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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-07-05

in the recent report of the Paris
" Societe d Acclimatation,n it is stated
that M. Senequier of Toulon has cultivated
a race of ash-colored turkeys, little less
IN size than the average, but remarkable
for their extraordinary fecundity. The
female lays throughout the entire year,
with slight interval of repose. She
covers her eggs with great assiduity, and
is particularly recommended by NJ. Sene.
qeler for Matching out the eggs of exotic
birds. He received the parents of the
stock of one of bis friends, who was igno-
rant whence they were originally derived.
1t may have been developed in that local
ity under the influence Of long continued
Typographical conditions Specimens of
these were to be brought forward at the
exhibitions of the Society in 1873
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-07-05

"PRETTI bad under foot" said one
citizen to another, as they met in the
street. Eyes, but it's fine overhead, y
responded the other. "True enough, y
said the first, "but then very few are
going that way"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-07-05

PROFESSOR PLANTAMoUR, who prophe
sled that the world was to be burned
up few months ago, is now in Paris
He desires to read paper before the
academy to prove the SUMS heat, and
that we shall be all frozen to death
about poll.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-07-05
In the Woods.

Oh, the balmy woodland
In the month of Junel
Never dad the birds sing
Sweetlier in tunel
Rich the rowing blossoms
Hang from branch and spray
lbs an ever new delight
The liye-long day.
Sweet surprises meet us
Everywhere we turn;
Hyaclnthes, like blue eyes,
Peeplng tbro' the fern.
Half We grudge to gather
Beauties that we prize
But we seek for offerings
10 gladden. weary eyes.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-07-05
irregular fiatchiD-.

A correspondent of the Poultry G ron
lcle Eavlng been unsuccessful with his
eggs, the chickens Matching irregularly
and dying soon after breaking the she'll,
The editor says IN answer to hIs complaint:
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-07-05

For Loss of Appetite, Dyspepsia. In
digestion, Depression of Spirits, and General
Debility, Ill their various forms, FERRo-PHosPo-
RATED ELIXIR of CALIsAYA made by CAswEIL.
HAZARD 4 Co., New York, and sold by all drug
gists, is the best tome. As stimulant tonic
for patients recovering from fever or other
sickness it has no equal.-Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-07-05
POSta! Cards and Canada.

The Postmaster General has signed
additional articles to the present postal
treaty with Canada, providing for an
interchange of postal cards at a pre-
paid rate of two cents in full to desti-
nation iii either country, the payment
to be effected by affixing TO the card an
ordinary one-cent postage stamp. Pos
tai cards not SO additionally prepaid
are MOTTO be forwarded. Correspond
ence has been in progress with the
Canadian authorities for some time on
this subject, and it is known that these
additional articles will be promptly
signed on the part Of the Dominion.
If thus concluded, the arrangement will
go into effect July LIST.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-07-05

SCENE IN ScHooL-Boy to lady teach
er-" Teacher, there's a girl over there
a winkin' at men' Teacher "Weil.
then, don't look at her!" Boy"
if | don't look at her she'll wink al
somebody else |"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-07-05

WHEN THE LIVER is OUT OF ORDER use DR. Jayne .
Sanatve Pills. and you will bring back this organ to
healthy condition and get rid of many dstI essing
symDtoms
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-07-05
10 prevent Soys Deyouring Young.

q.
A Scotch farmer writes: / noticed
some time ago method of preventing
sows from deyouring their young, which
they will do at times. and sometimes thew
won't let down their milk. When this
state OF affairs is not caused by diseased
condition of the uterus, it is said that the
sow can be brought to terms by pouring
mixture OF from ten to twenty igrains of
spirits OF camphor with from one to three
Of tincture of opium, into the ear. The
SOW will Immediately lie down on the side
of the ear to which the application was
made, and remain quiet for several hours
In this position, without interfering with
her pigs; and on recovery from her stu.
por, will have lost her irritability In re-
gard to them. Another method is to ruo
the pigs all over with brandy, and make
the same application about the nose Of
the cow herself
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-07-05

We see by the Chicago papers that
Proctor & GAMBLE have reduced the price of
their ong-established and popular brand Nor
TIED GERMAN Soap its present price and su-
perlor quality makes it the cheapest as well as
the best soap for consumers.-Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-07-05

SHALLENBERGER's PILLS are the one remedy that
fails TO Fever and Ague. The most stub
corn is cured Immediately. This is a stubborn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-07-05

Ell. d. " alters California i'll
.lar B.lterS are 4 purely Vegetable
PREPARATION, made chiefly from the ma
IKE herbs found on the lower ranges Of
lie Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
ila, the medicinal properties Of which
=" extracted therclrom without the U.s.
4 Alcohol. The question is almost
lally asked. "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
rERS?" Our answer is, that they remove
he cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health They are the great
blood purifier and Il life giving principle,
Il perfect Renoyator and lnvigorator
Of the system. Never before in the
history Of the world has a medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of NINEGhR BITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to- They
are IL gentle Purgatiye as well as a Tonic.
relieving Congestion or Inflammation Of
the Liver and Nisccral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DE-. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITrERS are Apericnt, Diaphorehc,
Carmlnatiye, Nutritious Laxative, Diurctc,
Sedative, Counter rritant, SudoritiC. Altera
tive, and Ambitious.
R. II. MCDONALD ~ CO.,
Druggists and Gen. CTS, San Francisco. California
and cor of Washington and Charlton SITS. n. Y.
sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-07-05

USE PRUssNGs CELEBRATED CIDER
VINEGAR. Warranted to keep pickles. Take DO
on her-COm.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-15
Americans in Dresden.

A correspondent writing from Dres-
den. Saxony. of the winter season IN
that city OF fayorite resort with Ameri-
cans and English visitors, makea some
interesting revelations concerning the
,vavs and manners of Our countrymen
and countrywomen there. The number
of the American colony in the Saxony
CAPITAL is put down at 900 individuals
and of English at about 500. An
American and English quarter IS now
recognized az among distinctive local
tiles in Dresden, the limits being well
defined. Indeed, in a certain section
many spacious and elegant villas have
been built in quarter beyond Bis
marck Platz and the street known as
w;enerstrasse. which, occupied mostly
bv Americans, is forming rapidly IN
creasing and not inelegant suburb.
While retaining many OF their nntur"i
Americanisms and modes OF custom III
Dresden. the Americans OF tiiat city
still endeavor to do in Saxony a.
Saxons do; but it is with great re-
luctance. and generally with indiiier-
ence. It is stated. that American and
English strangers are received into the
home life Of the Saxon gentry. OF
social relations and acquaintance be-
tween those of the English-spealxing
tongue and the natives there may be
said to be none; but as the former seel.
! Dresden, as they declare, to famlliarlze
| themselves with the Germans, then
language and modes of thought, they
haunt the public gardens, sip tea anc
| chocolate. and the ladies' of the partl
stitch and knit during the pauses Of th'
slipping, to the great astonlshment o
the Germans, who can not understand
what they mean by bringing their fanci
work with them, and why they do no
drink beer instead Of tea. But rea
cause OF complaint against American
in Dresden is that tboir extravaganza J.
expenditures has caused the raising o
prices of admission to various popula
places of resort. Tins it Is records
of an American family there that, de
string to attend the opera, and unWliiihi
; to pav only one thaler and ten groscnei
= for box-ticket-the usual price
thinking ssit must be too little, tne.
promptly deposited nearly douDie u, I'M
sum on their respective tickets M
t wear the prices of boxes are ralseu
+ iThig result does not please the 'seAoc
q at ali. aud ell the rawlings Of tne 49,. ,.,.
cans over the music Qf WagneF-,- ~ ~
prehensible as it is 70 tnomloo' ~
{ condone their extrayngnnt onensss s..,es, y -,
T, the inhabitants Of tne ono0
! city"
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-15
Old Definition Of Wit.

Old Isaac Barrow, in his famous SER
mon on ''Foolish Talking and Jesting,"
gave somewhat lengthy description of
Righteousness or wit, which was pre-
nounced by Macintosh to be the
greatest proof of mastery over language
ever given by an English writer. This
illustration, which is too diffuse and
uncertain to be called definition, is so
old that it will be new to many. He
says: "Wit is thing SO versatile
and multiform, appearing in SO many
shapes, SO many postures, so many
garbs, SO varioHsly apprehended by
several eyes and Judgments, that il
seemeth.no less hard to settle cleal
and certain notion thereof than to make
a portrait of Proteus or to define the
figure of the fieeting air. Sometimes il
lieth in pat allusion to a known story,
or in seasonable application of a trivia
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-15

saying, or in forging an opposite tale
sometimes it playeth in words and
phrases, taking advantage from the am
biguity of their senses or the affinity OF
of their sound sometimes it = wrapped
up in dress of humorous expression
sometimes IL - lodged ina shy question,
in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason.
in a shrewcE intinration, IN cunningiy
diverting or cleverly retorting an OBJ
lection; sometimes it is couched in
bold scheme of speech, in tart irony,
in a lusty hyperbole, in q startling
metaphor, in plausible reconciling OF
contradictions, or in acute nonsense;
sometimes n scenical representation Of
persons or Things, a acounterfeit speech,
a mimical look or gesture passes for 1t
sometimes an affected simplicity, some
times a presumptuous bluntness giveth
il being sometimes it riseth from a
lucky hitting upon what is strange
sometimes from crafty wrestling obvis
ous matter to the purpose; often at con
sisteth in one knows not what, ana
springeth mp one can hardly tell how.
It's ways are unaccountable and mex
plicable, being answerable to the
numberless rovings of fancy and winding
of language
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-15

y .sy sii0w the 6aDIl9rs tak - = =
They tell Of battles won,
And after him lead the masteriess steed,
While peais the minute gun
Amid the noblest OF the land
They lay the sage to rest,
And give the bard an hoAored place
with costly marble drest,
In the great minister transept,
Where lights like glories fail,
And the sweet choir sings, the organ rings,
Along the embazoned walls.
He was the brayest warrior
That ever bucked sword
This the most gifted poet
That ever breathed a word.
And never earths philosopher
Traced with his golden pen,
On the deathless page, truth half 50 sage
As he wrote down for men,
And hath he not high honor?
The hill side for his pail,
To lie in state while angels wait,
With stars for tapers tall ?
And the rocking pines, ike tossing piumes
Der his bier to wave.
and Gods own hand, in that lovely land
To lay him in his grave.
In that deep grave without name,
Whence his uncofhned clay
Shall break again-most gondrous thought
Before the Judgment day.
And stand with glory wrapped around
On the hills he never trod.
And speak of the strife that won our life
With tho Incarnate Son of God.
o. lonely tomb in Moab's land!
o.. dark Beth-Peor's hill.
Speak to the curious heart OF ours
And teach them 10 be still.
God hath his mysteries Of grace-
WAYS that He cannot tell;
He hides them deep, like the secret sleep
or him him He loved SO we'll
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-15
VOL. TX. NO. g.
HOME.

Like beautiful isle, that doth peacefully smile
Undisturbed. mid the wild billows foam,
In the ocean life mid its cares aud its strife
Il the dear little heaven Of home
Is this bright little Eden Of mine: .-'''
Oh, the Joys Of the hearth the purest Of GARTH
And its light seemeth almost divine.
H.
Far precious than gold, by the niiserly told
Far more precious than pearls from the sea-
Are the dear hearts that beat in this bI~sfu retreat
"ith the love that they cherish for me;
All the cares Of the day quickly vanish away,
When the dear arms eniwine, and the lovely eyes
shine,
Oh, how swiftly the heart shadows ny
III.
Like the ripple of brooksiin the green forest nooks,
the music s '4's 20 seot of the %T dear 1is e es
As they patter along the floor;
Then when corneth the night, in Their raineni 50
The sweet cherubs bow down at M, knee:
And the angels above view my Eden of love,
And alight with a blessing for me.
"
Blessed spot ia tho sand Of this lone desert land,
Where the water-springs dance to my sight
Blessed sheltering rock from the fierce tempest
Brightest star OF the long weary night.
VIII sing OF thy charms ti the deaths angels arms
Shall reach out from the gloom OF the grave;
And 90 to my rest with the loved and the ilrat,
In the beautiful home DER the wave.
y ~ .,ssSs- ,s- = 15'5=s- T7VTs s,f'
sec him watch Cecilia's winning smile
1 him notice Maud's complexion fair;
Ny heart with dread is beating all the while;
And yet
I'm almost sure he loves me best or all.
1 see him glance at MIIy's fairy feet,
And follow all their movements with a smile;
1 him charmed by many maidens sweet.
Ny heart with dread fast beating all the while
And yet
I'm almost sure he loves me best Of all.
For when he takes my hand in both Of his.
Aud looks at with his confiding sIuie,
My every doubt and fear are set at ease,
Although my heart is beating all the while
And-ycs
I'm almost sure he loves me best Of all.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-15

should not know of this proof of La
why 8 ugliness, for she was well aware
that only her own repeated assurances
that Laviny would not soften toward
HIM if left to herself had kept him pas
sive thus far.
Seems if L wasn't doing the hand
some thing not to go nigh her, he often
said. 81 wonder whether or no she
amt counting on my fetching her?'
II she comes of her free-will she'll
be likely to stay put, Miss Phcbe
would answer; but try to drive her,
and you know what Laviny is.
Mr.. Hindle did know, unfortunately,
and, knowing, schooled himself to pa
tient waiting.
Thus the days wore on, and he
plodded through the spring work,
cheered little in spite of himself by
Miss Phebe's earnest efforts at making
him comfortable, while Laviny, morti-
fed and then alarmed by his appear
ance, worried herself into n course of
exasperating sick-headaches, and IN
OF paint-scrubbing Mrs. Tripp sound No ne
leisure to devote to her complaining SIS
ter, but left one of her children to wait
upon her. Mrs Hinkle felt abused.
When had Reuben been too busy to
bathe her aching temples? Little Joe
made her nervous as witch, and one
day she told him so, and moment
after had the satisfaction of hearing
him say to his mother III the kitchen
that he couldn't get along with Aunt
Laviny nohow.
Why, that was just what Reuben had
said: Reuben, who had never spoken
hastily to her in his life. Was she an
uncomfortable person to live with?
'''Tain't in the power of mortal man
to get along with you, Laviny. The
words came back to her with the smart
ing force of proof-text, and haunted
her afterward continually.
1t must have been in rhubarb time,
for dandelion greens had gone by, when
one morning little Joe rushed IN with
the terrible tidings that Uncle Reu-
ben had fallen kcr-chunk from beam
in the barn
Mrs. Hinkle tore the bandages from
her head and started up.
Where's my bonnet, Susan? In
going home =
Maybe he isn't badly injured. Wait
till we hear further. urged Mrs. Tripp
q tell you I'm going home, SusaI
Trippl Where's my bonnet?" and
snatching it by the string, Mrs. Hhlkl'
sprang into the wagon just vacated by
her nephew, and drove away at doc
tors pace.
Little Joe turned a series of somer
saults. and then lay writhing on th'
grass in Gt of uncomfortable giggiing
Didn't Aunt Laviny streak it ?
shouted he. And Uncle Reubel
wasn't hurt mite, but she w"Ildn'
let me tell her Tee-hee-heeI
Yet, though no -les were broken
the fall. it is fact TT Mr.. Hinki'
pois considerably shaken. and he wa
actually, according to his wife's predic
ton. "camping down ON the lounge i
his boots, when, opening his eyes, the
rested ON her frightened face III th
doorway.
"why, bless your heart come risll
in, Laviny," said he. And she went IN
and shut the door.
Five minutes afterward, as Mis-
Phebe lifted the latch, she heard he
sister-in-law say:
81 know have hectored you awiully
Reuben. but do mean to live peacea
bic now, and put up with your folks.
And Reuben answered, heartily,
haven't blamed you bit, Laviny.
knowed twas Miss Niddlins' work. BI
after we'd lived together so long, sb
might have let us be till God divorce
ne
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-15

thoroughly if you should leave him, !"
returned Miss Niddlins. He'd begin
to realize what smart wife he'd lost !"
"He'd clutter the kitchen with his
greasy harness and camp down ON the
loungein his boots-that's what he'd
do the minute [ was off," snapped
Mrs Hinkle.
"He couldn't manage without you,
to savu'hiS lfc> declared Miss Niddlins,
conftisIftly. .~'iIe'd'-go-, down on his
Rneeass:s yS,,at.l- .;esvon ltoek.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-15

THEY tell of young lady in West
chester County, named Louise, who
thought mournfully of the leap-year fast
going out and of certain hopes she had
cherished that would go out with IT.
Finally, growing desperate, she went to
one Bennie Hopps, and, holding re-
volver to his ears, made an elaborate
proposal, Bennie consented with really
unnecessary speed and energy but
when the girl was gone, went away from
that locality and has not since been
seen by Louise or any OF his friends.
The girl, however, may have the conso.
lation of suing him for a breach OF
promise and recovering, of course, dam
ages commensurate with his little prop
erty.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-15

Senator Wilson WILL on the loth VI -Oth
inst. notify the proper authorities of Massa-
cbusetts of his intended resignation, which
will not take place until the expiration of the
present Congress
The bill reported by Butler, of Massaehu
setts. from the Committee on the Judiciary, to
adjust the salaries of the Executive, Judicial
and Legislative Departments of the Govern
ment, provides that after March 4, 1873, the
salaries shall be fixed follows President
of the United States, $50, 600; yice-Prcsident,
$40. 900: Chief Justice, s1O,5 500; Justices of
the supreme Court, SO, 900; Cabinet officers
so. 600; Speaker of the House, 100000
members of the House, IS, 900. This includes
members of the 42d Congress- Mileage IS
abolished. and actual travelling expenses is al
lowed. The committee accompany the hill
with report.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has revok-
ed the order calling in hundred millions of
the five.twenty bonds TO be paid May 7. Tins
is done because of information from london
that subscriptions there to the new ives are
made PAYABLE jams 1. The call will be renew
| ed March /, so as to conform to the London
subserjptions.
/ & 1t is reported that Speaker Blaine viii be
unquestiohsbly reelected InEthe'evemt Of Con-
sgress assembling on March 4. There is uc
i candidate mentioned VINO could command any
thing lkS respectable support IN opposition t'
i Mr.. Blaine. q.
The House Committee on Appropriation
has limited the new Government buildings il
Philadelphia to 33.O0O,000
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-15
The Lubricators of Society

There are lubricators amc2g men,
who keep the machinery OF society oiled,
so as to prevent its joints from wearing,
and its journals from heating. lie is
lubricator who introduces great IN
provements in the processes OF society
but there are men who prevent the
fraction which would otherwise be pro
duced by its working Such a man L
consider one who is tlroughly good
natured. a man who carries DISPOSE
ton that is characterized by through
GOOD nature. tends to make others good
natured. Other people take from us
what we carry to them; and II you so
in an irritable mood to your breakfast,
YOU will probably find another person
who is irritable over against you; and
the irritability will be there because
Won carried it. If you are cold, those
them they have the momentum OF the
universe. for the infinite God is behind
them and pushes them on. Think you
that armies of soldiers, congresses OF
politicians. crowds of debauchees, OF
hunkers, practical atheists, can now
stoT, n single Thought of God Hold
up your hand against the lightning and
stop thunderbolt! You shall do II
sooner than that no truth can perish.
As | think of the great ideas nov
stirring among men, 1 feel as in {
florists shop when | look on buds
scions and seeds that are designed fol
the gardens and farms of men. lool
forward a fewyears, there are blossoms
there is fruit, abundance come out o
these. So out of this great idea tha
God is infinite power, wisdom, Justice
love and holiness, that human religion
is the service of Him by the norma
use. development and enjoyment o
everv limb of this consecrated body
with every faculty of this enchantin
spirit, with every power we have earn
ed or inherited, II see what men, wha
families, what churches, what town:
states. nations, and what q world sha
in due time come. Ay, truth is stSonges
and prevails over all .--Iheodo'
.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-15

door came his wife's brotlRr-in-law,
with unwilling feet, as though goaded
on by the spears of the setting sun be-
hind him.
aLaviny amt sick. hope = said Mr..
Hinkle, anxiously.
fsNo, 'tisn't that, replied SF Trip,
twisting his forefnger under ps collar,
as if his cravat choked him tisnt
that-but-"
"She's getting most out OF patienct
waiting for me, suppose, ssuggested
the ,lnsuspecting Reuben. Well. I'd
oughter gone afore, only. .lS ti:' FOX broke
!, ,L.u--I IL. fnsS,rn +. q ka1e-s