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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23
POPULAR CHRISTIAN NAMES.
william Takes the Lead In Englan
John Coming Next.

william Takes the Lead In England.
John Coming Next
Some romantic parents love to chris
ten their infants with highfalutin'
names. Religious parents search the
Scriptures before the baptismal cere-
mony. Parents in se2.cl of a fortune
will label their luckless babes with the
surnames Of the expected testator. But.
nevertheless, the list Of common Eng
lish Christian names is a very small
one. Out of every hundred fathers and
mothers Of male children some eighty
fOur-fOur limit their choice to fifteen
familiar names. The favorite name is
undoubtedly William. In all ranks of
society in the peerage as in the work
house-William Is the commonest of
D.: Christian names. Stop the first
thousand men you meet In the street
no fewer than ITO are Williams. A
long way behind come the Johns, close
ly followed by the Georges. OF every
thousand men ninety-four are called
John and ninety-two George. The
next commonest Is Thomas, which has
seventy-four owners, while James
claims seventytwO. Henry and Harry
between them are seventy in number.
OF these about one in four has received
the name OF Harry at the baptismal
font. Following them come Frederick
with tifty-seven; Charles. with forty
eight; Alfred. with forty-flve. and AL
bert some ways behind with thirty
one.-London Tit-Bits.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23
PRlViL GEES or DIPLOMATS,
Above the Law in the Countries t.
Which They Are Sent

Above the Law in the Countries to
Which They Are Sent.
thereof arrest of dipl mats son
for larceny and his subsequent dis
charge as a mater OF international
courtesy, brirgs to the front one Of
the msd1 val customs that have
survived to this day. Outside Of the
District of Columbia such an incident
excites curiosity and a so some ad-
verse comment. At Washington, how
ever, people are accustomed to recog-
n1z1ng diplomats as ab1ve the law.
Their carriages. for instance, are en-
titled to, alth ugh they DO not always
take. the right of way Few. il any.
OF the ministers abuse their privileges
Commenting on the subject a lawyer
said to New York Times reporter:
There is no more reaz on in this age
OF rapid transit and instantaneous
communication ar und the earth for
operation Of criminal law than there
would be in granting the same sort of
Indulgence to these of our own citi-
zens who have red hair Two or three
hundred years ago there was some
sense in the international W which
holds an ambassador or plenipoten-
tiary sacred. They were far away
from their home, W tn which they
communicate on'y a. long intervals
They represe nted their respective gov
ernmentS alb olut ly and were COM
PEELED to act wholly uDcn their own
responsibility. Such, of c use, Is not
the case now. The minister. generally
speaking. now simply carries out the
cabled instructions Of his government
II arr rested for cEima thrown into
prison, or even executed, it Is doubtful
II the interests of these whom he rep
resents would lrticu,ar,y suffer-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23
TO CLEAN An OIL STOVE.
uow e Handle . Thorough Useful
Kitchen Article.

Kitchen Article.
The first tn .ng to be done in clean
ing an oil stove is to remove the iron
top which is as ch mney. Turn
each wick as low as possible in the
burner Wiring small. soft cloth out
Of hot suds and rub 1t hard on cake
OF sand soap, tn n with wooden
skewer or a sma l-Ioint d knife push
the Goth down on the inside OF the
burner a good quarte- of an inch and
rub off all Of the brown deposit; this
will probably require considerable
securing. II it cInnot be gotten rid
OF in this way. sc ape 1t on with the
knife. Next sccur the GU SIDE Of the
burner. life off the netting and scour
thoroughly. Wipe parts with dry
cloth. Turn the wick up and rub OF
the charred edge. II nece ssary, cut
each wick, then light to make sure
that 1t is even. Once 1t is cut true 1t
will seldom ned more than a daily
rubbing off of the charred portion and
the clipping OF loose threads. When
not in the wick sou be turned
down until just below the top OF the
burner. The iron ch mn will prob
ably ne d a thorough cleaning. rub
bling hard wi h the soaped cloth and
skewer. When every corner is per-
fectly clean, 1t is rubbed dry and re-
placed on the stove. This first cleans
ing, especi lily II stove has been
In use for some time, Is Likely to be
difficult but, once clean, the burner
and chimney can be kept in good con-
dltion by gong lightly over them
daily Then by being careful to avoid
the smoking, the oil stove should
prove what 1t was intended to be,
thoroughly useful article, and with
care should last for many years.
Cornelia c. Bedford in Ledger Month
w.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23
His Prize

An amusing story. which may per-
haps be entirely true. is told of a
short-sighted but energetic member OF
the Russian secret police. He was
walking through a little frequented
street Of st. Petersburg one night,
when he spied. high up on a lamp
post, placard.
Aha" he said to himself, scenting
mischief on the instant. and alert for
action. That's one of those incen-
diary notices about his majesty the
czar, 1t must come down at once"
With some difficulty. being Of stout
build, he succeeded in climbing the
post and dislodging the placard He
bore it to the ground and there peer
ing at II by the light of the lamp he
read two Russian words. the English
equivalent for which is the well-known
legend, Wet Paint"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23
CHOICE CIGARS RECOVERED.
How the Duke OF Cornwaii's Smoke
Fared Beneath the Waves.

How the Duke of Cornwaiis Smoke -
Fared Beneath the Waves.
Private advices to a London tobacco
dealer give the information that some
1000 of the costly cigars shipped for
the use of the Duke of Cornwall and
his suite while in Canada have been
recovered from the hull Of the wrecked
liner LuSitania, on the east coast Of
Newfoundland. In all 10000 of the
highest-class cigars, intended for royal
use, were on the Lusitania, packed in
Theoretically sealed cases. They weer
consigned to the citadel at Quebec to
await the arrival Of the Ophir Each
cigar was valued at 3 shillings. So
choice were the costly smokes" that.
In case the crew might break open the
cases, they were packed In the extreme
stern of the ship and bolted behind
heavy planking. When 1t became
known to the islanders that the dukes
cigars were part Of the Lusitania's car
go, a patrol was established to search
for boxes on the beach. All the smok-
ers on the island reveled In dreams of
3-shilling cigars without stint. Specu-
lators wanted them also. But their
dreams came to nothing Divers. after
ten weeks work, have now got at the
cigars, and. according to the cable.
have saved 1000 in good condition
The other 5000 were washed out OF the
wreck Meanwhile. however. the dukes
cigar order had been duplicated In
London.-London Express.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23
SOCIAL BUSINESS MEN.
Even Enemies in Trade Meet at Mid
Air Meals

Even Enemies in Trade Meet At Mid
Air Meals.
In paper on "Mid-Atr Dining
Clubs" in tie Century, Cleveland Moi
felt has something to say of their eff
feet upon the sociability Of business
man. They are developing among New
York business men a new kind Of So
ciability. With the old restaurant re-
gime the members Of certain busi-
ness house or Office found small vart-
ETY. at luncheon-time from the monot-
ony Of their narrow round. Day after
day the same little groups would go
out together and return together, sell
dom meeting new men, seldom getting
out OF the deep-worn channels OF
thought and talk. 1t was astonishing
how few acquaintance they made In
years Of this life. New York has
terrible conservatism that walls men
about and keeps them apart from their
fellow-men unless something comes to
break through it. In this case
the mid-air club came, and straightway
scores Of men who were strangers,
though in similar lines Of effort, were
brought into friendly relations. to
their mutual pleasure and profit. Ri
walls in many enterprises, enemies in
trade, merchants, importers. manufac-
turers, jobbers, have met in some mid
air smoking-room day after day. and
somehow, between the soothing OF
good cigar and the wonderful view,
have come into better understanding.
Nor can any one say how many deals
have gone through by the friendly me-
diatiOn of a mid-air meal together In
one OF those favOrite corners. where
the boats pass. or what troublesome
business tangles have untangled them
selves through the magic Of an after
dinner coffee, with the breeze blowing
In. 1t is hard for a man to be petty
or mean or to higgle for trifles with
the majesty OF those patient rivers
bearing in on him. These are the bust
ness advantages l mentioned, and ex-
perince has shown that they are very
real.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23
HahdaEes aud Red Line

During the South African war Rnd.
yard kipling discovered, at Cape Town
hospital without. bandages, and in
desperate need of them. This too, was
in city where bandages were for sale
In many shops. He told an acquaint-
ance that he was going to meet that
want, and the gentleman at once Of.
Tered to pay for the bandages that Mr..
kpling would buy and take to the
hosl 1tal. cart was quickly loaded,
and then the author was informed that
under armv rules, the hospital author
titles could not receive supplies from a
private individual. Well" said he II
will dump the packages on the pave
ment oetc"e the door, and then tell
them &c come out and clear up the lit
ter. Perhaps they can get them into
the building in that way without tear
ing any red tape. He drove off with
the bandages. and the supplies were
somehow Struggled into the hospital.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23
Millions In 1t.

There Is millions In it" for the
woman who will make a speciality of
photographing babies. for babys pho
topraph is one OF the things which
the average parent will indulge in re-
sardless OF expense. And who can
know 80 we'll AS q woman how, when
and where to catch a baby's likeness
so as to make 1t appear most charm
iug9 1t Is quite the fashion nowadays
for mothers to have their children
photo;, apho in a descending ration
after the first few years. and to be q
successful photographer OF infants
means a rapid multiplication Of bust
ness. The number OF duplicates Of
baby's pictures Is one OF the paying
features of making pictures of little
folks. Three dozen copies Is a fire.
quent order for children's pictures.
while a dozen usually satisfies a per-
s,n OF larger growth.-Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23
1.-THE HEAVENLY TWINS"
Their Lively Performances While
Journeyiu9 in a Railway Car

Their Lively Performances While
Journeying in y Railway Car.
mother with a half-grown son
and daughter and pair of 6-year-old
twins" as she described them, was
returning on a recent Wednesday
from Atlantic City. Each twin was
armed with a Ratchet, spade, a
whip, and a bucket. but. In spite of
this abundant provision for their d.
version, one seized his sister by her
nose, the other grabbed her hair, and
they tried to screw her head of. Then
one turned a handspring over the
back Of his seat, and would have
gone out OF the car window had not
the brother caught him by the hair.
whereupon he turned and bit his res
cuer. Next both turned handsprings
in the aisle, rushed back. got their
whips. and made dashes at the pas
sengers. Finally, both jumped over
a seat. fell on top OF their sister, and
kicked a woman severely in the back.
The latter turned suddenly, and In
the rebound threw one twin on the
floor, and the other nearly out of the
window. Several passengers now told
the mother that these infants made
them so nervous they would have to
leave the car. A united protest in
duced the mother to make the twins
sit down, but it was only by allowing
them to try to crack her finger bones
that they could be kept partially sta
tionary.--Philadelph Record.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23
WILL BE IN NO DANGER.
Intends Taking Precautions to Prevent
Post MOrtsm Robbery.

Intends Taking Precautions to Prevent
Post Norton Robbery.
The uniformed functionary who is
in command OF regiment of bell
boys at local hotel takes pride in
the mouthful OF jewelry he displays
every time he grins He had bad
luck with his teeth In earlier life
and several worries nave been replaced
with gold filings. An acquaintance.
one of the prominent regular board
ers at the hotel, noticing the ANNA
ted show case the otter day, observed:
Il am afraid, captain. that after you
are dead and buried you won't re-
main long in your grave. Some one
will dig you up for that gold in
your mouth. You'll be worth more
dead than you are alive" Rastus
laughed so heartily at this that the
jewelry display dazzled the eyes of
the guest. 'Oh, no. sah." he said,
"dey won't dig me up, sah-no. sab.
cawse Use gwlne teh be incriminated,
am. AhIl jes fool all dose gold
huntahs Dey's dun got nah ahdah
down at de creamery long time ago."
Detroit Free Press.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23
ENGLISH NATIONAL LOAF.
Its Weight Is Largely in Excess of
100000 Tons.

The national loaf. which weighs con-
siderably over 1000, 900 tons. contains
rather over LOIS 900 900 cubic feet OF
the staff OF lie; that Is to say. il
turned out having the width and
height of the ordinary loaf, l. e., s ga
inches high and 43-S inches wide, it
would give every man. woman and
child In the kingdom a daily ration
rather less than tour inches long, or,
In the aggregate a daily loaf (2.567
miles in length) extending from Lon
don to 800 miles beyond Mount Ararat
into the heart of the dominion owing
allegiance to the Shah If baked in
the form of biscuit or cake quarter
of an incn In thickness the area OF the
same would amount to over 1,1l9,OOO
acres. and if baked In a circular form
would entail walk of 148 miles to
circumscribe it. 1t has frequently, but
incorrectly. been stated that the area
OF the base of the great pyramid exact
ly comedies with that OF Lincoln's Inn
Fields, whereas in reality the latter
measures S21 feet by 625 1-2 feet. and
the former 764 feet square II we took
Lincoln's Inn Fields As the base OF a
bread pyramid the summit OF the same
would In height exceed that of Ben
Nevis. our highest mountain by some
$4,000 feet.-London Good Words.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23
TOO WELL ACQUAINTED.
Gwen an Inferior Reception Because
You'll Not Care

Gwen an Inferior Reception Because
you'll Not Care
i find being too intimate with peo-
pie rather disadvantage than other
WISE, remarked a popular woman re-
Gently to the Chicago News. IF you
are, there is always apt to come a time
when you are no longer q persona
grata. but merely friend that can be
treated anyhow-'just like one OF the
fam1ly'-and yet be relied upon never
to take offense. When your hostess
begins to seat herself in the most COM
Portable chair, leaving you to take
what you can get. and puts you in the
small bedroom when you visit her, be-
cause she knows you will not care
you may know that the point | have
spoken of has been reached. At their
incest and most exclusive dinners, too.
you are generally left out Dear
Katie they will say. knows how 1t Is
herself certain people must be asked,
there are so many "paybacks" TO be
invited OF course you have to say
you quite understand it. but you are
not particularly pleased to be written
to at the eleventh hour by your dear
Emily. saying, What a comfort to
nave a true friend l know you will
come over this evening and fill Mrs
Lofty's place, who has Just given up
Or to be asked next week because you
know them SO well to help leaven
the lump Of distinctly trump dinner
party I am having old Mr. and Mrs
Winter from the country writes dear
Emily, and poor Miss Wither, who
goes out SO little. and a few others
Ike that. l know you will not mind
Homing to enliven things UP for them
There are not many could ask such
favor OF U should think not. l ejac-
ulate mentality. but feel that | never
need stand upon ceremony with my
lear Katie This she certainly never
does. but am beginning to wish she
would
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23
FOUND AN ORIGINAL IDEA.
Critical Hearer Gave Credit to a PA
giarizing Preacher.

curling PREACHER.
Rev. DR.. B was what is common
~ termed "a popular preacher" not,
however, by drawing on his own
stores. but by the knack which he pos
sessed of the great divines who had
gone before him to his own use, and by
skillful splicing and dovetailing OF
passages so as to make a whole. For
tunately for him those who composed
his audience were not deeply skilled
II pulpit lore, and with such he passed
for wonder of erudition. 1t happened.
however. that the doctor was detected
In his literary larcenies. One Sunday
grave old gentleman seated himself
close to the pulpit and listened with
profound attention. The doctor had
scarcely finished his third sentence be-
fore the old gentleman said loud
enough to be heard by those near him:
That's Sherlock" The doctor frowned
but went on He had not proceeded
much further. when his grave auditor
broke out with: That's Tillotson."
The doctor bit his lips and paused but
again went on. At third exclamation
OF That's Blair" the doctor lost all
patience and leaning over the side of
the pulpit, he cried: Sir. if You don't
hold your tongue you shall be turned
out Without altering a muscle the old
cynic, looking the doctor full in the
face, said: That's his own."-London
Tit-Bits
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23

Has human Suffering been mitigal ed
and human life greatly prolonged by
efforts in sanitation? Our answer is
an emphatic YES" Professor Fink
elnburg. OF Bonn. estimates that the
average length of human life in the
sixteenth century was only between IS
and 20 years; at the close of the
eighteenth 1t was a little over thirty
years. while to-day it is over forty
years; indeed. the span of life since
1880 has been heightened about six
years, as shown by statistics in Null
halls Dictionary of Statistics" (4th
edition, London, 1890 The mortality
of London between 1860 and 1878 was
so per 1000 inhabitants: from 1928 to
1880, 81 per 1000 from 1901 to 1885
it was still %, while at the present
time it averages between II and 10 per
1000 Medical Record.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23
Protecting Grasslands From Fire.

One of the methods of protecting
broad g ass lands from fire is to burn
a swath called fire guard" around the
area to be protected. A Montana
stockman suggests that this offers a
good opportunity for inventors to de-
wise machine which. passing over
the ground like a horse rake, shall
burn the grass clean from a space
about eight or ten feet in width AL
ready an apparatus of this kind has
been invented. using gasoline to set
the grass on fire, and a train of steel
brushes to eXtinguish it before t has
spread beyond the proper limits. but
the stockman thinks that cheaper
machine can be made. Fire guards
fifty mi es or mere in rgth are desir-
able
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23

Big Birds Are -'luoked While Hooded
With Ba.


With Bag
Many have wondered whether the
ostrich felt pain during the piucking
of his feathers and whether the oper-
alton was cruelty performed. The
process is both simple and painless
Over the head of the ostrich is placed
a long bag with a breathing hole in
one end. A man then holds the bird
while another cuts with shears the
long feathers. Only those OF the wings
and tail are taken. The short feath-
ers, being ripe, are pulled out without
pain, as they would soon drop in the
course of nature. Great care must be
taken to not injure tho feather-root:
for, If socket" is destroyed. feath-
er cannot grow again. The stumps or
those that are cut are left in until
three months later Sometimes the
bird picks them out herself. and often
the keeper assists her. To pluck this
terrible creature is often dangerous
operation. Care is taken to stand be-
hind it to escape its kicks. The
feathers of the back and abdomen
drop off and are gathered into bun
dies. The natural colors are black.
white and drab. The black ones are
kept for black because Of the natural
shade and the fine silky down. The
feathers of the male bird are the most
valuable Also those from a live Os-
trich are better than those from a
dead one The piumage Of the wild
ones is held in greater esteem than
that of tame varieties Those Of the
females and OF the young rank as sec
ond quality. The white feathers are
often very pre- and beautiful Those
of the tail are dingy and inferior in
quality. The various kinds OF feath
ers are put into separate bags.-tail-
feathers, wing feathers. white, black,
gray. They are then graded weighed
and slipped to feather dressers. where
they are washed, sewed together, dyed
and curled into many styles
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23
Phosphate Mining in Capad,

Very little phosphate mining is now
being done in Canada: in fact the in
dustry has been practically dead for
some years, owing to the low prices
paid for the mineral because of the
competition of the cheap mined phos-
pilates from the southern states and
other sources. The principal depos-
it in Canada is near Buckingham, in
the province OF Quebec This was the
headquarters OF the Canadian phos-
phate industry, but at the works there
Tennessee phosphate of high grade is
now being used in the manufacture Of
phosphorus. Montreal Herald and
Star
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-11-23
stME NOTABLE MgfEoss.
Balls OF Fire Seen at Opening OF Civil
War Period.

Balls OF Fire Seen at Opening OF Civil
War Period.
One of the most remarkable meteors
recorded in history is known as the
New Jersey meteor Of November Is,
1853 At $50 O'Clock in the morning
the met; or ap?ea Ell in TIE heavens
over tie sou bern part OF New Jersey.
1t was so bIi liant that, though tae
sun was unclouded and had an eleva-
ton OF 20 degrees above the ho lion,
the nash at rated attention as far
north as Albany and Boston and as Tar
south as etericksburg, Va Its pain
was apparently downward, and it left
behind a cloud of rounded form like
puff Of smoke. Soon after the naSh
series of te rife expl ons was heard
like the disch rye Of thousand can
non. These We're heard throughout
Delaware and the greater part or Ne"
Jersey. It was computed that the
height Of this meteor when first seen
was sixty miles. and when it exp oded
it's height was over twenty miles. Inc
length of its visible path was more
than forty miles 1t desc ICED this path
in two secords. so that is velocity,
relative to that OF the earth, was TWEEN
ty miles per second. The column OF
smoke resulting from the explosion
was q thous md feet in diameter ana
several miles IN length. On August z
1860, about 10 clock at nj n mag
nificent ball Of fire was sesn through
out the whole e ion from Pittsburg to
New Orleans. and from Charleston to
st. Louis. 1t was equal in size TO the
full moon. and before its disappear
ance broke into fra ,ments.