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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-09
To a Poet.

To learn poetry for repetition" is
doubtless a means of cultivating
knowledge of literature, but schoolboys
sometimes regard the authors of poems
learned as taskmasters and personal
enemies. This view Is amusingly ex-
pressed In a letter which was found
among the papers Of the venera BILE
German poet Geibel. 1t was written
to him by some schoolboys of Lubbock,
and is signed Karl Beckmann, II.
Klasse." The letter is printed in Lit-
erature. After stating that two boys
had been fiogged because they could
not learn Herr Geibel's Hope of
SPRING" the letter reads as follows:
We suppose you did not think of such
things when you wrote the poem. The
Herr Lehrer says it is a very beautiful
poem. but there are so many very beau
tiful poems and we are obliged to learn
them. Therefore we beg and entreat
YOU. esteemed Herr Geibel, make no
more beautiful poems. And to make
it worse we have to learn the bog
raphy of every poet. what year he was
born in, and what year he died in. We
write to you because you are the only
poet still living, and we wish you a
very long life.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-09
CAPTURE REBEL OUTPOST,
Filipinos Routed by Col. Bells
Regiment.
ARE SHORT OF RATION S
An Insur4eut Epy Shot Down While
Attemp tinR to Make
His Escape.

Manila, Sept. Ali a. m.-Five men
Of Col. Bells regiment yesterday encoun-
tered a rebel outpost near Porac, and in
the fighting which ensued one American
was killed and another wounded The
remainder drove the rebels from their
position and captured a bull cart in
which to remove the injured.
The American secret service recently
found a Filipino spy in Calamba. He
offered desperate resistance to the sol.
der who was sent to capture him and
tried to run away with two revolver shots
in his head. Finally he was brought
down by rife bullet in the hip. He
died after jumping from the stretcher
and trying to run.
Many Spanish prisoners are escaping
from the Filipinos and bringing into the
American lines stories of hard treatment.
They agree that the Filipinos are exceed
lngly short of rations and that a large
section of their troops is reduced to the
use of homemade black powder.
The natives are trying every scheme
to get food and munitions from Manila.
DAILY arrests are made for attempts to
smuggle contraband Of war through the
American lines. In one case casco
with cargo of bamboo poles was over
hauled and the poles were found full of
rice.
Rafael Delpan a Spanard, born in the
Philippine islands, recently identified
with the Filipino junta at Madrid. has
gone from Hong Kong to Japan. 1t IL
reported in Filipino circles here that Del
pans purpose is to request the japanese
government to recognize the Filipino in
surgents. 1t is asserted that Delpan was
recently working in the Filipino interest
on the China coast.
The Washington volunteer regiment
has been embarked and will sail for home
tomorrow.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-09
GENERAL NEWS.


A permanent agricultural exposition
building to cost 100000 will be erected
as an adjunct of the Union stockyards,
Chicago.
Cadet Philip S. Smith of Nebraska
was dismissed from the military acad
envy. Smith was caught hazing the son
of Gen. Frederick d. Grant
Jose L. Ransdell, Democrat was
elected to fill the vacancy i'll the Fifth
Louisiana district, caused by the death
of Congressman S. L. Baird.
In trying to demonstrate that he
could rock boat without shipping water
Ira Jackson of Houghton, Mich, cap
sized the craft and was drowned.
By the overturning of stage coach
in Yellowstone park Mrs. Joseph Lipp-
man of Salt Lake City was killed and
eight passengers seriously injured.
1t has been decided to hold a univer-
sal exposition in Rome in 1910. At the
same time colossal monument to King
Victor Emanuel will be inaugurated
-Ptomaine poisoning has occurred at a
number of places in Tazewell county, H.,
and on the western border of Mclean
county. On Monday, near Deer Greek,
sixteen thrashers were poisoned.
Engineer w. II. Mccarthy of a Lake
Erie & Western freight train was shot
and killed near Muncie, Ind, by stray
shot from some hunter in the woods
through which the train was rushing
The ravages by famine and smallpox
in East Africa have become so appalling
that it has been decided to appeal to the
lord-mayor of London to open a fund for
the relief of the stricken British sub
jects.
Bile" Napier of Hayden. KY, was
shot through the heart by Bile" Nor
gan. deputy sheriff. Whisky and an old
no of
which, it is feared, is the beginning of an
other Kentucky feud.
Three people were killed by lightning
at Owensboro, Ky.
Prof. Jules Luquieres of Yale college
died at Salem, O., aged 90.
IT is estimated that 10000 American
visitors will spend $1OO,OOO,OOO in Europe
this year.
Mrs. Mary Harriet Robinson, the
only direct descendant of Columbus in
America, died at Sandusky, o., aged so
years.
The property loss by the recent
storms in Chill is estimated at $1,000
600.
Twenty-Five persons We're poisoned
with straw berry favored ice cream at La
dora, Ia.
Congress in the Bland (Mo.) district by
1900 plurality.
-Delos A. Monfort president of the
Second National bank of st. Paul, Mimi,
died at Atlantic City, n. j.
j. f. Atkins of Virginia, H., who
started out on horseback to buy cattle,
was drowned in the Sangamon river.
While attempting to cross Beech
Fork river near Boston, Ky. Miss Rose
jenkins. the 17-year old daughter of Mrs.
Ellen B. jenkins of Louisville, was
drowned and Daniel Langsford of Boston
nprj shed with her
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-09
To Regulate the Eggs,

The Penny Magazine tells the follow
ing story of Bishop Paret of Baltimore.
who some time ago was the guest of an
Episcopal family in West Virginia.
Learning from the bishop that he liked
hard-boiled eggs for breakfast. his host
ess went to the kitchen to boil them
herself.
While SO engaged she began to sing the
first verse ot the well-known hymn,
Rock of Ages" Then she sang the
second verse, the bishop, who was in the
dining room, joining in. When it was
finished. there was silence. The lady
herself came into the room Il few minutes
later carrying the eggs, and the bishop
remarked:
why not sing the third verse;
The third verse; she replied. ooh,
that's not necessary
II don't understand replied Bishop
Paret.
why. you see, bishop" she replied,
when | am cooking eggs | always sing
one verse for soft-boiled and two for
hard boiled !"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-09
MARKET REPORTS.
Milwaukee, Sept. 5, 1899

EGG AND DAIRY PRODUCTS.
E-Eggs-Market firm.r at
he per doZ. The receipts were los cases.
The demand for fancy stock Is good, while
heated and held stock is not wanted The
loss off has been heavy of late. There liz
no change looked for in the near future, as
the Milwaukee market is on about an equal
basis with other markets. The exceptional
light receipts forced the market up another
12c.
NEW YORK-Butter-Re three
days., 1876 pkgs; market strong; state
dairy 15d19c; state creamery, 16la@21c;
Western creamery, 1612d21c; June crea
cry, 1sd21c; factory, 13@13Ac;. imitation
creamery, 14ll11c. Cheese-Receipts (three
days.. 1916 pkgs: market firm; large white,
lie; small white, 114c; large colored 114c;
small colored, 11hc. Eggs-Receipts three
days.. 200S11 pkgs: market frmer; state
and Pennsylvania, 1s12c; Western ungraded
at market, 12d16c. Sugar-Raw quiet; fair
refining, 15-16c; centrifugal, as test, 41ac;
molasses sugar. 37sc refined market quiet
crushed, 13-16c; powdered. 5asc; granu-
lated, 5-16c. Coffee-Duli
CHICAGO-Butter-Fir creameries 1f
Goo: diaries, 13M17c. Eggs-Firm; fresh,
1312414c. Poultry-Steady; turkeys, 90.
1Oc; chickens, 9d11c; ducks, 709c.
FOND DU LAC-Offerlngs 743 twins and
500 daisies; market fairly active at 10S4c
for twins
Observation-Disclosures, 1853 boxes twins;
market firm; all sold; CARROTS. 1O3sc; small
lots, 10 7-16c.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-09

Even through the eternal shadows that
encompass the garden, and past the thick
yew hedge, the hot beams Of the sun are
stealing.
"a day for gods and goddesses," cries
Griselda, springing suddenly to her feet,
and 6inging far from her on the green
sward the musty volume she had purloin-
ed from the MUSTER library about an hour
age.
perhaps I'll never come back. The
spirit of adventure is full upon me, and
who knows what demons inhabit that I'M
known wood? So, fare thee well, sweet,
my love! and when you see me, expect
me-" She presses a sentimental kiss up
on her sisters brow, averring that q
brow" Is the only applicab BILE part Of her
for such a solemn occasion, and runs
lightly down toward the hedge.
She runs through one Of the openings
in the hedge, crosses the graveled path,
and, mounting the parapet, looks over to
examine the other side of the wall on
which she stands, after which she COM
mences her descent. One little foot she
slips into a convenient hole in it, and then
the other into hole lower down, and so
on and on, until the six feet Of wall are
conquered and she reaches terra 6rma
and finds nothing between her and the
desired cool of the lovely woods.
With a merry heart she plunges into
the dark, sweetly scented home of the
giant trees, with a green, soft pathway
under her foot, and, though she knows it
not, her world before her.
1t is an enhancing hour. She has stop
ped short in the middle of broad, green
space encompassed by high hills, though
with an opening toward the west, when
this uncomfortable conviction grows clear
to her that she is lost. She is not of the
nervous order, however, and keeping a
good heart looks hopefully around her.
Far away over there, in the distance
stands a figure lightly lined against the
massive trunk of a sycamore, that most
Enthusiastically declares itself to be a man.
His back is turned to her, and he is bend
ing over something, and, so far as she can
Judge thus remote from him, his clothing
is considerably the worse for wear. A
gamekeeper, perhaps, or a-well, some
thing or other of that sort. At all events
the sight is welcome as the early dew.
Go be continued.b
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-09
Two Weeks
Treatment Free.
HAD HORSE SENSE.
So the SaRacious Animal Came to Med
icaI Student for Relief.

iCal Student for Relief.
Zone reads so many stories about ami
NAL intelligence that it would be hazard
Gus for doubter to express disbelief
in almost any gathering of men at the
present day" remarked well known
Western physician to a Star writer re-
Gently. "A little instance came within
my own observation a number of years
ago. when l was studying medicine, that
convinced me that the members of the
horse family should, at least, be credited
with the possession of a very consld-
cradle amount of reasoning power.
ut was the custom for the students
at the medical institution at which | pur-
sued my studies to wear small badge
upon their coats to distinguish them
from others at the college 4 horse be-
longing to the establishment was used
a great deal about the medical depart
ment. and the animal seemed to have d
special preference for the embryo doctors.
We'll, one day, while q number of us
We're gathered in a little circle upon a
lawn in the rear of the college. the ami
NAL in question, which used to be turned
loose to nip the grass in the location,
came toward the group limping very
badly. He came to stop dozen or
more feet away from the crowd, and
carefully surveying the lot of u.s. finally
made up his mind what he wanted to do
and without any hesitation limped direct
ly to my side, whnnied. stuck his nose
against my body, and held up his left
foreleg.
Looking down, | discovered a large
nail imbedded i'll the frog of his hoof.
This had evidently caused the lameness.
and | soon realized the Interesting fact
that the animal desired NE to attend
to his foot, | extracted the nail with
some difficulty. and the horse vhimpered
with relief and walked away Being Gu
rious to know why the beast had picked
me out to attend to his wound. glanced
Mt my feilow-students, and found the So
luton to the problem. Not one of the
group had his medical badge upon his
coat but myself. The horse mad, there
fore, plainly recognized the insignia. and
acted accordingly. w ashington Star.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-09
TRANS-SIBERlAN RAILROAD.
It Runs Through a Fertile Valley and
Beautiful Country.

beautiful AOuHtTy.
Somehow l had formed the Idea that
Siberia was, in the main, a mountain
Gus, broken, barren and even sterile
country, covered with foreSts-which
opinion, am inclined to think, is some
what generally entertained in the west.
Nothing could be further from the fact.
OF all the surprises met with in my
somewhat extensive travels, Siberia is
the greatest. AS whole, it contains,
perhaps, the largest continuous area
of level lands on the globe. Excepting
spurs Of the great Altai range of
mountains fringing its southern bor-
der, and cutting occasionally to some
distance nOrthward into Siberia, the
entire western half of the country is,
exceptionally level, almost to fairness.
1t would not be far from the fact to
say that for 1000 miles east of the
Ural mountains, and extending to the
Arctic sea, Siberia is almost as level
as the ocean. In over 1000 miles | do
not believe the grade of the railroad
varied 300 feet, and in many places it
is as straight as an arrow, without the
slightest curve, for forty or fifty miles.
Indeed, there is one stretch of perfectly.
straight road for 116 versts, or nearly
eighty miles.
Along the whole line there is the
most luxurious growth of grass | have
seen in any country. There are many
varieties, some like the native blue
stem of the West, and one variety that
In appearance seemed closely allied to
the Kentucky blue grass. Judging
from the superb condition of the ami
mails that Craze upon them, they must
all be of the most nutritious nature: it
is, therefore, not only one of the finest,
but by far the largest grazing region
In existence. If fully utilized, | believe
Siberia could furnish the beef supply
for the world
Although the winters in Siberia are
very cold, they are not especially long
or trying. While the extreme tempera-
ture during winter may reach a point
10 to 10 degrees lower than in Ohio or
| generally In latitude 40 degrees in the
United States, still, as the air Is very
dry and there are no high winds, I
| have no doubt the winter season can
De passed without especial discomfort.
| When winter sets in, which it does
| suddenly, and usually about the 1st of
| November, 1t continues steadily
| through about five months, when there
is as sudden a breakup ushering in
permanently pleasant warm weath
BY those who have the experience. l am
informed that the winters are far more
! agreeable than In other countries,
where the temperature is higher and
! more violent changes occur. The rain
| fall in summer is seasonable and
| abundant.
| 1t is easy to see what a magical
| transformation must take place In this
! great region, even if slowly, under the
influence of an extended railway sys-
/ TEN. 1t is all the more easily imagined
| by one who has already seen in his own
| country an object lesson of a similar
| character. l doubt If the Russians
| fully realize to what an extent their
| great enterprise is going to modify
their economic, and, perhaps, social
| conditions.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-09
SPORT AGROUND,
Death Sentence for Murder Com III Il ID
to Life ImprisOnm ent.

San Francisco, Cal, Sept. 4.-The
army transport Morgan City, bound for
Manila, with 124 recruits and various
stores, is stranded on the coast of Japan.
y dispatch from Capt. Powers, coal
agent at Nagasaki. stated that the Nor
gan City had struck q rock while enter
ing the inland sea of Japan, and had
been run on the beach to prevent her
from sinking. 1t is probable that no lives
were lost. 1t is supposed that the Nor
gan City was seeking shelter from Il
typhoon.
Thomas McNeigh will not be shot to
death. but will serve a life term in the
military prison at Alcatraz island, by
the order of President Mckinley. He
WAS sentenced to he shot to death by
musketry for making a murderous as
sault on his superior officer, Capt ID. G..
Wright of Co. @, First Wyoming vOlun-
teers. He stabbed his companion, Will
liam Forris. at the Preside before leav-
ing for the Philippines.
Tacoma, Wash, Sept. 4.-The trans
port Port Albert sailed at midnight last
night for Manila with sol mules, II
horses. 10 blacksmith FORCES, 1850 sacks
Of bran. S24t sacks of oats, 1854 bales of
hay, % kegs of nails and 500 bundles of
corrugated iron aboard.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-09
GUERIN HOLDS THE FORT.
Besieged Patriot Has Food Enough
TO Last Another Week.

Paris Sept. 4.-There was an increased
force. including Il detachment of mount
ed police on duty in Rue de Chabrol, in
which is located the headquarters of the
anti-Semite league. where Jules Guerin
and number of his friends continue to
defy the government to arrest them on
charges growing out of Il conspiracy to
overthrow the republic There was no
disorder during the day. though many
persons as usual. gathered in the vicinity
1t is believed that Gucrin has in the be-
sic ged house n sufficient supply of food to
last his party for another week.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-09
How to Tell a Ripe Waterme lon.

Uncle Fabian, an old gentleman OF COL
or who daily visits South Water street,
Chicago, says the judging Of a water
melon without use of the plugging" pro-
cess Is an art practically unknown north
of Mason and Dixon's line. The use Of
the knife in ascertaining the quality of
a melon, he declares, is regarded in
dat IN a,pSe as said tba o 1Si eve
ored man, as quoted by the Record, "de
no'the'n folks ah fu'theh advanced n de
South nehs, but All dom hesitate secon'
in saying dat dey dom know it all. Dey
plug a watermillion an rob it Of mo-
n half its tavoh. De strictly propah way
to tell whetheh o not million is good
is to thump it on de end. If it sounds
laik it was full of cotton o excelsior
kaind o ollowlaik-why, it wants to be
given de grand go-by; but if it is solid
an don't have no ring, den it is with yo
money. Pluggin' spiles million till ii
amt with ShuckS"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-09

ST must tell you that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
more for me than any doctor.
81 was troubled with irregular
menstruation. Last summer l began
the use of your Vegetable Compound,
and after taking two bottles, 1 have
been regular every month since. l
recommend your medicine to ALL
Mrs. MAGGIE A. BROWN, WEST Pr.
PLEASANT n J.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-09
Patents TO Inventors

Messrs Benedict & Morsell. solicitors
of patents, Old Insurance building. Mil
waukee. report patents issued to West
ern inventors August - as follows:
J. IL. Barr, Milwaukee, car door; ]. O.
BLACK. Lone Rock. Wis. telephone; X.
Charest. Stanley, Wis, grab-book: ]. H
pouh Walnut, kas.. washing machine. A
j. Dumas, Abbottsford.- Wis. raiI-ioint: III.
f. Ebert and II. q. Seefeld, Milwaukee
necktie attachment; c. H. Falkenstein
West Superior; Wis, whifetree; II. f.
pewa Falls. Wis, cutter head for planning
machines; II. \. Kleinsteuber, Milwaukee,
bicycle handle bar; \. 5. L. Metcalf. Am
berg, Wis. combined shears and knife.
Alma A. Pool, Waukesha, Wis. skirt and
waist holder; ]. Schmidly. Jericho, Wis,
cleyis: c. :. Smith, Milwaukee,. adjustable
cone fastening for ball-bearing axles: c. F..
Swan Beaver Dam, Wis, heel spring for
boots and shoes; +. Talcott. Maynard, Ia,
milk Samplpr
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-09
GUNS SHIPPED TO MANILA.
Governme Charters British Steame
Railroad to Angeles.

New York, Sept. 4.-The British
port. has been engaged by the war de
partmcnt to carry supplies to Manila
The supplies will consist of eight Sims
Dudley dynamite guns, eight Gatling
guns, eight mountain guns and 1000
rounds of ammunition for each gun.
Washington, ID. c., Sept. 1.-The war
department today received two dispatches
from Gen. Otis, Manila. The first read
Hallway to Angeles completed in four
days. Insurgents north opened on place
this morning with shrapnel, which failed
to explode; no casualties. Kansas and
Washingtons being loaded on transports;
two battalons Nineteenth infantry relieve
Tennessces at Iloilo and Cebu. Later
with Iowas only remaining volunteer regi-
ments Sail soon.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-09
MORE TROOPS FOR OTIS.
Three Transports Leave San Fran
cisco Next Week.

San Francisco. Cal, Sept. About
1900 troops are scheduled to leave here
for Manila between September II and II
on the transport Sherman, Grant and
Sheridan. The Thirty-frst and the
Thirty fourth Volunteer infantry are in
camp awaiting transportation, as are
also some $50 recruits for regular com
mands in the Philippines. The Colorado
men will be mustered out on the Sth inst,
and the Idaho regiment the 18th. The
North Dakota and Wyoming regiments
will be mustered out about the same
time.
The hospital ship Relief, according to
government officials here, will not be
made useless by her condemnation by
the inspectors of hullS and boilers. She
will sail for Manila about September -
and will carry her force of surgeons and
nurses. At Manila she will serve as a
permanent floating hospital in the bay.
The Relief stands so high above the wa
ter as to be unseaworthy in a storm and
it is asserted that she could never pass
through typhoon in safety. The YES
sci cost the government over 100000
and was fitted up at an additional cost OF
$4,000.
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-09
Conference with Hay

Washington. d. c., Sept. 4-Mr. Kas-
son, special plenipotentiary, arrived in
Washington and had 4 conference with
Secretary Hay at the state department
1t is believed that the present negotia-
lions looking to moduS vivendi for the
temporary delimitation of the Alaska
boundary was under discussion. inasmuch
as Mr. Kasson is a member of the high
Joint Canadian commission and had given
much attention to the boundary issue
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Or
SUFFERING
Owe PLACE
TOPERlOOS
OFJOY

died. Tho doctor even gave mo up and
wonders how l ever lived.
II wrote for Mrs. Pinkhams advice
ut Lynn, Mass, and took her medicine
and began to get well. I took several
bottles of the Compound and used tho
Sanative Wash, and can truly say that
I am CURED. You would hardly know
me, am feeling and looking SO well.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound made me what 1 am. Mrs.
J. T. STRETCH, 4e1 MECHANIC ST.,
CAMDEN, n. ].