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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25
A "REMINISCENCES.
Some Facts About the Memorable Tour
of Jenny Lind.

Jenny LInd.
In 1919 Mr.. Barnum decide to bring Jcn-
ny Lind 10 America. He agreed IL furnish
her witha waiting maid, male servant.
and 4 secretary. To pay all their eN-
pcnScS. to furnish her each dav with a
carriage and horses. and To- pay 81 600
Tor each concert or Oratarlu IN which
she sung. He agreed To pay Julius
Benedict 50 600 to conduct 100 concerts.
and 20 pay Beiletti. the baritone. <. $40
for the same number of concerts. On
SUNDAY morning, September |. 1880.
Jenny Lind arrived on the Steamship
Atlantic. Rarnum had we'll arranged
for the arrival. The wharf was deco
rated with eVergrecns and welcoming
notices. and many persons assembled
10 see the swedish Nightingale"
After placing her in the carriage Mr..
Barnum mounted the box with the
driver and drove Ia the Irving House.
Il took that seat aS Il legitimate adj
yertiSement, he said. The furore over
the singer lives in MANY minds. and
many stories of those days have passed
into proverbs. Mr. Rarnums advertiS-
ing ingenuity WAS eXerted To the ut
most, and we'll rewarded. ON WedneS-
day evening, September IL. the first
concert was given. Seats Were sold al
auction. and John y. TENN, the halter.
expended >225 in most judirious adver-
Using hy paving that sum for the first
ticket. The whole amount received for
tickets for the first concert WAS
Sl7.~4,03. There are persons living
who say that more tickets were sold
than there We're seats in Castle Garden.
After giving ninery-three concerts in
the | nired States and III Cuba the con
tract was annullcd hy Miss Lind. who
paid Mr.. Barnum 4 600 each for the
seven concerts lacking 10 make loo. and
$4,000 forfeit for not completing the
lJ', according L. the contract Jenny
Limbs net avai~ OF the concerts. un-
der Mr.. Rarnum : management after
deducting the 50 800 ana = .asl forfeit
money. were SI16.675.u1. and Mr. Bar
mum : gross receipts after paving Jenny
| itn.I ,r,.r.. 80 III, -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25
COREAN WONDERS.
Seven Remarkable Things to be Seen in
That Country.

torea. like the world of the ancient
hae its 'seven wonders" Briefly
stated they are as follows: First a hot
mineral spring near kin-Shantao. the
healing properties of which are believed
to he miraculous. No matter what
disease may atflict the patient a dip in
the water proves etiiCaciOuS. The
second wonder is two springs situated
at IA considerable distance from each
other; in fact, they have the breadth of
the entire peninsula between them.
They have two peculiaritieS. When
one is full the other is ALWAYS empty.
and notwithstanding the obvious fact
that they are connected hv Il subter-
ranean passage one il of The httcrcSt
bitter and the other pure and sweet.
III, +I;,.I L.. :. III ,,.,,., ,,,., ,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25
THE CHLOROFORN DRUNkARD.
He Runs the Risk of Death for What
Gives No Pleasure.

The thinaman. throwing himself on
his bunk. with pipe and lamp and shell
of dope, knows that visions Of heauti-
full lands and comedy maidens will soon
be his. The hasheesh-eater knows.
after one experience, that the green
paste which he swallows will fill him
with d gudlike sense of power, feeling
as though he could bear the earth on his
shoulders. But chloroform gives no
dreams, no visions, no mighty strength.
1t stupeties; that's all. The chloroform
drunkard is a slave to his own morbid
ness and no more.
The method of becoming drunk is
simple in the extreme. The drunkard
saturates Il cloth or sponge with the
anrsthctic. He lies down near the
edge of the bed or lounge. The arm and
hand which holds the drug is braced in
such Il position that were it relaxed it
would hang down beside the couch.
As the subtle vapor begins its work.
and unconsciousness steals upon him,
the muscles of his arm relax, his hand
drops, and the sponge falls from his
inert fingers to the floor. Thus he
avoids the danger of death through an
overdose of the poison.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25

Ere nch gardeners are now obtaining
the same results as the japanese III the
production of dwarf trees, which are in
great demand, their fruit being just as
tree. Their methods are kept as secret
as those used IN Japan, where one sees
trees 20o and 500 years old which have
been treated in such manner as to
stunt their growth and to prevent them
from attaining height Of more than two
feet at most. Their trunks are gnarled
and twisted by age. but they bear no
trace of the pruning knife, and they
constitute an exact representation in
miniature OF the grand old sycamore,
oak. cedar or apple tree, which line
the magnificent O-mile avenue which
leads up to the sacred shrines OF "Nik-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25
A MISTAKE SOMEWHERE.
Awful News That Brought n Mother in
Tears to Her Daughter.

"Got fine boys here" telegraphed
Spriggins to his wife's mother. after the
arrival of his first son and heir.
Six hours later he was surprised to see
his motherin-law walk into his office,
teartul-eyed and sad of face
30, Joseph she gazed, isn't it too
perfectly dreadful ~
''preadtul? l think it's grand - said
Spriggins, in the Wanting pride of Young
tathcrhood.
90. Joseph, How can YOU say so !,
Is Mama alive ?'
'.Why, certainly, and doing splendid
ly."
I'm surprised to hear it; l supposed
Ia find the poor girl dead it's the aw
fullest thing ever heard off,
"Why?" said Spriggins rescnttully,
I'VE thought you'd he tickled to death"
'Tickled? I've cried cveL since | got
the telegram. wonder YOU can be SO
calm, and I'd like to know what poor
Mamie is to do Oh. il is awful | Just
sat with that telegram on my lap and
cried all the way here -
The telegram fell from her trembling
hands as she spoke. >priggins picked it
up and read:
Got five boys here. '-Droke's Maya
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25

are the only part Of tae Implement that
costs. The chain? Any log chain will
answer. 1t is best 10 draw it little
catering" So it Will have Il slightly
shaving action on the sods. For dwelling
knobs and filling holowS it has no equal
Is there a piece of land that is too wet t.
plant aud so. although uneven, has never
been plowed? Make one of these home
clod-crushers and Jewelers.. and during
the next drouth just pillow that ground.
level it and seed it and see if you are not
proud of the job ever after. On such
wet, natural meadow manure applica-
tioEs pay well. The crop can be gath
cred enough quicker on one smooth acre
10 leave time for the making of half
dozen such CONFERENCE.-THE liistcr Sage,
IL Iittlii fttll Hmm.
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originating from one parasite. In two
days the little Larvae, colled up in the
muscles of the uncooked meat eaten, be-
come seXually mature and active; in SIX
days the little embryos are born, a
numerous and restless progeny. Those
that are not thrown Oft by the intestinal
discharges of the patient, begin migrat
ing. They pierce through the coats OF
the stomach, and while they seem to
have a special affinity for some muscles,
they NAV be found III all muscular It's
sue except that of the heart. AS soon
as the trichina reaches the end of It's
journey, be it long or short, s ito reach
es a proper muscle of the body, it
coils itself up and becomes encysted.
After they are once encysted, provided
by their wanderlngs they have not
killed the patient. they may be carried
about during a long lifetime without
any special inconvenience. It takes
about two weeks for them to become
encvsted When thus dormant they
are surrounded by a capsule or sheath.
Many suppose that what is called
''measly-pork" is the same as trlchinous
pork This is mistake. The former
is produced BY parasite called the
custicercls, which also intests the human
sub iect.
Trichin;r becomes dangerous only
hen taken into the stomach, and there
is some question as to how hogs get the
parasite into their systems. However,
it is generally supposed that hogs are
usually infected by rats, since the latter
are especially subject to the disease.
An indefinite number OF the mature
trichnH in the human stomach. or in
that of the rat and of the hog, are
thrown off with the intestinal dis
charges. These are eaten by the rat or
by the hog, before their vitality is de-
stroyed, and they pass from the stom
ach into the muscles of their host, to
be in turn capsuled and ready to repro
duce themselves when taken as I'M
cooked meat.
That an ounce OF prevention Is worth
a pound of cure Is particularly true IN
cases of trichinosis, for the doctors can
not hold out much hope to person
who gets the deadly parasite into his
stomach. The only certain prevention
is never to eat raw or partly cooked
meat. All authorities agree that a moist
heat of 10 degrees Fahrenheit will eff
fectually kill the parasite. Some say
that 100 degrees Fahrenheit is amply
sufficient. \ ham if boiled for an hour
would he rendered safe. DR. Lewis,
after a number of interesting expert
mentS, ascertained that the center of
leg of mutton in five minutes after boil
ing began, acquired a temperature of
l01 degrees Fahrenheit, SO it would be
safe to assert that a ham boiled for an
hour, if triChinous. have all the parasites
destroyed, and could be eaten With inn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25
POWER OF IMAGINATION,
A Story That Makes Point Against
Doctors Medicine.

Doctors Medicine.
The power of imagination, said an
uptown druggist to New York Times
reporter. rs past comprehension. Not
long since domestic in the employ of a
prominent family came INTO the store in
great haste with prescription which
called for two grains of morphine in two
ounces of aqua pura, that is, distilled
water, the accompanying direction
reading: A teaspoonful every hour un-
Ill the pain is allayed.' The patient for
whom ii was intended was the head of
the family, who was suffering from
severe attack of nervous neuralgia.
''Now, it SO happened that the ident
the prescription was behind the counter
when the messenger arrived, having
dropped in, as was his wont, on the
way to his office. While | was putting
up the prescription We chartered and
laughed and ioked and passed the time
of day as only professional men are
capable Of doing. | filed the bottle.
corked it carefully and labeled il prop
erly, and, when the retreating form of
the domestic had disappeared out Of the
store door, returned To my companion
able physician visitor. As | did so |
saw to my amaZement the two grains of
morphine rcposlng upon the prescrip
ton scales.
"'Good God, DOCTOR | calculated.
I've given the girl nothing but distilled
water. The morphine is here, look at
it, What shall do?'
'''Do?' he replied, with admirable
sang froid, do? Why, nothing at all
I'll wager YOU Il bottle that the aqua
pura will work as well without the
opjate aS with If
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25
Japanese ingenuity.

Ii l. Well known. SAYS the Germantown
Telegraph, that the Japanese are re-
markably skillful in wood. ivory and
ether carving. \ we'll authenticated
story which has just come from Japan
would indicate that the willy Jap does
not eoHfne himself 10 the beaten paths
in the exercise Of his ingenuity. II APP
pears that gentleman. who w8s travel
ing Ia the interior of the country. broke
the handspring of his watch, which he
took 10 the nearest ieweler, i native who
lived in an obscure mountain village
Somewhat ~ his surprise, the watch
WAS returned TO him apparently III a.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25
THE PRESlDENT's GUARDS.
He Lives Like u Democrat, and Not Lik,
an AutOcrat,


The remarkable incident of drunken
man breaking into the Executive Man
sion early IN the evening has served to
call attention to the entire absence of
protection tor the chief executive OF the
nation. 1t would be possible, at any
time, for four or five resolute men not
only TO break into the residence of the
President, but TO murder him or carry
him away. Foreigners are amazed at
the risks taken by the President. He
sleeps with scarcely any more protec
ton than private citizen enjoys. Two
policemen are usually on duty at the EX-
ecutive Mansion during the evening, but
after 10 O'Clock p. NJ. there is no one
there save the night Waterman. There
is no soldiery, no guard at the gates, no
sentry to warn off intruders or give an
alarm in case of attack. An iron fence
surrounds the White House grounds,
and at dark the gates are all carefully
locked, but the fence is SO low that the
clumsiest of malefactors would have no
difficulty in climbing it, though young
Mr.. Martin appears to have left his coat
and shirt hanging on the pickets last
EVENING" Chicago Herald, Washington
CORES UOa3tHCt.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25
AT THE DOOR.
BY EUGENE FIELD.

j thought myself indeed secure.
so fast the door, so firm the lock:
But. ioi he toddling comes to lure
Ny parent ear with timorous knock.
My heart were stone could it withstand
The sweetness of my baby's plea,
That timorous baby knocking, and,
please let me in its only me"
! threw aside the unfinished book,
Regardless of its tempting charms,
And opening wide the door, | took
Ny laughing darling in my arms.
Who knows but in eternity
l, like truant child, shall wait
The glorIes of Il life 10 be,
Beyond the heavenly Fathers gate?
And will that heavenly Father heed
The truaut't supplicating cry,
As at the outer door | plead
Its /. o Father. only l."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25
She Left Them.

\ bright newsboy on the Maine Cen
tral was cndeavoring to assure a nervous
lady, who wanted 10 get off the train ut
Auburn the other day, that she should
be informed when the cars reached the
city. She would jump up at each station
and say:
Is this Auburn ?''
Finally Auburn was reached and the
ncWshOy was near at hand.
ID" do |, She exclaimed, edo |
leave the ears here ,"
Yes, madam" was the reply, "you
do unless YOU want To take the cars
with you"
And the lady looked volumes at the
boy and slammed the door when she
went out - LeU'iStOn JOurnut
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25
Curious Hiding Places.

y butcher of Seymour, Ind, is said to
have found III the stomach Of a slaugh-
tered cow SILVER half dollar, several
small bones, Il lot Of needles and pins
and 4 quartcr of a pound of iron nails
Eut more remarkable discovery was
that made by servant in a st Iouis
restaurant. While he was openinp
CLAIMS the other dav there dropped from
one Of the blvalves a gold ring inscribed
'S.S. to X. :" The clans had been
purchased from New York house and
We're gathered from the ocean bed near
Fire Island
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25
Will Wear No Feathers

Mrs. Ole Bull and others employed
themselves during the intervals between
the sessions of the late National Coun-
cii 81 omen III Washington in getting
SIGNATURES 10 pledge drawn up bv Miss
Willard not to wear the bodies or Ia.thS
ers of birds, because of the great cruelty
practlced by those who obtain them
and the wholesale slaughter of the most
beautiful song birds which this inex-
cusable fashion involves. Over $50
women signed. No doubt others would
asked. IVA
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fashion. A back piece is made of scant-
ling three inches square. This is as
high as the high post of the gate. The
top hinge must be put as high as the
gate will allow, as shown. The bottom
hinge must be placed as high as it will
be necessary to raise the gate.
The hinge is let into the back side of
the back piece and one bolt passes
through the hinge flush with the front
side of this same piece. As will be seen
in cut No 3. the parts of the iron which
are held together by bolt in front of
the back piece Gust mentioned) hook
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25
COINAGE IN ENGLAND,
Interesting Facts About Hard Money
Past and Present.


Past and Present.
When England was being made into
mince-meat and blocks of real estate by
the SaNons and Danes, says the Age of
Steel, silver and brass were in use as
currency, but the Normans subsequently,
Installed the ariStocratic metal and left
the democratic brass to take care of it
self. Gold was first coined by Henry III .
and copper was made into money in
1872. TIN was used for coinage in 1850
and the National farthing was made of
this Cambrian product with a stud of
copper set in the center. In 1880 and
1851 tin half-pence We're issued in con-
siderable quantities. The only pure
gold coins issued in English history
were those of Henry III.
In the reign of Edward |. the pound
i'll tale of silver coins was equal to
the pound in weight of standard silver
The pound in tale was divided into
20 shillings, the shilling into - pence.
and each penny piece weighted Il
pennyweight or twenty-four grains.
Before the mintage of gold coins
in England the byzant, valued at
10 shillingS, was imported from
Constantinople, and torences of
the same value from Florence
reward III. subsequently mlnted the
noble, Edward ~. the rial, Henry VII.
the double rial. James | the laurel. and
Charles II. revived the old laurel coin
under the name of the guinea
This guinea i'll the reign of Queen
Ann, originally issued as a 20-shilling
piece, rose in value to 80 shillings, and
was acrobatic in value till Sir Isaac
Newton secured authority ordering the
guinea to pass for p shillings sterlings
The present English sovereign was is
sued i'll 1917, and weighed twenty
twenty-tirst parts of Il guinea. The
present standard for tineness for silver
COINS is ii ounces or pennyWeight
silver and Is pennyweight alloy.
Bronze coins We're introduced in 1860;
replacing the old copper coins first legal
lied by the fiat of Charles | l. and after
wards made by James H. from old guns,
copper vessels, pewter pots and gen
eral assemblage of comparatively worth
10 nm flI
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25

good running order as ever, and it ran
all right until the rainy season set in,
when it stopped. Being in the city of
Toxic at that time, the traveller took the
watch to an English workman, who, on
making examination, was astonished to
find that the cunning Jap had put in "A
spring made of bamboo, which, so long
as it kept dry, remained elastic. but dur
ing wet weather had gathered damrness
and lost itS rpwar
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25
"Clubbing" with Husbands

Partisan ladies have introduced a new
social wrinkle, which is that of dining
with their husbands and brothers at the
clubs. The dinners take place in
private parlors attached to the main
sitting rooms, and are the most select
ana desirable little feasrs Imaginable.
~ one Of them, given recently in the
lannon's kne Royal, the table was decked
over with canopy of tube roses and
the cloth concealed bya flood of Russian
vioiets, which filled the room with very
Intoxicating perfume.
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Tpyewritinp.

The extension Of the use Of the tyne
writer Is shown by the fact that in one
single building IN New York CITY there
are Ho typewriter operators at work
On > Crock IN the morning till ; in
the afternoon, Ia the Office If On. 81
.ne insurance companies there are
typeWrlters, operators, and clerks
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25
Privacy in Great Cities.

Nowhere, save in the wilderness be-
vond the frontiers of civilization, can
such perfect privacy be enjoyed as in
large city. The denizens of busy me-
rrorolis have enough TO do in attending
TO their own affairs. They have no
time to bestow on the doings of their
neighbors and take no interest in them.
The curiosity of villages and small
towns Is Unsuitable. Espionage is the
main employment of at least third
Of their inhabitants. On the other
hand, if q stranger takes up his abode
among them, he becomes center OF
obSe-vation-a target for coniecture-a
standing topic o. conversation -.Nsty
York Ledger.
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Seeing is Deceiving.

\ trick that is going the rounds Just
now Is to measure by the eye the dis
lance to which you must push away
lars side by side, their circumference
touching, So that the distance from the
lower cdge of the central coin, so re-
moved, shall be equal to the distance
apart of the outer edges of the two
other coins. Iou will probably do as
every one else does, push the middle
one upward along the table until YOU
think YOU have done rash thing bv
pushing IL 50 far. When you measure
You will find out. It'san old perversity
of the eve
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25
THE SEHOLD.
Convenient Table for the IA itGhen,

Nowhere do cOnVenicnCeS for doing
work pay better than IN the kitchen. on
the smooth running Of which depart
ment the greater part of domestic com
forts depend. Where space is not album
dant. Il combination of table and draw
crS illustrated and described as follows
will often prove very desirable. and it
viii save many steps in a large Kitchen
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25
KILN. Hogs.

\ subscriber asks II there can To- de-
>crihed 4 plan hy which 1t may be known
how 10 properly stick a hog
Its not altogether easy to describe
the operation. but With the help of the
wood ont We have had made. il may BE-
understood. To begin right, get the hog
securely in i pen tina, viii Just hold
him. Stun BY Il sharp blow in the fore
head with 4 pole axe or some similar
weapon, half way between the eyes aud
top Of the head. or shoot him in the
forehead with revolver. Then before
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the animal begins 10 struggle turn him
square on hi, back, place Il foot on
each side Of the head, facing the ami
NAL, hold the head down II the ground
by placing the left hand on the snout.
Now place the point Of the knife-a
seNen-inch blade i long enough for any
hoG-on the animals throat. at the
same time looking over The carcass. and
push the knife in d straight line in the
direction Ct the root of the tail. as
shown. Withdraw the kuiGe quickly.
and gushing stream Will follow ii out.
The idea is TO cut the aorta. the great
artery rising from the left verticle OF the
heart If YOU do not stick just right
the first one. you vii see why when the
hog is opened. \ little observation,
however, will soon enable You 20 become
fNrarf - Elrb.Y1GG