The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-09-04
FROM ALL SOURCES.

A RIvET named ''Joseph Pulitzer
has been driven into the copper plat
ing OF the Bartholdi statue, IN honor
| OF theNew York Worlds effort to 6tly
mount that figure.
FORMERLY nearly the whole salmon
product Of the Columbia River was
marketed in England. Now the Ameri-
can market takes as much as En-
gland.
| A DELICATE glue for mounting ferns
and seaweeds is made OF five parts
gum arabic, three parts white sugar,
| two parts starch, and a very little wa
| ter Boil until thick and white.
A DETROIT woman had a green water
| snake two feet and q hall long
| taken from her stomach last week.
| She is said to have swallowed it ten
years ago, when it and size were small
BY new French method of diagno-
sis the condition OF the eye Is accu-
| rately estimated in sounds sent
through a sort ofphone placed against
| the eye-ball.
| A REDUCTION in the salaries OF actors
is said to be taking place this year.
Men who have usually received 500
| IL WEEK AtItttLICI VIII NOAGNAL NAASAAA-
selves with $50.
WHEN the Texas people get ready to
build a town they do it IN a hurry.
Ballinger, q new town IN Runnels
County, is less than one month old,
but it has 1900 inhabitants and Is
| still growing.
| DISCOVERIES of antique remains con-
| tinue to be made in several quarters
OF Rome, fact which is not astonish-
ing, seeing how the soil OF the ancient
city is being removed for the construC-
ton of new buildings.
| A CLERGYMAN In an Indiana town
preached a sermon q few Sundays ago
/ on the sin OF betting on elections. His
] leading deacon, halter, has since re-
signed his membership and Joined an
other church.-ChicagO Tribune.
THERE is scarcely an editor in Texas
who would not be liable to imprison-
ment for what he has said OF Mexican
officials should he 60 to that country.
| One thing may be said OF Mexlco-she
| imprisons her own editors as freely~as
those from Texas.-GaivestOn News.
A WILDCAT attacked party OF ladies
who were picking whortleberries near
Fort Wayne, Ind, recently. The dear
girls INDUCED IN a few brain-racklng
| shrieks and scared the animal so thor
oughly that he turned tail and never
| stopped running until he was out OF
sight.-Chicago Times.
| THE bridesmaids at a recent Lon
| don wedding were arranged so as to
'1ead the eye down to the brides
train Two very little girls marched
behind the bride and the other eight
maids were arranged according to
| height, with two perfect grenadiers OF
girls as file-closers.
The following explanation OF the
! origin OF the word ''neighbor" will be
approved by many persons who have
passed their lives in a city: "Boor,"
| from the Anglo-Saxon, is a rustic or
countryman, and near is nigh. Neigh
Dor is nigh-boor, the boor who dwells
near.-LOuisviHe COurier-JOUrnai.
A PAPYRUs, which is in reality an
Egyptian historical novel, has lately
been acquired by the Berlin Museum.
The papyrus itself dates from the SIX
| teenth century B. c., but the story re-
lated in it goes back nearly one thou
sand years to the reign OF King Cheops,
the tabled builder OF the pyramids.
A New HAMPSHIRE chap who wanted
to break off the engagement to another
| fellow of the girl he loved didn't try to
persuade either that the other was
| false, but lust contrived to get them
| both to Join the same church CHOIR,
and in less than q week they didn't
speak.-Shoe and Lea ther Reporter.
A YOUNG man was in the city yester-
| day who had eight fingers on his lett
| hand and had the use OF every finger.
| The thumbs were missing; otherwise
the double hand world have been near
| " perfect. The young man Is the son
| OF Mr.. Herr, who resides about four
miles from the city.-Qulncy (H)
| Wing.
Two hundred and twenty-nine
pounds of fine sun cured leaf tobacco,
donated by the tobacco trade OF Ok
| ford, \. c., toward the erection OF
chapel at the Lee Camp Soldiers
Home in Richmond, Va, has just been
sold at the tobacco exchange IN that
city. The tobacco realized S492.35,
or $2.15 a pound.
TIE captain OF Mississippi River
steamer amuses his friends by This
| statement concerning he great stream:
| 81 have seen 1t so low at some places
| that we have had trouble soaring the
| calves away from in front OF the boat.
| The whistle was used for that purpose,
/ and sometimes we would nave TO keep
her going continually for long time
CONTRIBUToR-You'u like the sketch,
! Y 10 IntV
upon one side OF the page. Editor
Yes. That, after all, is the only essen
| tial. Merit Is of no account. Con-
tributor with a stare1-Eh? Wen,
put it to the best use you see mt. Edl-
| tor-Oh, thanks III write editorials
on the other side.-Phii&delDhIa CaH
An enthusiastic Prohibitionist when
he learned that mis- fellow-passenge
was from Georgia, tackled him at once.
II am very glad to know, SIR" he
| said, "that you are q resident OF that
GRAND old state. what's the latest
| prohibition news from your seCtiOn?"
t'WeI." replied the Georgian, "people
were q little slow in coming round TO
buying it by the quart at first, but
thev'yego right smart used tolt now,
stranger"
| SOME aspiring amateurs IN Connect
cut, according to the newspapers,
attempted "Ricnard Ill" the other
evening. At the passage when the
hunchback king offers his whole king
dom on sight for horse, a saw-horse
was dangled down IN front OF the
astonished monarch. Then the king
got mad and threw his sword at the
Dractical Joker. He missed his aim,
though, and the weapon cut an ugly
cash under the eye OF a stage hand.
REASON STAMPER and Hattie Dinkins
were married the other evening, IN
Ashland, KY. Just after the ceremony
! Frances Piles, an old flame OF Rea-
sons, walked through the room, shook
her finger at the groom, and said:
seTbat settles it." Later hereturned,
! -.II.5 Doaao,, into rho hall and at