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The Lake Charles echo., 1893-08-25


10 the bnman body there are shout
263 bones. Tho muscles are about
500 IN number. The length of the
alimentsry canal is aboat thiFsy-twO
feet. An exchange adds that the
amount Of blood 10 an admit averages
thirty pounda, Of fnlly ons-fifth Of the
entire weight The heart is SIX inches
II Isngth aud four inches 10 diameter,
and beats seventy times . minnie,
1900 times per hour, loo, 500 times FER
day, sc, ,7a2, 600 times per year, :, ,575,-
100000 times 10 three-scoFe-and-ten,
and al each beat two and one-hsit
ounces Of blood are thrown ont Of it,
IT'S ounces per minute, 656 pounds
per hour. ands and thFes-qnarters
tons per day. All the blood IN the
body passes through the heart in three
minutes. This little organ pumps
each day what isseqnal to lifting l22
cons one foOt high, or one ton l22
feet hight. The lungs will contain
abont one gallon of sir al their usual
degree OF imitation. We breathe on al
average 1900 times per hour, inbalr
600 gallons of air, or "a 400 per day
The aggregate surface Of the sir ceilr
of the Iupgs exceed 10000 squart
inches, an eFea nearly equal to th'
fuor of a room twelve feet square,
The average weight of the brain Of an
adult male - three pounds eight ounces,
Of female, two pounds four ounces.
The nerves are all connected with i
directly or by the spinal marrow
These nerves with their branches and
minnie ramifeatinns probably exceed
10000, 600 IN number. The skin il
composed of three layers apd varies
from one.quarter 10 One-eighth of an
inch 10 thickness. The atmospheric
pressure being about fourteen pounds
10 the square inch, a person Of medium
aize Ia subject to pressure Of 10000
pounds. Each square inch of skin
contains $500 sweating tubes or per
spiratoTy pores, each of which may be
likened TO a little drain pipe one,
quarter of an inch long, making al
aggregate length Of the entire surface
of The body Of 2Ol, ,l66 feet, or a tile
ditch for draining the body almos
forty miles long.
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-08-25

America 10 the hume Of the home
less all over the world -Strest
Short absence qu,rkens love; long
absence kills it.-MirabeaU.
Adversely is the diamond dust
Heaven polishes its jewels with
Leighton.
Never say you know a man till you
have divided an inheritance with hum
Al able man shows his spirit By
gentle words aud rasolute actions.
He is neither hot nor timld.-Cbestsr
field.
There is not in nature a thing thai
makes man go deformed, so boastlv, As
10th incorporate anger.-John Web
ster
Doing is the great thing. For if,
resoIuteIy, people do what is right, in
time they come to like doing it,
Raskin.
Have a purpose in life, and having
1t, throw into your work such strength
IF mind aud muscle as God has gwen
you Carlyle.
The happlrst lot for a man as faT
IS birth rs concerned, is that it should
be such as to give him bnt Iittl" OCCASION
10 think much about it Whdteiy.
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-08-25

New York Herald.
This treatment, recommended by
M. Dourdonki, Of Moscow, has the
merit Of being both original and sim
pie. While examining one day y
patient complaining Of alrociou'
besdsehs be used percussion Of th'
Uranium, iust as is done for the chest,
10 aseeFtaIn whether there was aDS
apparent material lesion. Two Of
three minutes after finishing his exam
ination be was greatly astonisbed t'
hear bic patient say that hls headache
had completely disappeared. Thi
method OF treatment has succeeded il
his hands whenever there was nt
material canse for headache.
The percussion must be made
lightly with only one or two fingers
without producing any dlsagreeabl,
sensation, but increasing gradually The
intensity Of the taps. In this way |
sort of yibratory massage is admins
tered, which removes the distressing
aympton. II is evident that thi
relief can only be momentaFy and tha
&be eanse must be discovered 10 ordfI
10 be aure TO enre Che headache. Tb,
Same means ID effiescious in muscular
pain in nervous, impFessionsble people
II is 1t any rate easy TO try, and
according 10 the old saying, can't dC
any harm, even VI ~ don't cure.
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-08-25

Within the memory Of many Of u,
the advocate of the theory that God
ought to have made women essentially
4 ff rent fr"m man, and therefore H.
did, asserted that while woman could
make fair snccess in literary Work rb'
was inospble of anything bat ihr
simplest mathematical attaiDmeBrs
The bright glrIs of the nineteenth
century have 50 completely annlhilaled
bis suppositlon that 1t is suprrfluuus
to alt.mpt any proof of the opposite
1t Is a matter Of interest, however, Ia
cote the women who, though suciI
work is not yet as free to women NJ
10 men, make exceptional SUCCESS il
mathematical work. One of thest
women is MIS-. E. P Brown DAVIS,
who ranks as one of the leading
meshemaficians Of this country. Sht
WAS educated in the public school,
OF Washington, D. q. AfterWnrdr
she taught there and at the same time
tttended the night school of lh'
-cieBtific department of C"lnmbial
University from which she graduated
Her teacher, Prof. Gore, recognizin,
her ability, employed her to read lb'
proof.sheets of hrs work on geodesy
!, This secured her employment by Pr0i
SIMON Erweombe, whom she A,slstet
) 70 has Work in calculus. She read ih
; proofs and verified his calculations
At this time vacancy occurred IN th
position of computer for the NautIca
Almanac. With twelve yonRg men
: Mss Brown took the competitive Px
animation. Hsr paper was malket
me hundred plus, and she seeuFer
u he position with salaTy Of twely
I hundred dollars. Before her gradua
i ion she had discovered and correeteI
D ~ error in La Place's tables that 70
years had produced Inconsistencies
! which had puzzled astronomer
|, When Mess Brown became Mira. DaVil
he resigned her position on tbs Maj
! zeal Almanac but she still continnS
a her mathematical and astronomici
work,
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-08-25
rEEE PAWRGRY RaAN.


Whenever there's trouble IN this thing or that,
No matter how defiant the place,
When somebody says that financ-s are fat,
Or that war signs are easy to trace,
The average person would stick to his task,
stiil doing the best that he can
To keep things as well as IT'S reason to ask
But along comes the psuicky man.
with significsnt looks and voice that Is low
He hint at dishesrtening things;
His, "You mightn't have thought It, but nov
don't you know
In m0uFntuliest minor he sings.
Though full of good cheer and cOntentment
al morn
Your task for the day yDu bPgan,TFLa
You'll presently almost reg e. you were born
For along comes the pRBicky man.
Shall people be led BY the raven whose note
Is the mOurni Of idle dispair?
Shall mere puny Terror take Thrift by tht
throat
And Courage her mission f0rbeHrg
Not Sc for the public is wiser today
Il has hit on q different plan;
For tits well undeTstoOd that the sensible way
Is 10 sit on the panicky man.
Washington Star.
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-08-25
Clean Youra aDwn watch.

New York Sun.
"Wa,cn stopped has it p asked one
traveller of another. "Now, I suppose
you'll pay dollar to clean it. Bu'
let me give you a tip. Open both Of
the back cases so, hold it with the
"pen slde down, and tap 1t with your
ipger nail dozen times. D mt be
,fraid. Snap it sgaln. Now move
the second hand. Is 1t all tight? l
thought 10, q drummer put me on to
that trick. Probably there were only
few specks of dust in the works and
you've saved your dollar. Iflt doesn't
run after the little jar that you gave il
then II is time to take It to tbs
jrweIer."
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-08-25

One Of our English comrades writes:
How strange it is that some people
are 80 slow to grasp the meaning THAI
white ribbon women, or whlLe.rlb-
hODeFs, is the term internationally
gwen to all women belonging to the
forty federated national associations
of temperance woman. Il needs SOM
tuDefuI harp cOnsts ltly to play tn
song, There are bands of white rih-
bon aronnd the world This is simply
the poetic way of putting il, thai
forty or more federated nati"DaI
associations from the internationa
federation OF women the world over,
and that the badge is knot Of white
ribbon, and that the name of th,
association thus formed IS the World,
Women Chr,slisu Temperance Union
Yrurs 10 the union, and for the free
dom of women everywhere"
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-08-25
- Al - -.

Thisfs remedy for both The tiny
red anla and the large black ones n
the house. lis q renedy for cock
yoaebes AID other pests that invade
the aanalnm Of the '.ehef Place
green walnuts IN The pantry, closets,
cnpb0aFfls 0r any place where The
s'vaTminis" roam. I tried i A. soon
a. I haasd Of II, and The ants legi pos
haste. also placed hapdfal Of lhs
nniA r1deF The red and white peapiea
and ths ants do not thrive thsre either
Tie cnge Raa 80 quick and elieclna
that concluded could Tacommapt
Il t0 tie world a. large. have beer
10 fired of The nHiidy FeAaedlea d
Tea, alum. chalk, oie., Uttered ~ oyel
she aaafpg shelves and ell 10 ne
pnFpeae.
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-08-25

As The result Of visit and address
from Mrs. II. j. Borden, territorial
presidenA the ladies of White 0aks.
Lincoln comfy, N, NJ, rejoice in the
organization OF w. G. T. u. which
numbers nearly fifty members, active
and honorary. Arrangements are
already being made to open public
reading room with an enthusiasm which
bespeahs success for the undertaking.
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-08-25

Mrs. Dora A. Evans conducted
several Demorest medal contests il.
San Diego, Cal, as q result of which
a permanent orgsDlzttInn, called the
Demorest Club, of San Diego, has
been formed, the members beng tb'
contestants whom che so carefully
trained. They have voiced their
appreciation of her uDlirlng energy
and faithful work IN fitting resolutions
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-08-25

Miss Belle Kearney, of Flora, Miss.
NatIonal Y organizer, was one of the
speakers at the great Montreal Chris.
lIan Epdeayor convention, giving an
address without notes on gospel TEN
peraBee. She made a paWsGful plr y
for youths' christian work, outlined
the great efforts made by temperanc.
Feformers, and called on church
members, Young aud old, TO ally them
selves against the licensed liquor
traffic. AT the close of the eouVen,
ton, Miss Krarney went directly tu
Mr.. John G. WoolIey's Rest Island
convention Of Christian workers.
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-08-25
TEMPERANCE COLUMN,


A significant fact is shown by the
latest cpnsus,-that the only states
where crime is not increasing faster
in proportion than population are
prohibition states.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04

EA\KS.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04
VIII Make E!oUr Next Monday.

In another column we publish an
article from the Northwestern Miller
OF the 9th ult., descriptive of our
beautiful Daisy milling plant. 1t is
true that nearly all of the points and
laciS there enumerated have been be
lore given to the public in some form
or other since work on the mill began,
but still they are appropriate just at
this time, as the elegant plant there
described is Row all completed and its
machinery will be set in motion next
Monday morning and the work OF
flour making VIII be inaugurated in
this part of the city The old settler
who has waited for nearly forty wears
to see something of this nature in Old
Superior viii be a happy man next
Monday when he hears the roll of the
machinery in probably the finest -four
ing mill in this country as well as the
largest. That the Daisy VIII have lots
OF visitors next Monday there is not a
doubt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04
\ E;. Job Opposed,

ASsemblyman Mills recently intro
duced bill providing for the tran
scrlbng of the circuit court records.
This would be an immensely fat take
for the clerk of the Circuit court, bat
1t IS not a necessary one. 1t is on a
level with the JOB put up for Register
OF Deeds Mundy, a few years ago, and
would cost the people of the county
thousands Of dollars. The county
board OF Supervisors met this week
and resolved against the bill in all its
provision i'll the following emphatic
language:
Therefore be it Resolved. That thi, board
most respectfully petition the Wisconsin
legislature and our member Of Assembly 10
defeat the passage Of any form of The bin
The board also adopted d resolution
III opposition To the Superior Court
bill now before the legislature. The
board is commended for the position it
has taken on these issues.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04
: site offered.

The Minnesota legislators seem de
termined to build at the head Of the
lakes 4 fine and c0mmodi0us grain ele-
yator for the exclusive use Of such
farmers Of that state as may wish to
patroniZe the same. Most of the Mn
ne50ta farmers do not ike the Mime
sofa system Of grading wheat, and
therefore would prefer to have the
elevator built III Superior if it can be
legally done. With Il view to getting
it located here, Nh F. Z. Hanson, sec
rotary Of the Consolidated Land Co,
met with the grain and warehouse
committee Of the senate at St Paul
on Wednesday last and offered them a
good site for such an elevator. The
committee was much pleased with the
site offered and it VIII probably be ac-
ceptea if it is decided that the state
may appropriate money for that pur-
pose.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04
The milwaukee, Road Coming Our
Way.

RICE lake, WIS, Feb. 25,-All of
the notices of the Rice Lake Dallas &
Menomonie Railway company for Yot
ing bonds or subscribing money in the
several towns have been completely
posted.
Each town voting bonds or other aid
is TO receive in return equal amounts
of the capital stock of the railroad
company.
The city of Rice Lake is asked to
vote $500. The people seem to ia
vor the proposition.
1t is well understood here That this
new road is backed by and Will be a
part of the great Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul system. That company
has long desired to reach Lake Supe-
rior and also more of the lumber re
gion. 1t has line now as far north as
Cedar Falls i'll Dunn county, few
miles north Of the city of MenOmonic.
Superior lies exactly north Of Cedar
Falls and Rice Lake lies III the path
Of the proposed right Of way from
Cedar Falls to Superior The new
line Will go from Cedar FAILS north
ward in the valley of the Red Cedar
river through one OF the finest timber
belts III the country. 1t will then
practically parallel the Omaha road to
Superior
Rice Lake is enjoying quite little
boom. The York Furnace company Of
Superior is putting up two splendid
banks of charcoal kilns here. The
Rice Lake Lumber company viii saw
30, 900 000 during the coming season.
Timber is brought from White Birch
and other places in Douglas county to
Rice Lake to be manufactured into
hubs and spokes and slaves. Nobody
is very hard NJ and the outlook for q
prosperous year is tirst-class.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04
Sentence sS&y.

"Wednesday was sentence day at
Judge MarshalTs court, when he pass
ed upon six cases as follows:
W. E. Masters, convicted Of steal
ing watches from Wolf & Marcus, was
given his choice of 800 fine Or three
months in the county jail
\. Q. Lennes, who forged checks on
the FIRST National bank, was given
one year at Waupun to repent of his
wrongs.
John McFayden, who held man up
by the name Of Mcdonald at the East
end one night, received two years i'll
state prison.
p J. Murphy, who broke into the
house Of a {. Hurkick and was con
victed Of burglary, was given four
years. y motion Cor new trial was
denied. Murphy has been out of the
penitentiaTy less than month.
William Lane, convicted of man
slaughter in the third degree for tie
killing Of jeff Wethers, was given the
full extent Of the laW-four years.
August Oyala, convicted of break
ing into the house OF Dan Michelen on
Third street and stealing 81, was Civ
en- one year.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04
s S6;sti 6 Hrnl.


The storm which iegun Monday
afternoon and continued with unabat-
ed fury un,il edncsday morning,
was the worst we have seen since that
OF March, Iss2 The street cars and
railroads simply went out Of business
for the time being. All mail trains,
those that attempted to get through,
We're from three to twenty hours be-
hind time. The snow was 50 solidly
packed into the cuts that in many
cases the picks had to be used. The
cold was not intense, but the air being
50 full of fine drifting snow made it
very hard for one to he out in it long
at time 1t was 4 bad one.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04
\ Eit!,i WORTH Cu:;iya.;ng.

Charles II. Thornton, says the Morn
ing Leader, has returned from his trip
on the Mesaba and Nermilllon ranges.
He went in the interest Of the Billings
Hardware company. He says that the
majority Of people have little interest
i'll or sympathy for Superior and many
OF them little or none for Duluth.
lie THINKS Virginia is the coming
toWn OF the Mes:ba range. There
must be, Ire says, "at least , 800 PEG
pie at work in and about Virginia.
while an immense amount Of work
is being done the probabilities are that
the Mesaba range will be unable to
ship more than 100000 tons Of ore
this year. Next year, however viii
undoubtedly be a boomer.
Mail facilities have been very I'm
satisfactory and it has been difficult to
buy ordinary supplies. This Will &C
count for the partial disappointment
in the amount Of ore to be shipped this
year.
THAT territory and more 10 be de
veloped behind it is naturally tribu-
tary TO Superior but SO far the Bill
INK Hardware company seems to have
been the first 10 attempt to cultivate
it. The matter ought to be looked in.
to by our business men, for it IS rich
field.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04
LOCAL MA E'CERS-

a,,v VA ? az
Prof VOLS ,.as an tho .fc1,
LIST > mart Of tbfs week Int i ah,a f.
Ia mi or,in
!, )
sonoor p,dn, tha nav, ordor for soryico
- no = : (, , road
'lLS. ''lli'S 'oII-nS "h" mas peeh
cred Is to he able to sit ND
r.. c,.,.,,. >or4,,o,, p,ofeo
I.r..,r.o,,p I,.f = con,,la of linoors. . few
,,,v. ao, while c,u,,Iino oars
II,,o ,.,, cot ~ ho,o v,, bodth
,,,f,t.r cr,Iar,g # ,n+ ra+ i cI,fcr,
Iti..,l. ,,,.a,.,;,-,,er fa.hi,n nav
~, ,...,.,-. c.,e,,,,.oe o.. ~ o.,
vic v.siI No ,.Ia,e.d +, 1n,rn th,t he i
,oo,rori,g fran, his I,na and eerions
49,.
died > few DAYS aoo. Nj. Lord was
the father Of Mrs. Senator J. f. ware
Of this city.
Mr.. James bdrdon has been on the
SEX Is, l"f the past week hat IS con
siderable better today. y victim Of
winter cholera
{. I. Forbes, of the contracting
firm of Forbes y Williams, who has
been IN minneapolis ana II. faGi Tor
lew days Is nome AGAIN.
-WuD Baldwin has leased lot a0-
west Fifth street. and. VII soon move
his l.natorranh gallery there. ItvilI
give him a good Location.
WIND. Baldwin has been appoint-
81 suerjntcndent Of the art depart
ment of the Worlds Fair at Chicago
1t isa soft sn3p for Wal. sure.
NJ ~ u-,u-,. ,,,o ~. hon,
!, 40 Io.,.it.1 ro,. treatment for the
,,ast twn ~, three yne,,s has 50 far re-
c,,.orcJ os f., IL ~ home arain
The amount OF taxes paId IN up TO
oi'e IaI.S l''l n'I'" ,'','o -, 81 I's' ie'l
'''' "a 49,, ,,, ,,,,'', W.,
i'''i'' '' - 1 ''1'''
Master Morgan fa''lSoh WIZ en-
terrain party ct young TRENDS on
Monday afternoon March 6th. Ih'S
VIII be his siAlh oItNu""S dhiii' eIH''lS
The Occidental Hotel en- Connor's
Point ana owned by p. J. Flynn, was
totally destroyed by fire last Monday
night. Loss about s., 900; insurance
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04
5ti~. so.
Thursday evening the Telegram said:

Thursday evening the Telegram said:
mir. lIaugen's course in the bridge
matter up to the present time. 50 tar
as he final course OF events HIS any
voice, has been consistent ana just
and in accordance with the wishes cI
the people Of West SUPERIOR"
Just 50, except that his course has
been in accordance with the wishes Of
the Lend i River Improvement com.
pany, instead OF the people at large.
But Why should he fight the masses
who want 4 bridge at Connor's Point?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04

Mr. John NcCaba, one Of the
prominent business men Of the city,
died Wednesday afternoon at his home
at the West end, after but a few days
illness. lie leaves a wife and seven
children, one Of whom, William J. Nc
Cabe, IS teller in the bank Of Superior.
The funeral services We're he'd at the
residence Thursday afternoon at ;
o'clock. and the remains were taken TO
Albany, New York for burial. leaving
here Oh 30 Chicago limited.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04

Tie Regular Monthly meeting Of
the Woman's Relief society viii be
held at tie League room Of the n. Z.
church, East end on Monday after
noon, March 9Th al ,. n. THIS is an
important meeting and should be at
tended by all ladies' We are request
ed to announce that the treasury is
about empty and if the members would
all pay m their dies il would help III
the settlement OF The bills incurred
in the work this winter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04
go Decorate Eile Columbus.

The Bronn-Haywood Decorating
company Of s. Paul have been award
ed the contract for putting in the
stained glass decorations Of the
Worlds Fair passenger whalheack
Christopher Columbus.
At each end of the cabin, which is
100 feet long, Is dome Of stained glass
ten feet in diameter. One Of the
stained glass cabins VIII contain a life
size picture Of Columbus.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04

Miss Lizzie Bell has resigned her
position of teacher in the Nelson Dew
ey school ana has gone to her home in
Chetck this state. She viii also re-
sign in a few weeks, the name of Bell,
ana adopt that of wealthy young
man Of Ashland The TINES extends
its congratulations in advance.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04

There is going to be a great strug-
gle for the Office of Municipal Judge
this spring The salary is to he e, 000
per year, which with other droppings,
makes it a very remunerative Office.
Here is an opening for all attorneys
who have nothing else to do.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04

That motor power snow plow Of
tie street car company is great
thing to kick up 4 dust. 1t is also a
terrible thing on the nervous system
Of all h0rsefesh, and the oldest plug in
the city refuses to be cOmfcrted at
the sight Of it
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04

C. c. Edwards, J. ". Ruggles, Q.
y. Britton, :. u. Reynolds and L. Il.
Otis will represent the j d. Robe
Post at the state encampment G. y.
r, at La Crosse next week. They will
do all they can to elect Comrade :. Z.
Tubbs department commander and we
hope they may be successful in their
efforts
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-04

The old village lookup at the foot
of Thompson avenue has been torn
down and removed to make room Tor a
better line Of improvements. 1t oc-
cup.ed part OF the site given Tor the
Dawd barrel factory, and work on the
latter structure VIII begin at once.
This company is under contract 10
supply the Daisy mil with barrels, and
he NIL MI begin using them next
NECK