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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-11-25
Treasury Troubles.

Pioneer Press.
The embarrassment Of the treasury
continues TO grow worse. 1t VIII not
he relieved until congress has taken
the necessary action. The available
cash balance is now down to $9S, 900, /
600 and the gold reserve to less than
- ,000,O0O. If, therefore, every dollar
of available assets in the treasury con-
sisted of gold, it would he insufficient
to raise the reserve to the 800, 900, 900
mark, which has been accepted as the
minimum compatible with sound fl
nancimg. Moreover, the expenditures
last month we're some $1,000 600 in eX-
cess Of receipts and so the matter goes.
Ii is 4 bad condition OF things, a dan
gcrou5 condition, which is saved from
being ruinous only by the repeal Of the
Sherman act and the faith of the peo-
PIE that we are coming out all right i'll
the end somehow. The blame that at
tachcs to its existence ana continu-
auce is great, because it could all be
fores"en and should have been prC-
vented
If the Republicans had been in con
troll of the government, the extra SEES
sion would not have adjourned with
out adequate provision for meeting the
financial needs Of the treasury. Nh
Sherman was prepared at any time to
Introduce such measure; but forbore,
because to do so would have been to
still further complicate the situation
created by Democratic dIssensions, and
possibly to prevent the repeal of the
silver purchase act altogether. Over
that the Democratic squabbling was 50
violent that there was no room for
other discussion, and the treasury had
to be left TO Shift for itself as best it
could. As we have said before, both
the difficulty and the way in which it
has been met are ineXCuSable
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-11-25
JACK OF ALL TRADES."
Antique Rub'i:h About rcinIs MAS
tee of None"

The boy Of to-day, even while at
school. has learned something of the
trades. and as 4 result he has acquired
a healthy diSrcSpcct for the traditions
OF the trades. For generations young
men have been taught that the com
mon trades are deep mystery, init
alton therein requiring long years of
apprenticeship. The trade schools have
shown that this is not so, and that all
the more common handicraftS, brick
laying. paper hanging, plastcring. sim
pie carpcntcrinG, mason work. etc, are
extremely simple, and that, with the
usual allowance Of American "Gump-
ton" a very fair degree Of skill may
be gained by any intelligent boy, IN
der Il good teacher. in comparatively
short timr Moreover. til" boy to-day
recognizes that the antiqu" Rubbish
about the lack Of al trades good at
none is rubbish
TIL" American II the first 900 years
Of our history was in dozen trades
and master IF all lie could swing an
Ak in the forest with extraordinary
ski. AMI was mason. bricklay"r. plaS-
t"rcr, gardener, fisherman. sailor and
soldier At VIII. Three generations ago
the iiShcr-faTm"rS Of Massachusetts bay
had cyrry uan his tiny shoe shop in
his yard. The fish scrap heap on the
shore roads were pun@eHt witnesses to
I'll" fact shat TIE dEcllcrS in the little
'@reen-hlndcI houses" were farmers,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-11-25
Financial .rsaitcrs.

Congressman Hagen was in the city
few days ago, ana as lie is Il member
Of the committee on Banking and Cur
rency, he Was naturally asked a good
man questions touching those matters,
and the Morning Leader reports him
as saving:
The committee on banking and
currency takes an important rank at
present, owing to the numerous plans
to revise cur financial legislation sub
mitted 10 it. 1t is quite apparent that
the opposition to national banks dOmi-
mates the Democratic party. If left to
itself that party in congress would re-
peal the 10 per cent. tax on state bank
circulation as promised in its national
platform, and, perhaps, take steps to
abolish the national bank system en-
tirelv, and relegate the country back
to the numerous and frequently very
wild banking methods of the decade
proceeding the war.
Several bills to repeal the 10 per
cent. tax are before the committee and
Will be acted upon as soon as congress
re cOnyeneS. We are i'll hopes to de
feat favorable recommendation upon
them, but it will be a close shave.
No general revision of the banking
laws is likely to be made on account of
democratic hostility to the system. L
think it would be wise, in view of the
experience of the last few months, to
provide for closer inspection and bet
, ter security to depositors. | do not
know how many state banks have
closed their doors in Wisconsin and
failed to reopen them, to the great loss
of dep0sitors and business generally.
But much OF this would no doubt have
been avoided had the state provided
some reasonable supervision. 1t has
failed to do 50. The supervision Of ma
tiOnal banks isnOt as close as desirable
bat such as it is it shows up very favor
ably, as the five national banks in this
state which were compelled to close
during the stringency haye all resumed
business.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-11-25
HEIRLOOM FOR 1000 YEARS.
A Japanese Curiosity In the shape
of Biblical Books Written Micro

One hundred and twcnty-siX thou
per 13 by II II inches is something I'M
usual. When the writing is 100 years
old and the author the founder Of a
nations alphabet. the script is indeed
a curiosity. Such writing is now
on exhibition at the store of the ldZu
Tea company at san Jose. Cal. The
Literally translated this means Saint
propagandi,t. 1t is the property of
I. TakahaSshai. descendant of the
noted saint, and, according to the San
Jose Record, has passed i sacred heir
loom from father to son for over loo
years. Mr.. TakahHssllli is Connected
with the royal family of Japan. and is
member Of the legislature OF the State
Of NaE&SIki. He is q scholar Of great
local rrPutC, AMI. having heard that
there Wcr" in America philosophers
who were inclined TO look tavor;hiy on
the Buddhist religion. h sent tie relic
across the sea in GAar-rn of lis son.
The writing is 50 fine that a micro
scope must be used ia dpt'ipApr Tie i'll
tIicate Chinese and Japanese charact-
CTS ! IS an exact copy Gf eight books
Of Tie buddhist Bible. and was written
rs sort Of NcIi-rchcctcd prnduvc to
purify III" spirit Of its holy author,
Every pry;.autiou is to he taken to in
sure the safety Of the precious docu-
mcnt. In ease of wildwood is a
II ~,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-11-25
MARRIED WOMEN,
Many Contribute to the Family
Purse With Their Earnings.

A married woman is not usually sup
posed to contribute directly to the fam
ily purse. her time and strength being
sufficiently taxed when she keeps house,
manages children and servants and ad-
ministers carefully the domestic affairs
which lie within her province, says 4
writer in Harpers Bazaar. That the
husband shall provide the means, and
the wife attend to their outlay, saving
and economizing as thriftily as she can,
is the ordinary arrangement, sanctioned
by custom, and agreeable to our idea Of
business ana of fair division of labor.
1t is now quite usual, however, for
married women to supplement the in
come of the family by the exercise Of
some gift or accomplishment. They
write, or teach. or lecture, or paint
pictures; they cubroidcr or make pick
les and preserves. With delightful
feeling of independence, and the most
generous and tender unscltiN!meSS
wives who earn money by some effort
Of this kind spend it for family uses II
goes to pay school bills and purchase
shoes. Wherever there is Il deficiency,
the supplementary earnings of the wife
fit in so easily and i'll SO timely mau-
ncr that both husband and wife count
Oh this added source If income rs Ii Il
We're in the anticipated order of things
Often Il style OF living rather more OK
pcusiyc than would lie practicahlc on
the husbands salary or on III" profits
on his business is adopted because OF
the Wifc'S earnings; a larger rcsat Is IN
dcrtakcn. or The living Of the family is
on broader scale 1t is not usual Tor
Il wife to hoard or invest Ecr earnings
separately; they 70 into the common
purse. ana AZ" spent either for luHUri"s
or for the benefit Of III" children.
when VIII gets into 4 tight place.
said. one day, Il woman who Wi"ldS 4
ready pen. y sit down and write two
or three stories to help him ont
Sometimes woman h1s impr"uni0HF
relatives whom 81" very mach wishes
to assist, Will" she does nat feel jest
fled in taxing her husbands r"snU""r@
for the purpose. II have q dear old
aUntie who depends IN I4c for the but
ter for her bread" remarked such Il
person. Her little income is only
enough for bread; III other words for
bare necessities. An occasional little
outing. a new book. 4 small mdul@"UrH
Of any kind, is beyond her means: but
l have the greatest plcaSur" in bright
cning her lot through what ! make my
solf."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-11-25
j! most isr:liSr.

jenny LinI's Judgment Of books,
though undire"tcd hy anything like
trimming, showed Independence and pen
etration. \ writer in the Century says
that she was devoted "duiror of Cur
lylc'S writings, and that the last book
size read before her death was Mr.. Nor
tons volumes Cf the correspondence
between Carlyle and Emerson.
No doubt her admiration for the great
dcnouncer of shams was largely due to
the intense sincerity Of her own Chari,-
ter, which made it impossible for her
- tolerate even those slight dcyiatiOnS
from strict trUthfulncsS which are sell
dom taken seriously. but are looked
upon Is the accepted forms Of good So
ciety.
one day, many years after her mar
riagc. when she was staying with a
friend not far from Peterborough. She
attended Il service in the cathedral.
The dean. who. probably without
much critical musical judgment.
thought the singing quite Perfect. was
rash enough to ask her how she liked
his choir
She looked at him with 4 quiet smile.
and replied, oh Mr.. Dean. your cathe-
Grll is indeed most bcaU.f -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-11-25
TRY ACTING.
A Managerial Mind Hit Vron n Des-
pcrHte Device.


pcrmte Device.
The star was i'll distress. She sat in
Ter Or, sSin@ room after the Play and
positively refused to be cOmforte1. Out
side the manager of the company.
with 60 per cent of the $19.SO which
repre- scented the gross receipts for the
night III his pocket, paced IhouEhtfully
UP and down the narrow pasSagcWay
which led to the stage.
Suddenly he stopped and raped on
the door. Come, Miss Actorinc," he
said. 1t IS time Il at we We're getting
to the hotel We leave at 10 III the
morning for the EcXt stand"
Miss Actorine sat with her head
bowed She said nothing for fully
five minutes. Then She looked up and
bccioncd to the Il aLagcr. Come III"
She said, tragjCally
The manager olcEcd. He entered
and sat on Il trunk. The star WAS 81
lent fer tive minutes longer, says the
Buffalo Express. Then the managers
patience gave out and he asked: What
do YOU want:"
What do l want:" repeated the
star. bitterly. "N'Gat do l want: l
want to know what's to be doncE"
business is pr.5;v blamed bad" re
marked I'll" m|r,-' :.
4 Should So L WAS. ana I can't
account for it, lin sure have done all
l could. | h3,, exhausted III "HppGi-
CutS 20 make HE people comc ana So
me l IaYo N".u dresses made in
Iaris. l had IL diamonds stolen at
nsl.1-a-l ,,t n .Fiy-,,l..,, F,.,.r, NV
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-11-25
UNTYlNC TIE KNOT
How T':.cy 60 1t il, t,,c Land of Eur
l..

man.
IN Burn ah. rs III civilized Europe.
SUSPICION often distur!1s the family cir
Gle. buJ instead Of filing lawcrs' peck
cts and giving society papers highly
sp;crd paragraphs The following cffec-
tEal mode Of divorce procedure is adopt
cd. says writer in the Chicago Mail:
The family +, latiyc on both sides are
called III. The elders or patriarchs II
The village or district 1rC called In.
II Il aftct the circumstances are eX-
planned arbitrator are appointed fror,
among them. who proceed as follows:
Two candlcS-waX if possible, but gen
orally rush Iights--;rc selected of equal
length and tbiCkncSs, and being stimuli
tan2ousIy lighted are placed on the t;l-
bic # the establishment boasts Of on.
If not they are put on the floor.
This is dcne with the greatest gray
ity. care being taken that neither party
has any advantage over the other in
the shape of dIaUghts through the doors
and cranuieS and that all present are
seated n sufficient distances to prevent
their breathing from affecting the
flame The gradual burning down of
the flames is then watched with breath
less and solemn silence which culmin-
atrs as one or the other Of these slow
~ burns down and splutterS out its life
in the waters Of the basin in which it
is fixed
\ deep an 4 cultural sigh of re-
lief. crcets this termination, and if it
be the husbands candle that burns
out first he and his relatives walk slow
" ont Of doors, solcmnly and silently.
leaving his better half in possession Of
the goods ana Chattels contained there
in. If the wifeS candle expires first,
She and hers do likewise. and with a
small present TO the judge and umpireS
The divorce is completed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-11-25
Society and the College Girl.

Too often the collegs girl feels out
of touch socially, writes Anna Robert
son Brown in the fourth paper of her
admirable series of papers on The
Girl Who Goes to College" in the
Ladies' Home Journal. II is hard fo
her to find her exact place. Yet tho
college woman, of all others, shoulu
be Il leading social power. since She
ought to be able TO add much to cur
rent life. There is also Il vital re-
sponsihility involved, fer the college
girl not only returns in some instances,
TO Il home where social leadership is
hers by right. but when she marricS her
husband is. in many cases, Il man Of
distinct prominence ana wild" influence,
ana she should b. adequate for the new
20 Siti0n wlli-h She holds as Ills Wife
The social difficulties # college girls
usually arise from one CT two causes.
In a few cases they do not care for
society and scorn il outright: others
do care fer it. hut are 80 alaruingly
earnest. and tfrom tie ordinary point
Of view so intinilatinEly learned. that
they are somewhat UulHaEagcablc so
ciaIiy; bctWo"n them ana the world at
large there is an awkward Constraint.
i lie "iES Of tie first SORT Ire making
q s1:io,:s mistake personally. More
than that. they are selnshly casting
diSnrctiit on their Uau;u". and are
making life hard FIR all other cpll"@n
girls one um!,ampt. brUSWc eccentric
college graduate docs Iuorc harm 10
her college than many of her delightful
f.'sr 10 "
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-11-25

SCFEEipR COURT Douglas County.
Garrett Kamakcr and Eliza Dimnent. Plaintiffs
The unknown heirs Of Iandrey Papin, deceased.
defendants.
The state Of Wisconsin, to the said Defendants.
and each of them:
1ou are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty days after service of This simmons *
'iu~'Ne of the day OF service. and defend the
t''Nc emitted action in the court aforesaid and
III ci-e o, your failure So 10 do Judgment viii %.
rendered against EOu according To the demand ii
lIy Complaint; OF which copy is herewith
served upon you.
y =, " HOS. w. SHACkLEFORD,
I. Q. Address: Plnirtiffs' sttnrnev.
Superior, Douglas Co. WIS
Notice Is hereby given that the premises ar
l.,Ied by this action are the northwest quarter
- a "f the southwest quarter (SW1.) Of the
ni'leitSt quarter lNE'4 of section twenty nine
~, LOW EShlp foTty-eight AS of range thirteen
!I"l west, IN Douglas county, Wisconsin. accord
ing 10 government survey; and that the ,"Hl-
pi'!ht IN TINS action was duly filed with the
clerk Of the Superior Court Of Douglas county. on
the 18th day of October 1898
TiiOS. w. SHACKLEFORD,
c->-.O Ild!utIls h!sO-lc',
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-11-25
labor Trouble az Souha1e.

SPOKANE, Wash. Nov. ga crowd
of angry laboring men paraded the
streets of this city last night and
threatened to blow up buildings and
tar and feather prominent citizens
The cause of this disturbance was the
issuing of an injunction, brought at
the instance Of the Spokane Water
Power Company, forbidding the city
officials from letting the contract to
build water works for the city. The
Spokane Water Power Company is now
supplying the city at big rental. At
a mass meeting last night the officials
OF the water company were denounced
as traitors and murderGrS and it was
insisted that fifty people must be got
rid of ut once to keep the remainder of
the 10000 population from starving
Extra police were sworn i'll last night
and the militia was held in readiness
to quell possible riots.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-11-25
Governor IsII>i< Dead.

Ex-Governor Jeremiah NJ. Russ,
whose illness has been mentioned be-
fore. died ut his home in EiroGu&, last
Monday morning ut ) O'Clock. GOV.
Susk was i'll the full sense Of the word.
= man OF the people and counted his
friends by the thousands among Tie
common people, The llborinE classes &c
our state He WAS a man fun Of en-
crgy and push and did with all lis
might whatever his hands found IL DO.
whether it was driving his f1u-in-
hand in the old stage coach days, or
commanding a change on the rebels
during the war, or directing the ship
of state as our Governor Tor seven
Years lie dies covered with both mil
itary and civic honors, a true friend of
the people, and every true citizen Of
Wisconsin is a sincere mourner TODAY.
We give on our first page true like
ness Of the deceased and also a more
extended sketch of his life
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-11-25
Lucy stone and Haf3 I'm.

The report Of the serious illness of
Mrs. Lucy Stone Blackwell. at the age
Of - years, recalls a long term OF ser
vice in rcformatory work, marked by
unwavcring stcadfastncss and at the
same time by moderation ana common
sense. She is best known as Lucy
Stone ana by domestic agreement uses
that name. The speciality which com
m2nGcd her attention, wcman's rights.
appealed with slow success rs 10 its
most salient points. voting and office
holding. Even to this day it has made
bat little advance. though they hold
the general suffrage in one state anl
in Others cast 4 ballot fer school Off
Gers. It is not al unfair assumption
that what Lacy Stone cared most for
was not the mere privilege of going to
the polls, hut rather for Il more general
equality of rights which she believed
would be promoted by the suffrage.
As 10 this there has been great gain in
recent years. The chief impulse to this
has been the concession OF equal ana
separate property rights. which has
been accomplished almost throughout
the country.
With the chance of preserving the
fruits OF their industry for themselves
women were naturally more Inclined to
work. Tho reform of SeparatiSm hay
ing prevailed. there was disposition to
let women look out fer self. and coming
to look ont for herself She slowly but
surely constrained the concession of
uniformity and equality Of privilege as
to work Tie truth is there never was
very great objection to mere working
on the part of woman. She might toiJ
ut the WaShtub or the range from sun
rise to shutdown without mourning re-
buke for lack Of fcmininity 1t was
only when some other employment.
PERHAPS more suitabi" physically, was
suggested that the appropriate sphere
rNSn INTO NinN-ErNNklNu En.-ln
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-11-25
P.TiFUL WASTE AT PANAAal.
Lizards and ether Creeping Things
Have Their Homes With Costly
Machinery.


Lizards and other Creeping Things
Have Their Homes With Costly
Machinery.
y correspondent Of the london Tcle-
graph writes from Panama as follows:
While in Colon ! made Il careful tour
of the Panama bo&ic ana the stores,
engine sheds. rolling and floating stock.
Words cannot paint my establishment
mt the sight. l never saw anything 50
sinful III my life as to see all that stuff
going TO wreck and ruin. | went
through one 'Storc-of these there are
six in all. ut different pIaccs-higgcr
than any shipyard on Clyde could boast.
all the things just as they came from
the makers. Files never unpacked,
every engineers tool you can think of
English. French American-was
there: WhitWOrth stocks. dies and taps.
about twenty cases complete, good rs
when they left the shop. I walked for
a mile over the only roadway pasSable
along the canal side. viz. the top Of
train Of cight-whccl hogie freight wag-
ons. all sinking in, the wheels diSap-
pparcu in tropical underground All
around is SWampy ground. ana all these
wagons are rotting beneath the blazing
sun. Engine steam sheds, full Of fine.
powerful engines. the sheds oycrrun
and inhabited ROW by snakes and their
prey. the lizard while the siX-foot is
full Of land crab holes. l saw eight fine.
large marine boilers. just as they had
been discharged from the Z. NJ cargo
boat that brought them over. and the
complete part Of a set of 4 high COM
pomarine engine. about LOCO horse
power lying on the shore, which have
never been used. never fitted in. | saw
dry docks. Wen built and equipped
with fine. expensive pumping plant.
And why say more? Poor old De Les
seps' house on the point looks very mel
anrlOly"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-11-25
Worked the Old Game

Monticello Wis Nov Ga few
DAYS sincea sharper, representing him.
self as a stock buyer, called at The farm
house of Jacob Murty, well 10 DO
farmer residing about five miles south
west of this village, and purchased
some stock, paying five dollars down.
The stock was TO be delivered at Mon
zoe and the sharper secured the sigma
ture of Murty on contract to that eff
feet. The contract turned out TO be
nothing more than a note for 800,
which amount the sharper has drawn
from the bank 1t Monroe and which
Mr Murty has been notified 10 ray.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-11-25
Tiis Into NY Groove.

Wherever we meet the American
woman-and we meet her everywhere.
in the ranks Of The English pccraGe and
Of the highest European arjstocracY.
rs Wen rs in more modest conditions
we are struck with that marvellous
adaptability in which, says the Popular
Science Monthly, wise men see the sign
of superiority of 4 race or of Il species.
1t is revealed notably by that good
humOr with which she accepts the MI
mcrous petty annoyanccs that every
change Of medium implies and which
put the best characters on trial. She
submits to them without efforts and
critiCiScs them without bitterness; she
is, further. prepared for them by her
education, and does not expect to find
avery thing easy. Then, the necessity
Of manual labor does not seem TO her
like a degrading condition; at most
only one or two generations separate
her from the time when her grand
mother kHcaded the family aTCad i'll the
I.Iu.ItIVe StttlpmpntS. These stories are
familiar 10 her. and the lessons dcducpd
from them are not diScOuraging or nu-
initiating. She is the daughter of a
race Of emigrantS who have become Il
great people through work. energy and
determination. She has in this at her
command 4 whole treasury OF tradi-
tons from which she draws. not with
out pride. We Nigh say. in listening to
these stories, that we were hearing one
of those grandcs DANES Of the past cen.
fury, CmigrantS and poor. telling with
pride in thcic memoirs how. 10 supply
their wants, they worked in London or
i'll Germany, utilizing their accomplish
mcntS and their correct taste. and
making trimmings and embroidered
robes with th"ir own Iristoerltic hands