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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
What an Administration :.

from the Milwaukee Wisconsin
Every day something is developing to
show the utter hypocrisy of the Cleve-
land Administration on the subject of
civil service reform. In truth, 1t is pur-
suing policy OF removals and appoint
ments which would have disgraced the
administrations of Pierce or Buchanan.
Senator Hale has Just unearthed cir
cular issued from the War Department
in January, 1886, which was designed to
iniuse more Democratic workers into
the armories and arsenals OF the United
States. We believe this is the first
line IN our history that such partisan
effort has been made. The War De-
partment in all It's branches has been
kept free from partisan influence or
partisan appointments. 1t has remained
for President Cleveland's secretary OF
war TO attempt another policy.
The following circular was issued by
Gen. Benet, OF the ordnance DEPART
ment, at the instance of Secretary Endl-
colt. Read it carefully, and observe
that even women and children, who are
largely engaged in making cartridges
and fixed ammunition, may come under
the official axe Of the present admins
tration.
CONFIDENTIAL.
ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 4, 1SS6.-1o the
Commanding Officers Of the National Arnl-
Dries at Springfield, Mass, and Rock Island,
Ill.,. and Of The United States ArSenolS at
NelC York, " est Troy, ". y; Pajiadei-
phi0, Pa: Boston, Mass; Benecia, Cal,
etc.-SIR: While arsenals and armories
are not intended to be converted into
political machines, two political parties
in this country are recognized. 1t is
therefore ordered that hereafter in en-
ploying and discharging employees of
any and all grades, other things being
equal, and qualifications satisfactory,
Democrats will be favored, the object
being to divide the force in the differ
ent grades gradually between Demo
Gratis and Republicans. This rule will
apply to women and children as well as
to men aud will be strictly en- creed.
Respectfully, your obedlent servant,
:. V. BENET,
Brigadier General, Chief of Ordnance,
L. :. Army.
Senator Hale thought this document
of so extraordinary and repuisive q
character that he at first considered it a
'Orgery; but an investigation has satisfied
him that it is a genuine document and
that it is fair sample of the low meth
dds of the administration in its efforts to
place more of its partlsans IN the pay OF
the government.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
Where Their Repeating Fails

From the Toledo Blade.
Since the days Of Andrew Jackson,
not a Democrat has been elected q sec
ond time to the presidency.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13

they should find ind their own flag a field o
limi.less advance in the direction OF the i'm
pro ement the prosperity, and the happiness of
man. Very respectfully yours,
LEVI p. MORTON.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
All There is Of IL.

From the Troy Times.
In short, protection protects and free
trade destroys a country's prosperity.
That is all there is OF it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13

BLACK and Howells finish their Har
pers stories in the November number
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
NOTES Or THE CAMPAIGN.
Means Live and Let Live.

From the Brooklyn Standard Union.
Free Trade means starvafionwa wages or
none at all, and Protection means live
and let live"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
died. One of her hearers asked when
she died. answered: "She died just
in time to be buried"
Three Orpha an Sisters.
Richmond Dispatch.

Hlcnmonu DlSpatcn.
Miss Mol McCurdy, of the McCurdy
sisters, the owners of the two large ho-
tells bearing their name here and at
Coyington, was married in Covington
on the 2lst inst, by Rev. Mr.. Wagner,
of the Methodist church. to Maj. j. f..
Evans. of Asheyille, N. e. There is a
tinge of romance about this marriage,
Maj. Evans, while Confederate soldier
during the late war, having been sick or
wounded at the house of Miss McCur-
dy'S father, and she the ministering
angel who nursed him back to health
and finally crowned his life with nappi-
ness.
Few business men have exhibited
more enterprise and tact than this lady.
Upon the death of their father, some tif-
teen years ago, the three sisters assumed
all of his debts, amounting to nearly
$4,000, and bravely undertook to carry
on the hotel business he had left at
CovingtOn and discharge his liabilities.
Miss Mol, the youngest of the sisters,
became the financier and business man
ager, and in seven years the last of their
fathers debts were discharged. They
then, contrary to the Judgment of many
older heads, undertook larger venture
and without any capital to begin with
built and furnished the large hotel at
Clifton Forge at an outlay of SIS, 900.
That property has all been paid for and
has become quite valuable, being eSti-
mated now at fully 1000, and the sis
tiers are independent. Honesty. pluck
and good sense will tell, and even the
weakest of the weaker sex may take
courage from the example of these three
orphan Virginia sisters.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
WHO ARE BENEFITED?
Protection Aids the Manufact-
urer, Not the LabOrer.

To the Editor of the Globe.
l was much surprised to see the edi-
torial in the Pioneer Press of the 21st
entitled "Duty on Wheat" AS a sup
porter of the tariff is it consistent? Does
not the same apply to duty on other ma
terial in this country? Who is bene-
fitted from our duty Oh sugar and other
staples in this country outside of the
manufacturer? 1t is not the working
man, for his wages are only enough to
keep body and soul together. Then
where does the difference between
prices here and in other countries go to
If not to the manufacturer. Granulated
sugar to-day is selling in England at
2d half penny, or equal to AZ cents. In
Winnipeg, after paying freight over
1000 miles, it is selling for cents. while
in st. Paul it is worth ~ to IA cents.
Protection does not increase the work
ingman'S wages, for, as soon as labor
gets scarce enough to give man good
wages, we have an influx of outside
labor, and then comes the competition
in labor. ''Half loaf is better than
none,' is fully illustrated here, for does
not the man with family dependent on
him, especially if he has just arrived,
take work at any wages he can get so as
to keep the wolf away from his door.
Like the land owners in France
our manufacturers are the only
ones benefited from the tariff
We have in this country all the raw ma
terials, as good machinery as any cOun-
try in the world and just as much abil-
ity, then why can't we compete? The
wages paid here are not sufficiently
large to make the difference in the price
of goods. There is no fear of our man.
facturers shutting down if we get free
trade. They have too good thing. In
sugar alone it would make a difference
of nearly cents a pound.
FREE TRADE.
MOOrbead IAN %
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
TORTURE BY FAMINE.
An Unfortunate Creature Who
Was Hanged Up Without Food.

Yesterday we visited the Che-hsien's
lamen in the city for the purpose of in
curing into the truth of the statement
that criminal was exposed in cage
and was being therein starved and tort
ured to death. Such an event is of rare
occurrence in Shanghai City of recent
years, and its revival by the new dis
trict magistrate is somewhat surprising.
The unfortunate creature stood upright
in bamboo cage, about five feet high,
with his neck through a cangue, by
which he would have been almost suS-
pended-or, at least, the tips of his toes
would barely have touched the bottom
of the cage-had it not been that some
person had placed a large stone under
the mans feet.
BY this his SutferlngS were greatly re-
lieyed and his chances of death by
strangulation reduced. He did not look
particularly distressed at his position
amid the raillery and the jeers of the
spectators, who displayed an almost
fiendish delight i'll hooking his state, to
which he seemed not lOath to reply with
interest, and perfect fire of abuse was
kept up between the cruel people and
the wretched prisoner. says the North
the morning friend of his gave him
some rice and water and also prepared
a pipe of opium with which to Soothe
his sufferingS. If this humane friend,
however, was detected in his merciful
ministrations by the authorities there is
no doubt that he would be punished Sc
verely, perhaps even clapped into
similar cage.
1t would seem that the yamen people
made no provision for providing the
prisoner while in the cage with anv
kind of food, and that they also direct
dire threats against any one who might
give him any. The man is described as
desperate thief, and has been in pris-
on ten years. His last Offense was
stripping prisoners of their clothes and
stealing everything else of the little
that these wretched beings possessed.
His legs are weighed down with heavy
chains, and altogether, his fortunes in
the horrible continuance give a strong
contradiction to the belief that the Chi
nese are becoming more humane of
their judicial system. In no other
country of the world boasting of any
sort of civilization would such thing
be tolerated, and the worst feature Of it
is that the people generally applaud the
cruelty of the Che-hSien and have no
sympathy with the unfortunate man.
Our impression was that they were very
much disappointed that the stone was
given to him, although they made no
attempt to remove it while we were
there, and they also denounced the
humanity of the man who fed him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
Testing Their Faith.
Rochester Democrat.

IlOCHSStcE
Speaking of speed, Conduc tor Wan
told an interesting story in the hearing
of your correspondent the other day.
A couple of years ago some ten or
twelve Methodist ministers were on his
train en- route to Syracuse by way of
Lyons to attend conference. At Geney q
the passenger train was delayed few
minutes by freight car that had
jumped the track. Those gentlemen of
the cloth, contrary to their preaching.
BECAME very, Impatient. One said:
''What a road" Another said: I'VE
shall miss our connections at LYONS.
surely" Said a third: 'What an ex-
penSe we shall be at if We have to stay
over at Lyons, and, more than all. we
shall not reach conference IN time to
answer to the roll call" All agreed in
their effort to make Conductor WAY
acquainted with the fact that thPy
would never patrOniZe the road again.
In about as much time as it takes to tell
it the track was clear. The conductor,
with mixed feeling of sympathy for
the clergy and the reputation of the
road. said to his engineer: I'VE have
seventeen minutes to make connection
at Lyons (which place is about that
number of miles from Geneva; do Your
best"
The train was soon under full speed.
Like bird it flew over the track. which
was not accustomed to nor was it ar
ranged for such speed. The impatient
clergymen, holding on to their seats,
began to look at each other with the
seriousness of funeral procession. One
of their number, failing to contain him
self longer, clambered back to the hind
end of the car, where sat the conductor
Soberly watching the movement of
things. Reaching the conductor, the
following ensued:
Minister-Don't you think, conductor,
that we are going at an awful speed?
COnductor--Yes.
Minister-How fast do you think we
are going?
Conductor-AIIle minute.
Minister-Don't you think we are iE
danger?
COnductor-YeS.
Minister-If we jump the track we
are killed?
Conductor-There is no doubt of it.
Minister-Why do you run such
risk?
Conductor-To meet your cOnven-
fence, and also to test your faith. In
your preaching you eXhOrt us to he
calm and i'll readiness for all such
events.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
FEATHER-WEIGHTS FIGHT.
Harry Howard Done Up by Sam
Eaton in Nine Rounds at Cleve-
land.

Harry Howard Done Up by Sam
Eaton in Nine Rounds at Cleve-
land.
Special to the Globe
CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 21.-Sam Eaton,
the promising young feather-woight of
the West side, this city, scored another
victory to-day, which will add bright
laurel to his already brilliant career.
The contest to-day was a very private
and select affair of nine rounds, wit
messed by only about fifty persons,
chiefly actors and business men, and
took place at Ryan's gymnasium.
Eaton's antagonist was Harry Howard,
property man belonging to "A Dark
Secret company, now playing at the
Park theater, Howard is a pugilist of
some note, having won several battles
in New York, defeating, among some
others, Eugene Hornbecker, some time
ago. and has match in prospect with
a lightweight at Chicago. A purse
was raised, and the whole of
it went to the winner. William Charles,
a Rochester sporting man, refereed.
SiX-ounce gloves were used. Howard
started in with swinging right handlers,
nearly all of which fell short of EatOn's
body. The latter escsped by stepping
backward and Howard fairly wore him
self out tanning the air. Occasionally he
landed on EatOn'S side, but so low down
that the referee cautioned him to strike
higher. Eaton was on the defensive
nearly all the time, but in exchanging he
was promptly on hand with hard swings
and the first four rounds amounted to
little. Several times Eaton landed on
Towards face and neck and the latter
pounded EatOn'S ribs. in the fifth How
ard swung twelve times and famed the
air each time. Round six saw some
rapid exchanges and some clever lodging
by Howard; in the seventh, Eaton went
down from square blow in the mouth
and Howard was allowed first blood.
They came together, and Howard stag
gered from the right-handers sent in by
Eaton. The latter did not follow his
advantage, and time was called. In the
eighth Towards wind was fast going,
and the Clevelander went at him in a
lively manner. Howard stumbled in
getting away, and fell over the rope. In
recovering himself he was met by a ter
rife smash in the nose, which sent the
claret flying in all directions. This so
discouraged and weakened Howard that
when time was called for the ninth
round he made but a few passes and
threw up the sponge. Eaton stock is
away up, and the knowing ones say he
has q brilliant featherweight record
ahead of him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
New Orleans Races.

New ORLEANS, Jan. 27.-The track
was slow.
First race, selling four and half furlongs-
Starters: June Bug, Gray Fox Rufiana and
Paganini. June Bug Won by half a length,
Paganini second, Gray Fox third. Time,
1:O1I2.
Second race, selling. six furlongs-Start-
ers: Archbishop, Avery, Mike Whiting and
Probus. Probus won by length Mike Whit
ing second, Avery third Time, :24b.
Third race, selling, five furlongs-Starters
Black Knight, Coincide, Eternity. Duhme,
Festus, Fanchon, Joshua and Headlad
Joshua won by half length, Festus second,
Eternity third. Time, 1:051s.
Fourth race, handicap, seven and one half
ffurlongs.Starters: Lottie Wall, Leman,
Jennie Mcfarland. Wanderoo, Ida l., Phil
Lewis, OvertOn and Forest King. Forest
King won, Leman second, Lottie Wall third.
Time. :43I2.
Following are the entries for to-
morrow:
First race, selling, half mile-Full Sail,
90; Rutfiana, SS.
Second race, selling. five furlongs-Princess,
l08; Claude Brannon, 90; Little Trumpet
81; Mike Whiting, 100; Archbishop, lis
Mordannt Ill; Trouble, Jog; Avery, 93.
Third race. selling six furlongs-Forest
King, H.; Bob Thomas, 90; Duhme, 1l5
a Head lad, 11S: France. 10Y; Black Knight,
80; Festus, LOG.
Fourth race, hnndicap, six furlongs-Jennie
Mcfarland, ITO; st. Valentine, 104 Lottie
Wall, 1Ol; Procus, 81; Wandered, 80 Jack
Brown, 80; Frank Clapp, 80; Eternity, IS
Sam Wharton, rs.
The weather is clear and cool and the
track will be Unfairly good condition to-
morrow.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
SHE is NOT FAIR.

She is not fair, the one love,
As many women are,
Yet loyelier seems than all the rest,
The fairest one by far.
Not beauty mere of shape and form,
A fresh and blooming face,
But in her every word and glance
Dwells virtues simple grace.
More sparkling eyes there are ween,
More beautiful in hue,
But not a deeper, clearer one,
Or more serene and true.
Full many have whittier brow,
A cheek that brighter CLOVIS,
Yet not face in all the world
SUCH peace and gladnesS shows.
Her hands are not as soft as silk,
Nor white as driven snow,
But they have done more help and goot
Than those more tender Know.
Her feet are not such tiny ones
AS many fair ones boast,
Yet the path that leads to others aid
Those feet have trod the most.
Her voice, alas! puts not to shame
The fountain or the bird,
But ever where there's sin or pain
Its cheerful tones are heard.
Her locks do not outshine the sun,
In fact are somewhat gray,
For they have seen the dreary toll
Of many weary day.
You wonder why love one then
That's neither fair nor youngs
] tell you that around her form
My noblest hopes have chung.
However hard and cruel fate
May strive my heart to smother,
Its last and farewell throbs will be
For her love-my mother.
Henry Edward Deane.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
Joe Quinn Chats.
Sporting News.

sporting news.
Joe Quinn, who is to cover second base
and captain the Des Moines team of
next year, still clings to st. Louis and
manages to have very pleasant time
of it.
THE Des Moines club of next year."
said he yesterday, II think will be a
hummer. l did not sign to captain the
team. but l think that Manager Morton
wants me to fill that Office"
eff you are made captain, how will
you place the team?"
''Wen, Stearns will play first, l will
cover second and Alvord third base.
Macullar will go to short field. Whitley
to left, Holiday to center and Van Dyke
to right. You know all about the bat
teries. l think our team will be great
one.'
''What team in the Western associa-
ton will you fear mOst?''
''Well, | cannot say just yet. | will
say, however, that l look on the Mime
apOliS club as the dark horse in ther race.
They have signed some rafting good
men up there. and promise to keep them
all guessing
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28

even those who would be most
ready to criticise such action as utterly
unworthy president of the United
States can hardly fail to see
the absurdity and shallowness of
the charge. Had the president
purchased property anywhere else,
there would have been the same
allegations. His right to buy where he
pleased was unQuestionable. The fact
that his purchase caused natural
enough increase in the value of adjoin-
ing lands is something with which he
could not be expected to concern HIM
self, and for which he was limo way re-
Sponsible.
1t is not denied that such an increase
has taken place, but unless the presi-
dents enemies can show that he has
been direct participant in the profits
realized because of the rise in value
of the property surrounding Red Top,
they must stand convicted of an at
tempt at grOundlesS defamation as un-
journalistic as malicious.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
Beats All Records.
Evening Wisconsin.

Evening Wisconsin.
People who dwell sin the land of the
Dakotas," and who do an immense
amount of Dragging conc erning every
thing connected with their big territory
Climate included-are respectfully
notified that in the matter of low tenn
perature Wisconsin is still in the lead.
Chippewa Falls beats all previous rec
ords with a score of IS deg. below zero
on Saturday morning, and no telling
what the city would have done if the
thermometer had been longer. The
coolest i'll Dakota during the late cold
snap, was only IS deg. below, but the
in some way, or perhaps was kept in the
oven of the cook stove. Winnipeg and
Manitoba have not yet been heard from,
but up to date Northern Wisconsin takes
the cake.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
Moorhead, Jan. %.
The Globe Endorsed

Evening Wisconsin.
The st. Paul GLOBE fayors the enact
ment of law that will compel cattle
owners to provide shelter for their herds.
Humane people generally would sup
port movement in this direction, as
the heartlessness with which the aver
age ''cattle king' calculates his annual
be permitted to own more cattle than he
can house, especially on northern
ranges, where for weeks the suffering
animals are compelled to ''rustle" for
food OF die. A drove of terrified beeves
fleeing before blizzard is sight pain
full to all but veteran cattlemen, whose
suffering in such events is merely finan-
-cial
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
AN ABSURD STORY.

The partisan anti-administration pa
pers are evidently hard put for ma
terial in their defamatory crusade
against the president. Their latest alb
surdity is to the effect that in buying
his suburban Washington residence
President CLEVELAND deliberately con-
spired with syndicate to make use of
Els official position to enhance the value
of suburban real estate and thereby
make substantial profit
Though many people accustomed to
the activity of Western real estate meth
DDS would find little of reprel,ensible
nature in the affair even were it true,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
A Boomerang.
Boston Transcript.

Boston Transcript.
He was the proud father of four grow
ing daughters, and he was accustomed
to keep them and their mother in proper
state of humility by saying Feminine
mind!' whenever their insight outran
his logic, or whenever their own logic
was weak. 1t was unanswerable and it
fulfilled its purpose very we'll, especially
in the case of the smallest girl, who
sometimes seemed almost appalled, by
the severity OF the remark. But alas!
the other day he said something which
did the little maid? She looked at him
with intense and whitening scorn and
lisped out. ''Fem'ine mindl" Has any
body good phrase of rebuke to offer to
replace his now useless watchword-
something warranted to wear well and
not liable to misappropriation?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
Close of the Curling Match.

Special 10 the Globe.
PORTAGE, Wis, Jan. 27.-The great
Mitchell medal curling match, which
began here last week and played until
only two Kinks, both of Portage. re-
manned undefeated, was completed to-
day. The igal game had been post
poned from last week on account of the
weather. The two Portage Kinks
matched were as follows: Invincibles,
l.. E. Greenleaf, j. Patterson, T. w.
Loomis, j. E. Jones skip. Crusaders,
{. q. Jaeger, S. E. Graham, T. j. Wells,
j. I'll. Wells skip. Score 20 to 10 in favor
of the lnvincibles. Old curling experts
pronounce it the finest and closest game
on record. The last stone of the twenty
first head, played by Jones, snatched
victory from his opponents, and he won
by one yoint amid the deafening cheers
of the immense crowd present. The
InvlnctbleS will hold Alex Mitchell'S
fine trophy until next seasons match.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
FINALE.

AS a girl, DER some love volume
Bending-by her interest carried
Beyond waiting-fnal column
Notes ere reading central pages
''Just to find out if they married
After ALIVE to our ages.
As near-sighted student-pouring
Ger tome at dusk-whose vision
Defines blurs beneath his 3coring;-
So we-who on fate would reckon
Ere it's written-dark derision,
Blots, and hieroglyphics beckon.
Thus is spoiled neat plot-yearning
Just glance into its ending;
Thus we dim our weak eyes, burning
Sight against Swallowed volume -
Over hieroglyphics bending
Seeking out some later column.
If the rose of early June-time
Could foresee how 1t would perish
In the furnace heat of noon time,
Might it yield breath less sweeteds
Would il dew aud sunshine cherish,
Knowing this life nigh completed?
If we could turn at beginning
OF llfe'S tome TO read its fms,
Would there be less blots of SHINING?
If we knew the maze of 'whences,"
Would our Ills be plus or minus,
When Death summed the consequences
Martha Eileen Holahan.