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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-08-11

Good old Horace Greeley, in a lecture
at Cooper Union, New York city,
tWpntv-FeYen wears ago, delivered the
following marathon
In the little town of Westhayen, Vt,
where ! became a resident in my tenth
wear, there lived an active, energetic
reSOlute business man named DR. Smith.
Finding himself, or, rather, locating
himself, in the midst of that young
rude community, in what was then al
most wilderness. He began AZ purchas-
er of timber lands and cutter of tim
brr, a manufacturer of boards and
planks, and 80 on; ana thus he went on
continually Increasing in wealth, and in
creasing the activity and prosperity OF
the community around him, until lie
had the whole township, almost, in a
state ofactiyitv, depending sub -tantially
on that one guiding, controlling, i'm
pelling brain. lie died-aS men must
die-and from that day the township
has steadily receded in population.
There has been no such houses built
since az was his; and his has become TO
great extent of ruin. There is no
such amount of industry and activity
there has never been slnct-as he in
trnduced there. And today that town
ship has some hundreds fewer than il
had when h" died. and his activity died
with him. Nov, there are everywhere
places where such men are needed.
\ Il over the world today, the capacities
the possibilities of wealth are running
TO waste, for the want not so much o.
capital, though this Is desired rs II the
informing a. d directing mind to set the
business in motion.
Horaca Greeley Hpurishes when the
doctrines Of anarchy were unheard OF
in this country. Moreover, he was a
man OF judgment, of straightforward
honest fairness, and Of candor. There
fore his comment on Mr.. Smith was en-
logv Marshfeld, Wisconsin, supplies
an instance of man of the type of
Greeley's hero-a man who has accom-
plshcd greater results under more
adverse circumstances, and a man who
deserves we'll of his country not only
because he signally contributed to It's
prosperity during peace, but also he
made noble sacrifices for it during war
His name is William II. Upham, and
he is running for governor on the Re
publican ticket.
\ young Democratic organ editor in
this city, who Will never be Horace
Greeley and who is not success even,
as an Anarchist, is endeavoring to dis
credit Maj. Upham on account OF the
very thing for what Greeley would have
praised him. because Maj. Upham has
turned wilderness into a city, because
he is a large employer of labor, be-
cause he has created for a whole com
1nunity the condition of prosperity, this
partisan whiiict argues he Is not de-
serving Of the suffrage of the citizens
Of Wisconsin for the high office of the
state.
4 career Of splendid service of human
ity Is not disgrace. 1t il not con
sidered SO by the voters of the state
by an overwhelming majority, the
Democratic party, which has wrecked
American industries and brought want
into the houses Of workingmen, will be
defeated and rebuked in November.
BY an overwhelming majority, Mai.
William II. Upham Will be elected the
next governor Of Wisconsin.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-08-11
THE KINDLY ELEPHANT.
A Story to show the Good-Hearted
ness of the Gigantic Animals.

Story to show the Goou-hearteu-
ness of the Gigantic Animals
4 wish that Rudyard Kipling would
write an entire book of elephant Sto-
rieS My Lord. the Elephant in his
new book. and Mott Guj. Mutinecr,
in one of his older collections, show
what he can do with this theme, which
is an extremely interesting one. Talk
ing OF elephants" the book store hab-
itue continued. there is an elephant
story that has been told in our family
ever since l was Il boy, which illus
trates the sagacity of the beast, as well
as his remarkable loyalty TO friendship
which kipling depicts in My Lord, the
Elephant The incident happened over
i'll New Albany in the early '3Us or
Whereabouts. At that time the CircuSeS
We're rather small affairS-one elephant.
Il few animals and some horses gen
orally constituting the entire outfit
ana when they came to town the men
Were always entertained at an inn
which was on Main street. where the
old De PAW house now stands. while
the elephant cages and horses were
housed in the livery stable in the rear
in the alley. The hOStlCr of the stable,
Cooper by name though an intempcr-
ate fellow. was genial host To the
circus animals. and great friendship
existed between himself and My Lord,
the Elephant. He was kind to the
beast. which. in its clumsy way. mani
Tested 4 great regard for the hOStipr.
"On the occasion, which lives III local
history, the circus had arrived and was
winding its way through the narrow
alley into the stable, when. prone on
the ground, in the middle Of the alley,
was discovered Cooper. the hostlcr,
in a drunken sleep. The horses passed
around him, but as the elephant came
shutfltn= along everybody who Wit
messed the episode expected to see the
hostler stepped upon and crushed
When the big beast reached the linn
form he stopped short. inspected the
obstacle and then wound his trunk
around it; the crowd shudderpd surely
now he would throw the man and dash
him i'll pieces on the stones. Cheers
went UP. however, when the elephant
placed the unconscious CoOpCr care
fully on his back. with the evident in
teniOn Of taking care of q friend In
distress He bore MIN safely into the
livery stable and tenderly deposited
him in safe place among the hay
Louisville COuricr-JOurnal
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-08-11
En- GOV. BoIe. on the Strike.

EX-Gov. Boies, chairman of the Dem.
ocratic state convention Of Iowa, dealt
very plainly with the strike question in
his speech before that body. Among
other good points scored was the follow
ing
The sympathetic strike must 90 or
the union that engaged in it WILDE de-
5troyed, and with il must 90 forever the
scenes OF riot and carnage that has
characterized 50 many recent strikes.
or the ORGANIZATIONS responsible for
them will be ground into DUST under an
iron heel by an awab ened public senti-
ment that Viii never consent to see the
laws that are absolutely essential forfbe
protection Of life and liberty openly
ana tlagrantly violated. and thtrebvthe
existence OF our institutions put in
jeopardy"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-08-11
ATTAINING GREAT AGES,
Marie Prion Lived to De 15S Years
Of iGr.

Marie Prion Lived to De 15S Years
Of ige.
1t is an acknowledged fact that a
great age is attained by women oftencr
than by men. This is explained by
the fact that they lead Quictcr ana more
regular lives, and consequently their
brains and nervous systems are not
Worn ont as quickly. rs Ii rule. says the
Detroit Free Press One of the most
famous ceutonarianS was the Countess
Of Desmond. who lived to be ~. ana
died in the reign of James l. from the
effects of an accident. This wonderful!
woman found herself at the age Of 100
as lively and strong as to be able to
take part in dance, and when she was
40 she Travelled all the way from BriS-
tol to LOndOn-in order To attend per.
sonally to some business affairs.
Lady Desmond is, however. quite
thrown into the shade by Il French
woman, Marie Prion. who died in St.
Colombo in June. 1S3S-it is Said-at
the wonderful age of lbs Toward
the end Of her life she lived exclusively
on goats milk and cheese Although
her body was SO shrunken that she
weighed only rs pounds, she retained
all her mental faculties TO the last.
II is an extraordinary but incontestible
fact that some women, at the age when
most people die, undergo Il sort Of nat
ural process Of rejuYeuatiOn-hair and
teeth grow again, the wrinkles disap-
pear from the skin. and sight and hear
ing re-cchO their former Sharpness. A
Marquise de Alirabeau is an example of
this rare and remarkable phenomenon.
She died at the age of SO. but Il few
years before he's death she became
in appearance quite young again. The
same change happened to a nun Of the
name Of Marguerite Ncrdur. who. at
the age of 81. lost her wrinkles. re-
gained her sight and grew several new
teeth. When She died, ten years later,
her appearance was almost that Of q
young girl.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-08-11
Cholera Treatment.

Cholera experts now find that the dis
ease can be readily stamped out whcr-
ever it may appear. The most effective
treatment consists Of injections Of hot
salt water Of the temperature and
specific gravity OF the blood. Hot baths
and hot stimulating drinks are also
beneficial To these measures must be
added the greatest care III iSoIating
and disinfectine. The Importance Of
prompt assistance III cases of cholera
is revealed by the fact that in Hamburg
last summer only , % per cent died
of cases treated at home. whereas Of
those conveyed TO the hospital 40 per
cent died.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-08-11

CTATF OF WISCONSIN. DOUGLAS Corn
> TY-IT COUNTY COURT.
In the matter OF the estate of Louis Dubrv.
deceased. late OF the town ofSupe-iOr III Doug
las county. "i-consin:-IH Probate.
NOTICE i HEREBY GIVEN. That at q sre
1 ' Cial term Of the Comfy Court. To- BE- held in
and f.r said county. at the County Judges office
IL the Court House. III the city Of Superior Doug
las county. Wisconsin. on Tuesday the 18th dav Of
September 1904 At 10 O'Clock in the forenoon Of
that day. the following matter viii be- heard
considered. and acted upon by the Court,
The petition rs Frank Uu4uet-c tie admin i.
TRAITOR ui said estate asking that his final account
fled THIS tav be allowed and that the residue Of
the estate OF deceased be assigned To his heirs
al law.
Dated this 7,h day Of August. 1894.
By the court,
D. Z. ROBERTS
Hiss County Judge
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-08-11
THE
WOODWARD
CLOTHING 90.
MORTGAGE SAFE.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that by viz
~ tue Of the mort gage hereinafter mention
ed. and the power of sale contained Their, IN.
the premises described i'm said mort gage. to-
wit: The east oue-haIf go Of the east one
half a. Of the south east ou"-QuurtrT d 3D. of
the south east One-quartcr "a. OF section
Ten l0l. in Township torty-cight 49, Range
Thirteen ISL, West. according to the govern
ment survey thereof. being in the county of
Douglas and state of Wisconsin. viii b" sold
at public auction to the highest bidder ON
the 18th day of August 1885,. AZ two - o'clock
in the afternoon. at the front door of the
Court House. in the city Of superior. county
Of Douglas and state of Wisconsin.
Said mortgage bears date IN" 18th day Of
October. l>9J. and was given 10y Virginia VI.
Wheelock TO F. Leon PeIticr, 10 secure th,
payment of the sum of Eleven hundred and
twenty five dollars lSll25h"l. one year after
date with interest at Eight III per cent. per
annum. payable annually. and the time Of
payment thereof was thereafter extended TO
October 18th 1873.
said mortgage was received for record in
county, Wisconsin. on the 2id day OF October
1880. At 2:45 O'Clock T. NJ. and recorded in vO.-
umc OF mortgages on page lt3
Said mortgage was ON the l6I h day Of De-
cembcr, 1eg. duly sold and assigned by said
MORTGAGE 10 Benjamin +. Moore. the under
signed; hy an Instrument in writing executed
on said day and received for record in he
Office of the Register of Deeds OF DOUGLAS
county. " lSCon>ln. on the l,Jn day of ic-
cGmhcr. l>:'J AT $40 O'Clock =. NJ. ANA record
ed in volume ; of MORTGAGES on pa-C =
The amount due on said mortgage mt tht.
date of this notice i Eleven hundred and
eighty-eight dollars lsl,lsS"Ul principal and
Now therefore. default i'm the conditions
Of said mortgage having occurred by which
the power OF sale therein becomes operative.
and no action at law having been instituted
To recover the debt now remaining unpaid
ana secured by said mort-agr. the SAID
manner and place hcrriubrfCrc ~ct fuItu-
Dated June .It h, ~
Benz AMIN +. MOORE.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-08-11
Republican Senatorial Convention

The republican electors Of the Eleventh
senatorial district are requested 70 meet
in delegate convention at city hall in the
city of West superior. v j.. Thursday.
August II. 1871. at / o'clock p. m. for the
purpnSe of placing in nomination candi-
date for state senator. for said district TO bs
voted for AT the next general election; Tor
the election Of n senatorial committee. and
FOR the transact ION Of such her business as
NAV properly come before said convention.
The several counties i'm the district viii be
emitted TO representation in said conYcn-
tiOn ~ follows:
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-08-11

Exchange: Stran1er-''What price DO
you set or that red COW of yours"
Mr. Haycede-">ee here, mister, air
Won a assessor. or has she been run over
Ey tie ru..roau.'
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-08-11

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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-08-11
Michigan Republicans.

The monetary plank in the Republic
can platform Of Michigan reads as fol-
lows.
We believe in the use Of gold and
silver Il. money metals. to be main
tanned III circulation on = perfect equal
lily and luterconver;ibllity.
There Was also a minority report Of
the committee on resolutions which
read n follows:
Resolved, That ut the earliest prac-
teal moment the party secures 70 our
people the free and unlimited coinage
uI all gold and silver, the production Of
American mines, At ! ratio Of Ii 10 /"
This puts the Republicans Of Mich
igan on record az opposed TO the free
coinage of silver, and in favor Of a
sound monetary system.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-20

$40, 100000, can only be sold at par or
remain in the treasury of the canal
company with certain exceptions. 1t
is provided that Nicaragua shall re-
ceive $1,000, 900 of stock under its con-
cessiOns to the canal company, and
that Costa RIGA shall receive 81, $4,000.
1t is further provided that $7,OO00OO Of
the stock shall be given to the stock
holders of the company to enable 1t to
liquidate outstanding claims and can
Gel outstanding bonds and stock and
existing contracts. Then it is provided
that the remaining SIS 100000 of stock
must remain i'll the treasury until dis
posed of at not less than par, and that
when disposed of the proceeds must be
used i'll the construction of the canal.
The purpose is to wipe out utterly
the old company, which has begun the
canal, building IL railroad, erecting a
breakwater, machine shops, etc, ex-
cavating and performing other pre-
liminary work. With its $70,000OOO of
stock the United States could elect the
directors of the new company. But to
make the control of the government
more certain, it is provided that ten of
the fifteen directors of the company
shall be appointed by the president and
confirmed by the senate. 1t is further
provided that the bill may be altered,
amended or repealed by congress at
any time.
Asto the expenditure of the proceeds
| of the bonds there is series of careful
provisions. "No doubt" says Senator
Dolph, in a speech last week, "the work
will be carried on just as any other
public work of the United State is con
Quoted, under the supervision of an
| officer OF the engineer corps of the
army and by purchases ana labor hired
| by the government, unless congress
shall otherwise direct" AT any rate
the whole matter would be wiChin the
absolute control of the United States,
the company by the stock arrangement
and other provisions being merely the
instrument and convenience of the
| government. There are rigid and
elaborate provisions for specifications
and estimates of the work, and for the
inspection AMI approval of it us it pro-
crosses, the same to be not less than
quarterly and before the proceed of the
bonds can be drawn upon.
These provisions merely illustrate
| the measure, which is a very elaborate
one, and are sufficient to suggest its
general purport. 1t can be seen at a
glance that it presents no analogy to
the part which the government played
in the Pacific railroads. The condi-
tions are wholly different. The object,
the result and the means are totally
different. And it is fact that the
most strenuous enemies of the measure
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-20
POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

The national republican committee
was rot in the late campaign and was
not factor in the election. Acting
Chairman Manley and some other mem
bers began to talk pretty freely just be-
fore and after the election, but 1t was
only talk and it cut no figure one way
or the other. The republican congress.
sional committee was very active in
distributing campaign literature and
did some other work; but as a matter
of fact the work of no committee and
OF no managers was very important.
The efficacy of campaign committees is
enormously exaggerated in popular
imagination. If the people are going
your way, it makes little difference
whether you have a campaign commit
tee or not, If the people are not going
your way, all the campaign committees
on earth cannot make them 20 your
way. They will 60 their own way. A
committee can be of some help, under
certain conditions, in getting out the
vote and in avoiding or preventing fac
tional and other like troubles. But
the popular notion of the omnipotence
or the great influence of committees is
bosh. Thus it often happens that a
committee gets great repute because
of a successful campaign, or a COM
mittee is greatly blamed because of an
unsuccessful campaign, when In fact
it is entitled neither to credit nor to
blame. 1t may frequently happen that
the best work of organization is done
in an unsuccessful campaign, although
the fact is rarely recognized. So mon
ey spent in political campaigns is
largely wasted. AS Gen. Garfield
claimed, only very small proportion
of the money thus spent ever actually
reaches the destination intended, and
even if it does it does not produce the
intended result. In the country gen.
orally vastly less money was spent in
the late election than usual There
are OF course proper campaign expen-
ditures, and an important political
contest costs a good deal of money in
the aggregate. The committees of
both parties this year had scant funds,
from the highest to the lowest, and
what they had was legitimately ex-
pended in the main. But if more or
less money had been expended the re-
suit would have been the same at the
ballot box. No amount of money
would have prevented the republican
landslide, and no amount of money
would have increased it. The paucity
of campaign funds all over the union
is not due to any particular virtue in
any political party, but rather to the
hard times; but if it should produce a
fixed habit in this particular, it will
have one good result. The Australian
ballot is another contributory cause of
pure elections. Its general adoption
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-20
THE AUDUBON REPUBLICAN.
BY J. T.. GRIFFITH.
THE CURRENCY ScHEnE.

Schemes for new national currency
system are very much in the vogue.
Nearly every banker of prominence is
advocating plan, differing in some
part from every other plan, which is
fondly hoped to be the one thing need
full for the welfare of the country.
The plan proposed by the secretary
of the treasury and Endorsed by the
president will doubtless be adopted by
congress. This scheme is similar to
the Baltimore plan," and under it,
banks will be allowed to issue notes up
to Is per cent of their capital, the
banks being required to deposit with
the government guarantee fund in
legal tender notes equal to 20 per cent
Of their circulation. The banks will
be allowed to enlarge or contract cir
culation as they may desire.
A tax of one-half Of one per cent
will be enacted on the circulation of
banks, this tax to form a safety fund
from which the bills of failed banks
will be paid. Should the safety fnnd
and the assets of such failed bank be
insufficient to meet the required pay
ment, these other banks will be as
sessed to make the payment good. No
bank note under SO may be issued.
State banks will be allowed to issue
notes without taxation, under certain
restrictions.
Bankers and others prominent in
financial matters from their actual ex.
perience, oppose the Carlisle bill.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-20
MELVILLE.

Merry Christmas and happy New
Year to you all.
Some of the farmers of this section
are selling hay at $500 per ton de.
livered in Audubon.
Miss Katie Workman, who has been
visiting with her uncle, S. M. Graham
of this neighborhood, returned recently
to Audubon.
Stalk fields are selling as high as soc
to 81 90 per acre and many of our cat
tie men are glad to get them that cheap
Farmers have been rushing their
hogs off to market at very low price
Some of these days or weeks they will
be humping themselves for selling
them so cheap and not half fatted or
ready for market.
Many are renting the farms they had
last year at $500 per acre and some of
the land holders that was so liberal to
their renters have 10 trouble in rent
ing their land at good figure.
Mr.. Frick has been making great i'm
prOvements during the past few
months on his large farm and cattle
ranch. Ed knows how to take advan,
tage of hard time prices Just think
for moment how cheap you can buy
building material, hardware, and dry
goods, and everything else you can get
nearly at your own price.
Wonder If the good people round
Melville Center will have enough en-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-20
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.

The provisions of the Nicaragua
canal bill, now pending in the senate
are the result of the work OF the ablest
American statesmen Governing a long
series of years. Indeed they have ref
| erence to and grow out of the history
| of progress in that enterprise during
the last half century for the scheme of
a canal on this route, the San Juan
river and Lake Nicaragua, was seri-
Ously studied and worked upon as long
as fifty years ago. 1t requires much
knowledge of this history to under
stand thoroughly the present situation
of affairs and the proposition now
pending in congress.
But the main point of the pending
| measure, in its immediate practical
aspect, is the proposition that the gov
eminent of the United States guaran-
tee $10O,OOO,OO0 of 3 per cent bonds, to
be sold at par and the proceeds to go
exclusively for the construction of the
canal and to be paid only as the work
actually progress. All these and many
other similar points are guarded i'll the
most careful and elaborate manner in
the measure which has been prepared
by the senate committee on foreign
affairs, which, as before remarked, has
been studying the subject for many
years.
The committee fully appreciated the
fact that the chief popular concern
would relate to the security Of the gov.
eminent guaratee and the actual ex-
penditure of the funds on the canal
There is no difference of opinion as to
tho iDCalculable Importance of the
work itself The committee concen-
trated its energies to safeguard the
interests of the government on the
point of its guarantee, with view to
all the practical conditions. The prop
osition is that there shall be $100,O0000C
Of stock and $7O,OO0,00O of bonds, and
no more, the bonds guaranteed by the
government. The government is to
hold $70,OOO,OOO of the $1O0,OOO,0O0 OF
the stock. The remainder of the stock,