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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-07-28

CHICAGO man named Smith has invented a
| smoke consumer for tug boats, which on trial
on the l9tn was pronounced success.
Hon. Z. Ii. THoRNE, a well-known demo-
cratic politician and planter, of southern Ar
| kansas, died at Hot Springs, Ark, on the 18th.
A REUNION of the descendants of Rebecca
Nurse, who was hanged for witchcraft at Salem,
in 1892, took place in Tappeyville Mass, on
the 18th. They decided TO erect a monument
to ber memory.
REPoRTs from western cattle centers indicate
that this years drive will aggregate 1000, 900
head.
E. W. HoLBRooK d Co., dry goods, New
York, failed on the Goth. Liabilities $3.50 900.
On the 18th the members of the Telegraph
ers brotherhood, IN accordance with a
resolution when their committee presented the
bill of complaints to the company having re-
ceiyed no satisfactory answer from the Western
Union Company, quit work at 12 o'clock New
York time. The strike embraces all CONNER
eial operators belonging to the brotherhood
from New York to the Rockies and from Maine
to the gulf About 5000 operators are en-
gagged IN the strike. Their grievances as pre-
sented are that eight hours shall constitute
regular days work, and seven hours nights
work; that Sunday shall be deemed holiday
and all work performed on that dav shall be
paid for extra work; that both male and
female operators shall receive the same COM
peDsatlon; and that universal increase of 15
per cent. on all salaries now paid shall be
granted.
YELLOW FEVER infected ships are frequent
arrivals at the New Orleans quarantine station
of late, but as yet the dread scourge has not
effected landing.
HUDsoS, n. y, was just one hundred years
old on the l9tb, and appropriately celebrated
the day.
The oil exchange at Cincinnati was formally
opened on the 18th. NJ. F. Thompson is preti-
dent and A. 1. Maclean secretary.
A CONSIGNMENT of 206 Hereford cattle suived
at Quebec on the 18th, from Liverpool They
will be taken to the Iowa stock farm of C. w.
Cook, of Chicago.
The remains of huge mastodon were ex-
humcd at Syracuse, N Y, on the 18th. Prof.
Brown calculated from parts discovered that it
is the largest mastodon yet found.
HANLAN and Ross rowed for the champion
ship at Ogdensburg, N. n on the 18th. Han
Ian was an easy winner by nearly a quarter
mile. The distance rowed was four miles and
turn. Time II minutes 57115 seconds.
The second annual exhibition of the National
Mining and industrial Association, was form
ally opened at Denver, Col, on the 18th.
THE liquor dealers, of Kansas City, have
pledged themselves to close their saloons on
Sundays, and compel all other business men to
do the same.
CHAMBERS has broken out among the horses
in Lafayette and Iowa Counties, Wis.
BLACK measles have appeared at ST. Mary's
Industrial School, Baltimore, Nd. Ten have
died, and twelve are down with The disease.
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TOLEDO.
Petroleum as q Solid.
From the Drug Reporter.J

At Astlakhan, on the Caspian, a fac
tory WAS started on May 2ud for the
purpose Of solidifying kerosere. A short
time ago there was a good deal of stir in
the papers on the subject of this process
of solidific ton, ga process" as the in
ventor remarks, every simple in it's
nature, and not requiring the sinking of
much capital" The method adopted by
NJ. Ditmar is very simple. The kerosene
is boiled IN large cauldrons, together
with a certain quantity of soap, and the
boiling continues till as much of the
liquid portion as possible has evapor-
at ed. The boiling mass is then poured
into iron tanks or reservoirs to cool
down; and this mixture becomes solid
and OF such consistency as to be easily
cut into any size pieces. When required
for use this substance is easily liquifed
by the application of heat. The great
question as TO the transport of kerosene
is thus about 10 assume ractlcal turn;
for if kerosene be treated accoriing to
NJ. Dltmar's method, it can be packed in
boxes or sogn up IN sacks, thus doing
| away With the clumsy aud bulky casks.
and dlspelling ali fears as TO leakage or
| explosion. Nitur ,lly such questions as
we'll as the packing of goods, space &C.
cupIe4, and convenience III hin9ling are
vtry important, as wcll as The cJnse
guent results of tie reduction in
fIelgh;s, railway rates, aud Custom
| duties (for our readers must bear in
nlird tnat custom CutIts in R5ssia are
| levied, as Inle, on tie weight of ma
teriais.) NJ. Ditmsr IS stated to lave
| obtained letters patent for his ICventioll
in Russia for ten years, In America for
seventeen years and IN France ard Egg
| land for fourteen years. During the &C m
ing summer season the exports of this
solIdified kerosene will begin, and II is
estimated that this yeaI about l 600. COO
pools (9ver Is, 500 tons) will be ex-
ported. 1t viii be taken through
| Batoum on tie Baku and Batoum r Rail
way, and, as the Russisn papers say,
the carTiage of this newly disc were 1,
substance viii be a comparatively easy
matter in comparison with the carriage
OF the liquid petroleum, which requires
tank carriages aud apparatus for filing
and emptying them, or else to be ex-
ported IN bulky casks.
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GENERAL.

GUM, CURTIS & Co., mercantile and label
printers and stationers, suspended on the 21st.
Liabilities S120, GOO.
The Manchester Iron and Steel Company.
Pittsburg, Pa, failed on the 21st. Liabilities
$1,000, 00O.
ARCHBISHOP PURCELL's viii was probated at
Cincinnati. o., o. the 10th. He bequeathes all
his estate that is not subie to the payment of
his debts, to his successor.
The telesraphers' strike was in active onera-
ton on the 2ist With the probability that other
operators then at work would join the strik
ers. The western Union Company in Milwau-
kee, Wis, are taking messages subject IN de
lay, and it is alleged forward some by mail.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
FOREIGN.

The rifle match between the American
twelve and the English twelve on the 10th and
21st at Wimbledon, Eng, resulted in victory
for the English. The scores were as follows:
At 200 yards-Americans, 352: English, $40.
At 500 yards-Americans, 1856; English, $40.
AT 600 yards-Americans, 500; English. 354
At 800 yards-Americans, 346; English, $780,
At 900 yards-Americans, 263; English, 297.
At LOCO yards-Americans, 218; English. 254.
Total scores-Americans, ], ,906: English, ], ,951.
lam fell most of the time during the shooting
and the weather was anything but satisfac-
tory.
CHOLERA continues to ravage Egypt All
passengers are examined, pitch is burned at
night IN the streets and every sanitary precau-
t1on taken, but without success. On the 22d
thu deaths at Cairo numbered 3S1, 95 at Chib-
bin and about 200 at other villages.
A DISPATCH from Alexandria, dated the 18th.
states that the panic in that city over the ap-
pearance of the cholera is increasing. Bus:-
ness is entirely suspended.
THE government board of London issued a
memorandum on the 18th, enioining meas-
ures of Precaution against the introduction of
the cholera into the cities and towns of Great
Britain.
The deaths by yellow fever from the 1st to
to the 18th inst, at Vera Cruz. Mexico, num-
Der IA. The exceptional feature has been the
rayages OF the disease among the shipping.
The epidemic commenced IN the harbor among
the Norwegian vessels
EUROPEAN advices on the 10Th report crops
in Prussia as looking well and every prospect
IF good yields.
TELEaRAPHIc connection by land at Yenczue-
la, S. A., via Columbia was made on the 18th.
AUSTRALIA has petitioned England for fed
eral government similar to Canada.
CHOLERA continues in Egypt and Is rapidly
spreading. On the 17th the deaths were: At
Damietta IS, Mansurah 45. Meuzaleh A. Sam
anoud p, Chobar IL, Cairo II, Chirbin G and
Talka 6.
DURIH5 the progress Of a lawn tennis game
at st. Cuthberts, England, on the 18th. Mr.
Devere, young army officer, pulled a revolver
and without provocatioD, shot Miss Mckay,
aged 20. He then blew out his own brains
The strike of the iron workers in North
Statfordshire, England, ended on the 17th
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His Fourth.

From the Detroit Free Press.
els it gwine fur to be the Fo'th eff
July to morrer ?" asked colored citizen
of policeman hugging the shady side
of Beaubien Street yesterday.
eyes, sir; tomorrow is the Fourth" :"
"Same one we allus hab ebery var
bout dis time ?"
Yes"
"Wall, l reckon you white folks keep
purity clus track OF it an OTTER know.
Now, den, XII, L liz up at day light an
fire a cannon?
"No, sir; cannons won't boom to-mor-
row."
"Kin I losd ard fire my old shot
gum"
"No."
"Will dar be any persesbun on de
streets ?"
81 guess not"
"Won't dar be no sojers an brass
bands an flags an speeches, au' jumpiu'
up an' down an yellin' ho, ray fur
liberty ?"
Nothing Of the kind"
"Woa't | b. lowed to staa' Oh de
co'ner an whoop for George Washing
tou?'
II You try 1t you'll get pulled III.
Cant | get out vii de drum an
u. ke tpg5 rattle while tie ole woman
sings de Star SpaUPlcd Bauler an' de
cbiid'en shoJt off fab cracker y
81 wouldn't try it.
Den ali / kin DO continued the ia
tenogator after a pause, "Im 20 borry a
lemon az soulo sugar, az .qt Goen in
de shade sn' drink lemonaie an tell de
chilt'tn how we 1T an fit an starved an
suffered to gain our liberty?'
"ibat's about all, replied the officer.
''Den, sab, / bid you good day, sab,
au' wart you to disremember, eben if
you air ppr.eeceman, dat if my fo'fad-
! der had known dat We wasn't ewine 10
hab ~ Fo'th Of July il Detroit dis y or
he'd h.b got mp fiom uhele Be fell at
| Bunker Hill al won't home au' let de
lentry rnG to bnrdoegs. ResVrgdn2 q
! diagnosis, saiI'
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must. 81 won't" The lawyer ap-
pealed to the court. The court told the
witness that if the counsel insisted upon
his showing what kind of a blow il was
he must do so. ''Do You insist upon it?'
asked the witness. 81 do" "Well
then, since you compel nae to show you,
it was this kind of blow!' at the same
time suiting the action to the word ard
knocking over the astoni>hed disciple
of Coke upon Littleton. Whel tie
lawyer rose to his feet he said he did not
wish to ask the witness any more ques-
tiOns
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LEVI McCoNNLEY, living near Port Henry,
n. y, on the 18th, shot and killed his wife and
wounded his mother in-law.
BLOODY melee occurred at a picnic in a
beer garden near Cleveland, o.. on the 18th.
participated IN by about 200 men and women.
Beer glasses. knives, clubs. ETC., were used as
weapons and about dozen were seriously,
perhaps fatally injured.
F. VI. KERR, who decamped several months
ago with $4,000 belonging to Preston, Kean &
Co, brokers-his employers arrived in Chica-
go in charge of a detective, on the 18th. He
was caught in South America.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-07-28
Got Hhaf he Manfpd

A lawyer retained in case Of assault
and battery was cross-exanining a wit
ness in relation 20 the force Of blow
struck: "Wbat kind Of blow was
given 2" "a blow Of the common kind.
"Describe the blow" 81 am not good
at description. ''Show me what sind
OF blow it was 81 cannot" ''You
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-07-28
None. of CnurSe

Ifrom the Hartford lConn.l Pcetj
Somebody told a young English no.
bleman that to be popular in Boston 50
ciety he mnst profess to be very fond OF
baked beans. And SO, wher he dined az
urs. Beaeonstreet's, lie said IN Iona
voice to the servant, 'sPass me the
baked beans, please" Tuere were none.
of course, and the hostess aid she vas
iusUlted
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SSEI()| 7
| Inc, {
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE
Ano St: PAUL.

i owns aud operates over $500 miles of road in
HortnerN Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa aad
Dahoia- and as its main lines, branches and con-
nectlos reach all the great business centers Of the
Northwest and Far West, it naturally answers
the description Of Short Line, and Beet Route
between
CHICAGO. yyiiyxaukee St. Paul and
minneapolis.
Chicago. milwaukee,. La Crosse and
WlnOuas
Chicago. milwaukee, Aberdeen and
EiIendaie.
Chicago. milwaukee,, Eau Claire and
saltwater.
Chicago. milwaukee,. wausau and
Merrill
Chicago. Milwaukee, HEAVIER Dam
and Oshkosh.
Chicago. milwaukee, Waukesh and
Chicago. milwaukee, Madison and
Prairie du Chicn.
Chicago. Hilwauke ee. Owatouna and
EuFIbaulf.
Chicago. Eseioit. JanesyiIIe and Min
erni Point.
Chicago. EIGin. Rockford and Du-
Chicago, Clinton. Rock Island and
Cedar Rapids.
Snicagos 1onncIl hluifs ana Om ana
Chicago. Sioux City, Sioux Fails and
Chicago. MiIwaukec, Mitchell and
Ghamberiain.
Rock Island. Dubuque, st. Paul and
minneapolis.
Davenport, CaImar, st. Paul and
WInncapoiis
Pullman SFeepers and the Finest
Dining Cars ava the World are
lie ain lines Of the gHECA 60, MTLW4T-
NEE 6- ST. PAUL RAILWAY, and
every attention is paid to passengers by courteous
employees Of the Company.
6. S. Merrill, A.V. II. Carpenter,
Gen4 Manager. Genl Pass. Agent.
j. T. Clark, Geo. n. Heafford,
Gent Supt. Asst Gent Pass. Agt,
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Our cid frierd aud play mate, Hosea
Ballou, calls upon US ia sweet voice,
saying, "Never let your zeal ouirun
your charity alright, Bosea; we will
not We never dill. In fact. onr zeal
always manages 20 keep several lengths
behind olr charity. That is the reason
it viii be useless for any one to cone to
us and ask us to subscribe money 10
erect a new Kremlin. Puck.
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"MY dear" exclaimed a loving hUs-
band to his wife, II have just had my
life insured for your benefit" "Weii.
1 declare, said the wife, looking around
up'n her family aid friends With an ex-
preston Of ifjmed InuoceIce, 'JUst to
thirk Of the sc!ishDcss Of men, aud par
ticpls1iy of husbands! There, you've
been and had ynUr life insured, while
your poor wife NAV 90 without any in
suraBcc on her. rs just what -Aouid
expect oi yoHl
CoRLIss, the engine rlao, Is building
engines FOR the Grst Chinese cotton nil.
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The use of the term
" Short Linen - in connection
with the corporate name
of a great road, conveys
an idea of just what is re-
quired by the travelling
lubiic-a Short Line. Quick
Time and the Best of Ac..
commodatons-al Of which
are furnished by the great
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CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA RAILWAY,

N H. r--
t,#G lass All, Chicago.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-11-15

that my conduct appears extraordinary.
On my part, madame, allow me to inquire"
(here 1 handed her Laura's lottery "where
am I, and why was my telegram received
at your house yesterday when it was ad-
dressed to Madame Gilbert"
"My name, sir" replied the lady, coldly,
as she glanced atmy card and Laura's let
ter, is De Ghuibert. This letter" there she
put on her eyeglasses and inspected it
closely sis dated at ~Bougaud" (she pro-
nounced it Bougo,) "and the name of this
village is Bougorre. I fancy the mistake
is the result of an imperfect knowledge of
French"
SIN that case, madame" I replied, while
a cold Precipitation started from every
pore-'tin that case I beg leave to retire
with a Thousand a~pologies;" and, with a
low bow, l moved toward the door. But
my modification was not yet over. As 1
left the balcony my foot caught in the sar-
Ger of that internal bath-tub, l stumbled,
caught at the bath-tub for support, and,
amid a swirl and swish of soapy water,
fell headlong to the ground.
The meek little apothecary and the En-
glish maid rushed to the rescue with towels,
and as l was being dried my eye fell on the
monogram, M. d. 6.
"Madame," 1 exclaimed, "that bath-tub!
It is a peculiar one; and the monogram is
also peculiar. And my wife has one."
For the first time a smile lighted up the
austere features of Madame De Ghuibert.
"lnaC Dabn-CuD, m@nSleur," sue T6plleu,
"was sent me by an English friend, whs
~
eff you please, ma'am, Ter ladyship
'erself Pad one. Hand they hall 'ave the
same monogram, Dover Manufacturing
Company" interrupted the maid. I had
mistaken the old English G, with its
fourishes, for a G..
This was enough. I never knew how I
got out of the house, or how I found the
railway station, or how my clothes were
extracted from Madame De Ghuibert's
drawers and brought to me. 1 do know
that, in the intensity of my modification,
I left nearly a hundred francs among
Madam De Ghuibert's servants, and that
even then 1 had the sense not to give that
impudent English woman anything; but
that is all; everything is a hideous blank,
until ! found myself, twelve hours later,
being kissed and laughed over in the bosom
of my own family. Of course my wife and
those pertlittle minxes, Laura and Blanche,
and even Phil and Geoff, maintain that
my French pronunciation was the cause of
all, and often ring the changes on Bougaud
and Bougorre, Ghuibert and Gilbert. But
Iappeal to an impartial public: Was not
Matilda's bath-tub at fault?-Mrs. Ldunt
Thompson, in Hdrper's Bazdr.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-11-15
Petrifled Pumpkins.

The California papers are telling a
story about petrified pumpkins in Men
docino County. The report is that a
farmer, some years ago, had a lot of
pumpkins washed away-by a freshet
down a %rayine, and for a number of
years the pumpkins were observed
where the water had lodged them, but
no one had ever thought they had
turned to stone, until the other day a
man attempted to pick n of them up,
when he discovered that it was very
heavy and had turned to stone. About
fifty more were in the same condition.
The story may be true, but it offers no
special inducement for agriculturists to
raise paving stones on pumpkin vines.
Some pumpkins are of no special good,
except to sling at cats, but as the supply
is too small to be used with advantage,
they will not be used. If California
will find a process for making pies out
of her petriffed pumpkins, the boarding
house keepers of the country will rise
up and call her blessed.-Bostom Globe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-11-15
ga" and GAM"

A correspondent writes to us: "Why
does the author of the amusing note on
some journalist new version of the ''Par-
turiunt Monies" line talk about "G hex
ameter''P There are writers who SINH
lar say Cor rather write, for to speak
such things would be too difficulty, 'a
hotel" ssa habitual," etc., ga histori-
cal,". etc., and so on. The rule on the
subject is, 1 believe, that whenever in a
word beginning with an h the accent
falls ON the second syllable, the aspirate
shall be preceded not by "a," but by
can" San hexameter" is e%uphonious.
ga hexameter" is simply impossible. If
no rule on the subject existed it would
be necessary to invent one. But the
rule just given will be found sufficient
in every case. AS no one out of a ma
tional schoolor board school is supposed
to study English grammar (Which to
men of classical education ''comes by
nature" Qike Dogberry's reading and
writing), it will perhaps not be thought
offensive on my part if I point out that
in words like "union," university"
%''unicorn," in which the letter u forms a
syllable by itself, the indefinite article
used in connection with it should be not
s.an," but ga" "An unicorn" San
university are almost as ugly combi-
nations as ga hotel" or ga heXameter."
st. James Gazette. 81.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-11-15
A Freak of Nature.

"Do you want any freaksp" inquired
an athletic stranger, with rumpled
clothes, which didn't fit him quite quick
enough. The person whom he adj
dressed was the proprietor of a dime
museum. -t-Hr Hf =
"Yes, we are in the market for
freaks, but 1 don't see anything peculiar
about your personal appearance.
What's your deformityP"
go, I'm a sure enough freak" re-
piled the man.
s'Well, what is the peculiarity?"
1.-THE popularity! Do you see those
handsp"
"Yes."
''Well, I'm the only man in the world
who has played base ball for nine sue
cessive years without getting a crooked
little finger. "-Ieras Sittings.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-11-15

"A problem in arithmetical progress
sion was practically demonstrated in
West Troy, NY, recently, by Roscoe
Taylor, a colored athlete of that village.
Forty stones were placed in a line three
feet apart, and a circle was drawn three
feet from the first stone. The task was
to gather the stones singly and return
with each separately to the ring. Ros-
GOES allotted time for the fulfllment of
the undertaking was ten minutes, and
bets of five to one, with no takers, were
freely offered that the feat could not be
accomplished in that time. In five
minutes thirty-three of the stones had
been carried, and the fortieth was drop
ped just three minutes and forty seconds
later, Taylor thus travelling the whole
distance in eight minutes and forty
seconds.-Tr0Y Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-11-15
A MORNINGS WORK.

A broken brooch, a mislaid ring,
A heap of foamy lace,
A ribbon bright, a crimping pin
lis not a thing in placer
A slipper warm in the pressing foot,
Its m~ate-where hidden now2
A tiny bow, a little glove
Rent in the palm, l vowl
A thimble meath the rocker crushed,
4 thread of wool and floss,
A pretty bit of Kensington,
BALI finished ferns and moss,
A ballad new, a bit of verse,
A problem half wrought out,
A map half traced-the tasks, l think,
Left grille in a pout.
Across the hall, the sciences
And games are worse than mixed:
i surely think my little lad
Has his room nicely iXedl .
a Virgil leaning crafty
Against a ball-club there,
And nearly half a pound Of twine
Is hanging on a chairl
An a~lgebra-the lesson-place
Kept by apeanut-shell-
A strap n ring. an apple-core,
Il shOe-lace and a bell,
A collar soiled, a crumpled tie,
A cap crushed in a ball,
A wicker cage but half complete
is this all?
A pair of skates. a crumpled note
Who ever would have thought!
The precious scampi t is such a scrawl,
And signed: yours ever, Dot"
And who, in wonder, may dot be?
L thought him shy of girls:
never thought he d know IL they
Wore wigs of tow or curls.
All mel I pause to think, erewhile,
How strange it all would seem
If ever there should come a time
But, pshawl / must not dream.
Itntf0r erufhar oil tho rnf M
And put each in its place,
a nave a home all orderly,
Yet miss each darling face. 7. 2.
Mrs. B. F. Culbertson, in BdLlOu's Monthly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-11-15
Her Qualifications and Expectations

. -..-.La --| -F
A young lady in st. Louis sent the
following application for a position as
book-keeper: .Sir, having noticed your
advertisement in yesterdays paper, 1
hasten to reply. lam twenty-five years
of age have had four years. experience
at bookkeeping, and for two years past
have been receiving $500 a month. /
should expect an Office nicely carpeted,
with two or three easy chairs, morning
and evening papers, and not to go to
work before $50 a. M, have an hour
and a half at noon, and quit work at
SIP. m. My figures are ~unexcened, and
Iihave never made a mistake in my
books yet. Can give all the reference
you a read. Hoping that L will suit,
and in the expectation of being engaged
by you, 1 remain, most respectfully
yourS.n i'H