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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20
The Growth of Luxury.
From the Quarterly Review.


Prosperity encourages luxury; luxury
Is generating, and encourages sloth !;
luxury tends to produce, and in the
worlds history has often produced. ma
tiOnal decay. Now, the growth of lux
ury for the last half century has been
very great and very general. We
do not merely mean that the rate
of living has advanced. This of
itself is not necessarily to be deplored
in any class, and in some classes is a
matter for serious congratulation. That
an agricultural laborer, for instance,
should be able TO procure more food,
better clothing, better housing, and bet
ter education for his children than he
could fifty years ago is a matter to re-
joice over, and a state of things to Sc
cure by every proper means. What we
mean IS, that the scale of comfort
deemed necessary by every class has
enormously grown. And the tendency
Is ever upward. Young men beginning
life try TO start where their fathers left
of. Some quarter of a century
ago there was a discussion in
the newspapers as to the
prudence or otherwise of young per
sons in the upper classes marrying on
an income of three hundred a year.
Three times that income would be now
considered inadequate by the critics
who conducted the discussion.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20
"Old W arren."
From the Boston Herald.

d.
Some one, meeting Warren, the actor,
at Parker's a few months since, re-
marked that the windows of Kings
Chapel, opposite, looked like the OPEN
ing in fort. Eyes, F." rejoined Warren,
there's where they keep the canons of
the church"
His keen sense Of the ridiculous was
boundless, yet beyond merry twinkle
of the eye there was often nothing to
indicate his enjoyment of an amusing
scene. Walking along fremont row not
long since, two ladies, evidently from
the suburbs, passed him. One of them
suddenly nudged the other, loudly ex-
claiming, There's old Warren -
Where ?" asked the other, looking
eagerly along the densely thronged
sidewalk. Here, madam - said War
rem, quietly but distinctly, without NOV
ing a muscle of his face.
Upon one occasion a Young actress, es-
pecially engaged at the museum, saw
him pass to his dressing-room during
the rehearsal of play IN which he was
not to appear. There's old Warren -
she calculated, not thinking he could
hear her. He stopped, turned TO the
young lady, bowed and said; Mister
Warren-if you please ~
The visit of Mr.. Warren to a physician
upon a certain occasion led to the iol-
lowing laconic dialogue: you must
walk upon an empty stomach, " said the
doctor Whose? ~ inquired Mr., War
rem.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20

EXTRAORDINARY preparations have
been made to secure the arrest of the
murderer of women in the London
Whitechapel district Detectives dis
guised as laboIers and in other forms,
as well as decoy women, are swarming
where it is thought the fiend may be
tempted to reveal his hand again. In
the meantime the public is beguiled
with multitude OF the most preposter-
Gus theories, which are quite as exas-
perating as they are absurd, because of
the police tendency to act upon them
rather than the pronlptings of good COM
mon sense. After all the official hustle
and laying of traps. the list of victims is
likely to be Indefinitely multiplied.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20
Colorcd Leather.

Modern leather manufacturers, SAYS
the Shoe and Leather Reporter, are
surpas sing the ancients in the diversity
and beauty of the colors they are intro
ducing. Many of the shades produced
in upper leather are highly attractive
The Thebans were thought to have at
tanned great proficiency in this art, but
the variety of coiors they are
credited with was meager compared
with the iridescent display of our epoch.
Remnants OF leather found III Thebm
tombs reveal the use of acacia and other
trees in the tanning process. The Jews,
after the exodus, probably put into
practice the knowledge obtained Of this
art Under the Pharaohs, in preparing
rams skins died red for the service ot
the Tabernacle.
The love Of colors is as old as the human
race. The art of dyeing leather, SO long
practiced on the Mediterranean, was AZ
terward attained with difficulty by other
European countries. But we need no
longer to 90 to Egypt or the MediteT-
ranean for instruction concerning it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20
Bells in History.
From Lock and Bell.

from LOCK ana BeiI.
Bells have large place III history, al
most larger than any other object that
could he mentioned, unless we must
except some Of the implements of de
struction. Their great antiquity is be-
yond question. An explorer among the
ruins of Nmeveh, or some other OF those
vanished oriental cities, claims the dis
covery OF a bronze bell, and the citizens
of Rome came together in their public
places ut the signal of bells. Bat the
Roman bells We're elongated pieces Of
forging, about as musical, 1t Is TO be pre-
sumed, as a modern cow-bell. 1T was
not until medieval and modern times
that the bcll-ringer became man of
very distinguished duties. Who has
not heard Of the Siciian yesper
bells, rung in the year 1882 as
signal of death of 5000 French
men, slaughtered so that Sicily
might be Tree? Who has not heard
again, and shuddered as he listened, Of
the bells Of st. Bartholomew, the signal,
it is said, for the death OF 1000 o per
sons? And the O'Clock curfew bell that
rang through all England at the bidding
of William the Conqueror, as a warning
TO his newly-made slaves TO "dCuse the
glim;" has it not echoed in faint
and still fainter tones through
all the pages OF English history down to
date? But IL has not been the fate of all
bells to be made TO give the signal for
slaughter or oppression. The Philadel-
phians have their fondly cheris led
Liberty bell. IT is held in such esteem
that it was borne half over the CONT
nent few years ago under the escort of
a guard of honor to protect ii from all
injury. 1t proclaimed once from its
brazen lips the birth of new nation,
and hence if il be not made to endure
as long as the nation itself it will be be-
cause metal is more perishable
than the work of the revolutionary
architects
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20
Fresh Paper Money III Russia.
From the PAN Mall Gazette.

From the pail Mall Gazette.
4 very important financial measure
has lust been made public in St Peters
burg, consisting of an imperial ukase,
dated July 20 last, granting power to the
minister of finance to issue fresh paper
money through the State Bank whenev-
er 1t Is actually necessary to increase the
circulating medium, and III virtue Of
this decree an order of the minister of
finance is announced for the issue Of
l5,0O0,0OO more of paper rubles upon the
guarantee of the same amount Of gold at
nominal value, 10 be delivered from the
funds OF the treasury into the Golfers of
the Imperial Bank The reason for this
measure is the want Of sufficient circu-
lating currency, caused by the enOr-
nous ami unprecedented grain export
business Of this year and the consequent
unusual drain upon the resources
Of the State Bank. The new paper
issue is altogether q temporary one,
guaranteed by its actual metallic equiv
alent. to be conveyed TO the bank bv
the Treasury in the presence of the
usual official and commercial delegates.
and II is to be destroyed gradually a.
the necessity for it disappears. The
gold guarantee is also TO be returned 10
the treasury rs the paper IS Withdrawn
from circulation and burned. Ia order
to ailaY any possible fear that the gov
eminent has changed. or intends TO
change. its aYOWcd policy of gradually
Withdrawing and destroying the 1885,
600 0G0 rubles worth Of paper money
issued without ITS gold equivalent dur
ing the last Turkish war il - expressly
stated that the present temporary in
iation, which - 10 be regarded as
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20
Kiss the Pretty Baby.
From Time

FROM lime.
For the benefit of those who are st
loss to know just what to say on seen.
a new baby fo.' The first Time, and WIZ
naturally feel that they must saw some,
thing, we give the following list of ar
pressions, any and all OF which are com.
monty used, there being no patcD, o.
copyright on them.
Whether you shall offer TO kiss tba
infant depends on its age and appear
ance, ami the extent TO which Won gra
willing to sacrifice yourself in order IN
please the baby's mamma. The babv
itself doesn't care a picayunc for vonr
feelings or your ks es, but YOU are ey.
pected to say:
What cunning little thing,
Bright-eyed little chap, isn't he
Why, how large he is
| don't think | ever saw so young
child look around so.
How much does it weigh?
What lovely silky hair.
Looks ever so much like You
What a iOsebuddy Of a mouth
Do let me see his toes
How very wise il seems,
l really believe the little thing under
stands every word We say
On, what a splendid big boy he is,
On, what Il dandy little girl sheIs,
Any Of the above will please the Of
binary mamma. 1t is at your own risk
that YOU speak the truth and say
Ugh What Il horrid, red, wrinklcd
little thing it is
il simply doesn't look like anything.
Oh, what a big, fat, ugly thin
! wouldn't touch it for all tie rid ,
Ugh suppose must kiss it, but
hate In
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20

1t is being demonstrated daily that
the practice of chewing gum, which is
now becoming so general among ladies',
is certain to be followed by deafness,
blindness and loss of digestion. No
one, however, has been daring enough
to claim that it is likely to be followed
by loss of speech. There is no mortal
for whom the sex has more profound
contempt than for the sanitarian philos-
opher. She has been made the SUBJ
ject OF more dire predictions, on his
part in the effort to reform her habits,
than any other member of the animal
kingdom. And yet she keeps right on
in her usual course of corset-wearing
and gum-chewing, secure in the con-
sciousness that not all the wisdom is
confined to those who call themselves
philosophers,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20

" \ on need not worry about the cara
mels and cream, Miss Smith," he re-
turned, with equal hauteur, my share
OF the responsibility for the broken
armchair Will balance the cost ofthem.
New York Sun.
MANAG1NG Editor of Party Organ-Mr.
Squibbs, | want You TO write calm,
dlspasslonate review of the situation in
the district-say, half a column. Mr..
Squibbs-Yes, sir. And, Mr.. Squlbbs,
Hlgglnbottom is our man. OF course,
you'll find that his election is certain,
absolutely certain" Eyes, sir" That
is all sir. Review the situation IA rly
and impartially. But remember that
HIgglnbottOm S going to get there by
walk over. That's al Mr.. Squibbs. -
Boston ILanscripL.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20

PAsrEUR will probably get the prize of
So, 600 offered by the Australian gov
eminent for an exterminator of rabbits.
His plan of inoculating the long-eared
destroyers of vegetation with something
similar to chicken-pox in human
being is proving successful. Now the
question is whether the decaying rabbit
will not breed contagion that will battle
Pasteur and be worse than the living
rodents. This contingency has not been
sufficiently discussed by the Australians,
and they should 90 slow with rabbit
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20
THE Hole IN the Wall.
From the washington Dis,stob

rom the w aSAluElOn Dispatch.
When the United States Senate met
in the room which is ut present the SUI
preme court chamber, the secretary oc-
cupled the room now used by the clerk
the court. 4 door III the corner led
to a little room called the "HoIe in the
Wall. where the senators kept on tap
a good supply Of corn whisky, appleiack,
and other statesman-like beverages.
Here 1t was that Webster. Calhoun.
Clay, and other noted men met on com
mon ground to forget political aniinos-
tiles and tell good stories. In making
repairs and improvements in the rooms
of the court during the present recess
the door leading to the Hole in the
Wall was brIcked up and bookcases
constructed across the wall. Thus an
other landmark Of the old DAYS. when
statesmen Wore high collars. plarcd
draw poker and drank straight whisky.
has been wiped ont
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20
More Destructive Yet.
Ernn, the Mnnlmich Gnzntta

from the NOOlWIch Gazette
w. t. Chamberlain, an American en-
gineer residing in London, paid Il visit
to Woolwich in connection with new
explosive which he is introducing to the
War Department. He is the inventor
of the newest and most powerful explo-
sive known, namely chlorine of nitro
gen, whose destructive effects are terri
Die in the extreme, very small guam
tity doing infinitely more damage than
a much larger amount Of any other eX-
plosive in use. 1t is very sensitive, q
very slight conclusion causing II to eN-
plode. He has more than once been in
jured and in danger of being blown to
pieces, but kept att, determined to con
quer or die IN the attempt. He had
completed a method of charging or fill
ing shells and projectiles with chlorine
nitrogen so that they may be fired from
a gun using powder with perfect safety.
Military men competent to Judge IN re-
gard to the invention declare 1t TO be
one of the most remarkable of the
age. and are Of the opinion that II
any country had The monopoly Of this
invention they could defy the whole
world. The invention. it IS thought,
win cause complete change OF revoiu-
ton in warfare, while Ter blasting or
mining purposes it will probably never
be euualed. Mr. Chamberlain has had
oilers from parties on the continent
which he viii probably accept IN the
event of not coming to terms with our
own government.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20
In Another Business,

Mr.. Ritzvitzky concluded TO start in
the manufacture of pants ''for the trade
only" He called at one of our large
cloth houses, interviewed the credit
man, and the following conversation
took place: G. M.-"IIow much money
have YOU clear OF all indebtedness
Mr.. R." Abote tree toesand dollars.
e. M.-"Well, ! give you line Of SI.JJJ
credit for the present, until we see how
you pay" Mr.. Role rite. Vat are
your terms" c. M.-"Oh, go, 40,
800, or four months net" Mr.. r.
''Nell, will buy on Jour months net
G. NJ" Umph In that case We sell
only on approved notes" Mr.. r.
''Vcll, viii gif you mine note" c. ".
THAT is all right, but does your note
sell in the market" Mr.. R-"MiHe
trent uf mine notes wood sell in dc
market, l wood make notes, not cLod-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20
How 10 XII EIies.

The Louisville Commercial states how
prominent druggist OF Louisville hit
on a novel scheme to get rid Of the
troublesome insect: "Bodine, druggist
in Louisville, runs soda fountain, and
everybody knows how the flies
are attracted by the syrups, etc.
The druggist was almost in
despair at the swarms of these
buzzing pests which made their reHdez-
vous at his store. Fe dared not use the
insect powder in the ordinary Wav. and
the fly paper was too filthy to be con-
sidered. In the midst Of his dilemma
he accidentally discovered that the in
sect powder is of almost as rapid com
bustion as gunpowder, though the
fame lives several seconds. By
a further investigation he dis
covered that portion of
the powder thrown from the bellows
through the flame Of lighted match
held six inches away, produced the re-
qUircd flame, and was capable of de-
stroying flies by the million. He, there
fore, puts out some bait for them every
morning. When they have collected in
sufficient numbers, he gets his powder
and match, and the work Of destruction
is sure and swift. No guilty fly escapes
the scorching Of the wings. By this
means all the flies in the store can be
destroyed in a few minutes. and d cir
tiayed remains are dumped into the
street by the gallon. In the same paper
we are told that other soda fountain
men have adopted the idea, and say it
works like charm.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20
Waiting for a Caller.

Tell your mother that I am COMING
to see her soon. " said a lady on Austln
Avenue to Mrs. Sniverly's boy, who H"s
playing in front Of the gate.
II am glad You are comm and ma
be glad to Ce you, too.
How do you know she viii Inc -.a B
to sec me p" asked Mr.. SuiyeIly.
Because 1 heard her say yestcrlaE
She would hc Glad 10 see somebody Wa
didn't come mere to- collect tlli
said nobody ever came g. the n"u-' -
cept men with bills.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20
A RECOLLECTION OF sUnuER
EY ToBE HODGE.

- iDbL tbDbE.
! stood one night when stars were bright.
Aud looked the silent city DER.
Across the street, gI summer heat
In through b. II curtains bore.
AZ distant chimes tolled ardent rhymes,
singing tonight like troubador
A lovely form, in color warm.
Rose from OFF a chamber floor.
lis robe Of white was ample quite
To shield when golden tress forbore.
save when rich lace revealed the grace
OF shapeiy arm and snowy store.
Like statue rare poised in the air,
IL stroye from toe-tipped bed oscar:
It's sanity gaze had upward raise
Its bps were ripe with sweet implore.
Then rose the form in color warm
Like on 10 heaven ambassador
And with II few pillow tCo;
For this was mosquito war
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20

IT was recently agreed by the author
tiles of the Michigan State Penitentinry
that under certain conditions convicts
should be allowed to exchange the uni
form of gray and black stripes for one
of gray alone. Good behavior entitled
the convict 10 the change 1t is report
Ell that nearly 50 per cent. of the pris-
oners have earned the right to the gray
suit, and that they show q disposition
TO observe not only the letter but the
spirit of the regulations.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20

LOGS OF the great timber raft which
broke up off Nantucket Shoa!, last De-
cemoer, are still menace tonavigators.
Water-soaked, moss-grown, and covered
with barnacles, they are reported to be
drifting in the vicinityof the Madeira
Islands almost undiacernible in their
deeply submerged condition. Judging
from the fate of the first raft. timber
trade in that form would be too danger
Gus to life on the sea to be long permit
ted by the government.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20

The unfortunate Kalaksua, king of
the Sandwich Islands, has Just been
compelled by the supreme court in
Hawaii TO refund 81 900 to a Chinese
merchant. kalakaua received that
amount as bride for the exclusive
right of importing and selling opium in
his kingdom, and after the money had
been paid he gave the monopoly to an
other man
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20

An application for the release of
Jaehne, the convicted New York Doodle
alderman, is now being urged. 1t
seems to be based on the rather plausi-
bic ground that, since the politicians of
New York have determined that none
OF the other cOrruptionists shall be pun
ished, itwould he unjust discrimination
to leave poor Jaehne in prison while his
pals are enjoying liberty and political
power
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20
The Size of the spiders Thread.

l have often compared the size OF the
thread spun 10y full-grown spiders Will
a hair Of my beard. For this purpose ]
placed the thickest part of the hair be-
fore the microscope, and from
the most accurate Judgment | could
form, more than a hundred Of such
threads placed side by side could not
equal the diameter OF one such hair
If, then, we suppose such a hair 10 aeo.
a round form, it follows that 10000 Of
the threads spun by the fui!-grown -Ii-
der, when taken together, Will not ne
equal in substance to the size of a single
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20
Superstition Rife To-day.

-. People are wont to boast of the en-
lightcnment OF this age and laugh at
the >uperstitions of their forefathers.
But 1t Is quite safe to say that supersti-
ton IS rs rife to-day as il ever was, the
only difference being that now peonIe
are ashamed TO acknowledge their
WEAKNESSES. said a real estate man
There IS nothing which gives a build
ing lasting black eye quicker than a
report that II Is OF was haunted. The
scanning of door, the rafting of a
WINDOW, the knocking down Of a tin
pan br pussy cat are all the work of
GHOSTS III such buildings And the
worst of it is that people arc INST as
afraid OF d new building erected on tho
site OF a haunted one as they are of the
haunted one itself"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20

\ COLORADO cattleraiser who went to
Brazil to investigate, believing that cat
tie could be proftably raised in that
country for shipment to the United
States, has returned cured of the belief.
He says there is plenty of gold in Brazil
but no nutritious grass. 1t would seem.
then, that as between gold and grass,
choice is in favor of the latter. That is
one Of the secrets of Americas vast
Upalth
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20
Unmarried Dukes.

Now comes a rumor of the engage
ment of Miss Dottie Zerega to the Duke
of Newcastle. This leaves but ten on
the list of eligible dukes leftin England.
These ten are:
/. Duke of Somerset, born December
30, 1910.
2. Duke Of Richmond, born February
y, 1918; widower
}. Duke ofGrafton, born June =, 1921
widower
!: Duke of st. Adams, born April IS,
1910; widowcr.
). Duke ofDevonshire, born April q,
1908; widower.
8. Duke of Rutland, born May 10,
Z; Duke of Argyll, born April 30, 1923
Widower.
s. Duke of Portland, born December
-, 1857.
.. Duke of buckingham and Chandos.
born September 10, 1929; widower.
I'D. Duke of Westminster, born De
t"bcr Is, 1925; widower.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20
Anecdotes Of Greeley.
T. G.. Evans,

L. u Evans.
Mr.. Greeley was always sensitive to
errors in his proofs, and sometimes
broke loose in thunders OF reprobation.
4 serious blunder of this sort turned the
milk of his kindnessinto koumiss, which
exploded and deluged the Office, making
printers and proof readers pale as the
element which ingulfed them. An in
verted comma stung him like a mos
quito. \ mistake in table of election
returns set him into such fury as the red
flag Of the picador kindies in the Catalon.
ian bull. Henderson, he said once to
the compiler Of these sterile statistics,
who had made an error OF two votes
in the returns from the Molly-muCk-a-
chuck district in the Mooscluc-
maguntic region Of Northeastern Maine.
Il discharge you: ! don't want to see
your face around here any more" But
Henderson was at his post as usual the
next morning. How is this, Hender-
SON. said George Ripley, as he came
into the Office at his customary hour. ~
thought Mr.. Greeley discharged YOU
yesterday" "Ic s, NE did, +" said Hender-
sen, "but don't put any confidence in
what he said" One day Mr.. Greeley
wrote that if man were to shoot hap
hazard ont of a window, he would he
morally responsible for any harm he
might do. In print the haphamrd"
became half a yard, rhetorical con-
version which So depressed Mr.. Gree
ley's spirits that be had no strength left
to discharge ANYBODY. not even iIendcr-
son. which was his constant resource in
great emotional crises
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-20

Rosa WIss, a young Girl Of Nerd an,
Miss, had cents given her in a Joke as
a birthday present She bought yard
of calico and made sun bonnet. which
she sold for 10 cents This she invested
III more calico, made it up, sold the gar
ments and reinvested the capital until
she had SIG. With this she bought pota-
toes, planted them, paid for the cultiva-
ton of her crop, for gathering and cart
ing to town, and sold ii for $40 clear