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Year: 1871

life but valiant as you have always PRoFEssED
to be, but coward that you ARE, you evaded me.
Yet knew we should some day meet; l regis
tered VOW that when we did, would offer you
a sacrifice to your Internal art. To this end
studied to become adept at it, and succeeded.
Aud when at length blindness cast its shadow
upon me, and seemed to render hopeless the full
fllment of my vow, instead of abandoning it,
betook myself to new species of practice.
sought to make bearing take the place of sight.
Again succeeded. learned to take aim with
ear instead of eye. When heard you answer
= ready 3" to-day, knew the exact direction in
which to point my pistol, as well as if had seen
you Besides, could hear you breathing where
you stood. You lost your chance in delaying
your fire. You wished to make sure work and
overreached yourself"


More than once the Major looked appealingly
at the speakers face, but in those remorseless,
sightless eyes, there was no sympathy. And as
the labored breathing grew fainter, the old man
resumed his listening attitude. AT last all was
still.


" He is dead" he said and its wonted ex-
preston of melancholy settled on the old man S
face, as, taking his companions arm, he turned
and walked leisurely away.
Year: 1871

LADY EXPERIENCED IN HOUSEKEEPING u
n open to an engaeenentin a widowers or bachelors
family, would take charge of house for family
to travel the highest references given Address NJ A. Her
AID Office.
Year: 1871

CONCORD, n. H, October 18.-The
labor reform state committee met this
evening and passed resolutions to the
following effect:


BesoIUed, That the political events
of the past show the need of new
party; that the Tammany frauds find
no parallel in the New York custom
house; that while we do not endorse
the record of Butler we thank him in
behalf of the labOring classes for his
truthful statements of facts in relation
to the late canvass in Massachusetts;
that we invite the cO-Opera8n of all
irrespective of past political belief to
the convention to be held in Decem-
bor
Year: 1871

The river is again declining, with fair
prospect for a lower stage of water than
ever. Business was light. The weather
Is clear, with cool wind. Arkansas and
White rivers are reported to be on the
rise. Should this prove true, and there
should be a sufficient rise to enable boats
to run, it will make glad the hearts of q
very large number of interested indiYid-
uals outside of river men. One gentleman
remarked TO us to-day that he had 400
bales of cotton somewhere along the Ar
kansas Awaiting TRANSPORT alton.
Year: 1871

CHRISTMAS BALL.-The management
of the Ball to come off at the Pavilion,
on Christmas evening, have abundant
assurance, in the rush for tickets, that it
will be the best attended affair of the
kind ever witnessed in this city.
Year: 1871

THIS well known house aas been


IL rhtted and improved and for
elegancs, convenience and comfort is
not surpassed by any Hotel in the
South. Every attention is peid to the
comfort of guests and nothing is want
ing to render their stay in the city
pleasant.
Year: 1871

CLEAR HEABED.--Theodore Tilton, in
his new paper, The Golden Age, proves
that he is above the level of sycophancy
in the following terse paragraph, which
contains homely truth, too:


A number of friends have kindly offered
their advice in regard to the proper atti-
tude of this journal toward the Adminis-
tration. Fancyiugl that we have mystic
rious quarrel with the President, they are
waiting for us to strike an open blow.
This expectation must be disappointed.
Is there any good reason for an outbreak
of hostility against the Governments We
know of none 1t is as hard to be the
enemy as it is to be the friend of the pres
ent Administration, To praise it would
be unwarrantable to blame it would be
unfair. President Grants government is
too good TO be bad, and too bad to be
good. So, for the present, the least said,
either for or against it, the better.
Year: 1871

Mark Twain has this advice for young
men with literary aspirations: "Write
without pay until somebody offers pay.
If nobody offers pay within three years
the candidate may look upon that circum-
stance with the m nst implicit confidence
as the sign that saving wood was what
he was intended for"


Very good advice to some of the
hangers>on to the press in this Territory
who have written for the press for the
past ten years, without pay or thanks,
and still continue to spread ink at the rate
of a gallon a week.
Year: 1871

We inter, from late telegraphic advices,
that the people in ;he east are coming to
believe that I be Joint High Commission
VIII amount to more of buncombe than of
earnest diplomacy; though, really, we
cau't see how the reporter for the asso-
c'ated press of California knows any more
about what the Commission is doing than
anyone else, as its sessions are secret,
and not known to those not Immediately
connected with it. The telegraph re-
porter, under date of Washington. March
20, sends the following: During the
sessions Of the High Commission during
the pnst week the relations of the two
countries 10 each other has been consid-
cred in general way with a view to
seeing what concessions might be made
by either side before any particular dis
pute shall ba taken up for settlement.
The impression which prevailed at first
was that En- gland was prepared to offer
the "olive branch" and that mere ouib-
b.es would bs discarded for a can lid and
frank avowal of outrages committed and
damages to bn adjusted. But this has
given place to a fear that England is not
disposed to make any magnanimous con-
cession, and that if any arrangement is en-
tered.into for settlement of pending ques>
tions, it would be on the basis Of an
equivalent. The Commissioners ssem
rather to incline to the plan of purchasing
the right to FISH freely in CanadiAn waters
without restrictions. which is looked upon
as an easy mode of settlement. On the
other hand it is certain that the popular
sentiment would condemn the adjustment
of our differences with England by our
agreeing to pay England money. 1t is
said neither revival of reciprocity treaty
nor payment of considerable sum for
right of fishing in Canadian waters, would
q be popular with our people.
Year: 1871

Ross COFFEE SALooN.-DO you want
cup of good coffee or g piece of pie or
pigs foot or anything that is good to
eat: II you do, step in Rsithe coffee sa>
loon next door to Hastings & Brothers.
and you can get it-at any time.
Year: 1871

was visited by a similar agitation Of its i'm
mense body of water as witnessed at the
head of the Lake, as well as at the Sauit,
or the eastern extremity, and at Grand Por-
tage, and Marquette on the North and
South shores.


Scientific men conjecture that these tidal
waves are caused by extended and sudden
atmo spheric disturbances, and that they are
precursors Of storms. IN the instance at
Grand Island violent thunder storm ragged
between there and Mackinaw within or s
hours afterwards. But i IS not known that
every such instance is connected with
storms. Water, however, is said to rise
and fall with the barometer in the proper.
tion of one inch to l-20th Of an inch
Year: 1871

Oodensburg on the St. Lawrence river,
is connected by railway with the fine city
of Portland, Maine. The international
trade of the Northern Pacific, in seeking
the ocean will naturally take this route in
preference to others. The transfer Of Eu-
ropean bound Pacific freight from the rail
to water conveyance at the head of Lake
Superior, will not be to ocean going yes
sells, as some may suppose. The Welland
canal, and other links in the water route
between here and the Atlantic, by their linn
tied accommodations, forbid the transit Of
full freighted ocean steamers from Lake
Superior to Liverpool, or Hayre, direct.
Consequently the freight for Europe will
be CARR ed IN small propellers from the head
OF Lake Superior to Ogdensburg, and there
transferred to the railway which will con-
vey it to the best harbor on the Atlantic
coast, that of Portland.


This route from ocean 10 ocean viii be
at once the most natural, the shortest and
cheapest 1t will have at either end the
finest ocean harbors on the western contI-
nent, the harbors of Puget Sound and Port
land, Maine. While in its centre will be
the longest line of inland navigation east
and west, that is afforded to lake boats
within the limit of the United States, as
this practically is. What is needed at the
point Of transfer on Lake Superior is a
broad harbor, not necessarily a very deep
one The Northern Pacific Will want room
for a host of small propellers that will load
and move in hurry, transferring its freight
cheaply IS only small propellers can do.


Were the Northern Pacific railway com
pleted to-day, all It's immense business could
be transacted with inland navigation just as
it IS 1t wants no deep sea harbor on Lake
Superior for ocean steamers. The Lakes
and the St. Lawrence are not ready Tor the
White Star Line, or Cunard Line yet, and
will not be for a generation. But the Great
Thoroughfare cannot afford to wait. 1t is
built for business purpose, and will take
things Just as it finds them.


Our extended bay and river frontage Will
accommodate with ease and safety, the
North Pacific fleet that will yet ply between
the City and Bay of Superior, and The port
of Ogdensburg, No cabined, cribbed,
confined harborage will ever accommodate
the international traffic that will have to be
reshipped at this point in q few years, 1t
will require the whole Bay of SUPERIOR and
this town owns four-fifths Of it. All par
ties concerned will yet see why this broad
Bay was flung across the head of Lake Su-
perior, midway between the oceans.
Year: 1871

When Lake Superior iron ore was first
taken to Pittsburg, Pa, it was declared
to be of no value. It has since been proved
in many respects, the best on the globe.
Iron from this ore is nearly onc-fiIth more
tenacious than Russian iron, and fully one
half more tenacious than the best iron OF
Sweden or England


Though it has not been known more than
a quarter Of a century, nor marketed more
than fourteen years, the iron ore Of Lake
Superior even now supplies three-fourths Of
the demand in the Mississippi valley, and
is yearly creating for itself q greater de-
mand. A round million Of tons Of iron ore
was mined on this Lake last year, and it is
expected that this yield will be repeated
with an increase Of 25 per cent. during the
present year,


4 hundred furnaces in Pennsylvania and
Ohio are supplied from this region, and
over 20 per cert. of al the iron made in the
Union is from Superior ore. The average
value Of production since 1856 has been
over two millions of dollars per year, in ore
and iron. Last year the ore product was
valued at nearly four and q quarter millions
Of dollars, and tie manufactured iron at
more than two millions


And yet the development Of the iron in
terest on Lake Superior has only COM
menced. It's yield is but fraction Of the
surface yield. What it will amount to
when the iron mountains of almost pure ore
on the north and south shores, the immense
beds OF the Michigammi and Menominee
region, and the extensive fields Of this ore
in other localities about the Lake are work
ed to their fullest capacity, cannot be ade-
quately comprehended.


Take away from Lake Superior her cop,
per and silver, and possible gold; her slate,
her brown stone and granite and pine; her
fish and fur and grain, and even the great
Pacific railway; and yet the iron yie:d Of
the future alone would make her fabulously
wealthy.
Year: 1871

the establishment of the TINES, have in so
short a period won for themselves so envi-
able a place in the ranks of the country
press. The voluntary commentators of
both friends and foes have testified not only
to its typographical neatness, and effective
makeup as a newspaper, but to the discre-
ton of its management, and the forcible
and timely nature Of its contents.


1t has been widely quoted in the East
and the West, and has exerted an influence
that has fayorably decided some important
local measures, and called forth some ylru-
lent attacks Taking for granted that our
citizens appreciate the necessity Of main
tanning newspaper in their midst, and that
they approve the record of the past year in
all its essential particulars, we confidently
launch forth upon the restless sea Of publ
cation for another year.


The TINES being owned by no clique or
ring, and ridden by no hobby, will ever be
found ready to assist any practicable enter
prise that promises to benefit the whole
community. All who prize the continuance
of free, fearless, and independent journal
in this place, will no doubt give US tangible
evidence thereof by prompt and cash re-
newal of their subscription.


But while devoted principally to the ad
yancement of Superior, and Douglas Coun-
ty, the TINES will labor to promote the in
terests of the whole Lake Superior region,
and the New Northwest, and will on many
accounts commend itself to the hearty pat
ronage of all in this section Of country. Let
one and all, then, subscribe for the Superior
TIMES.
Year: 1871

o. the orators voice is q mighty power,
As IL echoes fron shore to shore,
And the fearless pen has more sway over men
Than the murderous cAnnon's roar.
what bursts t. e chain far over tie main
Anu Or ghteng the captivs's deny
lis the fearless voice and the pen Of power
Hurrsh for the voice and pen
HurrAh for the voice and pen
The tyTAnt knows who deny rigbts
And the coWArds who blanch with fear
Exclaim with glee, no arms have ye,
Nor cannon, nor sword, nor spear
Your bills are ours, with our ports Asd towers
We are masters Of mount and glen.
Iyrant-, beware for the arms we bare
Are the voice and the fearless zen
Hurrab for he voice and pen
Though your horsemen stand With bride In hand.
And YOUR Sentinels walk around
Though your matches fare In the mi dnight air
And your brain trumpets sound
o, the orators tongue shall be heard among
Those listening warrior men,
And they'll quickly say, why should We sIsy
Our friends Of the voice ana pen
Hurrah for the voice and pen
Mhen God created the earth and sea,
The stars and the glorious sun,
The Godhead spoke, and the universe woke,
And the mighty work Was done.
Let word be flung from the orator's tongue
Or drop from the fearlesB pen,
And The chains Accurs'd Asunder burt
That fettered the minds Of men.
HurT an for the voice and pen


Hurrah
o. these are the swords with which we tight
The arms In which trust
Which tyrsnt'S hand Will dare TO brand,
Which time cannot dim or rust.
When these we bore We triumphed before,
With these we'll triumph again,
And the world viii say no power can stay
The voice and the fearless pen.
HarrAh for the voice aud PEN


Hurrah
Year: 1871

Not to hear conscience is the way to silence


ID
One hour to-day is worth two tomorrow.
Proud looks make foul work on fair faces.
Quiet conscience gives sweet sleep.
Richest is he that wants least.
Small faults INDUCED are little thieves that


let in greater.
The bough that bears most bend lowest.
Virtue and happiness are mother and


daughter.
Wise men make more opportunities than


they find.
You never lose by doing good turn.
Zeal without knowledge is fire without
Year: 1871

Clearing Up Of the Alleged Abduction Mystery
The Acme Of Gratitude of the Guardians
Tho Girls Determined to Leave Home and
Prepare for q Brilliant Future


Statements Of the Guardian, the


Father and His Daughters
Year: 1871

A RESTAURANT AND BAR, NEAR BROADWAY. TO


let with long lease opened the entire ground floor of
Washington place Hotel house full OF guests modrac
be paid in board Apply at Nos and Washington
Year: 1871




A striking instance of peculiarly prim-
itive ideas upon the subject of matrimony
was brought to light on Thursday in the
Superior Court. A young couple, re-
Gently married, thought it just as easy to
get unmarried. Like asking the minis
ter to marry them, they thought AL they
had to do was to ask judge to unmarry
them, and the work was to be as quickly
done. Introducing themselves to the
Court, which they did openly, they asked
to be divorced. Upon the judge asking
on what grounds they sought divorce,
their reply was that it was by mutual
consent =" this and nothing more"
Neither had charges to make against the
other. The green-eyed monster had not
disturbed the serenity of their young
welded lives. Peccadilloes there were
none. Neglect, harshness, cruelty
there were none Of these. Incompati-
bility Of temper, that derRier resort of
divorce applicants, had not ruffied the
smooth waters Of their matrimonial ex-
istence. All fhe judge could do, Of
course-and this he did-was to dis
course to them briefly upon the nature
OF marriage as a civil contract, as de-
fined in the law; upon its solemnity, as
set forth in the pages of Holy Writ, and
upon the inutility of their application by
telling them he could do nothing for
them.
Year: 1871

Friends Of the Massachusetts, branch
Of the Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals complain that it is
hampered by want Of money, and its
whole work has thus far rested upon the
shoulders Of two men.
Year: 1871

Reflect that IL sound mind and body arc the
Happiness Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes Il weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkcns to the view, the MIND
becomes shadowed with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another is blightcd with our own.
Year: 1871

The Independence, Iowa, Bulletin
records the heroic conduct of lady
teacher of that place, Miss Maggie
Cooper. The school building in which
she was teaching is provided with ven
tilating fues, connected with the rooms
by registers. The registers are of cast
iron, weighing about forty pounds
each, ard are let into the wall about
thirteen feet from the floor. On Mon
day afternoon of last week, as two little
boys were working at the blackboard,
directly under the register, in Miss
Cooper's room, the lady happened to
cast her eyes in the direction of the
ceiling, and saw to her CONSERVATION
the heavy iron register was on the very
point of falling on the heads of the
unconscious children. Taking IN the
situation at a glance, she saw that the
little ones could not be removed in time
to avoid the impending danger, but,
determined to save their lives at any
sacrifice, she rushed to the spot, and,
extending her arms above the heads of
the little boys, received the whole
weight of the falling iron, and, by the
utmost exercise of her strength, divert
ed it from the line of its descent to the
floor, where it fell close by the side Of
the imperlled children. There is not
the least doubt that, but for the heroic
action of Miss Cooper, the lives of one
or both of the boys would have been
sacrificed. Miss Cooper received a Sc
we're cut in the hand, and for day or
two her arm was so benumbed by the
conclusion as to be entirely useless.
Year: 1871




Adams & Co.'S Express carry q large
number of the bogus watch and coun-
terfeit money packages which are sent
to those who are fools enough to reply
to the advertisements of concerns offer
ing large inducements for small invest
ments. The watches always come in
neat packages, tied with red tape. and
securely sealed. They are marked col
lect on delivery, $3.50 In every case
the Express Company warns the recip-
tents that the watch in the package is
valueless, and advises the party not to
take the package. In some cases they
are successful in stopping the fraud, but
in the majority of cases the party is i'm
pressed with the belief that the watch
is genuine, as advertised.


The other day a party of father,
mother, and daughter appeared at the
Office and inquired for such package.
1t was handed to the daughter, who
had sent for it, the clerk at the same
time advising her to send it back. The
father was of the same opinion, but the
mother "voted" with the daughter,
and advised her to take the package.
She paid her So. 50and opened the bum
die. Inside lay little brass toy watch,
with three or four inches of brass chain
and fancy key attached. The tears
rushed into the eyes of the daughter,
and that mothers indignation knew no
bounds. Silently gathering up the
watch and box, the girl turned away.
1t is not likely she viii invest in an
other. Such cases occur almost every
day.


In regard to the counterfeit money
packages nothing is done, except to de-
liver them to the party addressed. As
they never contain anything except
sawdust, nothing can be done with the
party sending or receiving them. Both
are swindlers, but the man who has
sent his money to be exchanged for
counterfeit cannot complain of the man
who sends him sawdust instead without
eliminating himself, and so the hounds
escape the penalty of the law.
Year: 1871

Those who have travelled in Western
Kansas late in summer cannot have
failed to observe the hundreds and
hundreds of acres of sunhowers, wav-
ing "fields of cloth of gold, as far as
the eye can reach. As one went west
ward, they grew more and more scarce,
till at length they disappeared alto
gether. Now it is singular fact, which
might bother Professor Huxley, that,
with the rapid advance of the rail
way during the last summer, the
sunhower went with it, pari pas
Su. As the soil was turned up to
light and moisture the width of the
track, the sunfower, whose seed is too
heavy to be carried by the winds, and
which man does not convey, as he may
grain or grass seed for use, sprung up
inevitably for hundreds of miles beyond
the point where heretofore it ceased to
grow. The same fact If true of grass
and of grain. The soil that, for count
less ages, had produced nothing but
the distinctive grass and limited fora
of the plains, greedily devoured the
seed of other vegetation which chance
had brought it, and the fresh-turned
earth along the railroad track suddenly
clothed itself, for the first time
since the Rocky Mountains burst up
from the bowels of the earth, with q
new verdure. Such facts, of course
could not pass unnoticed, and they led
to fresh theories and observations.
There are old settlers-and we believe
that Mr.. Elliott is among them-who
hold that the progress of settlement
westward In western Kansas has
been marked by cognate phe-
nomena, which had hitherto at
tracted little attention. Not only have
the cultivated grasses and other vege-
tation encroached upon the "Desert u
and changed its character, but with
this change also, it is asserted, has
come one of climate. The rainy re.
gion has kept pace with the altered
condition of the soil. We doubt wheth,
er time enough and observation enongf
have yet been given to establish this
-fact absolutely, but there is nothing q
DriOFi incredible or unreasonable abouf
it. The influence of forests upon eli
mate is as well established as any othel
scientific fact
Year: 1871

Ar THE NORTH PoLE.-Capt. Hall,
the Arctic explorer, in his recent lee
ture in New York, was reported thus:
When he shall stand on the North
Pole there is one thing which will
trouble him, and that, how shall he
keep his chronometers regulated; how
shall he tell whether they are gaining
or losing Every direction then will
be south. There will be no north, no
east, no west. The North Star will be
directly over head, or nearly so, and on
the first day of March the sun viii Just
appear above the horizon and go
round and round, day by day, never
rising or setting, but gradually attain
ing a greater altitude, until finally it
viii get to height of 23{ degrees, and
then gradually get lower and lower, un-
til on the 23d of September it viii dis
appear, to be seen no more for SIX
months. What object can he site to
regulate his ehronometersl He has
asked the question Of the best talent IN
the country, and no man can answer
him. In the winter Of 1872 he viii be
where no sun can shine, but In a fine
place Tor people fond of eating, for it
viii always be dinner-time-alway IL
| o'clock