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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11
A Story of Justice Marshall.

lCor. Cleveland LeadeT.)
Ben. Perley Poore tells q story OF
the nationaliibrary in connection with
Chief Justice Marshall. He says that
the library OF Congress used TO be a
great place for gossip, and that the
fashionable people OF Washington So
ciety, years ago, were wont to make it
a general rendezvous. Chief Justice
Marshall liked to wait upon himself
rather than be served by the librarian,
and one day in taking down law
book from an alcove he pulled down
a dozen ponderous books upon his
head, one OF which struck him upon
the forehead with such force that he
fell fat upon the floor. One OF the as
sistant librarians rushed to him. and
found him slightly stunned. In a
moment he recovered, and, without
getting up, said: "Welli l have laid
down the laws out OF the books many
time in my life, but this is the first
time they have laid me down. l am
completely foored." Justice Marshall
remained upon the floor until he got
through looking at the books which he
had pulled down.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11
PANIC Nv A RUFEE.
A Steam Rsdf stor a the Dining Room OF
the Union Square Hotel ExpIodes.


the Union square Hotel ExpIodss.
4 steam radiator in the diniDg-room
OF the Union Square Hotel, New York,
exploded at noon on the ID, and in a
twlnklng the apartment was deluged
with steam and water. It was the time
for lunch, and the room had been rap
idly iilingwith people. Guests, walters
and beil-boys rushed panic-stricken
into the lobby OF the hotel. The pent-
up stream OF water shot directly up
ward in a solid Jet, ike that from the
nozzle Of a fre-engine, and with noise
ike that OF steamers escape-pipe.
The stream struck the heavily orna-
mented ceiling, and fell down in
showers upon thesiik and lace drapery
about the windows, covered the dinner
table and flowed over the carpet. 1t
was nearly ten minutes before the
engineer could be found and the pres
sure shut of. In the meantime the
lower floor OF the hotel was deluged
and great damage done
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11
lit Agrees With You.

The Journal OF the Chemical Society
states that OF some eighteen varieties OF
cheese experimental with, Cheddar
was digested in the shortest time,
namely, four hours, while unripe skim
Swiss cheese required ten hours for
solution. There appears to be no
difference in the dieestibility OF all
sorts OF hard cheese, or all
soft cheese, but all fall chees-
es are dissolved the most rapidly,
because, being open by reason OF the
fat, they are the more readily attacked
by the solvent. There seems to be no
connection between the digestibility
and the percentage OF water present in
the cheese, though there is some con-
nection with the percentage OF fat and
the degree OF ripeness. From numer-
Gus examinations which have been
made OF the quantity OF nitrogen dis
solved, il Is concluded that cheese, on
account OF its great digestihility, is be
most DourisbIpc OF all foods, meat
and eggs excepted.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11
Painfully Surprised.

Ore OF the tony young men of De-
troit who appeared on the street the
other day arrayed in the new-fash-
ioned cape-overcoat, was halted on
the Campus Martius by a pedestrian,
who hurriedly said
"Say, you, il you are q acoachman to
the tat lady who went into that store
you'd better get your rig around as
soon as possible, for she's tainted
away, and there's half dozen clerks
out looking for you.
The tony young man had no good
place to drop on, and go he leaned
against a telegraph pole until the
shivers had ceased running up and
1nun his snine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11
Resistance of Bricks.

II is found that walls laid up OF good
hard burned bricks, in mortar COM
posed Of good lime and sharp sand,
will resist a pressure OF 1,500 pounds
per square inch, or 216, 900 pounds per
square foot, at which figures it would
require 1,60O feet height of 12-inch
wall 10 crush the bottom courses, al
lowing 135 pounds as the weight of
each cubic foot. II also appears from
accurate calculations and measure
ments that walls laid up in the same
quality OF brick and mortar, with one
third quantity OF Portland cement
added TO the same, are capable OF re-
Stating some 800 pounds per square
inch, or 5000 pounds per squsTe
foot this would require a height Of
wall OF 2 200 feet To crush the bottom
bricks
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11
An Unfounded Belief

More notorious IN It's way is the be.
| lief that the eye OF a dead person re-
tains for g time the image Of people Or
| things upon which it last looked. The
popular belief that the murderer's s
lace or figure is thus imprinted upon
the eye OF his victim has come to be a
| rooted opinion, which no amount OF
! scientific testimony Is, for time at
least, likely TO dispel. In current
number OF q popular magazine there
appears, for instance, a graphic story
| illustrative of this belief. The victim
| is murdered in the dark. A medical
friend finds the body, obtains permis-
sion to photograph the dead mans
eye and ultimately produce photo
| graph thereof IN court TO confront the
murderer, who has been arrested by
this strange clew. This is all in &c
cordanoe with the popular idea OF
| things. The story will serve to sub
stantiate the public belief in this mys-
terious and occult aid 70 the detection
| OF crime. We may possibly hear of
enthusiastic persons advising the po.
lice IN the next murder case to call in
the aid OF experts and 20 havethe eyes
OF the victim duly photographed &C.
| cordiDg to the novelist's ideas.
It Is interesting TO note what has
really been accomplished in this par
| ticular direction. Recently Messrs.
| Jeckman and Webster reported IN the
Photographic News that they had
succeeded in obtaining q view Of the ret
ina OF the human eye. This photo
graphic feat, however, simply repre-
sents the retina in its normal condi-
ton. It gives a view Of the nervous
network OF the eye as g. strut tural
part ofthe organ Of sight. It MI .kes
no pretense to reproduce the images
which this retina has received, and
| which, ct the best, can be but tempo
rarily retained on its nervous surface.
Just as the inside OF the organ OF voice
can now be photographed with a high
degree Of accuracy, so the eye and its
internal parts, 1t would seem, may be
similarly delineated. The camera
comes as an aid 10 medicine, and also
to that branch Of science which in
structs US in the working and mechan-
ism of the healthy body. But the
murderer's image Is as yet unknown
IN medical photography, and as far as
We can Judge is likely foreman a thing
of the dim future OF medical law. This
is disappointing TO theinterested read
ers OF fiction, but the truth must be
told at any cost. The idea, however,
is not destitute OF q certain basis OF
possibility, and il becomes interesting
10 noce how q scientific approximation
to this idea has furnished the novelist
with certain incident Of altogether
unique kind in his Efforts to detail the
story OF a crime and It's detection.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11
BADLY FROZEN.
Eight Negro Roustsbouts of q Misstssippi
River fsamer.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 3.-Eight negro
roustabouts, a part OF the crew OF the
river steamer Matte Bell, arrived at
the Union Depot, last night, with bad
" frozen hands, feet and faces.
They had been working on the
boat at Pearl Isle, IN the Illinois
River, all day Tuesday and Wednes-
day, during the blizzard, and became
so badly frozen that they were sent by
rail to this city with instructions to
apply for admission at the Marine
Hospital. Four OF their number are
in such a serious condition that their
hands and feet will have I . be ampu-
~1-a1
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11

BABIES nursing bottles ard babies
diarrhns are intimately reSDed as to
cause and effect This arises mainly
from carelessness in cleansing the bot
ties. SUCH bottles should be thor.
oughly washed IN hot water, and then
allowed TO stand full Of warm water in
which q little piece OF washing soda hss
been put, when they should again De
rinsed out. It Is better TO employ the
rubber nipples attached directly 90 the
bottles rather than those connected
With loas tube.-Fron Dr.. Eoote' :
Heafth MONTH";.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11

THE AFRICAN EF4R,
End of the Revolt Against the Portuguese
re Eat Coast

on tie East Coast.
AdvIces from Durham state that the
revolt OF the natives against Portu-
guese authority OF the east coast Of
Africa, above the Transvaal, which be
gan about November 3, and which
was about eliminating in a concen-
trated attack upon the port town Of
Inhambane, has been ended. The
Portuguese of Inhambaue assisted by
the governor OF Mozam bique succeed
ed IN defeating and dispensing the IL
surgents and in suppressipg the re-
bellion. The Transvaal government
offered the Portuguese the services OF
contingent OF Boer troops, but the
Portuguese declined 70 accept them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11

Pure woman bloom on iife's way ever
Like roses fair midst foliage dense
Upon each wish snd each en6eavoT
The pollen fine lies ike incense
IN their true world there's no false seeming
B1f aIl IS gentle, mild and straight.
The look o. wcl1SD's soul, thus bcaufrg.
Is like the look through Heavens gate.
he truths Of Beauty, Love and Song, too,
From woman only canst thou know.
-ETs1E ne German % ,IViSus RoseR5egI-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11
KING MILAN PRGPOsED.
Rumor That He Is to be Asked to Acce
the Bulgarian Throne.

tHe bdIsArian Ehrone.
A dispatch from Belgrade says:
King Milan will receive the deputation
OF Bulgarian notables tomorrow. 1t
is reported here that the Bulgarian re-
gency viii make oyertures to King Mi
Ian 20 induce him TO become a candi-
date for the Bulgarian throne, with @
view to arranging q union between
Servia, Eastern Roumelia and Bulga-
ria.
Turkey has sent TO the powers q
note asking advice on the solution OF
the Bulgarian difficulty. The note be-
trays the existence OF an entente be-
tween the Porte and Russia.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11

was made today that during the fis-
cal year ending November 80, the ca
nal has not earned $50, ,oO0net profit.
The statement was made that all 9TH
er leased line OF the company, which
nave not earned their rental, will be
dealt with in rha serna xav
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11
THE CZsR's Pan.
he Intends to Force Bulgaria 10 Accep
Prince Nleh olas as Rnlsr.

] 1IlNo Nl-IIUtas rs IsuIefs
1t IS stated that the Car is about
70 send Prince Nicholas, OF Mingrelia,
TO the Sultan to obtain his consent to
the nomination OF the Prince as COVER
nor OF Roumelia, with the object OF
eventually compelling Bulgaria to &C.
cept hlrn as a ruler. Gen. Kaulbars
arrived in st. Petersburg on the I'd
inst. He was received with great en-
thusiasm. a well-eredited report is
current in Paris to the effect that the
Car has accepted the resignation OF
NJ. De Giers, foreign minister, and ap-
pointed as successor Prince Lebanon.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11
The Suicide of Hindu Widows.

According to q writer in the Nine
teenth Century it has been almost a
cruelty 10 forbid the practice OF SUIT
zee, or the suicide of Hindu widows,
while taking no steps to defend such
unfortunate persons from the miseries
to which they are condemned by na-
tive social laws. The theory is, as
enunciated by the ancient Hindu law
maker Manu-, that "a virtuous wife as
cends to heaven, if, after the decease OF
the lord, she devotes herself to pious
auaterity: but widow who Sights her
deceased husband by marrying again
brings disgrace On herself here below,
and shall be excluded from the seat OF
her lord" Hence he directs that she
shall "emaciateher body by living vol
unfairly on pure flowers, roots and
fruits, but let her not, when her lord is
deceased, even pronounce the name OF
another man. Let her continue till
death forgiving all injuries, performing
harsh duties, avoiding every sensual
pleasure, and cheerfully practicing the
incompatible rules OF virtue which
have been followed by such women as
were only devoted to one husband" "
iHeso laws lHOugn ldlu UONn utalIy
2, 500 years ago, are still mereilessly
enforced, and the life OF Hindu wild
ON is, in consequence, almost unbear-
able; in fact, many cases are known
where death from exhaustion and
starvation follows the attempt to OBJ
serve the prescribed routine OF life.
For two days OF each month, for in
stance, she must neither eat nor drink
anything, no matter how feeble may be
her health. Otherwise she loses
"caste" and forfeits the respect and
care OF her family. We advise ali
American widows to stay where they
are
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11
III SGT PAY 1T.

The Residing Road to Dsfsuls the Iuter.
ssr cn Its Bonds.
The Philadelphia & Reading receiv-
ers held meeting on the Both. and
decided not 10 pay the interest on the
consolidated mortgage bonds. due De-
cember ! sud requiring cash OUTLAY
of 81, ,250, ,0o0. The rental OF the
schuylkijl Navigation Company
amounts TO $500. 600. For many
years past the company hae haen
earning about 81 500, ,o00towara tbis
rental; but the astonishing statement
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11
The Art of Mixing Liquors
From the Detroit JournaI.1

tET0tI kDE LSAEDlt JtUIIhlr
ooh, yes, it is a good deal OF an ert
to mix drinks properly" said the bar
keeper as he set the cocktail on the
mahogany and put 10 cents in the
drawer. "Some barkeepers make big
wages, too, because they can mix a
drink in a fancy shape; but that's
nothing compared with what some
men make that can mix the liquors
themselves. Almost any man can put
a little AngostuTa and sirup and
whisky in a glass and shake it up, but
when man can pnt some ralsIns and
spirits and q few drugs in a barrel and
make pretty good liquor he's an artist
and a dandy. Those fellows come
high, but the wholesalers have to have
'em. / know one big liquor house in
Chicago that pays a man $4,000 a
year to make liquor for them. The
other houses have tried to get him,
but his firm won't let him go. You
take q man that can have the head Of
the house say to him at supper: Ca.
sey & Curacao want 100 barrels OF '7S
Maryland rye right off, and can go
and make up the whole order out OF
the raw material and get il barreled
by 8 O'Clock in the morning, and he's
the lie OF the business. Ten thousand
year amt much for him"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11
II YHa SANE BAkREL.
Hazlett Nsvigstes the Niagara Rapids Ac-
companied by Young Lady.

George Hazlett and Miss Sadie Allen,
OF Buffalo, went through the Niagara
rapids and whirlpool on the 2Stb, in
the same barrel used by Hazlett last
summer. They were in the rapids and
whirlpool f7e minutes, and were taken
out of the eddy on the Canadian side
just below the whirlpool tnree-quarters
OF an hour later in good condition
Miss Allen is respectable girl, IS
years old, petite brunette andrather
r,y.zr-v
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11

Mr.. GEO. DEUTERMAN, New York
City, suffered nearly q month with a
severe cough, and having tried several
remedies without relief, finally used
Red Star Cough Cure which, he says,
proved speedy and effectual."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11
Important.

When you visit or leave New York CITY
gave baggage, expresssge and SO carriae.
hire, and stop at the GRAND UNION HO
TEL, opposite Grand Central Depot.
Six hundred and thirteen rooms. fitted
up at cost OF one million dollars, ST and
upwards per day. European plan. EIe-
vator. Restaurant supplied With the best.
Horse cars, stages and elevated railroads
10 al depots- Families can I've better for
less money st the Grand Union Hotel than
st any other frst-elass hotel in the city
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11

A COMPETENT authority states that
the men spend moro mouey for hats
than the women sp-r1 for bcupeta
Well, peThsps bats 50. especially
right alter eiectlcn,-BOsto1 Herald.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11

At the masquerade oaIl in Adm last
week, St. Jacobs Oil took the first
prize. Nothing strange in this, as it is
highly prized in every family where
used-especially in ours.-Bieber, CAL,
Mountain Tribune.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11

BASE BALL he's been introduced into
the Pittsburg Insane Asylum for the
physical and mental Improvement oi
the inmates.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11
The Builder of an Imperial Palace.
From the Pail Mall Gazeite.i


One OF the Cars palaces, Taizi, has
a peculiar history. 1t belonged to one
Demidoff, VINO was man OF fortune.
He gave brilliant banquets, and main
tanned his own company OF musicians,
some OF whom we're clever artists who
had studied in Paris. This wealthy
man often showed foolish extraEa-
gance, while at times his conduct par
took OF eecentricity. His daughter
was betrothed to a nobleman, and the
day OF the marriage was fixed. but in
stead Of attending the wedding the
father sent a letter, IN which he ex-
pressed regret at not being present,
and asked that a representative he
sent might be courteously received
This representative was driven up in q
richly-equipped carriage, with gayly-
dressed coachman and attendants,
and it proved to be dead pig, which
was stuffed with gold pieces and pre-
cious stones-the paternal wedding
gift
On another occasion Demidof
bought an estate, and invited the late
owner to his palace. Here he made
him dead drunk and then sent him
home in coffin, having first informed
his family that he was absolutely
dead. The relatives received the
coffined man with tears. But what
was their surprise to find the dead
man coming to his senses and the va
cant space in the coffin filled with gold
pieces. This palaceis now in complete
disorder
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11

A NEGRO murderer in Texas eluded
the bloodhounds that were put on his
track by rubbing his boots with to-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11

''SUE F'ITzPERCY has a large amount
OF airy E,ereIhage, remarked the high
schooi girl. Have you noticed II,
Amy ?" II noticed she bad 2 tr=men-
doua big t1atI=, 3fll3rs5, brt ! di3n &
kpor The dictionary word Tor t.
Pirtsburg Chronicle.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11

EYES fAe worm xii turn, zu1 90
viii the oyster, If you keep It too long.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11

SUNSET Cox is going TO Washington
10 tska charge Of tbs funnr column n
tbe Confessional Record.-Peoria
Cal
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-23
"Petroleum, Its Source and Produc.
tiOn."

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acter and scope OF the new Holiday Annual
for 1857, by ~ Man." which is now in press
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-23

DIR. KmBALL, director OF the mint,
has completed his report on the pro-
duction of gold and silver in the United
States during 1885. The production
of gold is estimated at $31, 800, 900, an
increase of $I,000,00 on the estimate
for the calendar year 1884. The pro-
duction of silver for the calendar year
1885, calculated at the coming rate in
silver dollars, is estimated at sol ,000,-
600, against S4s, co. coo in 1884. The
coinage executed during the calendar
year at the coinage minis consisted of
AZ, 544, 52l pieces, of the face value OF
500, 926,8l OF this amount $3,002,-
3l3 pieces, valued at $27, 773,012, con-
sisted of gold coin, and 1,925.544
pieces, valued at $2S, $50, l76. OF silver
coin, the remainder minor coin. The
number of silver dollars coined during
the calendar year 1885 was %, 697, 767.
The director estimates the amount of
gold coin in the United States on Jan
uary l, 1880, to have been $3.50, 4S5, 453;
of silver dollars, $21S, 249, 76l; subsidi-
airy silver, $75, 034, Ill; or a total stock
OF coin of $3.50. 1892
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-23
Queen Lbs First Hose.

The first silk stockings made in En-
gland, says q writer in the Philadei-
phia Press, were knitted by Queen
EliZabeth's silk-woman, Mistress Mon
tague, who presented her Majesty with
a pair of black silk ones, which she
liked SO we'll that she kept the donor
knitting silk stockings as long as she
lived. Before the end of her reign
stockings were made of silk, jarnsey.
worsted, crewel, or the finest yarn and
thread that could be found, and Stubs
remarks that the ladies were mot
ashamed to wear hose of all kinds of
changeable colors, as green, red, white,
russell, tawney, and else what not, cum
ningly knit and curiously indented in
every point with quirks, clocks, open
seams, and everything else accord
ingly."
The fashion thus introduced by roy
atty was soon adopted by the under
ranks. The first peer who INDUCED in
silk stockings was that William Her
broke" Prouder than ever, we can
fancy him in the days of trunk
hose, long-waisted doublets, and
huge rufis, appearing ut court
in his new and fashionable knit hose
and perhaps dancing a measure with
the virgin Queen" her head covered
with feathers, her feet glittering n
gold and silver-embro;dered slippers,
wearing her black silk stockings as she
coquettishly raised her brocaded skirt
and shook her feet in the dance.
King James l., it is said, not only
wore silk stockings, but was SO fond of
them that he lowered his kingly dig
nifty so far as to ask one of his courtiers
to lend him pair.
That was royalty going a-begging
with a vengeance, when we read in a
letter still extant of how the King
asked for the loan of the scarlet hose
with the gold clocks" on one occasion
when he desired to give the French
ambassador an extraordinary idea of
his magnifcence.
1t was fancy with some lovers of
the olden time to have stockings made
from their ladies' hair, they desiring, L
suppose, to have their feet as well as
their hearts to be entangled in the
meshes of their mistresses' tresses.