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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
Capt. Slocum'S Daring VOYAGE.
From the New York World.


Capt. Andrews, who recently attempt
ed to cross the Atlantic in the dory
Dark Secret, has a formidable rival in
Capt. SlOcum, late of Baltimore. once
commander OF the famous ship North
ern Lights, of San Francisco. who, with
his wife and two young sons. is on his
way to this port from Barbados in a
canoe named the Liberdade. thirty
five feet long and three feet deep.
The thrilling experiences which Capt.
Slocum has undergone since lie sailed
from Baltimore a little less than two
years ago i'll command of the bark
AquidneCk for the River Platte, in
South America, were told to a World
reporter Yesterday by Capt Baker, of
the steamship Finance, which arrived
from Rio Janeiro and Barbados.
After remaining on the Platte for
some time" said Capt. Baker. "he
sailed for Rio Janiero with mixed car
90. On arriving here he could not en-
ter, because cholera was epidemic. Re-
turning to the Platte he discharged the
cargo, shipped q new crew. and began
an eyentiul voyage for Rio Grande de
sui. During this trip all but one or two
OF his sailors 'were seized with small
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
Pierre LorilIard's Hobby.

Pierre Lorillard, through his fond
ness for sports. has given to the pleas
me-loving people Of his acquaintance
the beautiful Tuxedo Park. Pierre is
very lucky at games OF chance some
times, and they seem to have great
fascination for him. The story is told
that on one occasion he went in to pat,
ronize a roulette. He began to bet at
the rate of 800 on a roll, and lost
seventeen times successfully. At last
he won, and as the game was paying
thirty-fve to one he asked for 50 800.
con, no; Mr.. Lorlllard," said the
cashier. Il VIII pay you just go.
Your last play was only two-dollar
bill"
Mr.. LorIllard was good natured
enough to appreciate the joke, and tells
it on himself as a tirst-class sell.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17

Tue prospect now is that immigra-
ton will not reach the figures antici-
pated for 1855. The seven months end
ing July last, brought in 357,l2 OF
these ll3, 900 came from Great Britain
g 900 from the German states; IL coo
were Hungarians and Bohemians; 80,
600 were Scandinavians; IS GOO Italians,
and $4,000 Russians. The proportion
from these several lands does not large
ly vary from year to year. The con-
tingrnt from France is always small;
only 1900 for the seven months esti-
mated; COCO from Denmark is large for
the small kingdom. 1t is all in all a
motley mixture to be absorbed by a
young nation? More correctly, it is
not mixture at all, for very few of
these nationaIities viii peaceably blend
and cooperate in industry.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
\ List of Long Canals.

An English newspaper gives the fol-
lowing list of long canals: The Imperial
Canal OF China Is over l 200 miles long.
In tie year 1881 was completed the
greatest undertaking of the kind on the
European continent. the canal of Lam
guedoc, or the canal du Midi. to connect
the Atlantic with the Mediterranean.
Its length is us miles, it has more than
100 locks and about 80 aqueducts, and
its highest part is no less than 600 feet
above the sea, while it is navigable
for vessels of upward of 100 tons.
The largest ship canal in Europe is
the great North Holland canal, complet-
ed in 1925. 1t is lbs feet wide at the
water surface, 81 feet wide at the bot
tom, and has a depth of 20 feet, and eX-
tends from Amsterdam to Helder, d
miles. The CaledonIan canal, III Scot
land, has total length of 90 miles, in
Guiding three lakes. The Suez Canal
is IS miles long, Of which 66 miles are
actual canal. The Erie canal is 33O3
miles long; the Ohio Canal, Cleveland
to Portsmouth, 332; the Miami & Erie,
Cincinnati to Toledo, 291, and the Wa
bash Il Erie, Evansville TO the Ohio
limo 27I
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
A Loye-Iorn Chilcai Maiden.


The civilized woman, when she wants
To be wOoed, attempts to make herself
attractive as possible. So does the
thilcat woman; but she has different
idea of what is attractiveness. One
evening, after all the fshing-canoes
came in, | saw young squaw ROBBED
from head TO TOOTH deep-red blanket,
sitting stoIdly on the end of a
great spruce log il few rods
away from the cannery and at a
short distance from where the fish
ing canoes were moored, and where
the fires of the Chilcat fishermen had
been lighted. When, out of curiosity
at her singular costume and position, /
approached her, | found that she bad
blackened her face until it was blacker
than that of the ordinary negro min
strel. There was not a trace of her ma
tive duskiness, but the artificial black
shown as if it were composed and put
on from an article Of good French
backing. la addition to that a long sill
yer pin was stuck III her under lip
and extended out from the chin
a couple of inches, while a
heavy silver ring hung from her
nostrils, and host of massive silver
bracelets adorned her wrists. Size was
simply belle of the woods and of Chill
cat Inlet, endeavoring to make known
to the Young bucks around her that she
was in the matrimonial market, accord
ing to native custom here. After sitting
for an hour or more and not attracting
any more attention than that prompted
by my own curiosity she left her twi-
light woolng place, shook out the folds
of her blanket, and walked with an air
of indifference to an old tent on the
beach, which appeared to be her habi-
tation, and disappeared.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
Within the Gates,
From the Philadelphia Recor,

Slender Gouth-'I am very anxious.
sir, to enter into the noble profession
OF journalism, to become master Of the
great questions and mighty truths of
civilization, to mold public opinion in
the right -"
Able Editor Certainly; | under
stand your feelings perfectly, and | am
ever ready to extend helping hand to
aspiring youth. ! will give you trial
at once. Did you notice my editorial
this morning denounclng the brutal
sport of prize-fghting and referring TO
Jake Slugger as a lowdown. cowardIy
blot on the lace of humanity ?"
es, sir.
Wen, we are short of reporters to-
day. and | wish YOU would interview
olugger and see what he thinks about
it. -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
one Oyster Shell for All Customers
From the New YORK Tribune.

From the New YORK Tribune.
On my way to Pier ~ it occurred to
me to refresh myself with an oyster on
the halt shell at one of the stands along
the sidewalk. | approached man wear
ing one boot and one shoe and gave my
order. He reached under his counter
and brought up an oyster in half
shell and pushed forward a round
bottle with a long metallic nozzle on ii
and a green Label reading Pure Bay
Rum" | asked him lift was customary
to give the oyster shampoo as well as
bay rum, when he explained
that the bottle contained vine
gar, though it formerly held bay
rum, and he had not found time to re-
move the label. After making the ovs-
ter's toilet with the aid of the bottle. |
swallowed it. The man took back the
shell and adjusted another oyster in it
and began looking for the next Gus
toner. He said it was the only shell
he had, but he couldn't complain, as
business was pretty good. He had
thought at first of getting in two shells.
but 1t didn't seem to be nee ssary. He
warned me against unscrupulous dealers
wEO didn't have any shell at all, but
served their oysters out ofan iron spoon,
and | made way for man with a
panorama of the battle of Trafalgar on
his arms
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17

0UR scientists are sometimes up to
tricks, but they have purpose that
makes the tricks sometimes far-reach-
ing in result. 1t is quite possible some
thing may come of dinner lately Civ
Ell 10y Or. Rush Huidekoper. chief OF
the Veterinary School OF the University
of Pennsylvania. The dinner was given
% a number of his friends, at the Phila-
Gelphia Club. The doctor has long
owned famous gray mare. named
Pandora. Al the dinner one of the
principal dishes was on the card as
iiet a Ia Pandora" 1t was eaten and
pronounced superb, leading to many
inquiries. The doctor quietly waited till
al had Partaken and approved. when
re congratu ated himself that his favor
tie mare was as popular a. ever with
Is friends for, he said, YOU have
est eaten her No Tevulsions of feel
-lgs or sentiment are eported-only
he toast To the OLD mare was drunk in
silence. There Is no reason known or
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
Slipping Of Locomotive Wheels.

The Railroad Gazette thus effectuallv
dispose5 of a current fallacv: The
statement that engines slip continually
while running at full speed is often
made, but almost Invariably by persons
of no practical experience, who appear
to be unaware that any slip of the
drivers can be instantly detected by an
engine runner. Any one who has run a
fast rain knows that on entering a
damp tunnel slipping occasionally oc-
ours, but the vibration impaired to the
engine is so peculiar that no one who
nize itagtin. Messrs. Abbey and Bald
win, when making some observations
on the running of Il Jersey Central eX-
press passenger engine on the Bound
Brook route, found that the slip at high
speed was practically nil. The wheels,
as calculated from their diameter, should
give 29S.9S revolutions per mile. \
counter showed that 29S.62 revolutions
per mile had been actually made, the
difference being negative and only ! of
a revOlutI IN per mile, or within the
limits of errors of observation. As these
engines are run very hard and made to
do their utmost, 1t might reasonably be
expected that they would show slip, if
any existed at high speed. 1t is there
fore reasonable to suppose that any con-
tinuous slipping at nigh speed is non
eXistant. The continuous slipping
theory is supported by SO very little EVIL
dencc, either practical or theoretical,
that 1t must take its place among the
numerous other pseudo-scientItic delu
SipDS -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17

ONE Of the curiosites of New York
City IS the growing tendency to create 4
group of cities instead of one, for as one
moves about the Eastern streets he goes
distinctly from one nationality II
another. On one street, or group of
locks, one language Is spoken, and on
contiguous locks another. Mulberry
Street and vicinity is wholly Italian in
spirit, in speech, in sports and employ
ments. Mott Street, little further on,
Is the Chinese home, a hive OF
Celestials There is also Bo-
hemia, q Poland, a Hungary, a Pal
estiue, while Ireland is pretty much all
over and everywhere. This grouping
of nauonalities Is seen also in mar ked
degree in Chicago, and in lesser de
gree elsewhere. 1t is not easily avoid
ed, but it is attended with evils and
dangers. 1t IS slow work assimilating
such people into our common national
itv. The Irish and Germans most easily
fuse with our native Saxon stock.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17

piece which has been in our family
many year, and has always kept per
feet time. Look hand see hif you don't
consider hit superior TO American
clocks" The jeweler examined the
exterior of the clock, and then opened
1t. Brushing tie dust from a dimly
printed label in the back, he revealed
to the astonished Briton the following
label; seth Thomas, Bridgeport,
Conn [ : -lS5q -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
Cultured Boston.
From the New York World

NV NOTIU.
Inc browning Society of Boston has
begun Its fall campaign with vigor. II
has been suggested that the Concord
Philosophers and the Hub Browningites
form an offensive and defensive ALI
ance TO chase the Whatness of the
" hlther into the strongholds o. Phil
lsunlsm this winter and rout the Nom
sense OF the Never from its present
"HeII-iortliled position. The scheme
has met with much favor in Boston and
a great crusade against the opponents of
Culture is promised.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17

\ MONSTER iive-masted schooner is be-
~ built at Waldeboro, Me. Her length
over all is 265 feet. and it Is expected
she will carry 5000 tons of freight on a
draught of twenty feet. When vessels
Of this size are bullion the lakes they
generally have steam power, or are in
tended for tow barges. Big sail vessels
are more out of style on the lakes than
on salt water, where there is more sea
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17

New YORK hafDor has been the scene
Of Il marine disaster in which a ferry
boat ran down an ocean steamship.
From the experience whicn has been
gained of the most destructive vessels we
possess the government would be wise
to bnild its navy Of ierryboats and coal
schooners and send them out to sink
the naEies Of the effete monarchies.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
Getting at.


Edgar Fa|cr't ma once Week
The pale invalid does not mark fresh
proofs OF emaciuiol morning after
morning with hail SO keen so.rItpae
as that shown by the threatened c,rn
Of obesity: for uyaIids. a. rule. ar,.
rather careless about personnel. v lie
people Wao are rowing stout often T.. s-
close an eager regard ioi it. Their SEN
sittycuuss. too, has become pToyerh.a
and / shuuii say that this rose from
GLENN fee ling that they are becoming
raduaIly pressed away 10y Their own
ayOiIdupois from all the rumaHticsm
and picturesquencss Of life. But esue-
ciaIly is this true when they ale of tap
softer sex. Flesh has wrought more
dOloIOus havoc III the feminine than In
the masculine bosom. We all inda at
Romeo somewhat crucial t. put up with,
bat We viii not have a fat Juliet at any
price; We should prefer one, indeed.
beside %hom Sarah Bornhardt APP
pcared tribe plump.
1t has been nay impression that thc
Sorrows of fat women stfll wait to he
alphabetically recorded. As q class
they have been rId'culed abundautIy
Iheir kndlier chronlcler has Yet 10
look into his heart and write about
them. He viii tell what agony they
have suffered from the simnle phrase
= on appear 10 be very we'll, and how
they.have iurtIvely shuddered when the
word healthy" has left the lips OF
some innocent friend. lie viii touch
upon those bitter qualms of embarrass-
ment which are felt when a member of
their porllv sect shall enter a street ear.
aud find that two men rise gallant ly IN
stead OF one. He will men
ZION, also, their tremulous distrust
of fragile-looking chairs. But this will
not include the whole substance of
his exposition, for he cannot, as con-
scieniious annalist. ignore those data of
dieting which include fervid cult of
roast beef, fish, and lemon juice, coin
cident with an avoidance of sugar, milk
and potatoes. 1t Will he sorrowtul
history when some one shall some day
indIte it. 1t will be replate with heart
warnings, but il must likewise DC sadly
pregnant with warnings OF a more pro
sale and ctrnai Kind
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17

Enormous quantities of iron tubing
viii be required within the next year or
two to supply the demands of the tele-
graph and telephone companies, some
of whom are now busily engaged in
laying conduits Tor their underground
wires. Already large orders have bee II
placed for tubing for this purpose,
which accounts for the present unusual
activity Of the pipe mills, and this has
caused biz demand for skelp.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
HEYOND.

But life is sweet though al that makes il sw ct
Lessen ike sound of friends departing ieet,
And Death is beautiful as Get OF ifltn u
{ oniug with welcome at our journeys enc
For me fate gave, wbate'er she else denied
nature sloiing to the southern slGe;
! thank her TOR it, though when CLOUDS arise
such natures double-darken gloomy skies
] muse upon the margin OF the sea
Our path way TO the common new 10 DC
Watching tie sails that lessen more aud ore,
OF good and beautiful embarked before,
With b Is of wreck / lch The boat snail bear
Me to that urexhsus;ed OtherwheTc
hose friendly ~ opled shore | sometimes see
BY soft mirage upli ted. becKon me,
Nor sadly here aS lower sinks tie suni
NJ mcorings TO the past snap ole by re
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
People With Big Names.
From the London Star.

FROM the London star.
Most people if asked which family in
the United Kingdom boosted the big
gest average OF Christian names, would
reply off hand "The Royal" That is
not SO, however, the doubtful distinc-
ton belonging to the family of the Hon.
Ralph William Lyonell Tollemache-
Tollem"che, whose thirteen olive
branches boast Just 100 between them.
The reverend gentleman has been twice
married, and it is curious to note that
the average of the first family is very
much less than the second His first
VIE was cousin, who seems to have
kept her spouse's weakness within
bounds; but with his second wife, Dora
Cleopatra Maria Morenza, daughter of
Col. Ignacio Antonio Orellano-v-R evest.
OF the Spanish army, it had full swing.
he first child, a bov, was named
Lyulph 1dwallo Odin Nestor Egbert
Lyonel Ioedmag Hugh Erchenwyne
Saxon lisa Cromwell Orma Neyili Dvsart
Plantagenet. He is only u years old as
vet, and can hardly appreciate what
Is IN store for him, but it is all
Lombard Street to a China orange that
by the time he reaches mans estate he
VIII be tempted to curse, not like Job,
the day of his birth, but the day of his
christening. And will not his sisters
particularly Miss Lvona Decima Neron-
lea Esyth Undine Cvssa Hvlda Rawena
Adele Thyra Ursula Issbel Blanche
Lellas Lysart Plantagenet Toilemache-
Acknowledgment that marriage does
not entail the change OF the whole
name, and not tine surname only?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17

HENRY E. SElRLE is now the cham
pion oarsman Of the world lie recent
y beat Peter Kemp in Australia in a
match for s., So a side and the cham
pionship. There are now enough good
oarsmen in Australia to row the island
a little nearer the parent government
-.SearIe, Kemp, Trickett, Hanlan.
Beach and Clifford being in the anti
pod can colony.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
\ Poorly Fed Army.

1t appears that the British army is not
only the dearest III Europe, but the
worst fed, so far as the rank and file are
concerned The bread ration is the
lowest in Europe, being one pound per
day. The allowance of meat Is three
quarters of pound, including bone,
whereas Continental soldiers are given
a full pound of solid meat. The bread
and meat are both apt TO be of Ioor
quality, while The fuel supplied Is IN
sufficient. 1t is also complained that
the soldiers rations are too monot6-
nous. More variety is needed. Inc
matter has been brought to the atten-
ton OF Parliament and steps are beng
taken to remedy the deficiencies
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17

The high prices ofwheat have checked
the exports from this country and in
creased those from Russia and India.
This IS not particularly advata-
geous for our farming interests;
but il is one of the prices we have TO
pay for letting our TODD products be
made the counters Of great gambling
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
She Followed Suit.
From the New Haven News.

From the New Haven News.
Those who rode III certain passenger
car on the express train on the Con-
solidated road which left the Grand
Central depot at II P. NJ. one night re-
Gently, saw a side of human life as it
can only be seen on railroad train
Two young couples boarded the train at
tie metropolis. They looked as though
they had Just trimmed their sails for a
voyage on the matrimonial sea. The
two young men looked considerably
alike, and might have been two broth
ers, and the two ladies might have been
sisters. The combination was one or
the other. One of the couples walked
well up the aisle and took Il seat They
turned the back of the opposite seat
over and used the seat as foot rest.
Slowly the young wife turned her little
head and finally her tresses and her
head were reclining restfully and con-
tentedly on her husbands bosom.
The other young couple saw the posi-
ton, and the mind recorder could see
that both would like to be IN a similar
position. But the young man was BASH
tul. He was very bashfu, and he knew
everybody IN the car was looking at him.
He wanted TO draw his wi to his
bosom. But his better half helped him
out. She Unanswered, as did the other
young wife, and finally got there.
The train had not vet started but few
seats were left in the car. An elderly
lady rushed In, putting and breathless,
carrying with her three or four bags or
boxes. She looked up the car and
down the car, and saw no seat she con-
sidereG first choice. She approached
one of The loving couples and growled
out, why didn't you bring bed with
you? Did you charter the car.
There was an elderly gentleman sit
ting on a seat well forward The elder
~ woman planted herself beside him.
She threw her bags and bundles on the
floor and squatted down on the seat.
She was soon going to sleep. She
nodded and started up again, and in a
few minutes her head was on the bosom
of the elderly gentleman. 4 loud laugh
arose. but she didn't hear it, and the
elderly gentleman allowed her to sleep
on.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
SUPERIOR TINES.
SUPERIOR, WIS

NIzErEILY, the London publisher, has
been fined el0O for printing Iola's
works. An unexpurgated edition OF
Wycherley's Comedies, recently print
ed by Vizetelly < Co., and now offered
for sale IL the United States, should re-
ceive attention from Anthony Com
cfnrI
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
An Indian Relic.

From the Greenville Ca sun.
George w. Howard, of Sloan, has
laid upon our table another relic OF the
aborigines in the shape of sharp
pointed hammer made of rock. The
specimen before us is the greatest
curiosity in the line we have yet seen.
1t is about five and one-half inches long
and III the thIckest part an even inch
through, gradually tapering either way
10 a point. 1t is made of hard granite,
and the most remarkable thing bout 1T
is that IT has hole bored or drilled
through the center, evidently where
the handle went IN. This hole Is per
fectlv made, being larger at one enc
than at the other. As the Indians had
no implements of steel or IRON, the
mystery is. how was this hole drilled so
perlectIv? 1t seems utterly impossl BILE
TO have accomplished the work with
another rock without shatterlng both to
Dieces The hammer, or whatever 1t is,
was found by Mr.. Howard in Warren
County.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
A Boston Sight.


The following incident of diamond
cut diamond" occurred in Boston res
taurant the other day. An acquaintance
OF the writer was seated at one of the
tables enjoying his MONDAY lunch. 1t
was somewhat near the closing part of
the dining hour, and, as frequently is
the case, some Of the articles of the daily
fare were about exhausted A late
conner entered the restaurant and took
a seat at the same table with the gentle
man first noted. This late arrival, evil
IDENTITY in somewhat of hurry, gave his
entire order at the one time. but
as soon as the waiter had re-
turned with the same he was cha
grlned to see that cold bread was
served him instead of the warm biscuits
he expected, the stock of the latter
having run out. However. not to be
wholly deprived of the luxury desired,
hS unceremOniOusly reached across the
domain Of the earlier diner, picked up
the solitary biscuit that yet remained
on the latter plate, and commenced to
eat 1t, WhereupOn the other. not to be
outdone IN the matter of good reach
and the ability to employ it, extended
his arm, gathered in the piece of pie
that belonged to the original offender.
and proceeded to regae himself. THAT
Is my PIE. sir" came the prompt pro-
test. That is my biscuit ~ was the
cool reIoinder. A silence followed,
only broken by the patter of the wait
err feet upon the tesseilated floor 1t
was clear case OF diamond cut dia-
moDd -