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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06
The First One Cent Paner.

From the New York Commercial Gazette
It is not generally known that
Horace Greeley edited the first 1-cent
daily newspaper ever published in this
or any country 1t was not sold for
l cent until near the close Of It's brief
career, though its owner, DR. Horace
ID. Shepard, was very desirOus it
should be put at that price from the
start. Shepard got his idea from the
rapidity with which he had noticed
that anything and everything that
cost only 1-cent was sold in Chatham
Street tfty-odd years ago. He had
very little money; but he was so con
tident Of success, II the thing were once
begun, that he went to the Spirit OF
the Times office, where Greeley was
then young COmpOsitOr, and asked
him to be it's editor. The clever type
setter declared that ? cents was the
lowest rate that would sustain daily,
and he supported his statements with
somany solid reasons that the Morning
Post appeared January, 1843, at the
figure named. The bantling had deal
of iIl-luck; but still sold several hun
dred copies daily. On the third dav
of the third week it received its qGie-
tus, having been put OF for several
days at l cent. The demand was 50
much larger that the owner believed
that, if it had been sold at that price
from the beginning, it would have pros
pered. Francis V. Story, who was
Greeley's partner, read the doctor a
very severe lecture on the madness Of
his scheme. Indeed, everybody made
the 81 told you so" comment except
Greeley, who tried to comfort Shepard,
telling him not to mind what Story
said. Nine months after, the Sun was
issued for I cent, and, as everybody
knows, made a fortune. The doctor
is said to have planted the seed which
produced that financial fruit. He had
explained his plan to q, printer, who
repeated it to the proprietors OF the
new undertaking with practical re-
suit.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

SMALL Bay-A cents worth OF pea
nuts, auntv. Aunty-ArPan be of
wild We. Dye think It's meself that
would be afther sellin' q cents worth
of peanuts? Small Boy (around the
cOrner)-Gimme a cent worth OF pea
nuts, Garibaldi. Garibaldi-Si, signor,
vera gooda peanut, fresha roasta-
New York Sun.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06
Free to Ministers, Lawyers, Doctors,
and Teachers.

If you viii get your dealer 10 order from
his wholesale druggist one dozen bottles
WARMERS WHITE WINE OF TAR SYRUP
the best remedy IN the lrorid for Coughs.
Colds. Asthma, CGtarrb, and CoRs0mp-
ton, viii send two bottles free. Recon-
mend to your friends. Send name of
druggist who gives the order. Map of Holy
Land free with medicine. Address DR.. {.
D. WARNER, Chicago, III. All DRUGGISTS.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06
Case Nor Beyond Helm.

DR.. NJ. II. Hinsdale, Kewanee, H., advises Us
OF a remarkable cure OF Consumption. He says
"A neighbor's wife was attacked with violent
lung disease, and pronounced beyond help from
Quick Consumption. AS a last resort the fam
lily was persuaded to try DR.. VIM. HALLS
BALSAM FOB THE LUNGS. To the aston
ishmeut of all, by the time she had used one hat
dozen bottles she was about the house doing her
own work.
MENsNAN's Peptonized Beef Tonic, the
only preparation OF beef containing its
entire nutritious properties. 1t contains
blood-making, force-geueratiug and life sus-
tanning properties; invaluable for indi-
gestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration
and all forms OF general debility; also, in
an enieebled conditions, whether the work
Of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
work or AGATE disease, particularly if re
sulting from pulmonary complaints. Cas-
well, Hazard Il Co, proprietors, New York.
Sold bv druggists
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

A DISAPPOINTED litigaut. in a case
before Judge Emery, at the supreme
court, after the verdict, went out in
to the attorneys room, says the Lew
iston Journal, and was noticed to be
looking intently about the room.
whats the matter?" asked one OF
the attorneys from around the check
err board. mot much,.,' was the re-
ply, "only I'm afraid I've lost my hat
as well as my suit"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

'sAHl Jones: getting religious, l see
What do you find in the Christian u
vocate TO interest you ?" ~ was read
inc about Balaam." "And what did
RaTaam do?" "Acted thefoOl just Ike
7 am doing" "How Is that p " by
stopping to talk with an ass. '-Ae|'
man Independent.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

BETTER late than never, but better
never late when troubled with cough or
cold Take DR.. Bigelow Positive Cure at
once. which cures all throat and lung
troubles speedily aud thoroughly. Pleas
a7+ for children. 80 cents and 81.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

GEN. CAMERON is to be an honorary
member OF the Pennsylvania Typo
graphical Union, No. IA. The late
Judge Stroop, of Perry County, Penn,
worked in the same printing office With
Gen. Cameron.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

WHEN YOU need friend, select a true
one. Dr. Jones Red Clover Tome Is the
best friend mankind has Tor all diseases OF
H. stomach. liver and kidneys. The best
blood purifier and tonic known. 80 cents
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06
The Prince of Wales.

Why is the Prince Of Wales like a cloudy
day. He Is likely to reign. TaylOr's Chero-
kee Remedy OF Sweet Gum and Mullen is
now the king of all cough medicines and is a
Group preventive.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

CoUHT De LEssEPS has arrived III
Colon. The entire Official stan OF the
Panama Canal Companywere present
to welcome him as ne came ashore
from the steamer,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

A writer in Salem Gazette describes
Lieut.-Gov. Kennedy OF Ohio, as ga
thick-set, good looking man, of much
the build and appearance Of ex-Speak-
Pr Mar6ap -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

THE dOns OF the Leipsic University
have conferred the highest diploma in
philosophy in their gift upon DR.
Susanna Rubengtain.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

SASKATCHEWAN FrFEWHEAT. In car lots.
Genuine. Send for samples and price list.
w. j. Abernethy, sole. originator, Mime
Gpolis, MINI
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

PLAIN QUESTIONS FOR INvALDs-Haye
the routine medicines OF the profession
done you no good Are you discouraged
and miserable If so, test the properties
ofthegreat Vegetable Specific, Dr.. WALKER's
CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BuTERs, the finest in
vigorant, corrective and Alternative that
has ever seen the light, and you viii tiud
relief
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

Fx-MAYOR JONATHAN SCOvILLE, a
Buffalo millionaire, has sued his tailor
for making a pair OF trousers too
tight.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06
sNLALL BaV-A aent's WOrLh 81

FoR sudden colds, hoarseness, or lrrlta-
ton OF the throat, take Ayers Cherry Pee
tnral.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

DRY and gray hair viii become moist and
dark by the use Of Halls Hair Remover.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

GEORGE ". CHrLDs sent 800 to the
Baltimore fund for a monument to
Francis Scott Key, the author OF the
star Spangled Banner"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

Too WELL known to need lengthy adver.
tisemeuts-Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

Consumption, the greatest curse of the
age, the destroyer of thousands of our
brightest and best. is conquered. It is no
longer incurable. DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
zeal Discovery Is a certain remedy for this
terrible disease if taken in time. All scrof-
ulOus diseases-consumpti is a scrofulous
affection Of the luuEs-can be cured by il.
Its effects in diseases of the throat and
lungs are little less than miraculous. All
druggists have it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

LYONS Patent Metallic Stiffeners prevent
boots and shoes from running over, ripping
in the seams or wearing unevenly on the
heels.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

IL the United States there are eighty
two factoi lies engaged in the manufact-
ure OF glue, and they employ alto
gether about 1000 hands. The value
OF the product is above $1,000, 600 a
YEAR.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06
NiCtorY at Inst.

HERBERT SPENCER says that Thomas
Carlyle's conversation during his last
years ''Was one long damn"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06
Saving the LAWYERS,

THE first thing we do, let's kill all the
lawyers This is rather a lood-thirsty
proposition, which we modify by offering
to cure this worthy class Of people Most
OF them suffer (in common with nearly all
Others OF sedentary habits, from the in
FURIOUS effects Of dyspepsia, Indigestion,
piles, loss of appetite, and other ailments
caused 10y a constipated habit OF the BODY.
Dr. Plerce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets
eradicate all these disorders in promptly
removing the cause thereof, and induce a
rare degree Of comfort and health.
HERBERT SPENCER says that Thomas
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06

WHITTIER, the poet, is color blind
He says that yellow is his favorite
color because this is the only one he
can distinouish.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06
Definitions.

from PUcE.l
y taking title-Pickpocket.
A dead MISUNDERSTANDING.
Within an ace OF 1.-THE king.
Slaves OF the weed-Gardeuers
Always on ice-The polar bear.
Come to stay-Your poor relations.
Badly stumped-Tne Iegless veteran.
Out on the tiy-The escaped convict.
PoetIcal lustice-kiiling the bad
poets.
Old rounders-The hands of the
clock
A German count-Ejus. Zvei, Drei,
etc
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-05-27
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

j. C. Bundy, cattleman of Meagher
county, Montana, Is down in Texas buying
steers. which he will d i've north to hls
Montana range. He secured one herd Il,
$3.50 per head.
There is enough desert III Arizona and
New Mexico to make : new Africa on the
west side of the Atlantic. The cattle men
are finding it out and drifting back to the
old range in Texas.
A Colorado City dispatch says that
George H. Brigham sold his ranch on
Yellow house canyon last week, to the
Western Land and Live Stock company
for $4,000. The sales include cattle
horses and ranch outfit.
The range country. taken as whole
has been unusually dry this spring. AS a
result the grass is short throughout a
large area. In parts of Texas the cattle
are doing no good and unless rain comes
soon there will be heavy losses in young
calves, caused by long tramps after water
Most of the country east of the Rocky
mountains is dry, while Oregon is having
an unusually wet spring
IF 1 said the horse was thirty fee
high, stick to it," "A horse
nineteen hands and one inch higf
and weighing over nineteen hundred
pounds was shipped through Pittsbure
| last week. He was not yet four years old
and apparently not yet done growing
His appearance indicated him to be high
grade Clydesdale." This is the way tn
International Live Stock journal KEGS NJ
| the unitips
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-05-27
VAN MISS MANSION.

The Van Ness mansion, which is another
of the prominent reminders of the good
old times of the Capital ty,though i'll the
last stages of decay, gives evidence of the
aristocratic tendencies of its owner, Gen.
John p. Van Ness, who came here from
New York as congressman, and became
resident of Washington by becoming
the husband of David Burns daughter
Marcia. He first lived In the old cottage,
but only long enough to see the compile
ton of what was then the finest residence
in the country. The mansion was planned
by Latrobe, one of the architects of the
capitol, who was directed to spare neither
pains nor expense in the rearing of this
palatial abode. The grounds were, and
still are, enclosed with brick wall, and
there was no end of flowers, shrubbery
and other adornments, not excepting cost
| ly statuary, fountains, etc. For many
years this mansion was the resort of the
distinguished people of the country, and
few of the eminent statesmen, including
Presidents, who resided in Washington, did
not deem the mansion a retreat for any
and all occasions. The only earthly me-
mento of this once proud family, save
the nearly ruined mansion, is the magnti-
ceut tomb at Oak Hill cemetery, in imi-
tation of the temple of Vesta, which was
erected at cost of 100000 The death
of Van Ness, according to legendary lore,
is duly celebrated on each recurring ami
versary by his favorite troop of six white
horses, which make ghostly midnight
gallop around the old mansion whose
walls give forth those supernatural sounds
that would naturally accompany the gal
Looping of six white horses.
Pennsylvania avenue, which is now
Justly denominated the finest thorough
fare in the world, at this early period ex-
| tended only from the capitol to the White
House, and was nearly the entire distance
deep morass, covered with elder bushes.
which were cut through to the executive
mansion. But two really good habita-
tions, that of the CAROLS and one owned
by Motley Young, land Spectator, met
the eye of the visitor, who also found the
streets III every direction muddy and I'M
improved, even to the extent of the print
tive plank sidewalk. The colored quarter
which now may be said to pervade all
parts of the city, was then distinctive
settlement, whose population WAS com
posed OF slaves VIII" performed about al
of the field and domestic labor in anc
around Washington. The capital, too
was a slave mart, that gave to the aboli
tionists the text for those mighty sermons
upon the consistency of nation whose
statesmen were invoking the goddess 81
liberty. while in the shadow of the CAPT
tolls dome, the auctioneer was selling men
women and children to the highest bidder
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-05-27

Philadelphia have their cradles of liberty.
and independence halls, to mark the epoch
of the revolution, Washington stands
almost alone in retaining remembrances
of the invasion, and devastation wrought
by the land forces of the mother country
the very walls of the then unfinished CAPT
toll being still intact, and repeating the
stories to thousands of visitors to whom
Washington is a sort of Mecca.
The advent of real estate speculation
at the capital was contemporaneous with
that of the government, so that no sooner
were the streets and squares laid out, than
the operations in desirable corner lots
we're commenced. OF the most promi
nent of those who thus early invested IL
the landed property were Daniel Carol
and David Burns, both of whom became
wealthy, as the world then went, but Car
roll ultimately became embarrassed by too
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-05-27

much overreaching. The spacious "Dud-
ington house." which was built especially
for the residence of the Carroll family,
still stood in nearly its pristine substan-
TALLY, on North Carolina avenue, until
this spring, the lot upon which it stood
having joined that upon which the capitol
was located. Taking advantage of this
fact, Carroll exacted enormous prices for
his lots, and sold to other spectators
largely upon time, taking promissory note S
in payment. Of course the purchasers
held the property at an advance, and
those who really desired to settle were
compelled to go to the northwestern por-
ton of the city, which has ever since
maintained its position as the most popu-
lous. as well as the most desirable resi-
dence quarter of the capital David
Burns, on the other hand, who owned
large possessions in the northwestern quar-
ter disposed of his lots at reasonable
figure, when the demand for them first set
in so that in very short time he was en-
abled to announce himself as not only the
richest Scotchmar in America, but with
the exception of Stephen Girard and Aston.
the wealthiest citizen of any nationality.
His residence was a rude, implanted cot
tage, still standing. though nearly in ruins,
near the river, and in close proximity to
the grander one of his son-in-law. "Davie,' y
as he was called was one of those self
willed cholerlc old fellows, who never
agreed with anybody, save as matter OF
dollars and cents in his own pocket. 1t is
told of him, that when the government
was negotiating for the transfer of land
for reservations, President Washington
called in person upon him at his humble
house to explain the advantage of the
transfer. The surly Scotchman on one OF
these occasions, remarked to the president
II suppose, Mr.. Washington, you think
people are going to take every grist from
you as pure grain; but what would you
have been if you hadn't married the rich
widow Custis." 1t is said Washington LOST
his temper at this sally, but it is not prob
able that that made any difference with
rusty Dave, who finally had his own way
by getting his own price for his property
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-05-27
CHRIST CHURCH, ALEXANDRIA.

gear of the sister parishioners. On Sun
days the people were in the habit of gath
ing about the door of the church, and
there wait until Washington and his wife
arrived when with uncovered heads they
paid their rustic homage to him. who was
even then first in the hearts of all thu
people. The family pew in the old church
i still preserved. 1t has three seats, o.,
o. which is against the wall. and was occu-
pied by the general who always sat "Solt
upright" because there was no other way
for him to sit. The other seats faced
each other, and of course some of the
family must have turned their backs upon
the respected rector. The structure has
undergone IN past years many repairs
outwardly, but the inside of the church
is substantially as it was when Washing
ton attended it as vestryman. The de
termination TO keep it in its present cen
dition rs long as it is possible to do so
will be commended by all.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-05-27
THE sICKLEs HOUSE.

Another of the historic buildings of
Washington is the handsome brick dwell
ling on the west side of Lafayette square,
where resided Gen. Daniel E. Sickles at
the time of the lamentable tragedy end
ing in the death of Phillip Barton Key, at
the hands of Sickles. The residence of
Key was diagonally across the square,
from whica he received from Mrs. Sickles
the handkerchief signals that were wit
messed by those who informed Sickles of
his wife's infidelity, and confirmed his
suspicion as to the destroyer OF his hap
piness. 1t was at or near the south
western corner of the square that Slckles
met Key and confronted him with the
charge, and, though Key begged for
mercy, shot him twice, either wound be-
ing sufficient to produce death. Sickles
was at the tir.e member of congress
from New York, while Key was United
States attorney for the District of Column
bia. The high social standing of the
parties, together with the fact that Mrs
Sickles mingled at all times in the high
est circles of Washington society, gave to
the tragedy an interest more intensely
sensational than anything that the Grim
inal annals of the country had.previously
furnished. Sickles gave himself up to
the law, but the circumstances of the case
were of such a character that the public
deemed the defendent entirely justified,
and upon trial he was acquitted. General
Sickles is still living, after having re-
married his wife, who died some six or
seven years ago. Mrs. Sickles was #
Spanish extraction, and remarkably beauti-
| F,,l L<N&l TO- nd fnrn nj c
as to her own moral culpability and her
relations with Key, have been divided,
though the fact that her husband again
received her to his home and family, would
indicate that he, at least, did not believe
that her offense was beyond conformation
The house, of which the above is an ex-
cellent illustration as it now appears, was
then conspicuous from its novel checkered
front, the bricks in the walls being altern
ately of brownish red and cream color
1t was among the finest of the fine resi-
dences of the capital, and furnished in q
style entirely in accord with the high so
cial position of its occupants, whose hos
pitality was simply unbouuded. Recently
the mansion has been completely remod
eled externally, leaving no trace of thu
peculiar appearance by which the stranger
formerly had no difficulty in identify
ing it.
Few people visit Washington as sight
seers who do not include visit to the ole
Christ Episcopal church in Alexandria, il
which Washington worshiped, and tC
which, when at home, he was a constant
attendant. This old church was built ant
dedicated in 1865, the bricks entering into
its construction being brought over from
England. The church in external appear
ance is not unlike hundreds of other
churches in our country, but the interior
is decidedly novel, and strikes one as hav
ing been arranged especially for the dis
comfort of the congregation. The pewf
have high backs, doubtless intended to
restrain that female curiosity that ignores
/ the pastors sermons to examine the head,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-05-27
HISTORICAL "REMINISCENCES.
SOME OF THE HOUSES AND
SPOTS ABOUT WASHING
TON THAT RECALLIN-
TERESTING uISTOR-
ICAL INCIDENTS.
THE OLD DAVE BURNS COTTAGE
TIE CHURCH WHERE WASH
INGTON wORSHIPED AND
THE SICKLES RESI-
DENCE.

There are few localities in the United
States more largely invested with histori-
cal incidents than its capital, although its
existence began with the commencement
of the present century, and almost gen
GRAFTON after the exciting events of the
revolution, which eliminated in the rights
of the people to have capital. Here are
still the old landmarks, that stand as liv-
ing evidences, in affirmation of the ira
dictionary stories, personal and political,
of the public men who have been promi-
nent figures in shaping the country's des-
tiny, and here are still living, scores of
people whose memory reverts back to
those trying scenes following the inva-
sion of IA public enemy, when the torch
was applied to the capitol, and other gov
ernment buildings, while the army that
had attempted to defend them lay
helpless and defeated. While Boston and
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-05-27
OR SKIN CANCER.

For seven years suffered with cancer on my
face All the simple remedies were applied to ale
viate the pain, but the place continued to grow.
finally extending to my nose, from which came a
yellowish discharge very offensive in character II
was also nflamed. and ANNOYED Inc a great deal.
About eight months ago was in Atlanta, at the
house of friend, who so strongly recommended
use of Swifts Specific that determined to make
an effort to procure it, In this | was successful,
and began its use. The influence of the medicine
at first was 70 somewhat aggavate the sore but
soon the Inflammation was allayed, and began to
improve after the first few bottles. My general
health has greatly improved. | am stronger and
able to do any kind of work The cancer on my
face began TO decrease and the ulcer to heal until
there is not vesige of it left-only little scar
marks the place where it had been. am ready to
answer all questions relative to this cure.
Mrs JoICIE A. MCDONALD.
Atlanta Ga, August 10 1889.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-05-27

Last night the condition of the old col
ored man, Henry Lee, injured last Sat
ureay on the Narrow Gauge track, was
such that doubts we're entertained of his
living through the night.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-05-27

pom DIS EXTRACT. In the very
common and obstinate forms of diseases
known as piles or hemorrhoids, it has
won its greatest reputation among the
people.