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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-02-09

!, III GNI NREAT PHYSICIAN & Sur
T.. TEoN "iII attend professional calls
ata.. b.aH- 0f the day or niuht from VILLAGE
grra4ulry ~. Becker & Fifth. Superior.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-02-09

Mr. +. V. Smallcy contributes to
the February Review of Reviews an in
tcresting study Of civil government in
Manitoba, under the title, Canada 5
Prairie Province" His account Of the
institution o this we'll known govern
mcnt on our northern torder is eX-
tremcly enIightening and suggestive.
The article is well illustrated.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-02-09
NORTHERN PACIElC
D. S. S. e A. r. r.
Church DIecto-.

ME1HODlST.-S Services every sunday morn
ing and evening at 10 20 and 80 sunday
Schooi Immediately after the morning service
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at
100. All arc cordially invited
REV. FLOYD A. LAWSON, Pastor.
EpWNRTil LEAGUE Of the VI Z Church Young
Peoples Prayer Meeting every SUNDAY evening
n 6%jO Social and business meeting first Tues
day OF each month. All are cordially invited
NJ. y. STRAND, JOHN A. SIDNEY
secretary President
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REV. Il. 7. LYND, Pastor

EPISCOPAT-ServIccS every sunday. morning
and evening. nj l1:}) Il and $50 m. sun
day school after the morning service.
REV. {. :. STARKWEATHER Rector.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-02-09
G. st. P. M, & o. TIME CARD.

GEO. IL. SMITH. Ticket Agent.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-02-09

observation-disclosures every Sunday morn
ing and evening II 1890 a IN. and 30 D. m.
sunday school following the morning service.
Thursday evening prayer meeting al 80. Al
are cordially invited. The I. +. ;. {. +. meets
II IN
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-02-09

CUSTER CAMP. No. IL Division of Wiscon-
sin. meets First and Third Friday evening
of each month in the kilchic block. West
End. Visiting bTOt hers will be heartily
welcomed. JOS. LUCIUS. Captain.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-02-09

L. +. Mcdonald is laid up with
rheumatism. He was 80 bad for several
davS that it was Impossible to remove
his clothing. At last accounts he was a
little easier.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-02-09

Superior Circle. ladies Of &. a Il.
Circle meets FIRST Monday in each month
in *. =. hall. Green BIk.. ". Fifth St, OPP
postte The Euclid hotel. at 2:30 p. IN.
Mrs. DIANA SWIFT. PRESIDENT
MRS. HIRAM HAYES. Sen. Vice President.
NUS. !. VI. HCG&IES. Secretary.
Mrs. JO~IsH SMITH. Treasurer.
Mrs. :. J. SHERMAN. Guard.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-02-09
Saturday, February, 9. 1898.
ST, PAUL & DULUTH r. r.

Trains leave Union DeDot West Sunario,
ior IT. faul and Minneapolis as follows:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24
Various Methods or Eating.

A mans nationality is betrayed to the
thoughtful observer by the manner in
which he eats his breakfast eggs. The
Englishman uses dainty little cup
into which the egg slides deeply. The
shell must be Clipped with the spoon
and it's fragments removed with the
same utensil. The Englishman next lifts
the top portion of the white, or cap.
Then the condiments are mixed on the
plate into neat little gray heap, and
the contents of the egg are scooped leis-
urely out. due care being taken to get
about half and half of white and yoIk
on the spoon at the same time fresh
little dab of the mixed pepper and salt
being given to each spoonful of egg.
In such a fashion, with his bread and
butter, marmalade. English breakfast
tea, and paper propped against the cas-
ter. the Briton makes a meal which to
him is the perfection Of light morning
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24
he commander of the United States

The commander of the United States
Fish Commission steamer Albatross.
returning from the sealing grounds at
Behring's Sea, reports the slaughter of
the seals so wanton this year, despite
international congresses, agreements
and regulation, that the early aIrihila
ton of the entire species is to be ex
pecteu. Because of the lust of man for
gain, the seal is to follow the buffalo
ANA the sperm whale into practical eX-
tinction. Man is, after all, the most
destructive Of animals, and the more
highly civilized he is the more the lust
for the taking of life seems to possess
him. Neither the brute nor the savage
hunts for sport" That is reserved
for the highest type of civilized man,
and for him. too. was reserved the
browning absurdity of looking with
contempt on the man who hunts for
food The Indian roamed the American
continent for centuries without accom-
plishing such slaughter as white men.
on the plea of sport. made among the
bison in ten years on the plains. The
llcdSiuS puStliic Ok SlloOlluS lllO II
herd of buffalo from moving train or
slaughtering alligators from the deck
of a steamboat is Of purely ''civilized''
origin. Some effort Is being made by
States and nations to save the rem
nant of the wild animals which have
thus far escaped the sportsman. Great
Britain has prohibited the shooting of
elephants in British India barely in
time to save that animal from EXITING
ton. Florida is wisely taking steps to
protect the few remaining alligators
within her boundaries. In Oregon
there is agitation in progress to check
the use of mechanical devices for
wholesale capture Of salmon as they
ascend the rivers to spawn. In every
State feathcred game is protected By
law. But the case Of the seal is com
plicated by the fact that no single
Government has jurisdiction over the
fishing grounds, and hitherto, despite
strenuous efforts. no concerted action
by the Governments most interested
has been practicable. Since 1856 the
United States and Great Britain have
been wrangling over the situation.
Inc international court of arbitration,
10 Which the whole question was refer
ieo III 1898, went at great length into
tue claims OF both nations to regulate
the seal fisheries, finally deciding in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24

refreshment. The Frenchman also
uses the small egg cup. The egg is soft
boiled, and when the shell is opened
the Frenchman puts in his salt anu
pepper and butter and stirs them thor
oughly with the contents until every
part has been we'll mixed. Then he
breaks his bread into small, narrow
pieces, dips each piece into the egg,
and eats the result. This he continues
to do until the egg is nearly empty,
when he takes it out of the cup and
drinks the remainder. The German
breaks his eggs-soft boiled-into
large egg cup, and spoons them up like
soup. The Italians cook eggs by placing
them in a vessel filled with cold water
which is allowed to slowly come to
boil. When the water boils the eggs
are cooked, and according to the ltal-
ians theirs is the only method by which
the true edible consistency of the white
and yolk can be secured. When brought
to table it is generally the Italian 5
pleasure to break the eggs on plate
and sop them up with good white bread.
When a man enters restaurant ana
orders hard boiled eggs, which he cuts
in two, then scoops the contents into
glass, there to be chopped up with but
ter. pepper and salt, his nationality IS
assured; he is an American.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24
Milk Sheets.

A new curative treatment has been
discovered by a Transvaal doctor. HAY
ing noted the fact that milk absorbs
poisonous germs from a bucket, he de-
cided that it might be possible to turn
this germ-absorbing power to a thera-
peutic account He put his ideas to the
test and now asserts that he has cured
persons Of smallpox, fevers, diphthe-
ria and other maladies by simply wrap
ping them in milk sheets. The patient
is laid on mattress covered with blan-
kets, and is packed in a sheet just large
enough to enyelop the body. This sheet
has first been saturated in a pint and
a half of warm milk and is applied
without wringing. After the pack,
which lasts about an hour, the patient
is sponged with warm water Or is put
into a warm bath. A case of smallpox
was, according to this lactopathist.
promptly relieved by this treatment
After the eruption was well out the
milk sheet SO quickly drew the poison
from the skin as to effect immediate
convaleScence.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24
"A Young Skeptic.

A charming anecdote comes from
William Grimm, one of the pair of
famous story-tellers. One day little
girl rang their bell, and met him in the
hall with the words, You are the Mr..
Grimm who writes the pretty tales?"
Yes, l and my brother"
''And that of the clever little tailor
who married the princess?"
Eyes. certainly"
"Well," said the child, producing the
book, cit is said there that every one
who doesn't believe it must pay him
a thaler Now, ! don't believe that Il
princess ever married a tailor |
haven't SO much as a thaler, but here
is groschep; and please say l hope to
pay the rest by degrees"
Just tAen Jacob came in, and the
brothers had an interesting interview
with the little dame; but they could not
persuade her to take away the grcsch-
en- which she had laid on the table. She
had the courage of her convictions, and
was willing to suffer for them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24

The opinion is credited to one of the
Rothschilds that within five years the
prosperity of the United States will sur
pass that of any other country in the
world There is ground for the belief,
not only because of the general revival
of industry now in progress, but in the
prospect for a marked increase in rail
way building. Perhaps the country
may be approaching it's maximum of
steam railroad tracks. That is not
probable indeed, but even if it were
true, it is certainly true on the other
hand that electric development is just
beginning, that it promises to be extra
ordinary, and that as a result of it the
marketing of all commodities produced
or used in the United States is likely to
be greatly facilitated by the use of cleo
trio roads as feeders for larger lines
The activity now existing in the iron
market is an indication Of what prom
Uses to be an era Of great prosperity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24
WAY TO TELL TIMR.

same time to provide natural and SEN
sible system of keeping time, very in
geniOus device has recently been pat
ented. By glance at the accompany
ing Illustration you will almost imme-
diately see what the inventor has ac-
complished. He started out with the
idea of making the hour hand traverse
the dial in the same time that the sun,
on the average, traverses, or seems to
traverse, the path around the earth. 1t
will be seen that the dial represents
the rising of the sun, it's progress to the
zenith at noontide, and to it's final dis
appearance below the horizon at night
fall. But the disk instead of being di-
vided into twelve spaces, is divided into
twentyfour, marked from 1 to II, and
this series occurs twice.
The upper half of the dial represents
day and the lower half night. The two
are distinguished by the very natural
expedient of making one white and the
other black. But in case there might
still be some chance for error, the words
day and might are printed ON the
disk in large type.
On the outer rim there is scale for
the convenience of the minute hand.
The scale is divided into sixty parts,
every fifth part being marked with it's
appropriate figure. This again does
away with source of ambiguity in the
present system. People are accustomed
to say "a quarter of and "a quarter
after" or twenty minutes Of" and
SO forth, all of which expressions have
a greater or less tendency to cause mis-
takes. By the new dial there can be
no mistake. Take, for instance, the po-
sition of the hands as represented in
the diagram. They mean a certain time,
and no other. The small, or hour hand,
is between and 6, and as this hour
hand represents the sun, we see that it
is sinking towards the horizon. In 9th
Ell words it is between and o'clock in
the evening. The precise time is known
when we look ct the long or minute
hand. This is pointing directly at So.
The time is. therefore, 5 hours and So
minutes in the evening, or $50, as rail
road men say. According to the COM
mon method of telling time you would
say that the diagram shows minutes
of o'clock p. III.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24
Rari)aric F.inery.

''The bead work of the pfaliVD
is the finest III the world "l'"
tinguished favorite. "Ille cos'uD
they display during their eo'- mi
and like festivities are rein' ID
bic for both beauty ana ele'a "a
many of the Indians are eA, /
rich and possess great s'ol'' M
barrie finery. just wish you ~ a
my collection of sashes, so'N NAM
necklaces. bracelets and IeauD 'a,
have one very old cal'lille. Limo
three sacred feathers dan7 IN
the stem by a slender Dauu anri
pine uuills and grass. | na's rap
ahawk, I'm sorry to say 81.
mental drums and tonlali' hond|
to the tribes and cannot Oe
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24

The Chicago Chronicle reads q lee
ture to Cap'n Arson, which will doubt
less make that Scandinavian gentle
mans hair curl. Says the Chronicle:
"For eight or ten years in succession
the baseball club bearing the name of
Chicago has closed the season we'll
down on the list Of competitors for the
pennant. This year, after various vicis-
STUDIES, sinking at times to near the
bottom of the list and rising again to
place near the top, it quit fourth out
Of the twelve clubs in the league. More
than half the time during the season it
has been below the middle. There is
monOtony about the career of the
Chicago club in recent years that is dis
couraging. The people of this city, who
are enthusiastic for every Chicago en-
terpriSe that is successful or gives
promise of success, are tired of a his
tory of lost games-of braggadocio and
bad playing-of brag and failure. In
the early history of baseball the sue
cesSes of the Chicago club were source
of civic pride. Carrying off the pen
nant for number of years against the
powerful Eastern clubs, Anson's play
ers were regarded as a credit to the
city and it's people. In baseball, as in
everything else, Chicago was first
There We're hurrah and congratulations
for the club whenever it started out on
it's annual campaign. 1t was believed
to be invincible. All this has been
changed by many successive annual de-
feats of the club, which were evidently
the result of bad management and poor
playing. The brilliant players and
strategists of former years have gone
to other clubs or else baseball is a diff
ferent game from what it was when the
Chicago club gained triumphs and re-
nown. If the Chicago club as now or
ganized and as it has been organized
for several years is a mere means Of
money speculation-if the gate money is
the principal object for which it con-
tinues to exist-the public should I'M
derstand the fact. But the club has no
right to trail the name of Chicago in
the dust year after year, making this
city identical in name with defeat and
marking an exception to the main
events Of Chicago history, which are a
series of brilliant successes and victor
les over all rivals
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24
To Attract Custom.

An ingenious device for attracting
custom was that OF fru:terer in a
Midland town. Instead Of the ordinary
plate glass, a large number Of rough
masnifying glasses formed the window.
Seen through one OF these panes an
orange looked as large as & pumpkin,
and cherries as large as apples. A great
disadvantage attaching to this novelty
was the fact that at the distance of a
few yards from the window it was quite
impossible to see into the shop. Ev-
erybody knows that you must hold a
magn.fying glass close to the eyes to
see anything through It. Nevertheless.
for some time, at all events, the enter
prising proprietor did a rushing trade.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24
What He Wanted.

A lady who was shopping noticed a
very small boy who was employed as
leash" in the store, and being interest
ed in him began to ask questions:
would you like to live with me and
have everything my little boy has?" she
inquired.
What does your little boy have?'
asked the child, fixing his large, serious
eyes upon her.
''Oh, he has books and tops and a
pony" and she enumerated a lot of
things.
Has he any papa?' asked the child.
"Oh, yes. he has dear, kind papa
who gives him all these things
''Then | would like to be your little
boy said the child grayely, "for my
papa is dead. and would rather have
him than any of the other things
The lady who had been merely talk
ing with the child for amusement had
hard work to keep back her tears at
this naive Observation-Disclosures News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24

opens in the same way as spring stir
rup would open in the case of a lady
fork; spoon, with improved lip to pre-
vent fluids escaping; a new in 5rument
for holding glass; hairbrus.- tooth
brush; shaving implements; pipeholder;
coinholder this has an expanding slit
in it, which enables the wearer to pick
up a small or large coin); lavatory ar
rangementS; apparatus enabling the
wearer to open an ordinary door; writ
ing materials-besides other hooks for
ordinary use.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24
Going to Sleep by Degrees.

Now physicians and Psychologists
come to the front with the astounding
statement that a man goes to sleep
piecemeal instead of altogether and
simultaneously, as it were. That u.s. the
senses do not lull themselves unitedly
and at once into state of slumber, but
cease to receive impressions gradually.
one after the other. At first the sight
ceases and next the sense of taste loses
it's susceptibility to outward impression.
Even then, the individual being al.
most in state of unconsciousness,
three senses still remain in a condition
of Notwithstanding, hearing and
thought Gradually the sense OF
smelling goes, then hearing, and
finally, with the lapse of thought.
the entire body becomes completely
asleep.
The Psychologists have gone even
further than this and they say that the
senses sleep with different degrees of
profundness. The sense of touch is the
most easy to arouse. next that of hear
ing. then sight, and taste and smelling
last.
Sleep steals on The body gradually,
certain parts of the muscles beginning
to sleep before others. Slumber com
mences at the eXtremities, beginning
with the feet and legs. That is why ii
is always necessary to keep the feet
warm.-St. Paul Dispatch
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24
Use of the Tablecloth.

At very early period of the worlds
history it was customary to spread Il
cloth upon tables set aside for refresh
ments, a practice now prevalent in all
nations where civilization has polished
the manners of the people. According
to Monfaucon, the use of the tablecloth
by the Romans began in the time of the
early emperors. They We're made of
fine linen, generally richly ornamented
with stripes of gold and purple, and fire.
quently painted or worked with gold.
D'ArDay tells us that the use of table
linen was very rare in England about
the thirteenth century, but another au-
thOrity informs us that the AngloSaX-
ons dined with a clean cloth. A cloth
was laid even for poor man. Du
Gauge relates a singular feudal privi-
lege, that of the lord being entitled to
the tablecloth, towel, and so on, of the
house where he dined. The tablecloths
made for the use Of the nobility and
gentry were of great value. One would
cost as much as 500, considerable
sum of money in those days. The orr
gin of damask tableclOthS is also very
ancient. La Brocquire thus describes
some used abroad: '"rhey are he
says, -four feet in diameter, and round,
having strings attached to them, SO that
they may be drawn up like purse.
When they are used they are spread
out, and when the meal is over they are
drawn up, SO that all which remains,
even to crumb, is preserved"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24
Outsiders.

Until the nomination of Franklin
Pierce for the Presidency the word
"outsider' was unknown. The Com
mittee on Credentials came to make its
report, and could not get into the hall
because of the crowd of people who
were not members Of tho convention.
IL the committee was ready to report.
and the chairman of the committee an
swered yes. Mr.. Chairman, but the
committee is unable to get inside on
account of the crowd and pressure of
the outsiders The newspaper report
ers took up the word and used it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24
DANGER IN THE USE OF SLANG.
Exper:ence in Brooklyn Shows Ferli
i'm the Word "Rats."

ExDer.ence in Brooklyn SHOWS TeIi
in the Word "Rats."
A new illustration of the dangerous
confusion that is often created Dy the
prevalence of slang is furnished by the
following incident:
A professional rat-catcher went to
fashionable club on Tuesday evening
and at midnight he had bagged nifty
rats. With the living fifty rats in bag
for this professional scorns to XII
any rats on the premises-he left the
fashionable club and started home.
Then appeared an unknown policeman,
who said:
"Where are you going!''
"None of your business" answered
the rat-catcher.
$50 that's your swag." said the police
man, sarcastically tapping the bag With
his club.
"Nary swag," said the rat-catcher.
''What have you in the bag. then?'
Here we come to the first crisis OF the
story, for the reply was Rats The
policeman then punched the profession
al for what he, perhaps reasonably, re-
garded as his impertinence. Moreover,
he grabbed the bag and thrust in his
inquiring official hand. Here comes
the second crisis of the story, for at
least seven rats grabbed that hand.
The policeman yelled and shook off the
rats and the other fortythree leaping
from the bag the street was soon full OF
rats. The poor policeman, with rats to
the right of him and rats to the left OF
him and rats in an indefinite vista be-
fore and behind him. fed into the night
This is not the first time that slang
has indirectly created confusion in the
world. The rat-catcher had no suspicion
that the policeman would take his ex-
PLANTATION amiss. This is the trouble.
The slang that creates disaster is gen
orally used unwittingly. May the pres
ent picturesque warning be needed
Brooklyn Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24

the main unfavorably to the United
States. A circumstantial plan for joint
regulation of the fisheries was pre-
pared by the arbitrator, but has not
been put into effect. While the diplo-
mats debate the hapless seals die. And
when the seals are gone the Indians of
the Pribyloff Islands, who have for
countless generations subsisted upon
them, will die as the Indians of the
plains followed the vanishing bison
into extinction.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24
Glucose.

A short article going the rOulS
the press, and recently puDlslltu
columns, states that glucose IS 'Ni |
est Of all adulterants, ana Is u@
making cheap candy, sugar. lena)
syrups. According to "Conlt'u1
Journal" this is untrue. ulu'7
used in some candles, but II Is W.
greatest of all adulteranS' "
adulterant at all. 1t is slllpl u
gredient and does not dlffef III =
spect from molasses, ana Is y
harmless. Although the ds
made in article quoted from u.
apply to cheap candies, anu -
reference to the honestly nlauF \
we gladly correct a Statement
it seems, has no foundation ii