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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-02-24
Scarlet Fever.

scarlet fever was first introduced
into Boston in I13j. During that
year and 1876 it was very prevalent
\ bout four thousand persons were
sick with it, Of whom one in thirty
five died At that time it spread
generally through the New England
towns, carving of. in some in
stdnc whO.c families ia Kingston.
where the Il ual annual mOTLality
was not aboTe nine or ten. il rose in
I7:.5 to TO-, and this great increase
Of mortal ty was not unusual in other
places. 1t i somewhat singular that
after a lapse OF u>t about Il century,
il should have prevailed again a. one
OF the most fatal diseases Of New
England. \ singular report wa,
made Ivy prominent phlsi ian DCjhe
city in 1854 on the death Of wear
old child. T-c return came in Jan
uary 81, 1861, stating everything Tut
the cause Of death The blank wa,
cent back TO the physician With Il.
re ue~t to make good the omission. It
came back with: Cause f death
uncertain. Whether from fried ham
scarlet fever or eating Of OlO.ua
sausage, not known: some thirtv-s.y
hours probable. duration. And 50
the record now stands
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alone what Alice's tiight meant TO him
not disgrace only, but desolation and
a broken heart. for Roy loved now as
he never had or would again.
In her lOsom lived many bitter
thoughts OF Alice. and the same 20 the
proud honored woman was - b CIV
almost too heavy to bear.
-Nalerie's sympathy and tenderness
were very soothing 10 her, but brought
1T the same time sigh Of sorrow u
she thought of her on, wrecked life,
and that Valerie could never be his
wife now but through the shame OF
divorce or death. and though she
Judged Alice harshlr. n" was to
good a woman 10 pray for her death.
on the third day Roy left his room
and went down 10 the library. ne had
made up his mind to 90 abroad FOR u
time and also TO persuade his mother
IL leave the Castle AMI seek ment! Il
change after all the trouble she had
endured
Valerie heard him leave his room,
and trOd softly after him.
Roy, : she said a. he was about 10
enter the library.
He turned.
Valerie, he said quietly. forgive
me: did not hear you coming.
She gazed al his haggard face with
a heart that burned from its ea.o-sy.
She had not thought AIice'r fight
would have tried him 20 terribly.
How Ill Won look" she exclaimed.
Il feel tired sick 10 death The
Earl answered, PASSING his haad over
his eyes.
What are YOU going to do" she
asked hurricdiy
| am making arrangements to leave
here and 20 away.
DO YOU intend to follow them"
The qu stion was asked involuntarily.
RoEs face darkencd.
II shall seek him. if 90 to the end
OF the world. he said quietly.
where shall vOl 20 first Valerie
questioned him hurriedly.
Roy shook his head.
TO BE Continued
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Woe be unto the inhabitant Of
China who seeks to exclude the rest
OF the world from the inner secrets
Of his house, says the New York Re
cUrdcr. Woe lie unto HIM who i'm
AGNES he can have secrets, such a
thing a, a private house" in China
is unknown. Any one can 20 any
where The foolish ones smut their
doors u shut the gossip out.
what is going on now" the old
women and even the IA en- demand.
Nv hat has he to hide from his fell
low -tOwnSfOlk?' As there are no
newspapers to furnish the materials
for conversation the neighbors must
afford the subjects for speculation
and the gossip flourish ;.
\ Chin man who can give an ac-
curatc census Of his relatives a. d
connections has Il freak Of a memory
" hat he lacks h wifi provides. His
children marry carly and supply all
Deficiencies,
vt sixty he IS re atcd to literally
hundreds upon hundreds Of persons
and all have active IccoI!ectiOnS Of
the relationship and Thu relatives
in turn feel family Interest in the
one great man Of the family. There
is usually at least one great shining
light somewhere on the domestic
horizon, and to tn shrine all the
curiosity Of the enormous community
OF "fr.cnd,n Journeys
Thus the poor man IS watched and
scrutinized and criticised and con
dcmued, or, perhaps, praised with
subsequent demands upon his Furs =
Not a movement escapes the eye Of
hi, relatives AMI he goes through
life STAY to gossip ana family IN
forest -
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tCtCCfci Manuscript.

Even popular poets and novelist,
have felt the pain assoc ated with d
rejected manuscript Miss Alcott,
whose >torie, have delighted thou
sands Of young folks, hid 10 pass
throuLh the eXpe fence OF having
stories declined with thanks" Oae
Wiatcr, while teaching in Boston.
she sent story to the Atlantic.
Tel Louisa said Mr.. Fields the
editor. to her father, ITO stick to her
teaching she can never succeed as a
writer" The father delivered the
message with the rejected manu-
s,ript. Tell him" replied the
aroused girl, Il will succeed rs It
writer, and some day | shall write
for the Atlantic' Subsequent events
transformed this remark fOm petu-
liant Conceit into fulfilled prophecy,
Not long after" writes Mrs Maria
:. Porter in her "RccoIcctions," "a
story Of hers was accepted by the
Atlantic, and a check for $50 sent
her. In telling Of this she aid: -. Il
called it my happy money for with
it | fought a second hand Garrett
for our parlOr, a bonnet for Anna.
some blue ribbon for Nav and some
shoes and stockings for myself 1t
became smooth sailing after the ac-
ccptancc Of that story. one day. as
Mr., Alcott was calling upon Long
fellow. the poet took up the latest
Atlantic and said Il want to read to
YOU EmcrSon'S tine poem on Thorcaus
flute. y he began to read Mr..
AIcott interrupted him, eXcIaiming
with delight, My daughter Louisa
wrote that In those days the
names Of contributors were not APP
pended to their contributions in the
magazine.
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{ hinesc Paper Weights.

The odd little paper weights. c7ps
seals, bowls, teaDOts animal figures
idols. and kniCkknacks in soaD>tpna
Of var ou- shades, which travellers
bring from China, arc made for the
most part from the output Of miRe-
near Ncuchow. When the stcarif
Is taken out it is very soft. hut hard
ems quickly in the air ~ t. the
cO.or~ there found the British Consul
at Wenchow enumerate, purple rad
m0ttsed red, black dark blue. Ijrbr
blue, gray, egg-sheIl white, iade color
beeswaX and fro en- OlOr 7 e white
ade color and frozen are considered
the finest and bring high price,
IheJe are two thousand miner, and
c3rvers employed in thee mines
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MATTHEW ASHTON DIES IN JAIL.

CuHs tCtrd slayer at fir~. Daniel stone
Expires behind the Bars at Madison.
MADISON, Wis, FEB. Matthew K.
Ashton, the Rock County man who was
convicted Of the murder Of his late
uncle's wife, Mrs. Daniel stone, will
never 90 to states prison. lie died at
midnight in the Dane County Jail,
where ne vas awaiting the action Of the
supreme court on an application for a
new trial. lie is now called 10 the bar Of
a higher court, but the decision of the
Rock County jury viii stand againt him
on earth Ashton had every possible
attention nj Dane County jail.
Ashton had the best quarters and the
care of competent physician and
three nurses. hut his case developed
into type of black smallpox. a. has
been the ease with nearly all the
patients IN several IaIis in the state. 1t
- -tlll a mystery where Ashton
contracted the disease. There was no
other case here. The officers say the
only other Jail he had been in was the
one night lac spent at Jefferson, where
the development Of ease there since
points 10 that as the probable place
where he was exposed.
Ashton maintained his innocence Of
the deed for " Alch he was convicted to
tine last. Many of hi- neighbors and
those who heard his trial believe
Ejm innocent AMI this belief j.
shared In sheriff IIy-h. 10 whom
he talked with considerable freedom
before h" was taken sick He Was q
man ot considerable prapery lie
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plain but chaStH language, treating Of the
nature, symptoms and curebil!ry, by home
treatment, Of such diseases. The Worlds
Dlspensary Medical Association, Pr0PrIetors
az tie Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, n Y, Will, on receipt Of this notice.
with 10 cents in stamps for POSTAGE mail,
sealed in plain envelope, L COPY of this useful
book 1t should Le[read by every youEg
man, parent and guardian in the land,
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WOMAN RGAINSY WOMAN.
BY MRS. NJ. f. HOLMES.
PTtR N-EontInneh.

string Of costly pearls claaped around
herthick throat.
Something for me, George" she
repeated.
after" he said quietly, a. he laid his
burden on the mattress, and drew back
the cloak.
The old woman's face dropped.
~ -irI" she exclaimed.
~ lady, answered Count Jura
and ~ such Won must treat her, or
yoy viii have to tell me the reason
why.
What have you brought her here
for" demanded Dame Burden suIIenly
That's my business. and not yours.
All you havetO DO i to wait on herand
see that she gets all she wants. Myra
can help You.
The old woman said nothing: she
only stopped over the girl.
You've dru eyed her" she cX-
claimed
Count JuIa nodded.
How long j. she tu STAY here."
~ long a { find il convenient.
Now watch her carefully: | expect she
Will wake in d few minutes. Give her
some water, and put the light ont Of
her Cye-: she may 20 of TO sleep again.
must 20 back to Paul. bring in the
sway. and close mp the entrance. Nou
shall have something fer your pains.
Diane nd1, whispered the old wO-
man eagerly. You promised me dia-
moni7 the next job, George.
You -haI, have them. Now. re-
member. look after her. | think she
Is moving Where i, Myra1"
Us. ccp in the next place.
Keep her there Tor tonight"
The cunt moved out quickly. and
Dame Burden stood alone looking AT
Alice.
The man was right There was a
sim Of returning animation in the still
young form; the small hands trcmbled
slightly: the breast moved softly.
Dame Burden crept towards aca-k and
flied dainty Venetian glass wit !
water She was stepping back from
this task when a voice fell on her ear.
Mother, who is this
She looked up ard saw lust entering
Il narrow doorway from the adjoining
vault. girl \ young fine. SpIendidIv
eyes name of blGc-bIack hair. and skin
u brown a. berry The girl was
wrapped in 4 zoos. garment Of brilliant
50; rlct and the contrast of the vivid
60 or with her own du7ky beauty
would have @ratiticd the soul Of an
artist
he o,d woman irONncd.
.'t;et beck 20 yOm. bed, Nyra. " She
are returned, al they don't seem in
: t, hot ,r I1s7,r,,t.-. ., III > I,f.,
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TIE CANADIAN PEASANT.
E:s Persistent adherence to Time Honored
Traditions.

Traditions.
There is no peasant so much at
tached 10 tradition as the French
Canadian II. finds himself on q con-
tlncut whose moving spirit Il that of
progression. The rest of the Amcri-
can world j. more or less given up
to electric .ramway cars. elevated
railways, ana other abomiuat ons
z tory chfmneyS helch forth
TIER Gisfi~ur.ng smoke and reud
tae 3.r with hideouS noises. within
touch, almost. Of the quaint, pictur-
o-guc villages which lie nesting to
T." south Of The =. Lawrence The
cont gT ty Is progress and push, of
manufactures and wealth. in no wise
affects the una bit 0us habitant
lie teens with conteutment and
philosophy. Has he not decent
farm tidy cottage. a good WIFE. an
enormous progeny, and a cure to
help him ON his road to hcaven2
Is il not possible. also. 10 put by lit
tie TO procure for him and his a decent
hur al. and To pay for masses in the
sad ~ and by What NOR. 80 n a mar
want Jacques Bon-Homma has
supreme belief in himself and his be
long nE-. in mis- country and it, const.-
tut On.
4 poor habitant the story goes
went 70 oueher and was taken by a
friendly pr.c,t - see the sights Of the
city. In convent church he saw
large paint ng Of David and
Col ath. Jacques fixed his gazcd ad-
iar.nglg On t,oIiah. All" said he
what "a fine man" said the cure, 1t
is 4 fine man Ma ticAut,s said
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lttt,L DETER OIL" III ne y ne.
Come. come" broke in Dame Bur
den, trying to lift her from her knees:
You must lie down again and 90 to
sleep. .-ou will be i'll.
Alice chung 10 Myra; she pushed the
old woman away with shudder.
oh have pity. heIpmc, ] am afraid.
| cannot tell what has come to me:
/ but il il hideCus. it i terrible. Take
me away. carry me ont into the air.
Oh, heln-hclp me, for Heavens sake
Myra stopped, her face sO.tened: this
girl was no willing arcOmpIcc. The
next moment she would have pushed
aside her mother and carried Alice
across the vault to the other doc, hal
not sounds Of steps Out-lde stopped her.
Her expression changed.
Here Is someone coming who can
help You, perhaps. | can't plead 10
him. She said roughly.
Alice looked round eagerly. while
Myra folded her arms and fixed her
glance like d hawk on the form enter
Ing through the curtains. She saw
the frOWn gather on the Count
face A. he saw her but made no sign.
He advanced towards Alice with out
stretched hands. She rose from her
knees: her face was white, her hands
claspcd to Ecr heat. She gazed al
the Count with a look ofdeadly horror.
He did no see it, but placed his hand,
on her arm.
You are i'll; rest here for while.
You vii. -
Don't touch me, gasped the giri,
her brain reeling. "You -yOU-Oh.
God, that terrible thing has happened
to me- -
There was a confused sound i'm hcI.
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LESS GE PrWE2

'nnd Manly Nigcr, Nervous De
hiiitv. PARALYSIS, or Palsy. Or
ganiC Weakness ami wasting
Drains upon the system. result
ing ii tlUlLucss Of ucutGl Eacu!-
tics, Impaired Memory, Low
Spirits. Alorose or Irritable Iayu
per. fear ofiDPendlng calamity,
anda thousand antloneGeraEEa-
nents Of both BODY am; mad
result from peTHici0Us secret
practices, often iirlgigal IN by
the young through ignorance Of
their ruin0Us consequences. 10
reach, reclaim and restore such
unfortUnates to health and hap
pluess, is the aim IF an asset
alton Of medical gentlemen Who
have prepared a book. written n
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-02-24

MEN who die at the right time are
most likely TO ge- monuments
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To settle all doubt on the subject. !
the trolleya car driver or conductor .
Pdi0dIplu inns.
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BEFrHNN- PILI~ are a wonderful r..,i.-
cine to. any bilious or nervous di-prdn.
such As sick headache. er". Prrc - Gems
q box
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The most expensive ruby that has
ever been imported into this country
was one that, at wholesale. cost So, uuh
1t was retailed toa wealthy Californian
for almost double that price. y greater
number Of engagement rings are pun
chased during the months of February
and April than any other months ftAc
year. The reason for this cannot be-
eIucidated, unless it is because Fchrl-
airy i the month previous to Lent and
April the month following
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The Greatest Medical Discovery
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They Love To Talk.

TO BE CONTINUED.
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y9E[c@ iSEs WRITING ED SBFI 81.
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-20
ucoR,cE HARVEST IN SYRIA.
Gathered In Sacks and Carried On Cameli
to the SeAb0ard.

Gathered In Sacks and Carried On Cameh
j. to the SeAbOard.
In a series of articles describing the
planting, cultivation, preparation for
market and transportation of icorice
root, appearing in the Pharmaceutical
Era. there is the following interesting
descriptive bit: In digging licorice
root in Syria the usual way is to start
trench the length of the place to be
dug over, about two feet in length, and
work from that, each man placing in a
pile the root he has dug. and at the
end of the day or longer time it is
taken to the scales, weighed and paid
for at special rate per pound. Az
allowance is always made for the dirt
that clings to the root. The root is
then spread out for few days to
slightly dry and is piled in stacks
about three feet wide and four or five
feet high, rounded off at the top in or.
der to shed rain, and the piles are mar
row enough to prevent heating.
At the end of the rainy season the
root is spread out to drv for about tive
months, being turned over from time
to time, during which process all the
adhering earth dries and falls off, leav
ing it clean and ready for transport to
the point of shipment. 1t is then put
into canvas sacks, each containing from
two hundred to two hundred and fifty
pounds, two sacks being a load for
camel or mule. For the transporta-
tion of the root from the place where
dug to the port of shipment. varying
from two to five days journey, con,
tract is usually made with some Arat
or Bedouin sheik for certain amount
of cantars (of about five hundred
pounds each) at certain price, he to
furnish camels and men and the owner
to furnish and fill the sacks.
About fifty camels go in one caravan
or drove, for which FIVE men are suffi.
cient Sometimes, if one hundred
camels are used, the caravan goes in
sections; one man riding donkey
leads the first camel and the rest fol
low the leader, while the other men
walk, keeping any camel from straying
OF tagging too far behind. They usu.
ally start early In the morning and &c
ten or fifteen miles, when a halt is
made, the loads are taken off, and the
camels are allowed to browse on the
thorn or other bushes for three OF
four hours, then loaded again and
about the same distance travelled, when
they are again unloaded and the night
is spent in the open air, and an early
start made the next morning. And SO
on until the seaboard is reached,
where they are unloaded, the root is
weighed. the sacks emptied, and re-
turned to be again refilled in the fields
for another trip. On the Euphrates
and Tigris the root is obtained near
the banks of the rivers and, after be-
ing properly dried, is loaded in bulk
on native boats called bugalows, car
rying from fifty to 100 tons, which
float down the river, or sail if the wind
is favorable. or at times are towed by
men as far down as Bassorah, where
the root is unloaded and. pressed ir
bales ready for shipment.
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kNocKEDTHE BRIDE sENsELEss
Only Unfortunate Incident Growing
Out nf = Bridal Custom.

Only an Unfortunate Incident Growing
Out of = Bridal Custom.
A well-known New York drumme,
returning from southern trip relates
the following story as of actual oc.
currence at negro wedding in Char.
lesion, S. c.:
After the ceremony had been con
cluded in the most approved style the
groom, who was employed at one OF
the phosphate mines, few miles from
the city, bundled his bride into a rude
cart, loaded some household effects
into it and prepared, among salvos OF
cheers and best wishes, to take he1
home.
At this stage in the proceedings one
darky, who had travelled and been
present as waiter at the wedding OF
some white folks, suggested that the
proper thing to do was to throw shoes
after the departing couple as they
drove away.
The idea took immensely, and such
a scrambling as followed when the col
ored bellies and beaux began to divest
their feet of boots and shoes of various
sizes and weights! Many of the men
had no stockings on beneath their
shoes, but that made no difference.
They. all hung back. suppressing
their enthusiasm until the happy
groom brought bale stick down on
the back of the mule and started his
bridal trip. Then with a howl of joy
the guests burst forth and began a
fusillade which was by no means rel
ished by the happy pair.
The air was filled with flying mis-
siles. One gigantic boot struck the
groom in the small of the back and
drew from him a wild yell of agony
Another hurtling through the air with
unerring aim struck the bride full or
the head and knocked her senseless.
This was too much for the groom
Leaping from his cart. with his bale
stick in hand. he set about to thrash
every one of the guests. AS might be
inferred. wild riot ensued. or was
about to, when a policeman came ur
and put stop to it. Nothing, how
ever. could appease the dusky groom
until the officer assured him that he
was not the victim Of an indignitv, but
merely the object of bridal custom
such as white folks always observed
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No Indications.

The farmer was at the hotel table
with the heavy swell and being po
lite man himself, he politely asked the
swell to hand him the pepper.
I'm a gentleman. sir" said the
swell haughtily, mot waiter"
The farmer was very much embar-
rasSed.
We'll. how was l to know" he
blurted out. You ought to stick up a
sign SOS you wouldn't have to tell peo-
pie and make them uncomforta bic"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-20
Railway snow sheds in the West


The railway lines to the Pacific coast
are beautifully provided with wooden
sheds in exposed places, to keep off
from the tracks the great falls of Snow
common in those places. Without these
sheds it would be impossible to operate
the road in winter. They are built in
a most thorough manner. often upon
solid foundations of masonry. Iron
plates divide them into sections. to
guard against the spread of fire. There
are automatic electric fire alarms in
one of the longest sheds, and an engine
with tank close at hand is ready to
flood any section that should catch on
fire. The sheds are carefully patrolled.
Such attention is due not only to the
passenger and freight traffic which the
road conducts, but to the value of the
sheds, which average from eight TO
twelve thousand dollars per miie-N.
y. Ledger
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-20
shells Fall From the Clouds

Among the thousands Of oddities in
the national museum at Washington
two attract particular attention. ex-
peciallv from one who has spent con-
sidera bic time collecting data concern
ing curious showers" and queer thing.
which have fallen from the sky. or
more properly, the regions OF the clouds.
The specimens in question are rspre-
senta tives Of small species OF mollusca
fionella lnbricai. and ars said 20 have
fallen during rainstorrn at Hartford.
tributed By !. w Grey. and are care
fully labeled and marked a. -Acces
sion -, I'll. st Louis Repu bIis