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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-09
Ts0;.Jiis lake assembly.

The attractions of the Assembly this
season are very great. Among the lee
tur2rS, we see the names of DrS. Con
Wei, Gunsau!us, Barrows, Willis, La
mar, Samuel u. Jones and others.
Locke Richardson, the famous reciter
Of Shakespeare, appears twice The
Royal hand bell ringers of London per
form, and numerous other ciitertain-
ments are given Nile. Marie Deccl,
the Jenny Lind Of America" is the
leading vocalist.
The woman's council, 50 popular
last year, VIII be continued by Mrs.
TerhGre and MIS-. SaneStcr
National day, July -, Will be OBJ
served IN Il novel manner. Following
the educational idea of the Assembly,
the directors have invited gentlemen
to advocate the principles Of the three
great political organizations of the
country. Ex-Governor st. John will
speak for Prohibition, Governor VIM,
Mckinley fer RepublicanIs:n, and
Hon. Henry Watterson for Democracy.
\ monster meeting may lie expected.
The Quarterly, containing much vllll-
able information and with a complete
program, may be had by addressing
the cA"rat ARK lanes L. ALosrlar Mad
iS0n, Wis.
AS the New York Sun is most OK
ccllent Democratic authority, we quote
the following extract without com
mcnt:
THIS Pan-clcctr;c episode is one oc
the things unmcntiona,l1. Ii is one
OF the things to Wiiichpol.teness wonli
hesitate to refer III Mir. Cley8l.nd'S
presence, either at Il political banquet
or III the greater freedom OF unre-
strained social Intercourse over a
brandy bottle and two tumblers, Is
there Il high minded democrat, pro
tcctionist or free trader, who has fer
gotten tie burning shame he felt at
the first astounding disclosure OF the
relations between officers high in Nj
tleyeland' administration and the
ridiculous Rogers ana his pan-clcctric
crew, a shame deepening into DISCUS;
ana 4 sense OF personal disgrace when
Mr. Cleveland deliberately elected 10
make the scandal his own and his
party'S own? Risk no mere Pan
electricity in the White House, gentle
men
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-09

For The land. wheels:
For the water. kyyis.
Each. alone:
10 ca; i is GWn.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-09

+ S.-As 70 the competency Of
AttahomeG' to distinguish between
pure and impure water water YOU are
respectfully referred g N.acen. n,y.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-13
THE APPLIED SCIENCES.

Recent experiments at the Illinois ex.
pertinent station show that the best fertil-
izer known for land on which wheat is
raised is ordinary barnyard manure
The great Lick telescope reveals about
100000, 900 stars, some Of them so small
that 80, 900 of them in one mass would
scarcely be visible to the naked eye.
a solution called diamond ink has been
invented which enables one to write upon
glass 1t is necessary TO allow it to re-
main upon the glass about fifteen minutes
before wiping oil.
The utilization OF the power produced
by the ebb and flow of the tides has been
made in Havre to work turbine wheels,
which generate the power necessary to run
the dynamns which furnish Paris with
the electric light
An English manufacturer has lately
brought forward an improved hot blast
furnace, the method employed being to
use the heat derived from the furnace for
heating the air blown into it to smelt the
contents
A new Swedish glass which contains
phosphate and chlorine is said to have
great advantages over other glass for use
in microscopes and other fine lenses. II is
Of extreme hardness, and is susceptible of
the finest polish
1t is stated that the ingenious electrical
device some time ago brought to public
attention, for giving an alarm when a ship
devates from her course, is now being
adopted on considerable number of
American vessels.
Science comes to the front in the manu-.
facture of grindstones The best now
la nf ttoix Nf
pulverized quartz, powdered flint, pow.
dered emery and rubber, They outwear
by many years any natural stone.
Among the many metallic substances
employed at present for producing metal
closely resembling gold, one of the most
perfect as well as admirable limitations is
obtained by the following process One
hundred parts, by weight, are taken OF
pure copper fourteen parts Of tin or
zinc, six of magnesia, fifty-six of sal-am-
mouiac, eighteen of quicklime, and nine
of cream OF tarter.
According to an account given of new
/ German process in metallurgy, hollow
/ forgings in iron or steel are made from
/ solid blocks OF red hot or white hot iron or
\ steel To produce hollow cylinder, a
4 piece of hot square metal is taken, the
/ cross section of which, dingonally meas.
ured, corresponds to the diameter of the
/ hollow cylinder to be produced, and q
pointed core bar is then driven into the
metal by means of hammer or press, the
j lid OF the matriN forming a guide for the
core bar When desired the matrice,
may be formed with jackets, in which cir
culates cooling medium. The metal il
thus forced to al tho cylindrical matriX
( nad has an opening through its center il
tao direction of its length,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-13
DIR. Rarnes. Of scltnn1e.

DIR. Barnes OF Scituate had for a
parishioner a rich but hard, grasping.
penurious and quarrelsome man. In
course of time he died, and, at his
funeral. the minister dealt with him
in no gentle phrase. The next Sun
day the bereaved widow came herself
TO the parsonage bringing the usual
mote" and at the same time, prefer
ring an earnest request that as the
minister had already given her hus-
band such a raking at the funeral he
would quietly pass him over in his
prayer She added that her husband
had always been kind and good to her
and to his family, We'll, we'll We'll
see, said the aged and venerated pas
tor. His curt relief Of himself in his
prayer was this Thou knowest o
Lord, that thy departed servant was a
good provider for his family; but be-
You'd that his friends think, and we
think. the less said the better. AR
gonauL
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-13
HORSE sHOES.
An Ancient Superstition Which Is Very
wide Spread.

An Ancient Superstition Which Is Very
wide Spread.
The custom of mailing a horseshoe
over the door OF house or other build
ing as protection against evil spirits
and as an assurance Of good luck is
widely spread over the United States
and England. 1t also fourishes among
the Teutonic and scandinavian races,
and has been recognized as far East as
Hindoostan. The horseshoe unites
within itself three lucky elements-it
is crescent shaped. it has been, or is
TO be, in contact with a horse. and is
made Of iron. Popular superstition
has for ages endowed iron with pro-
tecting powers. The Romans are
known TO have driven nails into the
doors and walls of their houses as an
antidote or as preventive OF the
plague. The Arab who is overtaken
by simeon in the desert seeks TO
propitiate the Jinns by shrieking:
Iron" Ironm Since time out of
memory the Scandinavians have
sought to exercise the river spirit,
Neckaw. by sticking an open knife in
the bottom Of the boat or driving a
nail in the mast or oar. In the my
theology of England the horseshoe has
always been considered a luck
briuger."
The popular belief in the horseshoe
attained It's greatest diffusion about
the end Of the last century Aubrey
in his Miscellanies. tells US that in
his time most all the houses in West
London had a horseshoe over the
door Lord Nelson nailed one TO the
mast OF the Victory, and Lucky" DR..
James used one as a crest for his car
riage Louis Republic.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-13

In this house OF any kind whatsoever,
conduct me TO him.. She saw 1t was
no use TO resist, so we came TO where
a Teller and his gal was together, and.
gentlemen, he was a-huggin' her an
a-kissin' her an a-huggin' her an
a-kissin'' her Says ! to him, Come
with me, and he came, / called my
men, and says TO them, Men, II this
man offers to get away. or abscond In
any manner whatsoever all fire TO
onst.
"Well, we hadn't gone but little
way when my men cried. He's a
gittin' away He's a-gittin' awayr
Says ], Fire" And they all fired to
onst. And, gentlemen, that was the
last ever heard Of that man from
that day TO this whatever, / VOW"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-13

Sweet to IA are the stories OF wet
Grams. Uncle Lem Spooner vet
Gran Of the war Of 1872, had a con
siderable local reputation due as
much 70 his great age as to his ORR
ginui character.
remember, says correspondents
perfectly story he related OF his war
exploits. lie was then in his " year.
and although addicted Ia telling won
derlul tales all drawn from his own
vast experience, had never been for
tunate enough TO hear him. Ono
evening in the old Eagle hotel | found
Uncle Lem talking as usual TO u large
company. The conversation turned
on the great age, good health. and
astonishing activity OF the veteran.
BY degrees the old man was led to tell
of his youthful days. and finally vol
unteered 20 relate the following
adventure:
when / was n young man en-
listed in the army as private, but in
little while the Captain came to me
and said, 'Spooner, we want TO make
you Corporal Says |, Captain, |
enlisted as q private Huu lhVSuu W
stick her through ms a private to the
end. He went of, but in few days
came back, and several officers with
him, and insisted that | should act us
Corporal for six months. Says |,
"Gentlemen, II IL will be any satisfac-
tion to you, / will consent to act as
Corporal for six months. So they
put tho shoulder-straps (P) on me,
and II / do say IL, was about as
smart as any on 'em in them days,
and | acted as Corporal.
nWell, one night the Captain sent
for. me, and told me to take a squad
Of men and 60 up TO house near by
to search for prisoners. So | took
the men, and marched up to the
house and surrounded IL. ! raped
on the door, and lady come, and
says /, Madam, II there is any soldier
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-13
IN Emnornr,s Ron,nncc.

Few people know of little romance
connected with the early life of Emp
error Frederick, in which ltaly's lovely
queen, Marguerite figured as the hero
inc. 1t is said that in his youth Fred
erick formed deep attachment for
this magnificent woman, then princess
Of Savoy, and she being at the same
time engaged TO Umberto twas never
known whether or not the love was
reciprocated, but in later years, and a
short while after tho emperor's sad
death, among his private effects was
found carefully put away crumpled
piece of lace, said to have been a frag.
ment of the wedding gown OF Marguer-
lite torn from her robes while dancing
on her wedding night, New York
Tribune.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-13

bottom Of il and drive the swarms OF
insects into il from all directions.
Then they cover the openings with
blankets. The hoppers thus killed
are taken out and put into bags with
salt. Afterward they are spread out
TO dry in the sun. The wings and legs
are removed before eating.
There is sort OF cactus consumed
in great quantities by the Arizona In
dians, says the Washington Star, the
seeds of which pass through the body
undigested. The latter are collected,
washed. roasted. ground and eaten.
being considered great dish.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-13
small. hnf tnrIonr.

The sun gives 600 600 times rs
much light as the full moon; 1000
600, 900 times as much as the bright
est star in the sky, and So 600, 600
times as much as all the combined
stars OF the heavens.
The Oldest house in the United
States is said TO be a stone dwelling
standing in the town of Guilford,
Conn II was built in 1910 and is
still occupied. 1t was refuge for
settlers during the dark days Of King
Philips war.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-13
Ncw Ncar,. na, az LIbhy.

The following letter was written by
AdN. y. II. NJ. Byers Fifth Iowa TO
his brother. while confined in Lib5y
prison Mt Richmond, Va, during the
winter OF lS63--l;
IIHBi PRIsoS. RICHMOND, Jan. >.
DEAR JoHN: New Years day was
spent by the men in Libby in trying
TO Keep warm and in trying 10 see who
could make the most noise By yelling
shouting, singing. cat calls and by
tremendous pounding on every pan,
pot, kettle and cup that COULD he
gotten hold Of,
The lights were allowed 70 burn till
III and the outlaudish racket was kept
up tin that hour. Even after we went 10
bed. the best singers were compelled
20 sit up in bed IN the dark and sing
songs. Never before did the New
Year come in with such n strange
heralding. ! am glad it's all over.
My ears still ring with the awful din.
4 few prisoners are chained fast in
the basement for attempting to escape.
They missed the New Years racket,
any way. Three others have been
put in the penitcntiary OF North Care
lima in retaliation for something
done TO some johnny rebs in the
North.
We hear that the rebel prisoners in
the North are treated like gentlemen
and with humanity, not only because
Il is right, but in the hopes that the
rebels will treat us deccntlS. 1t is n
| mistaken hope Slavery has brutal
lied these men Tnoy think it no
harm 10 burn niger or starve and
kill o Union prisoner They don I
even treat the priyutes OF their own
army dcccntly, so the guards told us
on the way hero from Chattanooga,
saw with my own eyes dozens OF
| Union men from tennessee who had
been forced into the rebel army, and
who had deserted, chained up, two
and two, and treated like dogs, even
by their own neighbors.
The rebel Congress is In session
and a dismal time 1t is having trying
| TO devise means to drive every man,
boy aud child into the army. The
leaders are getting scared and are
very desperate. ! think they would
sacrifice every bit of property and
every man in the Confedcracy rather
than be beaten, give up, and take
their chances of getting their necks
| stretched.
When this wicked rebellion does
end, us end it must soon, ! hope the
leaders will be turned over to Ber
Butler, and that no may report them
"all present. or accounted for
within twenty-four hours. Benjamin
would need no instructions,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-13
Heayen,s Art,I,ery.

Tho Twenty-seyenth Massachusett
regiment was in camp at Bachelors
Creek, \. e., near the edge OF a
wooded marsh out OF which came the
fragrance OF magnolia blossoms and
the music Of numberless mocklng
birds Here the men foraged more
or less upon the guerilla farmers" in
the neighborhood. The regimental
historian enliyens his pages with the
story OF one such occasion.
just beyond our outpost was fumtly
named Davis, who were always will
Ing to furnish reircshment for con-
sideratlon and one day when Lieu
tenant Hunt was in charge OF the out
post he placed Sergeant Peck on
picket very near the Davis plantation
The Sergeant was very considerable
OF the wants Of the inner man; and
when Lieutenant Hunt returned 70
this part OF the line, he found that
Peck had been 10 Davis house, and
ordered what he called stomach
distender Tor two.
Sergeant Peck appetite and liber-
ality got the better Of any scruples he
might naturally have felt about max
Ing known his neglect OF duty. and he
invited the Lieutenant TO the feast
an invitation that was promptly ac-
/ cepted.
The two men were eating with the
best OF appetites when they heard a
sudden roar and rattle. as OF heavy
guns and musketry. The enemy was
upon them. Instantly they seized
their arms and equipments, which
had been laid aside for the occasion,
and rushed unceremoniously out Of
the door
| Waiting for nothing they cleared
the fence expecting every moment
another yolley. or demand To sur.
render On reaching the post il
any thing but good order. they wer,
hailed by one OF the pickets
'llutlo there, What your hurry
Why didn't you wait Till after tt'
shower"
Sure enough, while they had beer
busy at the table sudden thunder
cloud had come up. and what the.
had mistaken for an attack Of III,
enemy was only peal Of thunder.
The two soldiers were often re
minded Of their famous dinner ant
old man Davis never tired Of re
ferring to "thc attack on the picket
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-13
rIi,.ionnrIe. in ArrIcn.

In Africa thore are 500 missionaries
and 400, 900 converts An average OF
20, 600 year become converted and
in FIVE years more than two hundred
martyrs have lost their lives there.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-13

The following item appeared in
Mississippi papee; Rev A. Cathy,
Methodist minister, aged seventy
years, living at BurEsyille, recently
eloped with Miss Millie Marlor aged
tifty-one years. The lady's parents
nhinntnn Y
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-13
Knew the Facts.

First Little Boy-papa was readin'
somfin' about Mind Reader bishop
bein' killed, bat | couldn't make out
how IL was,
Second Little Boy (solcmnly) He
had two doctors.
Mary COwell Putnam sister of
james Russell Lowell, is TIE only
surviving member Of the poets gene
ration in the Lowell family. Her Slst
birthday occurs in December.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-10-15
A Shining Example.

Weddings would be robbed of half
their terrors if all the world would con-
sent to be married as Miss Ashley, of
Ohio, and young Edward Cooper Hewitt
were. Here were two members of the
undoubted Four Hundred. Their social
standing was so unquestioned that they
could and did do as they pleased about
their wedding. They were pleased to
get rid Of ninety-nine hundredths of the
torment and bother that attend most
weddings. The bride got only two new
dresses. One was her wedding gown,
the other dinner dress. Then she and
her gallant young husband departed
quietly for Europe "to continue their
studies together" we are told. A more
delightful honeymoon could not be
passed. There is no sympathy that wears
so well as intellectual sympathy.
The inference is that Miss Ashley,
like other American young women in
good circumstances, had already good
supply of clothes. She preferred to con-
tinue to wear them, just as she had been
doing before she became Mrs. Hewitt.
and avoid the fearful nervous strain of
being fitted by dressmaker for twenty
to forty new gowns that would grow old
fashioned in a year or two and have to
be made over or thrown away. Wise
Miss Ashley, fortunate Mr.. Hewitt
The days are past when a woman's
wedding outfit was to last her for life.
In the middle ages it was expected to do
so. Getting wedding clothes enough to
last till a bride is an old woman is
therefore a survival of the middle ages.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-10-15

1t is important to note that scarcely
any of the physicians or nurses who at
tend cholera cases have the disease. OF
the staff of doctors and nurses in the
public health department of Hamburg
the statement was made recently that
not one had taken cholera. In the same
city hundreds of men are employed
night and day conveying cholera pa
tients to hospitals and removing infected
clothing, handling it constantly, yet
none of these have been attacked. Even
among more than $50 gravediggers in
the Ohlsdorf cemetery, where the chol-
era corpses are buried, only one took the
disease, being a smaller proportion of
the men than would have been attacked
had they been living the ordinary life
and taken their risks. The case of the
doctors and nurses may perhaps be ex-
planned by the well known fact that
persons Of more than ordinary intellect
and intelligence who are engaged in
some work that occupies the mind are
not so apt to become victims of an cpl
demic disease as other persons are. But
the ambulance drivers and grave dig
gers are common people, except that
they must be unusually brave to stick
at such seemingly dangerous occupa-
tons. Perhaps this very courage in
presence Of danger is what keeps them
safe from the plague. While persons
thus constantly exposed seem exempt
from the contagion, ON the other hand
the disease occasionally breaks out in its
most malignant form in quarters en-
tirely isolated and far removed from in
fected neighborhoods. The explanation
of these facts has never been found.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-10-15
THAT FREE LIST

The free imports under the Mckinley
bill for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1892, aggregated S45s, OOO,772.
The free imports of 1892 exceeded
those of 1890, the year prior to the Nc
Kinley bills passage, by Sl92, 1882, l43.
The free imports for the single year
of 1892 were twice as great as for the
entire ten years under the revenue
tariff of 1916.
The free imports under the Mckinley
bill in 1892 were more than ten times
the average annual free imports from
1916 to 1861.
During eighteen months under the
Mckinley free sugar clause American
consumers were saved in tariff taxes
S95, 900, 900, which a Democratic tariff
for revenue policy would have imposed.
Under the revenue tariff of 1916 only
IL per cent. of all imports came in free
Of duty. Under the revenue tariff of
1857 only % per cent. of all imports
came in free. While under the McKin-
ley tariff in 1892, So per cent, or over
one-half Of all imported goods were
duty free.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-10-15

London Industries, an organ of Brit
ish labor said on July %, last The
workmen, it must be confessed, have
not hitherto looked to the tariff in vain.
They have not only enjoyed high rate
OF wages, but they have also had an in
creasingly high rate for a number of
years past. Labor has nearly doubled
In value in all iron and steel works in
the United states during the last twen-
ty years. Within the same period there
has been a general reduction in the
price of commodities, so that labor has
enjoyed the benefits of both high wages
and low prices"
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-10-15
PearY's Return.

The question whether it is possible for
anything but polar bear to winter sue
cessfully under the north pole has been
practically settled by the safe return of
Lieutenant Peary and his brave wife
and comrades. They wintered in Whale
sound, n dogs. 43 min. north latitude.
This is farther north than anybody has
ever yet spent winter entirely on land,
with no ship in hailing distance, caught
in ice or otherwise. What is more, the
Peary party came out in the best of
health and spirits from their long arctic
sojourn, and all return safe except one,
Verhoeff, who, if he really is dead, lost
his life by accident. In former arctic
expeditions the survivors have too often
come back with health impaired for life
by the rigors of the polar climate.
Peary's exemption from the common
fate appears to be not altogether luck.
1t is more case Of hustling. The party
began the day the Kite left them in
Whale sound last summer to prepare
for winter. They built a snug house
and inclosed it in solid wall of turf
and stone. Next they prepared for a
constant supply of fresh meat by shoot
ing such game as they saw. Peary says
they had for the dark months thirty-one
reindeer, several seals and walrus and
hundreds of birds to eat. Every care to
provide food and fuel was taken. Now
that Peary has proved white man can
live in comparative comfort so far
north the north pole question seems
practically solved. A party has only to
make a row of supply stations from
Whale sound to the shore of northern
Greenland, as discovered and located by
Peary, there winter, and in the early
summer explore the country thoroughly,
so that a passage for ships could be
found. Then from the coast as base
Of supplies other summer voyages might
be taken to the very pole itself.
Peary's particular services will con-
sist in establishing the northern coast
line of Greenland, which he found and
located the most northeasterly point at
Independence bay, SO dogs. north lati-
tude, and in bringing back a rich find
for natural history students. The far
thest northerly point made was SO degs
Brainerd and Lockwood, of the Greedy
expedition, went little nearer to the
pole than that, having carried the
American flag in 1889 to SO degs. Pam
north latitude. This Is the nearest ap-
prosch yet made to the north pole, and,
be 1t observed, this. too, YVES ACCOM-
plished by Americana