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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17
Bismarck's Audience Room.
TCor. New York Sun.l

lCOT. New horh sun.
The audience chamber of the prince,
presumably one of the smallest IN the
who'll house, contains only two objects
of any pretension, in the shape of two
artistic mantel pieces. Near the door is
a huge umbrella stand, the trunk of an
old oak forming the base, surmounted
by tall spreading antlers. 1t contains
the wonderful collection Of walking
sticks of all sorts belonging to the prince,
including the one which he carried
through the day of the battle of Konig-
gratz. On the antlers of the stand he
hangs his hat-always a tall chimney
pot-or he places it on little table,
also of stags' horns, standing by its side.
Close to it on the wall is portrait of
Beacons6 ', from crayon sketch taken
in 1878, der which Bismarck ha
written in red pencil the name of tn
English statesman. Facing it is an an
Theirs from the picture of Nj. Bonnat." "
Both pictures are good hkenesses, but
it is difficult to say whether they have
been brought together by accident Or
design. Further on, life-size bEst in
bronze of Marshal Moltke stands on a
low bureau. The base is entirely hidden
by an immense wreath of laurel and oak
leaves, bound with a broad ribbon of
black, red and yellow. Above is a
portrait of the astute Cardinal Hohen-
lohe. Besides these, the furniture
consists of a small equestrian statue of
Charlemagne, gun cupboard, an ord
nance map of Friedrichssuhe and its en-
virons, some other maps, a book case,
and close TO the window a round table
and two arm chairs. The general effect
produced is one of want of taste and fit
ness, and it is the same IN all the apart
ments specially used by the chancellor,
as if there was an affectation OF showing
how the statesman rises superior and III
different to the graces and amenities oi
daily life,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17
Regarding American Daughters.

Ctrom one of NoDsisnor CapeI's Sermonsl
Give your daughters a thorough ed
ucation. Teach them to cook and pre-
pare the food of the household. Teach
them TO wash, to iron, to darn stockings,
to sew on buttons, to make their own
dresses. Teach them to make bread,
and that good kitchen lessons the
doctors account. Teach them that he
only lays up money whose expenses are
less than his income, and that all grow
poor who have to spend more than hey
receive. Teach them that a calico
dress paid for, fits better than a silken
one unpaid for. Teach them that full,
healthy face displays more lustre than
Fifty copsumptive beauties, Teach
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17
DARING ROBBERY.
Capture Of n Chicago Thief After
RObbIug n Jewelry store.


RObbIpg n JeyVelry store.
A daring attempt at robbery was
made ON E. Kirchberg's jewelry store,
240 West Madison Street, Chicago, on
the evening of the Sth, shortly before
Z o'clock. Mr.. Xirchberg, who resides
over the store, went to supper, leaving
Miss Anna Marie in charge. She saw a
tramp-hke man peering in who disap
peared as soon as he saw he was noticed,
but returning shortly with stout billet
of wood and bucket without any ham
die. The young lady was at the farther
end of the store, not suspecting any
robbery, as the sidewalk outside was
filed with people. The tramp paid no
attention to them, and dashed the billet
of wood against the window with all his
might, and shattered the plate-glass into
fragments. Spinters of glass were
falling all around him, when the
fellow with both hands scooped
tray after tray of watches, chains,
rings and diamonds into the bucket
he held against the window with his
knees. T:l3 crowd on the sidewalk
pans d in ans zemant az the audac;ous
thief, but no one hao the courage to
lay hands on him. The thief, without
paying the slightest attention to the as
tonished locke son, continued picking
up the iewelry until nothing of value
was left in the window. Then the
rogue grabbed the bucket close to his
breast with both arms and started to run
down the street. The crowd moved
out of his way as if terrified and the
Of h; 20
Marie screamed and the people hearing
her, commenced to shout, Stop thief"
He soon ran into the arms of an officer,
and was made a prisoner. His booty
consisted of twenty-three gold watches,
five diamond rings, two trays of watch
charms and two trays of gold finger
rings and two trays of gold chains, val
ued in all at $4,000. The prisoner gave
the name of Jones at frs and then
said his name was Oscar Hall.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17
The Antiquary's Discovery.


A German antiquary once made the
delightful discovery that a stone placed
over stable door bore the inscription
1851. Il must have this stone in my
collection, cost what it may" though
the savant. Calling a tenant farmer,
who was the proprietor. the professor
said to him, eagerly: did you not OBJ
tain this stone from the castle ruin on
the hill yonder?" at may be that nv
grandfather fetched it thence when he
built the stable was the reply. The
antiquary then asked what he would
take for the stone. "Since you appear
to have fancy for it," said the farmer,
give me 40 gilden and will bring it
to your house" Rather large sum-"
said the professor, ''but bring it to my
residence and you shall have the
money" When in due course the far
mer brought the stone upon truck, the
jealous antiquary turned it over to re-
fresh his eyes with a sight of the vener-
able chronological inscription, not with
out anxiety that it might have been
damaged IN IT'S removal. "Whyi" he
exclaimed, what is this?" This is not
the right stone. On the stone / bought
from you was the date 1881. while this
bears the very modern date 1881, which
proves that the other was exactly 720
years older than this" "Do not trouble
about that said the peasant; "the ma
sons, you see, sir, turned the stone up
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17
A Peculiar Mound.

tFrom the Greensborough (Ga.) Journal
About a mile from Greensborough, off
the road to Union Point, on the farm of
Mr.. Ed. jackson has been recently dis
covered mound which has puzzled all
who have seen it. A few weeks ago,
Mrs. Jackson and lady neighbor were
walking around the farm which imme-
diately joins the house lot, aud when
pushing aside the bushes skirting the
land observed huge mound of rock,
piled IN regular order, and mounting up
higher than their heads. On Mr. Jack
sons return home, his wife told him of
what she had found, aud added that the
mound was the most curious looking
pile of rocks she had ever seen. The
following morning Mr.. Jackson with a
number of others went to the spot, and
there saw the huge pile, more than a
hundred feet in circumference. every
stone apparently laid with greatest pre-
cision. The curiosity of the crowd was
aroused, and they determined on an in
vestigation. They began at once to
throw off the rocks around the outer
edge. This was not accomplished with
out difficulty, and after going about a
foot or two they came to a number of
big rocks, varying IN size from foot to
three feet square, every one laid as if
by mason.
To go further down required several
days of hard labor, but the stones were
finally removed, and lying there were a
number OF human bones, all bleached,
but still perfect. Among them were the
hand, wrist, thigh, and knee bones, and
from their size it was evident they be-
longed to person of tremendous stat
ure.
The excavation in the mound con
tinued day after day. Curiously- shaped
pieces of flint and stone, in rings of
great sizes, In beds and arrow heads,
came to light. By this time they had
gone fully five feet down, even below
the earth's surface, and still the walls of
rock met them. Up to this time no dis
covery of great importance has been
made, but there seems to be no end to
the rock, and there is no telling what
lies at the bottom of it all.
The stones of which the mound is
built are of a peculiar kind, different
from any around this section, and were
evidently brought from a distance. It
is different from most Indian mounds,
and could not have been intended as a
burial place for the dead, as only one
skeleton has thus far been found, and no
trinkets have been discovered similar to
those usually found in Indian mounds.
There is a theory that the mound
contains treasure. The care taken in
placing and mortaring the rocks, and
the size of them, is an indication that it
was not intended simply as burial spot.
Some years ago an old man in this
country, his name we have not been
able to learn, asserted that on this place
vas buried treasure. He stated that
his father had told him this fact, and
that it had come down for number of
years. But little attention was paid to
his assertions, but now that this pecul-
lar mound has been discovered, every
one believes that treasure is hidden
beneath it. Mr.. Jackson believes there
is something strange about it, and in
tends to dig and remove the rocks until
earth is struck or he finds some treas
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17
DUEL on A TRAIN.
Conductor nad RrakemaB right
with KNIVES Oh the GopOs IA
SanGoSe

St9EOSe.
George Jackson, conductor, and
James Wilson. brakeman of freight
train on the Louisville & Lexington
RAILROAD, were brought into Louis
vile on tie morning of the 10Th.
suffering from wounds inflicted
upon each other in duel, fought with
bowie knives on the top of the train,
running at the rate OF thirty miles an
hour. Jackson was coming from Lex
ington with his train when he and Will
son quarreied over q woman IN the ca
boose. Tie msn were about to come
TO blows, when a proposition was made
to fight duel on the top OF the caboose
with bogIe-knive5, with which both
men were armed. No sooner was the
proposition made than it was accepted,
and, drawing their weapons, the men
climbed to the top of the car. The
other employees on the train gathered
around to witness the conflict. The
train was whistliug along at the rate of
thirty miles an hour between Christians
burg and Eminence when the men sn-
nounced themselves ready for the battle
They rushed upon each other and clos
ed in. Blood trickled from the knife
blades and bespattered the roof of the
car. II vas apparently combat to the
death, but neither man sho ged signs of
mortal wounding. The men separated
once when the signal was given that the
train was to pass under bridge, bat re-
neWed the fight Immediately after the
bridge had been passed. Both men were
badly hacked, and the train men, not
desiring to witness a murder, put stop
to further fighting. Jackson got the
worst Of the fight, being badly cut
across the breast.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17
TIE Fool Killer i'm China.


The famous Chinese sovereign TIE
Pot constructed bridge in the environs
of Pekin, and ordained that it should
be reserved for the exclusive use of
passengers who, by way of toll, should
cast number OF taels into the stream
beneath
1t was no better or more convenient
than any one Of the other hundred and
odd bridges of Pekin, but many rich
msndarins, from sheer love of ostenta-
tion, did not fail to use it and pay toll
to the river.
Their names were carefully noted by
an obsequious attendant, and at the end
of month their estates were confscated
in accordance with the precept of Con-
fucius. He who makes a foolish use
OF his fortune is not worthy to possess
IL"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17
SPAIN AGAIN SHAKEN.
Ne Let mp i'm the Earshguak $500
Houses Damaged and Seven
Persons Injured.

A church, convent and fifty houses
were destroyed at Motril by an earth
quake on the 5th. Another sharp shock
of earthquake was felt in the South at
daybreak on the morning of the 8th. Its
greatest force was experienced at Lola,
where 300 houses were damaged. Seven
persons were injured. Most of the in
habitants had left or we're sleeping in
tents. King Alfonso started for the
scene of the disaster the same day.
Three hundred Thousand dollars have
already been subscribed King Alfonso
takes with him 100000, which he will
in person distribute for the relief of the
sufferers.
Fifteen thousand people have left
Granada already. A dispatch of the
oth says; people are generally of the
opinion that the end of the world is at
hand, and are seeking absolution from
the priests. The village of Gueveiar is
slowly sliding downward to the val,
ley. Fresh earthquake shocks were felt
yesterday, at Nerja and Velez, Malaga.
Several houses were damaged"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17
True Hpr0isul.

The following story IS told in the
Detroit Free Press of Louis Abear, a
man who served as private in Mich
igan cavalry company:
''At the battle of Trevilians Station
he was taken prisoner, and before his
release he was confined in five different
prison-pens and two jails. We have all
read of the horrors prisoners under
went IN the military prisons of the
South, but 10 pen has yet given an ad-
equate idea of the terrible privations
they were obliged 10 face. The food and
quarters have been described in fitting
terms, but words cannot portray the
mental torture, the feeling of despond-
ency that soon became utter despair.
That alone carried thousands to their
graves. Imagine, then, the heroism of
the self-sacrifcing act of this rough and
uneducated man! Positively l cannot
look upon him without feeling of awe
coming over me.
81 cannot give you the date and
it is of no. consequence, for heroic
deeds like this are not remembered by
dates. Anyway, while he was in Millen
prison an exchange of sixty prisoners
was TO be made. The officer of the day
told OF sixty names at the door of the
pen, but for some reason, probably be-
cause be was too i'll, or perhaps dead.
one man did not come forth. At that
moment Louis, who had been sent out
after fuel, under guard, of course,
came through the gate pushing wheel
barrow loaded with wood.
Here, Louis, here's a chance for
you. We want sixty men to go North
and are short one Jump Unto the ranks
hereP exclaimed the officer.
To be exchapged?' asked Louis.
trembling more than be did when under
FIRE.
eyes. Be quick
"'Then take Hank. He's sick, and
viii die If he remains here and Louis
darted into the hospital ward Hank
had pair of pantaloons anG shoes, but
no coat or hat. Louis pulled off his,
put them upon Hank, and brought him
out, weak and tottering. As Hank filed
out of the gate and once more breathed
the air of freedom, Louis, hatless and
coatless, took hold of the handles of
hI3 wheelbarrow and started for another
load of wood
Can mortal mind conceive OF such
an act? 1t cost him seven months of a
living death, and ell for a man with
whom he was not even intimately ac-
quainted.
And now for the other side of the
picture. Even since the close of the
war, until few months ago, when Hank
died, these two men have lived right in
Wayne County, Hank with home and
family, Louis with neither; have met
occasionally, but at no time did Hank
ever refer to the act in Millen prison
that set him free and saved his life +;
never invited him to his home; never
alluded to the past, or addressed his
savior other than as a mere acquaintance.
On his death-bed, however, he told the
story, and asked his relatives, if they
ever lad an opportunity, to befriend
Louis, for his sake. It was tardy ac-
knowledgmept OF one of the noblest acts
the world has ever known"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17
SERIOUS TROU sLE.
A bloody EUcOunter Between Ken
lucky Whisky Wen and
Officers.

There is serious trouble in Rockcas-
tie County, Kv., between the whisky
dealers and officials and on the night of
tie 7th bloody encounter took place
at Livingston, railroad station on the
Rock Castle River, at the junction of
the Kentucky Central Railroad with the
Knoxville branch. Deputy Sheriff
James White went to arrest James and
Henry Burton, brothers, charged with
aiding J. W. Gaff, said to be engaged in
illegal whisky traffic, to escape from the
officers who had him under arrest. The
Burtons barricaded their saloon doors,
and with friends on the inside, defed
arrest. A posse of fifteen men was sum-
moned, and the BurtOns surrendered.
On the way to Jail James tried to es-
cape, and was fired upon and killed by
the posse. Burton's friends, some ten
in number, then attacked the posse, and
the firing became general and continued
for two hours. The particulars are
meagre, but several men are reported
killed and wounded, among them Judge
Bullock, wounded in the arm.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17
BLOWN TO ATOMS.
A Steam Tug pemoliShed aud Tv
of lbe Crew INSTANTLY Killed,

A Steam Tug pemoIished and Two
of the Crew Instantly Killed.
The steam tug Mike Dougherty while
lying at Bellevue Landing, near Eliza
beth, Pa, for repairs to her machinery.
on the 10th, exploded one of her boilers,
making a total wreck of the vessel. The
upper works were blown to atoms, and
were scattered about for distance of
200 yards in all directions. William
Holler, steward, and William Matthews,
deck hand. both of Allegheny, were in
stantly killed, and three other men in
jured. The only man unhurt by the
accident was Henry Brown, fireman, also
of Allegheny. The two men killed are
supposed to have been blown into the
river. Their bodies have not yet been
recovered. The wrecked steamer was
screw propeller, seventy one feet long,
seventeen feet wide and drawing six
feet OF water. She was owned by the
Brown coal firm, of Pittsburg, and was
three years old. Her equipment was
the very best, and she was valued at
Sic, 600. She is complete wreck.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17
IRISH BLOOD.
COnsidc rable OF the Article Wasted in
the Office OF fO'nOnOVan ROssa,
lu New York,

the Office OF O'nonovan ROssa.
in New York.
At late hour or the afternoon of
the 9th, several men rushed out of 10
Chambers Street, New FORK, in which
ODonovan Rossa ana the United
building is located the office of
lrlshmen. In few seconds afterwards
man covered with blood, tottered
down the stairs to the hallway and sank
on the front stoop, while his blood GOV.
cred the sidewalk in a stream. The
most intense excitement at once took
place aud crowds focked to the scene.
Several officers rushed up, and seeing
few men making towards Chambers
Street and the City hall, followed them.
One of them, a tall man, was captured
and brought back to where the DYING
man was lying. "Is this the man who
stabbed your" asked an officer. "Yes,
that is the man," said the bleeding man.
But, by heavens, if I'm going to die,
I'll die game, and there will be two of
u.s." With that, and before the by
ISLANDERS could realize his intentions, he
drew a revolver and fired two shots in
quick succession at the man standing
before him. One of the balls took ef-
feet in the the thigh of his would-be-
murderer. This still further increased
the excitement and the neighborhood
became wild with all sorts of rumors.
The man who was stabbed proved to be
Capt. Thomas F. Phelan, of Kansas
City, aged 49, and his assailant, whom
he says stabbed him, gave his name as
Richard Short, of SCI Tenth Avenue.
An ambulance was summoned and Phe-
Ian was taken to the Chambers Street
hospital, dying. He was stabbed in the
neck and breast and several other
places. There were rumors that he
gave away some of the secrets of the
Fenian organization.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17

them to purchase and to see that the ac-
count corresponds with the purchase.
Teach them good common sense, self
trust, self-help and industry. Teach
them that an honest mechanic in his
working dress is better object of es-
TEEN than dozen naughty, fine
dressed idlers. Teach them gardening
and the pleasures of nature. Teach
them, ifyou can afford it, music, paint
ing, etc, but consider them as second
ary objects only. Teach them that q
walk is more salutary than ride in a
carriage. Teach them to reject with
dlsdain all appearances, and to use only
"Yes" or mo" in good earnest.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17
SUPERIOR, 17.1SS

ported from India. 1t an attempt to
quell the disturbances, nine men were
killed by the soldiers, who lost one
man.
A furious Orange outbreak is in
progress at Bay Roberts, N. F. A Brit
ish gunboat and large force of police
have been ordered to the scene of
trouble.
Jacob Michaels, a hitherto respected
citizen of Hardenburg, Ind, committed
forgery for the paltry sum of 800 and
shot himself dead on the 18th in the pres
ence of the officer who attempted to ar
rest him.
DR.. John Maxwell, who poisoned his
three children short time since, hung
himself in the jail at Springfield, o.,
with towel
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17
FROZEN ON THE PRAIRIE.
Fourteen Victims OF the Recent RiiZ
zard in NorIhH estern NcDrska.

Fourteen Victims OF the Recent Riiz-
zard in NorIhw esiern NcDrska.
News was received on the 9th, which
was believed to be reliable, that the
bodies of fourteen men were found
from point twenty-nine miles west of
Valentine to Gordon City, seventy
miles west in Northwestern Nebraska
The bodies were found along and near
the new railroad grade. The dead
men are victims of the terrible blizzard
and are supposed to be those of settlers
on their way in for supplies for the
claims they have been locating near the
line of the new road to be built next
season. A previous dispatch reported
that seven bodies had been found
The last report is generally believed,
though it is hoped it may prove to be
greatly exaggerated.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17

side down when they set it in the door
way, because it fitted better that way.
You can turn it whichever way you like,
but of course I must have the money
agreed upon" The professor, it is said,
at once paid the whole sum, and gave
the man present besides to take away
the stone and say no more about the
matter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17
EMBEZZLER ARRESTED.
David f.. Swan. who stole S5I, 600
From the Northern Pacific
HaiIrOad. Caught.

Pinkerton's detective agency affected
the arrest OF the 9th, of David E. Swan,
at Sutton's Bay, Mich, where he was
living under the alias of d. T. Eding-
ton, and had only recently been elected
prosecuting attorney. Swan was for
merly local cashier of the Northern Pa
cifc Railroad, at St Paul, and by for
gerry succeeded in embezzIing S51, 900
of the company's funds, which was lost
in speculation. He disappeared last
July.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17
THE REToRT.

Old Birch. who taught the villagescaJ oil,
welded maid of homes punhabI.
de was as stubborn as a mule.
And she as playful as a rabbit,
Poor Kate had scarce beeomea Y =
Before her husband sought IL
The pink OF country polishedltfs
And prim and formal as Il QuaAer
one day the tu or went abroad
And simple Katy sadly missed him:
W hen he returned, behind her lord
She shyly stole and iondly kissed him,
The husbands anger rose, and red
And white his ace alternate grew;
LESS freedom, maam :" Kate sighed and said
80 dear didn't know twas YOU
philadelphia Call
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-17
FRANCE AND CHINA.
'Ehe HI0caae OF the Island of For
mOsa ReneWed-Ehe Situation i'm
Honquin.


EonaHin.
4 dispatch Of the 10th, to the London
Times from Hong Kong says the Gov
ernment Gazette announces that the
blockade Of the Island of Formosa, be-
tween oouth Cape and Eyka, which was
suspended, has now been renewed. No
notice OF the suspension was given.
This action is considered unfair to
neutrals and injurious to trade. Ad-
vices from Saigon state that the trans
ports arriving there are crowded with
invalid soldiers. It is reported that
cholera and typoid fever are raging
among the troops in the Tonquin delta.
The Annamite troops. near Hanoi, have
revolted. They pillaged commissariat
and killed the French guards. They
have dispersed with the intention of
Joining the pirates.