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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
1T Francis Nayier's Coffin.

The opening of the coffin in which
the body of st. Francis \avier has lain
for nearly three centuries and half in
the Cathedral at Goa appears IL have
been attended with great pomp and
ceremony \ vast multitude of Roman
Catholics. including the Patriarch Arch
bishop and the Governor-General of
Portuguese India, were present. The
coffin being opened all the assembled
dignitarieS proceeded to venerate the
remains and kiss the bare feet. which
for the purpose We're left outside the
cIass-paneled case in which the coffin
was deposited. Thereupon great rush
took place. everyone being DESTROYS of
kissing or touching the body. and ii is
stated that the utmost disorder and
confusion prevailed in the church. The
face and feet are described as covered
with dried integuments. Though the
eyes had disappeared, both ears re-
manned. The disappearance of the
right arm was explained by the fact
that the member was cut Oft long ago
and sent 10 Rome, where it is still 10 be
seen. 1t is q curious circumstance that
the BODY was found To be only four feet
and half in length. Solemn vespers
were afterward celebrated in honor of
the saint. and in the evening the
churches and the public places IN Goa
were brilliantly lighted
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
Little Kitty Letter to Mamma.

There X n prominent railroad GliicIaI
in New York, SAYS the Recorder " hose
wife went ont of town for few DAYS
last week. bn the second evening OF
her absence he was accO-ted in the hall
by his l0-vear-old daughter who had an
unsealcd letter in her hand. "WilI You
mail this letter to mamma d. YOU 90
out ~ she said. Il left it open 80 YOU
could see if il was written we'll II
WAS written we'll, he found. In fact, il
was written too we'll. II ran thus:
DEAR MAMMA: When are You coming
home? | miss you 50 much. and know
papa does too, for last night he didn't come
home to dinner and tonight he is going 10
sit UP with a sick friend.
Little kitty'- artlese missivc was de
layed one post while papa wrote q letter
Of eXpIa nation a. adyallce giIarl.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
Vocal cords i'aralyzeu

During the war a soldier was brought
to the hospital paralyzed and unable 10
talk He was thoroughly examined by
all the surgeons, who could not find
a wound or scratch upon the man, yet
he persisted that he was wounded. At
last surgeon opened the mans mouth
and made a thorough examination Of
the sufferers throat and mouth. He
was amply rewarded. for he found
a wound IN the back Of the throat
This he probed and finally extracted
a bullet Which had paralyzed the man ;
vocal CORDS. The man recovered and
stated that he was III the charge at
Chickamaugs, and the last that he
recollected was ballooing and yelling as
tie charge was made.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
GENCY METHODS.
How to Treat Wounds by the Ise of Cold
Water.

In every case of injury, in cuts, stabs
and gunshot wounds, in contusions.
sprains, dislocations and fractures, in
burns, frostbites and frozen members.
the first measure to he adopted i the
application OF cold in the form Of ice.
snow or cold water. These substances
are best applied in an animal bladder or
rubber bag. When towels Wet in cold
water are used they require to be re-
newed every minute. for unless fire.
quently changed they really act as poul-
tees to the part, inviting what We which
TO prevent. Cold not only shameless
any bleeding which may occur, unless
the hemorrhage is altogether two severe.
but il also moderates the ensuing in
fiammation
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
There is no Gold in Them.

4 curious idea struck many people in
Boston, about the first of April, in
regard To the 1891 l-cent pieces coined in
Philadelphia. which are declared to
contain gold. Several men called at a
Boston coin agency and wanted 10 sell
the shining coins al big advance. One
individual wanted ~ cents apiece for
his. He was assured that the whole
thing was impossible and nothing but a
rumor without foundation, but he was
not satisfied and felt asgrleved when he
could not sell his cents for % cents
apiece But the same rumor is
widespread. Newsboys, business men
and storekeepers all have the same
idea. A couple of special delivery boys
at the pest office wanted var to sell lot lot Of
1-cent pieces of 1891, declaring that a
man had bought seven of them, paying
10 cents apiece for them. A lady
brought in two rolls of 100 l-cent pieces
and refused anything less than $40 Tor
them. One man said he had paid .
cents for three of the 1891 cents, ana
could not be convinced that he bad
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
influence OfCOlOrs.

Colors not only influence cattle, but
human beings also. On this point some
curious experiences are reported from
Italy as 10 the effect of colors on the
sick and insane. In the Hospital for
the Insane at Alessandria special rooms
are arranged with red or blue paint on
the walls. 4 violent patient is brought
suddenly into blue room and left to
the effect of that color on his nerves.
One maniac was cured in an hour;
another was at peace in his mind after
passing day in room of violet. The
red room is used for the eommonest
form of deme melancholy usually
accompanied by q refusal 10 take food.
After three hours in the red room,
a patient afflicted in this way began TO
be cheerful and ask for food.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
TO SIBERIA.
Some Statistics Regarding the Russian
Penal Colony.


Exact statistics of the Russian sys-
tenn of Punishment to Siberia have re-
Gently been compiled for the first time
from the scattered records of Russian
courts, prisons and police departments.
They show that from 1907 to 1881 642 600
Russians were exiled to Slheria-loO,0 900
at their own instance in order that they
might accompany condemned friends.
With the advance of the century the
practice of Punishment to Siberia has
assumed increasing proportions. In
lSo7-'ll the number of exiles was TO-
Us; in lS-)7-'6l, So ,S3l in ISIS $3.50.
OF 2l0,000 banIshed in the exceptionally
fatal period Of 1879, SIS per cent.
were condemned administrativelv, that
is, without any due process of law or
decision of any Judge; 1913 per cent.
were condemned to forced labor; POI
per cent. to confinement within certain
village limits; 81 per cent. to exile for
life: Is per cent. to obligatory colonial
ton. OF all exiled in lS23-19 Isl per
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
The Bell Was Not Cracked.

The spire of It. Helens Church in the
Isle of Wight. which was built in the
beginning OF the last century and shortly
afterward struck by lightning, had, as
was supposed, the large bell of ITS chime
cracked, as the tone was very much
muffied The other day a church
warden happened to be in the belfry
and through curiosity examined the
bell He found that there was no
crack in it, but piece of wood broken
from the wheel was pressing against the
edge and stopping the vibration. This
mutfied 40 years, rang out merrilv, To
the astonishment of the inhabitants of
the town
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
Bacillus for Whales.

Dr. Nilsson, of Norway, says that for at
least five centuries the Bergen fisher
men have killed whales by the aid of
the now familiar bacilli. says the New
York Post. The whales are surprised
in narrow inlets, where they are tanned
by shooting poisoned arrows into the
skin. At last the brute becomes SO
enfeebled that it can be attacked with
harpoons and lances, and is soon dis
patched. The poison used 10 infect the
arrows is the fostering matter around
the wounds. An examination Of this
deadly material shows that il owes its
virulence to bacillus closely allied 10
that of "sympathetic anthrax;
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
Ginseng Root.

One Of the queer industries of this
country, about which very little is
known outside the Custom House. il
cultivation of ginseng. II is found in
the mountain regions teorgia, North
Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee in
abundance, and only the roots of the
plant are used. These are dug No in
The fall Of the wear by mountaineers
and il is popularity known throughout
these regions as Sang The prefix
gin" being discarded absolutely, and
the last syllable pronounced as
if it were spelled with an "a" The
roots are dried and sold to the nearest
storekeeper, ard are eventually
collected in large quantities, sent to
California and thence are shipped 10
China. The Chinese attach wonderful
medicinal properties to this article,
which las an ahominabe odor and
yiilainous taste, and they place an espe-
cai value upon roots which have
fantastic shapes. \ ginseng root
bearing a fancied resemblance 10 n
human shape is worth its weight in gold
in lima
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
Heavy OF Light.

4 great many people mistake
weight for warmth in clothing. Heavy
that is much warmer than heavy
garments and less burdensome 1t is
important TO get good non-conducting
material. and wool is the best of all
substances. Loose. spongy goods have
more warmth in proportion to weight
than closelywoyen fabrics.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
Partisan Laundries.

The procession of the laundresses in
Paris. which is always one of the sights
of the beautiful city, was this year a
most marked success. In fact, people
say that it has not been equaied in
years. There were hundreds of thou
sands of people along the boulevards. all
eager to see the parade, and all testify
ing TO its excellence as compared with
the last ones. The heroine of the occa-
sion, she who las beer elected by her
fellows as the queen of the laundresses,
is Mile. Louise SiCard, a beautiful bru
nette of 20 summers. She is a st 1t
uesque creature of tall and command
ing figure, which, though powerfully
full. Her profile is classical, out of a
type which is common enough in the
province of which she is native. She
has low forehead, head of wavy, jet
black hair, dark. ardent eyes, and an
open hearted smile. So. as you
may imagine, she was not long in
winning a popular place in the good
graces of the assembled multitude.
After her election as queen she held
reception at one of the public laundries,
where she received the devoirs of her
faithful subjects for the nonce. Her
hair was decorated with flowers and she
Wore beautiful bouquet in her corsage.
The coach which is reserved for the
triumphal procession OF her soapsuds
majesty is brake. draped with crimson
velvet, heavily fringed with gold. It is
decorated with real camelias and the
seat behind the box is canopied with
these flowers, which were so much at
fected by the heroine of Dumas eele-
brated novel. The coachman extra
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02

uncompromising fact is that the powers
are ready to join issue at the drop of the
hat. The governments of the old world
can no more enjoy continued dalliance
with white-winged peace on war
footing than a Foggy Bottom "lusher"
with dry gullet can keen sober on
''jiggers' of Gin,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
The Fast Gait OF Humanity.

The fastest mile single man ha-
travelled by various methods Of locomo-
ton is to, date, as follows: Swimming,
26 %; walking, G:23; snow shoes, 5:39{
rowing, 5:0l; running, i:122; tricycle.,
2:i9 30; bicycle, 2:29 40; skating, = T.
3-5: trOtting horse, 2:OS4; running
horse, 1885; railroad train, ;4Oi; ball
loon. Pneumatic tube and electricity
records are yet 10 be made.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
Diamond Mines.

BIOLOGISTS have proved that the dia
mond mines of South Africa are STIR
atcd in vents or rhimncye. varying from
about seventy feet /" 500 feet in tlain-
ctcr and descending vertically through
tn" -chist- which form the ordinary
strata of the district Thee vents are
filed mp with fragments of silicated and
rpagnr sian rocks, in which the diamonds
are scattered, and before tbs diggings
began each wa- capped h., "a hilock or
'kopjc. They are -eyeItreH in num-
Der, and run in a straight line about 10
miles. It hicnqD Hermit
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
One Way Of FOretelling Trouble.

There is much sard0nic Ievitv,
says the Washington Critic, in the
solemn smirk with which the govern
ments of Europe profess that thev are
keeping themselves on war footing in
order TO stand between white winged
peace and the possibility Of an interna-
tional scrimmage Protestationg Of
pacific intentions hardly fit a condition
OF warlike activity like the paper on the
wall, and II is no wonder thai the
people, IN the face of such barefaced
and shameless deception, have become
restless and hard TO manage. The cold,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02

been taken in. A newsboy is autl ority
for the statement that man is around
offering cents for every 1891 cent that
can be procured. In 1868 there was
similar story afoat, but its untruthfui
ness was soon made evident.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02

The American language rights itself
when too much Of the dead languages
gets into II. Oleomargarine is now
simply ''oleo" This saves a great deal
fierce disputes as to whether 'g" in
margarine" should be given the soft or
the hard sound -LouiSciHe Co,tT :er-
Jcafnui
i CONFIRMED wine-bibbers nose ls
usually the outward and visible sign Of
an inward and spirituous condition
PinSjrg Chronicle.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
YOUNG PEOPLES COLUMN.
The Old Boy.

The Old Boy.
Our Jack at twelve is very free
With his advice this season.
We think long pants have thus increased
His Judgment and his reason.
YOU'D better get that horse of Jones'"
said Jack to Inc this morning,
"He ii pull bigger load than Mike;
He's Just build for farming.
YOU'D better sell the brindle calf;
She won't amount to shucks
told the butcher-he'lI be up:
He wanted mothers ducks
Its going TO rain: don't believe
You better cut the grain.
Twill come Oft clear some time this week:
The moon is on the wane.
.I'll drive Ben down and get him shod.
And take the eggs to market.
Now, mothers cleaning house, and you
May shake the parlor carpet"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
What the Baby Can Do.

1t can wear out 81 pair of kid shoes
in twentyfour hours.
1t can keepits father busy advertising
in the newspapers for nurse.
1t can occupy both sides of the larg-
est-siZed bed manufactured simultane-
ously.
1t can cause its father to be insulted
by every second-class boarding house
keeper in the city who ''neyer takes
children" which, in nine cases out of
ten, is very fortunate for the children
1t can make itself look like a tiend
Just when mamma wants to show what
pretty baby she has"
1t can make an old bachelor in the
room adjoining use language that, if ut
tered on the street. would get him into
the penitentiary for two years.
1t can 60 from the furthest end of the
room to the foot of the stairs in the hall
adjoining quicker than its mother can
Just step into the closet and out again.
1t can go to sleep like little angel, :"
and Just as mamma and papa are start
ing for the theater it can wake up and
stay awake till the last act
These are some of the things a baby
can do. But there are other tn lngs as
well. A baby can make the comJnonest
house the brightest spot on earth
1t can tighten the burdens of loving
mothers life by adding to them. 1t can
flatten its dirty little face against the
window pane in such a way that the
tired father can see it as Il picture be-
fore he rounds the corner. Yes, babies
are great institutions, particularly one s
own baby-Bost0n Gazette.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
DOwrieS In France.

The question of money in the dowry
is the tender spot in all French mar
riages. A poor girl who goes into a rich
family of the middle class of society has
to climb yeritable Calvary before she
can be united to the man she loves. All
the circumstances connected with the
wedding presents, with the furniture
which her fiance buys. all the matters
connected with her trousseau and with
the contract which establis hes her share
of the property in the future, are so
many humiliating obstacles which dis
tress her to the heart and intiict upon
her pride wounds that Will never cease
TO bleed. To what length do these we'll
known defects and intrigues extend
And how many young girls 60 sorrow
fully to marriage with the ieeling-the
certainty-that they are being married
for their dowries. There tx no class of
French society, from the pea sant to the
nobleman, where the same spirit of
coyetousness and the same scenes do
not reappear proportionately altered
only by the different systems for the
settlements of the brides personal
property-that is, her dOwry. Equal
marriages or equal conditions OF mar
riage among the peasants, or the middle
class, or the aristocracy, are called
marriages dc cOnrtndnce, and they are
generally the happiest, not because they
bring the blessed joys Of choice and
love with them, but because, owing to
the fact that the prejudiees of French
families in the matter of dowry are not
in that case shocked or forced to maxi
concessions or sacrifices, the life of the
young people flows on less disturbed by
reproaches, less tormented, and there
fore happier.-North -1merican Reriew.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
HOW HE GOT THE ROAD.
A Good Story Told About the Father 0
SecretAry E0StAr.

Good Story Told About the Father of
Secretary Foster.
81 can tell you little story about
Charlie Fosters father that illustrates
the fact that there is nothing obtuse or
dense about the Foster family Mr.
Mahlon Chance said the other day, as.
with a group of well-known men, he
was talking of the new secretary of the
treasury.
''The incident occurred good many
years ago, when the new secretary was
a boy and lived with mis- father in their
Ohio home. A dispute had arisen over
the location of a stretch of country road.
Some wanted it laid out in one place,
others favored a different route, and q
few wanted third line. After good
deal of discussion the county commits
sioners met at Tiffin, and named a day
when they would decide just where the
road should go. They said that they
wanted to examine the two principal
routes, find out which was more trav-
eled, and select accordingly.
"Charie Fosters father was in
terested in having the road 60 in a
certain direction. The night before
on stratagem.
Glitch up the oxen he said to
Charlie, and 90 down to neighbor
Sawyer's and get his yoke; we have
business tonight
Charles asked no questions, and in
one hour three yokes of oxen, each
drawing heavy sled, stood before the
Foster homestead. Then began pro-
cession backward and forward on the
strip of road upon which Mr. Foster
wanted the commissioners to fix. 1t
was kept going for hours until the
tracks were hammered hard. The
cattle were then invoked and the
Foster family retired.
Next morning the commissioners
looked at the two proposed routes. 1t
took them only few minutes to deter
mine which track had the most travel,
the line of the Foster procession of the
night before. "-Nep York Times
ANECDOTE OF HUGO.
A Moral for Young Authors Drawn
TherefrOm.
On Victor Hugo's birthday it was for
many years the custom in France to
send him flowers. They came in bas-
kets, in bouquets, in poor little lunches
tied with grass, in costly masses.
1ue Olu poet OeCldTet iLldt lie tOulu
tell which were bought at the shops
and which had been plucked by the
hands which had planted and tended
them.
That magnificent lily" he would
say, Knight be bought at any florists
shop. 1t means nothing but the money
which paid for it. But that bunch of
herbs could grow only on the Garonne,
and that blue star-tlower can be found
nowhere but in Normandy.
''They have an individual flavor.
They speak 10 me the peculiar Ian
guage of their place and people. They
alone have real value"
There is tor young contributors a
wise and significant suggestion in this
remark of the great poet.
Every editor receives contributions,
which, like the odorless, common lily,
might have come from any other per-
son or place. They are usually correct,
grammatical, written in accordance
with the hackneyed rules of compost
ton; but they have no individual life
or color. They are, as a rule, a COM
posite photograph of all the stories or
poems which the author has ever read.
YOUTHS COmpdnion.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
Uses for handkerchief.

Hemstitched handkerchiefs can be.
used in a variety OF ways in house
decoration. The linen is fine and the
hemstitching accurate in nice
handkerchief, and several sizes may be
obtained. For a table center piece they
are especially embroidered with the
Dresden designs so much in vogue now
ard which, if any one can draw at all .
are best arranged by the worker her
self. A small spray of flowers tied with
bow ends, the ribbon in outline only, is,
another effective way of working them
They also make pretty covers for
carriage pillows for babies. They
may be for this purpose sprigged
with tiny blue forget-me nots, or
with flowers all in white, or with
corner designs of flowers which are,
connected with ribbons, almost E-eeting
on the sides. All of these are simple in
style and PRETTY suitable for baby's
pillOw.-NerrW Record
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
1T MADE HIM TIRED.
Brooklyn Small Boy Who Didn't Like
the Part He PLAYED.

There is one small boy in Brooklyn,
says the Eagle, IN whom the true Amer
lean spirit Is Just trimming over. He is
a real boy and doesn't want to be any
thing else. For some time he has been
attending a dancing school on the hill,
where the Youngsters occasionally as
semble in more or less fancy arrav
This youth, who has reached tine ma
ture age Of years and some months.
on some occasions had been clad in a
lovely suit of velvet, with silken waist
and lace collar and cuffs of the pattern
made familiar by Mrs. Frances Hodg-
son Burnett's iacllrymose little hero
The other day he: came home and it
was apparent at once that he bore a
burden on his mind. Finally, to the as
constituent of the amiable South OK
ford Street family to which he belongs.
he broke out this way:
Pm tired of acting part I'm tired
of being Little Lord fauntlerOy. The
girls are all the time hollering: Hello,
Fauntlerov " and I'm sick of it ~
Then turning toward the amazed
family circle he added, in a tone of en-
phatic defiance:
"lou may think YOU can make dudes
out of some of the men of this family,
but you can out of me ~
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
Ancient Gloves,

There is nothing new under the sun
The carving of long glove has been
found IN Il hole where caye-dwcllcrs
once lived. Just when these strange
people existed has not been decided
but II was thousands and thousands of
Years ago, and the sculpturcd glove * of
the same shape as the many button
ones Worn by fashionable ladies of the
present. The gloves of the antc-glacial
occupants of the cave are supposed to
have been made of rougnlv-dressed
skin seWed with needles of bone; but
they were worn Just the same, and the
general pattern remains unchanged
There is plenty of other evidence that
gloves are of very remote origin. al
though none that goes back So far
The Anglo-SaXons Wore gloves IN the
seventh century, but the men were the
ones then to observe the custom, the,
ladies covering their hands with their
sleeves. Earlier than this, Norman
officials and high personages of that
country covered their hands. and in
many places in the Bible the word
"slhe" is used when scholars maintain
il means .'uluye '-Ne,r York Letter.