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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
COMMUNISM OF THE ESKIMO.

How the Laws of Property Are Observed
by DwelIers in High Latitudes.
All the inhabitants ola winter station re-
ceived some share of the seals captured.
Any one might fish and use the weirs
made by others. Housemates, but not
placemates, were fed by the families
best off for food at the moment. "Vir-
tually the surplus Of any individual or
community was made over to those who
had less" But the property essential
to each individual was secured
to him by IA kind of super
natural sanction, resembling the
tabu Apparently a man with
say, three coats was not supposed to
have this protection extended to the
third coat; If we suppose these rules
suddenly brought into European civil
ization, it is plain that extensive idle
ness would be the first result. Those
who had nothing would use up the
property of those who had something
while it lasted. Among the Eskimo the
community checked this partly by ex-
posing the ldler to satirical songs at the
meetings of placemates. In places
where, as in Danish West Greenland,
European influence has been felt, the
old communism flourishes, but the
old customary obligations to work
have weakened, and "the natural conse
quence has been impoverishment
Capital punishment is inflicted by the
decision of the community on witches
and on individuals obviously dangerous
to the public. Though the Eskimo are
generally regarded as chiefiess, DR.. Rink
in his new book says that each house or
station has its chief or patriarch. A
h,nant Sayprp turpipp a man
out of his house in midwinter has been
noticed. There is another authority
the angakok-a kind of brehon or au-
thorized wizard and Judge.
All this condition of society rests on
the extreme dependence of man on man
in these very small and isolated COM
munities. To be turned ont of them
would be nearly equivalent to death, or,
at least, to the condition of the Weendi-
go, the lonely ogre of Labrador. More
over, while the development and inn
provement of boats and harpoons is no.
ticed as you pass from the Western to
the Eastern tribes, 'the contrary may
be said so far as regards social organiza-
ton" The conditions for accommodating
individual property are more favorable
in the West, but there it is checked by
a habit of making profuse gifts. A we'll
TODD Western Eskimo is like rich
Athenian of old The gifts of the former
answer to the ''liturgsis" of the latter
Position and influence are acquired by
this gift-giving, and when position is
once firmly secured we may doubt how
long the giving will last There is arls-
ing something like the system of rank
which prevails among the Indians fur
ther south. The keeping of slaves, "of
all habits the one apparently most at
variance with Eskimo social life" is de-
veloped. Among the Ants, a neighbor-
ing Indian people, ''the person who
gives away most property receives the
greatest praise and in time acquires the
highest rank, not hereditary, obtain
crosby resembles that of person en-
paoed in I'nnrSinp a constituency
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
A Chinese Parable.

Fohi, in the course of his wander
ings, coming to village, knocked at
the door of rich woman and begged
permission to enter.
WHAT" said she, "do you think l
receive into my house every rowing
vagabond? No, indeed; it would be I'M
betting a respectable woman. Go
your way!"
poor woman, who kindly begged him
to enter. She set before him the only
food she had, little goats milk, broke
a piece of bread into it, and said: May
Fohi bless it that we may both have
enough" She then prepared for him
couch of straw; and, when he fell
asleep, perce;nng that he had no shirt,
she sat up and made him one out of
some linen she had made by her own
hard labor. In the morning she
brought it to him, begging he would
not despise her poor gift. After break
fast she accompanied him little way,
and at parting Fohi said:
MAY the first work you undertake
last until evening""
When she got home she began to
measure her linen to see how much was
left; and she went on measuring, and
did not come to the end of it until the
evening, when her house and yard were
full of linen; IN short, she did not
know what to do with her wealth. Her
rich neighbor, seeing this, was sorely
vexed, and resolved that such good for
tune should not escape her again.
After some months the traveller came
once more to the village. She went to
meet him, pressed him to go to her
house, treated him with the best food
she had, aud in the morning brought
him a shirt of fine linen, which she had
made some time before; but all night
she kept candle burning in her room,
that the stranger, If he awoke, might
suppose she was making his shirt.
| After breakfast she accompanied him
out of the village, and when they parted
| he said
MAY the first work you undertake
last until evening""
She went her way home, thinking
the whole time of her linen, and an
! ticipating it's wonderful increase; but
! just then her COW began to low. BE
fore l measure my linen" said she,
81 will quickly fetch the COW some
water
But when she poured the water into
the trough her pail never emptied; she
went on pouring, the stream increased,
and soon her house and yard We're all
under water; the neighbors complained
that everything was ruined; the cattle
were drowned, and with difficulty she
saved her own life, for the water never
ceased flowing until the setting of the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28

declare that nobody came here; that II
ANYTHING of the kind happened it was
at some other house. just see, Jess
it'll do no good for me to admit that l
turned him out, and no harm to deny
it. You must he'll me. l want you to
say, and stick to it, if You are ques-
tioned-as you may be-that there
was no stranger here last night. Will
your"
"If you wish it, father, | will. "
"That's a good grill You're always
ready to help your poor old father"
There was rap at the door.
Bryson started. The guilty conscience
within him had begun to fear every
sound.
"Who on earth can it be?" he asked.
Jessica rose and went to the door.
The visitor was out of sight; but as
Bryson listened. he could plainly hear
all that he said, as we'll as recognize
his voice.
1t was Edgar Van Wyck.
"Good morning, Miss BrysCn. i
showed stranger the way to your
door last night, and promised him
that l would come over this morning,
and show him the way to the village,
Is he ready?"
There was slight pause.
a stranger 2-here?" the voice Of
Jessica replied Surely, you must be
mistaken in the place Nobody came
here"
"Well, that's odd | left him right
by this door. What could have become
of him ?"
The cup that Bryson had raised to
his lips fell from his nerveless fingers,
and was shattered on the table. Defeat,
detection, the gallows stared him in
the face.
With supreme effort, he crushed
down his fears. He saw that he must
hear what story this youth had to tell;
and then, at the worst, instant flight
with the money was open to him.
"Jess," he called out, bring that chap
in here"
ITO BE CONTINUED
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
Filled With State Prid.

Charles Dudley Warner. in the Harper
One of the most striking facts in the
West IS state pride, attachment to she
state, the profound belief of every citi-
zen that his state is the best. Engen-
dered, perhaps, at first by a perma-
nent Investment and the spur of self in
terest, it speedily becomes a passion,
as strong in the newest state as it is in
any of the original thirteen. Rivalry
between cities is sharp, and civic pride
is excessive, but both are outdone by
the larger devotion to the common
wealth. And this pride is developed In
the Inhabitants of territory as soon as
it is organized. Montana has con-
densed the ordinary achievements of
century into twenty years, and loyalty
to its present and expectation of it's fu-
ture are as strong in its citizens as is the
attachment of men of Massachusetts to
the state of nearly three centuries of
growth.
In Nebraska | was pleased with the
talk OF clergyman who had just re-
turned from three months travel in
Europe. He was full of his novel ex-
periences; he had greatly enjoyed the
trip; but he was glad to get back to Ne
braska and It's full, vigorous life. In
England and on the continent he had
seen much to interest him, but he could
not help comparing Europe with Ne
braska; and, as for him, this was the
substance of it. Give him Nebraska ev-
cry time. What astonished him most
and wounded his feelings land there
was note of pathos in his statement of
lt) was the general foreign ignorance
abroad about Nebraska-the utter fail
ure in the European mind to take it in.
| felt guilty, or to me it had been little
more than geographical expression,
and | presume the continent did not
know whether Nebraska was q new
kind of patent medicine or new sort
of reli, ion. To the clergyman this ig-
norance of the central, richest, about
to-be-the -most-import,n of states was
simply incredible
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
Weary and Worn.

When the tired factory operative, the weary
outdoor laborer the over-tasked bookkeepef
clerk seeks a medical reeompense ior ek-
penditure of bodily force, where shall ne hiio
it? Could the recorded experience OF thousands
of workers be voiced, he verdict would be that
Hostetters Stomach Bitters renews failing
strength, stimulates the jaded mental powers 10
fresh activity. and relaxes undue nervous tension
as nothing else does. Digestion, regular habit
OF body, appetite and sleep are promoted by IT,
and it is an admirable auxiliary in the recovery
Of health by conyalescents. fsstidiOus stomach
is not offended by H. and 10 persons Of both sexes
In delicate health who occasionally feel the need
of efficient tonic, the whole range of the phar-
macop9ia and the catalogue OF proprietary medl-
cines does not present a more useful, safer or
more decisive one 1t is also incompatible for
fever and ague, rheumatism and kidney troubles
FAIRFIELD CENTER, Me-, is village
that must be popular with book agents.
There is not dog owned in the place,
nor within a mile of IT.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
Badly Pronounced.


There's pious and ignorant farmer
over In Virginia, who used TO do little
extra work at preaching; but he hasn't
for several years now On the occasion of
his last appearance, he selected for the
bible reading Jobs description of the
war horse, in which occurs the passage,
Z" lie saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha
and he smelleth he battle afar off" The
good man read along with increasing
fervor and emphasis until he came to
this, and then lie rolled the sentence
forth: "He saith among the trumpets,
Hay, hay; and" But he never got any
further than that; for the people, forget
ting the sanctity of the place, Uttered
and then went into such laugh that the
meeting broke up in disorder, and the
farmer quit the pulpit forever.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
" 4 Daniel Come to Jmdgment.v

A man had met girl in lonely
place in Lincoln Park, last Sunday,
and forcibly kissed har. She was ter
ribly indignant, and had him arrested.
She gave an account on the witness
stand of how he gazed at her intently,
and then, suddenly throwing his arms
around her, imprinted kiss upon her
lips. The prisoner insisted upon Jury
trial, but elected to make no defense,
and the jury was expected to promptly
convict him of assault They returned
to the courtroom.
The lu-iu-ry would like to ask
the young lady two questions" the
foreman said.
The Judge consented and she went to
the stand.
"D-d-did you wear the III jersey you've
g-g got on now, and that French bus
tle?"
"les, sir. was the demure reply.
And w-w-was your hair BIB banged
like that?"
eyes, sir.
Then, your honor, we acquit the
p-p-prisoner on the ground Of emo mo-
tional insanity"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
Why He's Woman SuTragist.
Burdette in n. \. Star.


Why am | q woman sutfraglSt? Be-
cause ! am. Because a woman has more
good, hard common sense than a man.
Because she makes less buster about
her rights, and quietly maintains them
better than a man. Because she won't
give a dollar and a half for an article
that she knows very well she can get
for - cents. Because she does not stalk
loftily away from the counter without
her change if the robber behind
II is a little reluctant about counting it
out. Because she is too Independent
to pay the landlord two dollars and a
quarter for her dinner, and then pay
the head waiter a dollar to send her q
waiter who viii bring it TO her for 30
cents. Because she will hold her
money tightly in her own good little
right hand for two hours until she first
gets a receipt for 1t from the fellow who
made her husband pay the same bill
tmee times last year Not any "just
give you credit for it, for her These
women have a right to vote. To vote
By all that is brave and self-reliant and
sensible, they have right to run the
government
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
TWO SINGERS.
BY MARGARET IL. LAWLESs.

BY MARGARET II. LAWLESs.
"Would ! could sing a song, a poet said,
"And let the tears that all earth suffering ones
have shed
Run trembling down my voice,
With children's glee when happy hours are sped,
And strong mems signs at some regretted choice
A nd stified groans OF all the worlds oppressed
And madmen's laughter mingled with the rest
Then would immortal fame 10 me belong;
All mel. could hear their own lives echoes in my
songP'
"Ah! why should men weep twice." anothe
said,
First Ger wrong, then at the wrong remem-
beFed2
oh let me sing instead
A glorious strain that viii make me forget
| ife's wounds and seourl es and its black regret
And long for heaven with such intensity
That Heaven in their own hearts will come 10 be;
Time mighty hammers might ssail in vain
They could not beat TO lasting silence that re-
fIain %
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
Consumption, Wasting Diseases,

And General Debility. Doctors disagree
as to the relative value of Cod Liver Oil and
Hypophosphites the one supplying strength
and flesh, the other giving nerve power, and
acting as a tonic to the digestive and entire
system. But in SCOTS Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil with Hypophosphites the two are
Thousands who have derived no permanent
benefit from other preparations have been
cured by this SCOTS Emulsion is perfectly
palatsble and is easily digested by those
who cannot tolerate plain Cod Liver Oil.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
NEVER MIND.

What's the use of always fretting
At the trials we shall find
Ever strewD along our pathway?
Travel on and never mind.
Travel onward, working, hoping,
ss DO lingering look behind
At the trials once encountered
Look ahead and never mind.
What is past is past forever.
Let all frettfng be resigned;
1t viii never help the matter
Do your best and never mind.
And if those who might befriend you,
Whom tie ties of nature bind,
Should refuse to do their duty,
Look to Heaven and never mind.
Friendly words are often spoken,
When the feelings are unkind;
Take them for their real value,
Pass them by ana never mind.
Fates may threaten, clouds may lower,
Enemies may be combined;
II your trust in God is steadfast
He viii help you, never mind.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
A. Letter that Was Not Rushed.
From the Springfield RepubIi,sn.

H. A. Peek, Of Lee, received the 9TH
er day by pail, warrant dated April
8, 1852, which has been missing over
twenty-five years. The message was to
appoint him a sergeant in the Sixth
be ,iment of New York Cavalry, which
served with distinction in the war Of
the rebellion 1t was mailed from
Brooklyn, n. Y, and signed by Col.
Thomas G. Bevens Where it has lain
SO long is mystery.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
COnsumptiOnS Surely Cured

To the Editor:-Please inform your read
ers that l have a positive remedy for the
above named disease. BY its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been per-
manently cured. l shall be glad to send
two bottles of my remedy FREE to any of
your readers who have consumption if they
will send me their Express and P. 0. ad-
dress. Respectfully,
T. A. SLOCUM, NJ. c.. Isl, Pearl St. n. Y.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
CHAPTER VII
CAGTT rs IN THE AID

The cottage of Mrs. Van Wyck, the
mother OF Edgar, was situated about
mile from Bryson's house, across the
fields and woods, and almost double
that distance around by the lane, the
highway, and up the cross-road. Mrs.
Van WYck had been some wears a
widow. She had slender income from
the rent of some houses in Aylesworth,
left her by her husband, and with the
fondness of a doting mother, she had
restrained the uneasy longings of her
boy TO leave home and seek his fortune.
He was all that was left to her, and
she could not bear to part with him.
SO the lad had grown up, handsome
and good-natured, working when he
pleased, idling far oftener, and passing
much of his time in the woods with his
dog and gun, or by the trout brooks,
with his fishing tackle
OF late, new and disturbing ele-
ment had entered into his peaceful life,
which viii presently be noticed.
Rea hing the point ON the highway
whrn the cross-road turned off that
led he house, after his parting with
Mr.. almont, his attention was fixed
upon something up the road.
Perhaps half mile distant, along
the straight highway, he saw the flash
ngs, the appearings and disappearings
of lights, like glow-worms in the dark,
but much stronger and brighter.
They were, IN fact, the lanterns of
the blacksmith and his assistants, as
they labored to weld together the
broken axle of the coach, and the flare
OF dry paper, rolled up into torches,
which the passengers were continually
lighting for their convenience.
Had the youth gone on, TO satisfy his
curiosity, he must have fallen into con-
versation with some of the passengers.
The fact that he had guided one OF
their number to Tom Bryson's would
have been mentioned, and the crime of
that night must have been promptly
discovered.
j., But, after moment of irresolution,
Edgar Van Wyck continued his way
home. Had he kept on along the
highway this narrative would have a
speedy end.
Light was burning in the widows
room when he entered the cottage He
was about to go to his chamber. when
she called to him.
Don't go yet, Eddie, she said. Il
wish to talk with YOU"
He went into her room and sat down.
bis mother came and stood beside him.
and laid her hand lovingly upon his
head
What is it. EDGAR"
Ills eyes were ayerted, and sought
the carpet at his feet.
have been so frightened to be left
alone when that dreadful storm was
raging; and l have been anxious for
you. Where have you been"
lie gave a little impatient laugh.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28

In every community there are number Of
men whose whole time is not occupied, sucn as
teachers, ministers, farmers sons, and others.
To these classes especially we would say, if
You wish to make several hundred dollars
during the next few months, write at once 10
B. F. johnson q Co, of Richmond, Va, and
they will show you how to do it
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28

THE following advertisement lecently
appeared in an Ithaca newspaper: A
nice looking widow, so years ofage, who
is tired of living alone and has nice
farm pleasantly located, would like to
correspond with some respectable gen
tleman, with a view to matrinony.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28

The Winfield Scott Hancock Post. No.
As, q. A. f., of Savannah, Ga, has re-
ceived from Mrs. Hancock large photo
graph of her husband, handsomely
framed in native wood, with letter ex-
pressing her regret that she had no steel
engraving of the general to send.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
"ConstantIy Hawking and Splitting, p

THOMAS J. RUSHING, Esq, 1903 Pine Street,
St. LOUIS, Mo. writes; |" ] was a great sufferer
hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking
and Splitting and for the last eight months
could not breathe through the nostrlls l
thought nothing could be done for me. Luck
lily, | was advised to Try DIR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy, and / am now d well man. / believe
il 10 be the only sure remedy for cstarrh nov
manufactured, ana one has only to give 1t q
fair trial to experience astounding RESULTS ana
q permanent cure"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28

MISS ELIZA Bliss, of Rehobath, Conn,
invited an applicant for charity INTO INTO
her house the other day. While sne
was preparing food, the tramp sang
Nearer, Ny God, to Thee, ana a.
the same time stole the lady's pocket
book and s25 from the bureau drawer.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
"UntoId Agony from Cata-r72.D

Prof W. HAUsNER, the famous megmerist.
of Ithaca, n Y, writes: Some ten years ago
/ suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
Catarrh. My family physician gaze mo up as
incurable. and said l must die. My case was
such bad one, that every day, towards SUM-
set. my voice would become so hoarse ! conid
barely speak above whisper. In the morning
my coughing and clearing of my throat would
almost strangle me. BY the use of DR.. SagCs
Catarrh Remedy, in three months was well
man, and the cure has been permanent"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
An Atlanta man. who is nreach,

AN Atlanta man, who is a preacher
and an editor, was sent to Jail the other
day for contempt of court. He had
been called as juror, bat refused
either to take the oath or affirm.
maintaining that any sort of swearing
was wrong and contrary to the teachings
of the Rihla
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-28
A Young Girls Grief

at seeing her charms of face and form de-
parting, and her health imperiled by func-
tional irregularities, at her critical period of
life, was turned to joy and gratitude after
brief sef-treatment with DR.. Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription. 1t purified and enriched
her blood, gave a healthy activity to the
kidneys, stomach, bowels, and other or
gans. and her return to robust health
speedily followed. 1t is the only medicine
for women, sold 10y druggists under a posi-
tire guarantee from the manufacturers, that
it will give satisfaction in every case, or
money will be refunded This guarantee
has been printed on the bottle-wrapper,
and faithfully carried out for many years.
Ok w. A. Renfroe's farm near Bluff
ton, Ga a rattlesnake was killed recent
" that measured six feet in length and
was over foot in circrinference.