they
wish to bring their old hens into laying
at this PERIOD they must feed them
high in advance keep them warm end
dry and furnish them with plenty OF
animal food, theat, buckwheat and egg
producing food Spr this purpose. And
SO it will be for the flock thus forced,
a short life and raaiiaGsaa 60 h7t MO-. Ean
S5a7l5g i Ws7ls ssEa
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Household Hints.

It is fact that little, just perceptible
cracks in earthenware will disappear
and the dish look as good as new If 1t
is boiled in milk. This has been tried
on small majolica pitcher with success.
The water or syrup in which prunes
are cooked should always be strained.
It will not look clear or even clean un-
less it is. After washing the prunes in
two or three waters let tEem soak all
night. They will then require cooking
only few minutes, and will retain their
distinctive flavor better.
To wash delicate muslins put three
pints of wheat bran and handful OF
salt into loose bag, and boil half an
hour in six quarts of soft water. Use
this water for washing muslins or lawns
with delicate colors, keeping at hand
the bag of bran to use instead of soap
on any soiled spot that will not yield to
slight hand rubbing. Rinse the muslin
in clear water and dry quickly in the
shade. Many colors in calico goods,
ahich are injured by using the mos
delicate soap, can be safely washed if
wheat bran Tor, if more convenient,
wheat four) is boiled and used instead.
Il
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23
ARTICLES Made Of Shark.Skin.

I'd b skin of the shark has made its
APPEARANCE in New York in q variety OF
email articles which are frequently OF
no small cost; thus a card-case of this
matstial may be valued at $500, al.
though known to break and warp and
charge color readily, being indeed ca
:pahH of but little wear; the finely.
notified skin is nevertheless something
to Be admired, with a beautiful style Of
I'd gold decoration extended
~ a2sa-s;,5a .as..tba nhie.t-f~ArqS Slhe
cid Within may De i5dnd an roiJ
tablet of the finest quality, accompa.
MED by gold, pencil. In addition to
this kind of articles variety of small
bags are formed of the material, of
which there are also limitations.
Yet nothing manufactured from
shark-skin is made to appear half 80
beautiful as the material in its natural
state. Not less than one hun dred yaric.
ties may be found in the seas, il not in
the shops. The colors chiefly range
among the states, blues and grays and
to that of the great white shark, the
dreaded man eater, familiar. about Gal
cutta and in most tropical waters. A
great beauty Of the skin is that of its
peculiarly granulated surface, and fhis
has also been serviceable to the cabinet
makers since the days of the old Greek
writer's. Yet here may be seen beau
tiful roll Of the skin which, although it
might well serve as rasp, will have its
texture of cleaning pearls cut and
shaped to daintier purposes. This is
covered with little, thick-set, cone
shaped protuberances of cream and
ivory hue and shining with a luster be-
logging only to things of the sea.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23
The Rise In Prices.

The New York Public, which makes
a careful study of prices, complies a
table of comparisons in prices for
various dates between January l, 1860,
and December l, 1881. 1t has taken
commendable pains to make sure that
it is comparing the prices of merchan-
disc of the same quality, standing and
importance. The date when prices
were the lowest in this interval was
November 1, 1878, and the following
are quotations of a few Of the most
representative staples on the 1st of No
vember in the following years
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23
The Grass Barriers OF the Nile.
Shortly after leaving the hill count

Shortly after leaving the hill country
which surrounds the sources of the
Nile, that mysterious river passes in q
network of channels through a plain 600
miles wide, and almost perfectly fiat.
In this region the fall of the river is
very small, and the regular outflow of
water may be checked by winds and
other occasional circumstances; while
the great quantities. of water poured
down into the basin during the rainy
season cannot find anse'F sysy.through
the fiat channels. EEssss =,
iions: ocuurs4., every year, and
wnen the rains are especially heavy
great masses of floating grass are brought
down the lateral channels into the
main river, and accumulate in the
windings. New floating islands OF
grass are brought by-and-bye to these
barriers, being pressed upon or be-
meath them, and soon the whole of ths
river throughout its width and dssh
is obstructed by these barriers which
the inhabitants call setts.
The grass does not SIayin The sets;
it continues to s on their surface,
and if the vs>~Sfion, which rises two
or thres>deters above the water, is
burpr<h soon reappears again, reaching
iheight of one meter and more after
eight or ten days. The thread-like
roots of grass form kind of rough felt,
in which palms are sometimes inclosed,
while masses of ooze fill up the inter.
stices between the roots, and form thus
true dams across the river. When the
barrier has not reached great size ii
might be occasionally destroyed by the
pressure of water accumulated above it;
but as several barriers are formed at the
same time at various places, the upper
one being destroyed, its debris
is brought to the lower one
and accumulates above it or
presses beneath it. The elasticity and
tenacity of these dams is so great that
steamer attempting to enter tits soon
repelled by the elasticity of the grass,
while men and even cattle eau easily
on the floating grass without danger.
The river is thus soon transformed into
q marsh covered with a mighty grass
vegetation, and the water expands,
seeking its way through many new
channels. 1t is obvious that those parts
of the river where its bed is more defin-
ite are especially liable to be obstruct-
ed by grass islands which are formed
in those parts of it where there is no
definite line between running water
and marsh. The sets have become
more frequent during the last few years;
proof of the gradual leveling of the
whole region by fuviatile deposits and
Of the general transformation OF the
whole of the region into marshes.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23

"I'm very glad to have met you, sir'
said Brown, politely. care your re-
piled Fogg; "here's note you may
be glad to meet, ALSO" Brown wasn't
so powerfully glad to meet it, but he
had to.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23

A story is told of Jew of Tewks-
bury, in 1920, who fell into we'll on
Saturday-the Jewish Sabbath. Out OF
reverence for the day he would not
suffer himself to be drawn out. The
Earl of Glaston, on whose land the we'll
was, would not allow him to be taken
out the next day out of respect for Sun
day, and before Monday came he died.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23
Hot Wn,sr for Plants.

It has long bean known that the roots
of plants encsSed in earth would stand
-wster so-n0 : to be quite uncomfortable
to thezba6d. n. Willermoz, in the
"Jl16hal of the Society of Practical
horticulture" of the Rhone, France,
relates that plants in pots maybe treat
ed with hot water when out of health,
the usual remedy for which has been
repotting.
He says when ill-heslth ensues from
said substances contained or generated
in the soil, and this is absorbed by the
roots, it acts as q poison. The small
roots are withered and cease their ac-
tion, consequently the upper and
younger shoots of the plant turn yellow,
and the spots with which the leaves
are covered indicate their morbid
state. In such cases the usual remedy
is to transplant into fresh soil, clean
the pts carefully, secure good drain
age, and often with the best re-
suits. But the experience of several
years has proved, with him, the unfail,
ing efficacy Of the simpler treatment,
which consists in watering abundantly
with hot water at a temperature OF 145
degrees F., having previously stirred
the soil of the pots so far as might be
done without injury to tho roots. Water
is then given until it runs freely from
the pots.
In his experiments the water first
came out clear; afterward it was sensi'
bly, tinged with brown, and gave an
appreciable acid reaction. After this
thorough washing the pots were Kept
warm Next day the leaves of -Ficus
czastica 80 treated ceased to droop, the
spread of black spots on their leaves
was arrested, and three days afterward,
instead of dying, the plants had recov,
cred their normal look OF health. Very
soon they made new roots, Immediately
followed by vigorous growth.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23

Considerable surprise and excitement
were created in Wall street the other
day by prominent operator appearing
on the steps of the treasury building
with his hands in his own pockets.-7He
Judge.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23

Captain, summing up"-" What is
the charge, sergeant9" Sergeant
"This time. it's drunkenness, sir. But
this man is the most troublesome fellow
in the regiment, sir. He goes out
when he likes, and gets drunk when
he likes; in fact, he might be horfcerP
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23

In seventeen cities in the South the
net gain in Presbyterian churches in
five years has been 1885, or eleven
per cent. The largest increase is in the
cities of Texas, being sixty-seven per
cent; the next Louisville, 44.9 per
cent, and Wilmington 1853 per cent.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23

Nellie has a fouryear- old sister Mar
who complained to mamma that her
button shoes" were "hurting." "Why,
Matte, you've put them on the wrong
feet" Puzzled and ready to cry she
made answer: "Whatl do, mamma?
They's all the feet I've gotl'
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23

1t is worth noticing that there has
been a substantial decline in tea and
coffee, and these are almost the only
articles 30 affected.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23

When you see an Irish mother sew
ing the tears in her boys pantaloons,
you may put her down as being in favo,
of the ssno.rent" syatem.'