The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-10-18
General Bidweti is Californian of


COOS and Wholesome reading grcS without the
saving tiierefUT l'cri!>e it clreiully-lE Ed. TINEs
General Bidweii is a Californian OF
note He was a forty miner, made his
fortune, had an honorable part in mil
itary affairs, was elected to Congress,
met in Wasiling.O n the lovely daught-
er of distinguished government
officer, to whom lie was married; AIT.
on her arrival at his magnificent home
in California she persuaded that good
man, her husband to have all his grape
vines pulled out of the ground rather
than to Use their product to make
VINE This was considered Don
Quixote act On his part, but has prov
ed an advantage to him rather than
Otherwise His wealth has not been
in the least circnmscribed The
ground is now planted out TO fruits,
and seven hundred OF more acres of
peaches, French primes ANA Bartlett
rears viii he planted next spring.
Oranges do well on this great ranch,
also olives and figs. The general is
now nearly seventy years of age, but
they have been so happy as to weight
very lightly on him. He has but little
care ST his fertile dominion, Col.
Royce, of asllington, being his act
i've manager The general is writing
All article descriptive Of his journey
4, 1,g L., J., II, H.,
form one of the Cold Hunter series.
He was recently visited by one of the
Century editors, and Harry Finn, one
OF the famous staff artists Of that mag
aZine, has been at work taking pct
uTes OF the ranch under General Bid
wells direction. The prohibition
party has nominated the general for
governor, and he viii make a good
record in that capacity, having the
universal confidence ANA regard OF Cal.
iforn:anS.
The Rotufunk LEGAL union of tie
Vast African coast, founded by Mrs.
Mary Clement leavitt in the spring
of 1890, has forwarded to Rest cottage
10 names for the great petition which
calls for the oitlawing of the alcohol
and opium trade in all nations, and
for higher standard of social purity.
THIS time it is not Africa stretching
out her bands after the approved type,
bat leading lis onward to a more earn
est endeavor for the petition So large
ly neglected in this country but appre-
ciated in foreign parts.
| y word to the wise Is sufficient.
\ slight idea Of the amount of drink
constantly being poured in upon the
| natives of Africa may be gathered
from the following facts taken from
| al article by Mary {. LeaIitt, Hilo
has just left that country: At Nader
ia, where many, but by 10 means all,
| of the ships going to Africa touch, the
following amounts were declared i'll
one week: 500, 600 cases of gin, 2i,000
butts Of rum, $1,000 cases OF brandy.
IS, 900 cases Of Irish whisky, S0O,00O
demiohns of rum, 5000 barrels of
rum, $4,000 cases of Old Tom 1900
cases of absinthe, 1000 cases of alb
sinthc, 10000 cases of vermouth, az
costing 8, pc, 900.
oh, ermined judge, whose duty TO
society is, now, to doom the ragged
criminals to punishment and death,
hadst thou never, man, duty 60 dis
charge III barring up the hundred open
gates that wooed him to the felon's
dock and throwing hHt agar tie port
ais to decent life:'-Dckens.
An Iowa editor is in hiding at
present; his foreman is trying to fix
matters up 50 he can come he-se again
without fear OF being pulverizcd. in
writing up a visit to q lady's house he
described her elegant selection of
house plants. He wrote in this way:
Mrs. Is. iiaa. the pretticSt plants III
town, In making up the form the
letter ~ dropped out of the word
plants and the mistake WAS not dis
covered until the papers were run eff.
she whole town was III az u5soar and
when the offensive word was pointed
ont to the husband he armed himself
with a horse viii? and revolver and
went to the printing office with blood
in his eye The editor saw him com
ing and jumped out Of a second story
window and started for the woof,s IN
a run that would have slammed dog
Editors have their troubles the same
as other rerSons.-EN.