The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-09-18
From Az SGIRC Is.

in thirty-two towns in Ohio the sa-
looms have been closed by the local op-
tion Of the Dow law.
AN organ OF the colored people in the
South says that the colored people OF
the South pay taxes on $9O,OOO,0O0.
RURAL delegate Ito bartender
'"Take those darned straws out OF my
glass. I'm no horse"
A BAsTING machine that is said to be
able to do the work OF fifteen girls is
being tried in a large clothing house in
Boston, and the employees OF the house,
both girls and men, are considerably
excited thereby.
Ir must be an immense relief to Gen
Miles to be able to announce that his
old friend Geronimo wants to make
peace. Miles has been kept too long
in a state of uneasiness about his
scalp.-BalImore Herald.
THE unhappiness that the posses
sion OF a secret frequently entails on
its possessor is thus illustrated by the
New Orleans Picayune: ga man
knows he is great man; no one else
knows it, and he is miserable in con-
sequence.
In Sydney, an island of the South
Pacific, it is the custom to put girls in
cages at an early age and keep them
shut up till they are old enough TO
marry. They grow mp strong and
healthy without contracting any taste
for foOlishness.
A PECULIAR SAND known as squeak
inc sand" is found at the boiling
spring on the Ira Hill farm in Dayton.
When rubbed or pressed in the hand
it emits q succession OF sounds which
it would defy a. tight-titting door to
outdo.-BiddefoTd Times
THE sage brush lands OF Nevada
have been considered worthless Tor ag-
ricultural purposes. Recent expert
ments prove that good quality OF
wheat can be produced without lrrl-
CATION, the yield this year being an av-
erage OF Is bushels to the acre.
A WOMAN in Albany attempted sui
eide the other day because her hus-
band was out OF work and she thought
she added to his burdens. She was
sent to the House OF Shelter, and when
her husband returned with employ
ment he found her glad to be alive.
IT is singular how one can be deceived
in things. A scientist has discovered
that fash OF lightning is not instan-
taneous, but has duration OF from
1000 to 10000 OF a second" This
is q difference, of course, but 1t Is
hardly enough to give a man time to
dodge the flash.
Gov. Robe, says the San Francisco
Alta, in its account OF the grand army
parade, was also a humble comrade
n the ranks, displaying no ostenta-
ton, but quietly keeping his place
among the others and being unseen by
many. The governor looked as II he
would live to march IN more than one
more annual parade.
"BBFORE his troops says Mr..
Vereschagin (the artist in La Nouvelle
Revue, az always found Gen. Skobeletf
carefully dressed and perfumed; when
he presented himself to his superlors,
he put on his oldest coat, wore his
overcoat in a slovenly way and his
hat at the back of his head. he
seemed to fear that neither elegance
nor bravery would be forgiven to
him."
TENNYsoN is going to write sequel
to "Locksley Hall" He cannot say
that many OF the prophesies OF his
youth in this poem have been fulfilled.
The heavens have not yet "filled with
| commerce." nor have we yet had
navies Fighting in the central blue" "
On the whole, we think he had better
let "LocksIey Hall'' alone. Heshould
take his own VIII WaterprooPs ad-
vice, ''nor, add and alter many times
till all be ripe and rotten"