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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-25
Across France in Winter Time,

~. R. G. Hassard, New York Tribune letter.
To diffuse and extravaganza Americans
the most striking features of the country
are the compactness of the habitations,
and the extreme economy may almost
say parsimony-of the method of tillage.
Every square foot of ground is put to
use; has been in use for unnumbered
generations. Here and there in the dis
lance appear patches of wood, carefully
preserved and guarded, but the rest of
the land is almost bare of shade There
is no brush and tangle of weed and Wild
flower by the roadside, no thicket by the
stream. The last of these trespassers
were eradicated ages ago, along with the
last stump. A gray stone wall borders
the highway. The crossroads are often
sunk two or three feet below the general
level. Narrow ridges OF earth mark the
boundaries of the fields, and the burrows
are driven so close to them that it is a
wonder how the pillow is turned. Single
rows of poplars stretch with exasperat-
ing regularity across the landscape.
They are trimmed close and sometimes
every twig is removed except bunch at
the extreme top; then they look like lib
pO1CS Will ll6u 10 UncIn.
There are willows by the brook, but they
are pollard willows, kept for their twigs,
which are scrupulously cut off, and they
lift their SCARED and knotted trunks like
hands from which all the fingers had
been amputated. One beauty of the
country is in it's fertility and the va
ried contour of the ground; but the travel
er who looks upon it cannot help longing
for little of natures luxuriant irregu-
larity, and thinking how much more
lovely the meadow would be if clump
of alders grew by the water, and maze
of clemati and bindweed covered the
boundary wall. We passed village
built in terraces on ridge of limestone.
The rock under the houses was perforat-
ed with cayerns closed by wooden doors
and apparently used as stables or store
rooms.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-25

bears the blame of killing Tom Sayers,
but, in my opinion he died of injuries
inflicted by John G. Heenan. Heenan
jumped off train and hurt himself, and
some lay the blame of premature death
to that accident, but he died OF consump-
ton, produced, in my opinion, by over
training, and by the punishment he got
in his fights with Sayers and King.
John Morrisey's death is laid to Bright's
disease, but he had stood beating enough
to kill ten men, and 1 believe that is
what killed him. Yankee Sullivan is
said to have been killed by vigilence
committee, but the truth is that he went
crazy from an injury to his head ne had
received, and committed suicide by open
ing an artery. Patsy Riordon one of
the grandest men physically that ever
lived, died at thirty-six, complete
physical and mental wreck. Bob Riddle
died the same way, the very flesh drop
ping off his fingers. Joe Womble died
in the Montreal Insane Asylum. And so
they go, all of them dying at what ought
to be the prime of life. +"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-25
VoLITI0NAL BEGGARS.

One of the good results of the new de-
parture in charitable work in large cities
called Organized Charity" is the weed
ing out of undeserving mendicants who
live on contributions that should be de-
voted to the assistance of the worthy.
In regard to the frauds practiced on the
charitable in large cities, the extent of
the evil is fully revealed in the case of
Philadelphia in an answer to reporter
by Charles d. Kellogg, general secre-
tary for the Society for Organized
Charity, as follows: "Last winter Mayor
Stokley took census of this class of our
people for the benefit of the society, and
he found there 1,600 persons dependent
upon street begging for support, while
in the house of correction and aims
house there were 600 more seeking food
and shelter during the winter months,
but who would become common beggars
when the warm weather returned. Of
course some of these were forced by cir
cumstances to beg, but the greater num-
Der did so from choice or laziness, which
ever you wish to call it. Business being
better this winter than last, there are
fewer men out of work. Besides this,
the society has cut off the sources of
supply of many mendicants, andas a con-
sequence of these two facts we find the
number of persons needing relief re-
duced by several hundred. Nine-tenths
of the street beggars will refuse work if
offered them. Last winter the superin-
tendent of one of the district associations
sent 200 able-bodied men to the wood
yard, and how many of them do you
suppose reported to the manager and
earned their bread by work? Just
thirty; the other 40 preferring to beg
from soft-hearted persons who would
give them food or clothing without in
curing into the needs of the recipient.
When the society began its operations
it found hundreds of families that de-
pended upon soup houses for their food
and the Guardians of the Poor for fuel,
cheating the landlords out of rent by
moving as often as possible. Neither
the men nor the women would work
when opportunity offered. It is this
kind of pauperism that the society is
seeking to break up, and already Phila-
delphia is Stunned by the professional
beggar as city where his trade does
not thrive"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-25
MOrtuarY,

Ex-Associate Judge Leas, of Pennsylvania,
died suddenly on passenger train at Mount
Union, IN that state, on the 18th inst.
Hon. Joseph E. Sheffield, founder of the Yale
Sheffield Scientific School, died at New Haven,
Conn.,, on the 10th. He leaves an estate valued
at $2,000,0O0.
Col. Meacham, prominent in Indian affairs
died Of apoplexy at Washington, ID. c., on the
18th inst
The death is announced of Bishop Wightman,
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, south, at
Charleston, S. c.; also of NJ. Martel, ex-presi-
dent of the French senate, and the French poet
Barber.
John E. McDonough, the actor, died at Phil
adelphia.
Robert T. Kedzie, professor of chemistry in
the Mississippi agricultural college, is dead.
Ko Kun Bua, the instructor in Chinese at
Harvard College, who came from his country
and assumed his duties at the college in 1879.
died of pneumonia on the 14th inst.
Rev. Gould, the eminent Scotch divine, died
at London, Eng, on the 14th.
5. A. Purviance, ex-member of congress and
ex-attorney general of the state of Pennsyl-
vanla, passed away at Allegheny City, Pa, on
the l4th inst, aged 70 years.
Robert Ayres, retired merchant of Louis
vile, who died on the 18th, was one of four
men in Jefferson County who voted for Abra-
ham Lincoln for President in 1860.
Daniel Slote, wealthy blank-book manu-
facturer of New York, who figured as Dan in
Mark Twain's " Innocents Abroad, is dead.
Henry Tucker, musical composer of some
note, died at Brooklyn on the 10th inst. He
composed the music for "When This Cruel
War is Over" =" Dear Mother Have Come
Home to DE-" etc.
A. NJ. Soteldo, the victim of the ARRAY at
Washington, died on the 18th inst. Clarence
Barton will survive his wounds.
Noble Butler, A. NJ, well-known educator,
died at Louisville, KY, on the 18th inst, aged
~ years.
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mos. BARDoN. Editor and Publisher.
AMERICAN PORK.

The false statements concerning the
condition of hogs in America, which
were promulgated by designing persons
abroad, are having effect on the meat
trade not only in England, where the
stories originated, but ia France. A
New York letter of a recent date says re-
garding pork prohibition in France: A
copy of the bill recently introduced into
the French chamber of deputies rescind-
ing the DEGREES of February, 1881,
against American pork has been received
here. 1t provides that salt pork from
foreign countries, accompanied by GER
tifcate attesting that the meat has been
thoroughly prepared, and that to the
type known in commerce as "fully
cured" may be admitted into France
These certificates must be verified at the
place OF origin, at the expense of the
parties interested, by local experts,
whose qualifications shall be guaran-
teed, and their signatures duly acknowl-
edged by the French consular agents.
1t also provided that 1T the time of en-
try at the custom house importers must
testify that the meats which they propose
to enter for consumption are healthful
and in q perfect state of preservation,
and that the curing is complete. This
attestation, to be made at the expense of
the importers by inspectors, designated
by the prefects--of departments of the
frontier. These regulations do not ap-
ply to uncooked mincemeat, sausage
meat, bologna, or to Frankfort sausage,
nor to sausage castings intended for Gull
nary purposes, of which the importation
into France is absolutely prohibited.
Heavy penalties are imposed upon all
persons violating these conditions. The
breakup of the ministry since this re-
peal bill was introduced, leaves its fate
in some doubt, but the hope is expressed
that the new government will give it
their support.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-25
" Their Style Up Home.
From the Detroit Free Press

One of the members of the Michigan
legislature of 1856 came down to Lam
sing wearing a coon-skin cap, deer
skin overcoat, and buffalo oversboes. and
he brought with him certain traits of
character which at once singled him out
from the bald-headed bankers, the bent
backed farmers, and the gesticulating
lawyers who were gathered to impose
new burdens on the state. This particu-
lar member was named Rush, and
though he had nothing to say for the
first few days, it was plain to see that he
would show his hand when called. One
day he arose and began speaking on
matter already disposed of, but the
speaker interrupted with:
"There is no question before the
house."
Rush waited moment and then con-
tinued his speech as If nothing had hap
pened, and again the speaker notified
him that there was no question before
the house. If the member heard he did
not take warning, and this time the
speaker called out, with sharp rap from
his gavel:
"There is no question before the
housed"
Rush ceased speaking, and the hall
became so still that whisper could be
heard forty feet away. The member
broke the silence by saying:
"There amt, Ell? Here we've been
pegging in and fooling around for two
whole weeks, and haven't even got a
question before the house! MIR. Speak
er, this isn't our style up home! Why.
can name six one-horse men In town
who'd get question before this house
in less than fifteen minutes, and here
are over a hundred of us taking things
as easy as if we had sure Job for SIX
months. [ move you, sir, that a COM
mlttee be appointed to bring question
right off now, and that we keen the
blame thing right here until we scatter
for home!"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-25
A Case of Abnormal Growth,
IFrom the Erie Dispatch.

There is living in the city of Erie a
man who is suffering from a disease not
often seen. About eleven years ago
John Reichart was, according to the tes-
tlmony of those who knew him, a hard
working mason, and it was at that time
he met with an accident, apparently
trivial and of no particular consequence,
but which In a short time almost totally
incapacitated him from manual labor.
In the winter of 1870 he slipped on an
icy pavement and fell, striking on his
right hand. 1t panied him a little at
the time, but he took no notice of it for
while, until he saw that his little fin
ger was swelling badly, when he con-
suited physician. But medical treat
ment avalled nothing, and the swelling
grew worse and worse until he was ad-
vlsed to have the arm amputated. But
to this he would not consent. The affIc-
ton Is characterized by the medical
profession as either hypertrophy, an en-
largement of the fatty substance. or ex-
ostosis, a morbid enlargement of the
bone. For over eleven years the alb
normal growth has been slowly but
surely progressing, until day his hand
Is swollen to the size of mans head.
while his forearm is as large as a man.
thigh. By actual measurement his little
finger is eight and and one-fourth
inches IN circumference, larger than a
wrist. The palm of his hand is fifteen
inches In circumference and his wrist
eighteen. From the wrist the swelling
extends nearly to the elbow. It is a
sight such as is rarely seen, and one of
our city physicians has a photograph of
it among his cabinet of medical curiosi-
ties.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-25
How Steel Rails are Made,

The process of making steel rails un-
der the new system is as follows: The
material is received at the shops in the
shape of Bessemer steel blooms about
inches square and long enough to tally
with the required weight of the rails. In
the manufacture of a rail, its form and
proportion is ascertained to be of more
consequence than the weight, as accord
ing to practical experience an SO-pound
iron rail wears out much faster than a
properly proportional 60-pound rail, and
the proper weight for steel rail is
about 55 to "a pounds to the yard. On
come roads in this country, as the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, they run as
high as "a pounds, and in Europe to Sc
pounds to the yard. The first process
IN their manufacture consists in placing
the blooms in furnace, where they are
left until they obtain fine mellow red
heat. They are passed Immediately
through double set of rough and finish
ing rolls, when the acquire nearly their
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-25
PropoSinQ.
from Chambers Journal. ]

lrIOm CudhDeTs' JOuTudJ
The difficulty of proposing to the
young lady is not always the most seri-
GUS one the sutton has to encounter.
Popping the question to ones prospec-
tive mother-in-law or "asking papa " is
frequently the more serious undertaking
of the two. When Prof. Aytoun was
wooing Miss Wilson, daughter of Prof.
Wilson, the famous Christopher
North, he obtained the lady's consent
conditionally on that of her father being
secured. This Aytoun was much too
shy to ask, and he prevailed upon the
young lady herself to conduct the neces-
sary negotiations. Eve must deal
tenderly with his feelings" said glorious
old Christopher. "Tll write my reply
on slip of paper and pin it to the back
of your frock." "Papa's answer is on
the back of my DRESS" said Miss Jane,
as she entered the drawing-room. Turn
ing her round, the delighted professor
read these words: "With the authors
compliments"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-25
A TerribIe Visitation

On the 18th inst, and while the residents of
Chester, Pa, had hardly recovered from the
excitement caused by the burning of the mill
tary academy, which involved loss of 5000.
600, a fr1ghtful catastrophe occurred in their
midst which carried death and misery into
many happy home. The old Admiral Porter
homestead, which had been converted into a
mandatory of fireworks. caught fire about 7
o'clock IN the morning and the fire department
was soon on hand. An immense crowd of cit
liens also assembled and with the assurance
given that there were no explosives on the
place the fremen went to work aided by volun-
teers from the crowd. About half an hour
afterward an explosion occurred and the
ground was covered with victims, many killed
outright, some seriously injured and others
more or less hurt. Fifteen persons were killed
outright and seventy injured. Many of the
latter will die. The scene Immediately after
the death-dealing shock will never be forgotten
by the eye-witnesses.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-25
WHAT THE JEANNETTE ACCOMPLISHED

So many exploring expeditions In the
Arctic Sea have come to grief, and so
many lives have been sacrificed in at
tempts to reach the north pole that
people who have heretofore favored the
sending of expeditions in the interests
OF science are beginning to question the
advisability of making any further at
tempt to unravel the mysteries of the
frozen zone. The New York Herald
under whose auspices the recent jean
nette expedition was organized reads
this change in the public opinion and
gives answer to the question "What has
been gained by the Jeanette voyage ?"
as follows: eff it he, on all occasions
of life as IN this, gain 70 demoIish those
hopes which only tend to delusion, - said
Sir John Ross, referring to his own
Arctic expedition of 1929, "the merit of
this result at least belongs to our present
voyage" The gallant commander of
the Jeanette may surely say as much
OF his voyage. The Jeanette entered
the wholly unknown part of the Arctic
Ocean IN which, since 1910, the Russian
geographers had promised n compare
lively fair "polynia" or "open sea 4"
route toward the pole, and when Ad-
mlral Wrangell contended, against the
opinion of Scoresby, that ice could not
be formed far from land Yet Lieuten-
ant Danenhower states that the ice in
the open ocean was formed each winter
eight feet thick. No doubt the ice far
from land was constantly liable to frac
ture, upheaval and even trituration; but
its ceaseless regulation under a cold of
80 degrees minus, and its terrific crush
ing power when played upon by conflict
ing polar gales, render navigation in its
vicinity well nigh impossible.
1t has been the wont of some writer's.
even DR.. Petermann, to recommend
Arctic navigators to boldly push
" through the drift ice," as Sir James
Ross, in 1841, successfully did in the
Antarctic seas. But De Longs enforced
experiment in this line demonstrates, as
Payers did in 1872, that this is an i'm
practicable, not to say frequently fatal
course for an y polar expedition. If the
Jeannette's voyage has accomplished
nothing else its results will serve to dis
pei these decisions, as well as to estab-
hsh the fact that while no part of the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-25
Suicidal.

Joseph Gessert, formerly chief Of police of
Cincinnati, shot himself fatally, on the 18th.
He had been sick and was Respondent.
Curtis Christian, who murdered his brother
in-law at Putnam, N. Y, recently has suicided.
Miss Mamie Wilkerson, popular young lady
of Whitesboro. Texas, engaged room at a
hotel in that city On the l4th, where she took a
fatal dose of morphine. No cause is known
for the deed.
A particularly sad case of self-murder trans
pred at Henderson, KY, on the 14th. Philan-
der, Hender, aged 13, took his own life because
his father disowned favorite brother.
Franklyn Beard, of Warren, Ind, who for
ten years has been a student i'll the Chicago
Medical College, went home without giving no.
tee, and killed himself with a razor. He
showed unmistakable siges of insanity.
Albert Wilde, an architect, once wealthy
citizen Of Cleveland, of late imprisoned as q
vagraDt at Kansas City, hanged himself in his
cell.
Continued ill-health caused Peter Greene
walt, wealthy retired contractor, to suicide at
Bloomington, ILL.,, on the 18th inst.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-25
Work Of the Flames.

The military academy at Chester, Pa, was
consumed by fire, on the 10th inst. Loss
5000, 900.
Fire at Robinson, Brown County, Kansas, on
the 10th inst, destroyed twelve business
houses, two hotels, the postoffice and the Odd
Fellows Hall. Only one store was left standing
in the town. Loss $4,000.
Kelly's morocco mandatory, at Lynn,
Mass, was burned, on the 10th inst. Loss
$4,000.
A building on Clark Street, Chicago, owned
by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rail-
road Company land occupied by the Chicago
Steam Feed Company. was partially burned, on
the 18th. Loss $22, 900.
Fire at Louisville, on the 10th inst, DESTROYED
property to the value Of $1,000 VIM. Ehr-
man & Co., w. Fl. Mcknight, carpets, and
Wrampelmeir & Co., furniture, were the suf-
ferers.
Tam & Co.'S glue and curled hair factory, In
the suburbs of st. Louis, NO., burned on the
18th inst. Loss $4,000.
A box-car on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids &
Northern Railway, twenty miles south Of Cedar
Rapids, containing four horses, three COWS.
two dogs and agricultural implements, burned,
with all its contents, early on the morning of
the 18th.
Stanson's paint mill, Bunsfeld's machine
works and number of other shops were de-
stroyed by fire at Haverhil, Mass, on the 18TH
Loss $50, 1000.
A fire at Troy, N. Y, On the 14th inst, de-
stroyed Gardeners laundry and $4,000 dozen
collars and cuffs.
confagration at Bradford, Pa, on the 18th
inst, consumed 105, 900 barrels of oil, involving
loss of $115,000. The loss viii be borne by a
general assessment on all persons having oil
tored with the United Pipe Line.
The fine residence Of Rev. Dr. Dulin, in the
suburbs of st. Joseph, Mo-, was swept away by
fire on the 18th inst. His library was the most
valuable in that region.
The piano-case factory of Dielmann & Co.,
on Twenty-first Street, New York, was DESTROYED
by fire on the 18th inst, causing loss Of $780,
900. fireman named David Stardenger was
fatally injured by falling walls.
The Globe foundry, in London, Ont, was
damaged S75, 900 by fire on the 18th inst
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-25

open Arctic Ocean is covered with solid
ice sheet, no part of it is free from ice
masses capable of destroying the most
solid craft which human skill can ever
hope to construct. Painful as it is to
contemplate the disappointment and
disaster of De Longs expedition, it is
perhaps we'll that his experience comes
in good time to impress the rising gen.
Grafton of would-be Arctic adventures
with these costly lessons. The pole,
after standing the assaults of three GEN.
turtles of expeditionary assailants, stands
still in serene, unveiled and unap-
preached majesty, and it is likely to
keep its own secrets, ut least until these
lessons are needed by those who would
find it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-25
The Fate Of PuUitists.

A reporter of the Chicago Herald in
reviewed prominent bruiser concern
ing prize-fghting, and ELECTED the follow
ing gossip about the fate of leading pugiI-
lists in the past:
"They die prematurely of weakness
and disease brought on by their injuries.
In fact, they die at or about the time
when, if they had not been prize-fght-
ers they would have been at the prime
of life. Charley Gallagher died at the
age of thirty, of consumption, caused by
an injury received in his fight with Da-
Wis. Davis fell on him, planting his
knee in his upper left breast. Brandy
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-25

necessary shape and consistency, when
they are transferred to buggy or move
able wise where they are held until they
are sawed off at the required length.
The next process consists in placing the
rails on the hot beds or straighteners,
previous care having been taken to put a
sweep into them of about II inches to al
low for contraction. From the beds
they are removed to the cold straightener
and undergo final smoothing process,
after which they are drilled for fish bolts
and also slotted for spikes. The rails
are then conveyed to the cars for ship
ment
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-25

The boiler at the Georgia Car Works, at
Gainesville, Ca, exploded on the 18th inst,
killing five men instantly and seriously injuring
five more, including Mr.. Lucas, the superin-
tendent, of sleeping-car fame.
The Marion Distillery, at Portland, KY, was
badly wrecked, on the 18th inst, by the explo-
sion of boiler. The engineer, James Blake,
was badly scalded
Engineer VIM. Dempster and an employe
named Gerge Gillett, were killed by the expio-
sion OF boiler in saw mill near Elk Mound,
Wis, on the 18th inst.
The boiler in the Jewel Flour Mill, opposite
the Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, collapsed on the
10th, killing Gilbert Stephans, the engineer.
q. e. Baldwin, pilot of a ferry boat, had leg
broken by flying debris, and miller named
Kohn was completely scalped.
Two explosions occurred in mine in Rhondda
Valley, Wales, resulted in the death of six per
SONS