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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-04-19
Young Lady Whistlers.

lFrom the New York Herald.J
The familiar air of 1.-The Mocking
Bird was whistled through West Forty
sixth Street yesterday morning. A re-
porter of the Herald, who was passing
along the street, stopped to listen, for,
save pretty young lady on door step,
no..one was IN sight. Still the twitter-
ing and bird like solo continued to vi
brate down the block 1t was the young
lady who was whistling, and the re
porter took the liberty of expressing his
astonishment to her.
"Were you whistline?" he inquired
Of the young music-maker.
The young lady smiled, turned three
difficult corners in the tune, worked in a
tremolo. half dozen bird-like trills,
stopped, ard answered:
eyes. Why?"
"Because you whistle 80 beautifully,
and"
"Well, 1 think \ ought to-" she in
terrupted. "Pve been takeing lessons
long enough, and my mouth has grown
five-eighths of an inch smaller since I be-
gan practiclng regularly"
''You take lessons, and your mouth
has grown smallet?" echoed the re-
porter.
eyes; you needn't look as if was tell.
ing you a story. Of course l take les
sons. Lots of girls whistle now, because
it's fashionable"
"Then whistling will make the
mouth small?''
"Why. of course it will. A girl that
has four inch mouth can reduce it to
three inches by regular course of study.
Besides, the puckering of the lips makes
them fuller, and gives them a nice
color"
GLOW long does it take to dock an
inch off an ordiuary-s sized mouth?"
asked the reporter.
"Oh, / don't know" was the answer.
ga girl must never sing, use large tooth
brushes, or take big bites out of apples.
Then If she practices all the time she is
in the house she will probably reduce
the size of her mouth in about two
years. Why, | can whistle everything,
even scientific sacred music, and you see
how small my mouth is. II is different
from singing in choir. The overture
from Tampa is, perhaps, the most
difficult selection in my repertoire, it
requires so much active tongue move
ments. But fine whistler must have a
good ear and good teeth that are not
too widely apart"
professor" Wise was found in an up
town billiard saloon. He was short,
grizzly pated man, of a gamboge tint,
with smooth face and large lips.
"Yef, sar; I'm Profess Wise," he
said with tantalizing slowness, can I'm
an instructor in de art OBJ moosic. Yef,
sar; it's whistlin' wha' 1 teach to de
young ladies of society. Yef, sar; sum
pipe like de plover an sum like de dam
ole jaybird. l cud al'ays whistle putty
tolebel smart as chunck of boy, sar,
an den at Long Branch, wAar 1 spen'
de summers, de hotel folks dey hab me
me to whistle to 'em. Yef, sar; an de
young ladies dey like to larn, an so 7
come here, an am a provess-ah. I've
twenty free scholars. sar, all in de ubber
ten; at lees SO da say, sar," and the war
bier walked slowly away.
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SPORTING,

| The Massachusetts Bicycle Club have
| taken measures for the formation of a
| corporation, with capital of SO, 900,
| and it is proposed to purchase piece
of ground near Trinity Square, Boston,
and erect thereon a club house 80 by %
| feet. The stock will be divided into
| 400 shares of par value of S25 each.
THOMAS WALLACE issued a challenge
on the Sd to play cushion caroms for
$500 side, single game, with any man
| in America, and to play any man, bar
| ring Sexton, Slosson and Scb@fer, three
| games-the balk-line, champions game,
| and straight-rail billiards-for $500 a
game. There was no money put up,
however, as forfeit.
| THE Detroit Driving Park Association
was completely reorganized on the LIST.
and $50, 600 subscribed to fit up the
track and grounds In first-class style and
provide suitable premiums. Rufus W.
Gillett was elected president, and Daniel
j.. Campau secretary. Stables for one
hundred horses are to be constructed
| Immediately. The summer meeting
will be held June "a to 27, and purses
aggregating SO, 500 will be offered, en-
| tries to close June 9.
JACK CHINN's great race horse Leon
atus broke down in his right foreleg at
Louisville, on the I'd, while taking e1er-
else, and will be retired to the harem.
1t was renewal of the injury received at
Brighton Beach last season, which was
| thought to be but temporary. He has
| been galloping several weeks, and was
| backed to some extent for spring events,
but he can never recover. He won the
Derby last year In canter against The
pick of Western horses, and $4,000
was refused for him. He is by Longfel-
low out of Semper-Felix.
The American Lacrosse Team has Sc.
lected players from New York, Prince
| ton, Harvard, Yale, Baltimore, Boston
and Chicago clubs, and will depart for
Great Britain May 3 on the steamer
Austral. The team will be a good one
in every respect, and special efforts have
been directed toward making it har-
monious one. The players chosen are
| all well fitted for the positions on the
field that they will have to fill, many of
them, besides, being good all round
players, who can be changed when occa-
sion requires it. The first match on the
other side Will De played at Liverpool
May II.
JAcoB SCHEFER and George F. Slos-
son signed articles in Chicago on the
Sd for two games of billiards, to be
played in that city, May IL and 81. The
first game will be for the balk-line
championship and $500 side and the
second champions game, the loser OF
the first game to have the option of max
stake of 81, 900 side. The match of
May IL at Central Music Hall will be for
the balk-line championship now held
by Schafer and will consist of 800
points, on 5x10 table, with the eight
inch line. The second match will be at
the champions game. lines 1884, 800
points up, on 5x10 table. Both men
will go to work at once to prepare for the
encounter of May II.
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ANOTHER COMBINATION.
The Napor Stove Manufacturers of til
Country OrganiZing.

The Vapor Stove Manufacturers of the
Country Organizing.
CLEVELAND, April II 1.-The Iron Trade
Review will give tomorrow the first
published details of the formation, with
in the past sixty days, of combination
Of the vapor stove manufacturers of the
country, under the name of Association
of Vapor Stove Manufacturers of the
United States, for the purpose of equal
izipg prices. Seventeen companies are
represented in the combination eight
in Cleaveland, two each in Detroit,
Troy and st. Louis, and one each
in Chicago, Albany and Cincinnati. The
combined capital represents 81, 100000,
with total annual capacity of $4,000
stoves valued at $T50, COO. The same
journal learns that within the next ten
days suits will be brought against all
manufacturers using, without license,
the Davis Blake safety tank and
Clough's movable perforated cap, the
essential parts of all modern vapol
stoves. The parties owning these pat
ents are known as the Consolidated
Vapor Stove Company, the capital being
the agreed vaiue of ten patents con-
trolled by them, $117, 900. There is con-
siderable talk in trade circles in conse-
quence of this movement.
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cAvE-N at Excelsior coliery. Shamokin,
Pa, on the 18th, killed Thomas Harper and
fatally injured Frank Gillisch.
A COLLISION between freight trains at Allen
town, Pa, on the 18th inst killed Jacob Det-
ter, a fireman.
Tue premature explosion of a blast IN the
Calumet and Hecla copper mine, Lake Superb
or. on the 18th. killed Thomas Tremberth and
blinded Nicholas Johns.
SAMUEL REELIN, aged 81 and VIM. Shearod,
aged 10, were killed at Pittsburg, OH the 11th,
by caving sand bank.
The Gloucester fishing schooner Nelson Y.
Mcfarland, with crew of five men, was lost at
sea on the 9th.
A FIRE at Northampton, Mass, on the 10th,
destroyed the Elisha Graves house, structure
over 200 years old.
FIRE at Pensacola, Fla, on the 10th inst,
destroyed the Louisville & Nashville freight de-
pot and other buildings. Loss, S65,000
A DYNAMITE explosion at Franklinton, N. c.,
on the 10th, killed two men and wounded four
Others, all colored.
ENGINEER THOMAS was killed and several
others severely injured in collision on the
Pan Handle road near Dayton. o.. ON the 10th.
The Upham Manufacturing Companys mill
at Marshfield, Wis, bbrned on the night of the
8th!inst. Loss $685. 900.
ONE-HALF of the business part of Hampton
Va. was destroyed by fire on the 9th. Loss
SlOO, GOO; Insurance $780,
ALFRED CARLINE, boy of II, was killed by
the cars at West Depere, Wis, on the 9tn.
The whole east side of the public square at
Huntsville, Tex, was destroyed by fire on the
9th. Loss $4,000 distributed among twenty
persons; little or no insurance.
EARLY on the morning Of the 9Th inst, a fire,
supposed to be incendiaIy, started in the rear
of frame building occupied by Thomas
Spencer, at Athens, Tex. whole block was
lald in ashes. Loss $4,000.
A FIRE at Churchill, Nd, on tho Sth. de-
stroyed a carriage factory and several a1join-
ing buildings. Loss, $4,000
A RAILWAY engine and sand house at Wayerlv.
n. j., were swept away by fire on the 9th.
Loss $4,000.
MOSES STEEN, wife and adopted daughter,
formerly residents of Vernon, Wis, we're
killed by the cavingin of their house at Mineral
Park, Mohave County, A. T., on the S'b.
The .planing mill. furniture factory, and
saw-mil of S. B. Anderson, at Bertamont,
Mich, We're totally destroyed by fire on the
night of the 5th. Loss $4,000.
A FIRE in the st. George Flat, New York, on
the 7th. completely destroyed the building and
eoHe0n'e' hoeo %ioo,ooo. iuIee lHeueu anu
the engineer were badly burned.
AN insane man named Johnson was drowned
in Fourth Lake, Madison, while attempting to
cross on the ice He had escaped from the
keepers of the Mendoza asylum, and was man
acled.
THE large brick store-room of the Wabash
Railroad machine shops. at Meberly, Mo-,
burned on the night of the 9th. Loss $50 900.
CLARK's paper mill at Marseilles, H., burned
on the night of the 5th. Loss S6O,O00; fully
insured.
JAMES GODDARD. a prominent citizen of East
Dubuque, Ia, WAS precipitated into the river
at that place, by the breaking of bridge rail
ing. and drowned. on the 7th inst
The Merchants Bank and number of stores
were swept away by fire at Pensacola, Fla, Oh
the 9th. Loss $4,000.
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that they should offer the leadership of
their armies to "Moses the Hebrew. F"
This they did. The great difficulty Of
the campaign was to traverse the roads
which led to the Ethiopia Il camp, in con-
sequence of their being infested with
dangerous serpents. The willy Israelite
provided his advance guard with num-
Der of ibes in baskets, and instructed the
soldiers to let the birds loose Gu the
serpents. By this ingenious expedient
the roads were speedily cleared and Mo-
ses was enabled 10 surprise the Ethio-
plans and defeat them with great slaugh-
ter.
Carrying the war into Meroa itself,
Moses then laid siege to the capital,
Saba. The obstinate resistance offered
by the defenders prolonged the siege
for some time, but eventually the city
was delivered up by Tharbis, the daugh
ter of the Ethiopian king. who had
watched Moses from distance, and
from admiring his valor, had fallen IN
love with him. The story ends happily
with the marriage of Moses and Tharbls.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-04-19
Tack-Making Machine.
From Cotton, Wool and Iron.l


A Connecticut man has perfected an
automatic machine for making uphol-
sterers' tacks, and is producing the goods
at Torrington. These tacks have so far
been always imported, and the secret of
the English manufacture is not known.
Various attempts have been made in
this country to devise machinery for
producing these goods, but resulted in
failure. Ore firm sank $20,060 in the
endeavor. Another firm, fifteen years
ago, partly succeeded, but failed finan-
cially. The new machine turns out per-
feet tacks at the rate of $50 per minute.
An average days work is $4,000. One
man can take care of four of these ma
chines. By using different dies the
heads may be either round or cone
shaped, and several sizes can be made.
After shaping another machine polishes
the face of the metal. The immense
quantity used is shown by the fact that
an importer in New York receives eight
or ten million of these tacks monthly.
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A Professional Drinker.

new Yorker" IN Inter ocean.
came acrous professional drinker
the other night. You never heard OF
such thing? Nor did 1, until I had it
pointed out to me and explained. 1t
was at the Liederkranz masquerade.
The great bar-room of the Academy OF
Music was crowded, as it always is when
the auditorium is in use for notable
dancing. A man took seat at one of
the numerous tables, and ordered whis
key. The waiter started away to gel
the drink.
"Say, here, the man called in loud
but not boisterous voice: 'Let it be
Torrido whisky, and none other"
Torrido whisky was not the name. but
that suggestion of fiery liquid is better
to write than the one he was advertising.
Yes; this was professional dTinker in
the employment of a leading whisky
manufacturer. 1t was his business to
order this particular brand of whisky in
public places. He was a we'll dressed,
middle aged man, who looked like a
competent judge of beverages, and quite
able to hold a considerable quantity
without losing his gentlemanly bearing.
When the liquor was brought he talked
to the waiter again as to his strong pref.
erence for Torrido, which he declared
to be the only whisky worth drinking.
An hour later he was emphatically de.
manding Torrido at the bar; and again
he held an argument on the subject
with chance acquaintance in the midst
of an overhearing hundred. "There is
nothing that folks are go exacting about
ia their ignorance" said the friend who
explained the professional drinker to
me, 'as in th4 matter of drinks. The
slightest thing will set a man to ordering
special brand. There is no telling
how many fellows are now specifying
Torrido for no other reason than that
they heard this man mentioned it at the
Liederkranz ball. He no doubt cost
the firm $40 that night, altogether, but
how else could they have done 80 much
effective advertising for the same money!
But how much will it cost the profes
eional drinker? Perhaps his death IL
an iGebfiate asylum
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NEWS OF THE WEEK,
FOREIGN.

HUSG-HoA was bombarded by the French, on
the 18th inst, and the town burned TIE VII
layers and Chinese fleeing.
MEssRs. GHIsLIN, bankers. Charleroi and
Antwerp, failed on the 18th, with liabilities
amounting to 100000 francs.
EDWARD SMITH, United States consul at
Mannheim, died suddenly in a railway car at
Heading, Eng, on the 18th, while en- route
home.
DISPATCHES of the 18th say serious lpohti-
cal crisis prevails in China. Prince Kupg and
four members of the Privy Council have been
puphcly dlsgraced for incompetence in regard
10 matters IN Tonquin.
IRISH railroad laborers on the Canada South
ern err Road engaged in fierce fight at st.
Thomas, Ont, with Italian Iaborers ON tbe 11tb
Several were severely wounded.
CUBAN named Mayoll was arrested at Kew
West, on the 18th, by the United States an.
thoriues on suspicion that he is a filibuster.
ADAM BADEAU, consul-general at Havana. re-
signed on the 10th inst
CHARLES READE, the English novelist died
In London on the 11th.
JEAN BAPTIST DUMAS, the scientist. died at
Paris on the 1lth
DISPATCHES OF the 10th report the revolt in
Cuba III full bloom. Aguero landed without
resistance, and marched toward the interior
gathering strength on the way. The Spanish
troops which interpose1 were forced to fly.
QUEEN VICTORIA and Emperor William meet
at Da1mstadt on the 18th inst
DISPATCHES of the 9th report affairs at
hhartoum as extremely critical and the irregu-
lar troops IN Gordon's command in state of
mutiny.
FIVE french missionaries and thirty
catechists have been massacred at Thanhoa.
Tonquin.
TRUCE between Chill and Bolivia has been
proclaimed
A RAILWAY collision occurred. on the 9th, at
Black Rock, few miles south of Dublin, in
which talrty-five persons were injured.
ONE-HALF Of Mandalay, tine capital of Bur
NAH, city of $4,000 people, has been burned.
IHE Roumanan ministry have resigned.
owing to clash with the Chamber of Deputies.
SERIOUS fire occurred at Geruegau. in
Moravla. on the 9Th. Fifty houses were de-
stroyed and three lives lost.
The annual Oxford Cambridge boat race took
place on the Thames on the 7rh Cambridge
won easily
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- -
OBITUARY..

Death of Charles Reade, the Famous
English Novelist.
LONDON, April u.-Charles Reade
died this afternoon.
lCharles Reade was born at Ipsden. Oxford
sbre. Eng, in 1Sl4 was educated at Magdaelen
Colledge, Oxford, of which he was subse-
quenty elected Fellow. In 1S4S he was
called to the bar by the society of Lincon's
Gun. but soon afterwards gave his attention
wholly 10 literature. Among his works are
Peg Wellington. White Lies, Hard Cash, Grif-
fifth Gaunt, Terrible Temptation, Foul Play
and Put Yourself in His Place. Many of Mr..
Rsade's stories have been successfully drama
tized and nearly all of them have been trans-
lated into the different languages of Rurope.l
PARIS. April 1.-The death of M.
Jean Bsptiste Dumas is announced.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-04-19
A PERFORATED MOONSHINER
Transferred from a New York to a So,
Carolina Prison

Transferred from a New York to a South
Carolina Prison.
WAsHINaToN, April 1.-The Attorney
General has ordered the transfer of the
convict l.. r. Redmond from the state
penitentiary at Auburn, N. Y, to South
Carolina penitentiary at Columbia. This
was done at the request of Senator But
Ter and the District Attorney. Red
moDd was notorious moonshiner, and
killed several men who attempted to
arrest him. He was finally surround ID
by posse, and literally shot to pieces.
He is cripple, unable to work, and
carries seven bullets in his body. His
general health is rapidly failing in the
cold climate of Auburn, and he will be
removed South, where the climate is
warmer and he can be cared for by
fr1ap6a
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A STUBBORN WOMAN.
Fires Her Clothing in Anger land Burn
To

Fires Her IClothing in Anger :and Burns
to Death.
SHELBYvnLE, ILL.,, April 1l.-Mrs.
Ursury, lady living near Stewardson,
had quarrel with her husband, and she
thought to frighten him by appearing
before hin with her clothes saturated
with kerosene, threatening what she
would do if he did not make up. But
he seemed to take it very coolly,
not even noticing her condition.
which 30 exasperated her that she went
to the stove and set fire to her clothes.
OF course she became Immediately en-
veloped In flames, and becoming fright
ened herself, rushed from the house, and
threw herself into ditch close by. Her
husband followed, and tore her clothes
off as quick as he could, but too late to
save her. She fingered in great agony
and expired on Wednesday. She leaves
large family of children besides her
husband to mourn her loss.
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Moses i'm the SOudan.

From the American Heorew.1
The Soudan is none other than the
Cush of the bible, which the Septuagint
and the Vulgate render Ethiopia. When
Moses had arrived at mans estate, Egypt
was invaded by an Ethiopian army,
which successfully laid waste the coun-
try as far as Memphis. In their despair
the Egyptians prayed to their oracles
for aid, and the advice they received was
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-04-19

snoozin'. Now, Bill my fireman out
there wipin' her, he's sleeper when
we're runnin', and when she stops he
wakes up an goes to shovelin' coal. So
you see we divide the time atween us,
an we kin run week if necessary, an
make triple wages. The only thing l dom t
like about it is that darn buddy O. niue
will sleep when he amt needin' it, an l
have to do some of his shovelin' for him.
He's sly, Bill is, but you can put it on
your time card that we are the champion
long-distance runners of this road; amt
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CASUALTIES,

FIRE on Green Street, New York, on the
morning of the 18th inst, caused a loss of
$4,000.
The Baptist Church at Beloit, Wis was de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss $40, 600; in
surance $4,000 An incendiarys work.
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CONNECTIONS

AT GREEN BAY-With Chicago & N. W. R'y
to and from OCONTO MARINETTE, MENOM-
INEE, CRYSTAL FALLS, FLORENCE, ESCA-
NABA, NEGAUNEE, ISHPEMING, MAR
oUETTE, HOUGHTON, L'ANSE, and all
points in the iron and copper region. also AP-
PLETON. MENASHA. NEENAH, OSHKOSH,
FOND DU LAC, MILWAUKEE, CHICAGO
and all points south and east.
With Milwaukee & Northern Railway for MIL
WAUKEE and all points north and south on
that line.
AT NEW LONDON-with Milwaukee, Lake
Shore g. Western Railway to and from all
points on that road.
AT GRAND RAPIDS-With Wisconsin Division
OF the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul R'y.
AT MERRILLAN-With Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha Railway to and from
EAU CLAIRE, CHIPPEWA FALLS, ME-
NOMONEE, Wis. HUDSON, SALTWATER
ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS, and all points
beyond
AT wINONA AND LA CBOSSE-with C. e.
n. w. R'y and c., NJ. & st. P. R'y to and
from REDWING, HASTINGS, ST, PAUL.
MINNEAPOLIS, and all points in MIME
Sofa DAKOTA. IOWA AND NEBRASKA.
DURING season Of navigation, with steamers
for all points NORTH and SOUTH on MISSIs-
SIPPI RIVER.
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AURELIEN SCHoLL calls the Belgians
the wealthiest people on the continent,
and those who most deserve to be free,
since they always valued liberty too
highly to risk its loss by imprudence or
lack of self control.
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THEPASSENGER EQUIPMENT

ef this road has lalely been improved and in
creased. and now embraces all the modern i'm
provements and conveniences that tend TO
make travelling by rail- safe and comfortable,
IF YOU are travelling between any of the above
named points, see that your tickets read over
this line.
For time cards. rates, and information not
obtainable from local agents, apply to
TIMOTHY CASE
Genn Passenger Agent,
GREEN BAY WIS.