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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-08
What to Take on a Sea VOYAGE,
From the Omaha World.

FROM the O1naDa world
Take your passage ticket. You may
be asked for it before you go ashore.
Take square meal before embarking.
Seasickness on an empty stomach is not
an enjoyable affair.
Take leave of your friends and rela-
tives.
Take fat pocketbook with you. The
chances are that you may often need it.
Take the best berth you can get for
the money.
Take your food as regularly as you
can.
Take notice how more experienced
travellers compor; Themselves
Take fast hold on the companion rail
in the storm.
Take walk on deck every day when
practicable.
Take the prettiest young lady passen-
ger down to dinner.
Take few notes in your diary the
first three days out-aiter that you
needn't trouble.
Take joke in the spirit in which 1t is
given.
Take care you tip the steward before
going ashore.
Take no liberty with the officers or
crew.
Take yourself away from a couple who
are spooningon deck. They don't need
your company.
Take to the floor if you haven't
strength enough to reach your berth.
Take some matted milk when YOU
are seasick.
Take a solemn avowel every time you
feel bad that you'll never venture to
sea again.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-08
An Earthly Paradise.

Honduras Letter to Philadelphia Record
AS to the government of Belize ! can
not tell you much, for to my enlight-
ened Yankee mind the British institu-
tons" are puzzle of the first water.
There are five judicial courts here-the
supreme court, the grand CONT, the
court of ordinary, and the summary
and police courts. The grand court
consists of seven judges, most Of whom
are gentlemen of color" and | noticed
that the jurors bCx presented an al
most unbroken line of ebony faces, Tor
in the political as well as the social life
OF this queer corner of creation caste
does not depend upon the hue of the
skin, and there is no distinction what
ever in regard to compilations, even IN
marrying contracts.
AT one end of this court room IS high
platform, upon which is large circular
table, around which the judges sit In
ponderous chairs of solitary mahogany,
armed, high-backed and cushioned
with crimson velvet, while overhead
fastened TO the back wall, is a massive
mahogany tablet bearing the arms of
England. 1t is asserted that there has
never been a real live lawyer in Belize,
and as there is no bar TO prepare men
for the bench, merchants, doctors, lum-
Deflnen, or persons OF any other aVOca-
.tions, whose character and general quail
itications are up to the standard of the
country are eligible to iudgeships
The grand court is the highest tribun-
al for the trial Of civil cases, and has
jurisdiction of all amounts above El5.
Despite the absence of lawyers there is
no lack Of litigation in Belize. for, be-
ing a place of large commercial trans
actions, contracts are daily made, brok-
en- or misunderstood, requiring the in
teryentiOn of some proper tribunal to
compel their fulfillment or adjust the
differences Therefore the calendar is
always large and the court loom crowd
ed. The only appeal from the decis-
ions Of this court is to the queen in
council; but very seldom are causes car
ried up, though the ingenuity of the
bar, as elsewhere displayed in wOrming
out the truth, is here conspicuously
wanting. Whatever has caused this un-
precedented drought on legal Climbs, :"
| do not know. 1t may be a relic of
the old-time prejudice against the fra
ternity yet lingering in the minds of
the people-the same which as early as
1926 cropped out in the Spanish grant of
that year, whereby tie king gave all
this section to Francisco de MonteiO,
expressly STIMULATING that no lawyers or
attorneys should be allowed 10 90 into
these lands rom the kingdc N of Spain
or anywhere else, alleging as a reason
therefor that litigation and contro-
versies would follow them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-08
Successful Circus Riders.
Clara Belle in the Pittsbure DISPATCH

Clara Belle in the Pittsburg Dispatch.
William Walter Phelps Dodge bears
name equivalent to a great deal of fam
lily pride and inherited wealth. But he
has turned his back on his own people
and married circus rider He was
matrlmonlalIy eccentric, anyhow, for it
was he who figured last winter as
an advertiser of his marriage to
girl who didn't know anything about
1t. But she was an heiress to millions.
while he was not large holder of the
Dodge wealth, and so it was to be argued
In his behalf that, if he cou'd have con-
WINGED the maiden that she was his
wife there would have been profit IN it.
lie was hustled off to Europe by bis in
censed relatives, and there he has actu-
ally welded himself to a professional
equestrienne. Very likely she may
be a sight more estimable than
her husband. A number of horsewo-
men of the sawdust ring have ridden up
to high planes. Pauline Hall who
may be less known to my readers than
she is in New York, for here she is the
most worshipped ofthe dudes as comic
opera beauty and vocalist, began her
public career as a driver of chariot
horses in hlppOdrome races Vanoni.
another figure in light opera, was pad
fIder ana tSHt-rOpe walker. PerhapS
you have wondered, if you keep the
run of circuses, what has become of
Katie and Ella Stokes, who used
to caper on the backs of g!lloping
horses. One married John r. Doris, the
circus MANAGER who made 'ortune in the
business, but who has Just lost a little of
i IN failure to popularize John l.. Sui
llvan under canvas. The other welded
herself to still greater W, alth in the
person of John Stetson, the theater
manager. They are handsome women,
and they dress IN eXtravagant style. 70
see item in box at the theater one
wouldn't imagine that they had ever
performed in a circus.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-08
Utah Salt.
From The Scientific American

From The Scientific American.
The manufacture of salt around the
shores of Salt Lake, Utah, is an import
ant and growing industry. Nearly all
the land adapted to the purpose has
been appropriated by settlers. A level
meadow is usually selected, few inches
above and adjacent TO the water of the
lake. The surface of the soil is scraped
and made level and hard like the floor
of a brickyard. A storm or high wind
Will drive the water IN from the lake and
cover it, and a slight dam prevents its
return. 1t quickly evaporates and leaves
a residue of solid salt to 10 inches
deep, that is shoveled into farm wagons
and mark eted,
This salt, owing to the considerable
percentage of soda ii contains, is not
considered desirable for meat and but
ter and does not command the price of
a purer article, but it is generally used
IN the territory. Its preserva.ive quail
ties once cost life insurance company
% COO. \ Weli-knoWn resident of Salt
Lake City, meeting with financial re-
verses, thought, it was supposed, to
benefit his family by drowning himself
in the lake. No trace Of him could be
found. The insurance company re-
fused the insurance to the widow and
orphans, as no proof could be brought
of his death. Three years afterward
some hunters discovered the remains in
a remote inlet at the westerly end of the
lake, in a perfect state of preservation.
They were easily identified by his
friends, to the discontinue of the insur-
ance COMPANY.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-08
Legal Holidays
From the New York Graphic

From the New York Graphic.
The only legal holidays observed by
all the states are Christmas and indie
pendence Day, or Fourth of July. The
next in order is Thanksgiving day,
which is a legal holiday in thirtyfiye of
the states, the exceptions being Missis-
sippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Arkan-
sas. The next in order is New Year S
Dav, which is celebrated In all the di-
visions excepting Arkansas, Delaware,
Massachusetts,, New Hampshire and
Rhode Island. Washington's birthday
prevails in thirty of the divisions, the
exceptions being Alabama, Arkansas,
Indiana, Iowa. Kansas, Mississippi,
Tennessee and Vermont The next in
order of importance is Decoration Day,
which is recognized in sixteen states
then we drop down to election day,
which is made legal holiday in ten
states; fast day is recognized IN sixteen
states-namely, Connecticut, Massachu-
sets, Michigan, New Hampshire, Oregon
and Vermont. Good Friday is legal hol-
lday in four states-namely, Louisiana,
Maryland, Minnesota and Pennsylva-
MIA. Labor day is recognized in two
states-namely, Massachusetts and New
York. The battle of New Orleans is cell
ebrated. as is also Shrove Tuesday. The
anniversary OF the battle of San Jacinto
is observed in Texas. Memorial dav
april 90 is holiday in Georgia, and
also (May 20), in North Carolina. North
Carolina is also credited with a legal
holiday May l0l, which is nameless in
the table before u.s.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-08
Dotted on Shakespeare.
From the New York Sun.

FROM the New 1Ork sun.
Harry kernell tells Il story about his
recent trip South. He was at dinner III
a Mississippi hotel when he suddenly
discovered that he was being waited
upon by tail majestic, and remarka-
bly, fine-looking colored girl. She was
autocratic, exclusive, and supercilious
to remarkable extent, but finally Mr.
Kernel succeeded in winning her con-
fidence, and they started in to con
verse.
Wouldn't you like to come over to
the theater to-night?" said the actor
putting some more sugar in his coffee
and reaching for the cornbrea1.
''N'riety show, isn't 1t ?"
:. "Well, yes" said Mr.. Kernel, II be-
lieve So
NO.. sah," said the girl, sedatelv,
Dom care for v'riety shows. Dey bore
me-
"Wha, sort of shows do you like ?"
well, | can't say | care much fob
theaters, anyhow. Seems mighty silly
fob people to run around the stage try
ing to make themselves believe
they're funny"
II should think Mary Anderson
might please you, then ?"
No, sir; don't care fob Miss Ander-
son. She looks too much like a syca-
more tree-like sycamore tree wavin
is long limbs in the winter time"
''Do you like Oliver Doud Byron ?"
"No, sab; he bores me, too. He's
one Of those wretched creatures that
thinks it's funny to shoot off guns and
things on the stage. No, l don't care
foh Mister Byron"
What do you think of Fanny Daven-
port"
Miss Davenport" said the waitress
languidly, "wearies me, too. She always
has some wretched lover that she is
try ing to die for on the stage. The fact
Is, as | said be!oh, play-actors bore me
but when one of Mistah William Shake
speare's plays comes along here they
have to chain me 20 the flo'."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-08

IN 1890 the national census will be
taken, and speculations are already
plentiful as to what progress it will
SHOW in wealth and population. At our
present rate of immigration, composed
largely of young people, this country is
increasing faster than any other equal
body of people in the world. Good au-
thorities say the population is 62,000,
600, and by the time the census is taken
it will be $1,000, 90, and perhaps more.
In 1870 our population did not number
10000 900. Not only have we the peo-
pie, but nowhere in the world is there
so much wealth so well distributed as
here. When a working man comes
here from Europe, it is gain not only
to himself but to civilization. He lives
better, is clothed better, has a greater
variety of wants and the ability to graf
ify them, than ever before. In short,
he is more of man than it was posi-
BILE for him to be in his native land
While in his old home this country had
to supply much of his food; after he
comes here we supply all of it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-08

eled arms and busts. The way to get
the most benefit from work is to time
oaeself and see how much can be done
in quarter hour, half hour, and so
on till the sweat flows. that great re-
storer of the complexion and reiiner of
the figure. 1t carries off the grossness
of the body. and though it is
a proverb IN outspoken districts
that such a one is too proud to
sweat" and | have heard ladies of
middle station in society aver that they
never perspired, as if 1t were a sign of
gertility-they never failed to pay the
penalty in thick sallowness of face and
adipose. The moderate, easy-eoing
woman grows fat, The active, quick
footed one keeps down her flesh and
shows as trim waist and ankle at 10
as she had al 20. The fatal thickening
at the back of the neck, by which men
profess 10 know women past 10, is an
unnecessary consequence. The woman
who uses the shoulders freely and
rapidly will show as flat and fine an
outline at 81 as any beautiful Italian
"Reading Girl, and there is hardly Il
pleasanter sight after the roses and lily
figure of 10 than one OF these trim, nice,
wholesome ladies of 90, with "A waist as
fine as that of her own granddaughter
4 woman who is too fine work is too
fine to be fair, and she will be stout
the one fatal defect IN a woman of any
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-08
PARLOR CARS.
Work OF the Regular Watchers OF run
man Conductors and PoIters.

w
man Conductors and Po1ters-
From the New York sun,
Special agents go every week or two
Oh each train that runs with the Pull
man Palace Car Company's cars. They
are the Company's check on the con-
ductors and porters. The special
agents are sent from the Comp ny S
headquarters, and are known only
there. They correspond to the spot
tiers Of the street car companies, thong Ii
they are better paid and have more
pleasant time of it. as they have moth
ing to do but travel around, watch what
is going on and report it.
A special form is printed by the Com
pany Tor the use of these agents. A copy
of II came into the hands of the Sun re-
porter. 1t is Form 100 Of the Company s
blanks, and number 0. things are to be
filled in. These items include line, the
car, the conductors name, the porter's
name, fiOm where to where, the time
of departure, the time of arrival and
the route, the number of the special
ticket, the office he bought 1t at, the
cost, the number of his check. These
are required as check on him and his
expenses.
After this prelude he is to tell the
condition of the ventilation of the car,
whether the hand ratings are wiped,
the platforms swept and the stepping
box put out at important stations. The
agents must observe whether the pOr-
ter uses the stepping box and wears his
jacket in making berths and in putting
them up again, and whether the con
ductof assists the porter when the pas
sengers are in hurry to 90 to bed
! he Technical expression ofthe report
is: ''It conductor assists porter in max
ing up and down berths when passen-
gers are in a hurry TO retire. Con-
ductor and Porter in the report are
spelled with capital letters, as becomes
men of Importance. The agent is to
watch if soiled linen is exposed unnec
essarily, and if the conductor or porter
drink, play cards, smoke or take ma s
when they ought to be awake. II the
conductor or porter pay visits 10 other
cars or leave their car for a moment,
the special agent is to report them.
They are also to be reported if they are
unduly familiar. The porter is to be
reported if ne does not occupy a posi-
ton commanding a view Of the bertns
while he blacks shoes, and the Conduc-
tor Is 10 be reported II he allows en-
ployes to remain in the body of the car.
Trainmen must stay in the ends of the
car.
One side of the folded report is to tell
these things. On the other side is a
blank for detailed statement of every
berth In the car, both upper and lower
The berths occupied by the conductor
and porter are to be marked specially
The occupant of each berth is to be
given and the distance he travels. At
the foot is n marking space for the man
ner and efficiency Of the conductor and
the porter When the blank is filled
out it is turned in at the Company's Of
fee. 1t is not likely shat the special
agent can get much sleep if the train
makes many stops. He would have to
be watching the passengers TO see who
got on and off.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-08
OVER A MILLION MURDERS
Fstim ated List of Victims of the Reign
of Terror in France.

of Terror in France.
From Allisons History of Europe"
The execution of Robespierre, July
%, 1854, terminated the reign OF terror,
a period fraught with greater political
destruction than any of equal duration
which has existed since the beginning
of tie world In no former period had
the efforts of the people so completely
triumphed, or the higher orders been SO
thoroughly crushed by the lower. The
throne had been overturned, the altar
DESTROYED, the arlstocracy leyeled with
the dust the mobiles were IN exile, the
clergy in captivity. the gentry IN allie
ton. A mercileSs sword had waved
over the estate, destroying alike the
dignity of rank, the splendor OF talent,
and the grace of beauty. All that eX-
celed the laboring classes III situation,
fortune or requirement, had been re-
moved. They had triumphed over their
oppressors, seized their possessions ana
risen into their stations. And what
was the consequence? The establish
ment of a more cruel and revolving
tyranny than any which mankind had
vet witnessed, the destruction of all the
charities and enloyments OF HE, the
dreadful spectacle of streams of blood
flowing through every part of France.
The earliest friends, the warmest adj
vocates, the firmest supporters, of the
people, were swept off indiscriminately
with their bitterest enemies. In the
unequal struggle, virtue and philan-
thropy sunk under ambition and vio-
lence, and society returned into state
of chaos, where all the elements of pri-
yate or public happiness were scattered
to the winds.
The extent 10 which blood was she
in France during the melancholy period
will hardly be credited by future ages.
The Republican, Prudhomme, whose
prepossessions led him to anything
rather than an exaggeration of the hor-
rors of the popular party, has given the
following appalling account of the
victims of the Revolutions:
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-08
Tobacco Il Cure for Croup
From the Chicago Heral


Although DR.. :. Leavitt, professor OF
Hahnemann College, does not use to-
bacco in any form, he is never without q
small package Of fine cut in his pocket,
and the reason of it is this: A gentle
man OF the doctors acquaintance told
him how ne saved his cmld's life after
all the doctors had given her up. She
had membraneous Group, and while the
mother, from sheer exhaustion, had
laid down for a few minutes rest, the
father sat by the child. The hard, diff
ficult breathing of the little one. grow
ing fainter and fainter as the throat
clogIed up, was torture to the father.
Everything IN the way of emetics had
been used, but without effect, but sud
denly an idea struck the nearly distracted
father. He remembered how deathlv
sick he was the first time he chewed to-
bacco, and having a cud in his mouth.
without thinking twice he opened the
chlld's mouth and placed the tobacco
IN.
The father knew it was a desperate
act, and he awaited in terrible sus-
pense for the result 1t came, and
quicker than he could have hoped.
There was sudden convulsive move
ment, and the poor little thing was
nearly uoupIeu lor an instant, and
seemed TO writhe in agony, when,
throwing herself forward, there shot
from her throat a chunk OF almost
sohd phiegm at least two inches long,
and having through it a passage no
larger that small lead pencil. Alter a
few minutes OF retching the little one
lay quietly back and slept calmly and
sweetly, and the next day was PLAYING
around the house with her wonted vim.
DR.. Leayitt remarked that it was a
tough REMEDY, but said he would al
ways carry tobacco hereafter. and he
does
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-08

Since September last Europe has TAX
Ell 2,026 bales of American hops, as
against only $50 bales for the year pre-
vious On the other hand, since Septem-
Der last We have imported but TO-
bales European hops, as compared with
an importation of 1901 bales the year
preceding A full hop crop for 1887
accounts for the above figures, and is also
illustrated by the aggregate receipts i'll
New York City since last September
of 81 ,6lS bales, in comparison with only
81 ,022 for he corresponding period OF
1886 81. a reasonably full crop this
year in the United States, coupled with
crop lighter than the average in Eu-
rope, is likely to create fair export
demand, and more renumerative re-
turns to the American grower.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-08
"A Gong Set Him Mad.
From the San francisco Alta.

From the San Francisco Alta.
There is a Chinese saying that if a
man who has been bitten bitten by a
mad dog hears the sound of gong
within 100 days after he has been bitten
he will die. Last May at Yangchow, in
kiangsu Province, a certain man from
the country met a mad dog in the city,
and before he could jump out of the
way the dog had caught hold Of the
bamboo cloth jacket The dog was
driven away, and the man, not having
been bitten, felt no anxiety about the
rencontre. Recently, however, there
was a religious fiesta in the village, and
the gongs, beating loudly, passed by his
door. As soon as he heard the noise he
suddenly went mad, and began jump
ing and rushing about, biting every body
whom he met. His people sent in
haste for a doctor, but he died before
the potion, which the doctor at once set
about boiling for him, was ready to
lrir /
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-08
Haggard's Shipwreck.
From the London World.

Rider Haggard's Irish shipwreck mar
rowly missed being a very tragic expe-
rience. The following particulars
of the catastrophe were related
by one of the sufferers : MIR. Hag-
gard and his con- panions, Mr. Ross,
Gen. Bavan Edwards, G. B., the master
of the Quora Hounds, his brother, the
master of the South Devon Hounds.
and two servants, left Reykiavick on
Friday for Leith. and ought to have
made the passage III five days. How
ever, ii came on to blow, and as there
were nearly 500 ponies on board the
matches had to be kept open, and they
had to make their way carefully. On
Wednesday they got to the entrance of
the Fentland Firth. The sea had gone
down, but a dense fog came on. Being
short of fodder for the ponies the skip
per rlsked the passage. On Wednes-
day, after breakfast, the whole party
were on deck smoking their pipes when
the engine bell rang an alarm. The in
slant after the fog lifted slightly and
showed that right ahead, and only few
yards distant, were the frOwning cliffs
of the island of Stroma. A second or
two after this the ship was jammed as
far as her mainiuast on ledge of rock,
the stern still swinging in 40 iathoms of
water. As the tide went down she
broke her back Four DAYS out of five
the sea runs high on this coast. Fortu-
nately it was dead calm, so the pas
sengers with their crew and kit were
got ashore in boats They found com
fortably quarters in the inn at John O.
Groats's, and drove into Wick.