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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-14
The Vacant Frame,

Dim, dusty and duh is the good old frame
!. Where Jelly churl once stood
aud played his part With manly heart,
In the struggle for daily food
The cheerful tale AMI the merry laugh
Are gone to another sphere,
Where Fortunes smile though hid for a while
His heart once more shall cheer
MaIlet, shooter, and planer ring forth his name
And his shadow keeps watch at the vacant frame
Not an item remains but recalls to mind
:. The happy days gone by;
The slippers SC worn, the apron so torn.
Z. And even the very pi
t9I OFT at hls old broken galley L gaze,
is IT tumbles about the floor
ana IN Its state read the fate
VI the labor-wasted poor.
Here pointless bodkin meets the view:
There space box, wrecked and torn
pniaged case, three-Iegged chase,
And sponge as hard as horn.
The dear old spot TO dreary waste
i changed in d single day,
and the place once bright looks dark n night,
Disorder holding svrry
That shattered drawer. once kept with care
Now wears a dismal look
stick without slide lies side by side
With part OF Walkers book
Ana old brass rules, and broken leads
n Ard session sorts and blanks.
Both night and day, keep the mice at play
With their merry, wanton pranks
But Time, in his wonder-working WAYS.
May quickly change the scene:
And the case now duh may soon be full
OF all sorts, fat and lean
Yet much that i wish that happier DAYS
On lightning wings may come
In grief or glee, nay prayer shall be
Success to the dear old ohum
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-14
How aud Nhcnfn DRY Cow.

1t would seem as though there need
be no difference on this subject, when
the great trouble generally is with our
cows and our way of feeding them, that
they will dry up anyway for the greater
number. long before we really want
them to- But there are some excellent
cows, and well kept, which continue to
give milk nearly the entire year. 1t is
better for these however, to be dried off
carefully by drawing off all the thick
milk every three or four days Not to
do this would be to endanger the nd
der and perhaps cause the loss of the
use of one or more teats. The time
for doug it should be from month to
six weeks before the COW comes in.-Ru-
raj Press
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-14
Egg Charms.

The belief in the charms of serpents
eggs existed, until very recently, in
Cornwall and Wales This idea is traced
back to the ancient Romans, who held
IL high estimation the eggs of serpents,
elected when kissing, and when the
snakes had been entwined together. 1t
was believed of them that they ensur-
ed success, and the test of their genu-
ineness was III their floating against the
current Of a stream. The old Druids
impressed it upon the minds of their
followers that they must be ready to
catch them in cloak, so as not to let
them touch the grouud, and then in
stantly flee from the place on horseback.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-14
4 Novel Torpedo.

Torpedo experiments still continue at
the Royal Arsenal, but are at present
confined to Whitehead's fish torpedo.
This is made Of steel, is about eight
feet long, eighteen inches in diameter
at the centre, and tapers off to point
at each end !; ut the tail end there is
three-bladed screw propeller, worked
by an engine inside the body, and
four bladed rudder to steer it i'll the
direction it is intended to go. It is
constructed in three parts the head
contains the rocket, which being charg-
ed with gun cotton when required for
actual service, is fired by conclusion
with the enemys ship, and intended to
blow up the vessel The tail end is a
chamber which holds the compressed
air to work the engines, and in the
middle portion is placed the engine,
with pair of cylinders. These torpe-
does are subjected to the test of 1,200
pounds pressure to the square inch be-
fore they are pronounced safe for use.
Observation-Disclosures precaution, one of
them recently exploded while being ex-
perimented with at the arsenal, infict-
ing the most destructive results to pro-
perty and loss of life The torpedoes
are intended to be discharged from a
tube in the bow Of the ship, and are
expelled by means of piston, at the
rate of ten miles an hour in a straight
line for the object sought to be de-
StrpyaI
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-14
MICA-CoATED ORNAMENTS. The beau

MICA-COATED ORNAMENTS. The beau
tiful silvery appearance of certain stat
uettes and ornaments exhibited in the
show-windows of Munich have recently
attracted great attention, and after care
full investigation 1t appeared that the
objects were merely plaster casts, Gov
cred with a film of tinely-divided mica.
The method Is described as follows =
Plates of mica are first rendered per
fectly clean and white, either by boil
ing in muriatic acid or by subjecting
them 20 the action of fire; they are
then washed, dried and ground to a fine
powder, which is carefully sifted or
washed in water and mixed with a very
thin coilodion. 1t is now ready to be
applied, like paint or varnish, with a
soft pencil, two or more coats being
given until of the desired thickness.
The objects thus coated have a silvery
appearance, and possess one advantage
over those in which tinsel or metallic
bronze is employed, in not being at all
affected by sulphuric vapors. They
are not injured by dust and dirt, and
may be cleansed by washing in water
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-14

4 SECOND FATHER MATTHEW Who is
there that does not respect the memory
of Father Matthew, the great champion
Of temperance? Innumerable SOCIETIES
bear his honored name but there is
one man who has struck a more sure
death-blow to intemperance, and that
man is DR.. J. WALKER, an old Califor-
MIA physician, who has discovered in
" natures meek and lowly herbs" a
medicinal tonic and gentle stimu-
liant that completely takes the place of
the fashionable alcoholic poisons called
l." tonics, SO popular as a compromise
between strong drink and cold water,
and does away with the mania for drink,
and In reality eultivates an involuntary
disgust for the same. 1t even does
more : 1t acts upon the entire physical
system, purifies the blood and pro-
duces hale, hardy health. The discov-
erer of this great medicinal stimulant
is surely entitled to the thanks of a
whole nation, and It is not extravagant
to entitle him a second Father Mat
thew. Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-14

A CARRIER pigeon arrived in Bridge
port, Conn, recently, from asteamer off
Cape Hatteras, which had a party of
people on board bound for
Florida
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-14
YEARS EXPERIENCE OF AN
OLD Nurse.

Mrs wrNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP THE PRE-
sCRIPT1oS Of one of the best Female Physicians and
Nurses in the United States, and has been used for
thirty years with neverfailing safety and success
by millions of mothers and children, from the fee
BILE infant of week old to the adult 1t corrects
acidiy of the stomach, relieves wind cholc, regu-
Iates the bowels, ard gives rest, health and com
fort to mother and child. We believe it to be the
Best and Surest Remedy in the World in all cases
of DYSENTEKY and DIARRHGA IN CHILDREN,
whether it arises from Teething or from any other
cause. Full directions for using viii accompany
each bottle. None Genuine unless the fac similc o
CURTIS & PERKINS is on the outside wrapper.
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-14

GEN. Won LUDERs, whose death is
announced, has been in the Russian
army since 1907, when he was II, and
his most notable service was III the
conquest of Hungary in iS49, when, in
conjunction with the Austrian General,
Buckner, he took Cronstadt, and Hen
naunstadt. defeated Benz twice, and af.
terward with Rudiger compelled Cor.
gels surrender.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-14
OFTEN LOOK PALE AND
SICK

from no other cause than having worms in the
stomach
BROWNS vERMIFUGE COMFITS
will destroy worms without injury TO the child,
being perfectly WHITE and free from all coloring
or other injurious ingredients usually used in
worm preparations
CURTIS & BROWN, Projectors,
No 215 Fulton Street, New York.
Sold blJ Druqqists and Chemists, and dedlerS an
Medicines nj TwEyTy-FTyE
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-14
MIIW AUEFF
why Will Y on suffer!

To all persons suffering from
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cramps
in the limbs or stomach, Bilious
Cholic, Pain iii the back, bowels
or side, we would say The
HOUSEHOLD PANACEA AND FAM
lily LINIMENT is of all others the
remedy you want for internal
and external use. 1t has cured
the above complaints in thous.
ands of cases. There is no mis-
take about it. Try it. Sold by
all Druggists.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-14
OFFICIAL REPORT, VIENNA EXPOSITION, SEW
ING MACHINES, &C.

GROUP Is, SEC. 2, By
1.-The greatest Sewing Machine Mandatory in
the world is that Of Wheeler Wilson, New York,
which alone has brought already over $4,000 of
their Sewing Machines into practical use. The
complete production of the parts by machinery is
so regulated that each complete machine may be
used a sample for xii bition. This firm pro-
duces coo well adjusted machines daily.
- The latest production of this firm and which is
the wonder of the Vienna Exposition, is their new
No. Sewing Machine. This universal machine
scws the heaviest leather harness and the finest
gauzes with truly pearl stitch.
- Wheeler 81 Wilson have received the highest
prizes at all Worlds Expost tons and at the Wen
ia Exposition were extraordinarily di stinguishe
ed
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-14

Ii Is rare thing that physicians give
any countenance to medicine. the mannfac-
ture OF which is a secret About the only excep-
ton we know of is JOtnSoH'S Anody1,e Lininaent
This, we believe all endorse and many of them
use it III their practice with great success.
PERSONS requiring purgatives or pills should
be careful what they buy. Some pills not only
cause gripping pains, but leave the bowels in a
torpid, costive state. Parsons PurydtiUe Pills
viii relieve the bowels and cleanse the blood
without injury to the system.-Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-14

SIXTY THOUSAND dollars worth of ap-
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tiles, are annually made and applied at the Ma
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has the greatest reputation of any Institution
IN the Union. for the successful treatment OF
all kinds of human defomities, Paralysis
Piles. Fistula Catarrh. and Chronic Diseases
Their large Journal VIII be sent free to any
address upon application.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-14

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PULMONARY BALsAM, for Celds and Consump tiOn.
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DOMESTIC MEDICINE.

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THIS PRINTING INK Vas d p7 WnfsoH coy BY
Harpers Building. New York. 1t is for sale by Mil
waukee News paper Union Milwaukee, in 10 10. and
- ID. packages Also full assortment of Job Inks.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-14

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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-14

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-19
FOREIGN NEWS.

PARIS, May S.-Proloogation of the minis
terial crisis causes great excitement at Yer
salles. Efforts to form ministry from the
right and left centers continue; but up TO this
hour have met with no result. The right and
right center seek to exclude Bonapartists from
the government. Some dispatches from Yer.
sailles assert that the cabinet will be completed
tomorrow from the right center and the mod
crate right but several evening journals report
that Goulard despairs of success.
LIE Gaulois says the Duke de Charities has
sent challenge to Paul De Cassagnac in cou-
sequence Of the publication in the latter's pa
per lie Pays Of an abusive article against the
Duke
LONDON, May lS-The Paris correspondent
of the Times writes to that journal that the
vote against the ministry in the Assembly on
Saturday last on the question OF giving prlorl-
ty of discussion 40 the electoral law over the
municipal bill meaos the speedy dissolution OF
the Assembly, and the removal of the seat OF
government from Versailles to Paris.
The Count De Chambord has suggested the
propriety of defeating any measure calculated
to settle the government
LONDON, May lS.-ImmeDse crowds gather
ed this morning to see the Gar rs he went
from Buckingham Palace to Guildhall. The
entire route over which his Ma esty passed was
beautifully decorated. He arrived at Guild
hall at Up. M, and after taking lunch, left via
the Thames embankment. Traffic was sus-
pended all day Oh the Strand, Fleet street,
Ludgate Hill and Cheapside.
MADRID, May Is. General Coucha has en-
tered Miranda and established his headquarters
there.
General Pavia has resigned the office of
Captain General of Madrid, and Gen. Rey has
been appointed.
BAYoNNE, May lS:-The Carlist comman-
der-n-chief, General Dorregaray, is marching
on Estela with large force.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-19
NEWS OF THE DAY
" To sho,o the very age and body Of the Times"


Reports brought from Guatemala by Ameri-
can steamers state that the Government has
settled their trouble with England by paying
100000 to Magee, the British Consul who was
hogged recently by the order of drunken Com
maDdant at San Jose.
Arrangements have been completed Tor hold
ing in Montreal, Canada, next October con-
ference of the Dominion branch Of the Evange,,
licaI Alliance, to which leading clergymen ano
laymen of the various provinces OF Great brl-
tain and the United States have been invited
A FIRE at Uitta, Japan, destroyed 23l houses
and many of those who were burned out have
since died of starvation. A fire at Glfu destroy
ed 400 houses.
The present weight of the Hon. A. d. Ste
phens is seventy-two pounds and three quar-
ters He is In Georgia hoping to recover his
health.
Rev. DR.. Thomas De Witt, senior pastor OF
the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church, OF
New York, died yesterday OF pneumonia, aged
SO.
Vito, the leader of the Saga rebellion, in ia,
pan, has been decapitated, and his head expos
ed to the public gaze.
The japanese expedition to Formosa, it is
reported, will be diverted to Corea, with add
tional forces
The Emperor of Germany has ordered TEN
porary retirement from the German diplomatic
service of Count Won Arnim.
Mr.. R. Baker, manager of the chartered
Merchants Bank at Yokohama, Japan, is
dead.
The semi-annual meeting of the Methodist
Episcopal Bishops Of the United States, will be
held in Cincinnati, commencing to-day.
Nearly fifteen hundred dollars have been sub
scrlbed in New York for the sufferers by the
food 10 Massachusetts,.
The prisoners who escaped from the Tow
sontown. Md, Jail on Saturday have been re-
captured.
A dog was seen walking the streets of New
Bedford the other day with lighted cigar il
his mouth.
Jonathan P Soper, convicted of arson il
New York, on Thursday last, has been sentenc
cd to seven years in the State prison.
The anticipated strike of stage drivers il
New York yesterday did not take place.
The London Standard saysit understands the
Queen will 60 to Russia 10 the autumn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-19
ALEX ANDRIA, VA.
TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1874

j. The grand jury of Orangeburg county, South
Carolina, have indicted Governor Moses tor
breach of trust and grand larceny, with traudu'
lent Intentions The indictment charges Moses
with having counseled and advised Humbert'
the defaultiug Orangeburg County treasurer
to, use $4,000 of the State taxes to pay his
ctMoses) private debts A dispatch says: The
County Solicitor declares his purpose to prose-
cute the case vigorously. This afternoon he
pressed a motion for bench warrant to arrest
Moses. The court granted the same, and the
Sheriff goes to Columbia tonight. The order
fixes the bond at $1,000, for trial at the pres
ent term. The Attorney General promises to
be in Orangeburg on Wednesday to prosecute
the case. Ex-Treasurer Humbert has also been
indicted" And now that Moses is in trouble,
Scott, to the amazement of almost everybody
suddenly emerges from private life and offers
himself as a candidate for the GovernorShlp on
the Reform ticket Those who know the reck-
less manner 10 which Scott and his associates,
during his former term as Governor, pluuder-
ed the State and enriched themselves, may
we'll be astonished at the bold efrontery of the
man 10 claiming now to be a reformer This
is truely the brazen age.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-19

ScRIBNER's FOR JUNE.-"The South Caro-
lima Problem is discussed by Mr.. Edward
King, in the June number of Scribner's. This
being one Of The Great South" series, the il
Illustrations are as usual, numerous, and deal
with character as we'll as landscape aud archi-
lecture. There are in this number six stories,
or parts of stories, the authors being the now
famous SAKE Holm (the beginning of a story in
TWO iustameuts), Henry James, jr., Rebecca
Harding Davis, Adeliue traitor, Amae La
Forge, and Jules Verne. The second and CON
GLIDING paper on Tennyson, by Stedmap an H.
Illustrated paper on eau Sable Chasm," the
gate of the Adriondacks; sketch, with por-
trait of the poet Aldrioh; an account of An
Elephant Hunt 10 Siam; and poems by Col
onel H,gginson,= Benjamin +. Taylor, Mary L.
Ritter, Elizabeth AIKEN Allen and Martha p
Lowe complete Che list of contributions. Ia
Topics OF the Time DR.. Holland writes about
The Late Brooklyn Council, The Moral Power
of Women, and A Good Fellow. The Old
Cabinet has to do with Barbarism. There is a
long and timely" poem, "Diogenes in Ameri-
ca" 10 Etchiugs, and there are book notices,
scientific notes, ETC., as usual.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-19
Congress.

In the Senate, yesterday, during the miscel-
laneous business of the morning hour, the bill
to relieve vessels from compulsory pilot fees
was discussed and subsequently passed. MIR.
Frelinghuysen gave notice that as soon as the
Legislative Appropriation bill was disposed of
be would ask the Senate to take up the Civil
Rights BILL The amendatory Diplomatic and
Consular bill, prohibiting diplomatic and co.,
sular officers from leaving their posts with
out leave, from corresponding on the affairs of
foreign nations, and from accepting presents,
was passed The Legislative, Executive and
Judicial Appropriation bill was reported from
the committee with number Of amendments,
generally increasing the expenditures under the
bill and restoring items of pay and salary that
have been struck out by the House. All the
amendments of the committee were agreed to
and the bill laid over.
In the House of Representatives, under the
call of the States, mum Der of new bills and
resolutions were introduced. The Senate Bank
ing and Currency bill was referred to the ap
propriate committee, with leave to report at
any time. BY resolution the postage On the
annual report of the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture was fixed at ten cents. Mr.. Poland en-
deavored to Introduce a resolution providing
for the appointment of committee to investi-
gate the condition of affairs 10 Arkansas, but
the House, by vote OF yeas, "a, nays lis, re-
fused to suspend the rules. The resolution re-
curing the Baltimore and Potomac Railway
Company to remove the obstacles to navigation
at the draw of the Long Bridge, was passed.
A bill was passed removing the political disa-
bilities Of General L. L. Lomax, of Virginia.
A resolution was adopted authorizing the COM
mittee investigating District affairs to report at
any time. Bills were passed, amending the
act of incorporation of the Columbia railroad
and restricting the fare to five cents to au
thorize the Foundry NJ. r: Church to sell GER
town. -..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-19

The Republican Senators, at caucus yester-
day, decided that the Senate should pass a
concurrent resolution providing for an adjourn
ment of Congress on June ed. There was
much opposition. on the part of some, who con-
tended that it would be i'm possible to flush the
business properly by that time, and that it
would be unwise for the Senate to thus tie its
hands and put itself in the power Of the major
ity of the House.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-19
Fence Law.

The following is the act passed at the last
session of the Legislature ordering an election
to be held in Mount Vernon township, Fairfax
county, on the 2Sth instant, as to whether or
not the present fence law shall be repealed:
AN ACT Providing for the Submission of the
Repeal of the Fence Law in Mount Vernon
Township, Fairfax County, to the Voters of
said Township.
Approved February "a, 1874
!: Be it enacted by the general assembly, That
Quoting the election to be held in May, eighteen
hundred and seventy-four, in the township of
Mount Vernon in the county of Fairfax, for
officers to be elected at that time, to prepare a
separate ballot for each voting precinct in which
shall be deposited the ballots of the then quail
fed voters who shall desire to vote upon the
question Of repeating the act relating to fences
and for the protection of crops, passed January
twenty six, eighteen hundred and six-slx, within
the limits of the said Mount Vernon township ;
the said ballots shall be- respectively, as follows
For present fence law" Against present
fence law
2 It shall be the duty of the township clerk
for Mount Vernon township to give public no.
tice of the time and places of voting upon said
questions by posting the same at the door of the
court house OF the county and at each voting
precinct in the township, and by publication in
some newspaper published in the county of
Fairfax and in the city of Alexandria, for the
space of four weeks the cost of which shall be
betrayed by the township.
8. The manner of receiving and canvassing
the ballots cast at such election on the question
of repeating the act relating to fences and for
the protection Of crops, passed January twenty
six, eighteen hundred and sixty six, and making
returns and abstracts of The results thereof shall
conform, III all respects, to the regulations pre-
scribed by the general election law of this state,
except that the certificate of the judges of cleo
ton shall be as follows:
I'VE hereby certify that at the election held
for the present fence law, and - votes were
cast against present fence law.