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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
BREACH OF PROMISE.


The London News tells the story of a
young gentleman in Lincolnshire, who
being engaged to marry certain Young
lady, came to her one day and said that
he had bet his cousin two bottles of wine
that this young lady would release him
from the engagement If he asked her to do
so. 1t was all "a bit of fun, he said; and
would she write note giving him up?
The young lady in question seems to have
quite entered into the spirit of the joke :;
and In order to procure for her lover the
nonor and glory of winning the two bot
ties of wine she gave him sheet Of paper
Oh which she had written: "Dear MIR.
B, wish yoa would discontinue pay
Ing your visits to me. remain your well.
wisher, A. H. 1t was certainly
impr udent of this girl to deliver any such
formal order OF release to her lover; but
1t has frequently been remarked that
young folks who are engaged ara as in
genious In devising means for tesufying
the confidence of each other as are the
amlable persons who take country lad
into tavern, prefer him friendship and
get him TO give them twenty pounds to
show that he believed in their honesty.
We have no means of knowing whether
this warrant of release was not obtained
as much as proof of affection or conf
dence as means of carrying out a Joke
However the deiendent in the suit carried
of the document, and did not return 1t.
Moreover, meeting the young lady on
subsequent occasion, he got from her a
brooch and pair of earrings he had given
heron the lgnoble pretenss that he wished
to buy her bracelet to match After
that nothing was heard of him. Furnish
ed with a release from the contract of
marriage, he had simply withdrawn him
self, taking with him what presens he
could conveniently recover. But here,
agsln, this very good joke was doomed to
have awkward results. The young man
in question found himself at the Lincoln
Assizes; and the jury would have nothing
to say to the bit of paper that he obtained
IN sach a humorous fashion On the con-
trary, they proceeded to sssess the dam
ages done to the young ladies feelings
just as If she had been the victim of insult
and injury combined; and we all know
that when a dozen jurymen start with that
notion they generally make the defenant
pay pretty smartly. The young man who
won tho bet, if there was bet in the case
may have got his two bottles of wine, bur
he had 20 pay $500 tie the too trusting
young personhad had furnished him with
the written release. H. will avoid such
dangerous Jokes ID the future.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
Canoes.

Rome is now the chief seat of the
art of cameo cutting, two of which are
produced-those cut in hard stone and
those cut in shells The stones most
valuable for this purpose are the orr
entail onyx and the sardonyx provided
they have at least two different eolors
in parallel layers The value of the
stone is greatly increased for this pur-
pose If it has four or five different col
ors in parallel layers, if the layers are
SO thin as to assist in making the de-
wise of the cameo. For example, a
specimen of stone, which has four
parallel layers, may be useful for q
cameo of Minerva, where the ground
would be dark gray, the race light,
the bust and helmet black, aud the
crest over the helmet brown or gray
All such canoes are wrought by lap
idary's lathe, with pointed instruments
of steel, and by means of diamond dust
Shell canoes are cut from large shells
found on the African and Brazilian
coasts, and generally show two layers,
one white and the other pale coffee
color or deep red orange. The subject
IS cut with small steel chisels out of
the white portion of the shell. Stones
adapted for cameo-cuttiEg are dense,
thick, and consist usually of three
layers OF ditferent-colored shell mater.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
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The nuay1 of The tiiDtr,

A proposal for the abolition of the
custom of wearing gloves for ornainens
tation has enianated from the chief
fashion journal of the capital of the
fashionable world. For protection
from cold or from abrasion of the skin
by contact of rough objects, gloves are
still to be permitted but not as an
article of dress. Why. says the limo
vator. should the possessors Of soft
and white hands favor custom which
conceals these charms and places them
on a level OF attractiveness in this
respect with the most horny handed
artisan or washerwoman? Why,
indeed. 1t is further urged that a
gentility whose badges are pretty
hands, white and soft, is far less easily
counterfeited than gentility, whose
badges are gloves, at dollar or two a
Dair
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
Manifest Absurdfties,

Is there any good reason why the dictates of COM
mon sense should be disregarded in medical pfsc
tice? Surely not. Yet how literally they are
sometimes set at naught In the treatment of dys-
pepsia liver complaint, constipation, nervous pros
tration and general debility. How often are power
full purgatives emetics and saivants given in
of Indigestion bilious collie and costiveness, when
the disease has already robbed the patient of
strength ne needs to combat with the attack. The 3D.
surdity of giving facilitating medicines to sick peo
RE who are weak already is mar;4est that it
is astonishing how any sane man can believe in such
practice The rational course under such circum
stances is to administer tonic and regulating med
icine and the experience of quarter IF a century
has proved that Hoste tiers Stomach Bitters is the
most wholesome s1d efficient preparation of this
c,as. TO be found in the medical repository. 1t is,
however something more than an invigorant and
regulator Its properties as an aperient and anti
bilious agent; its vitalizing and purifying effect
nnon the blood its utility when given as an ano-
dvne instead of laudanum, or choral, or digitas,
or some other supplying narcotic; its tranquzing
tendency IN spasmodic Affections and its palatabili
~ as eontrasted with the sickening pills and po-
,;ons of the pharmacopHa, certainly enttle Hostel
ter,s Bitters to be called the most comprehensive
remedy in existence.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
An Epicurean Feast.

Apleasant Partisan gentleman named
Decroire, who appears to have been
wholly given up to the delights of
science, recently prepared banquet
for his fellow-scientists which, Judging
from the bill Of fare, could not have
been of a peculiarly appetizing char
acter. The meats furnished consisted
of the flesh of horses which died of
the CHAMBERS, of COWS which bad per-
ished from rinderpest, and OF donkey
just died from hydrophobia. 1t was,
emphatically, "test" banquet, and
proved the devotion of its members to
the cause of science, as it was the in
tention to demonstrate to the world
that the flesh of animals was not af-
fected as human food by the worst dis
eases, but that the cooking effectually
purges it from all infectious matter.
Undoubtedly M. Decroire is a very es-
Unable gentleman in private life, but
we should hardly like to trust ourself
IN boarding house of his keeping.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
Mays Dream.

They parted in.tears at the shining bay,
And her heart was sad and her eyes were
dina;
And her lover was gone for a year and day,
And she looked DER the waves and prayed
for him,
And still she heard by the land or the lea
The wall of the moaning sea.
She dreamed that she saw him one stormy
night,
When the pillows were high and the wind
was loud
The ship was tossing, the waves were white,
And the black hull seemed like a drifting
shr3ud.
The sun shone cut on the morrow morn,
And Mary went down to the quiet shore,
To see her lover all white and torn,
And kiss the lips that would speak no more.
And still she hears by the land or the lea
The wall Of the moaning sea.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
Abandonment Of SIiai Culture in the
Sayannah River.

The Augusta Georgia. Chronicle
says We regret to learn that Mr..
Green, son of the famous fish breeder,
DIR. Seth Green, and his assistants, who
were left here by the latter last week.
to ascertain the chance of obtaining
sufficient number of ripe shad to inau-
gurate the process of Matching, hereto
fore alluded to ia these columns, to in
crease the annual shad crop of the Sa
vannah river, have been compelled to
abandon the project for the present
year. After thorough test of the
demonstrating fshed four nights
without other success than a cath of
two Indifferent male shad-and the
conviction of our fishermen that the
run for the season is very nearly over,
they have reluctantly abandoned the
field for the present season, and left
last night for Newbern, North Caro-
lima, where the prospect is reported to
he far more promising for the success
of their process than here
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
harsE IEnClnIins

A practical cheese manufactures at
the East gives the following sugges-
tions in the Maine Farmer concern
ing these institutions
In opening a cheese factory 1t is very
essential that they should tie started
upon right principles; and the patrons
should understand that much of the
responsibility rests with them. The
manufacturer should be held response
BILE for the proper manipulation of the
milk and curd, and the care of the
cheese, and that is all that can be
imposed upon him. 1t Is impossible
for any manufacturer to make q good
article of cheese from impure, tainted
or sour milk. Unless patrons exercise
the utmost care, the probabilities are
that The cheese viii be below par, and,
as matter of necessity, all the blame
must fall uron the manufacturer.
Among some of the causes of poor
cheese | may men ton:
[. Unclean milk. See that your
COWS have clean, dry place to lay,
careful hands to milk and have the
milk strained at once.
2 Diseased milk. Cheese makers
are many times sore'y puzzled with
curds acting strangely, and which, des-
plte their best efforts, only result in
almost worthless cheese. The diff
Guilty is often caused by unhealthy
milk, which some patron has sent in.
In this way the milk from one COW NAV
spoil So worth of cheese.
). Cows sometimes eat Objectionable
weeds, which give bad flavor to the
milk, and also to the cheese. For sew
eral weeks during the drought of 1871.
1T was very offensive to stand. over vat
OF curd during the cooking process,
due mainly 10 COWS eating weeds
from the woods and drinking impure
water; yet the consumers would won.
der what the manufacturer had done to
give the cheese such an unpleasant
flavor.
4. No milk Is good that comes from
cows logged or over-driven from the
pasture to the stable. In this case
there Is not only falling of in quality
but also III quantity, so patrons are
thereby made heavy losers directly.
while the whole company loses in rep
utahon. We must learn that cows
with full udders cannot be raced with
lmpunlty. and that dogs are nuisance
on dairy farm. We may remark in
this connection that the practice of
scold1ng and knocking the cows about
by incompetent and brutal mixers is
not only an act of cruelty and very
bad policy pecuniarily to dairymen. but
also adds its mite to the injury of the
milk.
3. No milk is good which is made
from filthy, stagnant water of slough
ana frog-yard. This needs no com
ment.
6. Failure to remove natural heat
from milk. A whole article might be
written on this point. Patrons must
exercise the utmost care with their
nights milk, setting it in water (run-
ming II possiblel over night with the
cover partly off; the cans two-thirds
full, and the water above the milk.
Empty together in the morning, filling
all the cans, and strain the morning s
milk by itself. Set in water with the
cover off until it starts. Milk should
not be left over night in barns, stables
or house cellars.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
The question has often bean acLa5

Inc question has often been aSke
me, rs there any harm in feeding
whey to mich COWS ~ I have ALWAYS
used my influence against this practice
but have not until lately seen any au
thority. Mr.. X, A. Willard, doubtless
the best authority in the United States
IN long editorial in Moores Rural
New Yorker, makes IL strong argument
against the practice, both as making
the milk very poor and also as impair
ing the health of the cows. He gives
the analysis of whey as follows: Wa
ter, 1912; butter, .35 casein, AT;
albumen, .3S; milk sugar, 4.54; Tactic
acid, AS; ash, SO. Total 100.
The butter is taken off before feed
ing, leaving only the casein which can
in any way enter the composition oil
the cheese so it will be seen that
feeding COWS with whey is only a sly
way of watering milk, and should be
treated as such
Care of Fowls in Transportation.
Among the numerous instances OF
cruelty to the lower animals, we have
special occasion to remark the mex
cusable negligence of breeders in send.
ing fowls away on long journeys lily
provided, or not at all, with food and
drink. The negligence Is culpable,
and, moreover, foolish, for thereby the
greatest injury is done to the fowls
themselves and if the fact that the
animals will suffer painfully has no in
fuence upon the owners it would seem
as if the selfish wish TO avoid loss
would have some weight. For a pro-
longed abstinence in an animal feed
ing so frequently as the domestic fowls,
and subject TO such extensive draught,
on the system, is often followed by
irremediable injury to the constitu
ton. We would avoid breeding from
a bird that we knew had been thus
treated, Just as we would avoid one
that had any great defect, such as a
bad form, producing weakly chicks and
the like The evils of all undertaking
are we'll enough understood In this
case, however, the difficulty is in
creased by the suddenness of the
shock, the fowl not having time to &C
custom itself to it. What is said Of
feeding is also true of the supply OF
water. A healthy fowl will drink ff,
teen to twenty times day, and in a
close coop, or in hot weather, still
oftener. Therefore all possible pains
should be taken to properly fasten
water-cups in the travelling cages.
If, however, fowl comes to hand
for we will do the reader the honor OF
supposing that he would not be guilty
of such an offence-that has been de-
prlved of food and drink for long
time, we must remember that the pow
ers of the system are lowered, that The
ability to digest is diminished, togeth-
er with the general nervous power, and
that from the lack of material the
amount of gastric juice is also lessen
ed. We must, therefore, for time,
limit the supply both of solids and
liquids. and the food first given should
be quite wet. Sopped bread" is re.
commended, and this IS probably as
good as anything else. We would also
endorse the recommendation to soften
the bread in ale, If there appears to be
unusual depression. This care ought
to be extended during, at least, g
couple of days.-Ihe Poultry World
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17

LoNeFELLow and Bryant were recent
ly admitted to honorary membership
In the Academy of st. Petersburg
The occasion was one of much pomp
and ceremony, nearly all of the eighty
regular members of the Academy be-
ing present, and the royal family be.
ing represented by the prince of the
house of Romanoff, the Grand Duke
Constantine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
THE Times saws DR. Walpole has lost

his beautiful chestnut mare. She died sud
denly in harness, it is supposed from bots or
pin WORMS. IT the Doctor had used Sheridan S
Cdrot-y Condition Porders, he would, no
doubt, have had his mare to-day they are
death OH worms.
,CHAPPED hands are very common with those
drops of Johnsons Anodyne Imminent rubbed
over the hands two or three times day, will
keep them soft and white. Fishermen sailors,
and others will do well to remember this
Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
THE Harrodsburg XIV People saws:

The Harrodsburg (ky.) People says:
" A strange monstrosity was born on
the farm of VIM. E. Davis, in Mercer
county, week or two or ago. 1t was
the offspring of a cotswold eve, and
was more like turtle than anything
else. In shape it was nearly round
and fat, with a crust on the back
The only wool it had was a small tuft
on the back of a small, curiously
shaped head. The feet set out at the
sides like those of turtle. Mr.. Davis
can only account for the monstrosity
from the fact that the eve must have
been frightened when with lamb by a
turtle In the branch which flows
through the pasture" The owner of
the lamb PROPOSES to work the animal
up into mock turtle soup for Louisville
epicures, In few weeks
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17

THERE are periods in life when credit
is an anchor that saves from bankrupt
cy; and the fact that man insures in
the WASHINGTON, is positive evidence
that he is prudent and careful bust.
ness mao.-Com
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
FARM. GARDEN and HOUSEHOLD.
FseventIon of Hog Cholera.

Prevention of Hog Cholera
The Rural World says one of the
largest hog breeders in Missouri, who
frequently has several hundred head at
once never has any sick. He gives them
salt just as he does other stock. In
cooking food for hogs-which he does
in large wooden boiler holding thirty
or forty bushels-he has all the Goals
and ashes thrown in the boiler and
boiled with the food. He also some.
times puts IN salt and sulphur He like
wise burns charcoal for them, and they
eat it as freely as they do corn. He
likewise has movable sheds for his
hogs, and keeps them sheltered from
the cold and storms.
By this mode of treat,ne nt, his hogs
are always healthy; an while those
around him pursuing different treat.
ment have lost their hogs by disease,
not single animal of his has ever
been effected.
So we say, prevention is better than
cure. We forgot to say that he occa-
sionally dissolves copperas (sulphate
of iron) IN water, and mixes it with
their food. This is destruction TO in
ternal worms, if they have any, and is
also a tonic. Hogs easily take cold,
and every humane man should see that
they have warm, dry quarters this
cold, stormy weather. They are as
much subject to the pneumonia as hui
man beings. 1t is a remarkable fact
that the internal organs of the hog
more closely resembles those of man
than any other animal.
How 10 Prevent Glover from Giowing
Too Coarse.
1t Is sometimes objected to clover
that 1t IS too coarse as feed-thls be.
ing the case where it is grown on
strong ground, making a large stalk
This can be remedied by sowing thick,
and thus getting fine stem crop, also
shorter III length, the stalks varying
from 10 to % inches, according to the
quality of the land, the season, and
whether plaster is used. But the
point is, to SOW thlck--from ten to
twelve quarts per acre, evenly scattered
on even, mellow soil, and brushed il If
sown with spring grain. This forms a
close growth, and must be cut before
1t lodges much, and this is generally
about the time of towering Else,
IA ho'SoNN 'ptifs anu w
remain SO for some time, it will par
TALLY rot, and lose much of its quality
as feed. But harvested in time and
well cured, there will be no deteriora-
ton of the high value which this plant
has obtained among our best dairymen
Three tons per acre may thus be real
lied, and ii the season is a good one
the amount may be doubled by two
cuttings; and clover should always be
cut twice, each time at about the bios
soming period. We prefer the medium
size or June clover, as it is earlier and
fner-stemmed than the large kind. and
less apt to lodge, and always permits OF
two cuttings. On poor land clover may
be grown successfully, improving the
land But 1t may be raised on the
richest of land with the most crafty.
ing results; only get it close, so as to
have it line stemmed, and cut it in
time.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
CHAPPED HANDS, face. ro1

CHAPPED HANDS, lace, rough SKIN,
pimples, ring worm, salt-rheum and other Gu
taneous affections, cured, and the skin made
soft and smooth, by using the JUMPER TAR
Soar, made by CAswELL, HAZARD & Co.. New
York. Be sure and get the Juniper Tor Soap,
made by us, as there are many limitations
made with common tar which are worthless.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17

COLDS AND COUGHS. Sudden changes
of climate are sources of Pulmonary and
Bronchial affections. Take at once Bro'on's
Bronchial Troches," let the Cold, Cough, or
Irritation Of The Throat be ever so slight. Com
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17

LIEUT.. FRED. D. GRANT described to
friends in Washington the other night,
his travels in Europe. As a lecturer
and speech-maker, he is more of sue
cess than his father.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
MILWAUK EE,

HE government island at Rock
Island is to be written up for the June
Scribner by 3. F. Taylor.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17

CUTTERS Vegetable Pulmonary Bal
sam, Doubtless the best Cough Medicine in
the world Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
DR.. D. GILMORE. of IS Warren st.

1T. y. IILMUhE, OI o. W dIIbH 10,
Jersey City, n j., has a certain cure FOR Can
GER. He uses a vegetable extract that takes
out the Cancer, roots aud branches, when the
sore rapidly heals. and never ulcerates. In
it's early stage charges nothing for treatment
and medicine until cured.---Com
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
USE the Reisi niger Sash Lock and Support to
FASTEN YOUR WINDOWS

No spring to break. cutting of sash; cheap, dur
able very easily applied holds sash at any place de
sired, and = self Fastener when the sash is down
Send stamp for cirular- Circular and six copper
bronzed locks sent to address in the U s., post
paid. receipt of 50 cts. Liberal inducements to
Lock Co, No. 4ls Market st., Han risburg, Pa.
(For illustration of this cheapest and best lock,
Woods Household Magazine, ". Y Independent etc. etc
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17
AGENTS WANTED FOR
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with extended notices of many of his Cotempora ~,
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17

THEs are eating black berries in Jack
sonville, Fla.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17

Best and Oldest Family ford's
Jjrer Inriaora ter-a purely vegetable Cdthardc and
ionic = Dyspepsia, Constipation, Debility, Sick
Headache Bilious Attacks, and all arrangement of
Liver, Stom ach and Bowels. Ask your Druggist for
l. Be,ears or limitations.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17

WHY TAKE pnts Of nauseous fluid remedies for
Ague when few doses OF Shallenberger's Pills will
cura vou at once No sickness, and no purging.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-17

A BROTHER of Clemens is making his
Mark as Vermont editor.