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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-12-05
NEWS IN BRIEF.
,na.bar BOSTON Failure,

~, J. H. French, Of Boston, has as
.;rned A prominent banker Gays he
ad the Maverick bank 100000 and
9nI I bali s25s. 600 of the stock, now vaiue-
NJ Le His liabilities amount to at least
fe110nu His assets are large, but not
sufficient.
originator of the Homestead Law.
George Wheaton Alien, better known
/. n aud Blll'' Allen, the originator of
TIL homestead act, died at the county
,,'tirntary at Columbus, o., on the 18th,
.,.I M lie lad spent fortune in the
,ntarest of the bill, of " hich he claimed
= he the originator.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-12-05
The United States Mail.

lanes I. White, general superin-
-rnIent of the railway mail service, has
,rbm;ttcd his annual report to the
second assistant p0stmaster-genera 1t
shows thai AT the close ofthe fiscal year
thc nl..ls we're carried on I59,5lS miles
IA railroad in the United States. At
a close ai the fiscal year under review
ta,rr we're l,0>s railway post-oftice
t.nt- IL operation on which postal clerks
grrr employed in the separation and
distribution Of the mails. There were
aI-a th.lt,-seFen steamboat lines. 4
ro.a 4. 5,5t.5 clerks were at work on
these lines. There were added during
tlc wear. 1856 miles of new service.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-12-05

One more proof of I'll

helps TIE WOrklngmAn.
Ladies, the demagogues Of free trade
would have YOU believe that the tin
plate clause of the Mckinley bill is
your canned fruit ,learer. Look
at the figures for yourself. Fruit cans
that cost b0 cents dozen
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-12-05
Iniro.iilf.InW W l'OEu.

\ number Of deaths from starvation
have occurred among the famine-strick-
ea neapa m the province of Samara.
ll.o hrE Mr. Francis, pastor Of the
ta-lo-A,lerIcan Church in =. Peers
0r-, has inst received from Col.
Charles Murphv go pounds of In
#an calnmeaI as contribution
Ior tile relief Of famine sufferers. Col.
Mrp'v. VITO Is specially commissioned
vtae ai;ed states Agricultural De-
Far.mcut o cali attention in Europe to
ti value OF Indian corn as an article
III aoi, promises more contributions of
.,rnmea tor famine relief, if the use Of
,at already received il approved. \
s..ar lla- been issued TO the cover
aor- ot various provinces Of the en-
rre notifying them 10 forbid Jews 10
gy corn.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-12-05
Electric Vines Cause Fire.

~ chicago. on the night of the :;)th,
damage a.treetting $l5o ,O0l was in
atei bg tire in the recently recon
r.ri ;r5 building OF the Chicago Are
I4-lt Il Power Company, al the Wash
n-.on street bridge. One-third of the
a on the building, the balance
g..rilr on machinery. Tne blaze was
ca .-rd By two electric light wires s
-aE-tng across each ether. The big
TT -ht steamer Iioga. which was partly
destroyed by an explosion at this spot
some time ago, had a narrow escape
tTom tile flames. Blazing brands were
carried is the strong winds to her
decks. Ry prompt work, however, she
ud- backed away down the river and
Rim decks cleared without serious in
tay. The Excelsior Cork Cutting Com
Lnnv was Il consIierahle loser.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
THE CONSULTATIONS OF ART.

The play is DONE and shadow lies
Where late the empire of an hour
WaXed great and waned before mems eyes;
And homeward I, with brooding thought
OF art that bravely comes to flower
And soon is nought.
dream of art, remembering we'll
The hopes it gave that still np-soared,
But one by one defeated fell,
Cast out eternally from Heaven,
Like those lost ngels> that their Lord
From grace had driven.
So moved to royal Westminster,
BeumeS come, and gladly find
Those stately churches towering there,
Whose walls that Milton saw, we see;
All were, l cried, like these my mind!
-- Great praise might be.
Were strength like theirs tha hold the night
With solemn watch, though London sleep,
70 arm my soul with steadtast might,
Then fear might end and hope he sure
Could / like them my vigil Keep,
Like them endure.
But they were built twixt hope and fear
By men that took the passing day,
And gave it's moments heavenly wear; .--.
Though they who built are darkly gone
Their art remains, and in it they
Are greatly Known.
So art is frail. but art is strong;
And he is wise who keeps the way -'.
His soul shall lead, and sings his song, IL
Or bids dead stone take life and climb,
SO yields his service for a day, a. &
Or for all time.
From Macmillan's Magazine
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
Monkeys As sparrers.

An organ grinder who has been in
this city for a month has a scheme
which is bringing him a small fortune.
Instead of the customary one mon
key this Industrious son of Italy
carries two. When he stops in front
OF saloon the ordinary tricks OF
climbing and begging are dispensed
with, the monkeys are set to fighting
and bets are made by the owner with
any OF the spectators who are so in.
clined as to which monkey will win. 4
The owners bets are freely taken,
and they rarely 60 against him. The
result is that where under the old
method he would probably receive a
few nickels he now receives dollars.
Recently a reporter watched The
man with the monkeys for nearly an
hour in front of the new City Hall
where he was surrounded by large
crowd, who were freely contributing
their quarters, halls, and dollars to
the Golfers OF the musician From the
San Francisco Chronicle
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
.sCIEN CE AND INDUsTRY Y.
MATTERS OF VALUE AND IN
TEREST TO ALL.
The BarometrIc Rochelle Speed
OF lnsects--Lovers OF Sciences
Billiard Balls of MiIk--Elec-
triclty and Deafness
Novel Matches.
A Barometric Rock.

Roy Meninger, who has just returned
from tour through Mexico, during
which he visited many out-of-way
places, gives an account of o singular
rock to be found near the little village
Of Chilpancingo, in the Sierra Madre
del Sur. This rock he describes as be-
ing possessed OF the property Of being
able to foretell rain, and is said byna-
tives to be infallible. Mr.. Meninger
himself was. able to witness several ex-
hlbitions OF It's remark able power,
which repeatedly foretold a shower "a
hours before any other warning OF it's
approach was given. The rock stands
alone in little valley unusually fertile
and green, and seems to protrude from
the ground rather than rest upon it's
surface.
1t is irregular in shape about five
feet in height and ten about the base,
and in fair weather is of adull-gray wish
tint and as smooth as polished marble
to the touch but unnaturally cold. On
the approach of rain it loses it's
neutral color and begins to turn a
dingy red, deepest about the base and
light pink about the summit. It's
temperature increases to about so
degrees Fahrenheit, and it presents
the appearance OF being slowly heated
by an internal fire. This heat and
crimson color increase rapidly as the
atmosphere grows heavier, until the
rain begins to fall, when, according to
it's descent, the rock CLOVIS and be-
comes lighter in hue.
When the shower is over the warmth
and color gradually depart, the gray
tint is resumed, and the rock becomes
cold. During electrical disturbances
this mineral barometer often assumes
highly heated appearance, emitting
a pale blue light, and is so strongly
charged with electricity as to be IN
approachable. Mineralogists who
have examined the stone declare
themselves at loss to identity it.
New Orleans Letter. .'s. ....
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
HOW CROWS CATCH CRABS.
They Indulge in HiIarity While Cap
turing Meal.

They Indulge in HiIarity While Cap
turing Meal.
Fishermen Ill Havre de Grasse, at
the mouth of the Susquehanna river,
tell amusing stories of the way crows
catch crabs and prepare them for eat
ing. When the crows first come in the
spring they visit the streams connect
ing bay and ponds every morning
looking for crabs. They commonly
arrive before crabs begin running, but
the crows exhibit great patience, some
times waiting 10 or Is days. The
crows scan the stream from small tree
tops or mounds of sand. Others
stand on the banks of the rivulet with
heads cooked sidewise and an eye star
ing at the water When the crabs be-
gin running, the crows dive into the
water from any coign of vantage near
by, clutch crab: soar into the air and
drop their prey with precision on the
stone-covered beach which fringes the
bay. By this means the crabs are re-
duced to pulp and the crows, with
much wing1apping and discordant
NeoNAAS WI cOCiOuSly DOlO Clle l1lectU.
Capt. Tom Carroll, of Chincoteague,
says he once saw five crows teasing q
crab: One OF the birds caught and car
ried it to a big dry sandbar. There it
was put down. The crows cawing
brought five of his tribe. They pulled
it about, turned it upon it's back and
TUNED over it. These gymnastics were
accompanied by hoarse chattering and
a gurgling sound which Carroll AYERS
was Laughter. To vary the sport they
would make believe to fly away, but
dropped softly to the sand 40 or SO
feet off. From that point the dusky
quintette OF practical jokers kept their
eyes intently fixed on the crab rolling
along in the direction of the water, a
hundred yards away. The crows,
without sound, craned their necks
watching their hardshell victim fopp-
ing laboriously through the soft, dry
sand. Suddenly they broke into a
wild chorus of caws and made after
the crab. One picked it up and soar
ed away to the beach, followed by his
fellows. There he was dropped to
death and the crows flew away to
their roost. a
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01

not He did not finish the SEN
tence, but touched significantly the
handle Of q poignard concealed in his
disguise.
That night | accompanied him to
the palace or the Governors General,
known then and afterward rs Tacon
the Just. His excellency was lust
going out but he laid aside his plumed
hat and Spanish cloak, to hear Pedro's
story. A superb cross OF malachite
and gold lay on table at his right.
He babe Pedro press it to his lips,
and swear that the story was true.
The young Cuban kissed it solemnly
and in the most impassioned manner
as he repeated the statement.
."Leave the matter to me now" he
said, .'but present yourself here at Z
tonight" i.
We were both there at z. to see
the matter through, Pedro wild with
emotion and jealousy.
There was also the count and the
beautiful cigarette girl, pale and
proud, in her indignation and inno-
cence.
The count was requested to take
the solemn OATH on the gold cross to
the effect that he had offered no great
er lndignity to the beautiful Guiana
than that OF abducting her underf false
pretenses. g.
The chaplain OF the palace was
present and was asked to step for
ward. 4 s@
"You will now proceed to marry the
Sonora Miralda and the Count Almon-
to-" said Tacon the Just.
"But, excelenzia, my family, my
position"
"You should have thought OF that
sooner. You will now make the sonora
your countess" %z.t@" 1.>E
Poor Pedro! He looked like mad
man, and he dared not speak a word.
In a few moments the ceremony was
over, and Miralda, the cigarette girl
of the Gale de Mercadores, was the
Countess of Almonte.
"Now," said Tacon, when the names
were registered-the new countess
dropping tears on her unwelcome title
as she wrote it after her name, "make
out the deeds to all your property in
the name of your countess"
There was no chance to disobey the
order. The count did as he was com
manded and the witnesses signed their
names.
''For the present." said the Gov
ernor, "The countess will remain in
seclusion in the palace with my house
hold. The rest are dismissed"
The count went away with hot an
ger, but much relieved that his SEN
tence was no worse. He was on horse
back, and as he turned the first cor
ner a volley of musketry from the
soldiers whose uniform he had dis
honored sent him before a higher
tribunal.
Miralda was both a countess and a.
widow, and she did not spend any
season of mourning before she mar
ried her lover, to the ringing of all the
bells in Havana.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
WING TEE WEE,
A CHINESE IDYL.

d.. 7 A CHINESE IDYL.
! Oh, Wing Tee Wee
.gy Was a sweet Chinee,
And she lived in the town of Tao,
And her eyes were blue,
And her curling cue
4 Hung dangling down her back,
And she fell in love with gay Wan Sn,
Who wrote his love on laundry bill.
And Ting Tung Told ...... .
Was pirate bold,
= And he sailed in Chinese junk,
g. And he loved, ali me! 1'
Sweet Wing Tee Wee.
But his valiant heart had sunk; r..
So he drowned his woes in sparkling ''fzz, "
And swore that the maid would yet be his.
-. Sosbold Ting Told G
Showed all his gold - e. r.
. To the maid of the town of Tao; r.
And sweet Wing Wee .....
Eloped to sea
And never more came back;
For in far Chinee the maids are fair, .-
And the maids as false as they are elsewhere.
" where. .# 800" -'s'1'-#
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
giving TO man new beginnings. While
the devil is engaged in finding mischief
for idle hands to do, science is eternal
~ at work finding something usefuD
for them to do.
Billiard Balls Of MIX.

Billiard Balls Of Milk.
Another substitute for bone, cellu-
lold, ETC., in some of the industrial
arts has been brought to public at
tention, says the New York Sun, the
substance in this case being milk, it's
usefulness being exhibited in the
form of combs, billiard balls, brush
backs, knife handles, and various
other articles for which ivory, bone,
OF celluloid are employed. In ac-
comprising this casein, or the solids
in milk, is first reduced to par
TALLY gelatinous condition by means
OF borax or ammonia and then mix
ed with O. mineral salt dissolved in
acid or water, which liquid is subse-
quently evaporated.
The casein is placed in suitable
vessel and the borax incorpor-
ated with it by heat the proper.
tions being ten Kilograms Of
casein to three of borax, dissolved IN
six liters of water, and, on the casein,
becoming changed in appearance, the
water is drawn off, and to the residue.
while still of the consistency of melted
gelatine, there is added one kilogram
of mineral-salt held in solution Of
three liters of water. Almost any of
the salts of iron, lead, zinc, copper, or
other minerals soluble in acid may be-
used. On the mixture being effected
the solid matter is found separated:
from the greater portion OF the acid.
and water, and is then drawn off.
Next the solid matter is subjected
to great pressure to drive out ali pos
sibla moisture, and then to evaporate
under great heat to remove any re-
manning moisture. The resulting pro-
ducts, called 'lactites," can be mold
ed into any form, and by admixture
OF pigments or dyes may be OF any
desired color.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01

1886. Yes; it's a
good many years
since, but I was a
youth then, and
now my hair is
white, and it's
the years that
have made the
difference.
1t was in Hava-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
Lovers Of Science.

Every time we strike a match we
are indebted to the men who have
studied science for the mere love of it,
says the Aluminium Age. The men
who worked away atcoal-tar ssjust to
see what was in it" made the whole
world their debtors by discovering
alizarin, the coloring principle Of mad
der. And to those men the world is
indebted also for aniline, antipyrine,
and more than 100 other coal-tar
products. Scientists, wondering what
was in crude petroleum, found paraf-
fine and vaseline. Pasteur wondered
what caused fermentation. He found
out, and brought a new era to wine
making.
The singing and dancing of the tea
kettle attracted the attention of a
brain, and we have as q consequence
all the applications OF steam. The
swinging Of q chandelier in an Italian
cathedral before the eyes of young
Calico was the beginning of a train OF
thought that resulted in the invention
OF the pendulum, and through it to
the perfecting OF measurements time;
and thus it's application and use in
navigation, astronomic observations,
and in q thousand ways we now pass
by unnoted, has been ofsuch practical
value that the debt to scientific
thought, even in this one instance,
can never be known. Science, in its
study OF abstract truth, is ever
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01

0dvdnId&0 OF 3OTOSS Eyes,
During q rush in trade a large firm
IN Boston employed as an assistant
clerk q young man who was exceeding
" cross-eyed, says the Dry Goods Re
taller. VI i.
One day half-grown boy came in
to the store, and after looking around,
pricing first one thing and then an
other, he finally started to 60 out OF
the door.
At this moment the new clerk
touched him lightly on the shoulder,
and inviting him to come to the back
part Of the store said to him politely:
"Oblige me by giving me at once the
socks that you have in your back
pocket" @
How do you know Ihave any socks
IN my back -pocket?''. demanded the
boy in a bold tone.
Il saw you put them there said the
clerk, very gently.
The boy looked up in the young
mans face in utter amazement.
iii hi Are you looking at me now?" he
asked, earnestly. 'Do you see me
this very minute?" he asked, still more
earnestly. .-
"Of course I do" replied the clerk.
Good Lord, nlister!" cried the boy
with a blanching face "here's your
socks"
And with a bound he was out of the
back door, over the fence, and away,
having learned a lesson concerning all
seeing eyes which it is to be hoped he
may never forget.
En.. Unexpected Proof.
Isn't this an odd case?" asked
Mrs. snagggs, glancing up from the
newspaper. " ~ ~..-
How can I tell you whether it's
odd or not till I hear it?', replied
Snaggs. .~.. @.-..s ...: ..l.s.g.ry.. ~,....
well, l was just going to tell you
what u. Il. .s@f
b sThat's just like you, precisely!
You ask a man his opinion about a.
thing before you tell him the facts.
You want him to sit as a jury ana
render a verdict before you present
him the evidence 49,
But, my dear" @}&E Is 55.~#
sob, never mind. Don't waste any
time explaining. Come to the point
at once. Tell me the facts in this odd
CASE" :.s
It's about widow in Ohio. She
was a grass widow and forty-two
years Old" -
"Well?" fs+*.
"Well, the court declared her aluna-
tic, and the next day she eloped with
a boy OF nineteen. Isn't that an odd
case?' -. F.
. :t.I should just say it was. It's
mighty seldom that a court's decision
is SO soon corroborated SO strongly"
acknowledgement.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
The Speed ofInsects,

There are many insects which one
would little suspect to be furnished
with apparatus suited to swift and
more or less continuous flight. House
flies frequent the inside of our win
dows, buz1ing slGggishly in and out Of
the room. But what different crea-
lures are they, says the Newcastle,
England Times, when they accompany
yon on. a hot Summers day.
A swarm of these little pests keep
pertinaciously on wing about your
ears; quicken your pace, and still they
are with you; let a gust of wind arise
and carry them backward and behind,
the breeze having dropped, their speed
is redoubled, and they return to their
post OF annoyance. But this example
gives only a partial proof of the fy's
power of flight, as the following will
show: The writer was travelling one
day in Autumn by rail, at about
twenty-five miles an hour, when a
company of flies put in an appearance
at the carriage window.
They never settled, but easily kept
pace with the train; SO much so, in
deed, that their flight seemed to be al
most mechanical, and a thought
struck the writer that they had prob
ably been drawn into a sort ofvortex,
whereby they were carried onward
with but little exertion on the part of
themselves. But this was soon dis
proved. They sailed forth at right
giles from the train, flew to a dis
lance of thirty or forty feet, still keep
ing pace, and then returned with
increased speed and buoyancy to the
window. To account for this look at
the wings of a fly. Each is composed
OF an upper and lower membrane, be-
tween which the blood vessels and
respiratory organs remify so as to
form a. delicate network for the ex-
tended wings. These are used with
great quickness, and probably 600
strokes are made per second. This
would carry the fly about twenty-fv
feet, but a seven-fold velocity can be
easily attained, making 1875 feet per
second, so that under certain circum-
stances it can outstrlp a race-horse.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
A Regular Surprise.

She Ito her husband) !: "Well, dar-
ling how did you like me in the tab
leaux wants this evening"
He: Wonderful! Twas delighted. !"
She (fottered) Why"
he: That you could keep your
tongue still such q length Of time. - NJ
Fllegende Blatter.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
Novel Matches.

A new method of obtaining light
has just been patented in England
Instead Of the old-fashioned safety
match, the stick is tipped at both
ends, one end with the usual compost.
ton and the other with that found on
the scratcher outside the box. Light
is obtained by breaking the match in
the middle and rubbing the two ends
together. IS
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
She Didn't See the Fun of 1t.

There is curious marriage custom
in Brittany. At the close of the we'd
ding ceremony, the bridegroom gives
the bride a box on the ear, saying:
THAT is how it feels when you make
me vexed," after which he kisses her,
adding: "And thus when you treat me
Well..'' ~a
7 A Breton once married O German
lass from Swabia, and gave her the
usual salute on leaving the altar. But
the resolute damsel, ignorant of the
prevailing custom, without waiting
for the kiss, dealt her swain ire
mendous clout on the side Of the face,
and said
"Look here, I'll have none of that!"
The young fellow rubbed his cheek,
and knew now, at least, that his bet
ter half would not stand any nom
sense -Hochwachter auf dem Schwartz
valid.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
Taking No Risks.

Old seedy-Oh, sir, will you not
help very needy person? have no
work and thirteen children.
Old Thrifty-If I helped all such
people as you I'd 60 into bankruptcy.
Seedy-But remember, sir, that lie
who glveth to the poor lendeth to the
Lord. ..E1.
Ihrifty-Very well, let me see the
collateral. -B Boston Courier.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
A CUBAN LOVE STORY.
BY THE TRAVELLER,
From Macmillan's Magazir

WAS in Cuba in