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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-06-12
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4 medical Journal has made some
careful Investigations among the col
lcges Of New England. which enabled
1t TO state that students who 10 not
Use tobacco gain weight. height and
girrh Of chest from 10 TO u per cent.
faster than those who chew or smoke.
The development Of the lungs. If this
authority IS correct, is especially re
fardcd 10y -Gn tobacco habit.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-06-12

Mr. J. Clayton, in a communication to
Nature, refers 70 careful measurements
he has made with sycamore. elm, oak,
ash and beech trees. from which he has
discovered that they ali contract in
.irth dur!ng n frost.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-06-12
I,rtuue for Marincttc People

Narjnctte. Wis. June s. Sue.iai.I- -
Ry the death Of u rich uncl" III En2iant.
Mrs. Clint Holsate and Thomas. Joe \.
Iii, b..:r,. 10 $50. .tssl They never saw
IL.i, a.nsralts relative and TIN h"pne~t
cam. like Ntudtail.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-06-12

Papa" said a boy, Il know what
makes people laugh in their sleeve"
Wen my son. what makes them"
" Cause that's where their funny bone
Is. Spare Elements.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-06-12

The Germans appear 70 tr i.'l l!.- = u
larry liable 10 disorders o. tAe ul-I,-i'
ORGANS and 10 cancer
Arizona republican., 1897-12-04
HIS sNOREs SAVED HIM.
Robert Wagner's Daughters Prove ar
 Alibi and He Was Dismissed.

Milwaukee, Wis, Dec 3.-Robert Wagner snores, and if it had not been for his ability at smoring he would have been unable to prove am alibi in the municipal court, where he had been on tifal for week on charge of firing his furniture factory. His two daughters, who are familiar with his snores and who clearly described various peculiarities about them, proved they heard him snoring at the time his warehouse burned. Judge Wallber ordered the jury to find MT. Wagner not guilty, which it did. When the defense rested, Judge Wall ber informed Ttfe attorneys that it was not necessary to proceed with the trial, as his duty was plain to him, and he ordered a verdict of not guilty. The judge informed the prisoner he could leave the court room, and Wagner went away a free man.
 IA complete alibi for Wagner was proved for the night of the fire. His daughters, Freda and Olga, testified tiheir father was home all night of July 8, 1896, because they heard him snore They were sure it was their father because they recognized a pc culiar snone to which he is subject. Wagner is one of the best known men of Milwaukee
Arizona republican., 1897-12-04
TO PUSH AMERICA OUT.
Would Break Its African Colonies Treaty With the United States

New York, Dec 3.-Charles Son. nenberg, formerly of this city, now a resident of Vryburg, i'm British Bechu- analand, Afrdca, and a member of the Cape parliament, is on a visit to this country for the first time in thirty five years. He is chiefly interested in the plan of the British government to come up at the next session of the Cape parliament, to break the present treaty existing among the nations of Germany, Great Britain and the United States in relation to South African goods. The United States, England fears, is getting too much of the business of South Africa Can ada also wants to get a slice of the business, and is waiting to have the treaty brokem that tit may begin ship ments of its own goods to South A rica.
 The commercial treaty has been in existence many years. Under it a great quantity of machinery, pc troleum, furniture, agricultural impla ments, hardware, canned and dried fruits, fish, boots and shoes and cigar cities and tobacco, are sent to South Africa from the United States.
 The English government, MT. Son. nenberg says, has already given notice to the United States that after 1898 the old treaty will be cancelled. MT. Sonnenberg says that a new treaty will be put forward, not only for the Cape parliament, but for all the colonial governments. He says that it is of the greatest importance to the United States that this government should take steps a'u once to meet the coming fight.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-04
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

The new lady mayoress of London is a Gordon
 Count Muravieff, the Russian min lister for foreign affairs, has been dec orated by tha czar with the grand cordon of the Order of the White Eagle.
 AlOah BradiSh, a veteran western artist, who is now exhibiting his pie lures in Chicago, had slttings from Washington Irving and Daniel Web ster.
 The duke of Argyll once knew a man who knew another man who knew Rob Roy, and who spoke of the great freebooter as "a fine nee- bourly body"
 The earl of Aberdsen is to be nomi- mated to the honorary membership of the British Medical association, a po- sl0lon occupied by less than half a dozen laymen.
 Rev. Dr. Russell T. Hall of Green Wlch, Conn.,, has resigmsd the pastor ate Of the Second Congregational church there, because he couldn't stop golf playing on Sunday
 Fannie David, the Hindoo convert who is now i'm Chicago trying to 'HChristianize the Christians,'' lest his caste in India by entering the liquor business and becoming saloon- keeper in Ceylon.
 General Sir William Lockhart, the British commander in Northwest h. dia, is a brother to that Captain Lock hart who attained a high rank as a novelist befoGis his untimely death ten years ago.
 Lord Rosebury's moIhs7 the. aged duchess of Cleveland. is 'aoy& d> start for India for the winter. She is an inveterate traveller, every year taking journeys nAQSt young women ';;;: s::.; 3 $, ..,,,,.., at
Arizona republican., 1897-12-04
PUZZLE QUESTIONS.
PHILOSOPHY.

The signs is bad when folks commence A-findin' fault with Providence And balkin' cause tIhe earth don't
 shake At every prancin' step they take. No man is great till he can see How less than little he would be Ef stripped to self and stark and bare He hung his sign out anywhere. My doctern is to lay aside Contentious and be satisfied. Jest do your best, and praise CT blame That follers, that counts jest the
 same. I've allus noticed great success Is mixed with troubles more or Less, Amd it's the man who does the best That gets more kicks Hham all the
 rest.
 James Whitcomb Riley.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-04

the Bournemouth chrysanthemum show, and took first prlze for thirty six Japanese cut blooms, Lady Theo- dora Guest being second. For twelve Japanese blooms Lady Teodoua Guest was first and the queen third. Her majesty also won third prize for six cut blooms.
The herald., 1897-12-07

conferred with Mr.. De Freycinet, presi-
dent Of the council, and with Mr.. Ribot,
minister for foreign affairs. Mr.. Con-
stans, minister of the interior, was trav-
cling at the time with President Carnot,
and the responsible members of the gov
ernment at headquarters were rather
puzzled as to what they should do.
Finally Mr.. Loze proposed to Mr.. De
Freycinet to bring the suspected Rus
SLAMS before a police tribunal on the
charge of having explosives in their pos
session. A more specific accusation,
namely, that OF conspiracy was thus
abandoned, as the government feared
a repetition of the Hartman case. Hart
man, it may be remembered, was ar
rested by Mr.. Andrieux when the latter
was prefect of police on the charge of
conspiring to murder the czar, but he
had to be liberated, owing to the pres
sure of the radicals in the chamber.
Mr.. Loze was accordingly allowed to
act as he suggested, and at o'clock in
the morning the Russian students were
arrested, their bombs seized and their
letters handed over to the Muscovite
embassy. In the evening Mr.. Loze re-
ceived deeply thankful letter from
BraOn Won MOhrenhe1m, VINO said In MS
message that terrible calamities had
been averted by the energy and ability
of the prefect of police. Later on Gear
Alexander III. marked his gratitude by
sending Mr.. Loze, and not his ambassa-
dor, to announce to Mr.. De Freycinet
that the latter was to receive the broad
sash of the Alexander Newski order.
Russian decorations were also lavishly
distributed among the French police Of
ficials, and Mr. Loze, who had previously
received a Muscovite order, was pre-
sented by the czar with a valuable art
souvenir. Alexander Ill is also stated
by Mr.. Goron to have uttered the words,
France has at least a government"
when he referred to the arrests Of the
nihilists, in conversation with an official.
Paris Letter in London Telegraph.
The herald., 1897-12-07
FRUSTRATED A NIHILIsT PLOT
Part Mr.. Loze Played in Bringing
About the Russo-Erench Alliance

Mr.. Goron, formerly head of the GRIM
iral investigation department, gives
some interesting particulars respecting
his old client, Mr.. Loze, and the latter's
share In bringing about, as he says. the
alliance between France and Russia.
Some time ago Mr.. Hansen, an ex-diplo-
matist, stated in book written by him
concerning the alliance in question
that Car Alexander III. was especially
impressed by the determined attitude Of
the French government toward the nj
hilists living in Paris, and that he then
began to seriously think Of a rapproche-
ment between the two countries. All
this, according to Mr. Goron, is right
but Mr.. Hansen, he holds, Is absolutely
wrong in the details given by him re-
specting the action Of the French and
Russian police at the time.
The exact facts, he afflrms, are that In
the beginning of 1890 Mr.. Loze. then
prefect of police, took it into his head
to observe foreign, and especially Rus
sian, students In Paris. He learned
from police commissary in the Latin
quarter that a poor-loolxing Muscovite
student had paid five francs for the
manufacture of glass tube of a certain
tracked and shadowed until 1t was ascer-
tained that he and a few others Of his
fellow countrymen who had been ex-
PEELED from Zurich were in the habit of
experimenting with explosives. The
men had also gone down to the wood OF
Raincy in order to test their bombs on
trees. Mr.. Loze, on hearing this, in
formed the Russian police official who
was commissioned to watch nihilists in
Paris, and asked him to join some of his
detectives to the men who were detailed
for the duty Of shadowing the Muscovite
students by the Paris prefecture Of po-
lice.
According to Mr.. Goron, neither the
Russian official nor any of his staff Of
detectives knew the suspected students,
and they were astonished at Mr.. Lozes
message. The prefect, in the meantime
The herald., 1897-12-07

tempted to shut off the current Of cleo
tricity which runs the elevator. but in
doing SO pushed the lever too far and
reversed the power. The elevator
paused for a second and the boy stepped
out believing that 1t was locked. In an
other instant the elevator again started
upward empty. Levi saw 1t and became
greatly alarmed, believing that unless
stopped 1t would run to the top of the
building and be broken. He did not
know that 1t was provided with a safety
stop which would prevent such an acci-
dent.
When the floor Of the elevator reached
his waist Levi made a dash for the cage
and attempted to get inside, intending
to shut of the current and prevent the
accident which he thought was sure to
occur II the elevator was left to run to
the top unguided. He grabbed at the
floor with his hands and tried to climb
inside but his strength was unequal to
the task. While still struggling to draw
himself into the cage he was being run
rapidly upward until his head struck
against the framework at the top Of the
door.
The blow caused the boy to lose his
hold and he fell backward, striking upon
the floor in the doorway at the edge
Here he balanced for a moment and then
pitched over forward down the shaft to
the basement. Meanwhile the elevator
ran to the top and stopped automatical-
ly.
All this occurred in plain view Of sew
eral guests at the hotel who We're sit
ting in the parlors only few feet away
from the elevator. Two women tainted
one going out of one swoon into another
until it was necessary to call in ply
sician.
plank had been placed across the
shaft near the bottom, which is OF con-
crete. by one Of the porters to carry wa
ter from q leaky pipe into a receptacle
The boys body encountered this in his
flight downward and 1t broke the force
Of his fall. AS 1t was he escaped with
nothing more serious than q number of
severe bruises, no bones being broken.
He struck In sitting position and his
worst injuries are in the region Of the
small Of the back. The right arm and
leg were also severely bruised. although
no bones were broken.
Assistance soon reached the boy at the
bottom Of the pit and he was carried up
stairs and physician called. He was
later taken to his home at 626 West
Fourth street He was much improved
last night and will undoubtedly re-
cover.
The herald., 1897-12-07

but God was very merciful to the birds"
Compare this honeyed form Of speech
with the terms in which an English
gamekeeper would convey his opinion of
bad shot, and we are forced to admit
the social superiority of Lord Salisburys s
"black man." But IL we turn from the
orient to the occident, and from our de-
tendencies to the United Kingdom, the
art of putting things is found to flourish
better on Irish than on Scotch Of Eng
lish soil. We all remember that Arch
bishop Whatcly Is said to have thanked
God on his death bed that he had never
given penny in indiscriminate charity.
"A successor of the apostles might have
found more suitable subjects of mori-
bund elf-congratulation. and have
always rejoiced in the mental picture
OF the archbishop, in all the frigid pomp
Of political economy, waving or the
Dublin beggar with:
go away; go away. never give to
anyone in the street." and receiving the
instantaneous rejoinder:
"Then where would your reverence
have me wait on you?"
a lady of my acquaintance who Is a
proprietress in County Galway is in the
habit Of receiving her own rents. One
day, when a tenant farmer had pleaded
long and unsuccessfully for an abate-
ment, he exclimed as he handed over his
money:
well, my lady, all can say Is that II
had my time over again, it's not ten
ant farmer I'd be. I'd follow one Of the
learn'd professions"
The proprietress gently replied that
even In. the learned professions thera
were losses as we'll as gains. and. per-
haps, he would have found professional
life as precarious as farming.
"Ah. my lady, but how can that be?"
replied the son Of st. Patrick. IF you're
lawyer-win or lose, you're paid. II
you're doctor-kill or cure, you're paid.
If you're o priest-hcaven or hell. you're
paid"
Who can imagine an English farmer
pleading the case for an abatement with
The herald., 1897-12-07
LITTLE HAYTI YIELDS
TO THE DEMANDS MADE BY
GERMANY
Superior Force and the Fear Of In
ternal Disorder Left No Other
Alternative

BERLIN, Dec. 6.-Baron Won Bulow,
the minister of foreign affairs, said, re-
ferring to Hayti
We are not satisfied with the mere re-.
lease of Herr Lueders and have demand
cd satisfaction and compensation for
his illegal incarceration, which was con-
trary to Haytian and international
laws. We hope the government of
Hayti will accept our legitimate de-
mands, as in addition to the justice of
our claim, we have the will and power
to enforce it,
OFFICIAL ADVICES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Mr Leger.
the minister of Hayti to the United
States. when asked today concerning the
Frankfort Zeitung's statement that
Hayti had agree to pay the indemnity
asked In the case Of Lueders, said that
he had received no advices of any change
in the position taken by his government
namely, that it stood ready to pay cheer
fully any proper indemnity, provided It
had the opportunity to demonstrate
whether this indemnity was properly
collectable.
cate that the situation in Port au
Prince and Hayti generally is one of
great commotion, but no reference is
made to any threats against the gov
ernment.
FORCED TO YIELD
PORT AU PRINCE, Dec. 6.-The
trouble between Germany and Hayti, as
q result of the arrest and Imprisonment
of Herr Lueders, reached a crisis today.
Two German cruisers entered the port
during the day and an ultimatum from
the German government was delivered
to the Haytian government, giving the
latter eight hours in which to meet the
demands of Germany for an indemnity
to Herr Lueders. The members of the
diplomatic corps believe the government
of the republic has decided to accept the
conditions of Germany.
In anticipation of trouble, the citizens
of German nationality sought refuge on
board two steamers now in port here.
p. m.-The population of the city
late this afternoon, when the cablegram
Is sent, appears calm and the present in
dications seem to confirm the supposi-
ton that the government viii accept the
conditions imposed by Germany so far
as money indemnity is concerned, and
1t Is also probable that. yielding to su-
perior force and in order to avoid inter-
nal troubles, the government will accept
the other conditions.
The herald., 1897-12-07
BOUND IN HUMAN SKIN
Cuticle From Woman's Shoulders
Made Into O Book Cover

In Camille Flammarions library is a
volume of the famous astronomers
works which bears the unique title,
Souvenir dune Morte.' 1t is unique
because the title is wholly incompatible
with the contents of the book, which Is
mainly devoted to scientific matters.
However, when one hears the story that
is told of this little volume it does not
appear so strange after all, though in
terest In 1t grows all the greater. It ID
said that MIR. Flammarion, meeting q
beautiful lady at a reception one evening
openly expressed his admiration for her
really lovely shoulders. So impressed
was the lady that when she died her
will directed that enough skin be taken
from that part of her person to bind the
next work of the distinguished scientist.
This was done, and the book referred
to Is the result.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The herald., 1897-12-07
levi Horton Drops Into an
Elevator Pit
AND FALLS THIRTY FEET
aUEsTS AT HOTEL CATALINA
WITNESS THE ACCIDENT
And Two Women Promptly Faint.
The Lad Has an Almost Miracu-
lous Escape From Death

ri Horton, 16 years old. who runs
an Elevator in the Catalina hotel on
South Broadway. fell down the elevator
shaft distance of 80 feet Sunday morn
Ing and escaped serious injuries. A
Blank placed across the shaft near the
bottom broke the boys fall and saved
his life. The accident occurred in the
view Of several ladies who were sitting
in the parlor, two of whom tainted, one
going into violent Mysteries.
The Catalina hotel is situated in the
second and third stories Of brick build
ing, the lower floor Of which is occupied
by several stores. Shortly after II o'clock
Levi had a COLL to take a passenger to the
top floor. When he returned to the Sec
ond floor in front oe the office he at
The herald., 1897-12-07
SLOT MACHINE ELECTRICIT!
London Artisans Dwellings Supplied
Will, Cheap Illuminauts

VIII Cneap 1llumtnauts
A novel departure in connection with
the new artisans dwellings, which the
Shoreditch vestry are erecting, will be
the provision Of penny-in-the-slote cleo
tric light meters. so that the tenants may
be able to avail themselves Of the most
modern illuminant. Lord Kelvin when
he visited Shoreditch, said that the ves-
try ought to be able to supply electric
light more cheaply than gas Is supplied,
and, az a matter Of fact, the penny-in-
the-slot consumerer will find that for cs
10d he will be provided with electricity
equivalent to 1000 feet of gas. When the
extra charge made by the gas compan-
les for the provision of the fittings is
taken into consideration the vestry's
price compares favorably with that Of
the companies. though Of course the
electric light will not be available for
heating purposes.
Further inquiries elected the informa-
tion that the favorable position in which
the vestry finds itself for providing elec-
trio light at cheap rate is due to the
fact that instead of having to pay for
fuel for its electric stations 1t is actually
paid to receive it. Manufacturers are
glad to give the municipal authorities
payment ranging from shilling per ton
upward to take their refuse, and indeed
the stations use few tons Of coal on
Sundays only when no refuse Is avail
able.
The development of the dust destruc-
tion undertaking is marvellous. Even
after the refuse has passed through the
furnaces 1t is still valuable, since 1t is
made up into flagstones and also used
for the purpose Of fireproof flooring. And
even the waste steam from the central
station is to be utilized for providing the
necessary heat for the adjoining public
baths and washhouses now in course of
erection.
In addition to light, the vestry supply
electric power to workshops, and this
should be a great boon to the many small
firms engaged in the furniture industry
in Shoreditch. 1t IL claimed that elec-
trio power IL cheaper and more efficient
than steam power. since there is no
waste, as the motor can be got right on
to the lathe, or other instrument used,
while boy can work 1t by pressing
buttOn-IOndon Mail
The herald., 1897-12-07
The Bookman is responsible for Il

The Bookman is responsible for the
statement that Rudyard Kipling de-
clined payment from the Times for his
poems, "Our Lady Of the Shows" and
1.-THE Recesisonal," his explanation be-
Ing that he would not take payment for
patriotic poems. According to the same
authority, Mr.. Kipling subsequently
sent to the Times a poem entitled "The
Destroyers," which described the action
Of torpedoes. For this he would have ac-
cepted the usual honorarium, but the
editor considered that it would clash
with the fine and stately verse which
had gone before it and it was not ac-
cepted.
The herald., 1897-12-07
RIGHT WORD AT RIGHT TIME
Some Examples Of Felicitous Ex-
pressions in Ticklish Places

The art Of avoiding q conversational!
unpleasantness by a graceful way OF
putting things belongs. In It's highest
perfection, to the east. When Lord
Dunerin was viceroy. Of India he had
"shikarry," or sporting servant, whose
special duty was to attend the visitors
at the regal court on their shooting ex-
cursIons. Returning one day from one
of these expeditions the shikarry en-
ceuntered the viceroy. who, full of cour-
teous solicitude for his guests enjoy
ment, asked
We'll. what sort Of sport has Lord
49, had?"
"oh." )" replied the scrupulously polite
Indian. 'the young sahib shot divinely,
The herald., 1897-12-07

Show business in Chicago, with the
exception of Hooley's theater, is rotten
to the core and "stinks' even worse than
the Chicago river" says Theatrical
Topics. H. r. Jacobs. reduced his
prices to what was thought to be 1.-The
limit"-ten, twenty and thirty cents
but the Haymarket theater. Chicago,
has got them down to five. ten and If
teen cents.
The herald., 1897-12-07

The Seattle Argus has made start
ling discovery. 1t says: 1T is not gen.
orally known that Herman III, who was
at the Marquam recently, is not Her.
mann. His real name is Ed Thurnaer.
who simply bought the name for the ad-
vertising. just as any man would buy a
business
The herald., 1897-12-07
The Presidents Message

To the Editor of the Los Angeles
Herald: The presidents message comes
as a sad surprise to the people Of our
country and even to many of his own
party, especially so in regard to his
The herald., 1897-12-07
Undelivered Telegrams

There are undelivered kilograms at
the Western Union telegraph office for
Miss Lizzie Reed. Mrs, J. B. Griffin,
Frank L. Kahn, Dan Morris, Mr.. Joseph
First.
The herald., 1897-12-07

IA Gentleman of England" is the
title of new five-act romantic play by
w. D. Stone, which is now receiving its
finishing touches preparatory to produc-
ton after the holidays. The play deals
with events Of the early seventeenth
century, during the period Of the relig-
ious wars in the German states. Incl
dents of battle serve, however, but
minor purpose in the action of the
drama love and it's varied complications
being the principal motive.
The herald., 1897-12-07
DR.. Leyds May Leave Johannesburg

DR.. and Mrs. Leyds have returned to
Pretoria. They have sold their house
and propose taking up their quarters
at the Grand hotel. which gives color to
the report that they intend soon to go
back to Europe and leave this country
for good. Mrs. Leyds is "Oom" Paups
daughter-Johannesb Letter to the
GentleWoman.