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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
BELL EROM GRACE
BY 3. w. Foe

We allus ulster think Joe Bean a fairiah sorter
An built upon purity plum an perpendicular
plan;
We made him selectman an Squire. sent him to
General Coqrt
Whatever post of trust he had he allus held the
fort.
We sought q Governor last year, we,scoured the
State through clean;
We couldn't find no better man an pouhced on
neighbor Bean.
nomernated him myself. yes, yelled out loud
an plaln:
Il nomernate old Joseph Bean-a man without
stain"
An then tho big conversion roared. hurrahed,
an slapped an yelled
noise WAS quefled.
You'd think the way they yelled, an roared, an
pounded there like sin,
Joe Eean he was perfect man an angel Gu
bfiels twin.
But mex Gay the paper hinted that his mother
An Joe wouldn't give her food enough to keep
her mortal breath;
An then another paper said he lister beat his
wife,
An how she hid out in tn barn that she might
save her life.
An said it looked suspicious that ar way his
father died
An then they said the horse he driv would pain
his guilty soul
1t looked exactly like the, boss Jed Butterleld
had stole.
They said Ned Jones, the peddler, found muir
dered on the green,
The last time he was seen alive was seen with
Joseph Bean;
They said the Baptis meetin' house, burned to
the ground last May,
Was lighted by certain man-but they ddn Z
like to say
But Joe was lected Governor, an now he rules
the State,
But he won't never be the Same to me, | calker-
late;
1 ulster think him honest, an pure, an just an
good,
Put now m kinder 'shamed to live in the Same
nei.hDorhood.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
They Use pasteboard Now

From the Chicago Herald
The other day gentleman bought a
couple OF cigars in a Dearborn Street CT.
gar store and threw out q silver coin in
payment. 1t looked like q quarter but
III a moment he pulled it back and
hurriedly substituted a real quarter.
Then he handed the coin to a friend
and said: An uncle of mine gave me
that thirty years ago, and told me TO
keep it. ! met him the other day Tor
the first time since, and he asked me if
still had it. | was glad | did" 1t was
about the size of an ordinary quarter,
and on one side is the inscription, "Ad-
NIT to Woods Ministries. Temple of
Minstrelsv, SCI and 563 Broadway, New
York" This surrounds a cut Of the
theater. On the other side is, "War-
ranted pure silver. Woods Ministries
perform every evening, giving select
and varied entertainment. Intrinsic
value % cents. 1857" The coins ring
proclaimed it silver, and it is a valu-
able relic.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
Anr;o-3n,ericaD Titerature

From PUCK.
English author 3 CAD. old chappie,
J fancy I've hit upon the right idea at
last. | will write an American novel. :"
Iriend-"H Have you the plot"
English author-Partiy. The hero is
a son of wealthy literary man, resident
in fashionable seaside resort named
Gloucester, y. J. He goes to Philadel-
phla and stops at a fashionable hotel on
Sixth Street, Franklin Square.
Last Side, where he enters the lift,
a u there meets the heroine, who is
looking after her luggage. Their traps
become mixed and Just then, two mem
be-s of the American Parliament from
pocket borough enter, and while one is
danOuncing the Conservatives, the other
attracts the attention of the heroine,
who mistakes him for her Chicago grass
husband. and the story helms
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
fiOIIsp.

TUESDAY, Dec. 1.-THE speaker laid
before the House the reports of the Sec
rotary of the treasury and comptroller
of the currency, (which were appro-
priatelv referred. Leave was given the
appropriations committee to sit during
the sessions OF the House. Mr.. Me
Donald Mimi presented petition OF
citizens of North Dakota Tor the i'm
mediate admission into the Union of
South Dakota and Montana and for
constitutional conventions IN North
Dakota, Washington ard New Mexico
Referred to the committee on terrific
RES. The House then proceeded to the
consideration Of the biz for the cree
ton of a monument to Gen. Henry
Knox, and Mr.. Dinglev briefly sketched
the public services of Mir. Knox. Mr..
stone, of Kentucky, introduced Il Joint
resolution for constitutional amend
ment abol'shing the electoral college
and providing Tor the election of the
president and vIce-president by direct
pOpular vote
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
Reasoning from a Sound Tert

Say the doctors-and who shall say them nay ?
"a special predisposition seems requisite to the
development ofrheumatism. Where there is this
tendency, most of US know from observation
what deep hold disease takes when once in
CURED and neglected for a short time. is not
TINS asound text then, from which TO advocate the
early use OF Hostetters Stomach Bitters in mala-
dy so hard 10 dislodge rs rheumatism? Another
lhlng. II is well sscertaiued that falling of in
vlgor, resulting from indigestion and maEuutri-
uon, increases liability 10 rheumatism. What.
then, is more likely TO act as q preyeutiYe-aside
from its remedial action-than this potent recti-
Tier OF the gastric troubles that increase the
rheumatic tendency. Malaria. constipation,
dyspepsia, biliousness, seeplessncs., NERVOUSNESS
debility AMI kidney troubles succunb TO this
genial preventive and remedy
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
How TO Measure Your Chest.

As the result of many years expert
once, the Recruiting Office of the
United States army has adopted this
method of chest measurement, which
may be of advantage to amateur ath-
letes who find the circumference of
their chests varying through inaccurate
measurement Strip to the waist.
Hold your arms above your head, the
tips of your fingers touching. Have
the measurer put tape around your
chest under the armpits. Inhale and
exhale naturally. Let your arms fall
easily by Your side. The tape will
slip down to the maximum girth of the
chest. This is the mean chest. Ex-
hale all you can, still keeping your
arms by your side. This is the mini
mum chest. Inhale and initiate all you
can, in the same position This is the
maximum chest. The difference be-
tween the minimum and maximum
chests is called the mobility. A mo-
bility of three inches in a man of me-
dunn height is Considered good, below
two and one-half inches it is poor
Artificial movements of the arms or
muscles interfere with proper measure
menJS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
the kisses fell like sparkling rain-drons

the kisses fell like sparkling rain-d drops
/ from a cloudless sky.
| My precious child, in, your sweet
/ innocence you do me more good than
all else in the world. 1t seems that
God sent you here to cheer me in nv
old age. Your happy, smiling face is
| like sunshine to me-"
IF | am any comfort to you, nv dear
and only friend, nothing would give
me more pleasure than to remain with
+ you forever, but it does not seem that
such happiness is for me- When your
son comes home | know he will hate
me and be angry with me for allowing
me to remain here 50 long, yet it makes
me shudder to think that | must 90
out in the world for-for-fe fear | NAV
meet that wicked man. Oh. what did
| do, or what could | have done, that /
should have been so severely pun
ished"
Lenora lay for some time in Mrs.
Bristols arms, sobbing as if her heart
would break, while the silken ringlets
were being brushed back from her face
by kind, motherly hand.
"There now, Lima, you feel better, |
know; look up at me and tell me that
you are happy and will be content here
in the blue rooms. Dry your tears,
dear, and then we will go downstairs
and | will show You my house. You
have not been strong enough yet to go
all over it, and / I'D not want to tax
your strength too much"
ooh, yes, Mrs. Bristol, / am happy,
ha
beautiful. You are so good and kind
to me, a lonely, wandering girl, can
not find words to thank yon." But she
pressed her soft, white arms around her
friends neck and kissed her gently on
the check.
That kiss and gentle pressure of
those little soft arms was more to Mrs.
Bristol than ten thousand words of
thanks.
To BE CONTINUED
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
Dogs Have the Best of 1t.

IOIII lIIN IsOfIVII. NUIIE Itt HIIUIIdIIsI.
4 city missionary, on her way to visit
a poor family where a sickly child was
dying from lack Of sufficient nourish-
ment, was detained at a crossing by a
blockade of carriages. On the sc of
one elegant turnout, by the side Of my
lady, sat pug dog, n string OF silver
bells around his neck, gold bangles on
his paws, and over his sleek coat a
daintily embroidered blanket, whose
pockets bulged with Jumps Of sugar
How much some children miss by not
being born pet dogs ' dryly remarked
the missionary, threading her way
among the vehicles.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
Russian War Presentations.

TIE London Daily Telegraphs CORE
spondent at st. Petersburg says: The
war Office is actively organizing a
homogeneous plan for defense in the
event of war. The government has
sanctioned the plan proposed by Gen.
Gourko TO supply Warsaw with enough
provisions for $4,000 persons, exclusive
of the garrison, the remaining $4,000,
consisting of Poles and Jews, being ex-
PEELED from the city and left to their
own devices in event of war With this
decision vanishes the Poles last hope
for reconciliation
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
A Profitable Cow,

Prof z. w Stewart says that if a COW
only produces 5000 pounds of milk pei
annum. she is kept at loss. A good
COW, we'll fed, Will yield 5000 pounds OF
good milk, and the cost of producing this
will be only one-eighth more than the
5000 pounds from the poor COW. With
out selection of cows, and judicious feed
ing. dairymen cannot receive anything
worthy of their labor.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
Amenities ofthe German Press.

The Berlin Nos5ische Zeitung, re-
ferring to the discussion concerning
Count Won Taafe, saws that the origin
of the existing i'll feeling between the
Berlin and Vienna papers is due to GER
tain occurrences during Emperor Will
JAMS visit to Vienna, public criticism of
which is impossible. The Nossische
Zeitung and the Post announce that the
Keller Zeitung will be prosecuted at
the instance of the emperor, for pub
fishing Emperor's Frederick's diary of
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
A Toy AutOgraDh Album.

This should be of fanciful shape, that
of lady boot being very pretty. Having
cut paper pattern of the shape you de-
eide upon, cut the covers out of silver
card board; or make them of plain paste
board and cover them with plush. Then
cut twelve leaves, of the same shape and
size, from nice writing paper, and, lying
all together in book form, carefully punch
two holes, about an inch apart, through
one end-through the top of the boot, if
the boot shape be used. The book is held
together by a tasseled cord or very narrow
ribbon run through these holes.-Good
Housekeeping.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
FIGHT BETWEEN TWO COURTS
Interesting Contest Between Judges tn

ley and Prendergast, of Chicago.
CHICAGO, H., Dec. 4.-Judge Tuley's
courtroom was packed by an immense
crowd this morning, to witness the con-
test between the circuit and county
courts over the Lindauer assignment.
Judge Prendergast had been called
to appear at 10 O'Clock TO
show cause why he should not
be prohibited from further proceeding
IN the Lindauer case. Attorney MAYER
was, present as attorney for Prendergast.
lie had prepared long affidavit claim
ing that the circuit court had not iuris-
dlction. Judge Tuley called for Attor-
ney Moses, who filed a petition in the
L1ndauer case yesterday and asked for
reading of the petition. The
petition was read, giving a complete
history of the case and claiming that
Llndauer 4 Co. were being dragged in
TO the county court as insolvent and an
estate valued at 100000 illegally dis
trIDuted among creditors, and that
Judge Prendergast had assumed rights
and Jurisdiction not vested in him.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
MICHIGAN'S LIBEL. LAW.
That Enacted in 1885 Declared TO B
Unconstitutional

The Michigan Supreme court on the
18th declared the Libel law of 1885 I'M
constitutional. The law provides that
the plaintiff in a suit for libel
shall recover only actual damages if it
shall appear that the publication was
made in good faith and did
not involve a criminal charge and
its falsity was due to mistake or misap,
prehension of the facts, and that in the
next regular issue of the newspaper
after said mistake or misapprehensiou
comes to the knowledge o the publisher
whether before or after said suit i
brought, a correction is published in as
conspicuous a manner ana place as the
lbelous article occupied
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
SMALLPOX AT CHICAGO.
Schooner at the Docks With Two Case
of the Disease Aboard

OF the disease n board
CHICAGO, Dec. 4.-South Chicago is
greatly alarmed over the discovery OF
two cases of SINAI box on board the
steamer w. II. Gratwick which arrived
from Buffalo, coal laden on November
q. TWAS reported from Buffalo when
the vessel sailed that there had been a
case of the dread disease on board, and
the health authorities here and ut South
Chicago made preparations to quaran-
tine her. On arrival the captain denied
that there was any smallpox or that
any one on the steamer had been
exposed to the disease. The health Of
ticer at South Chicago went over the
vessel and decided that there was no
DANGER and allowed her to tie up. Yes
iarday physician was sent for and
found the wife and daughter of the
steward down with smallpox. The
steamer has been quarantined and the
residents of the town are being vacci-
mated as rapidly as possible. Anumber
Of the crew of the Gratwick have been
living on shore since her arrival and
this adds to the alarm
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08

1t has been the custom for years for
the governor of Massachusetts to bestow
executive clemency upon some prison
er or prisoners on Thanksgiving day,
and the fortunate men this year were
Thomas Herty ana Charles Witham.
Herty was committed to state prison in
April, 1872, for life, for murder in the
second degree, having killed his house
keeper. Witham was committed in
February, 1887, for breaking into the
house OF Mary Marsh. in the night
time, and assaulting ner. These men
were selected by Gov. Ames from a
dozen cases placed before him.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08

OFFICE boy falling into the office over
a chair)-'There's party down stairs
as says he wants to mop the floor up
with the editor" Editor with unruf-
fled alm)-"Extend my thanks, please.
and tell. him the scrub lady has Just
gone, and the floor won't need any
hopping until next week. Pm very
sorry, but he should have called ear
lier p DrnEis MINIMIZING
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
BeetS for Cattle Feed.

4 careful consideration of the subject
in all its bearings, by James T. IL. Greg
DRY, Marblehead Mass. has decided this
practical cultivator that "beets for cattle
food are well worth fully as many cents
per bushel as good hay is worth dollars
PER ton, without taking into consideration
the increase of the manure, and that the
average cost when stored in the cellar or
put into pits, with every item of expense
included, need not exceed 8 cents per
buSba1 "
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
The indianapolis Strike OF.

The switchmen's strike at Indianapo-
lis was declared off on the 4th, the
men acknowledging themselves beaten.
About 10 O'Clock they repaired to the
several yards and asked to be re-instat-
ed, but they met with the statement
that their places had been filed and
the roads would not discharge men who
had helped them through. 1t is
thought, however, that within dav or
two at least, about one half of the strik-
ers will be given their old places.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08

THE home gardener often plants quite a
number of varieties of sweet corn, and in
that case, of course, cannot use the seed
of his own raising, since the varieties get
most numerically mixed But with only
n single sort, or with one very early and
one very late tthe latter shedding its pollen
only after the ears of the former have we'll
set. no mixing can take place, and the
seed may be used with entire confidence in
its purity. Good ears, in fact the best,
should always be selected for seed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
Result of a County Seat War.

The announcement is made that
County Treasurer G. G. WinchelI, of
Ashton, ID. T., has left for parts I'M
known, and is defauter for about $12,-
600. He was regarded as man of strict
business integrity and has held the
office four years. 1t is thought the
money was used in booming Ashton for
the county seat.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08

WILLIAM MCLAUGHLIN, ofAlbany, Ore.
has been Dragging about his big tomato
vine. 1t was planted on May TO- and
unless frost has cut it down is growing
now. At last accounts it was Is feet
high, the branches covered an area OF
20 feet. and the main stalk was three
inches In circum ferenre
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
The Greatest.

In Kentucky Sunday-school: The
teacher, addressing boy, says:
Whom do you consider the greatest
man in the Bible?"
Cain"
ooh, no; he was wicked. Why do
you regard him as the greatest man %
cause he downed Abel"
eyes, but Samson killed large
number of men"
He did? Well, then, [ reckon he
was the greatest. "-4rbal1Sdl0 TrdU-
eIcr.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
EX-TREASURER SPINNER.
The ola Man Nearly blind at the Age of

Gen, F. +. Spinner, ex-United States
treasurer, IN writing 10 a friend saws.
II have a sore on my face that is said
70 he a So ci+s of cancer. DR.. J. :.
Mttcryi, OF Chicago, is treating it and
lhlnss he can cure IT, The treatment
Affects my eve TO such q degree as to
make me very nearly blind. | am for
Ridden 10 either read or write aud |
write this simple acknowledgment with
pam, anu contrary 10 medical orders. -
zen. spinner i living at Pablo Beach.
Fla. He ia IS wears ola.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
FIRED BY AN EMPLOYE.
Developments in the Calumet 4 Heel.
Mine Confiagration.

IsHFENING, Mich, Dec 3.-DetectIves
are working on the incendiary case oil
the Calumet & Hecla copper mine. A
short time before the fire the company
had adopted the plan of giving a
number 10 every miner and 9TH
er personsi entering the mine and
requiring the surrender of the same on
reappeadng at the surface. 1t is there
fore quite certain that the mine was
fred by some employee OF the company.
The fire Is still burning tiercely and the
prospects are that it will not tie extin-
guished this year.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
FEVER IN A SCHOOL.
The Cathedral Of St Paul Closed for Fear
of Scarlet Fever.

BROOKLYN, l.. l., Dee THE Cathe-
dral of st. Paul, at Garden City, which
was founded by Millionaire A. T.
Stewart, was closed to-day, and
rapidly depleted OF its hun
dred and odd scholars because
Of fear Of sickness. Prof Charles 5
Moore discovered several cases az
scarlatina among the scholars and fear
ING an epidemic decided TO close the
school until after the Christmas holi-
days. 1t Is learned that two OF the three
boys who are sick are Young Lorillard
and Morse, the former son OF
Pierre Lorillard, Jr., and the third a
cousin of young Lorillard.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
Some Foolish PcopIe

Allow cough TO run until it gets beyond
the reach OF medicine. They often say,
"Oh, it will wear away" but in most cases
it wears them away Could they be in
duced to try the successful medicine called
kemp's Balsam, which is sold on a positive
guarantee to cure, they would Immediately
see the excellent effect after taking the first
dose. Price 80 cents and 81. Trial size free.
At all DRUGGISTS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
A SusgeS tion.

To make linen work smooth and even
when it is finished, it should be dampened
all over at the back with a sponge, and
then stretched tightly and evenly, face
downward, on a board, or pinned out on a
nailed carpet with a clean cloth under
meath it, When the work, as well as the
linen, is quite dry, it may be taken up,
and if the edges show the pin marks, they
can be smoothed with the fingers. When
linen work is washed it must be treated in
the same WaV.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08

MAMMA and baby have stepped out on
the terrace to see whether cook has for
gotten to give the cat its dinner. They
find pussy engaged in cleaning up the
plate, in which operation it is assisted
by an immense tom-cat. wherever
can that creature have come from ?' in
quires mamma, and baby makes an
swer: "Why, that's pussy policeman -
-KindPr3cpH
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08

once the solace of many evils, require es-
pecial mention to be rescued from obliv-
ION. The house-leek is advised for bee
sting or canker; broth of fennel is rec
commended to persons who are growing too
feshy; the roasted parsnip for those who
are too thin. Eating caraway seed is said
not only to aid weak digestion but to make
the eyes bright and strengthen the sight
The spirit of elder blossoms is an old rem
edy. and there are many other simples Il
use of which is almost forgotten.-Tr0y
Times
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08

To the Eddor-Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above
named disease which l warrant TO cure the
worst cases. So strong Is my faith IN the
virtues of this medicine that | Will send free
a sample bottle and valuable treatise To any
sufferer who will give me his T. O. and Elk
press address. My remedy has cured thou
sands of hopeless cases.
II. G. ROOT, NJ. c., 1S3 Pearl Street, New
York
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08

IT is many times useful to be able to
tell the age of sheep. At one year there
are two large teeth in the center of the
Jaw. and two are added each year up to
five years, when the sheep is said to have
full mouth. After this the age can
not be told by the teeth, and unless the
animal is vigorous it has nearly 9utlived its
usefulness and should be prepared for the
butcher.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-12-08
Reduction on the Reading.

The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Company posted notices in all of its
shops on the 4th, notifying its employees
that eight hours will hereafter be a
days labor, instead of ten as heretofore.
There will be, of course, a proportion
ate reduction in Mapns