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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
Got a Tobacco License.

A Boston dispatch to the New York
Sun says: The routine business Of the
internal revenue office, in the pOst-of,
flee building, was enlivened yesterday
by little incident OF humorous
character. A man stepped up to one
of the clerks and said he wanted to
make an application. He was referred
to Deputy Collector Gray, who set
about the preliminary questioning.
''Do you sell liquor?" he asked.
"No, sir!" was the reply.
Tobacco, then? Have you sold
any tobacco since the 1st of May?"
"No, SIR" again responded the ap-
plicant.
Hold up your right hand, said the
deputy, and he proceeded to swear
the man. Then he sent him to the
cashiers desk, where the 81 was paid,
and the official license to sell tobacco
handed over.
The man departed with a happy
face, but in hall an hour he returned,
holding the paper alOft in his hand.
whats the matter?" queried the
revenue official.
"Why, this is tobacco license"
''Isn't that what you wanted?"
"No; l was applying for a position
as letter carrier in the post office"
The would-be letter carrier got his
money back. He said he thought the
deputy's questions were the new civil
service examination, and that the 81
was the fee for making out his papers.
The post-otlice cashiers rooms used
to be where the revenue rooms now
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
Queer Post-OniCe Names.

[Cor. of the Cincinnati Times Start
\ dog found hanging to a tree by a
grapevine in one of the Southern
states gave a name to a stream of
water, which finds anational as well as
a local recognition in the Office of
Hanging Dog Fish Hook" and
"Shoe HIP gain their names by the
winding of the water courses, and
"Spearfsh" from the sport OF spearing
fish. ''Tar Heel, " in North Carolina,
was adopted at the suggestion of a
popular young confederate soldier.
1t was used by the Union soldier to
designate the confederates, and ac-
cepted by the latter as complimentary
4 mans skull lying under a small
bluff in Tennessee gave name to the
office OF "Skull Bone" Kentucky has
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
A Model Household.
From the Youths Companion.

From the Youths Companion.
Alexandria III. of Russia not only
succeeded to the power, but also to
the dangers and horrors, of his assas-
sinated fathers throne. Thoughtless
critics, themselves in safe distance
from any danger, reproach the Gar
with want of pluck; they taunt him
with cowardly hiding from his occult
enemies instead of openly Drawing
them. These people hardly realize
what 1t is to be, day after day, for
weeks and months and years, sur
rounded by mysterious threats.
But there Is a good deal OF eXaggera-
ton IN the reports OF the gloom rest
over the household at Gatschina
lace and OF the seclusion in which
the Gar and his family are living.
The truth is that they bear up won
derfully against the depressing influ-
ences surrounding them, and this is to
a large extent due to the dauntles8
spirit and high courage of the Empress.
Even those who find fault with every
thing else willingly declare that she is
the heroine at the palace.
Their eldest son, Grand Duke Nico-
laus, now the heir-apparent to the
throne, is said to be most like his
mother, bright and lively, very fond
of all kinds of sports. George, the
second, is the image of his father, and
the same is said of Michael. The only
daughter, Grand Dutchess Kenia,
promises to become quite beauty,
and, when on the regular summer Wis
it in Copenhagen, is the rival of her
cousins OF Great Britain, Greece and
Denmark.
The domestic life OF the Emperor and
the Empress is as happy as it can be,
and stands as a model to their mill
ions OF subjects. While the time and
the energy OF the Gar is taken entirely
upby the many and difficult cares of
government, heavier, perhaps, in Rus
sia than in any other country, and
fraught with immense responsibility,
the Empress devotes herselfprincipally
to the numerous beneicent societies
and charities of which she has inher-
tied the patronage from the late En-
press.
She brings to bear upon this busi-
ness her quickness of conception, en-
ergy of decision and great kindness of
heart. Surrounded by horrors, and
beset by dangers, still the imperial
household of Russia represents rare
spectacle of high-souled sense of duty,
and of sincere matrimonial love.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
The Shabby Umbrella. Z.
From the Hotel Gazette.l

from INe t1oUel GtZeLIel
Strange how ashamed a man will be
of a shabby umbrella-one of those
slouchy, corpulent affairs, with the
bleached out covering divorced from
the third of the rib tips, and shoe
string clasped around its waist in lieu
OF the long vanished elastic. How he
will hide as far as possible under his
arm, run it up his coat sleeve, tuck it
away beneath the folds of his coat,
keep it between himself and the wall;
and when he gets in the car how care
full he is to dispose OF it in the darkest
possible corner? And if, perchance,
anybody spies it out, how quick he Is
to head off criticism by explaining
that is the one he keeps in the Office =
so convenient to have one there, you
know; one thatyou know nobody will
steal-ha ha! Or may be he will go
step father-the lying rascal-and
say he borrowed it, and If he
didn't return it old Grimshaw would
never forgive him-hal ha But when
the clouds lower and the rain drops
begin to patter who is so at ease, so
envled, so proud and happy, as the
man with the shabby umbrella, as he
stalks along between rows OF unprO-
tected men and women, with his de-
spised umbrella dripping its liquid
harvest indiscriminately on the Just
and unjust? Verify, there is nothing
in this life wholly good or wholly
bod
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
From a Boston Letter.

j
But tell you what some Boston
women would like. They would like
a temple consecrated to them and
dedicated to Diana, where they might
carry out the scheme OF Tennyson s
princesses-where they could teach and
yet conceal their ignorance, where
they could be listened to forever and
without interruption and where all
the hardly concealed intellectual am
bition of a certain class might have
room and opportunity for constant
display. 1t Is strange that with the
progress OF cultivation there come al
ways two different results. First, the
intercourse between men and women
becomes easier and pleasanter; second,
there is a tendency on thepart of both
men and women to separate their in
terests and even their pleasures.
A certain portion of the day and
evening Is gwen up to common pleas
ures, but there is a large part OF each
day when both men and women prefer
to be apart. | think myself it is a
good thing, and so long as what sep
arates the sexes is their distinctive
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
1HBTSHED A BY RFDSkINS.
A Party of Americans Attacked by Boi
tiles in Southern Arizona.

Party of Americans Attacked by Hos
tiles in Southern Arizona.
A dispatch OF the 2Sth from Tomb
stone, Ari., says: ''News of a fight be-
tween four Americans, one Mexican
and a band OF hostile Indians has lust
reached here. The fight occurred
twenty miles south of the line, near
Canania copper camp. The names OF
the Americans are Charles Henley, Ed
Garland, Sydney Markham, James
Gillian. The Mexican was the chief
herder for Gen. Peshniera, ex-governor
of Sonora. The men were approach
ing spring for the purpose OF making
camp for the night, when fire was
opened upon them by Indians lying in
ambush. Gillian fell dead, shot
through the heart. Markham was
shot through the left leg. The others
broke for shelter behind adjacent
rocks, carrying Markham with them.
After gaining cover the firing was kept
up until dark by both parties. A
short time before abandoning the
fight the Indians charged the white
men, during which three of the former
were killed. While repulsing the charge
the Mexican exposed himself and was
shot through the head and instantly
killed. The Indians finally retired.
Gillian was a well known mining man
and ex-captain in the American army
The Indians numbered forty to fifty,
and are undoubtedly part of those
now raiding this side of the line
Bands OF hostile Indians haveinvaded
the Gordon OF troops and are now
raldIng Southeastern Arizona The
killing OF Mexican woodchopper IN
the MILESTONE Mountains, twenty
miles from Tombstone, is confirmed
Crystal Springs ranch, twenty-five
miles from here, was jumped and
eighty head OF stock run off. The In
dians have divided into two bands.
and one is now in Mule Mountains and
the other i'm HuaChucaS -"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
Down IN ENB4NKuENT.
Serious Accident on a Railway Near De
NH. Ind.

Serious Accident on a Railway Near Del
phi, Ind.
The south-bOund passenger train on
the Chicago & Indianapolis Air Line
Division ofthe Louisville, New Albany
< Chicago Railway, due there 10
O'Clock on the morning OF the 29th,
when rounding the curve one mile
north OF Delphi, Ind, ran into a drove
of fifteen cattle. The engine and the
baggage-car were thrown down the
embankmeut and the four other cars
derailed. Baggagemaster Robinson
was badly hurt. Eight head OF cattle
We're killed. The engine. is a total
wreck. There were fifty passengers 5
aboard; none OF them We're hurt. The
engineer and fireman went down with
the engine, but escaped injury. The
tack will be cleared to-day. The loss
to the company Is estimated at $4O,-
600.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
4 DUEL ON THE STREET.
\ Chicago Policeman and II Kansas City
Cowboy Fight Lively Battle.

An exciting duel took place on State
Street, near Polk, Chicago, on the Goth,
between Police Officer Peter Soergei,
OF the Armory, and Charles NJ. Eberts,
a cowboy from Topeka, Kas. The
combat was short, sharp and furious.
In less than two minutes the men eX-
changed fourteen revolver shots, and
great excitement prevailed on the
crowded thoroughfare. Eberts shot
the officer three times and was wound
ed once himself, but the injuries of
neither viii prove fatal. Just as the
bad man from Kansas was in the act
OF drawing a second revolver he was
taken in by a bystander. Eberts Is
undoubtedly a crank. \ few nights
previous he was locked upfOr flourish
ing a revolver on State Street, near
the scene CT the shooting, and
fined $50. The police think Ebert
fancied Soergel was the officer who ar
rested him and, in a crazy passion,
attempted to kill him out of revenge
A crowd gathered and but for Soergel 5
interposition Eberts would have been
lynched
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08

duties it is we'll enough. But among
the growing leisure class in the East
who have no duties these hours of sep
arations are devoted to amusements
You would be astonished to find how
many society women in New York and
Boston both smoke and drink. To
have nothing to do is a curse to men,
but 1t Is deadly poison to women
They are not, as a rule, so capable OF
selt-amusement as are men. and they
are prone, as in the matter OF smok-
ing and drinking, to tamper with the
coarser '.passe-temps" of the men.
Out OF this grows q boldness, a care
lessness about the minor delicacies of
social life which is noticeable the mo-
ment one touches the borders OF socie-
ty IN Boston, New York or Washing
ton
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
StratiyarIuS

AntOnluS StradlVarluS was born IN
1914. He entered the workshops OF
the Amati, and under the greatest of
them, Nicolas, learned his trade, and
for twenty years closely copied his
master. In 1890, after profound
study and long experiment, he began
/ to improve his model, bringing it flat
ter, the great secret Of the true violin
as opposed to the old tubby model
which chung to it so long, mainly
through the influence of Steiner, and
was even revived by Duke in England.
Stradivarius' grand period begins
about 1900, andla to nearly 1880.
In 1876 the old man made his last
tiddle-he was then % years old-and
he died In the next year, but not be
fore he had formed Bergonzi and Peter
Guarnerius, aud established a model
which no maker has since departed
from with impunity. We catch
glimpse OF him as he lived at Cremona
in 1870. Piazza DOmenico Polledro,
an aged chapel-master at Turin, used
to describe "Antonius, the lutemaker,H
as high, thin, and worn with incessant
toll. In summer he wore a white cot
ton nigltCap and a wooden one in
winter. He was never without his
work apron of white leather and al
ways to be seen with q tool in his
hand. He never sought any change OF
occupation. His ViOlins sold for 4
golden livres apiece, and were thought
the best in Italy. He made prOdiglOus
number OF viOlins, lutes, guitars, and
violOnCellOs-Wherea are they all gone?
l. sy,F+,l ,lr
especially gothic, forms of decoration,
and an exquisite carver ID wood. He
saved a good deal OF money, and the
proverb passed in Cremona, GAS rich
as Stradivarius. His workroom may
still be seen in what Is now the Piazza
Roma at Cremona. 1t is a mere lott
at the top OF the house, wide open to
sun and air on two sides, and over
/ looking the roofs and hanging gardens
OF CremOna. Whenever Stradivariua
looked up from his work, if he looked
north his eve fell on the old tower OF
st. MarcellinO and st. OmObono; if
west, the cathedral with its tall cam.
panile rose dark against the sky-and
what a sky full OF clear sun and pure
heat and tints suggestive ofhis mellow
and glossy Varnishes, what time the
| light lay low upon winery and terrace,
or spangled with ruddy gold the caves
OF roofs and frescoed walls OF the
houses.
So lived and wrought and died at
the age OF 80 Stradivarius ofCremona,
and was buried in the church OF st.
Domenico, in the chapel OF "Our
Lady" opposite his workshop, in the
wear of oIIr ord 1737
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
Convicts Tied Up by the Heels.

From the Charlotte N. c. Observer
Quite a revolution has been wrought
in the management of the county con-
victs, and the system is now consid-
cred good The convicts are made to
do a full days labor and to do it
strictly according to directions, and
none OF them are now known to speak
to people passing them on the road.
A system OF punishment much better
than whipping has been adopted, and
all the convicts stand in fear of it.
Whenever it becomes necessary to
punish a refractory convict, heis made
to lie flat on his back, and his feet are
then hoisted about yard above the
ground, suspended by bracelets around
his ankles. This position is comfort
able enough for the first two minutes,
but by the time five minutes have
elapsed the convict viii be ready to
call out for mercy. This punishment
has been resorted to in but three in
stances, and no convict ever permits
himself to undergo it a second time.
THE clerks in the first assistant
postmaster-general office who have
been denie dthe usual months vaca-
tion will .apply for an extra month s
Washington Correspondence O1
the Louisville COurierJOUrnaL
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08

An Italian Arrested for n Terrible Crime
in WASHINGTON.


On the evening of the 18th, a party
OF Italians, OF Washington, d. c.,
hunted down and delivered to the
police Antonio Mardello, who is
charged with the murder OF Carmine
Rutanno, a laborer, at the reservoir
on University Hill. Rutanno's dead
and decaying body was found that
morning in an unoccupied shanty on
Curtis Gilbert's farm, between Glen
wood Cemetery and the new reservoir.
The murder had been committed three
or four days previous. Milla c. Nor
ris, colored girl with whom the ac-
cused had been living, was also ar
rested. At the station house the pris-
oner denied all knowledge of the crime,
but at the inquest he confessed to an
acquaintance that he and two others
murdered Rutanno, and robbed him
of about 800. They cut his throat
with a razor.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
ACIDS ON FFRE.
Loss of S4O0, 900 Caused by the Burn
ing of the Greenwich Chemical Works.

ing of the Greenwich Chemical Works.
4 fire which did damage to the ex-
tent OF 100000, broke out at )
o'clock on the afternoon of the 28th,
in the works OF the Pennsy lvania
Salt Manufacturing Company, better
known as the Greenwich Chemical
Works, on Greenwich Point, on the
Delaware River, near Philadelphia
The works cover twenty one acres and
are valued at 81 100000, being the
second OF Importance owned by the
company, its principal establishment
being located near Pittsburg, Pa. The
portions of the works destroyed were
the ammonia and alum house and the
acid houses. About 3, 900, ,OOOpounds
OF crude sulphuric and muriatic acid
We're lost. A tank containing 500tons
OF the oil of vitriol was also destroyed
About so men will be thrown out of
employment. The burned portion in
cluded the largest alum works in che
world. The insurance on the burned
portion of the works amounts to
about S175, 900.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
A DESPERATE FIGHT.
Siberian ExiIes Rise Against the Soldiers
Twenty KilIed-ThirtY Escape.

A dispatch from Moscow under date
OF the Both, says: "Sixty criminals
who had been sentenced to exile in ST.
IBERIA, while en- route, rose against
their guards and. although unarmed
began a desperate fight for liberty
The battle lasted long time, and the
soldiers were absolutely unable to
conquer their manacled assailants.
Twenty of them were shot dead, and
OF the other forty, thirty succeeded in
making good their escape. Two of the
soldiers were wounded during the
fight"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
Know How to Keep Cool.


A Cleve Gland man heard a noise in
his kitchen at night, and went down
to see about it. When he opened the
door and asked: 'Who's there? ?" two
revolvers were presented at his head
with the remark: "Your money or
your life" The Cleveland man does
not hear very well, and he asked;
What's that you say" The robber
n a loud tone repeated: "Your money
or your life," still holding out the
pistols. Then the Cleveland man
said: "What nonsense" gave the fel-
low push, and went calmly up stairs
again. The burglar was so astonished
at this singular proceeding that he
departed, taking nothing, after scrib-
bling on the wall: "Well done, old
boss"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
The IncaS Of Old.

Lima Letter to Chicago Inter Ocean.I
No man can see Peru without won
dering at the grandeur, the industry,
and the intelligence of the Inca En-
pire. They had arts which the world
has forgotten; knowledge which the
world never knew; thrift which their
conqderors could never initiate, and
wealth which made them the prey of
every adventurer OF the sixteenth
century. Their temples and palaces
were built of hewn stone from quarries
that the Spaniards nave not been able
to discover, and the means by which
they lifted blocks of granite weighing
hundreds of tons is problem no anti
quarian has been able to solve.
They knew how to harden copper
until it had an edge as keen and en-
during as the finest of modern steel
they made ornaments of gold and sill
yer and cut Jewels as skillfully as the
lapidaries Of to-day, and their fabrics
of wooden and cotton are spun and
woven as smoothly as modern looms
can make. They surpassed modern
civilization in many things and had a
system OF government under which
millions of people lived and labored as
single family, with everything in com
mon, knowing all arts but those of
war, worshiping a deity whose attri-
butes were almost parallel to those OF
the Christian God.
Hemmed in on one side 10y the impass-
able SHOWS of the Andes, and on the
other by a desert, lifted above the rest
of a world unknown to them, in spirit
As well as in fact, as peaceful and calm
as the Andean stars, they established a
system of civilization in which for the
first time since creation, the equal
rights OF every human being were rec
ognized and observed. The great sea
beating necessarily against their desc
late coast was recognized by them as
a symbol OF the infinite, the omnlpO-
tence, whose force and majesty their
simple logic could not comprehend;
while the sun, whose heat and light
made existence possible, was recOg-
nized as the source OF all good. Hence
these two elements, the sun and the
ocean, We're personified and were the
objects OF the Inca's worship.
''MY dear" remarked Mrs. Skimpy
to her husband, in an insinuating
tone, "the weather is getting very
warm" so I've noticed" he au-
swered, briefly. "And | begin to feel
its effects, my dear. / think we ought
to 20 away for the summer" What
for? Amt home good enough p
Eyes, my dear, but / need change. .
so do |, and that's why we'll not
go" The house Is still open.-CHcfn
J nat Commercial Traveller.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
FRIGHYFTL ACCIDENT.
Fall of "a Portion of II Rolling Mill
Snufh WiI,ninptnn

Fall of a Portion of IL Rolling Mill at
South Wilmington.
A portion of the old Ferry Rolling
Mill, at South Wilmington, Del, oper-
ated by the Diamond State Iron Com
pany, fell on the Goth. George Ely,
carpenter, and WILDER Jones, draughts-
man, were killed instantly, and the
following wounded: Fennis Giles, hip
badly fractured, may die; William
Goodwin, leg broken; Al Downward, leg
crushed; Charley White, negro laborer,
wrist and ankle broken, and a man
named Wilburt, leg crushed. 1t is
feared that there are others under the
ruins.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
THE GRANT P4II-BE4RER
President Cleveland Appoints Twelve
Well-Known Gentlemen.

The President having beenrequested
by Mrs. Grant to name the pail
bearers for Gen. Grants funeral, he
has appointed the following:
Gen. William T. sherman, L. s. 4.
Lieut.-Gen. Philip II. Sheridan, L. s. A.
Admiral David ID. Porter, L. S. n.
Vice-Admiral Stephen c. Rowan L. 5. ~
Gen Joseph +. Johnston, OF Virginia.
Gen. Simon b. Buckner, of Kentucky.
Hamilton Fish, OF New York
Geo. :. Boutwell,, OF Massachusetts,
Geo. W. Childs. OF Pennsy ylvania.
John \. Logan. OF Illinois
George Jones, OF New York.
Oliver Hoyt, OF New York
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
4 yERRIBLE TUMBLE.
Two Men, Tipped from a Bucket, Fall
Sixty Feet.

Sixty Feet.
Nine men got into bucket to be
hauled to the top of a shaft connect
ing with the new Croton aqueduct,
New York, on the 1st. When sixty
feet up the bucket caught on a proiec-
tion and tipped. Four men were
thrown out. Two clung to the bucket.
The other two, William Cunningham
and Tim Harrington, were dashed to
death. OF the men who clasped the
bucket John Carr had his left thigh
broken and was otherwise injured,
and William Ryan suffered injuries
about the head, beside probable in
ternal wounds.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
TOLEDO.

Mn. AND Mrs. ]. W. DRAKE, lust
married, have settled in Ness County,
Kas. The bride is 40 inches high and
weighs 20 pounds. and the groom "A
inches high and weighs IS pounds
Chicago Times.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
THREE TIDES.


A ripping tide that gayly throws
Its waveletS on our track,
And when some pleasure floats away
Soon brings another back
A stronger tide, whose sparkling waves
In golden ehb and TOW
Some treasures bring some take away
In silent undertOw.
\ sea. whence rainbow bues have fed,
Where clouds their shadows cast,
Whose languid waves but serve to bear
The driirwood of the past
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
At 1T AGAIN.

Maud 5, the Queen of the Turf, Trots a
Mile in 2:OS 81.
Maud ). renewed her claims to the
title OF queen of the turf on the Glenn
vile track, Cleveland, O., on the 3Oth.
In the presence of over 10000 people.
the fleet little mare trotted mile
over a slow course in 2:OSa. This
beats her previous record by half a
second, and is one second and a half
faster than the best mile ever trotted
by any other horse. The trot was for
a cup, and the time goes on record.