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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-24
4 Seal Fishery.

A correspondent of the Boston Tray-
eler writes of the Labrador seal fish
cries during March last When the
first steamer, the Eagle, reached the
seal fisheries, they fonnd the ice cover
ed with 60 white coats too young for
use. They were but ten days old,
whereas they should be three weeks
old to be useful SO the Eagle laid
by and waited till the young - cats :"
should grow i'll grease and fin. 1t was
a curious scene--a herd of perhaps
200, 900 baby seals lying around, amid
the hummocks, whimpering with
noise very similar to that Of as many
human babies, but far dearer music to
the ears of the hunters-all uncon-
scious of the do ON that awaited them.
as they peacefully fattened for the
slaughter. The hunters meantime
turned their att enhon to the old seals,
and killed some three thousand of
them. And finally the seal hunters in
the Eagle became mutinous, and insist
ed upon the hunt before another steamer
should come up. SO the Captain gave
the word. Oveboard with you and
have at them, you scoundrels-but
they're too young yet" For the next
five days g tumuituous murder shook
the midnight and midday arr An
ensanguined trial, marked by thou
sands of bloody, skinless carcasses,
showed the course of the steamer
through the ice field. 1.-The shivering
seals low means T" mingled with the
signing of the winds amid the glitter
ing ice masses. Night and day the
work of death went on, for seal hunt
ers, under such circumstances, want
little sleep or rest. Every nook and
Granny IN the steamer was crammed
with seal fat. Then the coal was
thrown overheard, only enough being
reserved TO steam homeward, and the
coal hunks were filled. Next, the men
piled the seals into their own hunks,
and slept on deck or on the floor of the
forecastle. They even emptied their
wooden boxes, in which their scanty
wardrobe is contained, and filled them
tightly with the precious fat. All space
below decks being now occupied, the
cargo was completed by heaping 5000
seals on deck, till the vessels gunwale
was almost on level with the water.
The cargo contained 80, 900 seals, worth,
at an average of 50 per seal, 500, 900, a
nice little sum for q vessel to net in a
fortnight. Each hunter will receive
about $50 as his share of the spoils.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-24

she discovered her mistake. her sle,dor
wings and limbs were entangIed in the
mesnes OF the China spiders net; the gay
ueceiver was upon her too easily had
she iailen a victim to his cunning wiles.
Meantime The less pretentious scheme
OF the brown spider hrd been equally
successful In trapping The prey he eoyet
ed SO mach so, indeed, that he had no
nme tor noticing the triumph of his CAV
nelghbor below, and thus each went on
to his dying day-as their descendants 90
on stlll-believing their own plan the
best for entrapping the unwary; and
there are unhappily for themselves, quite
as many moths and butterflies ready to be
caught by well-feigned sobrlety Of manner
as by the gaudy and gay appearance of
the frivolous minded.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-24
A Court Dance.

A nephew OF the Emperor William
OF Germany was married recently, and
the ceremonies of the occasion were
wound up by court dance. which is
thus described:
Minuet, Is courtly rite performed,
curiously enough. not by the Cham
berlains, but by the members of the
Cabinet on the occasions of royal mar
| riages. The torches, symbolical of
hymenial bliss, have, indeed, long
been superseded by tapers of exquisite
| odour and light; but now as 200 years
ago the Ministers of the crown consid-
er it an honor to be selected to move
up and down the measured cadence
of the music, and, candle in hand.
pay their respects to the new married
couple. SO highly valued was the honor
of sharing in che display IN the present
instance a question had arisen as to the
member of the Cabinet who should
have the pas of the others. Room, be-
ing the Prussian Premier, claimed
precedence of Prince Bismarck, who,
IN his Prussian capacity, is only Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs; while Prince
Bismarck, asserting the German Chan
cellor to be a more important person
age than any Prussian Minister, Pre-
mier included, insisted on his right to
lead off the Minuet, and marshal the
luminous host before the Royal throne
[ need hardly say that, as usual, the
Prince had 1t his own way, stepped
first and foremost, and held the biggest
taper. The ministerial prelude over,
the bride, likewise in accordance with
traditional etiquette, walked up to the
Emperor, and, bowling low, requested the
honor of dancing with His
Majesty. This was the signal
for a general polonaise of
the Court, Ministers always keeping
ahead. torch in hand At the conclu-
sion of the polonaise, the young couple
retired, the members of the Cabinet
having previously resigned their tapers
to like number of pages, whose office
is to light the happy pair to their
apartments. Immediately after oc-
CURED the remarkable ceremony of the
distribution of the Garter, common to
all classes in the Middle Ages, but
nowadays observed only by royalty and
the country folk of some primitive dis
tricts. A riband called the Brides
Garter, with her initials interviewer in
it, is presented to the gentlemen of the
Court, who pin it round their coat
sleeves, carrying it home as trophy
of the day and a "Reminiscences of the
oyant
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-24
Curious Story About n Hawk.

A curious incident occurred few
days since a short distance from this
city. One of our well known merchants
had gone out on a visit to a friend. at
whose house there was a bright little
boy, and one day, to please the child.
he manufactured very large kite, and
as the wind was strong enough. the
KITE was raised at once. After If had
gone up nearly half mile. large
crowd OF country people collected to
admire 1t, as such a magnificent toy
mao never been seen in that section
before. While the spectators were
admlrlng It, very large hawk was
seen to fly slowly out of neighborine
grove and go directly toward the kite.
The hawk approached within few
feet OF the strange looking object, and
then clrcled about under it for perhaps
I'VE minutes, when he flew above it and
again clrcled around several times.
Suddenly he lowered directly over the
kite, and after looking at it iptently
Tor short time, darted downward, and
striking the paper, passed directly
through the Kite, coming out on the
under side Alter this strange expert
ence, which no doubt puzzled the hawk
vastly, he flew off a short distance for
reflection, but still keeping the kite in
view. Not being disposed to give it
up SO, he quickly returned to the
charge, and this time fastened on a
long string of rags that were used as a
tail to the kite, which he tore and
scatt red IN the air in a savage man
ner. Finding, however, no resistance
on the part of the kite, he became dis
gusted or scared, and flew away toward
the woods, from whence he came. The
gentleman says that whenever the hawk
made an attack he would retreat
little, as If he expected the strange
bird was going to return the assault
Baltimore american.
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DomestiC Eecsnc 5.

To MAKE RAISED DoUGHNUTs.- Take
quart OF sponge for bread after it is
light, pint Of warm water, two eggs,
teacup of sugar, a pinch of salt, a
teaspoon of ground cinnamon, three
tablespoons of lard, or fried pork
gravy mix this well, and mold in flour
the same as bread Let the dough
stand until light, then cut III any shape
and fry in hot lard They are lighter
if cut in strips and then twisted than
if cut with q cake cutter. The guam
tity of sponge used need not zoe meas
ured. 4 little practice enables one to
tell the quaint ~ sufficiently near Lard
is better TO shorten them with than
butter. They can be made without
sugar occasionally, and 1t makes an
agreeable change. These make prime
breakfast cakes with coffee
WASHING BLACK CALICO After wash
ing in warm suds, rinse IN cool water,
with handful of salt thrown in the
rinse, or perhaps, ID the starch water
have not tried the latter A little bran
water in the first suds will make it wash
easier. On no account soak the goods,
as that fades them badly
A REMEDY FOR CoRNs. Battle the
feet in tepid water, tosoften the corns :;
pare these off very closely with a sharp
knife then rub on we'll green peach
tree leaves when, after continuing
the rubbing once or twice a day, the
corns will disappear.
FROSTED FEET REMEDY.-D
glue; just as cabinet-makers use it !;
coat the feet with it, using brush.
Put it on as warm as it can be borne
draw on cotton socks, and let them re-
main several days. A certain cure.
BOILED INDIAN PUDDNe. -1he fol-
lowing I know to be good: One pint
Indian meal; one pint thick, sour
mllkS one cup sour cream; one tea
spoonful soda, and salt, unless boiled
in pork water, which improves 1t very
much for some-I prefer clear water.
Stir into the batter, fruit; raspberries
are best-dried or fresh. If sour fruit
is used, trifie more soda is necessary.
Put into bag, and tie firmly, allowing
from two to three inches to swell. Boil
one hour; little over will not hurt,
| but is not needed. The water should
be boiling when the pudding is put in,
and be kept boiling. Serve with
cream and sugar.-Cor. RuroI Neu
| Yorker.
HOP YEAsE-Boil half pint of hops
in two quarts of water till the strength
is extracted. Rub half pint of fiou1
smooth with cold water, strain the tes
and mix it in; let 1t cook slowly like
mush from five to ten minutes. Let i
cool, and then add gill of yeast ant
two nicely mashed boiled potatoes, ant
put it in stone jug or bottles to rise
A tin coffee pot should be kept to boi
hops In, as the bitter taste is hard t.
remove from kettle. -Erchange
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-24
Pat Yourself in HIS Place.

Reader, pat yourself in the place of dyspeptic
and bilious patient under the old fashioned regular
treatment. Aopsthic doses Of blue pill purgatives
that go through him with the impetuous rush of an
avalanche, opium when he can't sleep, and little
beef tea to keep him alive under the assaults of the
medicine men upon his stomach his intestines, his
liver, and his braiu all these he has to endure Is
it any wonder that he becomes dreadfully weak
emaciated and detected? Reader, if you have any
"gumption " you would, under any circumstances
and at all hazards, decline to put yourself-other-
wise than suppostiously-in that mans place Now
put yourself in the place of person with the same
complaints who has had the sense to resort to Hos
letter S Stomach Bitters a remedy He takes that
agreeable and potent vegetable tonic and Alternative
will say, three times day. AS necessary con-
sequence his appetite returns his digestion i'm
proves, his bodily strength increases, his bowels
become free and regular, his sleep is sound ami re-
freshing his spirits grow buoyant, the tinge of
health returns to his complexion, and in a few
weeks the is complete. This is fancy pic
ture, it is a brief abstract of the experience of
thousands of dyspeptic, bilious debilitated and des
pairing patients Is it necessary to ask the reader
in which of the two places he would put himself, if
afflicted with any disease of the stomach the bow
els liver or the nerves?
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quantities of about twopounds to each

quantities of about twopounds to each
by feet sash. But great care must
be taken to have it thoroughly mixed
with the soil to depth of at least four
inches. An ounce of cabbage seed
would be about sufficient for each three
sashes; of celery, one ounce would
SOW eight sashes. The sowing may be
done any time during March the
sooner, however, is the better,
provided that provision is made to
exclude frost from the beds by COW
ering with mats or shutters. The cab
bage seed will probably terminate in
these cold frames In about ten DAYS
after sowing; the celery in fifteen or
twenty. But, as the latter terminates
very slowly, the weeds of most kinds
will terminate before it, and they must
be pulled out as soon as they can be
got hold Of Nearly one half of the
celery seeds sown is lost from want of
early sttention to wedding the seed
beds. There is no vegetable grown
that requires SO much labor in wedding
in the seed bed as celery. In the cold
frames the weeds may be easier con
trolled than when the seeds are sown
in the open ground, as they are not
likely to be SO numerous in the frames.
Besides the work viii be required to
be done before outside operations be-
gin, and when there is usually more
time to build 1t.
No watering is likely to lie necessary
for the seeds of cabbage or celery in
cold frames, but the sashes must be
raised for ventilation in warm DAYS. In
six or seven weeks from the time of
sowing, the cabbage plants Will be fit
10 set out. At about the same time,
the sashes should be taken off the Gel
cry plants, leaving them fully exposed
to the weather-that is, provided they
have been duly hardened off by ventii-
atlng. If they have been kept too
warm and are tender of course it
woald not do to expose them
at once to the chilly nights
that we often have through May.
We find good plan to be in such
cases, to first stri p the sashes clear of
the plants during moderately warm
days, covering them at first every night,
but as the season advances, only Gov
erlng when the night seems likely to be
unusually cold.
This method of raising plants of cab
bage or celery in cold frames may be
employed in all sections where opera
items in the open ground are not begun
sooner than the middle OF May, and in
the case Of the cabbage plants may be
adopted advantageously anywhere, on
ly, Of course, suiting the time of be-
ginning to the latitude.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-24
Boiling Eggs.

A story is told of negro in Virginia
whose master threatened to give him
fogging if be boiled his eggs hard again.
Next day the eggs came to the table still
harder than before. You rascal,n shout
ed the enraged planter, "didn't tell you
to cook those eggs soft ~ eyes, massa,"
said the frightened slave, san got UP
at 2 o'clock dis mornin' an billed 'em five
hours an it seem to me I nebber can get
desc eggs softerm During the war one OF
the Northern holel keepers was on visit
to Norfolk. The eggs came to the table
hoiled hard. 9" Look here,a asid the hotel
keeper, ''Sambo, these eggs are boiled
too hard. Now take my watch and boil
some three minutes by it." He gave the
negro his splendid gold watch. la about
five minutes the freedman returned with
the eggs and watch on the same plate.
The watch was wet. aWhat have YOU
been doing to my watch ~ asked the
Northern visitor, "Why it's all wet p
ayes, sah," said the negro. al billed de
watch wild de eggs. All right dis time,
sab"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-24
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Asparagus Culture.


[ have tried all kinds of manure for
asparagus plants, and all sorts of treat
ment Nothing, however, produced
such rank growth and thick crops as
fresh COW manure. We have often used
horse manure, well rotted, and salt and
various other applications. But the
pure COW manure, spread over the bed
about three inches thick, proved the
best. The year before last we had a
most wonderful growth, and, as we
believe, entirely from this cause We
always leave our stalks until they are
about one foot high before cutting
them; we fancy they are much better,
and we know we get three times as
much vegetable food fit to eat. If wecut
them just as they show above the earth
and to get sufficient length, point the
knife somewhat diagonally downward,
seyering the plant about three inches
under the soil, we only get an edible
portion OF about two and half inches
III length; whereas, if we wait one or
days more for increased growth, and
cut Just at the surface, we get nearly
or quite nine inches of excellent food,
and we think bed yields more of
this long kind than the short, and that
the plants really thrive better. After
the first cutting being thus delayed,
there is no more lost time, as all future
growth, by being allowed to flourish
little longer before cutting, comes in
the same as II cut earlier; but
as [ before said, we think better and
more crops can be obtained by this
treatment. Farmers Union.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-24
CHILDREN's CORNER.
The Missing Ship.
BY HENRY GILMAN,

Ten days and nights had passed away
Since the Frlgate Fame !" lett Benin Bav
Far on the deep, becalmed, she lay.
Her black hull doomed against the sky
Like phantom ship-a mystery;
And not living thing went by.
They lay becalmed The sun S hot glance
Reddened each swarthy c0untenance,
And tapped them IN sultry trance.
The sailors whistled for blast:
But the sails hung heavy against the mast.
And the mighty ship seemed rooted fast
90, send US stirring breeze.n thew cried.
. n sweeping wind For staunch and tried
Is TINS Soodiy vessel, they said, in their pride
Silently rose, III the distant west,
cloud, IKE the plume on a chieftan's crest :
They saw 1t, nor thought it a sign unblest.
Closer Il came, and larger it grew;
From It's burning lips a fierce wind blew.
And smote to the hearts of the stricken crew.
The waters foam, the waters rave.
The waters are yawnlng grave;
And now no earthly power can save.
She reeis,-she staggers, she goes :
Above her the cruel surges close =
But OF her fate no mortal knows.
This song of the missing frigate Fame
Was sung, one eve, by the wind that came
From Sierra, like tongue of flame.
They only knew, when it passed through the
town,
That the leaves of the trees hung yilted.
brown =
But heard the words, and have writ them
down.
Our Boys and Girls
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-24
To Make Big Hogs.

In order to get hogs TO weigh above
three hundred pounds it is generally
necessary to keep them until near two
years old, and have to feed two win
tiers, while an animal over one year
old can be brought up to two hundred
AMI seventy-iive pounds or over, and
will have to be wintered only one win
term itself a considerable item, the
winter feeding of swine being more ex-
pensive than their summer pasturing
[ question if one hundred pounds of
pork additional viii pay for keeping
an animal requiring as much food as
the hog requires for one year.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-24
Stakes for Tomatoes

Thomas MeehaD, the horticulturist
OF Germantown, Pa, says he has for
several years noted the relative anvan-
tages of the different ways of cult
waiting tomatoes, and he concludes that
the best practice to adopts to proceed
as with the Lima beans-that is, set
the stake before the plants are put out.
These stakes need not be over six feet
high, and may be set about four feet
apart each way. AS the plants grow.
tie them up to the stakes; but that will
not be required over half dozen
times during the season. Twenty
plants IN this way will yield as much
fruit as double the quantity Oh any
other plan, and in quality there is no
comparison.
The common field plan of leaving
tomatoes grow as they list, spreading
everywhere ever the ground, may be,
as truck-growers say it is, the way in
which the heaviest weight of fruit can
be had in proportion to the labor
spent; but in this way the fruit is more
acid But whatever system is adopted,
do not set the plants until the soil is
warm, or they will be stunted and time
lost.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-24

The Agrlculturist gives an account
Of the mode adopted by some success
full raisers of big tomatoes and magnifi-
cent roses for feeding the plants with
sewerage water Pipe tiles are placed
so as to run directly down to the body
OF the roots, and down these pipes the
water is poured whenever the weather
is s@,dry. This prevents the crusting
and baking of the surface, resulting
from the common mode of watering.
The Country Gentleman suggests an
Improvement of some Importance,
namely to fill the tile with tibrous
litter or coarse manure, which will
allow the water TO enter, but prevents
the roots from becoming dry by the
escape of moisture up through the
chimney which the tiles would other
wise form.
For most crops such an arrangement
would hardly be worth while, except
with those who are ambitious to raise
big tomatoes and magnificent roses
But something like it pays in celery
culture After the earthing mp begins,
the roots are almost certain to suffer
for want of moisture. Sprinkling the
surface does no good, as the water can
not penetrate to the roots, and is apt
to rust and inlure the leaves But if
pipe tiles are set upright in rows at
intervals of two OF three feet, thev
keep open passage for water to the
roots after the plants are earthed up.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-24
Lima Beans,

For the past ten years, we have
raised them in great abundance-in
fact, have cooked none other for dry.
The first year or so We found difficulty
IN ripening them, as we picked for the
table as fast as they were ready. There
are only two points, if observed, which
will ensure success. The first is to
pinch off tho top of the vine when it
has reached the top of the stake, say 6
feet. and the second is to carefully save
TIE earliest pods for seed. Many wri-
ters say that they must be planted eye
down, &c. We never practice it; we
put the ground in nice order, when it
is warm enough, and plant as many
other beans, four to a hin, and they
generally all come. By saving the ear
lest for seed, we have them nice for
the table three weeks earlier than at
tirst.-COr. Country Gentleman.
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IHE WEST SIDE BRIGGs HOUSE, CHI
cAGo, changed hands May LIST, and is

Skinner, who has been SO favorably
known IN the hotel business for twenty years
IN Chicago. He was formerly the proprietor
of the Briggs and Metropolitan in ante-fire
times. This house is the most centrally 10
Gated of any hotel in Chicago. 1t is imlned-
ateiy accessible 10 the wholesale houses, rail-
road depots, and all parts of the city by cars
and buses, they passing the front door of the
house. Passengers arriving or departing by
either the c., Mil. & st. Paul G. & ST. Louis ;
or Pittsburgh, Fit. W. & C. railroads avo III
omnibus transfers. The furniture is new
throughout, the table is second to none, and
the price only $500 per day. Do not fail to go
to the West Side Briggs when visiting Chica-
GO.---COm
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SOME credulous person suggests as
preventive OF bank defalcation, that
candidates for clerkships should have
their heads phrenologically examined.
Pshaw! 1t is the accounts, and not
the noodles of cashiers, that should be
examined.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-24

The pUrest and sweetest COP LAYER
OIL Is Hazard Caswells, made on the sea
shore, from fresh, selected livers of the
Cod only, by CAswELI HAZARD & Co., New
York. 1t is absolutely pure and street. Pa
tients who have once taken it prefer it to all
others. Physicians have decided 1t sup erior
to all other oils III market.--Com.
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A MAN and wife and their two chill.
dren, who lived in one small room in
Paris, recently went to bed without
opening any window or door, and three
of til were found dead in the morn
ing. The fourth was revived with diff
fculty. Lack of fresh air caused the
death, but singular incident of the
case was that two canary birds in a
cage were found in the room perfectly
well and lively as ever.