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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09
SEVEN BLOCKS BURNED.
The Business Part of "A New York Village
Wiped Out.

The BusIDess Part OF a New YORK Village
Wiped Out.
WATERTowN, \. Y, Feb. IA fire at
Antwerp. this county last night, caused
about $75, 900 loss TO business property.
Seven blocks were burned. The fire
was discovered shortly before midnight
and the people of the village were fight
ing the fire all night with the assistance
Of the Watertown department. Among
the establishments burned out we're the
Gazette office, Antwerp Bank, Spears
drug store, MISS Beman's dry and fancy
goods; Wm. Bentley, dry goods; j.
Winkler, boots and shoes; w. :. Smith,
groceries, and g. b. Hall, undertaken.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09
WANTS THE DYNAMITE CRUISER.
Foreign Government Trying to Secure
the Vessel.

'''elEh 'oFerument Trying to Secure
the Vessel.
Inc IN adelphIa Record on the 4th
FaNs. An oter has been made for the
dynamite cruiser Ve,pyms bv an Fu-
Korean government. and if the United
states government or the contractors
saah not take the vessel NJ, ssrs. Will
lah Tramp u Sons will dispose OF her at
q price lar IN excess of the sum named
4. ~ me contract entered into with the
altd states government The Cramps
"ie not IN position to accept the offer,
"S me cruiser Las been partially ac-
1epted by the II - department The
Itemters Of the firm refuse to disclose
e name of the nation which made the
eiier. but tine Italian government is sup
eoed 10 tie the one, inasmuch as the
amps are now construct ng q pneu-
matte dynamite gunboat for that coun-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09
INDEPENDENCE OF SAMOA
Australia Favors Giving the Island Com
pIete SeIf.Gpyernmenf

plete Self.GOyernment.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 2.-The sec
retary OF state to-day received a cable
message from Mr.. Coppin, United States
commissioner to the Melbourne Expo
sltIon, saying that the Federal Council
OF Australia has adopted an address 10
the crown, viewing with deep anx etv
recent events In Samoa and tavoring
treaties guaranteeing independence in
Samoa, and also expressing the opinion
that foreign dominion OF Samoa endau-
gers the safety of Australia
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09
LOST WITH ALL HANDS.

Spanish Mail Steamer Founders of
the Island of Biliran.
LONDON, Feb. 4.-The Spanish mail
steamer Remus has foundered off the
island of Biliran, one of the Philippine
Islands. AL Of the passengers are sup
posed to have been drowned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09
THE STRIKE ENDED.
The Executive Committee Officially De-
clares the Tie-up EaiInre.

4 New York dispatch, received on
the morning of the 9Th, says: The tie-uD
on the surface roads was declared off
last night. In the afternoon it was de-
cided by the Executive Committee to
submit such proposition to the local
assemblies. The Executive Committee
met and reports favorable to declaring
the strike off were received. The COM
mittee accordingly officially declared
the strike to be off and the great tIe-up
on all the New York surface roads is a
thing of the mast
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09
EMBEzzLER mooRE.s RETURN.

The Indianapolis Man Back at the
Hoosier Capital.
INDIASAPoLIs, Ind, Feb. A gentle
man Of undoubted veracity says ne saw
and talked to Joseph \. Moore, the alb
sconding Insurance agent, here this
morning, and that be came back last
night.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09
L. is House DESTROYED.

The handsome new residence OF ?.
IT. BarnUm, at Seaside Park. near
Bridgeport Conn, was nearly DESTROYED
by FIRE on the night OF the lst, causing
loss OF from 50, ,o0l TO 0.O01. Tht, res
idence was nearly completed and was
to have been occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
Barnum on their rerurn from New York
il the spring. No insurance.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09
SUNK IN COLLISION.

Twenty-four Persons Drowned in an
Ocean Disaster.
LONDON, Feb. 4.-The steamer Nereid
collided with the British ship Killochan,
Capt. Manson, off Dungeness, last night,
and both vessels went to the bottom in
a very short time Twenty-four persons
were drowned. including the captain OF
the killochan. Members of The crew
were rescued, one of which Afterward
died.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09
FIRED INTO A CROWD.
A Drunken New York Policeman and His
Gun

Gun
NEW YORK, Feb. "a drunken police
man named Farley, of the Ftty-frst
Street police station, fired five shots
from bis revolver this morning into
crowd who we're s. at, hing Inc fremen
at work in the ruins # Z e Graham
factory burned last ni1ht One shot
grazed the wrist one fireman and en-
tered the hat Of another. Another shot
took effect in the side Of a by-stauder.
The policeman Was arre-ted.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09
CANNOT BE DISSOLVED.

III aHaLHS tanAI IOmpany Must
Fight ii Out.
fARIs, Feb. 4.-The tribunal before
"hich the application was made Tor the
dissolution of the old Panama Canal
G5empany has decided adversely to the
.-e-4and q the petitions. The total sub
-pt.ons to the new issue Of Panama
oaAa4 shares amounted to 10000 shares.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09
SAID TO BE A DEFAULTER.

Arrest Of Prominent Mason on a Seriou.
Charge.
San FRANcIsco, Cal, Feb. 5.-Ihe
Chronicle publishes a statement that
Capt. Charles Stuart Trippler who Is
held in Portland, Ore, for forging q
check for Sl56, left this city short in his
accounts to the Masonic Grand Lodge
or California, 10 the extent of 5000.
Irppler is the son of q well-known army
surgeon aud was assistant secretary of
Inc lodge. 1t is stated that his friends
Viii make good his Indebtedness.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09
A Lawyer in Private Life.

IT il authoritatively announced that
President Cleveland will return to the
state of New York TO reside on the ex-
piration Of his term Of office. and will.
on March ;. resume the practice Of his
profession in New York City. having as
sociated himself as counsel with the law
firm of Bangs, StetsOn, Tracy < Mac
y-aagb
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09
PRIZE STORIES.

THE EVENING " IsCoNsIN offers to the
school children, both public and private,
ot the state OF Wisconsin outside the city of
Milwaukee, over 10 and under rs years of
age, ten Irizcs in gold for ten original stories
and sketches of not over 200 words.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09
HELATEST NEWS
Two Fires in Nfaudeiay.

Advices from Burmah announce that
Nsndelay has recently been visited oy
fwa immense coptlsgrations. In the
first the flames destroyed 6S2 houses, a
bazaar and a Buddhist monastery. In
the second 500 houses were burned.
Both couaagrationS were OF accidental
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09
MILLIONS IN ASHES.

bu1@so Visited by Destructive Con-
bagration-Forty buildings Burned
Many Costly Structures wiped Out
s-siateen Firemen Hurt and One
Killed,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09
TAKEN As 4 HINT.

BismarCk's Organ Says MIR. Pcpdletou is
Ul-Ihe Ministers Recall Evidently
Desred-The National 2eitung Says
America Has No Right to Establish "a
Coaiing station at Pago-Fago, in Sa-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09

F ttittiltt7Nl ~ ttlliAh hC ttti'tf'l III ill bl
before March /, and must be accompanied
by the name, age and residence of the writer,
on separate sheet. The stories will be
numbered as received, and handed over to
the regular manuscript readers of the paper
without the authors name. Ten or more
will toe printed, il thought worthy, with the
number attached, from time to time as re-
ceivcd. All will be printed before March
1G, and the decision will be printed March 30.
All readers of The EVENING WISCONSIN,
regardless of age sex or residence, who
have read all the competing stories, will
be cutit e 10 vote. The votes must be writ-
ten npol JieaE baliots c,h from The columns Of
TIE EyINING WISCONSIN,. stating the num-
her of the story entitled to the FIRST PRIZE,
giving name aud residence Of the voter.
The prizes VIII be distributed TO the young
authors according to the number of votes in
their order.
All manuscript should be written plainly
and upon one side of the paper, folded mot
IollcI) and addressed Editor of the EVEN
1856 WIscoNsIN-Prize story" No manu-
script will be retained, but all will become
the property Of THE WISCONSIN,.
The name and residence of all competitors
(without numbers, viii be printed in THE
WISCONSIN about March .
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-24
Convicted by the Clock. N

A lady from Ithaca, the birthplace
of Ex-Governor Cornell and his wife,
told me yesterday good story spro-
pos of the perils of welded life, which
the Governor told at his own expense.
1t seems that when in office at Albany
he would sometimes return home late
at night, after his wife had retired.
and when she asked him what time it
was would answer, about twelve" or
little after midnight" One evening
instead of making the inquiry, shesaid:
"Alonzo, l wish you would stop that
clock; l can not sleep for its noise.'
All unsuspicious, he stopped the PEN
dulum. In the morning, while dress
ing. Mrs. Cornell inquired artlessly:
20, by the way, what time did you get
homer" "About midnight" replied
the Governor. "Alonzo, look at that
clock!" The hands of the clock pointed
to half-past two. The Governor was
crushed. Philadelphia Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-24
TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

WHISKY in the United States causes
more than 1900 funerals each day.
AN obseryant traveller declares that
French wine drinkers look exactly
like the brandy and rum drinkers of
America.
A MEMORIAL signed by 1,100 Irish
magistrates complains of the excessive
number of saloons as the cause of most
of the crime and poverty in Ireland.
II DON'T believe in liquors." said
red-faced man at table one day, las
regular thing, but 1 think that they
do occasional good in giving one an
appetite" Then discussion arose as
to the effect of liquor upon the appe-
tite There happened to be doctor
in the company, and he was appealed
to. ''What do you think. doctor?'
II think" said he, "that the appetite
is not to be unlocked with false key"
Youths Companion.
LYNDON and Nooksachk, towns in
Whatcom County. West Washington,
containing six hundred and seven
hundred inhabitants, respectively,
have never had saloon. Vashon
Island, on which is located tho Puget
Sound Chautauqua Assembly, is about
fifteen miles in length, and has an av-
erage breadth of three miles. with
about five hundred inhabitants, and
has never been defilcd by saloon.
The Southern Pacific Railway Com
pany appears to be u good friend to
the temperance cause. 1t has disccn-
tinued Sunday picnic trains and closed
the bars at eating houses along its
lines. The officials of this road also
provide for their employees hot tom
perance lunch at tho low price of size
teen cents day, thus in measure
protecting four hundred men from the
allurement of tho saloon "frec lunch"
This same company is also interested
in tho Gospel Temperance worE now
being organized among railroad n.en
il West Oakland. Cal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-24
INFECTION IN BOOKS.
A Source of Contagion Which Has Hitherto
Been Neglected.

A Source OF Contag1on Which Has Hitherto
Been Neglected.
Since it has become pretty well
established that most, if not all, of our
so-called infectious and contagious
diseases, such as scarlet-fever, diph-
liberia, measles, ard possibly typhoid
fever, are produced and conveyed from
one person to another by means of
minute vegetable germs, much patient
study has been devoted to the question
how these germs find their way into
the human body, and what precautions
should be taken to avoid, as far as pos
sible, the danger of infection.
The subject of the isolation of pa
tients suffering from contagious dis
eases has been discussed very thor
oughly in medical societies and Jour-
nails, and in some countries the most
stringent laws have been made in re-
gard to the isolation of the sick and
the Immigration of houses and clothing.
One source Of contagion which now
seems self-evident, but which for a
long time escaped attention, is that of
books from public libraries. When we
consider that the volume which we are
reading may have been last in the
hands of some one convalescent from
a dread disease, or that it may have
been lying for days or weeks in rooms
far from clean in medical sense, then
the possibility of danger becomes at
once apparent.
Some physicians will not permit
their children to take books out of the
public libraries, thinking it wiser to
avoid all risks.
1t is very possible, however. that the
danger is less than we should be led by
some to suppose, and that it. is more
necessary to prohibit the reading of
books for whose cleanliness we can not
vouch, than it is to tell our children to
stop breathing, simply because they
undoubtedly take into their lungs at
every respiration some of the germs
which are known to be constantly
floating through the air.
Yet it is safe to caution those who
read books that have been through
many hands not to moisten the finger
in turning the leaves, for if that be
done, there is afforded better oppor-
tunity for the transfer into the body of
any germ that may be clinging to the
volume.
On the other hand, it is to be re-
membered that we probably run no
greater risk in turning the leaves of a
book. even though it has been in homes
OF doubtful sanitary condition, than we
do in riding or walking beside people
about whose health we know nothing.
Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-24
WHEN PEOPLE MARRY.
Some Valuable Statistics In Regard to Men
and Women.

Some Valuable Statistics In Regard to Men
and Women.
Thirteen per cent. of all the men
married in Pennsylvania last year
married women older than themselves.
Seven per cent. took wives OF their
own ages, and the remaining so per
cent married women younger than
themselves. The average age OF the
men was 81 years and of the women %
years. These interesting facts are
found in the annual report for 1888 OF
Secretary of Internal Affairs Thomas
j. Stewart. which contains much other
curious information about the matri.
monial propensities of Pennsylvania.
Thus it appears that more men are
married at the age of % than at any
other, and that among women q is the
favorite age. The youngest wife OF
1888 was only IL years old, and the
oldest was aged II. Two boys of 1G
were married. and two old graybeards
of sc ventured into matrimony, prob
ably not for the first time. OF 14,72e
women married. and whose ages were
given, 4,065, or 27.5 per cent, were
less than 20 years old. Among the mer'
there were only 1913 who were so young.
There were % girls of IA years mar.
ried, los of 10. S53 of 16, 816 of II,
1888 of IS. 1,434 OF 10, 1922 OF 20,
2,041 of 81, 1,5l7 of %. and LAO of 20.
After the latter age the numbers OF
those who found husbands rapidly de-
cline. Those figures show that if a
Pennsylvania girl is not married by the
time she is % years old the chances are
that she will become an old maid.
Men proceed more leisurely about
matrimony. Besides the two 16-year-
old husbands in 1888 there were SO
aged II, 12S IS years old, and 325 10
years old. The figures then take a
jump to 637 at 20 and reach the maxi
mum in 1865 at %. They decrease
slowly after that. There were 437
men married after they were 50 years
old, but only III women.
There was remarkable disparity in
the ages of some of the couples. A
woman of SO years married man OF
81, and an old man of IA welded a
maiden of "a. The youngest couple
were a 17-year-old husband and 15-
year-old wife. The girl of - welded
a man 10 years older than herself. A
man of 81 married girl Of IS, his age
being just three times hers, and man
of As did nearly as well, taking H.
year-old wife.
In the marriages where the women
were older than the men the differences
in ages rarely exceeded five years.
There were eighty-three marriages
where one of the parties had previously
been divorced.
1t is estimated that there were 5000
marriages OF couples from this State in
Camden alone, and, of course, there
must have been very many more in
cities and towns in other States bor-
dering on Pennsylvania Philadelphia
Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-24
WHY FLOWERS SLEEP.
One of the Most Curious Phenomenons of
Plant Life.

That flowers sleep is evident to the
most casual observer The beautiful
daisy opens at sunrise and closes at
sunset, whence its name-"days eye"
The morning-glory opens its flower
with tho day. The ''John-go-to-bed-
at-noon" awal1es at four in the morn
ing, but closes its eyes in the middle
of the day, and the dandelion is in full
bloom only during the. hours of strong
light. This habit OF some flowers is
certainly very curious, and furnishes
one of the many instances which prove
the singular adaptability of every
thing in nature. The reason is found
in the method by which this class O:
flowers is fertilized. 1t is obvious,
says Sir John Lubbock. that flowers
which are fertilized by night-fying IT.
sects would derive no advantage by
being open by day; and, on the other
by bees would gain nothing by being
open at night. Nay, it would be dis
advantage. because it would render
them liable to be robbed of their
honey and pollen by insects which are
incapable of fertilizing them. l would
venture to suggest, then. that the
closing OF flowers may have reference
to the habits OF insects, and it may be
observed. also, in support Of this, that
wind-fertilized flowers never sleep
Christian at Work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-24

The stealing of an umbrella on a
clear day is held to be a theft by an
Omaha Judge, but the stealing of the
same article on a rainy day is held to
be justifiable on the ground of self
defense. We presume this decision
was rendered in order to protect the
court. Buffalo Express.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-24

"A shoemaker in Union City, Iud.,
in addition to his work on the bench,
sells pianos and organs. He ought to
be able to put soleful tunes in his
music or tuneful music in his soles. as
the case may require. - Shoe and
Leather Review.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-24

A WARM controversy is going on be-
tween the New York beer brewers and
the wine and spirit merchants as to
whether beer drinkers or wine and
spirit drinkers are the shortest-lived
1t looks as if the fight would have TO
90 declared draw. Chicago Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-24

The typewriting business nets from
$500 to $1,000 to many young
woman in New York City.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-24

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-24
LARGEST VARIETY.
SILKS.

SILKS.
lot SaJins (not Setinee) in beautiful evening
shades at 25c. yard worth SOC.
IS pieces, 70 inch 5urah Silk in all
shades at 49c. worth 75c
81 pieces China Silks in the very latest Orien-
tai designs at 75e Sc, 9ec. and 81 %.
Black Gros Grain and Faille Silks at special
low prices.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-24
DRESS GOODS.

20 pieces Brocaded Dress Goods, new spring
shades. at DC. yard: worthSc
20 pieces Cballies very pretty patterns at 6l4c.
325 pieces French Printed Challies. with solid
colors to match 1896, 15c., 1885,. zoe. and Csc
rs pieces Paris Novelty Stripes and Plaids, SO
and So inches wide, at 20c.; worth 35c,
rs pieces, 36-inch Henrietta In all the new
spring shades, at 40c. a yard.
We are showing all the new fabrics and shades
in Spring Dress Goods with trimmings to match,
at Soc, &c., 75c., 85c. and 81 per yard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-24
FLORIDA.
The hotels of Sanford are full.

The hotels OF Sanford are full.
The Congregational church of Apopka is
to be dedicated March 81.
Bishop Whipple will preach at the Epis-
copal church at Sanford to-day.
A 1,000-pound ma 1atee sea cow was
captured near Jupiter last week.
After July l. Chipley and st. Andrews
will be connected by daily mail.
A citizen Of Gainesville is negotiating
for something like $4,000 acres Of land.
st. Augustine, though 400 years old, has
had but five epidemics, the last one occur
ing eight years ago
number Of gentlemen are talking UP
aud devising means for the erection OF q
cold storage warehouse in Orlando.
b. Klein, who uas been engaged in gen
eral merchandising at Gainesville for some
years, made an assignment Thursday TO G.
S. Merchant.
At Orlando J. F. Lenaghan has bought
the entire stock OF paints, oils, etc. Of ].
NJ O'Connell, and has moved it 20 the build
ing adjoining his grocery store.
DR.. +. c. Grace, htving resigned from
the board of SHOOT trustees at Daytona, the
two remaining me nbers met, accep, ed the
resignation, and elected j. G. Showers to
Ill the vacancy.