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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
Cannibals in Sumatra.

A friend of the writer who for more
than fortv wears has been in the en-
plovment OF the Dutch government,
bears personal witness to the prevalence
of cannibaIism in Sumatra up to recent
times. saws writer in the Gentleman 5
Magazine. He was once making sclen-
tific investigations III the interior of
that island. and was being entertained
in the most hospitable manner by
the native rajah, or chief, of the
Mace he was then in. A feast had been
made to which he was hidden, and TO
which he went, taking his own native
servant with him. The banquet had
proceeded for some time without IN
terrIption when at last, as crown OF the
feast a beautiful brown roast joint was
brought from the back of the house 70
the open. airy place where the repast
was being held. This was cut up with
out remark AMI handed round, and the
Dutch gentleman was on the point OF
eating his portion, having raised part
of it to his lips, when his servant rushed
forward and stopped him, saying
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
Something in That Superstition,
From the Philadelphia Times.

from the Phliadelp hia Times.
An amusing incident occurred at a
summer watering place several seasons
ago. A young lady of means and posi-
pied one of a row of cottages attached
to large hotel 1t so happened that all
her life long this girl had cherished a
superstitious dread that sooner or later
when she turned the light out at night
and was on the point OF getting into bed
an unknown something would spring
from beneath the couch and catch her
by the foot. Ever since her earliest
childhood she had waited for this fright
full catastrophe to take place, but up to
the time of her summer soJourn 10 the
aforementioned cottage she had waited
in vain. One night she went 10 her room
as usual and prepared for rest. The apart
ment was situated on the ground floor,
opening upOn narrow lane leading to
the hotel proper The young lady dis
ToOed, blew out the lamp, and nervous
~ impressed as usual that something
would seize her by the heel, made
quick rush for the bed. lust as she
got her right foot securely lifted, how
ever, to her unspeakable horror, some
thing did catch hold Of the left one.
The awful presence held her iDstep in
a grip of iron, and uttering a yell of
terror she tumbled in a heap on the
bed in dead faint. Her mother and
sis er, who had adj Joining rooms, rushed
IN with lights, startled beyond measure
10 find Miss Edith in a state of collapse,
with long legged, jet-black pig poking
his nose from beneath the bedstead.
The animal lad walked In during the
day, the front door being always open.
and had secreted himself under the bed
until Miss Edith's running high Jump
bad reused him to sudden activity.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
Gems of Thought.

The little | have seen OF the world
and know of the history of mankind
teaches me To look upon the errors OF
others In sorrow, not in anger.-LOHgfel-
l01c.
He that would reckon up all the acct
dents preierments depend upon, may as
well undertake to count the sands or sum
up infnity.-S0tuh.
1t became him who created them 10
set them in order; and if he did so, it is
unphilosophical to seek for any other
origin Of the world, or TO pretend that 1t
might arise out of chaos by the mere
laws of nature.-,Sir /. Merton.
BY loves delightful influence the at
tack of ill-humor is resisted, the yiO-
lence of our passions abated, the bitter
cup of affection sweetened, all the IN
iuries of the world alleviated, and the
most beautiful flowers plentifully strewn
along the most thorny paths of life
Zimmerman.
1t is an impressive truth that some
times in the very lowest forms of duty,
less than which would rank man as a
villain, there is, ne vertheless, the sub
FINEST ascent of sei.-sacrifice. To do
less would class you as an object Of eter-
nal scorn: to do SO much presumes the
grandeur of heroism.-De Quincy.
y man takes contradiction and advice
much more easily than people think
only he will not bear ii wnen violently
given, even though it be well founded.
Hearts are flowers; they remain open to
the softly falling dew, but shut up III the
violent down-pour of rain.-Ricbter
This evil fortune which attends eX-
traOrdinary men hath been imputed to
divers causes that need not be set down
when so obvious a zone occurs, that when
great genius appears the ounces are all
IN conspiracy against himself.
The willow which bends to the tenn
pest often escapes better than the oak
which resists it; and so in great calami-
ties it sometimes happens that light and
frivolous spirits recover their elasticity
and presence OF mind sooner than those
OF loftler characteristic Va ter Scott.
Marriage is the strlctest tie of perpet-
ual friendship, and there can be no
friendship without confidence, and no
confidence without integrity; and he
must expect to be wretched who pays
to beauty, riches or politeness, that re-
gard which only virtue and piety can
claim. Dr. 5. Johnson
There Is scarce any lot so low but
there Is something in it to satisfy the
man whom it has be allen; Providence
having so ordered things that in every
mans cup, how bitter soever, there are
some cordial drops-some good circum-
stances,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
Do Figures Lie?
From Spcnce's Paper.

Do figures lie? Let us see.
Two women had thirty chickens each.
which they took TO market. They
ag.eed to divide equally the proceeds of
their sale
One sold her chickens two for 81. get
ting for her thirty chickens SIS.
The other sold hers three for 81, get
ting for her chickens $40.
l his made S25 realized on the sixty
chickens
The merchant called to divide the
money said
1ou sold your thirty chickens two
for 81, and you sold your thirty chick,
ems three for 81. That makes sixty
chickens at the rate of five for 3. Well.
five into sixty goes twelve times-twice
twelve Is twentv-four That makes S24
your chickens brought
But as shown above the women actu
ally had s25 in their pockets And vet
the merchants figures were right.
10 figures lie :?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
A New Style of Robbery.
From the Detroit Free Press.

AS the prOprietor of the New York
egg and butter store, at 81 Essex Street,
was standing behind.the counter, we'll
dressed stranger came in the shop. The
stranger said: "Sir, / noticed in the
a sign inscribed, Fresh eggs, % cents a
Dozen Now, | think those eggs are
not fresh" The proprietor of the
store, knowing the eggs to be perfectly
fresh, SO informed the stranger, who
Immediately offered to bet s. note that
the eggs were not fresh. The
bet was instantly covered by
the proprietor and both laid
their s. bills on the counter. The
proprietor OF the store went to the win
dow, took one of the eggs, broke it and
asked the stranger if the egg was not
perfectly fresh. The stranger replied,
Yes, but take another, and you will
find that 1t Will be rotten" The pro-
prletor willingly complied and turned
his back to the stranger, and while The
storekeeper was reaching for the egg
the stranger reached for the $40 and de-
parted, shaking the dust OF the store
from his heels, very quietly and expedi-
tIously. The storekeeper being behind
the counter was slow in getting out, but
when he did get out the stranger had
disappeared
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
Robert CARROTS Baltimore Palace
From the Philadelphia News

From the Philadelphia News.
The Garrett residence is wonder of
architectural and decorative art; and its
formal opening, by a ball early in Jan
uary, 1887, was the event of that Balti-
more season. The ground plan is 90 by
100 feet; there are three stories and
basement, with a solid front of brown
stone. The general style is of the
French Renaissance, but the designer
allowed himself much latitude. The
main hall is that of an old English man.
or, and all tue woodwork is of English
black oak, deliberately carved, with pan
ell decorations, choice paintings and
steel suits of mail. There is also a libra
~ finished in mahogany. a dining
room in the Dutch style of the
sixteenth century, parlor uphol-
stored in Gobetn tapestry, with
deep frieZes of allegorical paint-
ings, wonder III balcony, and a conser-
vatory, 40 by so feet in size, which is &
perfect paradise of ferns and exotic
flowers, with bubbling fountains and
waterfalls, over all of which is light
soft as that of full moon. Altogether,
it is neighbOrhood of which the posi-
BILE colCred orphan neighbors would
have no cause to feel ashamed. The
real wonder of the place. however. is
the bathroom, modelled after that of the
luxurious Louis Nv. of France. The
ceiling is in imitation of lattice work,
with vines and flowers; the immense
LAYER tvuigato vOce, tub is of silver
and Tennessee marble; the water
comes in through brass pipes and gold
plated fixtures, and all the adornments
are OF sybarific elegance.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
The Armstrong Gun.

The Elswick Ordnance Company Lord
Armstrong; has perfected a inch
breech-loader from which ten rounds
were fired in Al seconds. A 6-foot tar
get l 600 yards away was struck ) times
running in 81 seconds. With this start
ling improvement in gunnery comes r
new powder from the Chilworth Com
pany, which, with charge weighing
third less, velocity of nearly 400 feet
per second is obtained, as compared
with other powders. There has also
been launched lately, for Italy, by the
Elswick Company, the Piemonte, 81
sequence of being fitted with this new
type of guns, can discharge against an
adversary in given time twice the
weight of shot and shell that can be
fred by the largest war vessel now
afOat
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
4 "Reminiscences of the Astcrs
From the Detroit Free Press.

Clarence Carpenter, in looking over
the papers of his ia her, the late ". =.
Carpenter, esterday, came across let
ter from John Jacob Astor, which is
quite curiosity in these latter DAYS
when Detroit Is great and growing city
with a financial credit second to no
municipality in the country. The letter
was brought to the city comptroller's Of
fee. 1t is dated August 5, lS42, is writ
ten by William B. Astor for John jacob
Astor, and Is addressed to Robert Stuart,
then prominent citizen of Detroit.
The writer states that be has purchased
certain bonds of the city of Detroit, and
inquiries if the city is likely TO pay the
interest. Deputy Comptroller Peter
Rush said: II don't think John Jacob
Aston would ask ii We were able to pay
interest on our bonds if be were alive
to-day -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10

PHILADELPHIA became so overcrow d.
edwith lawyers that the judges recently
raised the required course of study be-
fore admission as practicing attorney
from two years to three. There is need
% the same requirements everywhere
~ reduce the crop of incipient lawyers
whoneyer get beyond pettifogging and
uunsdng The drift is also toward an
extension of the time required before
students Of medicine can begin to prac-
tee ar experiment on the public health
AMI the private purse. Now, let us have
done with infantje prodigies in the
pu.plt and our professions will be so
manned as to retain the respect OF the
people and be worthy OF condolences.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
Picking Ostrich Feathers.
From the san Diego Gal Gun.


The feat OF plucking the ostrich re-
quires only little strategy to accom-
plish it easily. Two men enter the camp
together; in one corner high stall, three
and half feet wide, is constructed.
Into this stall one throws handful of
grain; the bird thrusts his head in to
pick it from the ground, the second at
tendant gives him a swift but gentle
shove which sends him further into the
stall, when No. ] thrusts hand well
along his neck and crowds his head in
to stout stockiug-hke bag, made fast
to the stall at the further end. The bird
is Gagged, and the plucking or clipping
process can begin at once, the pick
ing being done from behind-as it is
only in front that he kicks. 1t Is
essential that the wing plumes be cut
or pulled with great care, as in
them lies the high value of the feather
crop. Each wing in good condition
yields an average OF twenty-five plumes,
usually pure white; the tail yields sew
eral; and. in addition. the wing also fur
nishes the tips" that make the MILL
ners' pretty and stylish trimmings.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
Wheat From Seed 5000 Years Old
From the Cincinnan Enanirer-

FROM lDe Ilul lHuAu Enquirer
most interesting experiment Cul-
minated to-day in the raising of some
wheat grown from wheat as old as the
exodus. The experimenter is David
Drew, who last year received from
friend in Alexandra, Egypt.
some grains of wheat taken
from mummy exhumed near
the ruins of Memphis, and belonging, it
is believed, to the period of the ninth
dynasty, which would III Ike it grown
about 5000 years b. c., or nearly 5000
years old. He planted the seed early in
the spring and carefully unused it. 1t
grew rapidly and at the time of cutting
measured from six and haltto seven feet
high. The leaves alternate on the stalk
like common wheat, but the product of
the plant is the most singular part OF it,
for, instead of growing in an ear like
modern corn, there is heavy cluster of
small twigs i'll place of the spindle which
hangs downward from its weight, and
each twig is quickly studded with
kernels, each of hich is in separate
husk. From what is thrashed larger
crop will be grown next year, as the re-
suit proves this to exceed i'll quality
anything modern grain can grow.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
TOTAL


1t must mean much toll and pEivatiOn
Tor Workmen getting such wages 10 save
mp EN- ough money to begin manufactur-
ing even on very small scale, but the
great potterIes of to-day were the small
ones OF not so many years ago, and
even now adventurous workmen begin
for themselves small potteries in COM
petition with the larger ones.
hese small potterles, Mr.. Copestake
tells me, are especially numerous at
LOngton. \ workman, or perhaps
pair OF them, working in partnership,
viii knock out the Partition between
couple of houses and start a pottery,
which will, if successful, grow bigger by
degrees, and eventually may turn out
an establishment of some size.
There are not many industries which
can be proftably conducted on so small
q scale, and even in the potteIies |
should fancy it is only the exceptional
workman earning the highest wages
who is able to set up for himself.
There Is an almost total absence of
articles of luxury and aesthetic adorn-
ment in the potter's homes. Taken in
connection with this, the shop windows
tell a significant story. After the uni
versal blackness there is no, hing which
so torcIbly impresses an American as
the dearth along the shopping streets of
Injuries and things merely pretty or
meant to be displayed for sale
An American village a size larger
than the crossroads type would make a
Drawer showing o. silks and laces, fans,
pretty leather goods, albums, pictures.
art furniture, musical instruments, toys
and games, baby carriages, confection-
cry and tie like, than this struggling
city of 200 600 people
1t is a sad, dour and unsmiling region.
The smoke belches from the tail chin
neys, shuts out the sky, and clouds the
rare shining of the English sun. Under
foot the refuse of the potteries every
where covers what were once the heat
fields of as fair a region as England
boasted. | shall not be sorry to leave
the smoke-begrimed pOtteries for fresh
fields and pastures-green, | hope, not
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
1 ACTS.

Fishes are weighsi in In ir scales.
Ard an elephant packs his own trunk:
But rats never tell their OWE tales
And one seldom gets chiuk in a chunk
Dogs seldom wear their own pants.
Which FAC lays lhem open to scorn;
No nephew or niece fducies ants,
And COW never blows her own horn.
4 eat can not pare lis oHn claws.
No POrcupiuc Hibs his own quill,
Though orr han bears stiu have their paws.
A bird will not pay it, own bll
Sick ducks never 80 to a uuGCS,
\ horse can not plOw its own name.
\ ship i not hurt by II lack,
And window he or suiltrS from pane.
->GH francisco ExdmfHcr
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
She Sat on the Railroad.
From the ST. Louis Globe Democrat

FROM the ST Louis Globe Democrat
Mrs. Sorenson, Of Manistee, keeps a
boarding house, and the Manistee 4
Northeastern Railway Company had
prepared to lay the track for the road in
front of the Sorenson house. To this
Mrs. Sorenson objected She ordered
the men 10 stop work, but tsev laughed
at her, whereupon she went into the
house and reappeared with a revolver
and rocking chair, Now, said she,
to the gang of workmen, You strike an
other stroke and I'll shoot the first man
of you who does It." Then she sat
down on the job in her rocking chair,
and stayed there till the hand of the Law
Was isid upon her, and she was sent TO
Jaii TO answer TO a charge of obstructing
the building and operation of a rail-
KaV
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
WHEN BESSIE DIED.
BY JAMES wHIrooNB Riley.

BY JAMES wHITCoNB RILEY.
II from your own the dimpled hands haC
slipped
ana ne er would nestle in your palm again;
the white feet into the grave had tripped-"
When Bessie died
We braided the brown hair and tied
II Just as her own little hands
HAD fastened back he silkeu strands
thousand umes-the crimson bit
Of ribbon woven into it
That she had worn with childish pride
Smoothed down the dainty bow; aud cried,
When Bessie died.
When Bessie died
We drew the nursery blinds aside
AEG, as the morning in the room
Burst Ike primrose into bloom
Her pet canarys cage we hung
here she mig ut hear him when he sung
And yet not any note be tried,
Though she lay listening, folded eyed
When Bessie died
We writhed IN prayer unsatsied;
We begged OF God, aud He did emile
In silence on US all the while;
And we did see III N through our tears,
EMBEDDING that fair form of hers,
She Ia ughing back against His love
The kisses we had nothing OF,
And death to us He still denied
When Bessie died
When Bessie died.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10

Tie reports of the governors of the
various territories are now being made
up and forwarded to Congress. Allow
ing for the eXaggerat;on natural when
each governor Is hoping for statehood
for his territory, and a seat in the Unit
ed State Senate for himself, it is still ev-
Ident that a great increase in popuIa-
ton has taken place Dakota is the big
gest boy in Uncle Samuel's family, and
has for several years wanted to set up
for himself Dakota population is &c.
900, and has increased $500 during the
Nnar
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
A FLEETING DREAM

BIZ GEORGE OWEN KOCH
"hen the autumn day il dying.
AND the shadows soft are falling,
backward then my thoughts are flying,
Days and friends OF old recalling
From the yistas of the past
All, how quickly time Is feetingi
snort the years TO me are seeming
since my friends and / gave greeting
IN the days OF which | III dreaming,
Mid the night shades thick ming fast.
But too soon the moonbeams shining
Oer the hills on waters flowing
Shed their light on me repining:
FOR the dream was quick III going
Like my youth. too bright 10 last
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10

IHE devotion of an actress named
Nr~. Bertha Diggle to her profession, if
reports are to be relied on, is truly phe-
nomenal. Her husband once successful
y insisted upon her leaving the stage,
Tint she subsequently returned TO It.
again tie pursued her with his importu-
mites, and seeing no other way of fol-
owing her art she put lot of morphine
iu his beer The next bier he took was
made Of wood. and MIS-. Digsle is de-
tanned from the Il eater for IN indefinite
period in an Iowa jail. She has secured
an advertisement, but there are grave
reasons to fear that she viii not profit
hvTr
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10

IL recent Boston novel, whose scene
Is laid IN the year 1900, when the gold
en- age has come, the author tells that
awnings are stretched over the street in
rainy weather SO that men 90 about
their tasks without the least inconven-
fence The people of that blissful time
look back in horror at the days when
each man carried his own umbrella end
pointed at. that fact as an evidence of
the individual selfshness of the age.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10

idont of the republic. The republic is
apparently ayerse to creating field mar
shals; for no one has been appointed IL
that RINK since the fall OF the second
empire. The title which was first es-
tablished as long ago as 1855 was most
layishly used by the two Napoleons, the
first OF whom created twenty-five field
marshsls and the last fifteen.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10

scarlet Letter" and such fame as no
hoVeilst In America before or since has
attained. 1t was all due to his noble
wife. Had she repined, and added 10
TINS burden, the world would never
have known Hawthorne
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10

The New York supreme court has sus-
tanned the will of the late Samuel J.
Iilden. 1t seems to have been the
view OF the court that the reputation of
the law required at least one case in
which II was shown that g lawyer could
draw up viii that would stand.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
SUPERIOR TIMES.
SUPERIOR, WIS

THERE is something more than mere
doctors quarrel in the controversy be
tween Dr. Mackenzie and the German
physicians. There is $3.50, 900 in 1t for
Or. Mackenzie, unless the calculations
81 his nn0lishers are all at fault.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10

\ WORD otcommon sense has come at
.asl concerning the so-called enormous
canals on the planet Mars. These
canals were supposed to be vast irrigat-
my channels thirty miles in width to
lh0orI50. and in length 1000 to 5000
miles. They occur generally in pairs,
running parallel. The supposition that
the Msrtians or MARSHES were engaged
IN such gigantic enterprises required a
good deal ofcredulity. Prof Pickering,
of Harvard, now tells US they are prob
ably belts of vegetation, or possibly
areas of land under cultivation. This
superstition, while it may not accord
with fact, does not conflict with common
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10

TIE women ofChicago have organized
a society for the amelioration of the con-
dltion Of girls and women employed in
the factories, workshops and stores of
that city. There Is field for useful
ness for such organizations in every
Iarge city in the land.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
A Trifie Rough on Horace.
From the Indiana polls Journal

TIULI LLt IIIIhUd iFUIIr JUuIUaI.
Horace Greeley told this story Of him
self: Soon after he went to learn the
printing business he went to see
preachers daughter. Next time he at
tended meeting he was considerably as
tonished at hearing the minister an
nounce as his text: MY daughter is be-
ing grievously tormented with a devil"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10

HEREAFTER let no one fear that he NAV
be misunderstood. We have it on the
authority Of Mr.. Emerson and the Kan
sas City Star that Pythagoras, Socrates,
Calico, Newton and Col. Bill Nelson
have all been misunderstood in their
day and generation.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10

THERE isa report that London pub
Usher viii shortly issue a book contain
NC the speeches which the Prince of
Wales has delivered during the last
twenty-five years. A II friends of decent
literature will Join in the hope that ii is
only his public speeches which the
Prince intends to print.