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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14
A Remedy for Dinhtberia.

from the ~. LOUIS EOst-Dlspalcn.J
Numbers of children are suffering
from diphtheria, and the skill of the
best physicians frequently proves use
less against the attack Of the dread dis
case. 1t often happens that simple
remedy is of more value in some cases
than the most skillful treatment, and
just at this time all suggestions which
bear the evidence of worth are inter
esting and valuable. A communication
to the Post-Dispatch gives a remedy
which the writer declares was tried with
success in the case of the son of one of
the city letter carriers and which is be-
lieved to be very effective. It is at least
harmless and there can be no ill re-
suits from a test of its efficacy.
The recipeis as follows: T lace black
oxide to the depth of half an inch in an
ordinary tumbler and put in enough
muriatic acid to form a paste. This
mixture should be placed on the floor
of the room or, what is even better, un-
der the bed occupied by the patient.
The fumes of the mixture will rise and
will be breathed by the sufferer; in this
way the germs of the disease will be
killed and relief will be afforded in a
fau bnurS' TINA
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14
She Shamed the Burglar.

FROM the PDuAdeiI Inla 1IIler-l
One night lately, at the Home of the
Merciful Savior for Crippled Children,
between the hours of l and 2 o'clock,
Sister Sarah was aroused by hearing
chair fall over below stairs. Hastily put
ting on her wrapper, lamp in hand, she
descended to the parlor. Her first glance
revealed an open window at the back
part of the room. A small part of this par
lor is curtained off. The curtain was part
ed, and Sister Sarah thought itmoved.
Approaching it, she found herself face
to face with white man, tall and stout.
Fixing her eyes upon him she said /;
"The Chinese have q saying that 10
some men hearts have been given, and
to some gizzards. You must be one
who has a gizzard instead Of heart. "
And with q look of scorn she continued ;
"You have come to a house as thief
where there are only crippled children
and few women to take care Of them. !"
The msn drew his hat down over his
eyes and leaped ont OF the window,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14
AN AWFUL CRIME.
Details Of the Shocking Triple Ira
edy AT Radical City. Has.

edy AT Radical Ciiy. Has.
A dispatch from Independence, Kas.,
of the 9th, says "The coroner returned
this evening from Radical City after
holding an inquest on the bodies of
Mrs. Canham, son and daughter, who
were murdered Tuesday night. Some
are inclined to suspect the elder son,
who maintains that he was at the time
of the murder seventy-fve miles away
1t is generally believed that he will
prove himself innocent. The mother
was sleeping down stairs, and was struck
on the head with hatchet and her
throat cut with butcher knife. The
bed cloths were undisturbed. The son,
the next victim, was asleep up stairs,
was killed with hatchet, and never
moved after he was struck. The
daughter, aged about %, sleeping in
the next room from her brother, was
aroused and got up. She made des-
perate fight, receiving sixteen wounds
from knife and hatchet, and at last
started down stairs, and was killed at the
door. The fiend then examined drawer
IN the bureau and left spots of blood on
the clothing. The young lady's room
is covered with blood, and shows
evidence of great struggle. Excite
ment is high, and should the young
man fail to prove his whereabouts since
Monday he will be in great danger of
hanging. The county will offer $500
reward and the state $500 more. Ap-
pearances indicate that the murderer
secured the hatchet at the stable and
the knife in the kitchen, and when
through with the work washed and wiped
his hands before leaving the house.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14
CRANK MEETS CRANK.
a Woman Attempts TO Assassinal
O'DOn0Van Ro,ss


ODon0yan RossH.
Jeremiah O. Donovan Rossa WAS shot
IN the back on the afternoon of the I'd
inst, IN front of the Stewart building,
on Chambers Street, New York. His
assallant was woman of majestic
height and commanding features who
was seen to come from the American
District office in his company. They
were walking west OH Chambers Street
when the woman slackened her pace,
and drawing pistol held it close to
Rossas back and fired. He fell, and
she fired four times at his PROSTATE
form, but without effect. Broadway
was thronged with pedestrians. Stages,
cabs and wagons made din that was
almost deafening, but above the
roar the reports rang out
sharp and clear, and people
rushed in the direction of the Stewart
building to learn the cause. In less
than minute crowd of several hun
dred had assembled around Rossa. He
was taken to hospital, where an exam
matlon showed that only one of the bul-
let's had taken effect. This made a Sc
rlous but by no means dangerous
wound. The woman was immediately
arrested md taken to the city hall.
where she stated that her name was
Yseult Dudley. She said she was an
English woman and that the attempt
upon the life o. Rossa was the result of
hle attitude towuds her country. Rossa
maintained that the woman was sent to
this country blythe British government,
charged with the mission of his assas-
sination.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14

DIR. Bush, IN his treatise, says the disease
was unknown among the American
Indians; 1T was not among their legends
and traditions until comparatively
recent period. Now they die as freely
as the whites. There is an interesting
fact of peculiar significance to be here
noted, namely, the incubation, some
years ago, by three Greek physicians, of a
man with this disease, arare opportunity
presenting itself to them for the purpose.
The man was doomed to die, and they
inoculated him with the sputnm from
diseased lungs. Great care was taken
to eliminate all sources of doubt. There
was no history of family susceptibility.
About the third week after the inocula-
tion the signs of consumption began to
manifest themselves in his body; and,
at the post-mortem examination, tuber-
cles were found in the apex of each lung,
and some on the free surface of the
liver
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14
Fnioyed the Conversation.

From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal.l
A Lewiston man who passed two days
at the state capital last week came out
of the State House Just too late to take
the hack to Hotel North, and was start
ing out to walk. His acquaintance
in all parts of Maine has been large.
Few men have known more people in
Maine than he, and few are known by
more. He was not surprised when he
heard his name called from out pass
ing cab, and when he heard directions
given to the driver to hold the horses.
He got a comfortable seat in the cab.
The driver said he would stop at Hotel
North. He found his friend to be one
whom he had known in Portland a num-
Der of years ago. They chatted all the
way. Talk was on divers subjects.
When they stopped at Hotel North and
he offered to pay, the driver said, point
ing TO his friend, "You can settle
with him for the conversation If you
want to- [ don't charge anything.
This is the insane asylum cab, and the
gentlemen inside all but you are resi-
dents there" Such proved to be the
case. The Lewiston gentleman re,
marked to Landlord Quimby that it was
o most enjoyable ride and remarkably
interesting chat, and that he had en-
loved both hugely.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14
How Cotton Burns.

From the American (ia.) Rec Jrder.l
"Um, yum, | smell burnt cotton"
said cotton buyer in front of Toole,
McGarren & Tenders warehouse, sew
eral days ago.
Here it is" said another buyer, pick
ing up handful of scorched cotton
which was lying on the ground.
~There is no fire in it, though" he added,
carelessly.
"How fast will cotton burn? ?" asked
Recorder man, who was standing by.
1T will burn faster than anything /
know of" said the buyer, as he turned the
staple around in his hand and examined
it. Just to show you here" and he
picked up handful OF the clean cotton
and handed it to the reporter. New,
wad that up tight and put your cigar to
it, then fold it up and put your hands
over it."
The reporter did so. The moment
the cigar was applied the cotton caught,
and the fire began to sink down like
drill into the handful. He closed his
hands over ii, and IL a short time it be-
came so hot that he was unable to hold
1t. Picking up another handful, he
wrapped it around the ire, and, holding
it tight in both hands, succeeded in
crushing out the fire as he thought.
When it was again opened, however, it
began to burn as hard as ever.
at is mostimpossible to put the fire
out when once 1t catches the cotton.
The closer bale is packed the faster
will it burn. 1t doesn't spread out like
anything else, but burns directly to the
center, and consumes the inside of the
bale first. l remember once in Savan-
nah on the wharf, when / was billing
some compressed bales, that all at once
a boy yelled at me, and looking around,
l saw bale / had just passed fall to
pieces and flames begin to come from
it. By good luck the fire got no fur
ther. That bale, probably, had been
burning couple of days. Ginhouses
are often burnt up by the pickers smok
ing in the field, and letting a spark
drop into a cotton basket. 1t is
dumped into the wagon and then into
the ginhouse, and does not get fairly
started before night, and before any one
knows it the house is on fire and burned.
big fires in warehouses;" he contin-
ued, "are often caused by careless driv-
ers, who smoke as they drive the cotton
to town. The tiniest kind of a spark
will sink into bale, and, if not discov-
cred, will burn thousands of dollars
worth of cotton. That is why buyers
always carry as much insurance as they
can get. There is no telling when a
big fire is going to occur"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14
Malaria or Laziness.

LtTbu Ihs hartford Times.
There are many persons who are pos
sessed Of q state of mind in which they
have a settled belief in the reality of
things which have no existence. The
longer this hallucination is INDUCED in,
the more deeply rooted it becomes. In
many cases it ultimately develops into
monomania or delusion8l insanity. Now,
there are some people who are always
in alarm for fear of heart disease, when
the extent Of their trouble is mild dys-
pepsia and nervousness is an aristocrat-
ic name for irritability and bad temper
TwO-thirds OF the so-called malaria is
nothing but laziness.
A certain physician performs many
of his most remarkable cures OF So
called nervous diseases simply by his
wonderful success in persuading pa
tients that nothing on earth ails them,
Few physicians have the ability TO do
this, and still fewer have the discre-
ton to adopt a course of treatment
adapted TO the mental peculiarities of
each particular case Sometimes per-
sussion is necessary, but frequently a
tonic, combined with little scolding,
produces the desired result. Let the
bogus malaria cases stand up and be
counted.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14
CUNNINGHAM IN COURT.
At the Preliminary Trial SirOus
CIrcnmstnntial Evidence AdduCe a.

At the Preliminary Trial strong
cIrcnmstnntfai Evidence Adduce ds
James G. Cunningham, arrested at
London for alleged connection with the
recent dynamite Outrages, was arraigned
on the I'd inst. A strong chain of cir
cumstantial evidence duplicating
him in the crime was adduced.
The government charges him
with conspiracy, reserving the
right to change the charge to trea-
son. This course is taken in order to
secure the death penalty in case of con
vicsion. After listening to a portion
of the testimony the prosecution asked
for continuance, and the prisoner was
remanded for a week.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14

yielding to a shock or sudden strain
without breaking and without giving a
permanent backlash. Steel and the best
of Norway iron will break under strains
to which compressed rawbide will only
slightly and temporarily yield. The
teeth of rawhide blanks can be cut in
the gear-cutting engine, as well as those
of iron or steel, and can be more readily
turned in the lathes.. If lubricant
required in the working, clear water
fhn EnuA
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14
WRECK ON A BRIDGE
~ AEdfns Collide and Cause A
k-&liNAIn NJ oil

Explosion og oil.
AZ O'Clock on the morning of the
lth, an extra freight train from Phila-
delphla, owing to q broken rail, stopped
upon tie bridge over the Raritan
river, near Brunswick, 4. J., Tor
repairs, While waiting, the through
Southern came dashing along and not
until il was within 500 feet of the ca
b0oso did the engineer see it. The
brakes were applied to no purpose.
The engine Of the freight strnck the
caboo@e q the eztr1, teIescoplng it. and
demoilshIng an oil tank, OF which there
were four on the train. An explosion
followed Immediately. The burning
OIL and wrecked cars were
thrown over and down from the
high bridge into the streets below.
The burning oil ran through the
CUTTERS and down the street into the
Raritan Canal this being covered with
ice the oil ran over the ice and down
tho canal TO the wall paper manufactur-
ing establishment of Janeway & Co.
This was soon totally destroyed With
seven buildings opposite. Ia
the immediate vicinity OF the
collision and jast under the long
railway bridge, a building used as
box factory by the Consolidated
Fruit Jar Company, was de-
stgoyed. The flames then spread TO
the main factory Of the company,
which Was wholly destroyed. By
o'clock the following morning the
flames were under control. Engineer
French and Fireman Harrison, of the
regular freight, jumped from their en-
giue when they saw the inevitable col
hsion and escaped with but. few bruises.
Frank Dumas, Of Kensington, Pa, was
carried down in the wreckage into the
street below and was roasted to death
Patrick Dougharty, a young mechanic
OF this city, foOhshly entered the burn
ing building Of Janewly & Co, in
search Of his tools, and has not since
been seen. I5 is feared he, too, has
been q victim. 1t is also thought that
two braknnen on the oil train were
burned 10 death. The pecuniary loss
Is estimated at between 100000 and
100000 Fire engines were sent TO
the ald of the burning city from Eliza
beth and jersey City Only one span of
tie bridge was damaged. The bridge
was the finest OF the Pennsylvania road.
The loss on the Janeway Compapy's
buildings, stock and plant, is S75O
insurance, $4,000. The Consolidated
Fruit Jar Companv's loss is S500,O00;
fully insured
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14

The Major & Knapp Engraving Com
pany's building, corner of Barclay and
Church Streets, New York, burned on
the 4th. Loss S35O,OO0.
William Pierson was killed by a
switch engine at Detroit on the Sd.
A boiler IL Snyder's brewery, Louis
vile, Ky, exploded on the I'd, killing
John Bush and iniuring number of
other employees.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14
An Awkward Resurrection.

From freunds Weekly.l
1t occurred one night when Nelson
and Compton lad been playing Romeo
and juliet" at one of the provincial
theaters, and Happened in the scene
which closes with the killing of "TybaIt'
by "Roneo's" sword. "As this scene is
usually closed In well up the stage to
allow "Juliet's" chamber to succeed i'm
mediately, the representative of the
fiery Tybalt' is always asked to die in
the third or fourth entrance-i. e., at
the back of the stage-and to lie close
until the flats are run or and he is hid
den from view. 'Tybalt' received the
sword thrust in the usual eff
fective, fashion ana, treating
the audience to a tremendous
'back-fall, dropped down stiff and stark
and dead. Tie prompter at once gave
tho signal for the flats to be pulled on,
but alas the scene shutters were pull
ing at something else, and did not re-
spond, the only movement being the
shuttiing of feet, caused by some of the
employees rushing next door" to fetch
the delinqumts Having heard the
whistle and tle subsequent shuffiing of
feet, Tybalt concluded that all was
night, and, calmly sitting up, he very
methodically put his collar to rights,
tidgeted with the button at his neck,
quietly pulled down his Shakespearian
shirt, and, shaking 1le dust off his wig,
turned round to g,G dp, when to his as
tonishment and dbmay, he encountered
the amused gaze Of the large audience
intently fixed upn him. With horri-
fed my God herapidly measured his
length a second time, and the scene
shifters having returned, the flats were
Immediately run N amid the uproarious
laughter of ever spectator before and
behind the scene."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14
MISS KEYS ASSASSIN,
, Ohm Lee Convicted of Murder n
&enIenCaG Iaa h. II nm I'D

John Lee Convicted of Murder and
Sentenced To be Hanged.
John Lee, the ex-convict who mur-
dered Miss Key, a wealthy lady, in her
mansion at Babbicombe, near Torquay.
eng, on the 18th of November last.
and then set fire to her residence, has
been convicted of murder and sentenced
to death. 1t viii be remembered that
he forged letters of Recommendation
and obtained employment from Miss
Key as valet, and confessed when ar
rested that he had assaulted and MUIR
dered the lady because she refused to
marry him. He afterwards retracted
his confession.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14
DEATH IN A MINE.
An Explosion OF GAS i'm n Wine Kills
Three Uen and Injuries Many

A Dennison (Tex) special says a ter
rible explosion of gas occurred in a
coal mine near Savanna, in Indian Ter
ritory on the I'd inst. There were 100
miners working in the mine at the
time of the explosion. Three are re-
ported killed outright, twenty-nine Sc
riously burned and forty-two slightly
burned and otherwise injured. Savan-
ma is small village on the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railroad, in the very
heart of the Indian nation, about TWEEN
ty-tive miles south of McAlIister and
fifty miles north of Atnka
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14
A sOCIALIsTIC BLOT.
'Eae Police 81 Nevv York Attempt 80
Preserve Ordss. and
EsEu4 Eusussa

Two thousand persons gathered at
Socialist meeting il 8 hull on Avenue A,
New York, on the night Of the ID Il was
rumored previous to the meeting that
an attempt would ba made by Herr
Most and other extremists, and the aid
Of the police was invoked to preserve
order. Tie presence Of the police in
furiatod the turbulent ones, and an at
tempt WIS made to drive the bluecoats
from the hall q general row ensued,
in which pistols, knives and clubs were
freely used. Two policemen were
slightly hurt and there were many sore
heads among the crowd. Reinforce
meuts we're sent for, and the hall was
finally cleared 4 dynamite bomb was
afterwards found on the floor of the
f4aEf
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14
LATE NEWS NOTES.

Tie two Anarchists who were re-
Gently convicted and sentenced to
death for having attempted the assas-
sln@tlon OF the German emperor and
other members ot royalty, were be-
headed II prison at lille, on the 7th.
Lee Linn, editor Of the Courier at
Wabash, Ind, had his second shooting
9tiray on tine 7th, with William Hickey,
and put two bullets IL his breast.
The sgeel-works at Nashua. New
Hampshire. suffered a loss Of SlOO GOO
ON the Tth by the burning Of its plate
and barnill
Sfa.aen Barefav. i country store
keenar - .aa vicinity of New Albany
Ir7 rraerfg..T, Al, ets.,, an, ,,,l., o,,5,,s :
b4re Ta4 nv t,el,;rr, ,Iat,b al 1ic,lt ritb
sb1+-ern vba5 r. iT,t-,,5Ie,. -
nearaa tEaoId man rira5 botb hsrrejs
T5gbting his Lam ba fonn5 his CON
dancqrolsrv vo1,n led
po,n Afo1-.s i ,so,,, !, ;.;T - VI
mar Tex. CHARGED Win assgnItine, a
white GIRL. was Iyncbed bv 3 masked
mob on the night OF the 9Th.
Fire NJ Baltimore. On the Sth. de-
st2oyea the pork packing establishment
of Il. Cassard IS Co. ct failing loss Of
$4,000. Four Hrenen we're injured.
Stafford. Conn. suffered by fire on
the Sth 10 the extent of 100000.
Ceoroe WASHINGTON Bowen the IA
mons claimant OF the Jumel estate died
Mt Providence, r. T.. on the 6th. aged
0l years
( fire on ff,2 7tb. at S. Coli Street,
New Work. ocnupfad by hide and Iaatb3
er merchants earsa.i losses oogregatinp
11a5 aa0
The failures durinr fbe seven devs
ending on the 65b. in the United States
and Caue1a Amounted n a total nj 946
GIapnora Todd j nrominant society
man - R1rI;rr,to,, \ Y yros orras+od
81 Prifs7aInb,o IN the etb cborgeS
with embszzIIna $50 COO from the
Prnvi7ep+ ia, AVA Trust Cor,,,oTr -
tbo Iattsr civ
Tba 5aatb ssnfarea IL R,,rsob ono
of fbo NiegIeruaI5 sssaesi1s bss boa,,
committed ~ neraI servitude for lie
WAYNE Powers and GEORGE Bibson
we've Iareea " Fa+aIIviIla "a on tbr
6tb for tie r,nr5ar of Wiili,Do Gibson
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s,rgaan Who shot Dell Hs1saI IN 50
loon In Rosfon last Nav received sen. a.,
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14

THE Buffalo Commercial complains
that the people of that city have to
share the sidewalks with grocers, fish
mongers, and fruiterers, who take up a
good portion of the highway with dis
plays of their peculiar commodities. 1t
condemns this filching of free accommo-
dation from the public, and demands a
reform
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14
consumption in the Family"

There is no more common observation
than that consumption runs in q
family" or in side of family. Some
other features of the disease in this
direction have been also noted, but the
significance of them has been disputed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14
SEPA RATED,
BY ANNA KATHRINE GREEN.

When, in the solemn dusk you stand think,
With face upturned to the enduring skies,
OF life and art and those great griefs that sink
The soul IN woe in spite of high emprise-
know not how, but from the surging sea
OF these thy thoughts. some echo comes 10 me,
Moving my soul Till from its pillows rise
The answering strains Tor which thy spirit cries
And then, or JOY, or sorrow hold the throne
Or thy strong heart, thou art no more alone
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14

GEN. SIMON CAMERON, of Pennsylva
MIA, now near So years old, is about to
make q toHr % the South.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-14

A l5YEAR-oLD lad OF Columbia, n.
H., devotes his spare time to knitting
mittens