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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-09-19
Indian Apple Orchard.

A correspondent of the Chicago Tri-
bune, aug. ID states he has just
visited the old apple orchard, !" situa-
ted below Montrose, Iowa, at the head
of the Des MONIES rapids, and found a
number of the trees still living,
although they are nearly 100 years old,
and have grown tall and slim in unison
with the forest trees surrounding them.
They do not stand there merely to in
dictate the presence of the former
natives, prior TO the settlement of the
old Anglo Saxon race. but are prolific.
bearing fruit of large size and of excel
lent flavor.
Their origin is said to be as follows
Between the years 1895 and 1913, a
young Indian, named Red Bird called
10y the whites, Charles Abbott while on
his return from St. Charles, on the
Missouri River, and when ready to
continue his journey, one of the whites
made INN present of twenty apple
trees, tied together, with the roots pro-
tected These he carried In his hand
until he reached home, where he plant
cd them among the forest trees sur
rounding his wigwam.
We presume Suel Foster. or some
other OF our leading Iowa Horticultur-
lists knows more of these trees, and
would be thankful to any one for q
more exact description of them.
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Clans and Hens.

The clam as an ingredient of chow
der, is an impressive and noble object.
Little CLANS, roasted and peacefully re-
clining on their shells, have a tender
and delicate grace calculated to inspire
poetry and enthusiasm in the sternest
souls. AS the presiding element of
"bakes" the clam is statesman like,
and CLANS raw are food for Hercules.
The clam has become celebrated III
another respects In Connecticut, we
learn that when a persistent and obtru
sive hen of that state has become SO
permeated by sense of the whole duty
of hens that she insists upon setting
continually, the populace have resource
to CLAIMS. They casually put some alive
into the nest, and when these interest
ing aquatic creatures get warm they
just mildly open their shell, and that
hen goes off somewhere to ruminate
upon the general uncertainty of things.
She doesn't come back.-Net0 York
Tribune.
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IT III f.
WEEKLY WISCONSIN
For i874-75.
Enlarged and Improved.

The WEEKLY WISCONSIN will soon enter upon its
that it shall be in the future, even in more pre-
eminent degree than in the past the cheapest and
most complete weekly paper published in the North
west. 1t has been enlarged and will shortly appear
in new type throughout thus furnishing the reader
not only with more matter without additional cost,
hut with that most desirable thing in paper clear
typographical impression.
Every department of a comprehensive news and
literary paper viii be represented in the WISCONSIN,
and each department viii receive special care. In
the department of News everything Of general in
terest, at home and abroad, viii find appropriate
mention Its market reports always Of great i'm
portance to the farmer, will receive careful revision
with a view to making them an accurate transcript
of prices in the leading domestic and foreign
mercial centers. Its editorial department will fear
lessly but candidly discuss the current topics of the
times, not with view to subserye partisan ends,
but the cause of truth, justice, and good govern
ment
The department of fiction. as heretofore, viii
contain serial stories, from authors Of acknowledge
ed abilities, running from three to four months,
and short stories and sketches of such character as
viii interest all classes.
The young folks will always find something to
suit their TASTE while articles relating to the farm,
the garden, the household, art science, literature,
and society viii have place in each issue. In short
it the intention of the proprieors of the WEEKLY
WISCONSIN, that he who takes and reads it regularly
and carefully shall be informed upon all current
questions of general Importance, even if he read nc
other periodical and this intention they have the
purpose and ability to carry out
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A Happy King.

A sportsman writes from Valdini that
there is at least one monarch who is
amusing himself He SAYS "The
happiest king i'll the world, Victor En-
manuel, is found ruralizing He en-
ploys the greater part of his time in
hunting the wild bear in the pictur-
seque valleys which surround the town.
The other day the august sportsman
was assailed by two of those animals,
one of which ripped up the belly of
his horse-the piqueus of his suite
arrived in time to save him, and he got
off with an excoriation of little import
ance. The encampment of his Majesty
in the valley of the Aosta is composed
of two poor little tents for his aides de
camp, and wooden hut IN which
victuals are cooked for the whole party
unfortunately. The king himself
sleeps on the ground, enveloped in his
cloak, as he feels suffocated IL der the
tent. Being very corpulent, he follows
the chase on foot with some difficulty.
He generally starts at 3 in the morn
ing, mounted on one of the little Sar-
dinian horses, so sure-footed and so
ardent, and does not return until night
fall. Sometimes he loses his compan-
ions, and hunts alone. If seized with
hunger after a long excursion, he en-
tiers the house Of the first peasant lie
meets, asks for an omelette and pot of
light wine, and while eating converses
with the host and the little family
around him about the neighbors, the
crops, and the petty incidents of the
village. His quality is only known by
the price which he pays for his break
fast. Such is the life led by Victor
Emmanuel at this moment
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5.-WW do all varieties Of Work and Fancy Stitch
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Length of stitch may be altered while running,
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Design Simple, Ingenious, Elegant, forming
the stitch 1oithott the use of Cog Wheel Gear,
Rotary Cams or Lever Arms. Has the Ait0mati
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Gay speed. Has new Thread Controller which
allows easy movement of needIe-bar and p1erents
injury TO thread.
S.-CoNSTRUCTIoN most careful and FINISHED. 1t
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About EIpaS.

When flea Is made to appear as
large as an elephant, we can see ali the
wonderful parts of its formation, and
are astonished to find that it has coat
of armor mucn more complete than
ever warrior wore, and composed of
strong, polished plates, fitted over
each other, each plate covered like a
tortoise shell, and where they meet
hundreds of strong quilts project, like
those on the back of a pOrcupine and
hedgehog. There is the arched neck,
the bright eye, the transparent cases,
the piercers to puncture the skin, a
sucker to draw away the blood, six
long jointed legs, four of which are
folded on the breast, all ready at any
moment to be thrown out for that Jump
which bothers one when they want TO
catch him, and at the end of each leg
hooked claws, to enable him to cling to
whatever he alights upon. a flea can
Jump 100 times its own length, which
is the same as if man jumped 900
feet; and he can draw load $50 times
his own weight.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Castor Beans.

We We're much surprised and pleased
on a recent trip to Romine Prairie,
Marion county, to see the extent Of
acreage planted with these beans. From
observation and enquiry, we learned
that there were about 1900 acres of
growing beans in that prairie, all of
which give present indications Of fair
average yield, about Is bushels to the
acre. Mr.. r. W. Fullerton has thirty
acres in beans looking finely. Castor
beans are now worth in the market
from So. 80 to 81 per bushel They sell
dom go below 81 As fertilizing crop,
they are regarded next to clover, and
are as yet free from the injurious at
tacks of bugs. We believe our farmers
would make money by ceasing to raise
oats and turning their attention to cas-
Tor beans.
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Fell from q iiaiIrOad Car

Fell from railroad Car, and nearly broke
his neck. Pat picked him up, rubbed him with
Mexican stang Imminent, and sent him on by
the next train. Falls, bruises, cuts, contusions,
lameness and such accidents constantly oc-
curing. There is nothing sure safe, cheap
and convenient as the celebrated Mustang Lini-
ment. 1t costs but 30 cents and S100 per bottle,
and no Family owner of Horses should be with
out it. There is no flesh bone muscle ailment
upon man or ANIMAL like Rheumatism, Bruises
SPAWN and Lameness, which it will not alleviate
or cure. Why will you suffer? Beware of coun-
terfeits. 1t is wrapped in steel-plate engraving
signed "G w. Westbrook, Chemist
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Alfalfa for Milk.


The Sacramento Record says: This
season has brought to light in this
vicinity, more than any heretofore, the
superiority of alfalfa for mich cows.
All along the Sacramento river on both
sides more or less, the spring growth of
the natural grasses was ruined by the
rise IN the waters in May and June, and
although other summer grasses have
come forward to take their places these
do not supply sufficient food for the
stock on hand. AS a consequence
some of the farmers have been COM
PEELED to turn their mich cows into
their alfalfa fields. Where this has
been done, if only very short time,
the universal testimony is that the eff
feet has been to greatly increase the
quantity and improve the quality of
the milk. In some instances the milk
is said to have been increased fifty per
centum and the amount of butter IN "a
greater proportion. This experience
affords one of the best tests of the
comparative value of alfalfa we have
met with, and taken in connection with
the other fact, well established, that
the same land in alfalfa will afford
from three to four times the quantity
of food that it will in any of the ma
tive grasses, gives to this grass an
almost inestimable value for dairy
purposes.
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The Rice Divorce suit for fraud in

The Rice Divorce suit for fraud in age, is
causing great excitement in Boston. 1t should
warn young men not to marry in haste. Rice is
but y; his bride 81. He swears that she made him
believe she was but his own age, by using Magno-
liza Balm upon her face, neck and hands. Poor
youth! He probably found her elbows wer MT
quite so soft and pretty. Ought Hagan to be in
dicted? We know of many similar cases. This
Balm gives most wonderful pearly and natura-
complexion, to which don't object. We like
pretty women. To finish the picture, they should
use Lyons Katharion upon the hair. With pearly
chin, rosy checks, and soft, luxurious tresses
they become irresistible
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Deacon jones' Experience.
BY BRET HARTE.

ARKANSAS CoNFERENCE.)
Yer right when you lays it down, parson,
That the flesh is weak ana snare;
And to keep yer plow in the furrow
When yer cattle begins to rare
Amt no sure thing. And between us,
The same may be said of prayer
Why, | stood the jokes, on the river,
OF the boys. when the critters found
That I'd iined the church, and the smoker
That may be We mind, went round,
The day sat down with the mourner5,
In the old camp meetin ground
L stood all that and l reckon
| might, at a pinch, stood more
For the boys, they represents Bael,
And | stands as the Rock of the Law.
And it seemed like moral scrimmage,
In holdin' agin their jaw.
But thar's crosses a Christian suffers,
As hezn't got that pretense-
Things with no moral purpose,
Things Ell hez got no sense;
Things ez somehow no profit
Ez how. / was jist last evenin'
Addressin' the throne of grace.
And mother kneIt in the corner
And each of the boys in his place
When that sneaking pup of Keziahs
To Jonathan's cat gave chascl
| never let on 20 mind EN-,
/ never let on TO hear
But drove that prayer down the furrow
With the cat hidin' under my cheer.
And heziah a whisperin - sic her."
And mother a sayin "you dare"
| asked for light for the heather,
To guide on his narer track
With that dog and that cat jest waltzin
AndJonathan face jest black,
When the pup made rush, and the kitten
Dropped down on the small of my back
Yet, | think, with the Lords assistance.
[ might have continered then,
II gettin' her holt that kitten
Hadn't dropped her claw on me,-when
1t somehow reached the " Old Adam"
And jumped to my feet with Amen
So, yer right when you say it, Parson,
That the flesh is weak and snare,
And TO kee pyer plow in the furrow
When the cattle begins to rare
Amt no such thing. And between us.
| say its jist so with prayer.
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chinch bugs, we often have to feed
wheat to horses, instead of corn Be-
sides our commercial Touring mills will
not chop grain for us. and we have to
do the best we can. We do not like to
feed wheat dry or in its natural state,
SO we usually soak it thirty.s six hours.
My plan is to get two barrels, and
put in one about what wheat is wanted
for two days feed, then pour enough
water on it to cover the wheat six or
eight inches. Let it stand there six
hours III a cool place. At the end of
that time the water will all have been
taken up by the wheat; the grain will
have become soft and swollen and some
times sprouted, when it is ready for
use. Then get the other barrel ready
as before. Begin to feed about two
quarts 10 each horse and gradually in
crease it to three or four quarts, as you
see the demands of the horse require
Horses will not like it very we'll at
first, but will soon get to like it, and
eat it greedily, even if sour.
We usually mix it with; cut straw, and
our teams stand the work well blowing
when the mercury is one hundred in
the shade. 1t is true they sweat more
than when fed on dry corn Wheat is
selling here for $1.00 per bushel, and
corn for Is cents, and scarce at that;
but that is not all. Corn will be selling
by next spring in many places for as
much as wheat, beside farmers will
have to sell wheat % buy corn, and
have to do the hauling both ways.
Many farmers here plant no corn, as
the experience of the past ten years in
growing wheat and corn gives the high
est average in bushels per acre to wheat,
beside making a breeding place in the
fall for chinch bugs.-J. B. MATTHEWS,
st. Clair County ILL.,, in Prairie Farm
or.
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On Eyerybody's Tongue.-Eulogiums Of
the great National Regeuerator of Health, PLAN
TATIoE BITTEBs, are on erybody's tongue. This
gratuitous riUH advertising is better than all
the raid-for putting TO which the owners Or bogus
bitters are obliged TO resort. II has a spontane-
ous hesrttuess about 1T which carries conFictipn
40 the mind Of the auditor.
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Feeding " heat Ia Horses.

Seeing in your Issue of August 22d,
an article on Feeding Wheat t. Horses,
| thought TO give You my experience on
the subject.
As we grow six acres of wheat to one
Of corn, in this part of Illinois, and as
vhea, is an almost certain crop, and
oGrn very uncertain from drought and
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The future seaport and emporium of
the Mississippi valley, is what they
call New Orleans now
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-09-19

DURING the first six months of this
wear 500, 060 tons of coal were raised mt
the Nova Scotia and Cape Breton
mines,
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THE MILWAUKEE, MONTHLY for Sep
TENDER opens wiyl the second and concluding
article on Poultry" beautifully illustrated.
Then follows " The Broken Shell. " All excel
lent story. char1ning'y told: graceful little
poem by Pauline Filler, new and promising
contributor; almost dozen pages Of woo
ing" and the promise of its conclusion in the
October number. DIR. ScrivaTius' Mask, Il
most ingenious and pleasing tale; an elegantly
illustrated and practical article on Fall Fash
ions and number of ESSAYS and editorials
THE Toilet, The Difference Between [ and
We" winter Flowers" Summer Visit
ing" etc; while d new American huInorist
makes us acquainted with the trials and tribu-
lations of cake baking as he experienced
them, in laugh-provoking article of just the
right length.-Com.
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MEDICAL MANIACs.- are mum
bers of medical men SO welded to the
old formulas, that all changes seem to
them like innovations. These medical
maniacs are, fortunately, incapable OF
much mischief III this practical age.
While the Vinegar Bitters are curing
Indigestion, Nervous Debility, Consti-
patton, and countless other diseases
that defy the remedies of the pharma-
copeia, it is impossible to thrust down
the Threats of intelligent invalids
" heroic doses of mineral poison, or
to persuade them to take adulterated
alcohol, impregnated with cheap as
tringents, as healing balm " or a
balsamic preparation. " Vinegar Bit
ters, a pure botanical tonic, and altera-
tive, guiltless of the curse of distilled or
fermented liquor, is actually accom-
plishing what the mineral and alcoholic
cure-mongers have so necessarily prom
Used but have never yet performed.
Under these circumg tances it is no
wonder that this medicine has taken
precedence of all those burning fluids
nis-rallp6 tODIcS.-( }Qm.
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WE hear very favorable encominm

regarding the Elmwood and Warwick Collars
manufactured by the Nairagausct5 Collar Com
pany. These collars have linen facing, and
owing to the popularity of cut. arc most com
Portable and noat-tittiuE articles. The edges
of the collars are folded in underneath all
around, thus Strengthening the collar aud pre-
venting the points from turning mp. We rec
0mmeud these collars to our friends - Fashion
Articje, \. !. hrotiag Maj.
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HOLLAND HOUSE. ROCKFORD. H..

REVEREND gentleman-"W Well, Tim,
did you leave the letter at the
squire's }" Tint did, your NV
renee. l b'lieve they're havin' dinner
company to- day" Reverend gentle
man (angrily) What business ha,i
you to be listening about ?" How
often have | told you" Tim-"Plaze
your riv'rence, l only listened with my
nose
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-09-19

New POSTAGE LAw.-Tho postage on
q pound of tea Is only eight cents to any part
of the United States. The Oriental Tea Co.
of Boston one of the Oldest wholesale Tea
houses III America, are sending thousands of
pounds of their superior goods all over the
country by mail. Our people c III now obtain
the best Teas at one small profit over first
cost by enclosing the price TO this Go. Read
their advertisement aud try them.- Com.
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A CURE OF LIVER DISEASE.

KUsK, Tex, May 10. 1873.
DR.. r. v PIERCE-Dear Sir: My wife last
year at this time was confined 10 her bed with
Chronic Liver Disease. l had one of the best
doctors to see her, and he gave her up to die,
when | came upon some of your medicine.
bought one bottle, and commenced using it.
She then weighed 80 pounds now she weighs
40 pounds, and il robust aud hearty. She
has taken eight bottles iii all, so you see | am
an advocate for your medicines.
VIM. MEAZEIi
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'ery best Tea Free by Mail!

As may be seen by the following list
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IMPERIAL HYsoN, Green Tea LOO i.tS1
YOUNG HYSON, Green Tea. 100 $50
JAPAN, Natural Leaf......... 100 ..Io
OIONCI Black Tea...... 0.z5 O.S1
ENG. BREAKFAST, Black Tea 0.3O Loo
MINED TEA Green ana Black 0.7J 0.S5
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A WONDER To HERSELF.

'c-'i''-iN ~
TANKTowN, Delaware Co., o., March 90, 1873.
To DIR. Il. V. PIERCE: Your Discovery needs
only fair trial and ii will do all you recon-
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and $500 and never any better, but worse
when | gave up all hopes last spring CT living
the summer through. | received one of your
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but he said 1t was never too late. He went and
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Now it is smooth and soft a child's In con-
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This is is but an imperfent statement: half has
not been told. Yours with respect.
HESTER LAcKEY.
READ THE FOLLOWING FROM THE NOTED SCOUT
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HOLLAND House. RoCKFoRD. H..
April 30. 1874.
DR.. Il. V PIERCE. Buffalo, \. I.-Sr: [
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