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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-10-04

For Young Ladies and Gentlemen. Facilit;e
unsurpassed in the West.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13
WIT AND WISDOM.

1t hurts nothing to drop a CONVEX
sation that is out of place.
MISREPRESENTATION is the first law
of nature;h but too many of the world
act as though it were the on'y one
N. Y. Ledger.
K ate Field saws she would rather
be hired girl than the wife of Nor
mon. If that isn't just like woman!
She always wants to be the boss. --Bur-
hngton Hawkeye.
Love is that golden lasch-key
which hangs on the outside and lets il
happiness to every heart All the
same, it is MT every man who is to be
trusted with latch key. Troy Times.
A museum in Philadelphia adver-
tises ''Darwin's missing link" We
were not aware that MIR. Darwin lad
missed Ink. His heirs should come
forward, prove property, pay advertis-
ing charges, and take it away. Norris
toUn Herald.
look here. This piece of meat
don't suit me- It's from the back of
the animal neck" said an Austin man
to a German butcher mine frien'.
all the beef vat / sells is back of DOT
neck. Dare vos nodding but horns in
front of dot neck. "-Teras Svtings.
A boy was asked which was the
greater evil. hurting another's feelings
or his finger. 1.-The feelings he said.
fright, my dear child" said the graft
fed questioner; land why is it worse
to hurt the feelings?" Because you
can't tie a rag around Them" answered
the child YonkerS Statesman.
IL know, my dear" said the young
doctor to his wife, THAT we are not
rich; but after awhile our luck will
change and we will have everything we
want. You must learn to have pa
tience." Don't preach what you
don't practice. If you'd learn to have
patients we would soon be out of
houble," and she whisked out of the
room so full of feeling that she stopped
ever at the eyes.-Merchant Traveller.
$50 you are the new girl" said the
hoarders to the pretty waiter lass; ''and
what name are we to call you?'
Pearl" said the maid, with saucy
toss of her head ..Ohr' asked the
smart boarder, "are you the pearl of
great price," "No; Pm the pearl that
vas cast before swine" retorted the
pretty waiter. There was long
silence, broken only by the buzz of the
flies in the milk pitcher.-Anonq'aous.
MIR Jinks," said the small boy.
running into the parlor, where his SIS
YER Mary and the gentleman were seat
ed. what would you do if you were
out in the street and it came on to
rain?" II don't know" answered
links '.Theu guess Mary was right,
for she said this morning that she
didn't believe you knew enough to 60
in the house when it rained " But
when Mary had finished with him that
evening he made a solemn resolve new
er 10 attempt in the future TO verify
anything his sister might say.-Bost0n
Post
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The First Church at Henderson,
XIV. received the largest additions OF
any Southern Presbyterian church last
year. There were 10, of whom 100
were by confession. ETehdn9e.
Women are to be admitted to lee
lures in University College, in Toronto.
and the concession is regarded as a
great victory for the friends in Canada
of the higher education of women.
The average salary of teachers in
Kansas is $50. Il month-an amount
outrageous and riliculous. Good
teachers-the best teachers can not
afford TO work for this amount, and
therefore our schools and our children
suffer. 1opeka saturday Ereninq
Lance.
Brown University so far believes in
the cultivation OF athletics that n prop
oSition is on foot among the alumni.
with the sanction OF the corporation, TO
build and equip II rst-claSs gymnasium
at an expense of $4,000. - rotidcHcc
JOHraGl.
A celebrated Partisan dentist says
that children whose education j. forced
lose their teeth early in lie. and quotes
numerous instances in proof of his as
serIion. He says the phosphorus and
lime needed by the teeth is used up by
learning the sciences OF professors.
-hentackJ Education urges teachers
to use the local press OF their State for
edu atiOna advancement. The press.
it says, "iS the power of the daY and
teachers must learn TO use it, and use it
freely This is sensible. The local
press is wiling to assist in this matter,
rs teachers may readily ascertain
Current.
In recent .cane rush" at Cornell
between the sophomore and freshmen
classes, three students were so badly
injured that they were carried home i'll
carriages. 1t is said that the faculty of
the University will prohibit further in
diligence in the amusement, which is
regarded as both brutal and dangerous.
CRUSHING is already under the ban Of
many of the best american colleges
Syracuse JOuTtlal.
Catholicism is making considerable
Roadway among the negroes. and at
Baltino ore there is a convent for coiored
women. AT present It has thirtv-two
professional nuns, two noylceS and one
poStulant Before an applicant can be-
come n profeSsed nun, she must say
six months Is a postulant, then eigh-
teen additional months as n novice.
after which she is qualified to take the
VOWS OF 4 nun. baltimore .Intcrtc1H.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13
Country NeWSpapcrs.
Philadelphia Times.

Philadelphia Times
Country papers are the most useful
and least compensated of all the agen-
cies which stamp the impress of pro-
gress upon villages and inland cities.
Without the aid of local newspapers
local towns are, as rule, thriftless
and dead. 1t is common for small
great m n to speak with contempt of
the local newspaper, bat the village
newspaper makes more great men out
of less material-more brick without
straw-than any other in politics, and
it is the one ladder on which men
climb to local distinction as the be-
ginning of wider fame. The advent of
the local newspaper has always dated
the increased thrift of the community.
The local newspaper is the life of the
locality, and the measure of its sup
port, as rule measures the advance
ment Of the people. Not only sub
scribe but pay for your local newspa-
pers. They are friends and helpmates
Of all seasons.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13
4 Good one on Judge wilson
of Ninneso:a.


WASHINGTON, Special Telegram
Dee. 5th-l'he argument of the Win
ona q st. Peter land case has given
the town good joke. Judge Wilson
says at one point in his brief:
Lord Bacon has wisely and truly
written, The letter killeth, but the
spirit makes alive" Is it not enough
if a man substantially complies with
the spirit of the law, if he does not
comply with its every letter? If he
honestly believes he has done SO and
acts accordingly, with his good faith
and honest intent not be considered by
this department i'll the Interpretation
of the law?
Gen. Gordon L. Cole opened his
brief as follows:
The claimants counsel in this case
is either grosSl Y ignorant of the law or
has broken his oath us an attorney,
for he does not know that Lord Ba-
con did not write the epistle TO the
Corinthians, or he is trying to mislead
the interior department by falsehood
and deceit, by quoting the Apostle
Paul us good authority in land cases.
When the great apostle wrote to the
people OF Corinth The letter killeth
but the spirit giveth life, " he had no
reference to timber culture cases, and
in fact the act entitled, AN act to
encourage the growth Of timber in
Western prairies," had not become :.
law in A. d. 60, nor did it become
law until 1900 years later, 50 it Is
clearly to be seen that the language
quoted is not i'll point. There is ore
thing in his argument also that is to
be regretted, and that is the charge OF
plagiarism against the great lord chan
cellor of England. Bacon has been
charged with being the author OF
plays commonly credited to Shak-
and also with corruption in office; but
this new thrust of literary piracy is
extremely unjust, coming at this late
date from a member Of the Minnesota
bar.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13
FACTS AND FIGURES,

1t is 9.l55 miles from Washington
TO San Francisco.
England makes 10000, 900 gallons
OF beer every year, Germany, 100000,
OOo. and the United States 600, 900, 600.
During the third quarter of the
year 5000, 0O0 worth of build ngs were
projected in New York City-N y.
etr.
The area of the coal fields of the
world IS 800, 600 square miles, of which
the United States contains 292, 00O
square miles, or "A per cent. of the total
area = Chicago Herald.
Lake Ere and the Niagara River
furnish thirty seven marketable varieties
OF fish. Bass are most numerous.
Lake Erie pike have been known to at
tain the age of one hundred years.
Bufd1o Express.
The iron in the dome of the United
States Capitol weighs 5000. 200 pounds,
is 3O72 feet high, and compared with
other large domes in the world ranks
fifth in height and fourth in diameter.
Washington S.ar.
The London Times SAYS that there
are in England over 100000 cyclists,
ana that the capital invested in the
manufacture of bicycles and tricycles
is about $15, 900, employing from
5000 to 10000 men.
The Astors paid their taxes for the
current year in New York recently.
their contribution to the municipal rev.
enue being $425,00 The Goelet es-
tate paid in part $3.50, 1000; James
Gordon Bennett $29, 500, and the New
York Central and Hudson River Rail
road Company, $40, O00.-N. Y. Tri6-
n7se-
Tine first years experiment with
the new rate of postage, which Post
master General Howe estimated might
cause a deficiency of 81, eco, 900, and
which Third Assistant Postmaster Gen
era Hazen figured at $2,O0O,0O0,
shows an actual decrease of 50, 296. 900
in the stamp account, and falling oft
in the total revenue of the Post-oifice
Department of 81, 242. 900. - WdShing-
ton Post.
In the city of New York alone they
drink between 10000, 600 and ID, 600, :
600 gallons of California and other ma
tive wines, under the belief that they
are imported from France, being duly
accredited with Il French label. The
proportion of European wines imported
as against American wines produced is
about 5000, 900 gallons European as
against 80, 600, 0C0 the products of our
own vineyards. Yet, says a great au-
thority on the subject, although we
grow eight times rs much wine as we
4
sumed AT about 80, 10000 gallons in the
rough, we sell 10000 900 gallons Of
quasi European wine every year to con-
sumers. - Chicago lime.
According to the most recent stat
istIcs the population of Mexico is now
&c, 000, 00O, and there are l46 cities. 372
towns, !, 4S6 villages, ) missions, 5,6SJ
haciendaS, and Il, 6C5 ranches, besides
2,2l3 collections OF groups of houses,
tabulated as congregations, barrlos,
ranchcrias, etc. The value of private
real estate, rural, is 1913, 0u0, 900, pri-
vate real estate in cities, 81, 56S. 0J6,-
600; cattle of all kinds belonging to in
dividuals, Sl26, O00.U00; property be-
longing to the nation, S240, 900, 900; the
total real es ate, not including mines,
coasts, bays, lakes. rivers, etc, being
So, 549, 900, O00. The agricultural prod
ucts are valued at S177, 451. 086, and
the industrial products at 1000, 600.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13
A Child's Logic.

Il want some birch-beer, papa"
said little boy to his father, when he
saw large red sign in drugstore
window, informing the public that that
Beverage could be had on draught.
You can't have any, replied the
parent: at will spoil your dinner
But l don't want to grow up and be
bad man." said the boy.
What has birch-beer got to do with
running you9" demanded the father.
"A great deal" replied the boy:
Don't you know they say that if you
spare the birch you spoil the child?"
A minute later the boy was holding
up glass with two hands, as though
investigating the heavens in search of q
brand-new comet
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13

Description of a Chinese bride s
dress in the Portland Oregontan 1t
was of pale blue hi-!ong, trimmed with
rare old tovah, while the pantaloons
were of six full lengths of yellow sigee.
Her hair was dressed la Hong Kong,
there being no bangs of any descrip-
ton. Her charming little feet were
half hidden in bewitching pair of silk
slippers with the heels Knocked off.
This vision of loveliness was carefully
placed in close carriage and driven to
the apartments Of the bridegroom, who
was wondering what sort of company
ion his relatives and friends had So
lected for him.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13

One of the Duluth papers says
the people Of Superior are afraid that
Duluth will get too close 10 Superior
Not at all, neighbor. We do not care
how close Duluth gets TO Us, but what
we object 10 is having the Duluth
people stealing Superior and carrying
It across the bay to Minnesota. Of
course, if Duluth Is bound to move
over here, we would like TO have an
INDUCTION placed upon a few certain
individuals to restrain them from COM
ing over, for they would be a curse TO
orr town as they would be 10 any 9TH
er community.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13

I :. Marshal Bracket las Thurs
day arrested w H. Shunn and Mrs.
Kate Mcdonald, both of Duluth, for
selling liquor without license. Both
gave bonds for their appearance at
Ninona for the June court.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13

Don't get bit by the gold and sill
yer stories told by Duluth parties
There are no mines oyer there worth
working.
-On the 9th inst, South Carolina
reelected Wade Hampton 10 the L.
:. Senate
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13
n Second Lake Superior Found.

f. II. Bignell Of Quebec, who left
June last in command Of transport
expedition Of Lake AIistassini has re-
turned. He gives few particulars
taken en- route. The party with great
difficulty reached provinces on the
northern boundary on Height of Land.
They then crossed into Rupert's land
and at distance of $50 miles from
Lake St John they reached the south
western extremity of the great Lake
Mistassni. He states that the general
trend of the lake as far as known is
from southwest to northeast stretching
away from Foam bay and Height OF
Land in the southwest to an unknown
distance toward the east Of Maine and
Labrador. The waters swarm with fish
of all kinds and fur bear ng animals
are abundant. The climate is agree
able and suitable for agricultural pur-
poses. 1t is stated that the Hudson
Bay company have had their agency
there for upwards of 100 years, but
have held it secret that lake of such
Dimensions ever existed 1t is sup
posed to be as large as Lake Superior.
The report Of Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, Hiram Price, for the
year 1884, places the Indian popula-
ton of Wisconsin at 6.62S, Of whom
all but 1910 are enrolled under
agents.
1t is recommended in the report
that, rs portion of the Winnebagocs
Big Hawks band, numbering some
so refused to comply with the re-
quirements of the law necessary to OBJ
tain their share of the money appro-
priated to them by the government,
such share be turneI into the general
fund of the tribe.
Moody is trying to convert Mil
waukee. He has big job on his
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13

That libelous attack on Mr.. S. Z.
Tubbs in the Inter-Ocean last week,
proved Il regular boomerang to the
little clique of schemers who thought
to do NIr. Tubbs an injury. Men of
all parties Immediately rallied to Mr..
Tubbs support and defense, while the
squad Of defamers of character,
skunk into the shade and swore vehe-
mentlY ut their failure We are glad
70 be able to state, however, that Mr.
Taylor, the proprietor Of the paper
was not in the city ut the time the
article appeared, and condemns it as
severely as any one, and promptly dis
charged the party, who rs acting edi-
tor, wrote the article. 1t was dirty
piece OF work, and as usual in such
eases, the parties doing the work, are
the ones most bedaubed and disgraced
by it. The article was clearly libelous,
but whether Mr.. Tubbs will commence
suit against the sheet or not, has not
yet been decided
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13

Some New York politicians are
booming Arthur for [. 5. Senator
lie will hardly get there.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13

The most colossal liars that in
habit this terrestrial ball may be found
in Duluth. The lies told by the den
liens Of that hamlet are SO silly, how
ever, that they hardly need abiding
to. Their latest we find in the Pioneer
Press OF Monday, and is dated the 9th
inst, and Is to the effect that no grain
elevators can ever be built on the Wis
consin side of the st. Louis or Superior
BAYS because no solid foundation can
be found on which to place such a
structure, and that Duluth is the only
place at the head Of the lake where an
elevator can find a safe resting place.
1t is contemplate in one to so lie
about his neighbor, but the liar gcner-
ally gets the worst Of it in the long
run, for, when people come to inyesti-
gate the matter the lie appears plainly
and operates against those who put it
in circulation. There are other good
points for elevator plants on Lake Su-
perior, no doubt, but none better than
Superior, and the day is not far dist
ant when the most of the grain grown
in the great Northwest will pass
through Superior elevators on its way
10 Europe or our own eastern markets.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13

Prank IIurd, Of Ohio, has not
yet decided to contest the vote which
counted him ont OF congress.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13

During the past year the increase
of trade in Toronto has amounted to
So, 537, $50. The city now has a popu-
latIon Of 104, 276.-I Or0nto Globe.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13
Predictions about Business.

New Yorz Letter
Who is Benncr, the Indiana farm
er? Why don't you Western newspa-
pers that haven't anything else to do,
find out and let us know? "Benner's
Predictions a queer little book with
a fantastic coyer IS making a sensation
in New York The book-stand at the
Windsor hotel has sold 200 copies of
it in two months. Some Of our most
successful spectators are said to be
governed by it. Of all the bears who
made their pile year ago i'll the fall
Of stocks, Cammack is about the only
one Of them all who had sense enough
to 90 out at the right time, and so
held his own. Woerischoffer, Clews
and others kept in the current and let
their pile on rise in July and Au-
gust and lost all they had taken out of
Jay Gould, Vanderbilt and the North
ern Pacific, and more too. Cammack
says he went out last spring because
Benner told him to- He claims that
Benner actually did predict correctly
the financial variations of the last
eight years in his book printed in 1876
and he pins his faith on Benner's new
predictions, as follows
''1SS4-Presidential year, dull
trade; iron dropping; lower prices.
1oS5-little Improvement; railroad
stocks higher 1SS6-renewed de-
preston; stocks lower. 1SS7-the
same. 1SSS-presidential, hard times;
business Frustrated; banks failing;
stocks at lowest point; upward turn
Of affairs this year 18S9-now for a
boom! lS90-great activity and pros
pcrity. lS9l-speculation and pan
ic. 1892, 1898, 1894, 1895, 1896.
1S91-dull years and poor trade.
1898 and 1899, good trade, active bus
ines; century winds up in height Of
speculative ear"
Bcnner claims that trade moves in
cycles, and that hard times have struck
us about once in ten years on an av-
erage.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13

Moody is trying to convert Mil
waukee. He has big job on his
hanCs.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-02-08
English sparrOws.

These puanacious little creatures aIV
found by man 10 have THEFT bsssi aioeAl
hot the basl l0 Which they might DC put;
In Philadelphia they are kliled anu
palmed off as reed birds. The ponce gre
cornizant Of number of cases W where ! tnfS
imposition has been prac.iset. ZIP great
sinilsrit~ hot only in the outward APP
pearance of the birds when plucked, but
also as regards the flavor of the 1esh
when cooked, helps the deception, whlch
finds its origin, Of course, IN the high
price and comparative searcily ~ the
reed birds, which ate regarded as 4 great
delieacy BY epicuros, who say hoTeYer
that the sparrow is really as ''gec5 eat
ing as its morn arist0cratic, blue-blooded
cousin, except for the prejudice which
prevails against it. The sparrpws, are
caught in nets, as are tho reed bIus,
piucked cleared, strung temptlngly on
sick or string, and sold to unsrspectlng
restaurauteurs, who dispose of them on
toast as the genuine article. These spar
rows can be found for sale in manY .ehear
basement restaurants IN ,he poor quarters
If the ci'v There are men who exc out
a comfortable subsistence during reed
bird days by shooting, trapping and
catching the sparrows in nets. The two
species Of birds fatten about the same
time. The habits of the birds are not
dissimilar They both fly low The spar
rows, like the reed birda are suspicious
of ordinary devices for theft capture, But
have not yei mastered Tie mystery of the
'decoy bird, which consists of live
bird attached bya string to the nets,
which are two in number, so stretched as
to fall together upon the birds when
pulled by long string held by the spoits
man, who is efteii tvs squares away
Usually several sparrows are used as de
coys. As many as three hundred spar
rows have been caught at a time. There
are number of haunts in and around the
city frequcnted by the sparrow hunters.
They seek UNCOVERED churches and
houses and willow clWnps. The manner
OF preparing the sparrow docs not differ
from that in the case of the reed bird,
except that the sparrow meat Is somewhat
tougher, and requires little more care
iul cooking. The sparrow, when nicely
Drowned, Favored and mounted, on toast,
Is so deceptive that experienced epicures
are frequently unable 70 discover tic i'm
position. Waverlv Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-02-08

Many of TIE old women's whims-
and Of the old mems, too-have come
down from the very hays Of anciert
hes.,,sa:sm. The negfdes of the South
stil practice charms brought from
their ancestors in the slave-ships from
Africa; and Virgil represents Queen
Dido as preparing, through her sister
a charm learned from an Ethiopian
cfone.
Nothing is harder to get rid of than
superstitlous notions The great Dr.
Johpsez was a slave to one Many a
New England farmer refuses TO plant
in the dark OF the MOON Alearhed
college professor once told us that he
would rather not see the new moon
over his left shoulder The Rowling
Of dog is a very "bad sign" to not a
few A rboat' in the morning cup in
dlcates to many woman company be-
fore the day ends. -,.e-.-