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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-02
ant with their arms extended over /. Va

ant with their arms extended over q va
cant space.
The. taut rope creaked. The body spun
round and round A movement or two
Of the limbs, and then-a pendant figure,
hanging ifeless.
The murder Of Alvin DeRosette had
been avenged.
John D. Lloyd was appointed by the
court as administrator Of the late bank
er's estate and guardian of his daughter;
but the term Of his guardianship was
short, for on the twentieth Of the follow
ing June the fcir heiress became the bride
Of Robert Campbell, and the same day
saw sweet Jennie Campbell the wife Of
Arthur Dobbs, the young attorney
The two weddings occurred at midday
in the DeRosette residence. and large
number Of friends were there present;
but the one whose good wishes to both
brides and grooms brought the most fer
vent pleasure, it is safe to say, was a
certain detective, and tears filled the eyes
of the two happy brides when they babe
him good-by to start on their wedding
trip.
May your trip through life be as hap
by as the one before you promises to be-"
said Sellars. land may there be no thorns
b. the roadside"
THAT all here are happy tonight said
Attorney Dobbs, sis owing to the vigi-
lance of one man, and that man Lang
Sellars, the great Southern detective, who
fulfilled his pledge. Robert Campbell did
not stand on the gallows trap"
Selars passed a hand before his eyes
to hide the tears that had gathered as he
turned away. And he thought what
might have been had he not traced down
the man with three names.
(The end
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Miss LOckheart'S
LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM.


II cannot express my gratitude to
you for the good that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
for me. I have taken five bottles of
the Compound and two boxes of Liver
Pills and feel better in every respect.
l had suffered for years with dropsy;
the veins in my limbs burst, caused
from the pressure of the water. had
the worst kind of kidney trouble, faint
ing spells, and could not stand long
at a time l also had female weakness
and the doctor said there was q tumor
in my left side. The pains 1 had to
stand were something dreadful. A
friend handed me little book of yours,
so got your medicine and it has saved
my life. l felt better from the first
bottle. The bloating and the tumors
have all gone and do not suffer any
pain. l am still using the Vegetable
Compound and hope others may find
relief as / have done from its use. ~
Miss N. j. LoCKHEART, Box 16, ELIZA
BETH, PA.
Only the women who have suffered
with female troubles can fully appre-
ciate the gratitude of those who have
been restored to health.
Mrs. Pinkham responds quickly and
withoutcharget to all letters from suffer-
ing women. Her address is Lynn, Mass
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Civilization and the Brick.

1t is wonderful how important is the
place in the history of civilization filled
by the common brick. Man, while yet
in the savage or primitive" state, no
doubt managed to build himself houses
of wood and leaveS-aS, for that matter.
do some of the lower animals. But ii
was not until he became part of a regu-
larry organized community, with its sub
division of labor and its common life,
that he was able to construct for him.
self temples and palaces out of uniformly
shaped pieces of burnt clay. Hence a
collection of Chaldean bricks just ex-
hibited by NJ. Heuzey of the Louvre to
the French Academic DIES Inscriptions,
excited great interest. The earliest were
rudely shaped, evidently made without IL
mould and had their upper faces
arched. each brick being marked by way
of stamp by the impress of the makers
thumb. These. which were found in
some quantity in the very lowest strata
excavated at Telloh and Nippur, are con-
siderably over 5000 years old. Next to
these came the brick made for the city
of Srpurla, bearing the ancient cog
nizance of that city, an eagle with a
lions head. And so we go through the
stamped and dated bricks of kings like
Eannadu, who reigned in Babylonia some
1000 years before our era, to the beautl-
fully painted and glazed ones found by
Layard on the site of ancient Babylon
Pail Mall Gazette
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Value of the BertilIOn system,

Recently three burglars were arrested
in New York and Capt. McClusky, chief
of the New York city detective bureau
sent Bertillon cards representing them to
the state bureau of identification. which
is one of the departments under the man
agement of Supt. Collins of the state
prisons. 1t was found that all three of
them were old offenders, and duplicate
Bertillon cards bearing their records were
sent to Capt. McClusky. When arraigned
for trial all of the prisoners denied posi-
lively ever having been in prison, but on
being shown the duplicate cards fur
nished by the bureau they acknowledged
that the records were correct, and, plead
ing guilty, were sentenced to Sing Sing
prison. The bureau of identification. al
though it has been in operation but three
years, now has on file more than 2T,0O0
cards, each representing a criminal. and
is of great assistance to the police and
penal institutions of this and other states
in the Identification and supervision of
criminals
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MARKET REPORTS.
Milwaukee, Aug. %, 1899.

EuU AMI OdIh1
MILWAUKEE : Eggs - Market quoted
were 713 cases. The demand for fancy
stock is good, while heated and held stock
Is not wanted. The loss off has been heavy
of late.
Butter-Market firm. The receipts were
$500 against 500 yesterday. Fancy or ex-
ira creamery, per n, zoe; 1rsts, 1S1a@19c;
LID prints. fancy creamers, 21c; best dairy
selections, 15M17c; lines fair to choice, do
do 1l4l2c; imitation creamery, Ice; geese,
4G6c. Dairy butter is firm and wanted
here. There was good demand for extra
creamery, but weaker market is looked
for this week.
Chcese-Steady. The receipts today were
500 lbs against 49,4OO yesterday Full
cream fats, per ID, new, 9M93c; New York
full cream, 9l2@10c: Young Americas, 90
slad9c; imported Swiss. 24c; Block Swiss,
domestic, new, 1O12@11c; new Swiss, 114
111ac; Sapsago, 2Oc: farmers. lo11c.
legal holiday. there will be no session Of
the Elgin board of trade, which will meet
on Tuesday.
NEW YORK Butter-Receipts, 1887
factory. 121zd15c. Cheese Receipts, 1850
pkgs: strong: large white. 1012c: small
white, 10$.c; large colored, 1Oa4c: small col
ored, lie. Eggs-Receipts, 1924 pkgs;
Sugar-Raw, steady. Refned-Quiet. Cot
'e CHICAGo-Butter = Steady: creameries
1512d20c: diaries, 13@17c. Eggs-Firm;
keys, 712dS1ac; chickens 9d1Oc; ducks, So
&c.
FOND DU LAC-Offerings, IA twins and
500 daisies; market quiet for twins at Zoe.
MISUNDERSTANDING today. 1900 colored
twins. 10o white twins; market active; car
lots 10c; local lots 91sc.
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FIGHT WITH a FISH.
Lively Contest Waged by a Diver in
Tropical Waters.

Lively Contest Waged by a Diver in
Tropical Waters.
Captain Conrad, a Canadian diver,
was at work on the wreck of the fruit
ship Oteri, which had gone ashore on
coral reef near Ruatan. Honduras. A
new leak had developed, and it was
necessary to stop it at once. although
the hour was four in the afternoon.
Captain Conrad called his assistants,
and they anchored the divers boat
with the apparatus. On his way down,
Conrad noticed the rare beauty of the
translucent tropical waters, and the
lovely color of the coral and the thou
sands Of fish swimming about.
AS he was getting near the point
where the WORK was to be done, long,
dark arm shot across the face glass of
his helmet. He had been in tropical
water before, and knew the sign, 1t
was the octopus-the real devil-tish,
feared by all divers. He gave the
danger signal, and was pulled up.
AT the surface he considered the sit
uation. The ship was leaking badly,
and could not be left safely thus all
night. He called for Il heavy harpoon,
and cut the handle. making weapon
about three feet long. Armed with
this, he went down again to fight the
octopus and stop the leak.
This time he did not notice the beau
ty of the translucent tropical water.
Slowly he approached the spot where
the octopus was hidden under the bilge
of the vessel. AS he approached, the
creature moved from under the side
of the vessel. gathering itself for the
attack.
There were but four or five feet be-
tween the coral reef on which the YES
sci had grounded and her side at this
point, and Conrad settled himself here
for the battle. 1t was not slow in com
ing. The snake-like creature extend
ed one of it's long arms. Conrad gave
a quick thrust with his harpOon, but
the devil-fish was quicker than he, and
snatched away the arm.
Again the creature struck. this time
touching Conrad on the hip; but on the
instant it lost its arm. severed by
blow from the harpoOn.
Then the fight began in earnest. The
devil-tish tried to envelop the man in
its many tentacles. and the diver kept
slashing with the harpoon. He intict-
ed wounds enough to discomfort the
creature and prevent it from enwrap-
ping him, but for some time none of
the wounds were serious,
At last, just as the creature had
come 10 alarmingly close quarters, he
managed to drive the harpoon into a
vital spot. When badly injured in the
body, the cuttlefish discharges a great
quantity of dye, which colors the water
n jet black. Instantly Conrad found
himself in mass of ink. He gave the
signal, and was pulled up.
1t took some time for the dye to clear
away so that anything could be seen in
the water Then Conrad went down
again. He did not have to renew the
battle. The octopus was dead.
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died a number Of years ago. He enjoyed
a common school education and took a
course at the Northwestern university.
He early became connected with the
schools of the county. In 1873 he was
elected superintendent of the county
schools and he had held that position for
nearly twentysiX years, up to the time Of
his death. Last fall he celebrated the
silver anniversary Of his long service in
that capacity. He labored faithfully and
intelheently for the best interests of the
public schools, and it was under his inf1u-
ence that they reached high standard
gagged in investigating and devising new
methods to improve the school system.
He was an interchangeable worker, man
of an unusually pleasing personality, and
a universal favorite.
Mr.. Flavin had identified himself with
the Teachers Reading circles and was
for many years the moving spirit of their
work. AT the last meeting OF the Wiscon-
sin Teachers association he was elected
president of the association, as tribute
to his long and faithful service.
Mr.. Flavin disappeared from his home
on Friday afternoon and nothing was
thought of his sudden departure, as he
was in the habit of leaving in that way
for some part of the country, where he
would visit a school. Sunday morning a
servant accidentally came across the
body of Mr.. Flavin suspended from a
tree in the yard. He was unmarried.
Three sisters and a brother survive
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-02
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

MILWAUKEE Flour-Firm. Wheat =
No. 8 on track. 3219c Oats-Weak; No. 2
white, on track, 23hc; No. white, on
track, 42c; sample on track, $5a42c Rye
Firm: No. l on track, 544c. Provisions
Steady; pork. s.27; lard, 80.
SgF Is T at and ssSgss 5Sr for T1e
for bran, 12.sodI275 for standard mid
dlings, and 14oo@1425 for Milwaukee -four
CHICAGo-Cios Wheat September,
zoe; Dsssmber;s re; Nay, 5 5sse. ce ao;l.1
ssoasc December. t2siac: May. 2exc oats
August. 20ac: September, 197sI20c: De
cember. 197sd19ac; MAY. 21asc Pork-Au-
gust, s %; September. S.25; December. $40;
gust, Spy; September, 522i4; October,
80; December: 5;3714: January, 5.4712.
R d6,aA S 9th, se Pt 9l7 y
Barley-Cash 35d43c. Rye-sept ember.
53kc; December, 53s4c, mothy-August,
. 45: September, 2.4o; October, 24o. Glover
cash elevator. cote: track, 7od7oa.c: Sep
TENDER 69l2c; December. 729sc; May. 76lsc:
solac: track track siisa$2c: september. sos s9
3ol5c September 303sa3oi1c December
&c: May 21S.e oatsmsteady No cash
sc: No. : white. 26a2ec, Rye-57c. Flax
LIB. Lsa5-4.50td 52l4. SDeIter-54O.
MINNEAPOLIS-Whe store No.
Northern. August, 6s$,c: December. Gsasc
September. &c: May. 7O7sc: August. new
614.c; on track, No. l hard. old, 693,c: new
6s5sc: No. l Northern, old. 6ssc; new.
67&c: No Northern, old, 61asc; new,
66a,c
DULUTH = Close Wheat - Cash No.
hard, Tic; No. Northern. csc: No. 2
Northern. 65Tsc; No. 3. 625sc: No. l North
ern to arrive. old. 69lsc; new. 6S@sc: No /
hard to arrive, new, T1lsc: September
6Sssc; December. 69lsc; May. 724c.
NEW YORk-Close Wheat = Septem-
her. 1850; December. TIC: May. sO1Sc
Corn-August. 37a4c: September, SIC; De
cember 35I4c; May. a5c.
LIVERPOOL = Clos - Wheat-Dull. sd
lower; September, 5s9@sd: December 81
112.d. Corn-Dull. I'D lower: September
3s4i7d; October. 3s5d; November, 3s514d
December. 3s5i4d.
ST. LOTIS-Cattle-R $3.50: mar
ket steady: beeves, 4.ofd6.35: stockers and
feeders. .. 7Jfa5.oo; cows and heifers 225
Q5.25; Texas and Indian steers. 3.o07415.
Hoss-Receipts. 4Joo: &C higher: pigs and
ers. 4.7594.9o Sheep-Receirts. 800:
500.
KANSAS Y-Cattle-Receipts Is 600:
steady: native steers, 3.15as. Is: steers g. 20
IA 20: cows and heifers. PSF. 10: stockers
md feeders. ). 15I5.1o- Hogs-Rcceipts. TO-
300; steady to strong: bulk of sales. 1909
40: heavy. i.45d4. 5112: mixed, 4-5oQ 4 5T19;
light. 4.e014.I5 IS; pigs. 4.5711d4. 10. Sheep
Receipts. 1000; steady; lambs, 3.1515. So;
muttons 3.25g4 ..
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Can Make Diamonds by Dynamite.


Diamonds Made by Dynamite"
would be a queer sign on a jewelers.
window, but queer things are bound to
happen in an age of electric furnaces
one the one hand and liQuefied hydro
gen on the other.
After close study of the South Afri-
can diamond fields scientists formed
the theory that diamonds We're made in
natures laboratory from carbon lGue-
fed by enormous heat and pressure,
and dissolved in iron, from which they
crystallized out in cooling. By calcu-
lation it was found that his would
require a temperature of about 1000
degrees centgrade 1922 degrees Fair
enheiD, and pressure of ID tons to the
square inch. Moissan, of Paris, and
other eXperimenters have produced
crystals by initiating this process as
closely as possible, but they were too
small and imperfect to have any value
as jewels. Some other process must be
discovered whereby carbon and iron
can be subjected to an enormous heat
and pressure before we can hope to
produce uldHOuuS Oh Il cD1lUleIcid1
scale. In this condition Professor
Crookes has suggested to the Royal
Institution that lin their researches on
the gases from fired gunpowder and
cordite Sir Frederick Able and Sir An
drew Noble obtained in closed steel cyl
inders pressure as great as % tons to
the square inch. and temperature rs
high as 1000 degrees centigradc."
Here, then. if the observations are cor
rect. we have sufficient temperature
and enough high pressure to liqucfy
carbon, and if the temperature could
only be allowed to act a sufficient time
on the carbon there is little doubt that
the artificial formation of diamonds
would soon pass from the microscopic
stage to scale more likely 10 satisfy
the requirements of science. industry
and personal ecoration.-Chicago In
ter Ocean.
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by the press on the subject of his splendid
health. Mr.. Downing promptly and en-
phatically gave the whole credit Of his splen-
did physical condition to Pe-ru-na, saying:
Il find 1t a preventive against all sudden
summer Ills that swoop upon one In
changing climates and water.
1t is the finest travelling companion and
safeguard against malarial influences
To sum 1t up. Peru ma has done me more
good than any tonic l have ever taken
Healthy mucous membranes protect the
body against the heat of summer and the
cold Of winter Pe-ru-na is sure to bring
health to the mucous membranes of the
whole body.
Write for q copy Of DR.. Hartman's latest
book, entitled Summer Catarrh." Address
DR.. Hartman, Columbus. o.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-02
"Pere JAccuse" M. Zolal

Since his return to Paris after his ex-
lie NJ. lola has received nickname.
''Pere J'Accuse," in memory of his ia
nous letter that. with Col. Picquart's I'M
daunted courage in the service of justice.
forced France to face the truth
That letter has given lola a more valid
claim to enduring fame than all his fc-
ton. He has shown himself worthy to
stand with Voltaire in the struggle for
right, to rank with the champions of HUI
mainly.
Thanks to the efforts of faithful
friends, lola found his house as he had
left 1.-THE house that is a record of his
rise in the world of letters, and which
he has filled with works of art. His new
novel. "Fecondite.' is now being pub
lished serially in Paris. 1t is the first
of new trilogy. There are also rumors
of book on the Dreyfus case from his
men, and even of a Dlay
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-02

of Ourtown, Wis, whose portrait ap-
pears above, writes: Il have been
troubled for years with scrofula caus-
ing open legs and swellings of the neck
"A tumor weighing several pounds
upon my neck caused me considerable
worry and anxiety consulted ply
sicians for miles around and the many
scars on my neck show how often they
felt obliged to cut and lance it.
| had three holes in my right leg and
in spite of constant treatment could get
only temporary relief. A friend hav-
ing used your Swedish Essence as a
blood purifier urged me to try it; l did
so and after taking the first bottle felt
the change in my entire system. l
have not had doctor since. The
tumor soon dried up, my neck is now
of normal size, my legs are all healed
up, and in every way | am as sound a
man as Uncle Sam cav ever want to
drive the Spaniards out of Cuba.
shall never permit my family to do
without this great household remedy
as 1t saves so many doctor bills through
out the year.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-02
ANIMALS LONG MEMORY.
Ele plants and Horses Able to Re
member for Many Years,

The elephant is remarkable for the ex-
cellence of its memory. This was no
ticed by the ancients. Pliny says that
elephants when old recognize again men
who were their keepers when they were
young. Although there does not seem to
be any particular recorded instance in
which this proved to be true, there are
many Northumberland instances of ele
plants remembering many years back. In
one of these an elephant vas tanned and
kept in captivity for two years; then it
escaped and ran wild for fifteen years.
On being recaptured at the end of that
time it remembered perfectly all the
words of command which it had formerly
been taught.
The horse also is endowed with a good
memory. Darwin relates that one of his
horses remembered his way to a house
and the locality of the stables after an
absence of eight years. A dog has been
known to recognize his masters voice
when he had not heard it for five years.
Some kinds of birds have very good
memories. The parrot is an instance Of
this, as is well known. The pigeon also,
though not a particularly intelligent bird.
is well endowed in this respect, and has
been known to recognize the voice of a
person who had been absent eighteen
he
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-02

Remember that cholera morbus, chol-
era infantum, summer complaint, bilious
collie, diarrhoea and dysentery are each
and all catarrh Of the bowels. Catarrh Is
the only correct name for these affec-
lions. Pe-ru-na Is an absolute specific
for these ailments, which are so common
in summer. DR.. Hartman. in a practice
OF over forty years, never lost a single
case Of cholera infantum, dysentery,
diarrhoea, or cholera morbus. and his
only remedy was Peru-na. Those desir-
Ing further particulars should send for q
free copy Of Summer Catarrh." Ad-
dress DR.. Hartman, Columbus Ohio.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-02
Want your moustache or beard a beautiful
r-rrown or rich black? Then use
~BUCKINGHAM'S DYE t%S h,s shs
JAPANESE PAPER SHINGLES.
Cheap Roofing Made in the Mikado's


The Japan Times reports that at pres
ent Japan has four workshops engaged in
making cardboard and pasteboard, with
an average daily output of thirty to forty
tons. In quality the homemade article
bears comparison with the German or
American make but this remark cannot
yet apply to the prices. Nevertheless,
probably because of very narrow mar
gin of profit procurable, the import of for
eign goods is practically stopped.
An ingenious innovation recently start
ed by the Tokyo Card and Pasteboard
company, the largest in its line in Japan,
has resulted in markedly facilitating the
development of the industry. 1t consists
in making thick tarred pasteboards as
substitutes for shingles for ordinary roof
ing. The paper shingles are now in ac-
tive demand, being about 80 per cent
cheaper and far more easily managed
than ordinary shingles, hence considera-
bly, economizing the labor of mechanics.
The shingles do not differ much in point
OF being proof against fire and water
compared with the ordinary article. This
does not seem to be an exaggeration,
Judging from the fact that the paper
shingles have been adopted in subrooting
the new Tokyo chamber of commerce and
the Imperial Tokyo university buildings.
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Patents to Inventors.

Messrs Benedict & MOrsell, solicitors
of patents Old Insurance building, Mil
waukee, report patents issued to West
ern inventors August 10 as follows:
ii IL .Riersach, Milwaukee, Wis, machine
for making antitacks; c. c. Barbour, Grand
Rapids, Mich, drying and heating appliance
for laundries; A. !. Elingson, Austin, Mimi,
car coupling: A. L. Human, Sparta, Mich,
shipping crate; F. II. Hoberg, Green Bay,
Wis. toilet paper package and binder; r.
w Lundy, So. Bend, Ind, machine for lift
ing and conveying Strengthened bars; c. T.
McCarrolI, Ottumwa, Ia, hot-blast stove;
II. g. Razall, Milwaukee. Wis, leaf for
books: c. Schulze Mayville. Wis. safety
elevator; William Sobey, Racine, Wis. auto
John Gibson, Port Washington, Wis. (de-
sign, chair, spindle; Henry Swalley, Mil
waukee. Wis. design, skeleton frame for
entry sheets, and a. NJ. Weber, Oshkosh,
Wis design. skirt facing and binding.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-02
J. 7, FLAV|N A SUICIDE,
Dodge County School Superin-
tendent Hangs Himself.
FOUND BY A SERVANT.
Sad End of an 1udefatfguable Kdu.
cational Worker 1T HE Home
Near Waterfowl.

WATERFOWL. Wis, Aug. 2S-[Special]
Suicide marks the end of the long and
useful public career Of John T. Flavin,
superintendent of the county schools Of
Dodge county. The announcement Gre
ated a sensation in this city yesterday
morning when it was learned that, in
stead Of dying natural death. Mr.. Fla
vim had taken his life in his own hands.
The body was founded suspended from
tree near the Flavin home in the town of
Emmett, just north of the city limits.
John T. Flavin was born in the town
Of Emmett in 1S4S, his father being Da-
vid Emmett, a well-known farmer. who