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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-05-04
Bicycle Suits.
From HHrperS Razar

From Harper'S Bazaar
The bicycle craze is so prevalent that
the large shops keep cycling suits in
great variety and are setting up bicycles
in their rooms to show them upon, Just
as taiiors have a wooden horse on which
to display riding habits. Dust colored
covert clothes and cheviots and navy
blue serges are the materials commend
ed this spring to riders of the wheel.
The short jaunty blazer is greatly in evil
dence in cycling suits, 1t is not too
heavy, goes off and on easily, and is al
together suitable. When made of tan
Cheviot the straight open fronts with
square corners have long revers covered
with plain brown cloth neatly stitched
in two rows near the edge. The fitted
back expands in curves below the waist
line. The large tapering sleeves have
gauntlet cuffs of brown cloth. Bloom
ers of ample width are banded below
tine knee with a broad band of plain
brown cloth buttoned by three buttons
The skirts of such suits range from
InlTJN-thGce 10 1nlTtF-SlN inches IN
length, and open down the left side, to
be buttoned with brown horn buttons.
They are not wide and have two box
pleats in the back so cut that they
spread out from the saddle.
The covert cloth suits bound with tan
leather are much liked by wheel wom-
en-. These have a Norfolk jacket with
a pointed yoke from which descend
three b0xplcats in front and back. The
only lining is in the yoke, but all seams
are pressed open and neatly bound. A
binding of tan ColOred leather edges the
the yoke and the notched collar, which
Is cut high to wear with a chemisette.
The skirt is also without lining, as it
would make it heavy before the wind.
1t is bound with leather down the open
ing on the left side and is fastened by
leather buttons. The boomers fastened
on the side, are gathered into broad
bands bound with leather and buttoned
below the knee. a patch pocket is on
the sides of the skirt. The belt is of tan
leather
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-05-04
Tariff Reforms Great Yields.

1t has yielded Is per cent, increase
in the importation of foreign goods,
made by foreign labor, and displacing a
like amount of American labor.
1t has yielded nearly 10 per cent de-
crease in the exports Of American prod
uctS and merchandise, thus cutting off
Just SO much more work and wages for
Americans.
1t has yielded great food Of foreign
grown woods, and DESTROYED the sheep
raising industry on American farms
and ranches. Incidentally it has helped
to yield a shorter supply of sheep for
slaughter and assisted the Chicago meat
ring to put up the price of mutton.
1t has Welded more foreign imports
by hundred million dollars worth and
yet it has yielded a decrease of 10 per
cent. in the amount of importations free
of duty. Mckinlny's act even had a
more liberal free list.
1t has Welded more taxation and rev.
enue on imported goods, neCessaries of
life-such as sugar, tea, coffee. fruits,
rice, fish, vegetables and provisions gen
erally-than the old 1890 tariff by about
two dollars to one.--M. y. Recorder
April II, 1885
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-05-04
Riding in Safety.

Any man who has ever tried to ride
a bicycle knows that it is not child g
play. Even with the modern pattern,
the safety which brings the rider close
to the ground, and gives him more even
chances for life and limb, brings its por-
ton of hard knocks in the learning, and
the girls cub which selected black and
blue as its club cOlors knew what it was
doing. In riding on safety like the
st. Paul x Duluth, however, neither the
beginner nor the Old hand takes any
chances, As the quality OF its services is
such that life and limb enjoy complete
immunity. which adds, of course, to the
enjoyment of the experience. The Du-
luth Short Line, as this railroad is pop
uIarly known, is the popular route, in
fact, between st. Paul, Minneapolis,
Duluth, West Superior, saltwater and
other we'll known points, which it
reaches by swift trains which give the
traveller comfort, luxurious ride at
hours convenient to the business man
and the tourist. Always take the Du-
luth Short Line and get the best All
ticket agents will furnish maps, circu-
lars, etc, or they will be sent on appli-
cation to ". \. RUSSELL general passen-
ger agent, st. Paul, Mimi.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-05-04
/ he English Chamber of Commerce

At the thirtyffth annual meeting of
the Association of Chambers of Com
merce Of the United Kingdom, which
was he'd from March y to March II,
Sir Albert X. Bolit, president, said;
American Tariff Reform has lnotwith-
resurrection OF the silyea question: SO
tar stimulated cur export of cotton
goods as to have doubled their value in
February as against January, TO have
increased to quantity from eleven to
eighteen million yards during 1898 as
against the corresponding period of 1881.
and to have made this years shipments
exceed those of two years ago in both
quantity and value. Similarly there
have been larger linen shipments to the
States Tor both the last month and the
two months ot the present year, while
IN Wuo!cns the advance in values has
been three times and in worsteds four
tunes more than in 1891. and in GUAM
tIty quite 400 per cent. So, too. the
same beneficial influence has made it
self felt in great increases during both
the month and year and in both guam
tIty and values OF our consignments 10
America Of cutlery, rails and iron and
steel goods generally, and more espcCi-
ally OF TN plates, as also In earthenware
and china, and, To the extent of 900 per
cent, IN shipments of raw wool.
The proceedings of the third day ter
minated with banquet Mr.. Wilson
was not present upon this occasion, but
We were represented by Mr. Rayard
vino was toasted as the Ambassador Of
the United states of America. his name
being coupled with that Of Hon. James
Bryce, VI. p, president of the Board of
Trade. In returning thanks Mr.. Bryce
said:
There are signs Of revival in trade,
particularly IN that which l. the great
est of our markets and the closest with
which we are in direct touch. viz, the
nItcd states OF America. We owe that
TO the settlement OF the Tariff question.
| cannot help congratuiating our friend,
Mr. BaVard, about that, and asking HIM
TO congratulate the great man whom he
represents here in his dealings with
that Tariff question. Hear. hear Our
trade with the United states is a reyiv-
ing trade, and particularly felt in York
shire; and il will soon spread. | have
reason To believe, to other parts of the
country and other branches of our in
dUstry.
We regret that Mr.. Bayard's remarks
were not published; hence 1t is impos-
sihlc to say how he accepted the con-
gratuIationS upon the revival in English
trade which Mr.. Bryce said We're due
Ito the settlement of the Tariff cues
ton in the United States. and ar our
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-05-04
Birch COulie.

The legislature of Minnesota has happily
settled much InoOtcd question by passing
II bill for the removal of the Birch Coulic
monument and change of its inscriptions. 1t
will always he a matter OF surprise that any
one should aspire tt- tie claim Of commander
"S that claim must carry with 1t the location
Of the camp in death trap. We should sup
pose that the living would have insisted on
giving the honor to q dead man who could
not deny it. The location of the monument
II not on the battle field. should have been
at st. Paul as tho capital OF the state. To
plant it near" the battle field was ridicn-
Ious. The legislature is to lie congratulated
upon hayin" rghted the matter ac 'ordinE to
the truth OF history Morning Call.
The writer who slept in camp on the ground
ri Fort Eidgcly the night before tile Birch
Coulic battle hcati Is the morning of the
i engagement tn" mu>kctry. though many
miles dwuy This was heard by MANY who
were curious to know the occasion. During
the day the news come Of the terrible Birch
Cuulic affair. which absorbed the attention
OF the soldiers for days. Then there was
talk Of but one commander at Birch Couiic
Capt. Grant Lancsboro Journal
! The winter of 1S62-3 the editor Of the
TINES was stationed at Fort Ridgely, a
few miles from the historic battle field
Of Birch Coulie, aud visited the field in
tie early spring of 'Gi and saw the trap
IL which SO many of our brave boys
were caught that terrible morning. We
!. then heard that sad affair discussed by
officers ami men in all its points, and
always it was Capt. Grant was the com
mandcr. And, a. We have never writ
ten a word on the subject before may
we he permitted 10 say that from the
first we always had a feeling OF sorrow
for Captain Grant. From strictly mill
itary point o. view, he no doubt made
a mistake In the selection of his camp,
but doubtless the result would have
been the same in any event.
He had been hunting for Indians and
found none and he was then within
about twelve miles, if our memory
serves us, from the fort. He and his
men were not old veterans but new men
and having ceased to hunt the enemy
no douby became less cautious. In the
Coulie at his side was spring water for
his men and beasts, with fuel near at
hand. To have fallen back upon the
prairie a mile further would have de-
prived his tired men and horses of
these advantages, and would have given
him little more protection from his
sneaking, cautious Sioux foe, and being
twelve miles or more from the nearest
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-05-04
Two Eau Claire Men EmbcZZlerS.

EAU CLAIRE, Nav 1.-Two sensational
cases of emhezzlement came to light
this evening duplicating two ofthe most
prominent and best connected young
men in the city-Ilarrv B. McMaster,
cashier of the Eau Claire National bank
and c. II. Greene, ex-City treasurer
The formers shortage is So, 900 and the
latter's So, 900.
Greene has just retired from the
trca>uryship. Both men have been
specializing Jointly on the Chicago board
in wheat and pork. About a week ago
they became unnerved by their heavy
loss and confessed.
An investigation followed, resulting
in the arrest of both this evening. Nc
Master plead guilty before municipal
Judge AMI was bound over. Greene
delayed his hearing until tomorrow.
NcMasters father, who is county
treasurer, has offered suitable security
TO the bank and it is believed that
Greene will DO the same tomorrow.
Both are young and married. The d.
rectors OF the Fan Claire National bank
met this afternoon and made up the
80, Urh shortage Cf NcMaster.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-05-04
In George WuslingtOn's Arms

In Doctor Mines's volume of rcmin-
isccnces, "A Tour Around New York, :
the author devotcs n paragraph TO the
attraction of Battery Park. and adds
a pleasing little story of time be-
fore his own.
| remember a dear old lady who
loved TO talk about this park. and tell
OF the people she had met here and
the scenes She had witnessed: and of
these. one man and one mornings ad-
venture stood out most prominent.
a little thing in white, her nurse had
brought her To the park TO witness Il
civic ceremony. and the crowd prevent
ed her from obtaining Il good view of
the pageant.
As. with 4 child's imDltiencc. She
tried TO press through the thron-. 4
tall and handsome elderly gentleman.
clad in a suit of black velvet and with
a dress sword at his side. stopped Il, v-n
10 her, inquired pleasantly about her
trouble. and then lifted her upon his
shoulder and held her there until the
procession had passed
Delighted with what she saw. the
chlld thought little about the gentle
man who had brushed away her trou-
hle. hut thanked him when he released
her with 4 kiss and set her down ur,,u
the ground. A. he moved aVar. The
nurse. in IN awcSrrurk voice. asked
the child if she knew whose arms In !
held her. and then told l.e- thai If
WAS Pre- Sidcnt WaNhinron. The little
eyes watched him OUT Of Sich;. and me-
'r forge, his stately appearance.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-05-04
The 5000 Best Books.

When woman sends her subscrir-
ton to The Ladies Home journal spe-
clal privileges seem TO 90 with it, be-
sides getting her full moneys worth in
the magazine. She can take the fullest
advantage of perfect educational plan
by which she can educate her daugh-
tiers and sons at the best colleges in the
land tree of charge, and now the Jour
nal has arranged it So that she can buy
her boOks-eyen a single book at time
"A price heretofore obtained only by
large buyers. There comes TO us from
this magazine Il very af;isticallv-gotten-
up illustrated booklet of over $50 pages
called 5000 Books" which serves az an
easy guide TO the best books in any de-
lartment of reading. This guide is
very we'll done. The best library cN-
perts Of New York, Boston and Phil
adelphia were engaged by the Journal
to select the five thousand books which
it presents az the most desirable for a
home literary, and their work has been
admirably carried out. Very clear, ex-
panatory comments are given by these
men of books. and besides, there are
given no less than 100 portraits of the
leading authors. No book will, per-
haps, do so much to extend good read
ing as this guide, SO carefully gotten up,
so beautifully printed, and so generous
iy offered, free of any charge, by the
publishers of The Ladies' Home Jour
nal. 5000 Books is unquestionably
lection of books that has been issued
for a long time.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-05-04
GUARDING AGAINST BURGLARS
Recent improvements Made in the
Construction of Vaults and Vault

Recent improvements Made in the
Construction of Vaults and Vault
Doors.
The most vulnerable part IF vault
now is the edge of the door. 1t Is al
most impossible to obtain an absolutely
tight Joint. one which will be imp"r-
yious TO liquid explosives The old
method of attack was by powder blown
into the crack of the vault door. As
the construction OF these doors became
more perfect this was made Impractl-
cable. Then. said tie Washington
Star. the burglar turned his attention
IT, other explosives and to-day he uses
nitro-glycvriue. Nitro -lyccrine when
warm runs AZ freely aS water. If the
crack Of Il door is not absolutely tight
the nitro-@lyccrine will find some small
lodging place in ii. When exploded it
rips off the door tears of its outer
layers or opens n space where Il larger
charge Of explosives can be used. If
the joint is too well fitted to permit
the use Of nitro-glyccrinc ana tie vault
is in IN isolated place where powerful
explosives can lie used. dynamite is
laid against Il weak spot and Well tam
percd. Its explosion either makes an
opening or Wrlk"nS the wall or door
so that tools or other explosives can be
used to advantage. With Il guarantee
of compare tive freedom for operation
Il set OF burglars can enter Il modern
vault in one To cighr hours. The short
est process is usually 10y the tie of cX-
ploSiveS, and it has been found that the
high explosives are Sin@ularly local in
effect and produce very little sound.
Hammer and SletlgcS are often used,
though burglars prefer boring. with the
use of a blow pipe To draw the tenn
per of the steel attacked But the mod
Crn construction renders this some
times extremely difficult because of the
high con ductiyity Of iron and the close
contact of The cold steel adjacent. Bur
glars seldom attempt to make holes Of
more than IN inch in diameter, and
the heat from the small flame which
can be introduced through such a hole
is quickly diSSipatcd. Sometimes the
burglar borcS through the soft metal
ana breaks the intervening sheets of
hard metal with the blows Of hum
mcr. removing the metal pirccmcll.
1t is estimated that an expert with fine
~ tcmpcrcr tools will work through
IN inch Of Il vault wall in an hour. t
sometimes happens. though. that an OK
pert burglar abIndonS a job after
penetrating the outer layer Of steel
because his poorly tempered tools were
all dullcd in the attempt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-05-04
Woman's FREDERICKSBURG Sleeves

From Harpcr's Weekly.
Stirred by the existing propensity of
women's sleeves to take up all the spare
room in the world, antiquarians begin
TO eXhume old statutes framed to rcgu-
late the same tendency in former per-
iods of its manifestation. A Boston
contemporary produces, with lively
chortings of glec, a municipal statute Of
the town of Dedham, enaCting, ''for the
present reformation of immoderate
great sleeves" that thereafter no per
son whatsoever shall make garment
for women, or any other sex, with
sleeves more than half an ell wide in
the widest part, and so proportionate
for bigger or smaller persons" Allow
ing iorty-fyc inches to the ell, any cur
ioU5 person can determine, by measure
mcnt on the arm of the nearest woman,
by how large share the stuff IN a
modern sleeve exceeds the Dedham
limit. Guessing roughly, one would say
the sleeves on the Fifth avenue in New
York on Easter Sunday, if inflated to
the limits OF their greatest dimensions,
would measure at least five feet in cir
conference, giving full yard of ex-
uberanCe in excess of what the nedham
ordinance permitted. The big sleeves
will collapse presently of their own
weight. We need no law to regulate
them. Fashion has reduced the fem-
nine hat to its lowest limits this year to {
the relief of the thcatre-goers), and
sleeves in due course will get their
share of renresSinn.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-05-04
\ Farmers OhiGct Lesson.

Birmingham Ala) Daily State: 4
good, honest farmer was standing in
front of the court house Yesterday look
inc mournful!y n his tax receipt. lie
said: | brought bale of cotton here
five years ago. sold it for $3.50. With
this money paid my taxes, So; got a
dress for my wife, -; shoes for the
children, s.; barrel Of flour, 500;
fifty pounds VI sugar, s.; ten pounds of
coffee. $, and went home happy with
$50 in my pocket for the preacher |
brought in bale today, sold it for
SO; paid my taxes, So -, and have
quarter left. They tell me | can get
flour and frocks and sugar and shoes
for half paid then. but it pears to me
hahn got the half. I've about made
mp my mind TO invest this quarter in
United States bonds AMI howl for the
gold standard"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-05-04
Careful Study OF Great Question.

Denver Times:-President W. 2. st.
John, Of the Mercantile Bank OF New
York, j. the leading silver champion
among the Eastern bankers. lie re-
Gently told Kate Field : Washington the
reason for the faith that was in him.
In 1854 Mr.. St. John was the Junior
member Of the finance committee Of the
New York Chamber of Commerce. He
was then an ardent champion of the
single gold standard. The chairman of
the committee told Mr.. i. John that it
was hIs duty 70 thoroughly inform him
self upon the currency question. ascer-
tain the historic facts, and marshall
them against the array OF alleged facts
with which the Western advocates OF
free coinage We're continually urging
their demands"
Mr.. 81 John studied the question
carefully. He was nine years coming t.
final decision. As 4 result he is I'm
a.terab'c in favor of equal unlimited
coinage for gold and silver into legal
tender money
Thorough study and investigation Of
the currency question Will do the same
for every intelligent citizen.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-05-04
DR.. NanscI and the North Pole

\ report comes from Paris to the
effect that DR.. Fridjof Nansen, the great
Norwegian scientist and arctic explorer,
has at last succeeded in reaching the
North pole. If this be true he has ac-
complished what many have vainly
sought. TO confront the invisible
sphinx of the fartherest north and
guess her riddle would be to accomplish
what Sir John Franklin gave his lie to
achieve
1t is not fifty years ago since Jir John
Franklin undertook to dispel the dense
cloud of ignorance which hung like the
mantle of night over the north pole, but
many wears before he had cruised in
those waters, and even then it was an
old quest lIa-lly had Columbus
crossed and recrossed the Atlantic be-
fore the great English navigator, Sc
bastian Cabot, sailed far to the north in
his search for a short cut to India.
When at last eimpracticability of that
supposed northwest passage was de-
mOnstrated the exploration OF polar
waters and lands was kept up, and was
never Abandoned Our own country
has furnished long list of arctic ex-
plOrers-Lc Haven, Kane, Rodgers,
Hayes, Hall, De Long and others hard
ly, if any, less worthy to mention.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-05-04
Laugh and Grow Fat.

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, Xxx
, Boston Transcript: Fuddy-l gu say
, that Cheffery has slain bis thousands.
} Has he been soldier? or are you only
joking and mean that he is physician?
Duddy-yM dear fellow, | never was
more serious in my life. No sir, he is
neither soldier nor doctor lie IS the
publisher of cook book.
#&*4
We NOTICE in The market DIace
And other parts Of town
The more that beef i going uD.
THE lees its going down.
Detroit Free Press
NIX
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1,+aI,.o,, o.l.oa lIoS,;II;,,a, IF S,,iIIi,,
0 Il don't know. Why?"
az saw him huvipo beefsteak last
NIGHT and he had \ box Of Strawberries
, in his hand which he had inst pur
cbosad ;,
4**&
Detroit Tribune:-The count came
q near and Whispered softly.
Il am ready" he said ''to make sac
rifice for YOU"
Che oas+,roI lorroco+;r,,lv
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-05-04
ifeal Estate TransfeTs.
luteS OF anril Is.

Minutes OF April Is.
Nor Land Loan Co 20 u & Miller uhd
!. int in wis of ne sec 2l-is-l3
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W Ogilvie to Emma ; Tucker part 1t
269 Al ~
VIM Pietari ct al to W II Tucker WI b
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sup CON Land Co To Cleopha NJ Lee
/ d"uN 1t III W ith It
, i : L"neY To Laomi SimOnds Its - >
b II Merriam Park 3
Minnie II IUbbS To Ellen Bryan ma of
/ Scl4 and Se14 OF mel, Gifts /
/ " q Tubb> TO same II b - 30 Range
I Georgia L Ross to Julia J Hyde 1t 10
/ b I2h Roy's add
/ sup nth div
/ L & Il Imp 70 TO Katharine NJ Beake
/ Its y n - 20 b los " sup 9th div
4 Minutes of April -
I II o " Shu ties to Harriet l. Campbell
II ~ ~ " sup 9th div
Z l. & K Imp Co TO y ID Nernam Its ; 6 h
/ 27n " sup 18th div
| I J kOpplin to &C. kir>chy Ala of lots
sSlv b - superior city
Minutes of April 20
4 & Arnold to sup Home Aldg & Loan
Assn 1t l. b - Eth div to " sup
! j II Agen to Mary Bardon und :, int
in II sec 21-i>-l4
Isaac Patterson to same und = int in
same 1t
/ Minutes of April ~
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Its , sec lS-+S-l5
? SO sup Land DO rh Peter Larson 1t -
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/ Kate Clark to Edwin VI and Edward
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/ John t Glcary Ii b Is ltaSca div
| 50 sup Imp Go 10 Harry W Powers Its
! II - b , 80 sup Central div
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of mel 2-i6-l2
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Con Land CO to F Bratt 1t 1l6 Sth
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c \ Hubbard ct al to Lulu Hodges Its
! ; Is Florence Park
W ID Ncrnam to Jane Foley 1t b 30
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