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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-03-07
An Ocean Tramp's Voyagings.

From the Baltimore sun.
The British steamship Newman,
CAPT. James Johnson, ofNOrth Shields,
nov lying at Elevator B, Locust Point,
has lust completed tour OF 33 ,OOO
mics, on which she started February
20 1854, when she left New York for
st John, New Brunswick. \ review
OF her sailing from that date will give
q uue idea of the rowing life of the
ocean tramp, as that class OF vessels
arr denOminated who have no regular
ports to visit at stated times. but 90
wherever freights offer On March /,
1884. she sailed from st. John with q
cargo OF lumber for Liverpool, thence
in ballast March 20 for Cardiff,
Which port she left April ; with coal
fo Colombo, CeylOn, passing through
th Straits OF Gibraltar, Mediterranean
Sea, Suez Canal. Red Sea and the In
dim Ocean. From Colombo the Newn-
ham proceeded to Calcutta to load
400 coolies undergOVernment charter
She left Calcutta in May, and she
arrived at Suva, Fiji Islands, South
Padiic Ocean, with her cargo Ofhuman
freight July 81. Thence she departed
for Newcastle, New South Wales, where
She arrived on August u. and left
with p cargo OF coal the Both OF the
samemonth, and arrived at Singapore
September 81. She brought up at
Calcutta again ON October s, and left
December 8 with 500 coolies on board
for Ncmerara, British Guinea, and a
valmble assorted cargo OF East India
GOODS for the port OF New York. On
this voyage. which embraced II 800
mile. OF travel, the Newnham. stopped
at tie Isle Of Mauritius, made famous
by 3ernardin St. Pierre's story of
"Pall and Virginia, Capetown, Cape
OF Good Hope and the Isle OF st.
Helena. Out OF her 800 coolies for
Denprara the Newnham disembarked
all lut seven, who died on the passage.
Her record as a cOolie ship shows the
lowest death rate ever known in the
traae. This was demonstrated on
bOtn OF her voyages with coolies. 1t
is a matter OF interest to navigators
to state that Capt Johnson passed
through the Torres Straits going and
returning from the Fiji Islands.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-03-07
An Antidote for Cholera

From the New York Times.
4 discovery has been made in regard
to cholera, namely, that marriage is Il
phrophylactic so far as men are con-
cerned. Recent statistics of the chOl-
era in France show that married men
are much less liable to be attacked by
cholera than bachelors. In a pOpula-
tiOn OF 100. 600 men between the ages
OF % and 80 ) unmarried men died OF
cholera while only Is married men tell
victims TO the disease. Between the
ages OF 80 and 80 the mortality from
cholera wa rs among bachelors and
81 among married men, and between
the ages OF 80 and 55, 161 unmarried
men and only 81 married men died. 1t
is thus evident that in time OF cholera
the married man has more than three
times as many chances OF life as the
unmarried man has.
No attempt has yet been made to
explain this remarkable fact but it is
not, on the whole, difficult OF explain
alton. The married man lives in cir
cumstances more favorable to health
than those III which the bachelor lives.
For instance, his food Is better. for he
has a wife to look after it, and in
many cases he buys his meat, his gro
ceries and his vegetables himself, where
as the unmarried man daily risks his
digestion at restaurants or trliles reck-
lesslessIy with it at bOardlng-hOuse
tables The married mans linen and
sheets are properly aired, and he II
made to change his clothing when the
weather changes, to wear rubber over
shoes and to 60 to bed at decent hours
whereas the bachelor has no one to
see that he is properly clothed. and
that he does not risk bis health by
keeping mhOly hours.
Ii a calm frame OF mind and an ab-
sence OF nervous dread contribute to
exemption from cholera, the married
man Is peculiarly Fortunate. I'm chui-
era time the moment the nervous
bachelor feels the slightest pain he
begins to fancy that he may have CON
tracted thc cholera. and he ends 10y
frightening himself into a genuine at
tack. On the other hand, when Il
married man has a pain he mentions
it to his wife, who instantly replies:
stuff and nonsense. You've no more
got the cholera than | have. Why, |
have Just such a pain every day in the
week, Whereupon the married man is
encouraged andconsoIed and straight
way forgets the cholera. In case he
really has symptoms OF the disease
his wife promptly sends for the doctor
and compels herhusband to keep quiet
and take the proper remedies, but the
unfortunate bachelor who is smitten
with cholera sees himself deserted by
frightened servants, and is lett to die
or recover by himself.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-03-07
Expcrt Countcrfeitiag q.

From the LoUlSNllle POST.
United States DetectiVeW w e. Bauer
to-day returned from Memphis, an
Inouncing the conviction OF the cele-
brated counterfeiter Martin Ogle. \
reporter this afternoon found Detec-
tive Bauer in his room surrounded by
piles of counterfeit bills and looking
over the tools with which the counter
ieiter accomplished his work. To the
reporter he explained the processes,
which certainly display n wonderful
amount OF ingenuity and delicatework-
manship.
Ogle had procured genuine so bill
and split this in halves, this being in
itself q remarkable operation. The
two sheets thus made were 50 thin that
they were transparent. He made a
plate of copper and brass, a little
larger than the bill, and spread one OF
the sheets on top OF it. With a steel
tracing-pencil OF his own manufacture
he engraved through the sheet its exact
counterpart on the plate. The other
half was engraved ON a different plate
IN a similar manner, and then he was
ready for printing his spurious money.
This method OF workmanship looks
very simple, but it is the first timeit has
been done by a cOunterfeiter, as it Is
almost impossible to split the bill.
The method always before used Is as
follows: The workman took, say, a
so bill, and spread over it a piece Of
transparent gelatine paper and traced
the figures OF the former on the latter.
The meta plate was next put in use,
and was coated with a solution OF
shellac On this the geIatine paper
was pasted, and when torn off it left
on the shelIac the outline of its figures.
BY following these in the solution
they were also traced III delicate lines
on the plate The shellac then being
washed off the latter they could becut
to the right depth, and the counter
feiter was ready for his work. 0gle's
method ObViated these three or four
methods and rendering the engraving
on the plate far more accurate, as the
correctness OF the lines was necessari-
" lost through so many transfers.
. This man thus accomplished 4 piece OF
work alone and unaided, with tools o.
his own manufacture, when the ma
tional government paid over Sl0O,-
600 for a steam machine to do the
same thing. Detective Bauer showed
Ogle's tools, which were fitted to rough
wooden handles. but possessed points
a. sharp as steel. IIealso displayed he
genuine bill split i'm two sheets, and
perfectly transparent He had on a
table several packages OF bills OF Ogie's
manufacture, amountingina all to $50
600, in tens and twenties They were
all on the Third National Bank oil
Cincinnati, but the new plates were IN
tended Tor the Queen City Bank
"Ogle, said Detective Bauer, is
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-03-07
The ..NIaria'' Collector.


4 debt-collecting firm styled The
Retail Merchants Protective and Col
lecting Association has started Il
BLACK Maria collectors wagon in
Chicago. This viii fill alOng-felt want.
The Maria is a large, four-Wheeled
vehicle. something OF a cross between
Il grocers' wagon and a hearsc. 1t
partakes largely OF the characteristics
of the famous BLACK Maria" prison
vans OF England and also OF the dime
museum advertising wagons OF this
country. The purpose OF the wagon
is to attract attention, and thereby
shame the debtor into paying, conse-
quently it is necessary to have some
thing unique The "Maria" recently
started here is q large, black box, with
openings at the front and sides. At
each side and on the back the follow
ing legend is displayed in large, white
letters: "OId bills collected promptly
by this association" The plan OF OPP
Grafton is simply to keep the wagon
standing before the debtors house Il
certain time every day until the debt
Is paid. The manager speaks proudly
of the success OF his firm in Cleveland
and other cities. He says Cleveland
is able to keep two "Marias" con
stantly employed, and he does not see
why Chicago should not have half a
dozen. He intends building a splendid
new "Maria" for Chicago in a very
short time. He says it willhave grand
mirrors on the side and back. and
plumes or waxworks on the roof, Just
ike Il circus wagon, and will be such a
contrivance as any landlady or house
keeper will be proud to see at the
door
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-03-07
IN EG YP
The Kamsin Arriving Too soon An I'm
portant Battle.

The KamSin Arriving Too soon An Inn
portant Battle.
A dispatch from korti says the
dreaded kamsin winds, which do not
generally begin before March, have al
ready begun to blow over the Soudan
and have assumed almost the mtensi-
ty OF thesiroccO Thewind is hot and
accompanied by binding clouds of
sand, which cut like needle points
The troops only find shelter by lying
down, with their faces to the earth.
until the storm has passed, when they
struggle out OF the sand, almost chOk-
ed and blinded The cavalry horses
suffered terribly from the effects of the
hot blasts, and many OF them have
been so injured that they had to be
shot. 1t Is supposed that Kamsin
will prevail about Il month. \ Sua-
kim dispatch says the latest news from
Agig and Tamai confirms the report OF
the brilliant victory by the mudir
of Taxa and the Shukria tribe of
friendly Arabs against the HadendOw-
ah tribe in an attack made by the lat
ter upon some friendly tribes for sup
plying the garrison at Kassala with
grain. 1t IS now stated that during
the battle no less than $500 Haden-
dowahs were killed and among the
slain was Sheik Moosa. The Kassa-
la garrison is short OF food and ammu-
milton and, as the place is hard
pressed by the enemy, despite the re
cent repulse, surrender must soon re-
suit, unless the garrison is relieved
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-03-07
ST1IE NEUs.

IHE Eau Claire Daily Leader has
suspended
The merchant iron warehouse OF the,
North Chicago Rolling Mill Company.
at Bay View, took tumble on theI
2Sth. The accident was caused bytooi
much weight IN one spot. No one was
hurt
CHARLES MUELLER was badly cut byI
his brother-in-law, Fred. Olsheiski, inI
a little family row in Milwaukee. onI
the 2Sth.
JEREMIAH CLARK, OF Forest, Rich
land County, is undergoing 60-dayI
sentence for selling mortgaged houses
An old hotel at Rockbridge, was
destroyed by fire a few days ago.
Loss $1,000; insurance $500
ELIZA DRAY, OF Bloom, had a cluster
OF tWenty-one tumors removed from
her neck by a Chicago surgeon.
The sash factory OF Briggs, WhOrton
4 Beveridge, Appleton, is about to re-
sumo operations. The shop employs
fifty hands
The citizens OF the newly made city
OF Kaukauna held joIlification meet
ing on the night of the 25th, over the
act OF the legislature in making the
village OF kaukauna and Ledyard one
city. Officers will at once be elected.
JACOB MERACI.E is suing William
Downs, in the Jefferson County cir
cuit, for personal damages estimated
at $4,000. It is claimed that dog
owned by Downs frightened Meracle's
team INTO a runaway by which Mer-
! acle's wrist was fractured. Over forty
witnesses are IN attendance.
Carl kRAUsE, OF Jefferson, commit
ted suicide by means OF Paris green on
| account OF domestic troubles.
The new arteslan well at the Milwau-
kee County Hospital is IN disgrace
| After flowing at the rate Of $50 gal
! Ions minute for time, it suddenly
stopped on the 2Gth, and refused to
! flow.
MILWAUKEE, new police station is
/ finished
Mrs. JAMES Ross is now at Madison.
She is on the clerical force OF the Leg
! islature.
/ Tr raopi,,d 15O 600 TOM. of oooI 10
/ keep Milwaukee peopIe warm du.ing
/ the winter
] Il HE ClrV pnllnpll nf NJ 1pG btiall la <
offered $3.50 for tha arrest Of +ha nan I',,-
who SET fire to the Trnban1 conlnan,.'l ,-,,i.
factories and The rodnanv has ms l,S'lS J,,SI,
Gated the Offer The fact G,.l. an,,ioiia. love.
ba,-a orga,;1ad +har,saI,,o.' 49, /,
lance committee.
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24tb He was wo,l,ingr IN ,,0 an as, M ,,;t ,lit
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-03-07
.iSTI-CHINESE LIU.
British Columbia Re-enacts Her Stringeu
Provisions.


Provisions.
\ dispatch from Victoria, B. c., OF
the 2Sth says: "The House yesterday,
'by voth OF % to l re-enacted the
antfChlnese immigration bill passed
last session and disallowed at Ottawa.
The bill imposes stringent penalties on
any person bringing a Chinaman in
the province, and provides for the fine
and Imprisonment OF all Cinnamon who
enter the country on any pretext
whatever. The act which is to come
into force Immediately upon the rising
Of the House is British Columbia an
sWer to the Chinese commissioners re
port. The mover OF the bill stated
that he had no doubt of its constitu-
tionality. The masters ofvesseIs con
traVening the law are made liable to
5000 fine for every Chinaman they
bring, and six months imprisonment
added. The House will rise in about
ten days and the act will be enforced
on the mail steamers that will leave
sun Francisco March s. "
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-03-07

succession, in order to learn it proper
ly. Mr.. Bolter was found on the floor
OF his bedroom the next day, devour-
ing an Eureka hair mattress, and a
raving maniac. Onrecoyering his rea-
son he told the above facts to his
keeper, who, forgetting that hearing
the tune again might agitate his pa
tient, said thoughtlessly: why,
that's something ike this, don't it?"
and he whistled the first four bars
plaintively. s'HOw's that ?" he said.
rs that ike it?" But the query.,was
in vain. His jaw had fallen, and Mr..
Boiler was dead
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-03-07
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
Prominent Officers and Scientists Kill
or Wounded at Shoeburyness, England

Prominent officers and Scientists Killed
or Wounded at eburyness, England.
\ terrible explosion occurred on the
afternoon OF the Goth, at the royal
school of gunnery at Shoeburyness,
Eng, while number OF artillery Off
GERS and scientists were testing a new,
patent fuse. Three men were killed
outright and several fatally wounded.
Among the latter We're some OF the
most prominent officials of the gov
ernment laboratory at Woolwicb.
The scene of the explosion presented a
sickening sight. Some OF the wounded
had their faces carried away, others
had their legs torn off, and the men
We're lying about in every direction,
groaning in their dying agonies.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-03-07

The Formal Dedication Ceremonies With
the MercurN Below Zero.

the Mercury Below Zero.
The formal dedication OF the
Washington Monument took place
on the DIST. The mercury was near
ly at zero. and the crowd was conse-
quentlv small. The ceremonies were
opened by Senator sherman, chairman
of the Joint congressional commission.
His address was followed by music by
the Marine Band md a prayer by
Rev. Mr. Luter OF Christ Church, Al
exandria ". w Corcoran then read
a speech, followed by an address by
Col. Thomas l.. Casey, who made the
formal presentation OF the monument
to the President Mr. Arthur accepted
IN a very brief speech.
The Masonic ceremonies by the
Grand Lodge Of tie District of Colum-
hia which then followed were brief.
The proper functionariesd declared that
the square. the level and plumb had
been applied to the obelisk and that
its corners were found to be square,
its courses level and its walls skillfully
erected according to plan, Grand
Master Myron NJ Parker scattered
corn and poured out wine and oil, en-
blcmS OfnOuIi-hment, refreshment and
10Y, and IN the course of the mystic
ceremonies brought INTO use certain
historic relics with which Gen. Wash
IngtOn was intimately connected. The
gavel used was. .One prepared Tor and
used by Gen Washington as grand
master pro tenn. IN laying the corner
stone Of the National Capitol, on the
18th ofSeptember, 1893. The sacred
volume belonging to Fredericksburg
Lodge, No. /, Virginia, upon which
Washington took his first VOWS OF
Masonry, that belonging o St. John :
Lodge, No ! City OF New York, upon
which, on the Both Of April 1888, he
took the oath OF office as first presi-
dent of the United States, the great
light belonging to Alexandria-Wa
IngtOn Lodge No. %. Alexandria. Va.
upon which he n worshipful master,
received the VOWS OF initiates: the
apron worn by him which was worked
by Mime. Lafayette; golden urn. con
tanning lock of his hair, belonging to
the Grand Lodge OF Massachusetts,
and the lesser light. one OF the three
sperm candles borne in Washington 5
funeral possession were exhibited.
The address OF the Grand
Master concluded as follows:
Know ye al IT, people that we De Free Ma
souS, loyal and true citizens Obedieut to law
AMI order, and can never be- concerned i'm plots
and cgH@pMsgr- AGAINST true government. The
immortal Washington. himself Free Mason.
devoted I4S hand, his heart. mis- sacred honor,
and ii need De-. his lite also 10 the cause Of free
dom oi eonsestHre oi speech and ol action; and
from his successful leading has risen this nation.
To him and the memory Of his deeds a grateful
people haFa erected this memorial I'll the Cauital
Htheh He Rounded aud which VIII bear mis- name
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-03-07
HINGED HIS !FFFE.
Terrible Crime of Kentucky Farmer
and His Sons---FiGht with Posse.

Terrible Crime of Kentucky Farmer
and His Sons---Fight with a Posse.
Information reached Louisville on
the night OF the 27th, OF a horrible
tragedy in Union County, Ky. A farm
er named Nose Cation, living near
Smiths Mills, Union County, and his
sons, hanged his wife, whom he mar
rcd four years ago. She was q widow
lady before she married Cation, and
owned a small parcel OF land which
Cation wished her to deed to him.
She declined to do 50, which enraged
him. With his sons, he took her out
and hanged her after beating her ter
ribly. They put the corpse in a box
and took it in the house. Some ladies,
neighbors, in dressing the corpse for
burial, discovered the bruises and
broken neck They reported the mat
ter to the authorities, who had the
body disinterred and ordered the ar
rest OF Cation and his sons. Twenty
men, led by the county mag
istrate, went to Cations house
Arriving they met with re-
slstance on the part OF the Cations,
Whereupon they fired upon them,
wOunding Nose Cation in the ankle,
and John Cation IN the lung. Cations
daughter, Annie, in attempting to
shield her father by passing between
him and the posse, was shot.
Squire Lilly finally stopped the
the firing and asked Cation to
surrender. He would not, and they
told him they would kill him and
burn the house down. He decided to
give up. Squire Lilly started off with
his prisoners. Nose Cation, Wesley Ca
ton, John Cation and Tom Cation and
Joseph T. Fritz, and landed them
safely in jail at Morganfeld John
and Annie were both badly wounded.
An attempt was made to take them
away from the squire and the posse
and lynch them, while on their way to
MOrgantield, which was unsuccessful.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-03-07

the first man who has issued any spu-
rious money during the last six years,
and ne has shown an almost unex-
ampled skill and astuteness. His
brother, who has been returned to the
Pennsylvania penitentiary, knew
nothing about this Workmanship, but
was merely a kind OF head servant to
Martin The latter did all his work
on a fatboat, and scattered the
money chiefly at river points He
turned over to ME in all S1SO,0O0 OF
about the best counterfeiting | ever
Lay,y
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-03-07
Music and Insanity.

From The san Francisco NawS-Tecterf
The theory OF the close connection
between music and insanity was never
more closely established than i'm the
recent case OF Mr.. Bertram Bolter. OF
TINS city, who was an inmate OF q nri-
Eate asylum here for ten wears. At
the expiration OF that terulhe sudden
" recovered his reason. and was able
70 give G perfectly lucid account of how
he had lost it. In 1873 Mr.. B Ey.5
next door to a boy who was Iearnine,
the piano The lad was an ardent
young musician, and one night PLAYED.
Come, Birdie Come, I39 times in
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-03-07
F3TlE HTST1hE.
\ Tax Collector Enters His Home in Dis
! ..nise and is L, ,iIIeI In uis NIifc

Snise and IS Killed. by His Wife.
Alvin Dixon, tax collector OF Blount
County, Ala, who has held the posi-
tDn for many years, and was one of
tie most popular and highly esteemed
nen in the county, went away from
hs home ON the night of the 27th, and
ldt LOO taxes Just collected in
charge OF his wife. About midnight his
wife saw Il negro breaking into the
h'use, drew pistol and fired, killing
hin instantly. When she examined
tie body she found it to be her hus-
band, with his face and hands blacked
with burnt cork. Itisgenerally believed
Dixon broke into the house to steal
tie money he had collected.