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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05
I prospered or was hanged by the common
ha0pma0 on r}hberT'

I prospered or was hanged by the common
hangman on a gibbet"'
"Oh, Oscar: What has soured you so:
You never talked in this way until now.
What has changed you?' The woman
was weeping through her words.
"A girls face. A girls face has chang
ed me- I, who mad a heart to the core of
adamant betting the crooked carcass in
which it is penned and warped But there.
| have been vaporing mother. Let my
words pass. l am self again. | know
your advice is good. | mean to follow il.
pretty, shaDeiy wife. You shall have
grandchildren at your knee, mother be
fore long. before You GO
WHO is she? Do I know her? Do
/ know even her nance
All that is my secret. mother. | will
not say any more Of her bur that | am
accustomed 20 succeed. and | will succeed
here. ! will keep The secret of her name
in my heart to goai me on. l am accus-
toned 10 succeed. Rest assured | Will
succeed in this. We will say no more Of
it. Let it be forbidden subject between
us until l speak of it again: until, per-
haps, | bring her to YOU. All, that storm
has cleared the air. | was excited |
have reason to he excited to-day. At this
moment-it is now just twelve o'clock-at
this moment | am either succeeding or
failing in one Of my most important
aims"
Just now. Oscar. DO YOU mean here"
NO. not here. In Chicago. You 10
not believe in magic. mother:'
"Surely not What do YOU meanf"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05
SHIELDED BY PROVIDENCE.
Two Missiles that Met in the Air and
Fell Harmless.

A half dozen or so men were sitting
ont in front of an uptown hotel the
other evening telling stories.
when was u" said a tall man, evi-
IDENTITY from a Southern State. L had
an uugOyprnabIe temper and a half
brother three years older than myself
We were both church members. but
that didn't seem tn bring us any closer
together. for he was a Methodist and I
was Baptist You may have observ-
cd" he threw in aS Il decoration to tho
story. THAT Christian charity and
brothcrly love don't always thrive on
denomiuational feed. However. as ]
was saying "" were of different do
nominations. and we got along fairly
well together until we began arguing
on our respective faiths. Then we got
hot. ana l always lost my temper. |
may say that he did very nearly the
same. but he wasn't quite as bad as l
was in that regard.
zone day we We're out hunting with
only one gun, 4 squirrel rife, between
lis. and | had the gun. | may add
here that We lived on a farm. and
e-gun hunting party was not at all
unusual. We had sal down on rock
near tho edge of a stream to rest. and
in some way | slipped and went into
the water. II made mo mad to begin
with. and when he began chatting me
and telling me that a Baptist ought to
he used to little thing like that. | got
ten times worse and hit him lick in
the face. He ran off 4 few yards and
picked up a boulder about as big as
your double fist. while made a grab
for the gun. which had set up againsr
A willow under the bank.
"Of course. We did not know what
wc were doing by this time; only re-
member telling him if he raised his
hand to throw the stone I'd shoot him
He was nervy, though. and | hadn't
more than got the words out of my
mouth than he let the boulder come ut
me- and. true to my word, I banged
away at him. We weren't forty feet
apart. and il was 4 Stand-Off between
the boulder and the bullet as to which
was the more dangerous, but PrOvi-
dencc. l reckon, was watching over MS.
for as fired the boulder flew into a
dozen pieces, and both of us were left
standing looking AZ each other i'm
dazed. helpless kind Of wav. Then.
still not understanding what had hap
pened. but realizing how nearly our
tempcrS had brought us to blOodShcd.
We rushed into each others arms and
horn pry-i1rr oy-n,. ap,., ,tI.,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05
LEFT AN AMERICAN WIFE.
Baroness Zedtvitz was Once Miss Cald
we'll of Newport.


The wife of Baron Zedtwitz, who was
killed on his yacht off Southsea, Eng
land, last week. was before her marriage
one of the wealthy Misses Caldwell.
who were at one time said to be the
wealthiest unmarried women III TINS
country. They were born in Kentucky
and were educated at the Convent of the
Sacred Heart in Manhattanville, after
having passed the greater part Of ihelr
childhood at Newport. Their father left
a fortune of about S5,0O0.8D, which
was TO be divided between the two sis
ters. The late Eugene Kelly, who was
their guardian for many years, looked
after their affairs. Both of the young
women passed much of their time
abroad, and notwithstanding their great
wealth they were comparatively I'M
known to American society. Since her
sisters marriage to Baron LedtWltZ.
Miss t1WendOline Caldwell, who was the
older Of the two, has passed her time al
most entirely in Europe, although she
occasionally visits this country. She
was seriously i'll for several months last
year at the Fifth Avenue hotel. Her
engagement to Prince Joachim Napoleon
Murat several years ago was the only IN
timation that her friends ever received
from her of an intention to accent 2ny
Of the numerous suitors whom 50
wealthy a woman naturally attracted IN
Europe. Prince Napoleon. who is now
more than go years old and was recent
~ retired from the French army. horlme
engaged To Miss Caldwell in 1889. Elah-
crate preparations for the wedding were
hlade. and only on the day it was eX
pected to take place was the news cahled
10 this country that the marriage was
off. Nothing had happened up to that
time to Indicate the possibility of such
an event. and Miss taldwelrs friends
We're eager to hear what had happened.
Miss Caldwell had always shown her
self perfectly capable Cf looking after
her larg" fortune, and when it became
known here that her bptrothed had in
sisted on a prenuptial settlement which
practically put him in control OF all hPr
means. the cause OF her prompt With
drawal from the engagement was under
stood. The prince was a VIGOROUSLY OK
lravagant man, and although his Gam-
bling debts had been paid repeatedly by
Napoleon III. his private means were
completely exhausted One Of his con.
dition> was that his American Wife
should settle all his debts. which would
have proved n mighty drain even on
fortune a@ large as hers He was born
IN New Jersey, and had been a widowcr
only few years when he became be
troth"d to Miss caldwell, who since her
experience with him has never again
been even reported as engaged to a titled
tuTCIgnCr.-NpW York SIM
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05

One of the most popular things that
Secretary of War Lamont has ever done
is his adoption of new regulation con
corning the lowering of the national
colors at military posts at sunset No
longer is the flag unccrcmOniously pulled
down Immediately after the firing of tho
sunset gun. Its descent is now marked
with a dignity and dccorum becoming
the country's ensign. Under the new
rule. the usual retreat call IS souEEdcd
and then the gun is fired. The band
immediately commences TO play 'Thc
StarSpangled Banner" which is connn-
ucd while the flag is being slowly low
cred to the ground. while all hats are
DOTTED. and under no conditions must the
flag touch the ground until the last chord
of the national anthem has been sound
cd -Npw York Times
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventors are reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler, IS and 50
Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee,
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook free:
T. Crane, assgr, Fort Atkinson, animal
trap; William Geuder, Milwaukee, adjust
able shelving; William Gutenkunst, Milwau-
kee, feed cutting and corn-huskiug machine;
!. r. Hamilton. Two Rivers, printers case;
A. Lindemann. Milwaukee, pan; p l.. May,
Mineral Point corn fodder binder; r. r.
Richards Sheboygan, assgr., bottle washer;
A. w. Robinson, Milwaukee, hydraulic
dredging apparatus: VI. G. Schinke, Mil
Neillsyille. cabinet; II. H. Wabers, Wan
iona. hand pIautpr.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05
Secret Pbotorraphipo

Ono of the most Ingenious methods m
thc world fer rhotographing persons aud
keeping them in ignorance IF the fact
Is that Of the Bank Of France The
bank has a hidden studio IN = gallery he
hind IN" cashiers de<k 50 that at 2
signal from ON" If the bank employees
any suspected customer VIII instantly
have his picture taken without his own
knowledge. Tho camera has also be-
come very useful in tho detection Of
frauds, 4 word or figure that to the
Cy" seemed completely erased being
clearly produced in photographs of the
document that had been tempered with.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05
CHAPTER II.

"S,on eo,,, nathan !. -b.,n1 60.
oil .oon carro+ IA, oxoa+I.. -
~ ,or,- far ~ -, ~ 49,, 80 -, ~
hors r,o Ior-ord ~ iii ~ - -!
of All my Hfn." said tho 1910 nf no
hunchhackod dwarf
utl.,.
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-,..,,.I..,,, N"4t ne"
,1,o ,..,,,,,;,,, .,,,'I.,. e ~ - ,',''
al as - ~ W.
We. "'' me clock. ~ course. Moth
'r' "''n SOL my nnrI'aled clock. III
'' Us ~ i've ''\ ann como down
~ wa anu ''''"ie private gentle
'"l4,
hHt why can yoH como down md
sop mere always my oscar: Surely
Hont CLOCK '"uId be brought to Midway
'''',. "'|' I''"' H'F' cannot move the
''|,N. 80" i''7'l no" lHFg" II IS. / have
w., -" ~" W. anu O''t "gaIn II would
'''. III 'H'S room. heSIdes' nave other
n,s.'''HN ~ '"', '''S | cannot leave lust
:. 80 ,'.'le a. 500. as ever | can.
!" wv 80 'h"' was
N''"N I" NP'"'H :" }o" ABOUT my marvel
M !'e Sc nat nave ]
"'.,,i' WV va"
I'M =, vs. WV M,'.,'''" 70 Ieii'e'il per
~. nv, 0' ~, 'S'''i
VIZ p'siH ''H' a. VIII, OF
',j - measure ''il'' "rS' OF an mai
,U' T.I-I! y, ana easiest 'hine 10 con
ETa'' ne NOM H.
,..,,r- ','lI'n L'', ""' ~ 'u.
49, H., ~. ,l,'' VI -'i' IaS, 'u' minute ~
l'V ~ Ii'e inlIl'it, ln'
"'H ~ NV '''Hl' ~ illr>" VIII ID"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05

tell the one story of physical salvation
gained through the aid of her Vegeta-
BILE Compound.
The horrors born of displacement
or liberation of the womb:
Backache, hearing-down, dizziness,
fear of coming calamity, distrust of
best friends.
All, aIl-sorrows and sufferings of
the past. The famed Vegetable
Compound" bearing the illustrious
name, Pinl,ham, has brought them out
of the valley Of suffering to that of
happiness and usefulness.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05
With tho dnrlinl

With the decline of the grape crop
in France. increased attention has been
paid to the cultivation of apples and
the production Of cider. which has, in
measure. superseded wine as the national
drink Official statistics Just published
show that there were 67S0OO,0O0 gallons
of cider produced in Franco in 1893. be
ing an increase Of 197 100000 gallons
over the preceding year.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05
CAN'T HELP TELLING.

No village so small.
No city so large.
From the Atlantic to the Pacific,
names known for all that is truthful,
all that is reliable, are attached to the
most thankful letters.
They come to Lydia f. Pinkham, and
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05
Oldest MatCh Factory.

Sweden has the oldest and largest
match factory in the world. Matches
We're made there long before the old.
roughly trimmed splinter of wood tipped
with sulphur was discarded with the Tin
der boxes for which they were used. In
twenty-five years the export trade of
Sweden in modern matches increased to
100000 boxes year. Some of the
machines for making the matches which
We use in these days make 200 rcvolu-
tions n minute each, and turn out about
100000 boxes annually. Altogether
there are in Europe about 10000 fac
tories, and they yearly produce matches
valued at SO 900 600
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05

reached
the wooden pillars supporting the roof of
the little station at Mlllway.
It was almost dark. Nine o'clock had
struck. The straight warm rain was
falling through the duskv. MINDLESS air.
It was an evening towards the end of
June-the last Wednesday IF that month
There was not sound hut the dull muf-
fling beat of the rain upon the roof Not
soul visible but the girl and station
agent.
She took her hand away from tho wood
en- pillar. and gathered her cloak round
her, in preparation for going.
Can do ANYTHING for Won. miss? Ha,.
you far to walk" asked the man.
She did not answer his question. 81.
asked instead: DO Won think the rain
will stop soon :"
He glanced NJ tho thin limo ~ dun
dark loaden skv "\o miss | don't think
i will II looks a. IL '+v-o,,Id rain al
night
She sighed moved her shoulders rnder
the cloak To settle it. and saving .Thank
Won" in Is+ioss way moved with droon-
ing head SLOWLY ont Of the station raised
her umbrella and walked under tho huge
heochas Of q br,oi .I,..,.,.,l r,,o.l lo.,,l;,,,-
southward
Al+bouob bar. .,oo,, bod -. hoo, o,,;o1.
eha feIt her hroath como short Tba mild
rois+ scan+-rola, oir s,or,,,,l TO-, r;ob Co...
frosb,,ip, Iifo - -, J.1-,,1 81,
was tired AMI va,Id 49, Iil,o5 -, -
down and rest hur noitbor tir,o MOI, Mac.
allowed IF nauso Sbo ,,,,.+ o,o. -, ~,
,,,,,.+ 60. La.,.
She migb+ bo ao ,a+a ~ ''oS',',', =,
L,I+bem IIouso o,l ..o,I ,,,,,,,,a.;--lI -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05
John Dun Dangerously Insane.

London. Aug. 31-It is reported that
John Duff, another of the Irish oolitjca]
prisoners, has become dangerously in.
sane.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05

My doctor SAID | would die. but Piso's
Cure for Consumption cured me. Amos
Kclnor. Cherry Valley. HIS. Nov. -. 90
The first omnibus has made its ap-
r,,.,r3r.a, IN Jp.r,r.E,r
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05
I Rome Seven Miles Ipnr

The biggest rope ever used for haulag,.
purposes has just been made for "a dis
trict subway in Glasgow. ScotIaud 1t
is : miles long. - inches in rircumtoI-
rnrr and weighs nearly ga tons. 1t has
been made III one unjolntrd and uu>plic"i
length of patent crucIble steel When in
place it Will form a complete ,.irrl"
around Glasgow. crossing the Clyde i'm
is course. and will run At a speed of
fifteen miles an hour
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05

In Temperate regions tn" conditions
un1"r which ponds and lakes freeze
over ar rho beginning OF winter arc all
favorable 70 he forming of smooth foe
The cold ! most intense in the perfect
II still nights Of that season when fra
i first formed Again. the water
freezes At higher temperature when
smooth than when disturbed. The
consequence : that the Ice on our lakes
: smooth Such i not everywhere the
case. In Siberia the first freezing cold
often comes attended by violent winds
whaling party under Capt. Pedro.
in Monterey hay. California. harpooD.
81 young whale. Is mother. irving
10 rescue her offspring. became enrau-
-led in the harpoon line and both mon
sters towed the boat Al railroad speed
for two miles before thay were Aiaad
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05

In 1850 there was a fire in Con STAN
tinoplc which destroyed $500 buildings.
shops and haZaarS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05

when D0hhlns Electric soar was OPS. -.-t.. -.s.,
II cost 20 GEMS bar. II Il trs..s- ....a...
tents and quality i0fc and -.-.r ..... ....
your grocer and preserve your clothes .... s...
be Viii get it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-05

,od is what gives strong nerves. vtgor, vitality,
Cd blood and good health come by taking
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-03
DROWNED WHILE SKATING.
Carl and Ernest Densow Lose Their Lives
at Ahnapee, Wis.

Ahnapee, Wis.,, Nov. 3O.-Carl,
Ernest and Fred Densow, sons of Her
man Densow, broke through the ice
this afternoon while skating and two of
them, Carl and Ernest, aged 10 and
8 years, were drowned before as
sistance reached them. Conrad Rush
was walking near the scene of the
accident when he heard their calls for
help, ard picking up board ran to
aid them. Fred, aged 10, was holding
on to the ice with one hand and keep
ing his brothers from sinking entirely
with the other Mr.. Rush succeeded
in saving the eldest boy, but the other
two were beyond recovery when taken
out
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-03
REVIVAL OF POLO.
The Game Will Become Quite Popular
During the Coming Winter

| An effort will be made to revive
polo, which was such craze in this
city several years ago. A movement is
afoot to organize a polo league, COM
prised of players from this city, Mil
waukee and Racine. The Evening
Wisconsin, speaking of this matter in a
late issue, has the following:
1t is probable that polo league
will be organized to take in the cities
of Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha.
There are crack teams in the Belle
city, Chicago and also. Milwaukee, and
the young men of Kenosha claim they
can put team in the field that will
make a good showing against the best
of them. The team at Schlitz park has
not had a great deal of practice as yet,
but the boys feel confident that they
can get in condition for series of hard
games in a short time. Ed. Wall
schlaeger has charge of the team and
he will see that they train earnestly for
the next few weeks in order that they
can step in at moments notice and
play against the strongest teams in the
proposed league. Two years ago the
Racine and Milwaukee teams had d
series of games and they were the
hardest fought of any that ever took
place in the west. The result was a
tie. 1t would be interesting to have
the two teams meet this winter and
settle the dispute as to which is the
better club. E. R. Harding, of Racine,
has reorganized the Lakeside team
and announces that he is willing to
join league at once and will do all in
his power to help the matter along.
Should the plan to form the league fall
through he stands ready to arrange a
series of games with the local team,
two games to be played in that city on
Christmas, one in the afternoon and
the other in the evening""
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-03
THE DAN HEAD CREDITORS.
Result of Their Meeting in Bristol Satur-
day Afternoon.
sawed off

Bristol, Wis, Nov. 30-Pursuant to
call meeting of the depOsitQrs of the
defunct Dan Head & Co. bank, of Ke-
nosha, Wis, was held at the store of
F. R. Lavey, in Bristol, Saturday,
Nov. %, to discuss ways and means by
which they could, if possible, secure the
balance due them from said bank.
The meeting was presided over bV
John Orvis, of Trevor, and c. H. Muir
doch. of Bristol, was elected secretary.
After considerable discussion motion
was made and carried that a committee
of three be appointed to consult with
the stockholders of the bank, and as
certain, if possible, just whatcourse the
stockholders propose to pursue in the
final wind up of the affairs of the bank,
also to meet the depOsitors living in
Kenosha and vicinity, to bring about
united action, if possible, and consult
attorneys that the committee might
find out the proper course to pursue
The committee chosen was made up OF
J. NJ Orvis, F. F. Smith and j. A,
RoWbottom. This committee was in
structed tc report progress as soon as
possible. The meeting then adjourned
j. M. ORvIs, Chairman.
c.. Fl. MURDOCH, Sec'y.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-03
Decks Drew His Revolver.

The little town of Bristol came very
near to providing a case for the courts
Thursday. While John Stephens was
taking advantage of the warm, damp
weather of Thanksgiving to do his fall
blowing, he was hailed from the road
by a man by the name of George
Decks. The two men began a CONVEX
sation which, before long, took quar-
relsome turn. After some alteration
had passed, and language had-grown
emphatic, Decks drew revolver and
threatened to shoot. Mr.. Stephens
told him that if be should shoot he
would better do it to kill, or he would
find himself in heap of trouble. At
this Decks pocketed his gun and re-
tired The matter was brought up
before Dictrict Attorney Buckmaster
today, but it is not likely that anything
will be done about it. and no arrests
will be made.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-03
SENTINEL ATTACK FALLS FLAT
It Has Turned Out to Be a Blessing in
Disguise.

Milwaukee, Nov. 30-The attack on
Henry G. Payne for a cabinet position,
which at first seemed so harsh, has
proved blessing in disguise to Mr..
Payne. Tt aroused his friends all over
the state, with the result that there
has been for the last week or ten days
such an outpouring from the press of
the state in his favor as to show con-
clusiY4y the respect and admiration in
which he is held by the members of his
party IN the state. 1t is something of
which Mr. Payne has every reason to
feel proud.
Of the entire republican press of the
state only one or two of the papers side
with the opposition. All the others are
heartily and unreservedly in favor of
Mr.. Payne for a position in the cabinet.
Even his enemies frankly admit his
ability and high qualifications for any
office to which he might likely be called
by the president-elect.
The incidents of the last few days
have shown conclusively that Mr.
Payne stands as high as ever in the es-
timation of the people of Wisconsin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-03
Advertised Mail Matter.

The following is list of mail matter
remaining uncalled for in the Kenosha
Post Office, Kenosha County, Wis, for
the week ending Dec. 3, 1896, and
which will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office at the expiration of two weeks
unless called for
Mrs Lydia Bowker Edwin F King
Do Dyto Gilbert Phleger
II X Creighton John McGonning
Mrs CailSon Walter l. Rankin
r. H Easton Fred Stablem2n
Thomas Flanary Longin Schwab
Lutte Haleste Nels SOrensen
G. E IbarlxS Fang Mill co George Tate
Fl c Kaufman Cha5 Wall1n
To obtain any of the above mailmat-
ter the applicant must give the date OF
this list A. j. BURG, P. NJ.
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