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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1902-09-13

JAMES SrINSON, Defendant.
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the
order of the Circuit Court OF the United states
for the Northern District OF Illinois, Northern
Division, entered in the above entitled cause
on June 2l 1900. and which said order aforesaid
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1902-09-13

CIRCUIT COT RT OF lNITED STATES.
Northern District OF Illinois,
Northern Division
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1902-09-13

RtErs b. SMITH, Complainant,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-11
Queer Things, Queer Ways and
Queer People of New York <&

membership has grown to $500, the
income to $97 1000. You see from the
figures that DR.. Rainsford has not been
after" rich people to fill his church.
In fact, over 5000 of the number live
in tenements. Mayor Low and j. Pier
pont Morgan are vestrymen, and there
is no church where palmer talk is
heard about the duties of the rich.
DR.. Kainsford manages clubs, ath-
letic associations, dances-anything
that interests people and that can be
put under clean management instead
OF doubtful commercial management
outside. Better dance and sing IN
places where no wiciledness is permit
ted than dance and sing in the public
dance halls of the East side or OF
Coney Island, is the doctors theory.
The doctor is not afraid to speak
his mind And a man who can draw
together j. =. Morgan and 5000 of the
very poor from the tenements into one
church has mind to speak.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-11
SOUTHERN SUPERSTITIONS.

If you kill frogs your cows will "go
&ry."
Tickling a baby will cause the child
to stutter.
To cut off pups tail causes him
to grow smart"
TO throw hair-combing out of the
window is bad luck.
TO thank person for combing your
hair will bring bad luck.
No person who touches a dead body
will be haunted by his spirit.
Cut a dogs dew claws" and it will
not die from poisonous snake bite.
TO kill a ghost, it must be shot with
a bullet made of silver quarter-dol-
lar.
If you boast of your good health,
pound wood Immediately with your fist
or you will become sick.
To dream of a live snake means
enemies at large; dead snake, enc
mics dead or powerless.
To dream of unbroken eggs signifies
trouble to come; if the eggs are
broken the trouble is past.
To cut baby's finger nails will de-
form it; if the child is a month old
it will cause it to have fits.
Silver nails or screws in a coffin will
prevent the dead haunting the scenes
of its existence in the flesh.
TO allow child to look into a mir
ror before it is a month old will cause
it to have trouble in teething.
a child will have a nature and dis
position similar to that of the per-
son who first takes it out of doors.
TO hear a screech owl is bad luck.
To prevent hearing their cry turn
the pockets inside out and set the
shoes soles upward.
TO see the new moon through clouds
or tree tops means trouble; if the
disk is clear, good luck; if seen over
the right shoulder, joy; if over the
left, anger and disappointment.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-11

Mexico. This time no land was in
volved. only money, $4,OOOOOO includ-
ing intcrest-money due the Catholic
church, which has given it the name
of the Pious Fund.
The rise of the missions along the
Pacific coast reads like a romance;
the churches in decay form the most
picturesque ruins in America. The
eyes of the Californians are opened
as to the treasures in their keeping,
and are doing what they can to pre-
serve them.
Two hundred and fifty years ago,
when Spain held Mexico, she tried III
vain to gain foothold among the
Indians in California. For assist
ance she turned to the church. The
Jesuits, then in the full swing OF
power, were full of zeal, feared no
peril nor suffering could they but
plant the cross. Gold was needed and
gold flowed in from the wealthy hi
dalgoes at the cry, Help us reclaim
California from the black one
Father Juan Ugarte, with a few
companions, started for the lower
coast, intending to work his way
north by chain of missions. The
work prospered, large numbers of
the Indians submitted to baptism and
signed themselves with the cross.
In Europe the Jesuits had fallen into
disrepute, France, Spain, Portugal
and Venice were clamoring against
them. Pope Clement NV. much
against his will, revoked the order
in 1873. Father Ugarte was driven
from his post and the crown took
possession of the fund, which ha"
grown to very large proportions. The
missions were divided between Fran
ciscan and Dominican monks. Juni-
pero, Franciscan father, gave each
mission an endowment of $4,000
from the Pious Fund; the work of
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-11
WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS.

Typhoid germs die after few days
exposure in sea water.
1t is not an absurdity to say that
among those who recover from small
poX there are those who are better
physically for having had the disease,
says j. l.. Tracy, NJ. d. in American
Medicine.
The birth and death rates of Italy
for 40 years have been reviewed by
Prof. Giuseppe Sormani The births
reached their highest point Of 1884
per thousand in 1876 and their mini
mum was 33.49 in lS0S, while the cor
responding limits of the death rate
were 3i.39 in 1867 and 21s7 in 1899.
Both birth and death rates have been
diminishing, although there has been
Il constituencies of births over deaths,
varying from 2.4O in 1867 to 1850 in
1897. Assuming the lcsscued death
rate 10 hc result of better control
of infectious diseases, IL is estimated
that 100000 persons have been saved
from death, aud at least 20 times as
many have been saved from illness.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-11
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The first scientific society was cstab-
Gshed by DR.. Franklin.
A German geographer complains
that north pole exploration is in dan
ger of degen Grating into a sport, in
which the establishment Of records"
is the main thing.
The breathing or blowing of wells
driven on the plains of Nebraska has
been lately shown to coincide with
changes of barometric pressure, but
it is thought that low pressure can
hardly account for the force with
which the air is expelled from some
of the wells.
In his experiments with various We
hicles, NJ. Michelin has found that iron
tires require greater motive power
than either solid rubber or pneumat-
ic. An electric automobile running at
five per cent. greater speed with pneu-
matte tires took Is per cent. less power
than when fitted with solid rubber
tires; and in stopping, the solid tires
required an increase of IA per cent. i'll
bralling power.
Two striking instances of the effects
of wind Shots" or the currents of air
caused by the enemy's cannon balls,
are given in the Autobiography of Sir
Henry Smith" On one occasion his
horse fell as if stone dead, but he was
not hurt at all. On another occasion
an officer was knocked down by the
wind of shot and his face was black
as if he had been two hours in a pu-
glistic ring"
Between Mount Kasbek and China
raj khokh, in the Caucasus, a glacier
descends into the narrow, wedge
shaped valley of the Ghenal Don, which
after a course of 13 miles joins the
Ghizel Don, tributary of the Terek.
Like most glaciers of the Caucasus,
the Ghenal Don has of late years re-
ceded considerably, and some years
ago copious springs of hot sulphur
water were uncovered by the recession.
About the middle of July the whole end
of the glacier broke off and slid down
the valley, grinding down everything
in its path. Thirty-two lives were lost.
On July 10 another huge block of ice
broke off and followed the first with
terrible rapdity for eight miles down
the valley.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-11
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR MEN.

The "horsy man" might be pleased
with pen rack for his desk, but an
ordinary one, oh, motor the back
of this pen rack is made of trans
verse section of block OF birch
wood. The bark is left on this block
and the front is ornamented with
topographic etching and the head of
horse carved from wood.
Is he fond of his desk-there's a
beautiful inkstand in bronze. It's a
huge lotus leaf and, rising from one
side, is the figure of a lovely woman
of the Nile, who holds forth lotus
bud, inside of which is the inkstand.
Cut glass inkstands that are good
and big have gilt top on which the
monogram is supposed to be en-
graved.
y mans a very good thing to have
in the house at all seasons of the
year, excepting always Christmas
time. If you don't believe it go look
at the drawn, worried faces of wom-
ankind who are haunting the shops
for that elusive Christmas gift for
"him." Watch her touch this and
that with dainty finger tip-watch
her fit from counter to counter in
bewitching uncertainty, spending day
after day-for at last-what? Why,
a necktie.
Young men nowadays are quite as
fond of dainty belongings as are
young women, and for his dressing
bureau are exhibited beautifully en-
broidered necktie eases, pin cushions
that recall his college colors, oddly
decorated burnt-wood handkerchief
boxes or quaint shaving eases. There
are also photograph frames decor
ated with college emblems and, Of
course, quaint pipe racks and the
college pillow. The shops well re-
member the young man and have
made getting gift for him an easy
task.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-11
MENTIONED OF MEN.

Thomas f. Walsh, the Colorado mil
lionaire, is having erected for his IL
year-old son in Washington fully
equipped theater, intended to devel-
op the dramatic talent of the boy.
John Sherman's grave in the Mans
field CO., cemetery has just been
marked by handsome granite block.
The name John Sherman" is the only
legend that relieves the plainness Of
the huge monolith.
John /. Mitchell, judge of the Penn
sylvania superior court, has resigned
his office on account of mental inca
pacity. He will receive half pay until
the expiration of the term for which
he was elected, which ends in 1910
Postmaster General Payne is consd-
ering the idea of placing portraits of
the late DR.. Charles +. Mcdonald on
money order blanks. DIR. Mcdonald
was the first head of the money-order
service and in the main its originator.
Emperor William of Germany talks
tually speaks German with just
better than any other except his own.
Indeed, it has been said that he ac-
tually speaks German whith just
trace of English accent. In the case
of his august uncle Of England this
condition is just reversed, and for
precisely similar reason. Williams
mother was English; Edwards father
was German.
The retirement from the United
States senate in March next of John
p. Jones will leave William Boyd Alli-
son, of Iowa, the senior senator in
unbroken length of service. He first
took his seat in that body on March
4, 1878, and by subsequent elections
has served continuously ever since.
Immediately previous to thathe served
four terms continuously in the ma
tional house of representatives.
On the eve of Minister Wu's depar-
ture from Washington a young woman
of his acquaintance said to him that
she hoped to visit China some day,
as what he had told her about his ma
tive country had been so interesting.
But you have never explained" she
added, why Cinnamon take four or
five wives" With a grave bow, the
oriental diplomat said: "My country
men take so many in order that they
may find in all of them the beauties
and accomplishments of one such
young lady as you"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-11

! Christianizing and civiliZing went on,
When Mexico threw off the Spanish
yoke she took possession of the fund
and claimed the right to administer
it. Santa Anna was president, and
sold the fund in 1912, guaranteeing
the church six per cent. interest on
1T i'll perpetuity. The promise, like
all Santa Annals promises, was bro
ken. For more than 20 years the
doors of the Mexican treasury were
closed against the church. In 1869
the archbishop of California brought
the claim before the Mexican claims
commission, and pushed it with so
much vigor that it was agreed to sub
NIT ii to Sir Edward Thornton, then
British ambasSa to the United
States, who awarded the church
$9O4,1O0 arrears, which was divided
among the Catholic churches of the
west.
Again the Mexican treasury was
sealed against further demands OF
.he church.
Attorneys of both countries argued
the case, but were unable to reach
any agreement. AT the instance of
the present archbishop of the west,
the United States took the matter
up and automatically demanded pay
mcnt. Mexico refused it, DECLARING.
that the Pious Fund was raised for
the political conquest of California
and the disposal of it belonged frs
to Spain. after to Mexico. but nevc.
to the archbishop of California. 4
foreign ambassador said that had
the United States bcc1 anxious for
war or desirous for pluudcr it might
easily have brought the question Of
the pious Fund into "A casus bclli.
Neither country wished to unfuri
its flag or sound the tocsin of war.
Porfrio Diaz sits in the seat Of San
Ia Anna; being "A man of honor ana
Of the strictcst integrity, il was easy
to reach an agreement, which was d,
submit it 10 the Hague tribunal,
called in 1899 by the autocrat of all
the Eussias.
The Tiuus Fund arbitrator decided
against McNico, their decision brirg
that that country should pay over 10
the United states ai,i2no02.6s iu Mex
lean currency 90 cover what the Cal.
iforuia churches should have r..
cciyed in the past ana $40 90 ~ an
uuully hereafter forever.
The casr had special interest. being
the first submitted 90 the arbitr.
tiun court. one member put Il tnltl
theirs "was thr lot ~ br.ehc-s bar
....r
The twp new world republics have
saved he court from drsustudc.
LYDIA l. GORDON
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-11
SMALL TALK AMONG ACTORS.

From garret to basement the
large house of Leeds (England) min
eral water manufacturer is a gigantic
scrapbook, every notable theatrical
poster of the last 20 years being
pasted on the walls.
Melba will contribute the proceeds
of her Australian tour TO the char
tiles Of her native country The an
nouncement was received in Australia.
and. in fact, everywhere, with great
surprise. Seats for the prima donua's
opening concert in Melbourne sold for
high prices, many persons having re
mained up all night in order to secure
good place in line at the box Of
flee.
Becrbohm Tree, the London actor.
has daughter Viola, who shows
strong artistic tendencies, though she
does not wish TO enter the profession
in which her parents have been so long
prominent. When quite little girl
She begged her father to get her a
pony. "But. my dear" said he. "a
pony costs "a lot Of money" Little
Viola considered a moment and then
said: "Ncll, why don't you act better
and then you would get more money"
Mrs Patrick Campbell is said To
make up more rapidly than any
other woman uu the stage. She usu-
aIly arrives at the thtatcru few min.
ute- before curtain time, enters her
dressing like q cyclone. and
with the aid nf @ uimhle-tingrrra maid
Is ready 60 go con before the average
actr,-- would have her han ur. Frc-
quru,ly she stands iu the wings wait
ing for her cue while putting up her
bBir lly iha way, hc raises trr-
meud,us raw ut seeing hvscIf au-
nuurrrd oa ,le rills us Mira pat
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-11
RUINS or THE PEoos CHURCH. CALIFORNIA.

the Mexican general to Gen. Twiggs
when aglled about the ammunition
"Sir, if there had been any ammuni-
ton left, you would not now be
here"
1t was at San Cosine that Grant,
then a lieutenant, nrst showed his
military sagacity. He mounted 4
howitZer in the tower of a church,
which commanded the ground of the
enemy. Grant told the story in his
modest way: The shots from our
little gun dropped upon the enemy
and created a great confusion" He
was called before the commanding
general, who pronounced every shot
effective.
Finally the capital was reached and
the stars and stripes tloated from the
halls of the MonteMmas. The de
mands Of the conquerors for the
trouble, expense and bloodshed of "A
two-yearS' war, which they had pro-
voLed, was California and New Mex
leo, two-ffths of the Mexican en-
pire.
Gen. Fremont had been sent over
land to the Pacific coast to incite Il
rebellion. Santa Anna fled-tLe Mex.
leans were elpless-signed the
treaty.
If the war were unjust, as has
been claimed, the United States gen
erously gave an indemnity of l5,OO1,-
OOO.
At the beginning of the civil war
Napoleon III. was dazzled by a
scheme OF forming an empire in Mex
leo that, in way, would be "a de
pendency of France. lie doubted
not that the confcdcracy would win
and become an ally of the new en-
ogcthcr they would stamp out
the Monroe doctrine.
Napoleon chose Macmillan, arch
duke of Austria, and Carlota, hi.
wife. a daughter of Belgium, as hg-
urehcads, and promised to support
them with French troops.
From the first the French govern
mcnt had been warned that its action
would hc regarded as a cause Of war
with the United States. So long ag
the latter was engaged fguting f4r
its life blood, which the French
thought was fast ooliug out. tic
warnings were uf little moment. AZ
ter AppumuttoN they had different
sound iu French ears. rlaliur with
the Muuruc doctrine was pmyiuy
with tire. Napoleon decided 10 with.
draw bis truops basrIy breaking his
pledges 60 emperor and empress.
One wus shot the other went mad.
Early boz the preseu year. ulI. did
story was revived, which gave the
United States another claim against
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-11

had been in England two months the
solemn London dailies were Print
ing as news long stories of happen
ings in the circus, of visits of crowned
heads, of romances of the freaks.
Well Hamilton is back in New York
now. The day the show got here
the papers were full of the death
of bad elephant" whom the cir
Gus people have been, with tears,
obliged to kill and bury at sea OF
Sandy Hook. There were photo
graphs galore. The next Sunday two
of the papers had page stories on
differing phases of the circus.
"Tody" invented the sensation
about Jumbo, for whom the children
of royalty were crying their eyes
out when Barnum bought him; he
stuffed Jumbo's skin when he died,
and he mounted Jumbo's bones, and
made the best of Jumbo's having
,--.-. I.:I,,I - o. -'.- d.,
of his prettiest feats, though not
famous, was to secure the printing
of a two-pagc newspaper picture 36
inches long of the modern Noah's
ark" the voyage of the greatest
show" to England. The sectional
plan showed just where the animals
went in two by two or otherwise.
Not a cent, directly or indirectly,
does the big show pay for the in
sertion of these stories. They are
so readable that the papers want
them. Hamilton doesn't even have
to write them. The best reporters
are sent to work up his ideas.
l once asked Hamilton why he
self.
81 am sad instance" he said, "ot
the benumbing effect upon mans
courage of the certainty of a steady
salary"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-11

fuming with rage because Caine
puts Pope Leo N."-that is to say,
some pope of the future-into his
play The Eternal City" and puts
into the popc's mouth sentiments
which Catholics cannot approve.
Thus Father Ducey has been drawn"
to attack Mr.. Caine. Father Ducey is
the typical "soggarth aroon'-the
dear priest lie is fervid, elo-
quent, devoted, the friend of many
people. In Henry Georges time Fa-
ther Duccy was in disfayor with hi,
superiors because he was friendly to
the "singic tax" movement. His eIo-
quence has never made him a bishop.
as it aid Fenclou.
Father Ducey says-and he has his
co-rcligiouists with him-that in Mr
Gaines conception II the pope. as
played by Mr.. Holland conscience.
confidence, religion all are violated
Ills stage pope is an insult 10 the
most sacred relations Of religious
life" liut there are enough people
in Sew York who are not good Cath
olics 90 fll every night the thcatrr
where the sham pope is played.
Sew York has bad its Gll OF rell.
giuus plays. The morality" of
"Eyerymau' might escape that de-.
lgUatiDu. Iiut Mrs. fiskt's Mar, of
MHgiulo' boldly introduces Scrip
tural characters excepting tho Christ
Himself OWEN LANGpoE
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-11

nishes very large proportion of New
Gork's agnostics. The ethical move
ment has been of slow growth, but
there are now seven branches in Lon
don, and the parent body in New York
has just laid the corner stone of
splendid new home. The work is the
same as that usually undertaken IN
der church direction. Kindergartens,
clubs, country homes, sewing classes,
libraries, reading-rooms, bathrooms
and the like are furnished generously
for the members.
In charities the church has an advan-
tage over any ethical movement in its
vast accumulated machinery; in some
cases in its wealth. The ground upon
which Trinity church stands, with its
churchyard, just at the head of Wall
street is probably worth S. D,OOO, 900.
How much it is worth will never be
known; ii will never be- sold. The
Trinity Office building, fit only to be
torn down, and occupying only two lots
at the northern, end of the graveyard,
mas just been sold for 81, 100000 to be
removed. Old Trinity owns much
profitable real estate whose rentals
grow every year. The money is spent
upon chapels in other parts of the
town and upon charities and rood
works, after salaries Of unusual num-
bcr and generosity have been paid To
its clerics, with the venerable DR. Dix
at their head.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-11

The next year dlfhculty
arose with Mexico as to the owner
ship of strip of land between the
Merces and the Rio Grande, ceded to
Texas in 1924 by Santa Anna.
Santa Anna denied the claim, de-
clared it was wrung from him when
he was prisoner and his life threat
ened, therefore not valid.
Polk, man of great energy and
iron will, was president of the Uni
ted States; upheld by the democratic
party he sent troops under Gen. Tay-
lor to secure that strip of land-if
need be, at the cannon's mouth.
There were secret instructions to
provoke a war if possible.
The Texans, remembering the mas
sacre at Goliad, remembering the
Alamo, "Thermopylae had her mes
sengers of defeat, but the Alamo had
none" hated the McXicans, especially
the treacherous Santa Anna.
Taylor, carrying out his instruc
tions, built fort opposite Mata-
moras. This had the desired effect.
The McXicans were incensed, crossed
the river and fought at Palo Alto.
American blood spilled upon Ameri-
can soil! The Rubicon was crossed
when Taylor passed the Rio Grande
and war was declared. The MeXicans
disputed the advance of the Ameri-
cans step by step. At convent in
Churubusco the national guard, most
ly Hidalgos, 500 strong, made a brave
defense against force of 5000 men.
There was no surrender, but the con
vent was taken-a fight memorable
for the answer, become historic of
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-11
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

The average lake trout lays G.ooO
eggs each season, and the whitchsh a
greater number
Beetles Iu the East and West Indies
are su brilliant ia culur.ug that they
are beautiful as gems.
The specimen ~ the Japanese hen
Ia the Museum ~ Natural History, New
Aurk, has UI D. feet long
Some of che birds, notable che blue
throat, accomplish thr waulr OF their
migratory Journey Ia one atupruGous
effort.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-11

of the Ethical Gull
ture society. For
80 years this man
has made philan-
thropy his busi-
ness. His en-
deayor has been to
gather in good
works the many
who profess no re-
Ggion. His follow
ers have no creed
but good conduct.
Many, but not a
majority, are of
Jewish descent, an
element that fur