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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-07-11
LOOKS sUE4LLK.
kilograms from the East Indicate That
There is Trouble Ahead.

There is Trouble Ahead.
A dispatch OF the 30th from Teheran
states that l 900 persons are at work
constructing the trans-Caspian rail
way. Warlike preparations are still
being continued by Russia. Rumors
are in circulation in the bazaars of
Teheran that war will probably occur
after the trans-Caspian railway is
completed to Merv, in Toorkomania.
The Russians are bridging the river
Murghab, on the confines of Afgan-
istan. Eight hundred Russian infantry
soldiers are at Old Sarakhs. The Per-
slams are fortifying Persian Sarakhs
and building barracks therefor troops.
a foundry has been started at Herat
for the casting OF heavy guns. A st.
Petersburg dispatch states that tel
egraph office has been opened at Merv.
Nothing has yet been learned at the
foreign office concerning the reported
outbreak in Northern Afghanistan.
Russian advices from NladivOstock
say that a Russian steamship, which
attempted to enter Port Hamilton,
was intercepted and forbidden to enter
by an English man-Of-war. The En-
glish are said to be fort;fying the port.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-07-11
TWO.
BY HELEN NJ. WILSON.

Two streamlets, l know, whose head-water
clear
lntermiugle their murmuring song;
But one seeks the north, and the other flows
south,
BY roundabout course and a long.
And the streams which at first blended every low
strain,
Flowing ever unto the deep sea,
Leave constantly wider the distance between
As between you, love and NE.
Two hearts l once knew who dwelt side by side,
And whose thoughts intertwlned with each other;
But differing aims led by separate paths.
And each finds their Joy i'll another,
And the two which at first close together were
bound
Drift apart on the world changing sea,
And the distance grows wider as years roll by
As between you, love, and ME.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-07-11
MOB LAW.
a Strike of Chicago Street Car Men Re
suits in a Riot.

suits in Riot.
The strike of the conductors and
drivers OF the West Division Street
Railway at Chicago has assum-
ed serious proportions. The COM
pany attempted to send out a
number OF cars on the 1st
inst, guarded by a force of police, but
the strikers and their friends assem-
bled along the line and by judicious
use of cobble-stones, beer kegs and
other like weapons, succeeded in side
tracking all the cars. They were after
wards taken back to the barns by the
police with windows smashed and in a
generally demoralized condition. 1t
was estimated that nearly 5000 men
took part in the ruction. No one was
seriously hurt, ana only one pistol
shot was fired.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-07-11
A Joke on the Alligator.

From the HOydNOttamle HeraId-
Some OF our boys have been in the
habit OF bathing in a certain pool IN
Hoxawottamie taIn, but we've fre-
quently driven out by an alligator
which came in to sample them. Va
rious methods of driving him away
having failed, the boys finally rigged
up dummy boy and stuffed it with
dynamite. The ruse worked. Steal
ing quietly in the alligator closed his
laws on the dummy and the next in
slant found himself blown tail first up
tie tarn three miles.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-07-11
Louisiana Lottery Spectators.

fCor. Boston Commercial Bulletin.l
The concern is known to have di-
vided 100000 per annum notwith-
standing that its expenses are en-
ormous. Gems. Early and Beaure-
gard OF the confederate army have
their names paraded as supervisors of
the drawings, or that the business" :"
shall be conducted fairly. The exact
sum which these confederate generals
put upon a good name and reputa-
ton is represented by the salaries paid
them in lending their names and as
sistance towards swindling their fel
low citizens They receive 5000
each for the use OF theirnames, having
very little to do other than being
present at the drawings, and this sum
enables them to live quite comfort
ably,.as we should Judge from the fine
residence of Gen. Beauregard, which
was DOiOtpd ont to us
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-07-11
FfYIf FL3TES.
Fire il "a Cleveland Tenement Causes
The Loss of Three Lives.


A disastrous fire occurred on Broad
way, Cleveland, O., on the morning of
the 1t. Two families occupied the
grOunl floor apartments. Mr.. Cohen,
with lis wife and four children, Occu-
pied tle front rooms. Cohen jumped
from the burning building, and his
wife daOpped the children on bedding
she had thrown out. Mrs. Cohen was
slightly burned. Mrs. Rosenberg, with
her three girls and Miss Rosa Meisel,
occupied the rear part up stairs.
Mrs. Rosenberg escaped with her Ia
year-dd daughter, while two younger
children, Fanny and Becky, aged 8
and Il, and Miss Meisel, perished in
the flames. Their bodies were recov-
cred. Mr.. Trau, travelling man who
BOARDED with Mrs. Rosenberg, jumped
from his window and had his arm
broken and face badly cut. He and
Miss lIeisel were to have been married
in few days Mr.. Trau was almost
insane when he learned the fate of his
intended bride. The current belief OF
citizens and the Fire Department is
that the fire was incendiary This be-
lief is all the more plausible from the
fact that the stalrWayS were nearly
consumed when the fire was discov-
cred. The loss on buildings is nearly
50 500, mostly covered by insurance.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-07-11

To clean paint, take two ounces OF
pulverized bOrax and quarter OF a
pound OF small pieces OF brown soap;
three quarts OF boiling water; let it
simmer until all is dissolved, but do
not boil; use a piece OF old crash
towel; rinse in clear water as soon as
the paint is clean; useno brush. This
mixture is also good for washing
clothes,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-07-11

IL harness a man has lifted $500
pounds, this result having been
achieved only by allowing every mus
Gle to act simultaneously to It's fullest
capacity, and under the most advan-
tageouS circumstances.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-05
THOMPSON'S SHAKE.
Remarkable Experience of a Grant County
Athlete.

Remarkable Experience of q Grant County
Athlete.
New York Times.
Mr. James Thompson, of Marion Ind. has
suddenly and unintentionally become famous:
Doctors regard him as peculiar treasure, and
from six to twelve of them investigate him daily
with stethoscopes, auriscopes. microscopes,
microscopes and other surgical instruments.
The dime museums of the country are enthusi-
astically bidding for him, and if he lives for a
year or two more he will be rich as well as IA
nous.
Mr.. Thompson has been for long time a
strong advocate of athletic exercises. Recently
he became interested in the new discovery that
the muscles. He Immediately gave
up his dumb bells, his rowing
machine, and his trapeze, and provided himself
with shaking machine of his own invention.
This machine was chair furnished with springs,
which, when set In motion and kept in motion
by levers shook the chair and its occupant
violently Mr.. Thompson was accustomed to
shake himself for fifteen minutes at a time
every morning, but although the amount OF
shaking he received was satisfactory to him, he
was dissatisfied with the exercise which the
muscles of his arms received while working the
levers. He felt that in exercising the muscles
he was violating the principle that organs, and
not muscles should be exercised He therefore
devised plan of operating his machine by steam
power. At very short distance from his house
stands the steam mill of which he is the propri-
etor. 1t was comparatively an easy thing to
connect the steam engine with the shaking
chair by means of betting and when this was
done Mr.. Thompson was able to sit in his chair
and undergo unlimited shaking without the use
of single muscle.
The connection between the chair and the
steam engine was finally perfected about two
weeks ago. Mr.. Thompson found, however,
that the use of steam power shook the chair
with so much violence that it was necessary for
the occupant to be securely strapped while
undergoing shaking. 1t was necessary too,
that Mrs Thompson. after strappng her
husband to the chair, should go to the
MILL couple the chair shaking attach
ment, and uncouple it at the end
Of fifteen minutes. This the good woman under
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-05

Marvels Which Converted a Madras Doctor
of Law TO Theosophv.


John Murdoch, LII. D., In Theosophy Unveiled.
In 1875 united with others to found theo-
sophical society TO promote the study OF natural
phenomena The most wonderful feats of me-
dumship l have seen produced at will and In
full daylight, by one who had learnt the secret
sciences in India and Egypt. Under such cir
cumstances have seen showers of roses made to
fall in room; letters from people in far coun.
tries to drop from space into my lap; heard
sweet music, coming from afar upon the air.
grow louder and louder until it was in the room
and then die away again. out in the still atmos-
phere, until it was more L have seen
writing made to appear upon paper and states
laid upon the floor, drawings upon the ceiling
beyond any ones reach, pictures upon paper
without the employment of pencil or color, arti-
living person instantly disappear out
OF my sight, jet black hair cut
from a fair-haired persons head. l have had
absent friends and distant scenes shown me in a
crystal and in America more than hundred
times, upon opening letters upon various sub
jects coming to me by the common post from
correspondents in all parts of the world, have
found inside, written in their own famllir hand
messages to me from men in India who possess
the theosephieal knowledge Of natural law.
Nay, upon one occasion even saw summoned
before me as perfectly ''materialized" figure as
any that ever stalked out of William Eddys
cabinet of marvels Is it not strange that the
Spiritualst who sees mediumist phenomena,
but knowing nothing of occult science. should
believe in the intervention of the spirits of the
dead, is it any stranger that l. after receiving
many proofs of what the trained human will can
accomplish, should be Theosophist and no
longer Spiritualist2 ! have not even half ex-
hausted the catalogue of proofs vouchsafed to
me during the last five years as the reality of
Asatic psychological science. But hope / have
enumerated enough to show you that there are
mysteries in India worth seeking, and men here
who are far more acquainted with Natures &C.
IL 81 xkaI
gentlemen who set themselves up for professors
and biologists.
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took TO do on Wednesday, the 10th inst, but
just as che had set the chair In motion. Mrs
Smith, an intimate friend, came into the mill in
search of her, and after enlisting her interest in
shopping with her. Mrs. Thompson was SO
much interested that she totally forgot to
uncouple the chair shaking attachment, and she
accompanied Mrs. Smith down town without
thought of Mr.. Thompson's situation.
Six hours later Mrs. Thompson, on returning
home, was shocked to find her husband ap-
parently lifeless, but still undergoing shaking.
Of course she rushed to the mill, stopped the
machinery, rushed home again. unstrapped Mr..
thompson, and, with the aid of several men
who volunteered their assistance, she placed his
insensibe form on the bed. Medical aid gradu-
ally revived the unfortunate man, but it was
soon found that his entire set of organs had been
shaken upside down. lump above the right
e'avicle was identified as his liver; his heart was
found TO beat at the lower right-hand side of the
abdominal cavity, and both lungs We're after
prolonged search, discovered IN the small Of his
back, a little to the left of his pstolpocKet
Strange to say, Mr.. Thompson seems to be
perfectly well in spite of the novel arrangement
or his organs. They work apparently as well as
ever, with one exception. Mr.. Thompson can
l not digest his food except when standing on his
head. He can receive food into his stomach
while either sitting or standing. but his stomach
can make effective connection with his liver in
its new position only when the latter is placed
below the former by means of the expedient just
mentioned. Mr.. Thompson, however, is becom-
ing used to this method of digestion. though he
Is not without fear that it may in time conduce
to apoplexy.
The case of MIR. Thompson is certainly an in
teresting one, but it should be warning to the
enthusiastic advocates of shaking. 1t is the
opinion of the doctors that had Mr.. Thompson
been shaken for an hour or two longer the de-
rangement of his organs would have been SO
great that they would have been made entirely
useless, and that as a consequence the man
would have died.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-05
An Invitation to Sam Jones.

Br0OkIYn UnlOn.
Brother Jones should come East He would
draw well in Brooklyn. Between him and
Brother Talmage the sinners would be hopelessly
demoralized-if they are not 80 already, while,
as for the devil himself he would be put to in
slant and ignoininious flight. should not UNI
natural but fatal curiosity tempt him to cross
the bridge from New York. Revivalist Jones
would be godsend to the reporters likewise,
and we are not sure that he wouldn't be just the
man to conduct Sunday services at Manhattan
Beach. Then, should he happen to take it into
his head to tackle Boston, we would wager copy
of Baxters Saints Rest" against euchre deck
that, if he wanted to preach on the Common, he
would simply preach on the Common, police or
no police Let Brother Jon es come East.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-05
The Population of Dakota.

Governor Pierce, in Minneapolis Tribune.
The census now in progress will give the ter
ritory population somewhere between 400, 000
and 60O, 900. l shall be disappointed If it falls
below 400, 000 and | expect that 100000 will be
about the figure. Emigration this year will be
aboat the same as last. We cannot expect such
an influx as that of two years ago. The truth
is people are too poor to move. Dakota people
are not the only ones who have had to save their
dimes and their nickels. But there are more
inquiries from the East than ever before.
take it that there will be active emigration in
the fail after crops have been harvested and
sold. Eastern farmers will feel better able to
move at that time than they do now.
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Superior Court Record.
Room 2-Ilon. D. W. Howe. Judge.

Room Z-HOn u. W. HoWe Judge.
Stephen K. Fletcher. administrator. ETC.. VS..
John Lee Mothershead. ct al; foreclosure.
Judgment against Mothershead for $472. 49,
William Spencer ct al. VS.. Margaret Fogel-
back ct al; suit to quiet title. Title quieted in
plaintiff.
Georgiana Smith vs.. Jesse A. Harvey ct al
foreclosure. Finding for plaintiff for $37860.
George j. Miller vs. George j. Harrison: suit
on account Finding for plaintiff for $l94.90
Daniel O'Rrien We Henry " Shepherd; ac-
count. Finding and judgment for plaintiff for
$I99 %
In the matter of the petition for drainage, by
Charles r. Hartman, evidence concluded.
Room s-Hon. Lewis G. Walker. Judge.
VIM Needham ct al, VS.. John C. New ct al;
suit for damages. Trial in progress
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Remembered by His Friends.

Upon Mr. Fl. G. Viiass retirement from the
position of general manager OF the Commercial
Express fast freight line. at Buffalo, he and
his wife were presented with massive oaken
case, deliberately decorated with trimmings of
FURNISHED BRASS plate upon the lid bearing the
following inscription: Presented to Mr. and
Mrs. Henry c. Villas by the Agents and Con-
tracing Agents of the Commercial Express
Fast-freight Line, June 1, 1885" This tribute
consisted o. costly dinner and tea service, each
of dozen pieces, including napkin-rings, and all
of solid silver, elegantly chased, with the excep-
ton of the knives, which were Of highly pol
ished steel with beautiful pearl handles What
enhanced the qualification of Mr.. and Mrs. Villas
was the fact that their little daughter and son,
Miss Virginia and Master Royal Villas, were not
forgotten, each of them receiving casket con-
tanning pencil of Etruscan gold, exquisite in de-
sign and workmanship.
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Miscellaneous Notes,

The retrenchment order throughout the Atch-
ison Topeka & Santa Fe system will not show
itself very forcibly until the net results of the
June business is reported and that will be about
Aug. l.
The earnings Of the Northern Pacific railroad
for the month Of May were unoficially stated to
be 1896. 600, decrease of $3.50 900 as COM
pared with the corresponding month of last year.
The gross earnings for eleven months to date
show decrease of $3.50, 600.
Mr. Robert Fleming, of Scotland, represent
ing the reorganization committee Of the consoli-
dated bondhoders of the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad Company, is in Philadelphia,
negotiating for the purchase of large quantity
of narrow gauge rolling stock for use on the
Denver road.
A Wall street circular says there will be lower
prices in railroad stocks until liquidation takes.
In commenting this remark, the Boston
Record says: Liquidation That word has
familiar sound We first heard it nearly four
years ago, when stocks were so to 100 per cent.
higher than they are. Pray, when will
liquidation, pure and simple, set inf"
The railroads in Guatemala are run on the
credit system. Freight charges are seldom paid
upon the delivery of the goods but merchants
and others expect three or four months and
sometimes more time. If a package arrives
with YOUR address upon it the railroad company
less it happens to be very ky and few
weeks after collector Gomez around for the
freight money.
The Atlantic g Pacific has contracted for
nine span iron bridge across the Arkansas river
at Toulson. ninety eight miles from Seneca,
Mo, on the central division of the road. The
track extends four miles beyond the river,
which is now crossed by wooden bridge. Cat
tlemen are afraid to ship over this BRIDGE and
therefore the new one. 1t will be finished in
ffnN otrfft chs
about 100000.
In regard to the stoppage OF work on the Cas-
cade division of the Northern Pacific it can be
said, on the highest authority, that such
suggestion has ever been limited to the North
ern Pacific directors. The board intend to com
plete tais branch rapidly as possible, and
sixty five miles of new construction will be
ready fer examination by the government in
September. The board has also fully provided
for all the funds necessary to finish the branch
to Tacoma. which is and always has been the
official Western terminus of the Northern Pa
cific poad.
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He Was Paying Attention.

MerChAnt TfaV6ler.
The country school teacher had been telling
her scholars about the seasons and their pecu-
liarities, and, to impress their youthful minds
with the facts, she questioned them on the points
she had gwen. She had asked several questions,
and finally reached the bad boy in the corner.
'fWell, Johnny" she said, shave you been
paying attention."
''Yesum," he answered promptly.
I'm glad to hear it, Johnny. Now can you
tell me what there is in the springl'
''Yesum kin, but don't whant to-"
''Oh, yes, you do. Don't be afraid. You have
heard the other scholars. Be good boy now,
and tell us what there is in the spring."
''Wy-wy-mum, there's a frog. an lizard,
an dead cat in it, but didn't put 'em there.
1t was George Winters, fur seen him do it."
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Agreeable Ignorance.

New York Mail aud Express.
1t is dreadful thing to be out of the fashion.
When Longfeliow translated the Divina Comedia
every one was obliged to admire it, and at once
knowledge of Dante became imperative. A
good story is told of stranger arriving in Bos-
ton to whom friend, a native of the city, at
once put the pertinent inquiry:
''Do you like Dante"
mo" was the answer. lido not know him;
who is he2"
''Come along" said his delighted friend.
keep me in countenance. 1t isn't respectable
not to like Dante I'm the only man in Massa-
chusetts who doesn't. I detest his very name.
Let's have glass of wine together
This reminds of the young English woman
whose partner for the lanciers inquired between
the sets:
Show do you like Tennysonp
''Oh!' said she innocently, II never was there.
Is it pretty place"
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England, such as will shake the whole fabric of
American investments there and send 4 pile of
stocks and securities tumbling down into their
waiting hand. The Philadelphia Inquirer says:
looked upon with dread by British capitalists.
and nothing alarms them more than reports OF
traffic troubles from this side. The announce
ment that the great Pennsylvania corporation
has finally been driven from its conservative po-
sition and forced to take part in the prevailing
strife will unquestionaby create ureasiness.
Some ffty-six millions Of the stock, according to
street estimates, Is held abroad
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HUMOR OF THE DAT.

Songs are sung in my mind
As pearls are formed in the sea-
Each thought W TIA thv name entwined
Becomes sweet song in me.
Dimlv those pale pearls shine
Hidden under the sea-
Vague are those songs of mine,
So deeply they lie in me.
George William Curtis.
"Oh, tell me! where is Fancy bred3"
She asked. and getting holder,
She laid her darling little head
Right down upon my shoulder.
And /. with nc more poetry in
My soul than in Quaker's
Replied. with idiotic grin,
You'll find It at the bakers"
Bismarck Tribune.
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The Managing Editor Was willing.

Boston Commercial Bulletin.
81 should like to write for your paper" said a
brisk young man who asked to see the editor.
Bless you my boy" said the pen -pusher, emery
ing YEARLY from wrestling match, catch as
catch can, with the name of Russian general
'.you need not write for it; just hand your money
to the cashier, first door to the right and he'll
send it 20 you all right" and he plunged into a
sea of exchanges while the young man, after
falling into the coal closet and walking into a
wardrobe, managed to find the door leading to
the street and escaped with what money he
had about him,
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The Cincinnati Northern,

CINCINNATI. June A meeting of holders of
Cincinnati Northern railroad bonds was held
here to-day. Five trustees were appointed to pur
chase the property. at tine sale on the 9th inst.
They are: A. S. Winslow, j. w. M. Neff, j. M.
Kinney and Geo. Wiltshire. of Cincinnati, and
w. w. Bailey, of Boston The property, when
bought by the trustees, is 70 be conveyed to a
new corporation, formed by the trustees. All
bondholders who sign the agreement before the
sale are to be allowed to participate
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The L. e. g. w. Ordered Sold.

TOLEDO, June An United States Court, to-
day, Judge Welker ordered the sale of the Lake
Erie & Western railroad, to satisfy judgment in
favor of G. j. McGourkey of the amount of $780,,
600. The order cites that the sale must be made
within sixty days, and fixes 5000, 900 as the min
imum to be realized. The sale is to be subject
to prior mortgages
Judge Welker also ordered that the scalper
tickets of the Lake Erie & Western road issued
by the Chicago & Alton road to western syndi-
Gates, be thrown out.