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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
1 Town Provided with Flags.

Some six OF eight years ago an &c
centric citizen Of Cornish made be-
quest to thetown of s., 600, the interest
of which to be annually expended for
national flags, said flags TO be unfurled
in pleasant weather III various parts Of
the town. The will was duly approved.
The town accepted the legacy, aud APP
pointed trustee, who has executed
the wish to a letter. Cornish, how
ever, Is not exempt from people who
banker after filthy lucre" Recently
some OF the heirs of the deceased &c
centric asked the Supreme Judicial
Court to set the will aside on the
ground that it is a needless ex-
pendlture; the town has no au-
thority to execute The wishes of a de-
funct citizen, and moreover no provi-
sion is made for flag poles, ropes and
tackle. The opinion of the bench was
given at Concord recently, by Judge
Foster, who took occasion to say that
it was very proper bequest, one cal
culated to keep alive the spirit of union
and patriotism and the memories of
the historic past of the nation. The
town has the same right to accept the
gift and execute the wishes of the do
nor as it has TO accept gift for a
school, public library, or any other
object. The Court ruled that the
poles, ropes and tackle were only the
incidentals to the flag, aud as such
were included in the spirit of the be-
quest. The decision leaves the flag
flying, and the heirs to try some new
expedient to make an honest dollar. -
Boston IrQnscript.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
American Women in Europe.

I would say to husbands and bride
grooms coming to Europe, "Leave
your wives at home In the matter
of keeping down expenses, you will
have your hands fulis without them.
You will at times have them more than
full. Alone, you may be able to resist
temptations, but when you bring her
with you, you simply scuttle your
financial craft at the bottom, set it on
fire atop, and light your candles at
either end. Married men have
told me these things III conf
dence. They say that, once IN
London or Paris, the woman's financial
sense and courage desert her entirely.
She runs mad-tinancially mad. What
she can't spend she gives away TO beg
gars, street musIcians-anybody who
is by to take the cash. To let her out
on Regent or Oxford streets without a
keeper is for her to return III two hours
without a shilling, and in another hour
a van drives up to your lodgings laden
with her purchases. When buying
dry goods pals she falls back on char
ity, and wants to adopt an English in
FAINT, with the mother included, no
matter how difficult it may be to find
the father? Indeed, an uncertain pa
ternity only renders the prOtegc more
desirable and Interesting. Prentice
Hil7fOTd
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
About tue Sweet Potato.

The sweet potato Is one of the most
widely distributed cultivated plants OF
South and Central America, and it, as
an article of food, passes back to the
earliest historic period. In Brazil it is
words, the roots Of which belong to
the original tongue of the country. The
name Baiatas is a corruption of potato.
Even upon the Antilles this useful plant
was found cultivated as early as the
year 1926. Columbus brought it with
other novelties to Europe, ana present
ed it to Queen Isabella: the conse-
quence was that this plant, which is
suited to the climate of Spain, was i'm
medIately cultivated there. G. Clusius
mentions that as early as 1901 he had
eaten it in Spain.
The sweet potato was first brought
by the Spaniards to Manila and the
Moluccas, and thence by the Portu-
guese distributed over the entire In
dian Archipelago. This plant soon
reached China and India, although
when and how is not known. There is a
Chineses as well as a Sanscrit name for
this plant 1t has ever been believed
by some TO be of Asiatic origin, or that
the american and Asiatic plants are to
be considered as different species.
Neither of these supposltions is prob
able, on historical grounds, and on ac-
count of the fact that fifteen species of
this genus hitherto known are peculiar
to America, four OF which only have
also found their way to other parts Of
the world. The sweet potato has not
been found growing wild by any one,
although the tropical portion of Amer
lea is to be considered as It's native
country, with most show of probability.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
How To Feed for Profit.

How to Feed for Profit.
One Of our exchanges says We have
IN mind an observing farmer living in
central New York, who carefully weigh
ed every animal he was fattening every
week. To o fine steer he gave daily
four quarts of barley meal, and he
found the increase i'll it's weight to be
ten pounds per week. He then tried
the experiment of giving eight quarts
per day, and he found that the weekly
increase of weight was less than when
four quarts were given. Twelve quarts
were now given daily, and at the end
of the week there was no gain of flesh.
These facts teach all persons who feed
domestic animals that there is such a
thing as feeding their stock SO largely
or heavily that the profits vii! be less
than if the stock were to receive small
or allowances. When a portion Of the
feed passes away without having been
digested, it is reliable indication that
feed is not consumed as profitably as it
should be.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
Bad for Wh!skey- Drinkers.

The London Grocer reports a search
ty in the market of cloves, caused by
hurricane that swept over Zanzibar
in April 1872, and destroyed the whole
of that seasons crop. The large pro-
duct of previous years prevented the
effects of the storm from being felt in
the London markets until recently,
when the price of cloves has considera-
bly, increased, partly from this cause,
and partly from the competition excited
by the efforts of spectators to get con-
troll OF the market. The Glove plant
requires several years to mature, and
it is not expected that the losses of
1872 can be met by new crops for some
time to come, but, fortunately, the
world can do without cloves. for a sea-
son, if speculation should materially
increase the cost of this Que of many
spices.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10

ter he understands them the better he
can manage them, and the more hap
plness he can derive from their cult
walton. Such person will be apt to
make his home pleasant, and its sur
roundings attractive with rare and
beautiful flowers and fine fruits. Such
a person has more of the elements of
happiness at his command than a Stew
art, Vanderbilt, or Aston, with their
millions for these last have made the
acquisition of money their chief end
and aim. Their minds have not been
enlarged by scientific studies, and they
are strangers in the pleasures which
studies afford. The many cares which
they have, and which cannot be avoid
ed In the management of such vast es
tates, render their lives toilsome and
laborlous, much more so than he who
has competency in the country, a
good library in a pleasant home, and a
scientific knowledge of his surround
ings. He sees
" Wisdom in the trees, books in the running
Sermons in stones, and good in everything. !"
Rural .Alobanaiun.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
Pointers and Settlers.

Forest and Stream this week pub.
fishes a challenge for England for a
field trial of pointers and settlers, in
August next, to be run in England.
The challenge comes from Mr. Price,
of Bala, North Wales. the owner of
the famous pointer Belle" with the
sanction of the Rev. Canning Macdo-
ma. He says that they VII pay ex-
penses, and in this case well known
sportsman and master OF fox hounds,
Sir Watkin William Wynn, of Wynn
stay, will lend the requisite ground
and game. He proposes double
match, brace against brace, then two
single matches to follow. He suggests,
as the English Judge, the name of Wis
count Combermere, a wCll-known a1bi-
lrator at field trials and a renowned
sportsman.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
Magnesia.

About the beginning of the eight
zenith century Roman canon exposed
for sale at Rome a white powder, which
he called Magnesia Alba, or white
Magnesia, and stated that it would cure
all diseases. He kept the method of
preparing it profound secret, but in
17O7 Valentine announced method by
which similar powder could be pre-
pared, and in 1909 Slevogt discovered
another method. The properties of
this powder were, however, so little
known that most chemists continued
to regard it as nothing more than a
preparation of lime, until the year
1755, when DR.. Black published some
admirable experiments, which explained
it's real nature. Maenesla exists abund-
antly in Nature it is found in sea
water, and in various mineral springs
IL union with muriat1c and sulphuic
acid. Its chief locality is in that class
of rocks called magnetism limestone
when it is IN union with lime. 1t is
also found in some minerals, and its
presence may generally be detected by
the touch--a soapy feeling pertain
ing to most of them indeed, one of
these minerals has, on that account,
obtained the name of soapstone An
impure form of carbonate of magnesia
is sometimes found native in Piedmont.
Moravia, and in the East Indies. There
are two kinds Of magnesia used in med
icine, common magnesia, or carbonate
of magnesia, and calcinated magnesia.
The chief medical use, is to neutralize
the acid of the stomach, and to act as
a gentle aperient. In small doses it is
etfectual III some cutaneous eruptions.
especially III pimples about the chin,
nose and forehead, which are symptom
attic of acidity of the stomach.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
Reata MeIliOria.
DECEMBER Ia. 1873.

Lo sorrowing deep, too deep for tears
Stands Science shorn of strength to-day;
Her keen eye paled with prooding fears,
Her lips blanched with dismay,
That he, nor lover without guile,
fOb. that it must be he ,
Lies PROSTATE, blinded to her smile
Her faithful Agassizl
No common love she bears to him
Whose ear is Gedfened to her call,
Whose eye has grown so strangely dim
Within deaths mystic thral,
Twas rather such al closely knits
Two earnest souls together,
When Reverence at Loves banquet sits
And needs no change OF weather.
Or as the mother loves her son,
Who walks unbleDched in bleakest WAYS.
And from her presence lured by none,
Is leal throughout the days
Her charmer and interpreter,
Her champion TO defend
Tho one OF all most dear 10 her.
Her sceptered king and friend
Now mute she stands, and at her feet
world looks on 10 less appalled,,
That he, of lie so strong and sweet,
From earth so soon is called
Too soon-for, though he did so much.
Yet is so much to do
And where is the magician's touch,
As Lis, so fine and true
Nor yet is only science grieved-
Another form of fairer grace,
With head bowed down as one bereav9d,
Wells, too, her radiant face;
lis Truth, who held him loyal true,
Nor spares her pearly tears,
Though mourning not as others do,
Since clear, beyond the years,
She sees the rounding of his hope,
The glory OF patient life
That, bound within no narrow scope,
Is victor in the strife.
But Science owns no certain faith,
Like Truth, to make her free
Ills hard, too hard to yield, she saith,
" To heaven our Agas6izl"
-Ner York EUeaiag Post.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
La WIS.

We have written touching the care
of lawns and the way to preserve or
remake them, but latterly, as we ride
around, we find an apparent need of
the owner taking yet hint toward a
free knowledge. AT the commence
ment of winter the grass upon the lawn
should not be less than three inches
long; this from abandoning the now
ing for a few weeks of growth late in
autumn. If protection is wanted to
the roots Of the grass by reason of it's
having been too closely mown,
or by reason OF its imperfect
roots of grasses in spots, then rather
than apply such half rotten manure as
we see tos often done, and which is al
most invariably composed more or less
OF weed or coarse grass seed, the own
er should cause say q two-horse wagon
load of leaf mold or top soil, from some
old pasture, to be spread evenly upon
every one hundred 10y one hundred
feet Of surface. Upon this, SOW a
pound Of clean blue grass seed, half a
bushel OF fine bone meal, eight quarts
Of salt Ii the lawn is we'll erased,
then these last two special manures
will be sufficient without the soil and
seed. -C26Ue{aRd HerUId
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
Northwestern Dairymen's Association

Northwestern Dairymen's Association.
At meeting of the Executive Com
mittee OF the Northwestern Dairymen's
Association, at Ayers Hotel, Harvard,
Ill, December Sd, arrangements were
made for the annual ne citing to be held
at Woodstock. Ill, February 1912,
1874. An outline of the programme
arranged is given below:
Tuesday Afternoon-PI eliminarv Business,
Membership, Committees, etc.
Tuesday Evening Addresses Of Welcome
and Response Presidents Address Secre-
tary's Annual Report.
Wednesday Morning - Dairving in the
Northwest Is it Profitable? Exclusive
DairyInG.
Wednesday Afternoon-Cows for the Dairy
Summer Feed for Cows Winter Feed for
Cows Influence Of Food and Drink oa Milk.
Wednesday Evening-Aodr dresses.
Thursday Morning. Care Of Milk on the
Firm; The Factory Butter Making-0n the
Farm and at the Factory.
Thursday Afternoon Cheese Making Mar
keting Dairy Products Reports from Dairy
Boards of Trade.
Members OF associations will De entertained
by citizens of Woodstock. Membership Fee
g co. GEORGE i. Morrow, Sec'y.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
Aivanyage of Studying botany.


The most important advantage re-
allied from knowledge of botany is the
pleasure and happiness in gives. 1t
makes us acquainted with the vegeta-
ton which surrounds us, the trees. the
shrubs and herbaceous plants, and also
the grasses which contribute so largely
to the wealth and support of mankind
III the temperate zone. Having an in
innate acquaintance with these, our
daily walks or rides III the country are
made doubly pleasant and agreeable
The entire country belongs III a measure
to the botanist; It's his to enjoy and
admire, and he often derives more
pleasure from it shan its owners, be-
cause he does not have 1t to care for or
pay taxes on 1t.
We have known invalids to become
perfectly healthy by studying botany
and collecting plants. Their walks
aud rides were pleasant and exciting,
and their attention being always
drawn to new and pleasing objects,
their exercise was not fatigueing. They
were looking for something new, and
rarely failed to find it, and sometimes
il was a rare and beautiful flower. We
have been told by doctors and others
that we could net live long. We ceased
to take medicine and began the study
of botany, and we have lived many
years since, and now can walk with
tolerable ease twenty-five miles lay
to collect plants for the herbar;um.
To the agriculturist and horticulture
ist a knowledge OF botany viii give
more pleasure than any other science.
1t is with plants he deals, and the bet
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
When should Lambs Come /:

When should lambs come is q ques-
ton of considerable Importance to
those who keep sheep, Some are of
the opinion that by having them come
late, say IN May, you do not lose SO
many, it is less trouble, and the sheep
shear a better fleece of wool. No
doubt there is more or less weight III
these arguments, but not sufficient, i'll
my estimation, as a rule, to outweigh
facts on the other side. | say as
rule, for there may be exceptions.
If farmer has to be absent from
home in winner, and is obliged to leave
his stock in charge of boys, or unrelia-
BILE help, or If he has not good feed to
spare them, they had better not be
allowed to come till the sheep have a
good bite or grass, so as to gain some
III flesh, and have milk with which to
supply them. Ii, ON the other hand,
they have good food good hay and
some proyender) G cd faithful tending
and warm quarters, there need be no
trouble in having lambs come in mid
winter. Ii you want to raise them,
they will get accustomed to eating hay,
and Will take right hold when they
come to the barn the following winter !;
they will get better growth the first
season by tar, and will make larger
sheep; they viii be pretty sure to raise
a lamb the next season. and viii have g
better fleece, while If you let them go
TO the butcher they will bring you the
hard cash III July and August, and
your sheep will have better chance to
gain. So | say as rule, let them
come early.-Cor. american Farm
Journal
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
mother Grange Son

The following quaint little poem i
going the rounds. We are not awar
of the authors name, or in what pape
it first appeared
1t Is an ancient farmer,
And :. G Is one of three
He SAID unto the mddleman,
: We have no need Of thee.
" This man here makes his cloth
And sells it unto me
He buys my wheat, and thus we save
The slice that went to thee.
Yours eyes too dim are growing
Get spectaees," said he,
: That you may see some higher grade
Ofwheat than number three
The cunning middeman
Laughed out, = Ha-ha te-he
Upon you back I'll stand and fill
My pockets from the treesi"
Then turned the ancient farmer
The middleman about,
And, with some words of kind advice,
He gently kicked him out.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
The first signs that the old historical

The first signs that the old historical
London residence of the Percys, Dukes
of Northumberland, is about to be va
Gated, have just been shown. Several
wagons have lately been employed in
carrying away to Sion House the ducal
residence at Isleworth, the most valued
of the art treasures, above all, the
magnificent Sevres vase, valued at
el0, 600, presented to Hugh, Duke of
northumberland, by Charles X, when
his Grace was accredited as Ambassa-
dor Extraordinary at that mona1ch's
coronation.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10

BARONESS BURpETT Courts. intends
still further endearing herself to the
Door of Dublin and Belfast by erecting
compartment houses: TO be paid for in
installments
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10

n GENTS for the WEEKLY WISCON.
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Uu containing the whole of the interesting Sc
70 rial story, The Mystery OF iarpiRgron
House. This great feature does not infringe upon
the completeness of other departments The
WEEKLY WISCONSIN i 43-colum --qulrto-larger
than the Neo Ysrk ledger or the Mr. FORK Weekly.
Sam pie copies free. All letters should be carefully
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10

ADMIRAL JUAREz Las proposed to the
French Assembly the establishment of
an international tribunal for the pur-
pose of Investigating the collision be-
tween vessels on the high seas.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10

For Loss of Appetite, Dyspepsia, In
digestion, Depression Of )irits, ard General
Debility, IN their various forms, FERRO-PHosPo-
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HAzAtD & Co., New York, and sold by all drug
gists, Is the best tonic. As a stimuant tonic
Tor patients recovering from fever or othe
sickness, it has no equal.-Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
Iowa State Jaurnal-s-Daiiy and Weekly.
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any other Iowa journal. The Weekly Journal
paper in the West Daily, $500 It year
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Sample numbers sent free. Address State
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
WITHOUT doubt hundreds Of peepl

WITHOUT doubt hundreds or people
who viii read this item are suffering llom Kid
dew Diseases in some form, which might be
cured with a bottle or two of JOhnsOHs AHo-
trylt?
Parsons PJrgatiUe Pills, which brs now
being extensively sold in his state, are purely
vegetable, and are mild and gentle in their
operation. Que is dose. Good qualities,
certainly Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
DIR. J. Walkers California Vim

DIR. J. Walkers California Vim
egar BitterS are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the na-
tie herbs found on the lower ranges OF
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
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TERSW Our answer is, that they remove
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r.. II. MCDONALD & CO..
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10

DR.. WALKERS VEGETABLE VINEGAR
BiTTERs. business men, worn by care
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10

SAMPLES FREE The Saturday EUon-
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10

The January Milwaukee Monthly is
received, beautifully illustrated, live $50 sto-
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Address I. J. Gilmore, Milwaukee, Wis.-Com.
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GEO. 3. WHITING.
Mrs u L DAY. MntrnrnlIc LII uritnn

Mrs. Z r. DAILY, Metropolis, H., writes,
Jan. 9th. 1873
''Dr. II. '. Pierce-My sister is using the Fa-
y0rlte Prescription with great benefit
Macy ANN FRIsBH, lehman, Pa, writes,
May % 1872:
DR.. r. v Pierce-What I have taken Of
your medicine has been Of more benefit to me
than ali others and hundreds OF doctors
bills. Com.