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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-10-21
The Genet.
Madison State Journal.

The great comet now blazing in the
neighborhood of the sun has been alb
sorbing the attention Of the astrono-
mers of Europe and America, for the
past two weeks. Not enly astrono-
mers have reason to watch it with in
terest, if one Of the theories concerning
It's ultimate destiny is true, namely,
that it is revolving in a rapidly les
soned orbit, and will shortly plunge
into the sun with a velocity 50 terrific
that the conclusion will generate heat
sufficient to destroy all forms of life
upon the earth.
The comet presents tie fifth record
ed instance of a body Of lis kind being
visible by daylight. It's predecessors
in this respect were the comets Of 43
Be, 1902, 1882 and 1843. At the
time of the first observation, the pres
ent comet was about 36,000,000 miles
from the earth. 1t is computed by one
authority to be travelling at the rate
Of ], 100000 miles a day The comet
has now diminished in brightness 50
that the opportunity to see it for the
next few days will be during the hour
preceding sunrise, when the tail Will
be much obscured by the twilight.
Next week the comet will rise enough
earlier to give good view Of the tail.
1t will as it moves off from the sun,
approach within 100000 miles of
the earth, being nearest the early part
of October, but will then be visible
only in the southern hemisphere.
At the Washburn Observatory, in
this city, the great telescope cannot
readily be brought to bear on points
near the horizon; besides which diff
Guilty, the lower bank Of clouds, the
last few days, have entirely stopped
observations Of the aerial stranger
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-10-21
A Ezeartlcss 0nice Seeker.

The Whitehall Times, of Oct. 9Th,
says: ''If Bailey ever stood a show of
getting more than one vote in this
county for congress, he lost it when he
left his wife, whose death was hourly
expected, to electioneer in Trempea-
Ieau county. He left home Tuesday
and that evening his wife died A
man who has no more kindred feeling
than that exhibited by the gentleman
in. this instance, is far from being a
fit person to represent this people in
congress. The people are 10th to sup
port man who shows so little love
and respect for his family, and have a
right to feel natural timiditv in vot-
ing for one who is so unmerciful and
inhumane as to desert his wife at the
point of death to work up boom for
office. There is meat in this conclus-
ion, gentlemen, and there is no dis
putting the fact"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-10-21

First publication Sept. 9, 1927
CIRCUIT COURT,
DorcLAs County. S.
Sixtus Hoffman, Amelia Johnston, nee
Hoffman, Hitler Htiman and Ada Hoff-
man, by their Guardian ad litem. Con-
stance Johnston, Complainants,
VS..
Henry L. Woodland and j. A. Hall,
Defendants.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, To the said defend
ants:
You are hereby summoned to appear
within twenty days after service Of this
summons, exclusive Of the day Of service,
and defend the above entitled action in the
court aforesaid and in case of your failure
so to do, Judgment will be rendered against
you according to the demands of the com
plaint Of which copy is herewith served
upon you.
STEPHEN BACON,
WILLARD Il. GRAY.
Attorneys for Complainants
P.O. AddFess-SuPeror, Douglas Co.,
50 o2l Wisconsin.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-10-21
COLUMBIA BICYCLES.

lGade Of the very best material by til
most skillful workmen, expressly
for road use.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-10-21
Can't Make a speech.

Stephenson can't make a speech"
shout the little Democrat blowers all
over the district-very few of whom, if
their salvation depended upon it could
themselves make speech fit to be de-
livered at a pissmire5 funeral. Ste
yens Point Journal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-10-21
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Send cent stamp for SO page illustrated
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ton. THE POPE MFG. co.
$50 Washington ST., Boston, Mass.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15
Two Discoveries.

Medical science announces to the
world two very interesting and almost
startling discoveries, one of them, SIN
gularly enough, an antidote to the
other. Pasteur, the distinguished
French microscopic, puts forth the the
ory, supported by careful and repeated
experiments, that many of the most
formidable and dreaded diseases that
affiict mankind are the product of para
site life, the result of fermentation de-
veloping microscopic beings which prey
upon the human tissues and produce
death. The human body, it is claimed,
when in perfect health, is entirely des-
titute of parasites, but this exemption
amounts to little, since the air and water
swarm with the germs of animal life 80
various that it is difficult even to find
scientific names for them, and these
need only to come in contact with
mucus or denuded. surfaces under favor
able condition to begin the work OF
destruction. Many maladies OF the
blood, throat and lungs are only pro-
cesses of the same animal production
which is seen on larger scale in the
decomposition of a dead body-the only
difference being that one begins before
death, and the other after. OF course,
as the human body must breathe air
and drink water, there is no escape
from these myriads of rapacious bacilla
that surround it on every side, and
which can be developed only by its de-
struction. Life is sustained by feeding
on life. One living being must die
that another may survive. This is con-
tinuous phenomenon of nature, and
man himself, the head of the animal
creation, is not exempt from the mex
orable necessity. He Stays animals to
feed on their flesh, aud in turn is slain
by swarms of minute and invisible AMI
mails that prey ON his body, and nearly
all the formidable diseases he is subject
to are the product of these minute or
ganisms struggling into development,
This in brief, is what Pasteur claims to
have discovered.
Another French experimenter, De-
clat. claims to have made a discovery OF
a far more agreeable character and not
less important, VIZ: that picnic (car'
bolic) acid is a specific and almost lnfal'
lible remedy for the diseases which are
the work Of animal germs. 1t will ar
rest the disease process in cancer; II
will rob diphtherisO Of more than half Its
terrors; it enables us to laugh at scarlet
fever, and is equally effective in typhoid
fever, smallpox. group, blood poison.
ing. epithelioma and asthma-al OF
which, Declat, and his pupils assert
Weld alm&i miraculously to hypoder'
mic applications Of picnic acid The
! acid is extremely volatile, more Of ga
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15
Berlin's Electric Railway.
London Daily News

Our Berlin correspondent, describing
the new electric railway there, referred
TO in telegram, says that the system,
which has been in use in Berlin for
more than a year, has not proved
financial success. IL has also been
found that their is some inconvenience
attending the transmission Of the cleo
trio current through the rails. A horse
while crossing this line, striking it with
his shoe, received a severe shock. IL
is impossible, moreover, to repair or
remove the rails without causing u
suspension of traffic over the entire
route, since such removal interrupts the
current. Herr Siemens, TO meet these
and other objections, devised his new
system, which is far moro practicable
than the first. Over the entire line
two cables arc suspended parallel to
and about IL inches from each other
ON poles approximately 16 feet above
the ground. Along these cables q sys'
tenn of wheels passes, connected with
the tram car by another cable, which
can be detached from the car at pleas
ure. The cables are charged with cleo
tricity, which is generated at the station
about the middle of the route, and
which is taken up by the apparatus as it
runs over them. 1t then passes through
the connecting cable, down beneath
the tram-car over system of drums
which unites with the running-gear.
The apparatus passing along the sus-
pended cables either precedes or fol-
lows the Car. The speed of the vehicle
is regulated by crank, AMI complete
stop can be made as readily as If it
be drawn by horses. On Saturday,
during the trial, two cars were run, first
separately and Afterwards together. In
the first case two distinct connecting
cables are necessary, while in the sec
ond one answers the same purpose, the
electricity passing through the car
couplings, the only difference being a
diminution of velocity owing to the
additional weight. The length of the
route run over on the trial trips about
three miles, portion of the distance
being up hill, an inclination of l to 2S.
A car can be run up this grade at the
rate of from Is to 20 miles an hour,
while on level it will make 30 miles
to the hour. After having thoroughly
tasted the working of the railway, visi-
tors were driven to the country to wit
ness the operation of the road car which
Herr Siemens has invented. 1t also is
propelled by electricity on. the same
principles as those described for the
tram. cars. It runs as smoothly as a
common carriage, and is perfectly man
ageble. It is directed by the driver,
who sits in front, by turning a wheel
very similar to those used in steering
ships, and is started or stopped by a
simple pressure made upon a lever,
This car is intended to run between
towns whose population are too small
to make railway profitable pecuniarily'
"It appears to me-" adds our CORES.
pondent, Calculated to meet this end
when once the question of its economy
over the running of stage coaches has
been demonstrated"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15
yanderbilt's Private Car.

The private car of President Wander
bilt, of the New York Central road, is
one of the largest in the country. 1t
is IA feet in length, 8 feet ten inches
wide, and IA feet inches high. 1t is
divided into four main apartments
At the front is the kitchen, and back OF
it Col. Vanderbilt's state room. The
sitting and dining room and card room
follow. At the extreme rear IS the OBJ
servatory, with inclosed sides and open
back. The car is elegantly fitted up.
and is provided with electric bells and
other conveniences. There are four
views on the sides of the car, represent
ing the Grand Central Depot, the Inn
provements at One Hundred and Tenth
street and Fourth avenue in New ork,
Niagara Falls and the West Albany
bridge of the Central railroad. His
car could not be duplicated for less
than $4,000 or $4,000. When Col:
Vanderbilt makes trip he has special
engine, and all other trains must keep
out of the way. He travels as fast as 1t
is possible for engines TO draw him,
and time tab is made up at least IL
hours and sometimes two days before
he starts, and is telegraphed all along
/ the line.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15
No Strikes at the South.

IT, is a fact not without interest that
strikes do not occur in the cotton mills,
coal mines and iron works OF the south
ern states. They are chronic oil sease
in the factory towns Of the north, where
they frequently last fol months, inflct-
ing loss upon both strikers and en-
ployers. At Fall River, Lowell and
Lawrence, the female operatives take
part in these movements and support
them with as much vigor and determln-
alton as the men. It will be said that
manufacturing is a large and important
business in the north, employing many
thousands of working men and women,
while in the south it is an incipient in
terest without the sharp and precise or
ganization it possesses in the nortf .
This is true, and perhaps it is a partial
explanation of the absence OF strike
troubles in the south but it is probable
that the existence of more kindly rela-
tions between employer and employed
| in the south has something to do with
| it. A New Highlander writing in the
Atlantic Monthly on the subject OF
manufacturing in the south, while claim
ing certain advantages for the business
in northern communities, Is forced to
admit contentment among factory OPP
eratiyes in Georgia and South Carollna
which does not exist in Massachusetts
The southern operatives, male and fe'
male, are of better class; they are
more kindly treated, have better morals
and are better fed than those OF New
England. The immortality and reck
lessness to be found in the Massachu
setts factory towns does not preval
among the operatives OF Georgia ant
south Carolina. "The women anc
girls are modest and feminine IN look
and bearing" he says, and persons o
vicious habits are not employed IN the
mills. They live in larger and bette
bouses: there is no crowding In tene
meut houses; each family has house
to itself, and this house frequently ha
a vegetable garden attached, and II
many cases q COW is part OF the famli.
outfit. In short. all the surrounding
of the operatives family in the soutl
are superior to those of his brother II
Massachusetts,. He is not segregated
in a special class, but is a respectable
member of the general community, an'
shares its interests. The contentmen
which this better condition brings pre-
vents the sharp antagonisms betweel
capital ard labor which are cont nuall,
breaking out in the more complex so
ciety of the north, and is one of the e1
plantations of the absense OF strikes Il
the industrial establishments of tn
southern states.-St. Louis Reput
licdn.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15
An Elephant Hunt in CeylOn.

A correspondent writing from Cey-
Ion SAYS: The presence here OF the
two sons of the Prince of Wales has
been made the occasion for some iestlV-
ity and Oriental display, and among
the spectacles projected was an elephant
hunt, called a kraal in Ceylon and a
kaddah in India, and conducted as near
like a California cattle rodeo as Is pos
siGle, with such large animals. Ine
inc,osure into which they are finally
driven and secured is an actual corrAll'
composed of palisades formed from
the trunks of jungle trees, from nine
inches to a foot in diameter and elgn-
teen to twenty feet long, deeply IN
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15
Crime In n Pistol Mad.

All ages and nations have agreed in
branding with signal shame the unJaith'
ful soldier. To betray the cause
whose badge and uniform one wears, is
moral baseness, and in time OF war a
crime that may be fatal to whole land.
Patriotic women played no small part
in the detection of secret treason dur
ing the Revolution, and instances Of
the same agency were not wanting dur
ing the Civil war. The following, re-
lated by Benjamin f. Taylor, illustrates
the ingenuity of deceit-and shows
how the ingenuity of discovery may
more than match it:
A Union officer was suspected of dis
loyalty. A young lady at his board
ing house, with whom he became con-
siderably smitten and spent all the time
he could away from his regiment, ma
turally knew most of his movements,
and she was advised to watch him.
Not unfrequently he would ride'out
of town into the country, be absent
three or four hours, and return. The
young lady could not account for these
excursions, about which he preserved
an air of mystery when spoken to,
One day, however, she saw him load
his large old-fashioned pistol prepare
tory to his usual ride. She thought he
put in an uncommon charge, and the
thought struck her,
"If Lieut.. F.-is up to mischief,
that mischief is done during these trips
into the country"
So when he came to bid her good-by
she continued to keep him in CONVERSE
ton, ran from one thing to another with
questions and small talk, complained
of dulness, and finally, laying her hand
on his pistol, wished he would teach
her some day how to shoCt-it must be
fine thing to know and 80 exciting.
He promised, and a moment after
while still holding the pistol, she said
she felt thirsty, and asked him If he
would favor her by getting her glass
of lemonade.
The officer went for the drink, and
the instant the door closed behind
him she drew the charge from the PTS
tol (for she knew enough OF pistols t6
do this) and substituted another.
She was not minute too soon, fol
back he came, took the pistol and rode
away.
No sooner had he gone than she ex
ahmed the charge, and it proved to b'
plans and details of the army's forces
and movements snugly rolled together
The mischief aOas in the pistol.
She reported the matter to the pro
per military authorities, and, on nj III
return to the city, the treacherous OIL
Ger was seized and placed under guard
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15

bedded in the earth and strengthened
by traverse beams and diagonal braces,
strongly lashed 10 the uprights with
natural ropes of tough Jungle creepers.
The last AFFAIR Of this kind held in Cey.
lon was during the Duke of Edinburg's
visit IN 1870, and the one now described
took place in nearly the same locality.
Here in broadly wooded ravine, by
sected by stream of clear running
water, the kraal was located. II con-
tanned about four acres of thick Jungle,
through which paths were cut angularly
to facilitate locomotion. The main en-
trance to this Enclosure was at the low
er end, and consisted of broad aper.
ture, capable of being securely closed
at q moments notice by enormous bars.
Branching off angularly from each side
were long lines OF barricades extending
far into the outer jungle in the form of
a tunnel, and constituting what is call
cd the drive, into which the game is
forced, and from which it cannot east
ly escape, being surrounded in the rear
by large bonfres; and vast concourse
of people called "beaters" with the usu-
al accompaniment of charmers and
soothsayers, fiercely attack the herd,
and with loud cries, plaintive objurga-
tons, or fierce threats and other noisy
demonstrations urge the beasts forward
toward the entrance of the inner kraal,
into which they finally rush.
A day is generally allowed them to
endure starvation and somewhat quiet
down, and in the meantime, tame ele-
plants are introduced, and men with
axes PROSTATE most of the jungle in the
vicinity of the stands that are erected
for spectators on commanding sites,
Just outside the inclosure, leaving only
a few stout trees standing, to be used as
hitching posts for the captured ele-
plants. Next day the prisoners are
driven or seduced one by one into a
cleared space, surrounded by tame ele-
plants, and if amenable to soft bland
ishment, are cajoled by their cunning
confreres into such temporary quiet, or
if savage or refractory, pounded into
such obedience as enables clever noos,
ers to approach under the bellies of
their tame charges, and by watching an
opportunity, to dexterously slip their
immense riatas around the animals legs
between the lower joint and the foot.
The ends being then fastened to the
strong rope collars of the tame ele-
plants, those majestic brutes, with a
great deal of gravity, march their cap
tive off to the nearest tree, to which is
transferred the fastenings, and the poor
astonished creature is abandoned to his
situation, the result generally being ex-
tremely affecting. The alarmed brute
resists the confinement with all the
force at his gigantic body, frequently
breaking the ropes or overturning the
trees in his frantic efforts to escape; in
the meantime, bowling with rage and
pain, and finally casting himself prone
upon the earth, in fatigue and despair
sometimes even expiring.-Sa1o Frau
cisco Chronicle.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15
than fluid, aud when introduced into

than fluid. and whom introduced into
the system il seeks every avenue of es'
cape-by the lungs, the skin, and the
kidneys-thus coming in contact with
every tissue and destroying as II goes
the microsymes which work injury and
death, without leaving any evil trace
on the tissues OF the body. II but one
half that is claimed for Declat's discov-
cry be true, il would DO difficult TO es
innate its value TO mankind.-St Louis
Republican.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15
VennOr's Weather Forecast for June
1882.


Month opens with warm to hot wealth
err. Rains required in most sections;
indications of their approach.
Trinity Sunday (4th)-Rainy weather
probable in Northwest and West; light
showers and warm weather in most 9th
ar sections. Heavier rainfalls about
the 9Th and 10th days, ending in cooler
weather.
Corpus Christi, 9Th: Muggy, oppres,,
sive weather with heavy showers, and
probably storms of thunder and tighten
ing. First Sunday after Trinity, llth'
probably much cooler weather, with
cool to cold nights in Canada and north.
ern sections of the United States, and
rains west; during early portion OF week
unite marked relapse i'll many LOCAL.
ties, Storms of wind and hail probable
in Western Ontario. There will prob
ably be frosts in some northern sections
and Canada. <,on
Second Sunday after Trinity (1Sth,)
rains and frosts may occur about the
Doth. Dist or 22d in Canada and the
Tinted States, South and West, and
cool showers and unsettled weather are
likely to prevail through greater per
tion of the week in the majority OF sec
lions. Frost may cause considerable
damage to crops during this period
Warmer weather generally toward the
oath and 25th. >,-,>
Third Sunday after Trinity (25th)
probably warmer, with wind and ram
storros and neriods of hot and sultry
weather. with storms, through Canadt
and Western and Southern United
States. The month is likely to END no
and sultry, with rain and thunderstorm
in some sections. ,o
Tice;s Weather PrObabilitiec for June
A''O 1882. -,
First to the 9TH & threatening VIII
heavy, local storms; 9th and 9TH, cleal
or fair: Sth to 18th, threatening, VIII
local rains; 18th and 18th. clear or far
13tb to 10Th, warm, threatening, VIII
very severe storms in places; Ifth ah'
1SEi. clear or fair; 18th to 22d, warm
threatening, with local storms; Zza ah'
and 23d, clear or fair; Oath to zitn
sveltering, threatening, with sever
storms in places; 2Sth clear and pleas
ant: 3Oth, clouds and Threatening
rains. -,
The warmer spells will commence
about the I'd, sth, 18Th, 18Th, 2ith au'
Both. -,
The cooler spells will commenGS'
about the 7th, 12tn, 18th, Odd and 2os6
Earthquake causes exist about the "a
Sth, 14th, Goth and 9th !.
ARroras, unless a backing high %
rorneter exists. will be visible about INT
Eth. 18th, 18th, % and 18th.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15

A CITY chap who had escorted coun-
try girl to the theatre, thinking to
please her, went out and bought some
apples. When he place them IN her
lap, she spoke up loud enough to be
heard all about, What do you take me
fora cider mill" City chap collapsed;
he couldn't stand the press.
THEY tell me Brown has q great ear
for music" said Henderson. Yes,
replied Fogg. Il knew he had great
ear. two in fact; but / did no. know
that they were for music. I supposed
that they were for brushing hies on
the top Of his head.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15

-Runnels county Record: Hail three
feet deep in the gulches on Cotton
rood. . tributary to the Colombo nver,
last week.